Dare To Love

Chapter 5

Harry’s POV

Lou, Tom, Gemma, and I are at a pier with Lux. She’s been begging to go for weeks so today Lou and Tom decided to take her and Gemma and I are just tagging along.

“Mum, mum, mum!” Lux tugged on Lou’s arm pointing to a carousel.

“Ok honey, but after this we’re going alright?” Lou told Lux.

“Mummy, I want the pink one!” Tom and Lou both went on the ride with Lux while Gemma and I choose to stand over to the side and wait for them. I turned around and saw a woman looking at me. In fact, it was the same woman who was looking at me in the car park when we arrived.

I turned back towards Gemma. “That woman keeps staring at me.”

She looked past me. “I don’t know about staring, but yeah, she is looking at you.”

“She was looking at me in the car park too and earlier when we were getting snacks.” I looked back around and saw that she was still looking at me.

“Seriously Harry?” I look back at my sister. “I’d think you’d be use to people staring at you considering your profession.”

“Ha, funny.” I turned around one more time and she was still looking, it’s like she’s studying me or trying to figure something out.

“Ooh, don’t look now but here she comes.”

“What?” I hate it when people say “Don’t look now” it makes me want to look. I turned around and there she was.

“It’s you.” She grinned.

“I’m sorry?”

She looked me up and down. “You’re Harry Styles aren’t you?”

“Well, yeah –” Before I could finish she grabbed me and pulled me in for a tight hug. I tilted my head back towards Gemma begging for help.

She walked over and stood behind the woman so now she was between us. “Hi.”

The woman turned to face Gemma then looked back at me confused. “This isn’t your girlfriend is it?

“No, she’s my sister. And you are?”

“Oh!” She started to laugh. “I’m sorry, ha! I got worried there for a second. I mean that would have been a problem.” She looked at Gemma again. “So you’re just the sister, older sister, am I right?” Gemma nodded and the woman grabbed her and hugged her as well. “So nice to meet you two.”

I wish Tom, Lou, and Lux come on, I’m ready to go now. “Likewise.” I nodded.

She looked around. “So where is the other one?”

I began. “I’m sorry, I don’t –”

“You know, the blonde one! Neil?”

“Niall.” Gemma answered.

“Exactly! Sorry. Where is he?” She looked at me wide eyed.

“I’m not sure.” I know exactly where Niall is, but why would I tell her? I don’t even know who she is!

Tom, Lou, and Lux walked up. “Alright, we’re done! You two ready to go?” Tom asked.

Lux looked up at Lou. “It was fun mummy!”

“I’m glad you had fun honey. Oh, who’s this?” Lou looked towards the woman.

I looked at the woman for her answer and she looked back at me with a smile. I looked at Tom and Lou and shrugged, I didn’t know.

“I’m a fan.” The woman spoke up. “A fan of One Direction. Yup, I’m a One Directioner.” She grinned.

Yeah right. “So what can I do for you?” I was ready to sign whatever she had and just leave.

“Well actually I was wondering if I could borrow your hands.” She grabbed my hands.

“Excuse me?!” I snatched my hands away and I heard Gemma and Lou laugh.

“Not like that kid, I’m old enough to be your mother. I’m a palm reader. And it would be an honor if I could read your palm.”

Ok, it’s not like I don’t believe in palm readers or anything it’s just that I don’t really believe this lady. “I don’t know about that, we were actually just going. Right?” I turned back to Tom, Lou and Gemma.

“Please it’ll only take a minute.”

“Look Harry, go on ahead mate we’ll just wait for you.” Tom said.

“Yeah Harry, go on and let her borrow your hands.” Lou said trying not to laugh. Clearly she and Gemma were finding some kind of amusement in that.

I looked back at the woman. “It’ll be real quick, I promise.” She reassured me.

“Alright, I guess it wouldn’t hurt.” I followed the woman to this small violet tent.

“Here we are, take a seat.”

There wasn’t too much room to sit. There was a small round table and two wooden chairs on either side. I took the seat closest to the exit.

She took the seat across from me. “So, how’s life?”

I nodded. “Life’s great, uh, our movie This Is Us is coming out at the end of the month. Things are ace at the moment. Thanks for asking.”

“So that’s it huh? You got your movie, your own perfume, a new album coming out, and even a big tour next year am I right?”

“Yeah, like I said things are going real good.” I could tell she was trying to get at something, I just wasn’t sure what.

“So you don’t really have any worries do you? Everything is perfect? No rent to pay or job to find…cockroaches to kill?”

I started to laugh. “What? No, none of that.”

She clearly didn’t find it as funny as I did because she just sighed and looked at me. “Harry do you think you’ve ever been challenged?”

“Yeah, definitely. I mean through me and the lads trying to get to where we are now we all faced plenty of chall –”

She started to shake her head in disagreement. “Those were obstacle Harry. I’m talking about challenges, real challenges Harry, and struggles.”

I don’t know what this lady is trying to say, getting here wasn’t some walk in the park for us. Besides, isn't as obstacle a challenge? “Actually –”

“Harry you will soon face a challenge. And for once in your life your charm and good-looks won’t help you. In fact, knowing her, they might just make things harder for you.” She looked down at her hands.

“Her?”

“What?” She looked back up at me wide-eyed like she was just realizing what she had said.

“You said ‘knowing her’. Who’s ‘her’?”

“Never mind all that! Look, I have three words of advice to you .Alright?” I nodded like a six year old whose just been asked if they understood. “Just be there.”

“What do you mean? Be there for what?”

“Whatever it is you feel you need to be there for. Sometimes just being there for something, or someone, can make a world of difference.”

For a moment we both just sat there. “Umm, are we done here?”

She nodded. “Yeah, we’re done. You can go now.”
I stood up. “Thank you for the umm…” I didn’t even know what to thank her for. “advice.”

She stood up and walked around the table to me. “Just say you’ll take it.”

“I will.”
And with those two words she wrapped her arms around me and hugged me. “Thank you Harry, thank you so much.”

I didn’t even do anything, did I? “But I didn’t do anything.”

She hugged me tighter. “Not yet, but, when you do, I’ll be forever grateful. Now, go on, your friends are waiting for you.”

I walked out of the tent then turned around to look at her. “Bye.”

“Goodbye son.”
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