The Dagger's Rose || l.s (completed)

Twelve

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"The enchanted rose is dying, he needs to find love before he turns 21", a vague voice whispered to Harry.

"He'll be a Beast for the rest of his life", the same voice said.

Harry didn't know what to do. He was too scared to be with the Beast but there was something about the Beast that made him stay in the palace. He wanted to love him but he was not sure if the Beast could love him back.

He wanted to know more about the Beast but he got no answers. He was lost in his thoughts and then the same vague voice said, "Have patience!", as if it could read his thoughts.

Harry woke up to the buzzing sound of his alarm. He had to get ready for the classes and he had to wake Niall up as he would probably be sleeping now even though he had the loudest alarm on earth.

Their day was normal, classes in the morning and a little bit of wandering in the afternoon. They didn't meet Zayn and Liam again. They were probably gonna see them when the classes for final years would start. Three more days to go.

Harry's thoughts didn't leave his head, he texted Zayn for the whole day but all he got was a smiley emoji as a reply. He also replied with You're so cute Harry. Harry felt like throwing off his phone.

Harry, Niall and Cassie were sitting on the bench near the tree-lined pathways. There were so many benches situated all along the pathways in the campus. They were discussing about their day and Cassie was rambling about her amazing friends at the dorm.

"Did I tell you that there are like more than twenty girls in our dorm rooms who like girls? I haven't told them that I'm a lesbian yet but I'll do it soon. Or should I just keep quiet?", Cassie asked them.

"If you're comfortable, tell them, it's upto you", Niall said. "Don't worry about our families, we can still play along", Harry added. Cassie hummed in response.

Another day passed, Harry was still thinking about William. Zayn had stopped replying to him. He didn't feel like calling him, he was probably very busy with the student council stuff. It had been three days since his classes started and he had already heard a lot of rumours about the famous sophomores and seniors. Especially this Louis Tomlinson. Harry was both irritated and curious, Niall was literally counting the days left to meet him, girls from his class were already planning to impress him, Harry knew that football was very famous in this college but he didn't know the intensity of it, and it was quite overwhelming for him. This Louis guy must be really hot, that's why these people were so crazy about him.

It was saturday night. Harry, Niall and Cassie had come to a party at a senior boy's flat. First year students were specially invited in order to get to know about the history and tradition of the college. Harry couldn't read any 'history' in the drink glasses but yeah, that was it. People were standing in groups near the bars and tables with drinks. Harry couldn't recognise anyone except for some people from his classes. Slow beat music was being played and many people were grinding against each other. He saw a big "Don't puke in front of first years' , we have toilets nearby" banner on a wall of the party hall. He could still hear someone vomiting nearby. He hadn't been to any frat parties that were this big before.

All three of them were casually chatting with the people they knew and had few light drinks. Cassie slowly nudged Harry's rib with her elbow. Harry looked at her and she pointed to a girl near a bar next to them checking him out. As he looked at her she smirked at him. He didn't know how to respond so he just smiled. He knew how to avoid girls in highschool but this was a new place and he wanted to learn about the people more.