The Story of Us

Hourglass

-It's just one week. You won't even realise I'm gone.- my eyes started filling out with tears just before I buried my head into his grey jumper I gave him for out six month anniversary. I didn't want him to go anywhere, especially not to America, and a whole other timezone. Even for a week. One week without his touch. One week without his curls. One week without his kiss. And that's it! It's just one week. And I can't stand it. Soon, he'll be gone traveling around the globe for the 2013 world tour, and I won't be able to see him for a few months at a time. -Oh, come on! I'm not going to Afghanistan.-

-You're going to New York. Screaming girls, Harry. Not a big difference.- I looked down so I could avoid his stare.

-Hey!- his fist lifted my chin. -You and me, remember?- I smiled. He started quietly singing:

-Baby, you light up my world like no body else.- I threw my arms around his neck. -The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed. And when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell.- only he could pull my face into a smile like that, and paint my cheeks into that special shade of red. -You don't know.- the melody in his voice completely faded. -You don't know you're beautiful.- my lips found his in the crowded airport. Just as they would anywhere in the world. I wanted to freeze that moment. I wanted to make that kiss last forever. I wanted to never let go of him. Our lips broke off, making another crystal tear fall out of my eye. -Forever together.- he whispered with our foreheads crashing eachoter. He gave me one last look, before he ran off.

-I love you.- I tried to say those words, but no sound was coming out of me, like I was put on mute. He waived to me for the last time before the heavy airplane door shut. I watched it lift off into the sky. It looked free like a bird, unlike me, who felt lost without him.

-Are you okay?- Lucy sneaked on me behind my back.

-No.- my eyes were still locked on the same place where the plane was standing a minute ago. 

-He's gone.-

-I know. Niall's gone too.-

-I just wish I didn't have school, so I could go with him.-

-Don't worry. Eleanor and Perrie will take good care of them.-

  I dropped Lucy off at Niall's place. Even though his car was there, it looked so dark and empty without him. And the moment I stepped inside our house, I felt it too. His clothes in the wardrobe were there. His cologne on the shelf was there. His shampoo was there... He wasn't. 

  It's like that week turned into a year, and every day spent without him was a month. And it was as a million years passed when I saw him smiling at me when I got out of the car in front of his hotel in New York. 

-Sara!!!- his arms lifted me off the ground, and kept twirling me as I was crying to his shoulder. He looked me deeply in the eyes before he kissed me. -I missed you.- he whispered while holding his hand under my ear. His voice healed everything inside of me.

-I missed you too.- I looked over him, and sad Lucy and Niall hugging eachother too. He picked up my bags, and went to the hotel room.

-Sara!-

-Sara! Hally!- Eleanor carrying Lux showed up aroung the corridor just as I was unlocking the room door. As I looked more closely, I saw Lou, Paul and the rest of the crew sitting at the end of the hallway. Everyone was there. Even Danielle. We haven't seen eachother in a few weeks, but she changed like it's been years. Her noodle brown hair was now perfectly straight and blonde. I missed her. I missed our laughs together. I missed Payzer. I realised Liam should be here somewhere. Does he know she's here? Then out of nowhere, he showed up behind Danielle and kissed her.

-Payzer is back?- I thought to myself. My eyes were locked on the two of them as we were approaching the end of the hallway. I saw a smile on Liam's face. The kind that only shows up when he's with Danielle. I haven't seen it in a while, but it looks so natural on him. I hugged her. No words were needed in that moment. He was happy. She was happy. I was happy.

   I saw Harry only in the morning and evening for the next two days, since everyone was so busy with rehersals. He worked so hard for the last two years, and he was working even more and more every day.

-Do you have time to breathe?- he almost spilled his cereal.

-I'm alive, aren't I?-  he kissed my head and rushed out the door. 

-See you tonight!- the door closed with a bang.

-Wait!- he walked back in with a white T-shirt in his hand.

-You scared me.-

-This is for you.- he handed me the shirt. -Wear it. Tonight.- I looked at it. 

''I PREFER THE FLIRT'' was written on the front in black letters. -Everyone has one. Perrie, Lucy... The text is different though.-

-It's amazing. Thank you.-

-No. I have to thank you. For putting up with this. For putting up with me, and my crazy life. You are the most extrordinary person in the world. I don't know how many other people would be as patient and still as you.-

-When you love someone you look pass all of the drama and craziness, so you can just see that one person that means everything to you. And when it comes to you, Harry, nothing's hard for me to do.-

-I love you.- he whispered once more and ran off again.

   There were so many people in the Garden, I felt like the walls were closing on me. Madison Square Garden. The biggest venue in the world. And they sold it out in a few minutes. It's actually funny when you think about it. I remember how I saw Harry a year ago- like a God- and I know how I see him now- like the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. And he didn't change. I felt like I knew him back then, and it's the same way that I know him now. Fame didn't change him, I was sure of that. It only made him stronger. El, Pezz, Luce, Dani and I spent the entire night screaming. I could even say we unleashed our fangirls.

-Perrie,- Zayn's voice filled the arena.

-Eleanor,- Lou continued with his eyes locked in the distance.

-Lucy,- Niall added.

-Sara...- Harry whispered, and found my eyes in the crowd.

-Danielle!!!- someone from the crowd shouted, which made a smile appear on Liam's face. Neither him or Dani confirmed they were back together, but from the moment people saw him smiling again, everyone knew something has happened.

-We love you.- Niall cut them off. -So much.-

-And we wanted to show you just how much really is.- there wasn't another sound in the arena while Lou was talking.

-This is for you.- Harry's eyes were still looking at mine. Louie started playing the piano before Liam started quietly singing:

-People say we shouldn't be together. Too young to know about forever. But I say they don't know what they're talk talk talkin' about.- by the time it was Harry's turn, I was already crying. He smiled when he realised I was wearing the shirt he gave me.

-'Cause this love is only getting stronger. So I don’t wanna wait any longer. I just wanna tell the world that your mine, girl.- we were looking at eachother troughout the entire song. Just like Lou and El, and Perrie and Zayn, and Lucy and Niall, and Danielle and Liam were. I ran to the stage a second after the last song finished. Harry was still confused when I jumped on him, so hard, that the both of us almost fell over. I kissed him even though I was pretty sure everybody could still see us. I opened my eyes and found him smiling at me. He took mine and Lou's hand and all of us bowed down.

-I love you, I love you, I love you!- I whispered.

-I know. I love you too.- he leaned in so our noses touched. The spotlight extinguished, and we were left blind in the dark. But I never felt so safe in my entire life.