e v e r y t i m e (hs)

THE LOVE CLUB

Author's Note: Probably my favorite chapter I've written so far. It's a long one too. Enjoy! - May

July 26, 2019. 3 pm.

Golden. The first song on Harry's album. I heard all of it. I think he has a masterpiece on his hands. But of course, I couldn't speak for what the world will think. All I could do was hope for the best. Like all I could hope tonight would go on like it was supposed to.

I took a sip of my lemonade. I sat on a foldable chair in a pink dress, watching Aaron and Chris talk on stage. We were almost done with our last rehearsal. We were in the middle of a twenty minute break. Harry sat beside me, wearing pink sunglasses.

"You know, Aaron just got engaged?" I asked Harry. "Proposed two weeks ago"

The exact day I cried to Ashton.

"He did?" Harry asked. "I should go over and congratulate him"

"You should" I said. "Took her and her parents out to dinner. Proposed right in the middle of a restaurant. It's funny, I remember him introducing Emily to me like it was yesterday"

"Her name is Emily?" Harry asked me.

I nodded.

"It was a total coincidence how they met" I told him. "She came to one of my shows in 2015. Aaron and Chris went to a bar after the show. She was there with her friend"

"And now they're engaged" Harry said. "But is it really a coincidence?"

I raised my eyebrow at him.

"I mean, she was in the same area as him. . ." Harry said. "And this was after the show."

I shook my head at him.

Speaking of coincidences. . .

I looked up at the sunlight shining down on us. I turned to look at Harry.

"Do you notice we keep coming back to each other?" I asked him. "Like we always keep crossing each other paths?"

Harry smiled to himself, looking down. He looked up to me.

"Yeah" He said. "A coincidence sometimes"

I chuckled.

"Sometimes?" I said, mocking him. "You're saying that everytime we entered each other's lives in the past seven years was a coincidence?"

He let out a chuckle.

"Not everytime" Harry said. "Definitely not everytime"

Billie and Andy walked back on the stage. Harry and I watched them.

"Are you planning to talk to her?" Harry asked me.

I nodded.

"Soon" I told him. "I don't need an explosive fight on stage. I'll talk to her after"

"Do you want me to stay behind?" He asked.

I raised my eyebrow at him, confused.

"You know, stay a few feet away in case-"

"No, no. I can handle this by myself" I said. "Might get punched but ... I need to do this on my own"

"Time's up" We heard Chris say. "Let's get this over with one last time"

Harry and I looked to each other.

"I'll be backstage" Harry said.

"Wish me luck" I said to him.

"Make sure to duck" Harry told me.

I nudged him with my hand.

"Just warning you" Harry said.