Tracing The Stars H.S AU

Chapter 8- Peach Tree

Blair's POV

"Where the hell are we going?" I ask Harry after about twenty minutes of driving when we ended up in a pretty woodsy area.

He grins sheepishly. "Relax women, it's a surprise."

"You are telling me to relax, but I'm in a white man's Jeep and he is bringing me deep into the forest," I joke.

No but seriously I'm sitting in a white man's jeep in the forest. He could potentially try to kill me.

He smiles widely, breathing out a heavy laugh. "Promise I won't kill you, and it's just a little ways out of the city."

Once Harry parked his car, and grabbed a black satchel bag, I followed suit taking in the beatuiful surroundings.

Green trees, gravel roads and a setting sun.

The land was pretty big, and I'm pretty sure I wasn't even seeing half of it. There was even a house on the land which I assumed belonged to Harry's family.

This was beatuiful.

Did I smell cow manure?

"Uhhhhh, where are we?"

"It's my family's farm. I used to come here all the time with my sister and my parents as a kid. My parents got a divorce my freshman year of highschool, so we just stopped going. Now I just come here when I need to clear my head."

There was a moment of pause because I had no clue that Harry's parents got a divorce. He never mentioned it to me, but then again we were never that close.

"Oh. I'm sorry I didn't know that."

Harry grabs a small black bag from his trunk and slings it over his shoulders. "It's fine. It was a long time ago. "

His voice was shaky when he spoke. He probably didn't want to talk about it.

"So what are we doing here?" I asked quickly changing the topic, so he wasn't too upset.

"We are working on the self- confidence thing, remember? Together," he says holding his hand out for me.

"Mmm," I hum. "Fine, just don't kill me in the woods."

I place my hand in his, following him reverently as he leads me to a big open field.

"Sit down by the peach tree for me." Harry orders digging around in his black satchel bag.

I sat right under the tall cascading peach tree taking in how beautiful Harry's family farm is.  All around me there are different types of flowers, and fruit trees. I even see a couple hummingbirds up above me, pecking at the fruit for dinner.

Suddenly, a flashing light breaks my thoughts.

"Harry!" I screech covering my face.

"No stay, you look beatuiful." I could practically hear the grin on his face when he spoke.

His words shocked me. I had never had a guy call me beautiful before. Did he really think I was beatuiful? I couldn't exactly understand Harry's intentions yet. Why does he care so much about helping me? He could literally have any girl he wanted at Eastwood, but here we are at his family farm of all places.

"Since when did you become a photographer?" I asked as he held up the black camera to his face taking more pictures.

He shrugs. "I just do it for fun sometimes. Now keep your head turned that way and don't move. The sun is hitting perfect."

"Harry! What is the point of this." I groan embarrassingly

He narrows his eyes away from the camera lens towards me.

"The point of this is to show you how beatuiful you are peach. You have nothing to be insecure about."

I'm blushing so much my face physically hurts. I haven't received this much attention from a guy since Justin asked me to be his girlfriend. I wasn't sure what I was feeling in this moment, but it wasn't a bad.

Peach

His nickname for me made my heart swell.

He takes a couple more shoots coaxing me to try many different positions by the tree before taking a seat next to me.

I try to peep over his shoulder to look at the pictures he took, but he quickly shuts down his camera and puts it away.

"We need to make a list." Harry said, grabbing a notepad and a pen out of his bag.

"A list?"

"Yes. We are working on your self confidence together. I gotta know what I'm working with first so I can help you."

"Alright..." I said slowly.

"So what are things you want to work on specifically?"

I bite the inside of my check.  "Well I want to start being more confident in my body."

Harry starts to jot things down in his peace of paper.

"What else?"

"I want to start going out to parties again, and feeling good about it. Feeling safe too."

He pauses for a second but continues writing.

"Oh! I want to be better at communicating the things I want in life. A Lot of my life I feel like I have been living for other people, doing what everyone wants me to do, or expects of me, I need to start doing things for me," I continue to ramble. "Maybe even having a solid group of friends. I used to be friends with the cheer girls, but then I realized how fake they could be."

"My friends are your friends you know?" He tells me firmly. "I know its been a while since we have all hung out together but trust me, they like you."

I nodd. "I did miss you guys this summer."

"Alright, anything else peach?"

"I miss food." I deadpan making Harry furrow his eyebrows.

"What?"

"I miss good food. I used to be so obsessed with this image of being skinny when I was on the cheer team like the rest of the girls, and passed up on good food. I just want to eat a burger."

Harry laughs. "We can definitely eat all the food we want."

"Do you work tomorrow?" he asks.

"No why?"

He stands up and holds his hand out to help me up. "Come to the game tomorrow. It's the first game of the season and you can hang out with us afterwards if you would like."

At first my anxiety told me to say no. To stay home, do some homework and maybe even watch a movie with my mom when she came home from work. However, going to the game ment spending more time with Harry and I don't think I would mind spending more time with him.

"Sounds like fun."

"Look," He says pointing at the sky. "The sunset is pretty."

He wraps one arm around my lower waist and I wish I could have stayed in this moment a little longer. No pressures from school, work, or my parents. Just Harry and I watching the sunset twenty five minutes away from all our troubles.