The Gas Station (H.S)

Chapter Three

TW// BREIF BODY IMAGE (Just know Diana is not "fat" or "overweight" at all and neither are you!! Diana suffers with negative body image problems, just know you are perfect. Don't change yourself for anyone!

Finally, the morning has come. Last night I felt as if my stomach was a cage of butterflies and twisted and turned all night in nervous excitement. I got up bright and early so I could prepare, at 8 am I walked Egg around the park down the street. When I got home I tidied up my house a little bit so I could prep with a small sense of peace that my apartment was sparkling.

I hopped in the shower right after making sure I shaved my whole body,used my best conditioner and shampoo,used my fancy body mask,washed my face extremely thoroughly,and was perfectly cleaning and smelling good. After I got out, I did my skin care routine,lotioned myself,and slipped into a comfortable house outfit to pick out my clothes. After a while I finally decided on a thick nude shirt,a mango mousse cardigan,a pair of white trousers, and a pair of my Nike Air Force 1's.

After I laid my outfit on the dresser in my bedroom, I decided that I had enough time to relax since it was only 3 pm. I set a timer for 6:00 so I could take a nap, I plugged in my phone and shut it off. I closed my eyes and relaxed letting myself drift off to sleep...

RING RING RING. I slowly let my head up as the alarm coming from my phone buzzed loudly, I picked myself up from my cozy bed and fixed it a little bit. I checked the time, it read 6:05. I had remember that I forgot to share my location with romeo so I clicked on the chat and sent the info that I had pre-saved on my phone

You: *you shared your location with "Harry"*

You: there is my address for when you come, see you soon :)

The dots for when he was typing lighted up my screen.

Harry: thank you !! I had forgotten to ask for this, see you.

I flicked off my phone again and sighed, jesus.. I didn't even know this man very well and I'm already so infatuated with him. He is like my poison. I shook my head trying to clear my mind, I made my way over to my white record player. I grabbed my "Face The Music" vinyl and laid it down on the spinner, I picked the needle up and placed it gently on the black record. When the beautiful string quartet started playing my body filled with utter bliss.

I picked up the clothes on the dresser and began to take off the pajamas I had worn while I napped. I laid the clothes on my bed behind me whilst I undressed in front of my mirror, when I was fully undressed standing just in my underwear and bra, I began to examine my body. I noticed the stretch marks that ran along my inner thighs, and my stomach that had always been a little bit soft. It made me frown, I had begun to think about how girls like Moira had probably never had to feel like this. I stood in front of my mirrors for a few minutes. Just looking, I had finally snapped out of it and began to put on the clothes I was planning on wearing.

I had finally finished getting ready and I took a peek at my mirror, I smirked at how cute I looked. I clicked on my phone to see a message from Romeo saying

Harry: hey, I'm almost there. I will be there in 3 mins.

I froze. I checked the time, it read 8:01. What? Had I really spent that much time getting ready? I shrugged my shoulders, no need worrying over it now, he is almost here. I slipped on my shoes and took one last look at myself in the mirror. I kissed Egg goodbye and locked my door behind me, I made my way down the steps of my apartment. Luckily he was just pulling up so I didn't have to stand in the bitter cold for long.

As he put his car in park to greet me, he quickly made his way around to awkwardly stand in front of me until I walked up and pulled him into a friendly hug. "Hi" I spoke as we broke apart. "Hello." he responded back, his accent made my heart stop. " I am really excited for tonight. I could sleep last night because I was so nervous." I blurted out, I slapped my hand over my mouth in embarrassment. He laughed at me "To be honest, same. I was thinking about you all night." He opened his passenger side car door signalling for me to enter. Once I entered his warm car he gently closed the door behind me.

When he got in,started his car, and began driving we sat in silence until I asked, "Where are we going?" he smiled, letting the dimples on his cheeks popped as he answered, "It's a secret spot, that I think you would enjoy.". I creased my brows at him and spouted out "Haha, it would suck if you like, took me to a back road and like, bludgeoned me to death or something crazy." He froze in shock at what I said, and I put my hand over my mouth "Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry I have no filter." He started to laugh, which caused me to laugh until we were both just laughing our asses off together, he spoke when he was finally able to calm down. "You're weird. But not a bad weird, a good weird. You're interesting, I think I'm going to extremely enjoy tonight's events."

20 minutes had passed, we had been driving in silence just listening to the quiet radio and the calming hum of his car. I would peek over a few times to gaze upon his mesmerizing face, I saw him look at me a couple of times too, but I was way too awkward to meet his eyes.

Suddenly the car pulled to a stop on the edge of a mountain that stood looking over the beautiful skyline of the city. I rested on the hood of his car while he walked to the trunk of his car and grabbed out a picnic basket and some blankets. I played with my hands as he laid out the blanket and rested the basket down. He walked towards me and carefully grabbed my hand as if I was made of brittle porcelain

He waited for me to sit down before he took a seat next to me. He pulled out a bottle of wine,two glasses,some cheese and crackers, and a small array of fruit. He handed me a blanket, and I wrapped myself in it. Then he opened the small bottle of white wine and let me grab one of the glasses. "I didn't know what kind of wine you enjoyed, so I just guessed." I giggled thinking about this handsome stressing out over my opinion on wine. "No, you guessed right, actually." I reassured him. Once he finished filling my cup, I scooted closer to him until our arms were touching. I spoke again to ease the nerves. "This is a really pretty spot, I bet you take all of your gas station dates here right." I teased. "Actually no, I've never taken anyone up here... You're the first." he smiled. "What makes me so different." My cheeks were burning up. "I don't know, you're just.. Different, you're special."

My heart had become a lump of goop. I had finished my wine by the time we stopped talking so I placed the cup next to me. My hand slithered down until it met his hand, and I looked at him "Is it okay If I hold your hand?" He bit his lip and nodded. His big hand eloped with mine and my heart was bursting. I hope he couldn't hear me, I laid down on my back to look up at the twinkling stars. Soon after he laid down next to me.

We laid there holding hands and star gazing and looking at each other for at least an hour, before I sat up and started getting up. "It's getting late and it's really cold. I think we should get going." He stood up quickly. I started helping him pick up everything and put it into his car with him. Once he shut the trunk he walked me over to the passenger side to open the door and let me in. I jokingly curtsied before sitting down in his car.

The drive home seemed quicker than the drive there, it was probably because the nervousness from before had ceased. When we finally arrived at my apartment he walked me up to my door.

I put my hand on my neck to conceal my nerves, "Thank you so much, I had a really good time.." I said awkwardly "Yeah, me too. We should do this again sometime." I smirked, he wanted to do this again? I could jump for joy right now, I opened my door but then decided to turn around and pull him into a warm hug. I could feel that his heart was beating about as fast as mine, when we pulled away from the hug we froze centimeters away from each other's faces. I don't know what came over me but I let myself crash into his lips.

Oh my god, his lips were so perfect. They molded against mine like they had been lost and we were finding each other once again. I tried to stop but I struggled until I was able to push myself away. "Oh my god, I am so sorry I don't know what came over me?!" He smiled a toothy grin "It's okay it really is.." I put my face into my hands and spoke "I really enjoy your company but I wanna take my time. I am not in the right place to jump into anything.. Can we just slow down a bit?" He stuttered out "O-oh, oh yeah. Totally I understand, I wanna take this slow too." I rub my neck and say "I'll see you around." I walk inside my house and wave as I close the door behind me. I could scream but I don't wanna wake up my neighbors, so I just change out of my clothes and fall into my bed. Egg hops up next to me and snuggles my face, helping me fall asleep. Wow, I am so in love with Harry.. God, I'm such a loser..