Picture 18 ~H.S~

04/10/2017 12:37PM

04/10/2017 12:37PM

Harry stood working out the front of his shop, happily saying goodbye to an impressed customer and her friends.

As the girls left Summer came walking into the shop quickly, making her way over to the desk where Harry was working on the diary and Kelly was doing a cash count.

He looked up, smiling at the blonde girl. She felt herself melt a little bit before she shook herself out of it.

"Are you definitely telling Aryn how you feel?"

"I'd be planning the last few days for nothing if I wasn't going to tell her." Harry laughed, looking up at her.

"Right," Summer mumbled, "You're going to do it, for sure?"

"I just said that I would." Harry rose his eyebrow at her, "You okay?"

She nodded quickly, "I'm going to tell my dad. Now."

"Now?"

She sighed, "Yes now, I need you to come with me."

"Sum, I have a business to hold up."

"Don't you get a lunch break?"

Harry shook his head, "Nope."

"Harry just go, we're having a relatively quiet day and you haven't had a lunch break all week." Kelly mumbled, nudging him. "I'm sure we'll be fine and I can always call you if we need you back."

Harry smiled at Kelly before looking to Summer, "Guess we should get going."

Summer and Harry walked through the city with out a word to each other. Summer was thinking over what she should say and how she would word it before they stopped outside the building they needed to be at.

"I can't do it."

Summer went to walk away and Harry grabbed her hand, spinning her around where he then placed his hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eyes.

"You're going to march up there and tell your dad exactly what it is you want to do. I'm going to be there with you." He gave her a little shake before saying, "Now tell me what you're going to do."

"I'm going to march up to that office and say 'Dad, I want to be a curvy woman and if you can't accept that then fuck you, asshole, I'm doing it anyway."

Harry laughed, "I wouldn't say it quite like that but you have roughly the right idea."

Summer laughed along with him before the two headed into the lobby. Summer walked straight to the elevator where she clicked her dad's floor and Harry followed closely behind. They reached the floor and Summer was the first to step out. She walked along the hall to here dads office where she quietly knocked. She went to turn around to run away again but Harry blocked her way before rising an eyebrow. She laughed and turned around walking into her dad's office.

You could tell he was an important man, if the name plate on there door that said 'Alexander Ryles' didn't already tell you. He was like a male version of his daughter, tall, blue eyes but no hair and the suite he wore didn't look cheap either.

"Hi, Daddy." Summer smiled as she walked into the room.

"Summer, what are you doing here? Who's this with you?"

"Hi Mr Ryles, I'm Harry. I'm the photographer working in the studios at the moment."

"Ah, Harry, nice to finally meet you. Your work is great." He got up and walked over to Harry before shaking his hand, "Now, what has my daughter done to offend you?"

"Nothing, actually she has something to tell you."

Mr Ryles looked to his daughter where he rose an eyebrow at her. She swallowed hard and Summer took a deep breath.

"Here's the thing, Dad." She mumbled, "I'm uh, not happy?"

She looked to Harry for reassurance and Harry nodded at her, motioning for her to go on and tell her dad how she felt.

"I don't want to model anymore." She spoke, then shook her head, "What I mean is, I want to model but I don't want to be this type of model. I want to be curvy. I don't like my body and I don't like how this is glamorised and people want this for themselves. I want to change department."

Summer wore a big smile as she looked at her dad. She felt like she had a huge weight lifted from her shoulders now that it was finally out in the open and she knew she had Harry to thank, it was another one of the reasons she was helplessly falling for him.

"Okay." He nodded.

Summer's eyes bulged, "Okay? Just like that, no argument?"

"Sums, I knew you were unhappy for a while. Ever since you started to drive out our photographers and turned into a diva I knew something was up. I was waiting for you to come to me and fight for what you want, just like how your mother and I raised you."

Summer smiled wide before jumping and wrapping her arms around her dad, who was quick to wrap them back around her. She pulled away before smiling and wrapping her arms around Harry who told he she could do it.

"How about we head to McDonalds then and put that weight on?"

Summer nodded, "Thank you."

"See you soon kids, Harry, keep up the great work."

"Will do, sir." Harry nodded to him as they headed out the door

Harry and Summer headed to the nearest fast food place where she would enjoy her first burger in a very long time.