Traces of Your Touch (An AU Fanfiction)
Chapter 19
"You fucked up bitch!"
Harry and Aria whipped their heads and looked towards the end of the dock to find Amy standing there with her hands balled up into fists by her sides. She charged forward, teeth grinding together in utter loath for Aria. Before Aria or Harry could comprehend her motive, Amy launched herself on Aria and started pulling on Aria’s hair.
“YOU STUPID LITTLE FILTHY FUCK! HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY HARRY! I’M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!”
Amy banged Aria’s head against the dock over and over again. Aria tried to push her away but when she saw no sign of Amy budging, she started striking Amy back.She pulled on Amy’s hair with as much strength as she could muster and clawed at Amy’s face with her nails. Amy howled in pain but didn’t let go. Aria could hear Harry shouting for Amy to stop and within a minute she found Amy being lifted off of her.
“YOU STUPID BITCH! LET GO OF ME, HARRY! I’M GONNA KILL THIS FILTHY PIG!”
“FUCKING CALM DOWN, AMY!”
Amy was still kicking and screaming for Harry to let her go when Aria noticed Mr.Hudson and the rest of the students rushing towards the dock. Harry put Amy down when she tired herself out but still didn’t let go of her waist in case she jumped on Aria again. Aria felt jealousy overtake her and before she knew it, she found herself sprinting towards Amy. However, her attack was stopped by a pair of hands wrapping around her waist, holding her back. She whirled her head around to find Louis restraining her and trying to cool her down.
“Babe, just relax. Calm down. She isn’t worth it. Calm down, Aria!”
“What’s going on here?” Mr.Hudson’s angry voice stopped both Aria and Amy’s struggles to murder each other. They had never seen him so enraged before at school. His face had turned red like a tomato from the suppressed anger. Amy overcame her shock before Aria could and whined out loudly so that everyone could hear.
“This stupid slut kissed my Harry! My Harry!”
“Language, Miss Salavan!” Mr. Hudson spoke up furiously as the rest of the students gasped at this news. Some even took out their phones to video all the drama. But it wasn’t enough to make Amy stop.
“I won’t mind my language! This dumb floor sweeping slut kissed Harry! How dare she! I’m gonna kill her!” Amy tried to hit Aria once again. But before Amy could do anything further, Harry spoke up.
“We didn’t kiss!”
Aria thought she had conjured his words up in her mind, but realized that Harry had actually denied the kiss when she saw Amy halt in mid way. Aria’s heart sank and her throat clogged up as she heard Harry continue.
“We didn’t kiss, Amy! So just stop!”
“Don’t lie to me, Harry!” Amy said indignantly, but her voice was much calmer than it was minutes before. “I saw you two kissing!”
“I’m not lying! Aria just had dust in her eye. And I was trying to blow it away! You must’ve thought we were kissing cause it’s dark and I was on top of her!”
Aria felt her heart start to break by the time Harry finished. This was the second time Harry had kissed her and the second time he had left her humiliated in front everyone she knew from school. She started remembering every cruel detail of the last incident. Biggest loser in school? That’s what they had called her. Right? That’s what Harry had proved? Tears started pooling in her eyes but none escaped as she blinked them away.
“Kiss or not, all three of you are getting punished for this!” Mr.Hudson declared with authority. “Mr. Styles and Miss Morgan, you’ll be getting detention for the rest of the week, starting Monday! And as for Miss Salavan, you will be suspended for three days for turning a simple situation into a chaos and using profanities even though you were warned!”
“What the-“ Amy started but was cut off by Mr.Hudson holding his hand up for her to halt.
“That will be enough, Miss Salavan! Unless you want to get an expulsion, I suggest you stop talking altogether.”
Amy opened her mouth to say something but closed it, not taking any chances. When Mr.Hudson asked everyone to go back to sleep, Louis led Aria towards Aria’s group. Carol and Liana took their turn hugging Aria while Alan and Nikhil asked her if she was doing alright. Aria just nodded her head, feeling way too stupefied to speak. She saw Niall and Liam coming over to see if she was doing okay but she didn’t need anybody’s sympathy. She just needed to be alone.
She excused herself and started walking away from the camp site, not sure where she was heading. Carol and Liana tried calling her back and followed her but Aria just kept walking. From the corner of her eye, she noticed Harry walking back to the camp but what made Aria stop in her tracks was when she noticed that Amy was leading him there as she pulled on his wrist.
The way Harry had held onto Aria’s wrist as they had watched the lunar eclipse flashed before her eyes, and before she knew it she had taken off towards the woods as the tears started pouring down her face.
“Aria! Aria, stop!” Louis shouted from behind but Aria just kept running. It hurt. It hurt way too much. She couldn’t do this. Not again.
After running for ten minutes straight, Aria began to feel worn-out and slowed down as Louis caught up to her. She wiped away her tears quickly so that Louis couldn’t witness how vulnerable she felt at that moment. Louis, however, did notice but thought better than to talk about it.
“Jesus! Have you considered applying for the Olympics? You’d beat Usain Bolt any day!” Louis teased, panting. Aria gave him a small smile with her wobbly lips. She really wasn’t in the mood for jokes.
“And if that doesn’t work out you could always apply for wrestling. I mean, wow! I thought I would’ve fallen straight on my face trying to stop you from the way you sprinted towards Amy!”
The reminder of the traumatic attack was enough to shatter Aria’s self control and she burst out into tears. She started weeping loudly while her body racked with sobs. Louis stood there flabbergasted by her reaction, not sure what he should do. He hadn’t thought that his jokes would backfire in such a bizarre way. He was never good when it came to women crying. That was Harry’s department.
But for some reason, Louis didn’t like seeing Aria this way. She looked better when she had that sunny smile on her face. Louis fidgeted for a moment before he did the only thing that came to his mind. He pulled Aria into his arms.
Aria hugged him back even tighter and cried her heart out. She wept like a child as she felt Louis stroking her hair to comfort her.
“Babe, just relax. I know it was traumatizing to have Amy sprint at you like that for something you didn’t even do. But you have to be strong. Okay? Just breathe in and breathe out.” Louis murmured against Aria’s hair.
Louis didn’t even know why Aria was crying. How would he, when he didn’t know what had happened at the dock? How would he, when he didn’t know how Aria felt about Harry? Even her friends would think she was crying because of Amy’s unexpected assault. But nobody would know. Nobody would understand the ache.
Louis kissed Aria on her forehead as he felt her regain her composure. He didn’t let her go though. For some odd reason, having her in his arms felt good. Almost like she belonged there.
Aria started raising her head slowly and found Louis’ t-shirt completely soaked. She grimaced at her own lack of self-control and looked up at Louis apologetically.
“I’m sorry I r-ruined your sh-shirt.” Aria stammered between hiccups.
“What? This? Naw! It’s nowhere near a wreck as you look right now!” Louis joked, only to get slapped on the hand by Aria as she started laughing. Louis felt better having made her laugh. Putting his hand over her shoulder, he led her back to the camp site, getting a tingling feeling in his stomach.
Must be some sort of a bug, Louis concluded mentally.
Harry and Aria whipped their heads and looked towards the end of the dock to find Amy standing there with her hands balled up into fists by her sides. She charged forward, teeth grinding together in utter loath for Aria. Before Aria or Harry could comprehend her motive, Amy launched herself on Aria and started pulling on Aria’s hair.
“YOU STUPID LITTLE FILTHY FUCK! HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY HARRY! I’M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!”
Amy banged Aria’s head against the dock over and over again. Aria tried to push her away but when she saw no sign of Amy budging, she started striking Amy back.She pulled on Amy’s hair with as much strength as she could muster and clawed at Amy’s face with her nails. Amy howled in pain but didn’t let go. Aria could hear Harry shouting for Amy to stop and within a minute she found Amy being lifted off of her.
“YOU STUPID BITCH! LET GO OF ME, HARRY! I’M GONNA KILL THIS FILTHY PIG!”
“FUCKING CALM DOWN, AMY!”
Amy was still kicking and screaming for Harry to let her go when Aria noticed Mr.Hudson and the rest of the students rushing towards the dock. Harry put Amy down when she tired herself out but still didn’t let go of her waist in case she jumped on Aria again. Aria felt jealousy overtake her and before she knew it, she found herself sprinting towards Amy. However, her attack was stopped by a pair of hands wrapping around her waist, holding her back. She whirled her head around to find Louis restraining her and trying to cool her down.
“Babe, just relax. Calm down. She isn’t worth it. Calm down, Aria!”
“What’s going on here?” Mr.Hudson’s angry voice stopped both Aria and Amy’s struggles to murder each other. They had never seen him so enraged before at school. His face had turned red like a tomato from the suppressed anger. Amy overcame her shock before Aria could and whined out loudly so that everyone could hear.
“This stupid slut kissed my Harry! My Harry!”
“Language, Miss Salavan!” Mr. Hudson spoke up furiously as the rest of the students gasped at this news. Some even took out their phones to video all the drama. But it wasn’t enough to make Amy stop.
“I won’t mind my language! This dumb floor sweeping slut kissed Harry! How dare she! I’m gonna kill her!” Amy tried to hit Aria once again. But before Amy could do anything further, Harry spoke up.
“We didn’t kiss!”
Aria thought she had conjured his words up in her mind, but realized that Harry had actually denied the kiss when she saw Amy halt in mid way. Aria’s heart sank and her throat clogged up as she heard Harry continue.
“We didn’t kiss, Amy! So just stop!”
“Don’t lie to me, Harry!” Amy said indignantly, but her voice was much calmer than it was minutes before. “I saw you two kissing!”
“I’m not lying! Aria just had dust in her eye. And I was trying to blow it away! You must’ve thought we were kissing cause it’s dark and I was on top of her!”
Aria felt her heart start to break by the time Harry finished. This was the second time Harry had kissed her and the second time he had left her humiliated in front everyone she knew from school. She started remembering every cruel detail of the last incident. Biggest loser in school? That’s what they had called her. Right? That’s what Harry had proved? Tears started pooling in her eyes but none escaped as she blinked them away.
“Kiss or not, all three of you are getting punished for this!” Mr.Hudson declared with authority. “Mr. Styles and Miss Morgan, you’ll be getting detention for the rest of the week, starting Monday! And as for Miss Salavan, you will be suspended for three days for turning a simple situation into a chaos and using profanities even though you were warned!”
“What the-“ Amy started but was cut off by Mr.Hudson holding his hand up for her to halt.
“That will be enough, Miss Salavan! Unless you want to get an expulsion, I suggest you stop talking altogether.”
Amy opened her mouth to say something but closed it, not taking any chances. When Mr.Hudson asked everyone to go back to sleep, Louis led Aria towards Aria’s group. Carol and Liana took their turn hugging Aria while Alan and Nikhil asked her if she was doing alright. Aria just nodded her head, feeling way too stupefied to speak. She saw Niall and Liam coming over to see if she was doing okay but she didn’t need anybody’s sympathy. She just needed to be alone.
She excused herself and started walking away from the camp site, not sure where she was heading. Carol and Liana tried calling her back and followed her but Aria just kept walking. From the corner of her eye, she noticed Harry walking back to the camp but what made Aria stop in her tracks was when she noticed that Amy was leading him there as she pulled on his wrist.
The way Harry had held onto Aria’s wrist as they had watched the lunar eclipse flashed before her eyes, and before she knew it she had taken off towards the woods as the tears started pouring down her face.
“Aria! Aria, stop!” Louis shouted from behind but Aria just kept running. It hurt. It hurt way too much. She couldn’t do this. Not again.
After running for ten minutes straight, Aria began to feel worn-out and slowed down as Louis caught up to her. She wiped away her tears quickly so that Louis couldn’t witness how vulnerable she felt at that moment. Louis, however, did notice but thought better than to talk about it.
“Jesus! Have you considered applying for the Olympics? You’d beat Usain Bolt any day!” Louis teased, panting. Aria gave him a small smile with her wobbly lips. She really wasn’t in the mood for jokes.
“And if that doesn’t work out you could always apply for wrestling. I mean, wow! I thought I would’ve fallen straight on my face trying to stop you from the way you sprinted towards Amy!”
The reminder of the traumatic attack was enough to shatter Aria’s self control and she burst out into tears. She started weeping loudly while her body racked with sobs. Louis stood there flabbergasted by her reaction, not sure what he should do. He hadn’t thought that his jokes would backfire in such a bizarre way. He was never good when it came to women crying. That was Harry’s department.
But for some reason, Louis didn’t like seeing Aria this way. She looked better when she had that sunny smile on her face. Louis fidgeted for a moment before he did the only thing that came to his mind. He pulled Aria into his arms.
Aria hugged him back even tighter and cried her heart out. She wept like a child as she felt Louis stroking her hair to comfort her.
“Babe, just relax. I know it was traumatizing to have Amy sprint at you like that for something you didn’t even do. But you have to be strong. Okay? Just breathe in and breathe out.” Louis murmured against Aria’s hair.
Louis didn’t even know why Aria was crying. How would he, when he didn’t know what had happened at the dock? How would he, when he didn’t know how Aria felt about Harry? Even her friends would think she was crying because of Amy’s unexpected assault. But nobody would know. Nobody would understand the ache.
Louis kissed Aria on her forehead as he felt her regain her composure. He didn’t let her go though. For some odd reason, having her in his arms felt good. Almost like she belonged there.
Aria started raising her head slowly and found Louis’ t-shirt completely soaked. She grimaced at her own lack of self-control and looked up at Louis apologetically.
“I’m sorry I r-ruined your sh-shirt.” Aria stammered between hiccups.
“What? This? Naw! It’s nowhere near a wreck as you look right now!” Louis joked, only to get slapped on the hand by Aria as she started laughing. Louis felt better having made her laugh. Putting his hand over her shoulder, he led her back to the camp site, getting a tingling feeling in his stomach.
Must be some sort of a bug, Louis concluded mentally.
Notes
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S.O.S- GUYS HELP ME HERE! I THINK I'M FALLING FOR LOUIS! IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY! HIS VOICE IN SOML! HIS PART WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS IN SOML! OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! SOMEONE GET ME A TISSUE BOX AND BEN AND JERRY'S? I JUST CAN'T! ON TOP OF THAT WRITING ABOUT HIM IS KILLING ME!! PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME STAY AS A HARRY GIRL!! LOUIS JUST ISN'T GOOD FOR MY FRAGILE HEART!!
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10/23/16