Roots - h.s

19.

Love I might be fallin'
And if you wanna come over and watch tv
I'm free.
I can't help but stare at your face.
Makes my palms sweat;
Makes my heart race.

HARRY'S POV:

    I knock on Sterling's door bright and early, knowing she has no idea I'll be here at this time. Her dad does though, I made sure he knew. He got out her hiking boots specially for me, and this day. Gemma is still here, she will be for a few more days, and I was telling her about me and Sterling. I told her we were officially dating now. I told her how we first met, and a majority of what happened in between, leaving out a few parts...

But what I focused on telling her was the bucket list.. Sterling's bucket list she wanted to complete this summer, but put it on the back burner... I don't want that to happen though... and Gemma and I had the same idea, so she helped me plan today.. She let me do all the research I needed, and I spoke with Sterling's dad who was more than happy to help.

    "Morning." He smiles towards me as he opens the door. "I just put on a pot of coffee.. You can go get her up because I know she won't get up if I'm the one to wake her.." He laughs, and opens the door for me.

    "Please tell me she loves the morning.." I ask him, and he sucks in a sharp breath through his teeth.

    "That would make me a liar.." He shakes his head, and I know this will be a challenge in itself, but it's one I'll take with open arms. "Are... Well, normally this is a question I'd ask my daughter.. But you're already here so I might as well ask you... Are the two of... Are you dating my daughter?" He asks, and I freeze. Well of course I told my mum, and my step dad.. They pestered me, and I wasn't sure if she had told her dad just yet.. I don't want him to kill me or want to... But I feel like he's not that kind of father.

    "I... Yes sir. I asked her to be my.. My girlfriend two days ago while you were away." I nod, knowing she doesn't know I told him but she was going to have to sooner or later.

    "You can call me Jason... Don't look so scared, I'm happy about this.. I think you're good for her." He tells me, and I feel like I can breathe for a second.

    "I'm trying to be the best I can be for your daughter sir... I mean Jason.. I really like her, and she's... Well I think she's just as good for me." I nod my head, keeping my hands clasped in front of me.

    "Well go get her up.. Thanks for being honest with me." He smiles, and walks towards their kitchen. I walk up the stairs, and turn at her door, pushing it open, knowing if I knock she's going to ignore me.

    "Sterling...." I speak softly, and she's thrown face down on her bed. She's completely sprawled out, taking up the entire mattress as she sleeps. I smirk at the sight in front of me. I walk around towards her. "Ster baby wake up..." I speak a bit louder, and hear her groan.

    "This better be a dream, and you better not actually be waking me up before the sun is fully in the sky." She grumbles, and I crouch down next to her bed so my eyes are level with her face.

    "Not a dream.. I'm here.. Waking you up before the sun is fully in the sky." I tell her, clasping my hands together.

    "Scientifically speaking... Have you ever read anything about waking up a teenage girl before the sun is up?" She speaks, her words muffled as her face is pressed to the mattress.

    "Well I read that if you wake up every day before the sun is awake and before everyone else that it's easy to develop depression, and I also-"

    "Harry.. This is the only time I'm going to say this.. I don't want to hear your facts. That was a rhetorical question." She turns her face and presses it to the mattress.