Harry's P.O.V

All the happiness and excitement I had to see Riley drains once she gets in the car. I say hey in a semi cheery tone to see if maybe she'll perk up but she mumbles a hey while staring out the window. What could have happened from last night to now to make her so upset? I want to ask her whats going on but I don't want to make her more upset and get into an argument. I have a pretty quick temper and I don't want to say anything I shouldn't. I shake it off and just get to school, hopefully the girls can make her feel better.

When we get to school she practically runs out of the car once I park. I take a deep breath and follow her inside. Everyone is hanging in front of the school like normal but Riley doesn't stop, she goes straight inside ignoring the hey's from everyone. The girls share a glance and run after her while the guys look at me with confused expressions. I sigh and shake my head standing between Louis and Zayn.

"What happened?" Zayn asks calmly.

I shake my head again. "I have no clue. She was really happy last night after our date, she even texted me before she went to bed thanking me for an amazing night and then this morning she just....." I threw my hands in the air. "I want to know what happened as much as you guys." I say sighing deeply and running a hand through my hair.

The guys just stand in silence, I guess not knowing really what to say. Niall decides to break the silence "Maybe it's her monthly visitor." Me and the other lads look at Niall in shock and he just shrugs and we laugh a bit. Always the tension breaker. The warning bell rings and we all walk inside. I hope the girls cheered Riley up.

Riley's P.O.V
I rush out of Harry's car and walk straight into the building. Why am I even here right now? My head is spinning and my ears are ringing, signs of a panic attack. I need to calm down, this can't happen right now, not here. I get to my locker and put my forehead agains the cold metal in hopes of trying to calm myself. I take deep breaths but it isn't working. I turn to run to the bathroom when Perrie, Dani and El run up to me.

"Riley whats wrong?" El asks approaching me. I can't find the energy to speak. "Ri? Love you're shaking like a leaf." She says as concern washes over her face. I hadn't even noticed my trembling hands.

The girls exchange a look and then rush me to the bathroom. Once there I grip the sink tightly trying to bring myself down from my panic. I wipe my face and feel the tears I hadn't realized I was shedding. Perrie comes from behind me and puts an arm around me and whispers in my ear "Riley, take slow deep breathes and count with me okay?" I nod my head slowly and try and slow my breathing. "One.." I repeat "Two..." Again I repeat. I slowly feel myself getting calmer. "Three..." I repeat as I wipe the last of my tears. "Four..." I release my death grip on the sink. "Five... You're okay now." She says as she rubs my arm. I nod and turn the cold water and splash some on my face.

"Thank you." I whisper as she hands me a paper towel. "I'm sorry girls." I say as I turn to them. They all look extremely concerned, I never wanted them to witness that. I didn't think I would have to deal with any of this when I moved back here, I guess I thought wrong.

"Hey, don't apologize. We're here for you whenever you need us love, you should know that by now." Dani says as she pulls me into a hug. The other girls join and I feel at ease knowing that they care so much. I smile at them when they pull away and they seem to calm a bit.

I nod my head and smile at them taking another deep breath. "So, are you okay? Does this have to do with something that happened last night?" El asks. She's referring to the date but the dream appears in my head and freeze.

I shake my head. "Not exactly." I take a deep breath and try and figure out a way to explain to them what happened just now. The only way I can do that is if I tell them everything absolutely everything. "It's a really long story..." I say and the warning bell rings. We all stay where we are.

"I don't have anything important first period, do you girls?" Danielle asks. The other girls nod and then look at me. I take a deep breath and begin my story.

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"And I guess thats why I just had a panic attack." I finish. Towards the end of my story I had remembered that I have been forgetting to take my medication, it's been almost a whole week. The girls all seem to have taken this pretty well, an occasional tear or gasp from El but other than that they don't seem to look at me as if I'm fragile.

Perrie talks first "You are one strong girl." She tells me. I look at her confused, I'm anything but strong, I'm pretty weak. She shakes her head "I wouldn't be able to keep getting up every morning and go on with my day. I mean I understand it's probably a struggle for you but here you are." She says gesturing to me. Eleanor and Danielle nod their heads In agreement. I don't know how they see that but I'll just let them figure out that I'm not as strong as they think I am.

"By the way, Harry definitely loves you. I've never seen him look at any girl the way he looks at you. He's very protective of you. He really cares about you and he would never hurt you. Well on purpose, boys do really stupid things sometimes without knowing so I won't promise anything." Dani tells me. We all chuckle at the last part.

"Do you really think so?" I ask playing with one of my bracelets.

"Duh!" They say in unison and we all burst into laughter.

I check my phone, first period is about to be over. I should talk to Harry. Just then the bell rings. After asking me if I'm okay and me assuring them that I am we all walk out of the restroom. As we walk through the hall I spot the curly headed boy I was looking for. He sees me and a sad smile appears on his face, I walk over to him as he closes his locker. "Hey." I say shyly.

"Hi. Are you okay?" He asks quietly when he meets my eyes.

I nod a smile reassuringly. "We should talk." I tell him. He nods. "See you at lunch?" I ask, he nods again and I hug him. He seems a little surprised considering I completely blew him off this morning but he hugs me back. There is no way I can keep myself away from this boy.

Harry's P.O.V
I sat in my last class before lunch staring at the clock. I was bouncing my leg nervously and Louis grabbed my shoulder and told me to relax. The bell finally rang and I practically flew out of the room. I was worried about Riley during the whole of first period, she never came to class and when she came to me at my locker I could tell she had been crying. I rushed to my locker and was putting away my books when someone grabbed my sides.

"BOO!" She yelled. I jumped and mumbled a couple of profanities before I turned and saw Riley laughing. I shook my head as my heart rate came down. "Payback." She said sticking her tongue at me.

I shook my head again "Mean." I say sticking my tongue back at her. She laughs at me and grabs my hand dragging me to the lunch room. She doesn't release my hand as we walk and I smile as I tangle our fingers together and pull her closer. She looks up at me with her big blue eyes and smiles that heart stopping smile of hers.

As we walk into the cafeteria I see people stare as I walk hand in hand with Riley. We ignore the stares and laugh at some of the looks we get. People act like they've never seen a couple hold hands before. Wait, we're not even a couple. Whatever. We get to our table and it seems as if we're the first ones here.

We sit down and she turns to face me, playing with my fingers in her lap. I love it when she does that. "So, I just wanted to apologize for how I was acting this morning. You didn't deserve that. Especially after the amazing night we had." She says blushing a little. "I kind of had a panic attack." She says. I tense a bit at her statement. She notices and rubs my hand "I'm fine now Harry. The girls found me before it got really bad and they talked me through it. They know everything now as well which I thought would be bad but they see something in me that I don't understand." She says shaking her head.

"And what's that?" I ask curiously.

"Perrie says that I'm strong. She said that since I pull myself together everyday and have the energy to keep going even after all that I've been through that I am strong." She shakes her head. I completely agree with the girls, she has an unimaginable amount of strength and I admire that about her.

She's silent for a moment, playing with my fingers still. "They're right you know." I say and she looks up at me. "Your strength is something that I admire about you. You've always been the strong one, ever since we were kids. I remember when my pet hamster died and I was completely devastated you were the one to get me to stop crying. You told me that he was in pet heaven and that if I'm sad they he'll be sad and I didn't want that." I smiled at the memory. She was always the one to help people get over things, even at her young age she was strong.

She stares at me for a few moments. Her eyes holding my gaze, the intensity behind her stare can seem intimidating to some but it just draws me to her. "You make me strong." Her words make my heart flip. Just then I decide I can't hold back anymore I pull her in and kiss her fiercely. The heat of the kiss send chills throughout my body. I feel her reach to the back of my head and grab my curls pulling me closer.

We pull apart but keep our foreheads touching as we catch our breath. "I need you Riley, please be mine." I say, our lips brush with my words but I fight the urge to kiss her again until I get an answer.

I search her face and a huge smile spreads across her face. "Absolutely." She says and with that our lips connect again.

"FINALLY!" I hear someone yell and we part again. Riley blushes but smiles still. We look to the person the voice belongs to and Louis is standing at the other side of the table smiling cheekily. I shake my head at him and Riley sticks her tongue out at him and he returns the gesture. I laugh at them and Riley joins in. I pull her close and she rests her head on my shoulder and plays with my fingers again.

"You two are so adorable it makes me sick." Perrie jokes. I feel Riley shake her head and I laugh.

"Oh you're one to talk, when you and Zayn first started dating you two were so smitten it was actually obnoxious." I tell her. She flips me off and we all laugh.

We spend the rest of the lunch period joking and laughing as per usual. Riley keeps my hand in hers the whole time and I couldn't be more comfortable. I stare at her from time to time as she talks and laughs and I feel like the luckiest guy right now. Not only is she absolutely beautiful but she has a personality to match. She may be broken but I will stop at nothing to fix her and be there for her whenever she cracks. She's mine now.

Notes

Such a bipolar chapter yeah? Lol

anyway, writing about the panic attack was touchy for me. I know what it feels like and I know how horrible it is and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Luckily her friends were there to help her through it because it could have been bad.

anyway they're finally officially together! They're smitten and I'm happy xD.

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