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Traces of Your Touch (An AU Fanfiction)

Chapter 32

"Miss Morgan?" The English teacher addressed Aria, as she finished writing the essay. It was the last class of the day and she felt exhausted from all the events that had taken place. Aria looked up to find Mr. Brandon holding a small chit in his hand.

"Yes, Mr. Brandon?"

"You have been asked to visit the principal's office after class."

A round of 'oohs' followed Mr. Brandon's announcement. People would do anything for entertainment these days. Even if it meant feeding off of other people's miseries. But that was the least of Aria's worries at the moment. What really worried her was why the principal had summoned her in his office.

Her heart literally did a somersault when a thought passed her mind. Had anyone seen her and Louis making out during gym? Or worse...had someone taken a picture and shown it to the principal? Crap. She didn't need trouble. She had enough problems in her platter as it was.

Aria glanced towards Louis to find that he was already staring at her. Her cheeks turned scarlet and she bit down on her lips, stopping it from tugging into a huge goofy smile. Louis pulled out his phone from his pocket and indicated her to do the same.

Aria felt butterflies flutter in her stomach. She checked whether the teacher was busy grading the papers before reaching for her phone. It vibrated indicating she had a new message.

'Louis: You know I'm extremely glad I have my library card with me today.'


Aria frowned at the text. What in the world did that have to do with her? She turned back to find that he was busy talking to Zayn and Niall.

'Aria: O-kay. But why?'

'Louis: Cause I'm totally checking you out!'

Aria's cheek burned up and she glanced up to find him giving her his cheekiest smile. She couldn't believe that he was hitting on her without any restrain. Not that she was complaining. On the contrary, she was really enjoying herself and decided to play along.

'Aria: Aawww, Lou. You're so sweet, you give me diabetes.'

She knew her comebacks weren’t as good as his but in her defense; she had never flirted with a guy before. The only thing she had done with a guy was have her first kiss. That too because the boy had asked for a kiss in the cheek and just as she was about to press her lips, he had sneakily spun his head stealing not just her first kiss but also her first ever slap.

As Aria waited for Louis to reply, she decided to jot down the homework that Mr. Brandon was writing down on the board. Her phone buzzed again and she looked at it with a smile, knowing full well he would come out with a smart-mouthed reply.

'Louis: Well, I guess diabetes must be contagious, love. Cause after that smooch back in gym class, my sugar level's runnin' high.'

Aria was sure that her entire body had gone red from his reference to the kiss and that she looked like a ripe tomato, having worn a red top today. She hid her face into her own palms and smiled bashfully without even realizing what she was doing, as her phone buzzed once more.
'Louis: Don't hide away that pretty face!'

'Aria: Well, then you should stop flirting around with me! '

'Louis: Flirting? Whoa! Don't get in over your head, babe.'

'Aria: Oh? Then what exactly is it that you've been doing? '

'Louis: I've been merely stating facts. Geez. Nobody seems to appreciate a little honesty these days!'

Aria chuckled staring at her phone, only to receive a glare from Mr. Brandon and two of Amy's followers. She decided to put her phone away but her phone buzzed again after five minutes, making her smile.

'Louis: So why did the big man call you to his office?'

'Aria: No clue. I know I'm being paranoid, but do you think someone saw us in gym?'

'Louis: I'm not too sure but the only person there, other than us, was Harry. So I don't think anyone would tell on us. Besides, if that was the case, I would've been called in too. Right?'

Harry? She had completely forgotten about him! For the first time in six years, an hour had passed by without Aria even giving Harry a thought. She realized then that Harry had not been there after Louis and Aria had broken out of the kiss. Come to think of it, she hadn't seen him at all since then.

Had Harry gone to the principal as a way of avenging Aria for kissing Louis? No! He wouldn't go that low, would he? Aria wondered as the bell rang, making her even more jittery.



Aria pushed open the door to the empty room where she was to serve her detention. She quickly took a seat, waiting for the teacher on detention duty to arrive.

Aria had visited the principal's office, shaking in fear that she would be suspended for having broken the school rules by kissing a fellow pupil within school boundaries. To her astonishment and relief, she found out that she had been summoned due to the detention she had received at the camping trip the week before.

However, her relief was short-lived as she also established that she'd have to stay till 5 p.m. since she had left early the day before without even appearing for detention. She didn't know how to explain the reason for her detention to her mother. What would she say? That she had had a cat fight with Amy over a guy who only wanted to sleep with her? Aria was already grounded and if her mother found out, Beatrice would probably disown her.

Come to think of it, hadn’t Amy received suspension for three days at the camping trip? Then why did she come to school today? Oh right! Aria almost slapped herself in the head once she remembered that Amy’s dad was one of the board of directors of Richmond High School. She had probably bribed her way out of suspension.

Aria was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice the figure that came into the room and sat two seats away from her. A familiar deep voice cussed under his breath, making Aria look to her right. It was Harry, and he was busy typing away in his phone.

Aria predicted him to do something or say something rude to her after the little incident at gym, but to her surprise he stayed completely silent; not even turning to look at her. It was as though Aria was invisible. She was taken aback by his behavior and felt her annoyance grow. Once the silence got unbearable, Aria decided to initiate the conversation herself.

“Look I-“

Aria was interrupted by the duty teacher arriving and turning to address the two of them. Neither Harry nor Aria recognized the teacher and decided she must be one of the many teachers’ assistants from how young she looked. However, Aria didn’t like the way this assistant was looking Harry up; as though he was some sort of forbidden fruit.

“Now, I want you two to take out your homework and start doing them.”

To Aria’s annoyance, she took a seat and kept peeking at Harry through her glasses while pretending to check the papers in front of her. Harry, however, was completely immune and unaware to this special attention and was actually busy typing away on his phone.


After an hour, and after many failed attempts to engage Harry in a conversation, the assistant excused herself out of the classroom, saying she would come back by 4.55 p.m. to check if they were still there.

“Bloody Cougar!” Aria let out under her breath and covered her mouth instantly for the slip. She turned to see whether Harry had overheard her and although Harry pretended otherwise, the small creases by his lips gave him away.

Aria waited for him to speak, now that they were alone. She expected him to charge her for kissing Louis the way she did, even though he had no right over her. But after ten minutes of complete silence, Aria decided to come up with something to break the awkward silence.

“So…umm…c- can I borrow a p- pen?” Besides the tensing of his body, Harry pretended not to have heard Aria and continued doing his work.

“Harry?” Still no response.

“Are you ignoring me?” This time Harry did give her a reaction: he took out his iPod and plugged in the headphones into his ears, making Aria gasp because of his rudeness. Aria decided not to pay heed to his behavior and started giving him the cold shoulder as well.

However, the more she ignored him, the more she felt guilty. She couldn’t shake off the clog in her throat and the heavy sensation against her chest. Had she done this to him? Had she finally chased him away? But more importantly, was she satisfied now that he wasn’t even looking at her?

Aria took a peek at him, and for the first time since detention started, something else caught her eye.His hand was covered by something white; something which looked quite similar to a cast. Aria turned fully for a closer inspection, only to realize that it was in fact a bandage wrapped around his hand.

“Oh my God!” Aria stood up from her seat and was about to make her way towards him, but stopped midway. “Harry, what happened?”

This time Harry did look up, having her standing so close to him. He took out his ear plugs and frowned before speaking up, “I’m sorry. What?”

“Umm…I was j- just umm…w-wondering about y-your hand.” Aria stammered out now that she had his full attention on her. Real smooth, Aria thought to herself. Harry looked down at his injured hand before plugging in his headphones again.

“It’s nothing.” And then he became quiet once again, as though Aria had been dismissed.Aria was about to say something rude to him but stopped when she heard her phone ring. She walked back to her desk and checked her caller ID to find that it was her mother.

“Shit!” Aria cussed under her breath and walked to the corner of the room before picking up.
“Hey, mom!” She whispered into the phone. “Umm- I know. I’m at school. Umm- well…I sorta got detained.”

Harry watched Aria talking over the phone and felt a pang of jealousy pass over him for some reason. Was she talking to Louis? He plugged out his head phones and tried to catch some of her words.

“I know, mom! But can you please pick me up? But mom-“ It looked like Aria’s mother had hung up the phone. Harry felt his mood lighten after finding out who the caller was and he decided to be nice after all.

“I could drop you off at your place if you’d like.” Harry offered, not meeting her eye to eye.

“Huh?” Aria spun around, taken aback by the fact that Harry had actually spoken up.

“I said I have my car if you need a ride home.”

“No! That’s fine. I’ll just walk home!” Aria was still angry at him for being so rude to her.

“Don’t be silly! It’ll get dark by the time we get out. It won’t be safe for a-“

“I don’t need you to worry about me!” Aria cut him off coldly, making Harry clench his jaw.

“Fine! Suit yourself!” Harry plugged in his headphones back in his ear and pretended to be busy with his work. Aria also got back to her seat, sulking and finishing the last math problem.

After ten minutes, the teacher’s assistant returned and informed them that their time was over and that they were dismissed. Harry and Aria packed up their bags and just as they were leaving, the teacher’s assistant spoke up with a flirty look.

“Mr. Styles, if you’re not busy, I’d like to have a private word with you!”

Aria’s defense mode kicked in as she realized what exactly the assistant meant by a private word. And before Harry could take up on her offer, Aria interjected.

“Uh su-“

“Actually, Miss. He is dropping me home so….” And with that Aria grabbed Harry’s uninjured hand and pulled him out of the class, making the assistant stand there dumbfounded and making a smirk appear on Harry’s face. Harry realized that despite everything she still wanted him and he knew exactly how to get her this time around.

Notes

A/N: Hiiiiiiiiiiiii, sweetpeas! So, I'm back and wanted to thank you all for your lovely messages and prayers regarding my father. :) He's doing much better and hopefully will recover, even though he refuses to undergo a surgery. Anyway, I just wanted to say 300+ subscriptionsssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Woohoo! Thank you so very much for all those who have subscribed and voted for us! :'D You guys are absolutely per-fect! :D Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu! And also thank you for the wonderful response for the last chapter! :) It has helped us to alter some of the ideas that we were hoping to put in the story! So, hopefully, things will develop with the pair you shipped most! :D Hold on tight, cause we have a lot of drama coming forth! ;) <3 x -A.D

S/N: I know this chapter is a bit boring but from here on out things will pick up cause there will be more Laria and Haria scenes which will leave you even more confused about who to ship! :) Well atleast...it's leaving us confused! :/ So, please bear with us and keep showing us your love and support! Also, say within a few more chapters there will be a sex scene...in case anyone was wondering! :) I know we promised more of those in the summary and also the title, but we're taking a bit time to develop the story instead of rushing it and making it look fake. So, I hope you guys don't hate us. :(

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Comments

Hey I have read your stories and subscribed to them and. Ang wait until they are updated. Hope everything is okay thanks

@Nam.Annie

haha.. you took your time. It's not a crime :) I hope you are well :)

@Anwyn
Am I 10 months too late? :( Don't hate me.

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4/21/16

@Ziamesomelove
On it, love. :)

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4/21/16

Please update this story. I need to get back to this.

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4/19/16