The Gas Station (H.S)

Chapter Seven

(This was what Diana wore but with long trousers)

 I got up around 12:30 am, not too early, but early enough to give me a reasonable time to get ready. I tidied up my apartment and jumped into the shower. When I got out it was about 1:20 pm, I had decided to keep my hair curly and just let it air dry and let it become a neat but pretty curly head. I went into my closet and pulled out some clothes. After a long decision, I decided on a black turtleneck shirt, brown corduroy trousers, a white and black medium length trench coat, and my ankle-length platform doc martens.

I put on a delicate silver necklace to balance out the outfit, I checked the time, it was 2:30 now.

I searched up the cafe to see how far it was and I realized it was only a few minutes away from me, and that it would make more sense to walk to avoid traffic. I grabbed my phone and my house key and I was at the door.

The walk wasn't very long and I got there in about 26 minutes, but the strangest thing was that Harry was already there? I suppose I wasn't super early just by a few minutes. I walked towards the door and went inside, I walked to his table and said "Harry?" his face looked up and he began to smile showing off his adorable dimples. He got up to give me a friendly hug and embraced me tightly.

We released out of the hug and took a seat right across from him. One of the workers came up to us to get our order, Harry ordered just a plain vanilla latte and I ordered some type of herbal tea.

We sat there and commenced in basic small talk, we spoke about things we enjoyed doing, our favorite tv shows, our pets, just dumb chit chat. When the woman who brought us our drinks put down our cups in front of she said. "Is that all I could for you, sir." It was clear she was only speaking to Harry, trying to flirt with him or something. But he only glanced at her and gave her a polite "No thank you". After that he turned back to me and said " You were saying something?" the woman scoffed and walked off.

I laughed at her reaction and surprised him, "What's funny?" he said with a confused smirk. That just made me giggle more "Clearly you don't know the effect you have on women. You just broke that poor girl's heart." He shyly grinned for a moment before his face turned to a mischievous smirk "Well... Have my 'effects' worked on you yet?" he said, I sarcastically responded, "Hmmm not just yet, but you're getting there.."

We really just drank our drinks in silence, but we both finished them relatively quickly. Once we finished Harry waved down the waiter to bring the check. Right as the waiter came and put down the checkbook I quickly grabbed it so I could pay.

"What are you doing? Give it to me, I'll pay, it's fine I invited you." Harry said, trying to convince me to let him pay. "Nope, I'm not letting you pay for this. I'll do it, it's fine it really is." I put my card in the clip and put it in the waiter's hand. The waiter walked to the back and quickly came back and gave me my card.

I slipped the card into my pocket and got up. Harry got up too, we walked out of the cafe together. We walked next to each other just taking in the nice warm weather and bright sun. We walked to a nearby park, there was a beautiful sparkling pond. "Wow it's so strange I live so close to here but I've never seen this place before. It's gorgeous." I said

"I was gonna say something super cheesy and unoriginal, but I have decided against it," Harry said laughing. "No, no, it's ok I will like it, come on spit it out." I nudged his arm playfully. "Okay, okay. Ahem 'this place is gorgeous, but not as gorgeous as you or something." We both laughed. We slowly walked around the pond along the long concrete trail.

I turned to him "Can I hold your hand?" He looked at me and nodded "Yeah, yeah of course." he stuttered as if I surprised him. Maybe I shouldn't have been so forward with him.

He grabbed my hand firmly, his thick rings pressed against my fingers. Memories from the day I met him rushed back to my mind. I felt so close to him right now. My whole body was filled with warm, golden light.

We had sat and walked around the pond for at least two hours and the sky began to dim. Harry had driven to the cafe so we walked to his car and when we reached it he turned to me and said "You wanna go see something beautiful." I was confused by his question, but how bad could it be? "Ummm, yeah sure?" "Ok get in." I got into the car and he walked around to the driver's seat and started the car.

I hadn't taken much notice of his outfit until now, it was bold, but he pulled it off so well. He was wearing a light grey coat, a formal white button-up, and turquoise trousers. My outfit felt bland in comparison, oh well might as well make a note next time to not hold back on the colors.

We drove for about 25 minutes, I had asked where we were going but he responded with a vague response of 'it's a surprise, we will get there soon.'

The car started to slow, we were a boat docking place? Harry pulled his car into a tight spot behind a small shack. He got out and waved to me to join him, we walked down the wooden platform until we arrived at a medium-sized speedboat.

Harry hopped into it, he stuck his hand out and smiled. "Come on I'll help you in." he said, I was confused "Harry, what is this... Whose boat is this? What's going on?" I was so confused since we lived in New York it was near impossible to rent a boat, without waiting at least two weeks, and not only that it was super expensive.

He laughed like I was joking "It's a friend's boat, relax it's cool, come on.. I've got wine." I get in and sit down, and Harry starts up the boat. Something was soothing about the muffled roar of the boat's engine.

Harry drove at a steady pace, I laid back taking in the premature sunset. He eventually stopped after driving around for a few minutes. We had the perfect view of the sun and it was so beautiful.

Harry anchored the boat and took a seat next to me, he sighed as he put his arm around my shoulder. This was probably the most romantic thing I've ever experienced. I spoke up "This is nice." He looked at me his eyes were so soft and sincere.

I brought my hands up to his face, I hesitated silently asking if he would let me touch him. His eyes said yes, I let my hands grasp his face and gently feel his skin. He flinched a little bit when I touched him, but after I grabbed his face he did the same to me. We just held each other's faces taking in the energy.

I placed my forehead on his forehead just to be close to him, when I pulled away our faces froze and we stayed an inch away from each other's face. I slowly moved myself to his lips, freezing right before I reached him allowing him to make the final move. He took no time to connect to me.

He was so warm, like the sun. We kissed each other like lost lovers, we were the other's half and now we're finally connected. We kissed for what felt like hours but it was okay because I felt free and happy. When we pulled away, we just took our time studying one another.

"We are so connected, like... soulmates or something." Harry said, "Seriously, you feel so... Familiar like you went missing and I found you once again." I said in response. Everything felt as if it was moving in slow motion.

Harry grabbed my hand and squeezed it gently, we looked forward to watch the sunset and enjoy the rest of our date.

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