Harry's POV

Harry leaned over the side of the bed, he could feel the vomit rising, he forced it down. He quickly ran to the bathroom and puked all that he had eaten the day before. Harry rinsed his mouth out and fell back into the bed.

"Ow," he heard a feminine voice.

"Who the fuck is that?" Harry said hoarsely.

"Um, Karmina. You're in my room," Karmina turned a lamp on and Harry used his arm to shield himself from the light. Harry had no idea how he had gotten there. The last he knew, he was chatting up a brunette telling her to meet him up front for a cab.

"Oh, sorry," he laid back and closed his eyes. "What time is it?" He managed to ask, still feeling the effects of the alcohol.

"It's seven, just go back to sleep, Harry," she answered and he did.

Harry woke up a few hours later to find Karmina across the room working on her laptop. She wore pink pajama pants with a tank top. Her brown her in a messy bun and black framed glasses on her face. She looks adorable he thought. He sat up and felt the room spin, he then ran to the bathroom and vomited again.

"Harry? Are you okay?" Karmina called out.

"Fine," Harry called out. He then exited the bathroom and returned to lay on the bed. "What happened?" He asked her.

"Before or after you were ignoring me?" She spat. Ouch, Harry thought, she is mad. "Harry I thought we were going to be friends. Then you show up in the middle of the night drunk talking all this nonsense." She chastised him.

"I'm sorry I really had a busy work week," he lied. "I don't remember anything lastnight. Can you tell me what happened? Please?" Harry brought a hand to his forehead. The aching was making it difficult to concentrate. He look over at Karmina, her facial expression softened.

"How about we get you some aspirin first?" She called the front desk then sat beside him on the bed.

"So what happened? Did we have sex?" Harry smirked. Karmina slapped his bare chest with a bit of force but Harry didn't feel it.

"No!" She shot back. "But maybe we should just leave what happened yesterday in the past."

"No, I want to know," he looked over to her. She was playing with a loose string from her tank top.

"Well you were saying that I was to good for you, that you wanted me to like you, and something about stealing your heart," she avoided Harry's eyes as she recited his drunken speech. Harry became very serious. He had no idea what to say next.

"Wow," was all he could think of. He ran his hand through his curls.

"But you were drunk, so yeah," he could tell Karmina was offering him an escape route, but he wasn't interested in taking it.

"I was drunk, Karmina. I think I still am, but that doesn't change the truth behind those words," Harry sat upright to face her.

"I can't do this right now, Harry," she began to stand but Harry pulled her arm back.

"Why?" He argued.

"You know why!" Karmina countered. She shook her head from side to side.

"I like you and I know you like me too. I have done nothing bad to you, so don't I deserve a chance?" he pleaded, his eyes full of emotion.

"You ignored me for an entire week!" She threw her hands up in frustration.

"That was because I didn't know what to do. The girl I had fallen for was still torn over someone else. I had no idea how to react," he shouted. Karmina remained silent staring into his eyes. "If I had know how to turn these feelings off I would have, but there just something that you do, that makes me want to be with you all the time," he continued.

"Harry-," Karmina began but was cut off by Harry crushes his mouth against her soft gentle lips. His heart raced, the physical connection so full of passion. When he finally pulled away she continued "I wish I could give you my heart but I can't. A part of me still loves Derek and I don't know how to fix that," her eyes watered.

"Just give me a chance. I know how you feel, but you will stay stuck in the same place unless you try to move forward," Harry was surprised that he was actually making sense considering the amount of drinks he had last night. When Karmina finally met Harry's eyes he knew he had won. He smiled at her staring for a few seconds before he gently kissed her again.

Notes

This chapter is a bit short, but I wanted this moment to stand all on its own. Let me know if that was a good choice?


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