Moments || H.S

three ; location

"Hey, I am talking to you." Harry says, playfully snapping me out of my thoughts. 

"Oh sorry," I stutter a little. Looking up at him with a huge grin on his face tells me he is only joking, of course he is, I don't know why i am so stressed lately. Of course Harry wouldn't snap at me like that, he's harry fucking styles, the sweetest and most generous boy ever.

"Are you okay?" he asks, "you seem a bit.. I dunno.. out of it." raising his eyebrows slightly. I break eye contact with him and turn my head away. He notices and suggests we do something together, right now. I am a little unsure, but before i can say yes he gets off my bed and starts putting on his shoes. He opens my cupboard and chucks a hoodie onto my lap.

"Harry i'm not sure." I say, trying to think of some excuse why, but I can't, so I agree to come with him to this mysterious surprise location. We get into his car where I finally decide to open up to my best friend.

"Hey, Harry" I say, looking over at him, the sun is starting to set, shining a golden light on his face. "Can I talk to you about something?" 

"Of course you can," he says looking over at me with a genuine smile. I take a deep breath and start ranting about how anxious and worried I have been lately, and how sometimes everything just seems so much too handle, and as I continue spilling my guts, he sits there quietly driving and listening, giving the occasional head nod. When I am finished i slump back into my chair and look at the time, I had been ranting and raving for about 5 minutes.

Harry takes a little while to process what i said, staring out the window, i can tell he is deep in thought "don't get caught up trying to control your thoughts, just remember to not let them control you" he turns a corner and continues, "not everything is the way it is in your head, Ave. remember that. I may be like 17 but I've learned enough about life to know that sitting with your thoughts only makes them worse. You need to live a little" He's right, as always. stupid curly-headed boy. Eventually we pull up at the destination he had picked out. Laser Tag? 

I look at Harry, who has the widest grin on his face as he undoes his seat belt.  He is such a little kid at heart  I think to myself. He helps me out of the car and puts his arm around my shoulders as we walk towards the front doors. He opens them for me and follows close behind me towards the front desk. To my surprise, Harry pays for my ticket too without me notices. When I ask him why he says,

"I've got money now, I might as use it to see you smile." and smiles shyly, I return the smile and head into the laser tag room. We play in a massive room of flashing lights and walls and hiding spots. creeping up on each other and firing fake guns and acting like we had been shot. We played for 2 hours, Harry had booked it so it would only be us playing. He lets me win, but swears he didn't, much like me, he is a bad liar. 

"You're lying" I laugh "You totally let me win"

"Nah, you're just way too good" He says, smiling back at me.

At the end of the night we are full of energy and laughter as he walks me out the door and thanks the employees for helping us have a great night, he does this everywhere we go, he says his mum taught him to treat people with kindness, and he does everyday. He takes me by the hand and we practically skip to his car, he opens the door for me and I get in. Harry hops in the divers seat and smiles at me.

And it was at that moment I realized how much love I had for his boy. Not romantic, no it was pure love for him as a person and my life partner. 6 months I have known this kid, but it feels like 60 years, and I know he feels the same because he gave me a loving smile and started the car. On the way home we blared our favorite songs and sung on the top of our lungs.