Riley's P.O.V

Its been five days days since I found out about my dad. Five days since he hasn't been here. Five days of feeling numb. Everyday I wake up hoping that it was all just some screwed up dream but unfortunately it's real life.

My mum hasn't been doing great. She stays in her room for the most part. I don't blame her, if I could just stay in my room and let my sheets swallow me then thats what I'd be doing. I can't though because Harry won't allow it.

Everyday since my dad left Harry has been here from the morning until bedtime and I wouldn't have it any other way. Granted I wish he could sleep here with me but his mum got pretty upset that he stood the weekend so he's just giving her time to cool down. When Harry is here, I feel all my problems disappear. It's pretty crazy how that works. When he leaves the only thing that keeps me from shutting down is the fact that I know he'll be here in the morning. It doesn't stop the numb feeling though.

When Harry is gone, the reality of what happened settles and I just feel numb. It's like how I felt in Arizona when everything just got too much for me to handle and I'm afraid what will happen if I allow myself to succumb to the numbness. The only thing that helps is the pills and Harry. I'm afraid what will happen if Harry decides he doesn't want to deal with my depression anymore, even though when he's around I don't feel depressed I'm sure it still shows.

As I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling after another sleepless night, I can see the sun start to rise from my window. I sit up and pull my knees up to my chest, resting my cheek on my knees and watch the sunrise. Watching the sunrise puts me at ease. I watch as the beautiful pinks and oranges mix together around the clouds painting a beautiful picture to start the morning. Once the sun has completely risen from behind the houses I get up to get ready for school.

I feel like a robot, going through the motions. Shower, get dressed, hair and makeup, check on mum, try and eat breakfast, and wait for Harry. My daily morning routine. Once Harry is here then everything livens up.

When I am showered and ready, I go to my mum's room to check on her. When I get to her room the door is already open which is strange. "Mum?" I call in but no answer. I suddenly smell bacon and hear humming coming from downstairs. I raise my eyebrow and begin the walk down to the kitchen. When I enter mum is at the stove cooking and humming to herself. I clear my throat and her eyes fly to me and a smile appears on her face.

"Good morning love. Hungry?" She asks as she pulls a plate from the cupboard and begins to serve me. I sit down at the breakfast bar and stare at my mum. For someone who has been locked up in her room the past few days she seems rather chipper.

"You alright mum?" I ask as she places the food in front of me.

She sighs and smiles back at me. "Truthfully?" She asks and I nod my head. "I'm... I am upset, I really am, but I realize that I can't just lock myself in room everyday. You really have made me realize that you know. Everyday when you came in to check on me it made me see how strong you were being and how weak I must have looked. When I woke up this morning the first thing I told myself was 'I have to get up for Riley'" she tells me smiling widely.

I shake my head "You aren't weak mum. You're human. You're allowed to be upset for a few days, but I'm glad you're trying to be ok." I say smiling. She grabs my hand and squeezes. "I love you mum." I say pulling her into a hug. She hugs me back tightly and we stay like that until we're startled by my buzzing phone. Harry must be here. We laugh at our jumpiness and I answer my phone.

"Hello curly." I say smiling. My mum raises and eyebrow questioningly. "Yea I'm ready but come inside for a minute." I tell him and hang up.

We hear the door open and close and my mum looks at me questioningly again before she hears the deep raspy voice call out "What smells so good? There's no way that you cooked breakfast Ri-" Harry stops talking when he comes into the kitchen and sees my mum smiling at the stove. "Mrs.Starrke! Good morning!" He greets her.

"Good morning Harry. Sit, I'll serve you a plate." She says smiling still.

Harry takes a seat next to me and gives me a questioning glance and I just shrug my shoulders and smile. Seeing my mom up and in a good mood has made my mood 100 times better. My mum serves Harry and tells us that she's gunna go shower and wishes us both a good day at school.

Once we finish our breakfast we head to Harry's car and head to school. I sing along with a bunch of songs on the radio, badly I might add, and Harry just smiles watching me from the corner of his eye.
"Someone is in an extremely good mood this morning." He says once the song I was singing was over.

I look at him and smile. "Yea, I'm just really happy my my is alright." I say. He takes my hand in his and I kiss him on the cheek. He smiles widely and I poke his dimple.

"I'm glad you both are alright." He says glancing at me quickly. I smile and nod. It's weird, I thought it'd take me longer to be alright but Harry being around really helps. Granted when he's not around I'm a wreck but now that mum is alright I think I'll be alright as well. Harry pulls up to the school and parks. As I'm trying to get out of the car he locks the door. I look at him and he has a very suspicious smirk on his face.

"What are you doing Styles?" I ask him as I turn to face him. He pulls me in for a kiss. Our lips move together and tingles shoot up my spine. He pulls away and I smile and bite my lip. "Well then." I say chuckling.

"Sorry, I just didn't get to say hi this morning." He says smirking. He gets out of the car and walks over to open my door.

I pull him to kiss me again. "Hi." I say and hop out of the car.

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School went by ridiculously fast luckily. Harry drives to our house and when we get home my mother is coming out of the house.

"Where are you off to?" I ask as I hug her.

"I'm actually going over to your house." She says looking at Harry. "Anne invited us over for dinner and I told her I'd help because I really need to get out of that house." She says. "Make sure you two are there no later than 7." She says getting into her car.

Harry and I exchange an amused glance as we walk inside my house. Once we're in Harry grabs my hand and pulls me to the living room. He sits on the couch and pulls me to sit on his lap. I laugh and look into his bright green eyes. We stare at each other for a minute.

"I've never realized how pretty you were." I tell him.

He looks at me strangely "Pretty? Really?" He asks.

I laugh. "Yea you're a pretty boy." I chuckle again. He shakes his head. "Your face is like almost perfect, it's kind of intimidating." I laugh again trailing my finger along his facial features.

"I'm not sure how to take that." He says smiling and shaking his head. His phone vibrates under me and I jump. He laughs at me and grabs it. "What's up Nialler?" He answers. I decide to have a little fun while he's on the phone. I switch my position so that I am straddling his lap. "We have a dinner at my house tonight." He says. I begin to kiss his neck slowly and his breathing hitches. I make my way to the spot on his neck that drives him wild. "Y-yea we should be done at n-nine..." He trails off as I nip and suck on the spot. "I'm f-fine. We'll meet you at-Shit." He curses as I place my hand on his growing bulge. "We'll meet you at Liam's. I gotta go Ni!" He rushes and hangs up the phone. I laugh against his neck and squeeze him gently. "Shit Ri!" He whisper shouts as he squirms underneath me.

He pulls my face up to crash his lips to mine. We kiss furiously and both my hands move to undo his pants. I get them undone and he moves us so that I'm lying on the couch as he hovers over me. He kisses down my neck, leaving marks as he goes. He moves his hands to undo my jeans and once he's got them unbuttoned he slides them off. He kicks his jeans off and puts his on top of mine in a pile on the floor. I reached to the hem of his shirt and yanked it off. I began to run my hands up and down his abs and chest. He must be working out because his chest is rock solid and his abs are becoming more defined. He reaches down and pulls off my muscle tee and his face scrunches.

"Two shirts? Really?" He says breathily. I laugh and shrug and help him by taking off my long sleeve undershirt.

He places his hands on my hips and rubs circles with his thumb making goosebumps raise on my skin. He smiles into the kiss enjoying how I react to his touch. This guy does crazy things to me and I am growing to love it. I smile as well. Harry reaches behind me and unclasps my bra and pulls it off of me. He massages my breasts making me moan into his mouth. I trail my hand along his butterfly and palm him through his boxers making him moan as well.

He reaches down and rips my underwear off making me gasp. "Geez, someone is eager." I tease.

He laughs breathily and reaches down to his jeans pulling out a condom. I smile seductively and pull his boxers down and push him to sit on the couch. Harry raises his eyebrow and grins mischeaveously "Agressive Riley, I think I like this." He says pulling the condo out of the wrapper. He slides it on and takes hold of my waist. I lean down and kiss him roughly as he tries to position himself under me. Once I feel his tip near my entrance I begin to lower myself down a little too quickly causing me to gasp. "Easy love." He says as I slow down. As soon as I feel him completely inside me I begin to rise and fall slowly at first. "Shit Riley. Faster." He says as he takes hold of me and sets my speed. I lean my head on his shoulder and bite down as pleasure courses through me.

"Oh god Harry." I moan. With that he switches our position, laying me down the way I was before. Harry begins to thrust into me quickly and I can feel myself approach my climax. "I'm c-close Harry!" I moan again. He attaches his mouth to mine and slows down a bit prolonging our connection.

"Not yet." He says against my mouth. He grabs my leg and wraps it around him. The new angle allowing him to go deeper inside of me.

I gasp in surprise at the new feeling. We're both panting and I can feel my climax coming. "Harry!" I yell. He picks up his speed and within two more thrusts we come undone together.

"Shit!" Harry yells into my shoulder. I grasp his bicep tightly as I come down. Our breathing is the only thing to be heard in the house. Once our breathing has slowed Harry pulls out of me slowly, grabbing tissues from the coffee table and using them to wrap up he used condom. Harry lays down, pulling me on top of him. Bright green orbs stare into me as we lay quietly on the couch. We lay there for quite a while in silence just looking at each other and running our hands along each others bare skin. I decided to break the silence.

"That was...intense." I say, tracing the swallows on his glistening chest. He chuckles and kisses my forehead.

"It was amazing. You're amazing." He says tucking a strand behind my ear. "Crap, what time is it?" He says grabbing his discarded phone from the floor. "It's half past five, we should get ready to head to my house." He says running his hand through his unruly hair.

I nod my head and slowly get off of him. I shake my head when I realize I have no underwear. "You owe me a pair of underwear styles." I tell him as I throw him his clothes. He laughs and shrugs.

"Totally worth it." He says pulling his boxers on.

"I'm gunna go take a shower. I need to borrow this for a minute. I say throwing his shirt on, it falls just below my bum, allowing me to cover myself enough to head up the stairs. He follows me up to my room with his clothes in hand. When I reach my bathroom I throw the shirt off and onto my bed. I turn around and am startled by a very naked Harry standing behind me.

"What? I thought we were gunna shower?" He says smirking. He turns the water on and I just laugh at his forward ness.

"You are nothing but trouble you know that?" I tell him as I wrap my arms around his neck pulling his face to mine.

"Likewise." He counters.

Notes

Here's a fun little chapter for you guys to make up for the lack of updates the past few days.

hope you enjoy it.

Something... Interesting... Is coming up in the next chapter or two so be prepared.

BY THE WAY. If you are looking for a good fanfic, there is this trilogy I've been reading by XOXOH that is phenomenal. It's called "It Takes Patience" it's super amazing, super original and completely captivating. I'm hooked lol.

Here is the link for the first one

ENJOY!!!