Our Once Upon A Time

Chapter 23

Third Person

Holly opened her eyes and turned her head so she could look up at Harry,

"So, shall we get settled?"

She spoke softly and rather quietly,

"Its kinda hard to do that when ya don't have anything to move into a new place"

Harry said with a sigh,

"Well, we could start by... finally following one rule at a time"

He furrowed his brow and looked down at Holly,

"Following a rule? Lassie that does not sound like ya"

He said with a chuckle. She smiled and walked out of his grasp and to the side of the door and began to unlace her boots,

"Don't be too alarmed, how about we make a rule to not wear shoes in the dorm? I mean it sounds stupid but hey we've never been in a place nice enough for it to matter"

He smiled and started unlacing his shoes too,

"Ya know, if we're gonna have to start following actual rules I think this is a good place to start"

Holly put her shoes next to the door and rolled both of her ankles some, then she took off her jacket and hung it on the coat hanger next to where she had put her shoes. She took a second before deciding to let her hair down too, this was home after all. Might as well be comfortable. Harry put his shoes next to hers and hung his hook up on the coat rack. 

Just for fun Holly walked up to him and slid her hands in between his waistcoat and his undershirt and started to remove his coat herself to by undoing the buttons. He smirked and let her take his jacket off revealing a white button-down sleeveless shirt, she hung his waistcoat up next to hers. He reached up and grabbed his hat from his head and acted like he was going to place it on the coat rack, but instead put it on her head. Holly looked up at Harry and giggled some. He took a pause and tilted his head some and stared at her with soft eyes,

"How on earth did I end up with ya?"

He longingly whispered as she brought her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms securely around her waist so she was right up against him,

"What do you mean?"

She whispered back, its moments like this where she could feel the brightness in her own eyes,

"Well, yer so... perfect. Everything ya do, ya do it so effortlessly and so gracefully and I don't think ye even know that"

She suddenly remembered something and paused,

"Har, I have to tell you something that I probably should have told you days ago"

His expression changed to one of more concern,

"What is it?"

"I want you to mentally go back to the day we first came to Auradon, to fix the Audrey incident. Specifically when... I almost died and you had to wake me up"

He shuddered some,

"Bonnie lass I would really rather not, I hate the image of ya nearly completely lifeless that's stuck in my brain"

She lightly smiled and slowly leaned into him more. She tilted her head to the side and rested her head on his chest,

"Har, before you woke me up you were contemplating to Uma about whether it was worth a shot or not to try to kiss me, at first you didn't even want to come and look at me in fear that I was dead. What I'm trying to say is... somehow I heard every word you said, even while I was asleep"

She felt him progressively hold her tighter, almost as if he was trying to hold onto her in case she slipped away from him like she almost had that day,

"... Ya heard everything?"

Harry whispered eventually after being quite shocked. Holly looked up at him and smiled. She nodded,

"I had no clue you thought of me so fondly... I had no clue that running off supposedly to my death would bother you so much... I just didn't want you guys to watch me go, I thought that running away was better for that very reason... I just wanted to say that I'm sorry about that, I'm happy that you two were there when I woke up, thanks to you"

She let a single tear fall onto her cheek. Harry cupped her cheek and wiped away her tear with his thumb,

"Don't apologize for that bonnie lass, I'm just surprised ya heard everything..."

He chuckled some,

"... I was so scared ya have no idea"

"I heard it in your voice Har, I heard it in the way you even spoke. I've never heard you say those sorts of things, you were so selfless. Saying how you didn't care how I thought of you, you just wanted me to be okay. When you said you wanted to see my eyes again or make me smile again. Har... I didn't think it was possible for someone to think of me so fondly..."

She slowly reached up and cupped his cheek,

"... and I didn't think it was possible for me to think of someone equally as fondly"

She whispered. He paused for a second to process what she had said before uncontrollably smiling which had allowed some tears to fall which had formed just by him thinking about the terrifying yet triumphant day. She wiped his tears and just looked at the man she used to hate, now the man she loved so much. For Harry, he just looked at the girl he had fallen for all those years ago, now realizing that he hadn't even fallen yet back then, but now he for sure has,

"I love you, Harry"

Holly softly spoke. Harry's expression changed from one of pure lovestruck to a slight surprise. Even he couldn't keep in a genuine smile,

"I love ya too Holly"

She could feel it in their smiles, the feeling of pure bliss in the air. He cupped both of her cheeks now and gently pressed his lips against hers. She pulled him as close to her as she could get, he eventually moved one arm to around her waist to bring her all the way against his chest. It was one of the first of many genuine passion-filled kisses, ones that were made of pure love.

This was just the beginning of our once upon a time.

~The End~

Hey hold up that's not right, this isn't the end, I'm not done telling our story. Oh and if you haven't guessed by now its Holly here, we have a lot more story to tell fear not. This won't be the last time you hear our names. You didn't think that was the end of the story, did you? 

A/N 

Hiya! Surprise! Holly and Harry's story isn't over! I believe their story will continue in the form of oneshot like snippets of their story as it progresses, and hey maybe somewhere along the line I'll be able to craft up another longer storyline for them to go through, until then, however, they'll be taking it step by step to get more familiar with their new situation. Thank you all for the support given for this book, it really means a lot. Because of the support is why I've decided to continue their story, just give me some time to craft some things up. Remember to stay hydrated and drink some water my friends :D

-Brooke