The distant sound my name brings me to the surface, suddenly earring it louder now it takes a few seconds until I take a sharp breath in and open my eyes. I am instantly blinded by the sun; I blink rapidly with my brows furrowed and bring my hand to shield my eyes from the direct sunlight.
Where the hell am I and why does my butt hurt so bad?
I quickly sit up to look around me, trees, leaves, water and the dock. Oh yeah, I fell asleep on a damn wood chair, that's why. I slowly put my feet back on the ground and stand before bringing my arms over my head to stretch my back as I heavily exhale. I look up when I hear my name once again, turning on my feet to see Niall a few meters away, making me flinch slightly. He puts his hand in front of him apologetically, a small smile on his lips as he looks at me. I have to blink a few times to actually see him, and then my gaze falls to the person standing next to him that isn't Harry. He is the same height as Niall, brown air falling in every direction on his head. His piercing blue eyes stand out with his tanned skin, he has a lot of tattoos on his arms. He forms lips in a small line as he looks at me before nodding once.
"Sorry, I-I didn't hear you." I say as I look back to Niall and clear my throat, his teeth showing with his smile. They are both wearing workout attire. I really hope it's the sun that I feel on my face right now, I don't even know how many times he called me before I reacted but don't talk to me when I'm stretching, I literally go deaf for a few seconds.
"Oh no I'm sorry i didn't mean to wake you, or scare you either...This is Louis, by the way." He says and I smile at him before looking at his friend Louis who wiggles his fingers at me with a grin. I smile at him with a shy "Hi", bringing a strand of my now dry hair behind my ear.
"We were just wondering if you saw a ring somewhere around here?" He adds and motions to the ground, his hands doing circles over the ground around us. My brows lower in confusion as I glance at the leaf covered ground around me before looking back at them.
"Hm no, I don't think so what does it look like?" I ask, crossing my arms against my body I quickly glance at Louis who is just staring at me without even hiding it.
"It's one of Harry's" he says and my brows slightly raise with my eyes opening a little wider, I bite on my cheek out of habit. "He was on a run last night and lost it, it's a basic smooth silver ring engraved on the inside." I nod at the description, my mind immediately going back to last night, trying to remember what his rings looked like.
"Oh okay, well I can look around if you want." I say with a small smile while looking at Niall, his friend, his kind of intimidating but not in the same way Harry was at first. And he stares a lot too. I shift on my feet when I feel his eyes going up and down my figure, he's probably judging my attire but guess what, I'm judging myself too so you're not that special dude.
"That'd be great thank you!" Niall says with enthusiasm, his smile not leaving his lips. "Well we're going around the lake to look for it. If you find it, just yell or you can come by later?" He shrugs his shoulders, the corner of his mouth dipping down in a "I don't know" expression and I nod in response.
"I'll come by if I find it." I say as my lips form a small smile, my fingers tapping against my opposite elbow I look at my feet for a few seconds, my teeth biting into my cheek I clear my throat. "But what happened, is he okay?" I asked quietly, my eyes were looking at the floor in between us then at the lake, I don't know why I couldn't look at them right now. And I also don't understand why he couldn't just look for it himself.
"Yeah, he- he's just sick that's why we're looking for it." He answers, scratching the back of his neck. I look up again, going to speak again and something bright catches my eyes. I quickly turn my head to the right, only to see Devon standing in the doorframe of the conservatory, and in her hand a single piece of paper. I could see from where I was that it had been folded in two different places, and instantly my heart skips a beat.
My lips part and my arms drop to my sides, I can almost feel my face going pale.
I look at her standing there in her denim shorts and black strapless top, the sun reflecting against the piece of paper, the letter.
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Ephemeral //H.S
Fanfiction"Why can't you sleep?" I ask a simple question. Silence, it only lasts a minute or two but feels like ages. "Because everytime I close my eyes I see you leaving my bed in the middle of the night, I hear you breathing through the telephone, your sile...
