Having window shopped for about 20 minutes with her mother, Aria realized that she had made a huge mistake by agreeing to go shopping with Beatrice. Her mother had been feeling guilty about the day before and had wanted to make up for it by buying Aria a new dress. When Aria had pointed out that they couldn’t afford to waste money, Beatrice had refused to listen and had told Aria that it was an early birthday present from her parents.

Aria had tried to talk her mother out of it, assuring her that she needn’t feel bad about the day before. Eventually, she had given in and had agreed at her mother’s persistence. Now, waiting by her mother’s side for almost 7 minutes, Aria was starting to feel annoyed as Beatrice chattered away happily with a fellow colleague. Her mother kept bumping into people she knew at the mall and kept stopping by each person to have a quick chat.

Aria looked around the mall, with a bored expression, and noticed a vintage clothing store to her left. An idea crossed her mind.

"Hey mom! I'm gonna go get us some coffee. Okay?"

"Oh! Okay, honey! But hurry back!" Her mother said before turning back to talk to the colleague again.

Aria slowly made her way to the vintage shop so that her mother would not notice that she had been ditched. She got inside and started browsing through the dresses. Looking around for almost five minutes, Aria noticed a familiar curly haired boy browsing through a different rack of clothes.

She ducked quickly behind a rack as her heart started beating fast. But she soon realized how stupid she would seem if Harry decided to turn around. She stood up, pretending like she hadn't noticed him and started browsing through the dresses again.

After staring at the clothes for two whole minutes without really seeing anything, Aria couldn't stop herself from taking a peek at him. Her eyes met Harry's as they looked up at the same time.

Aria felt flustered by the way Harry was looking at her. His eyes were hooded but he stared at her with such intensity that Aria thought that something would snap anytime now. She broke the gaze and pretended to browse through the racks again.

She grabbed the first dress in sight and headed to the back towards the changing rooms. She needed to get away from him. The way he looked at her made her dizzy.

She walked into an empty stall, shutting the curtains and leaned against the wall, taking a couple of breaths. God. She was a complete mess when it came to the boy. She looked down at the dress she had grabbed and decided to give it a try.

A couple of minutes later, Aria emerged from the stall to seek help from an assistant. She had tried her hardest to reach the zipper at the back of the dress but to no avail. As she was walking out of the changing rooms, a tall figure appeared in the doorway, holding a pair of jeans.
Aria stumbled backwards and started stuttering.

"Oh! S-sorry. I was j-just calling th-the assistant."

"She went out for a smoke a minute ago. Did you need help with anything?" Harry asked, his voice smooth as molten chocolate. The intense look was back in his eyes as he looked Aria up from head to toe.

"Uhh- N-no! It's j-just a st-stupid z-zipper!" Aria explained, letting out a fake laugh.

"Okay. Let me see."

"Huh?" Aria asked, dumbstruck by his request.

"The zipper, Aria." Harry explained, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

“Oh” She said, turning around without even thinking twice about what she was doing.

He remembered her name. She wasn't Ally anymore. Aria literally melted to goo at the way he had said her name.

Harry walked towards her as she watched him in the mirror in front of her. Once he was close enough, Aria saw him just standing there, staring at their reflection.

Aria was so distracted staring at his gorgeous face that she didn't notice the hand that he had laid on her hip. Harry looked down at Aria's back and just stared.

"Beautiful." Harry whispered, softly caressing her back with his knuckles. Aria’s back arched, as she let out a soft breath while he continued caressing her. Her eyes fluttered closed and she felt a hard torso leaning against her back.

"I wonder...” Harry trailed off, his breath hot against Aria's neck now. She opened her eyes only to close it again, when she felt Harry rubbing the tip of his nose with a feather light touch against Aria's neck and shoulder. Aria bit down on her lip, her mind going completely blank as his hot breath made the hair in her nape rise.

He pushed away her hair, to caress the nape. It was too much for Aria as she let out a moan.
That was enough to break Harry out of his trance. He suddenly snapped his head up, no longer caressing Aria. Aria's eyes snapped open when she felt him withdraw.

She stared at his reflection with eyes that were filled with passion. But it quickly changed to confusion when she saw him take a step back and finally walking out of the room.

Aria stood there, too dumbstruck to move. Did she just imagine all that? However, she knew she hadn't, once she noticed that the zipper was still open.

Notes

Aria's Outfit

Harry's Outfit

A/N: Hi, my beauties! :( I'm in a really sulky mood right now cause I couldn't write this chapter properly. I have an assignment due tomorrow and am in a really bad mood because of it. I hate engineering school. :'( But thank you all sooooo much for your response! You guys always cheer me up! :) I love you guys sssssoooooooooooooo much and am trying to read all of your fanfics! That being said, I also wanted to inform you that I'm gonna on a hiatus for a few days so that I can read all the amazing fanfics written by you guys! :D Hopefully, I'll learn a thing or two from your stories considering you guys are such great writers! :D -N.K

S/N: This chapter isn't as good as I wanted to be.:( I couldn't properly portray the scenes as there was too much in my mind.:( I'm sorry for such a sucky chapter! Please don't hate me. :( And please don't lose hope! I'll make it up in the next chapter after I come back! I promise! :)

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