Forever Young
2
I woke up to taps on my window. At first, I thought I was dreaming, but the sound of my name being whispered caught my attention quickly. I sat up in my bed and glanced at the clock, it was 3:30AM on a Wednesday night and I was so tired. I walked to my window only to be met with Harry’s grinning face, I opened it and stepped to the side as Harry jumped in. He wrapped his arms around me, “Alex!”
I giggled, “Shhhh, everyone is sleeping. What are you doing?”
“I went out with some old friends, got real sloshed and I had to come see you,” He grinned as he walked over towards my bed, taking me with him.
I laughed as he pulled us both down, “Have I ever told you how good you smell,” he asked, his hot breath tickling against my skin.
“Harry,” I said slowly, “I have school in four hours.”
He sat up and kicked his shoes and socks off, “I’m just here to snuggle with you.”
I grinned as I got underneath my blankets, Harry pulled his T-shirt off to reveal his tattoos, “Your mom won’t come in here and kill me, right?”
I giggled as he slipped under the sheets and into the bed turning to face me, “She won’t come in here, unless I don’t wake up.”
I could see his smile in the dark as he moved closer to me, “I’ll make sure you wake up.”
His eyes slowly closed, I took that as my signal to turn around and press my back into him. Harry’s hand slid up my hip and to my waist, wrapping around and pulling me into him as he buried his face into my hair, “Your feet are so cold,” he whispered as he tangled our feet together.
I smiled as I wrapped my arm around his and snuggled into him, “Good thing I have you here to keep me warm.”
I could hear the smile in his voice as he muttered, “You’re going to get me in trouble,” He said as he kissed the back of my neck.
I let out a breath as he moved my hair to the side and trailed a line of kisses to the freshly exposed skin, he bit down and gripped onto my waist, grinding his hips against me with a groan.
“What does that mean?”
I asked breathlessly as his lips left my skin, “There’s this girl, back at school...” He trailed off as he laid still. He kept his arms wrapped around me as he yawned, “It’s nothing that serious.”
“Is she your girlfriend?”
Harry stayed silent, for a moment before he tightened his grip on me, “Don’t worry about it, darling, it’s nothing. Let’s sleep.”
I wanted to keep questioning him, but I was so tired I didn’t have it in me. Harry muttered something I couldn’t understand and ended it with a peck on the back of my neck. A small smile stayed on my lips as my eyes slowly closed and I no longer had to fight the urge to sleep.
The sound of my door barging open should have had me scrambling to my feet, but I was so wrapped up in Harry I wouldn’t get up for anything.
“Oh, my, god.”
My mother was something I had completely forgotten about and the sound of her voice shocked her back into my system as Harry and I both sat up with startled looks on our faces, “Mom, nothing happened!”
“Get up, Alexis, you are late for school, and I’ll have to deal with this later because I’m running later for work,” She said in tone that sent shivers up my spine and not in the good way.
I jumped out of the bed quickly, partly to show my mom that I was fully clothed, Harry stood up and yawned. He ran a hand through my hair as he awkwardly stared into the fiery eyes of my angry mom, “Ms. Black, I can assure you that nothing happened between your daughter and I.”
My mom placed a hand on her hip, “Of course, Harry, sneaking into her bedroom in the middle of the night to have a sleepover is nothing.”
Harry didn’t have anything to say as the obvious discomfort radiated off of him, “Looks like your father and I have something to talk about on our drive to work,” She turned to me with the same soul crushing tenor, “Alexis, if you don’t go to school today I swear I will do something to make your life much, much harder.”
She turned to walk out of my room and paused, “Maybe I’ll take that new car of yours and give it to your sister,” She continued walking out and I could tell she was pleased with herself.
“She’s such a bitch,” I groaned when she was out of earshot.
“She can be pretty scary,” Harry chuckled, “Now, we should get you to school.”
“Fuck that, Harry, I was weeks away from graduating and she moved me out here and ruined my credits, forcing me to retake those same classes or I won't be able to graduate,” I was pacing around my room, flailing my arms as I spoke.
Harry moved towards me and put a hand on each of my shoulders, stopping me in my tracks, “Don’t be too hard on her.”
His eyes moved to mine, “Besides,” he smirked, “if she never brought you out here you would’ve never met me.”
His words instantly soothed me as he moved his hands to each side of my face, he leaned in, merging his lips with mine and catching me completely off guard. It didn’t take me long to know what to do, I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him in closer; I could taste the alcohol that still lingered on his breath. His hands left my face and moved down to my waist, gripping on and pulling my hips into his. His tongue slithered into my mouth and connected with my own for a brief moment before he pulled back and nipped at my bottom lip before sealing it off with one final kiss.
He had a small smile as he pulled back and locked his eyes on mine, “Get dressed so I can drop you off at school.”
I frowned, “Was the kiss only to force me into going to class?”
Harry chuckled as his eyes fluttered closed and his lips found mine again, this time for a much rougher, much more tempestuous kiss. He pulled back with a triumphant smirk adorned on his lips, his eyes squinted and beamed into mine, “Go get dressed.”
I sauntered over towards my closet and stared into it, quickly grabbing a pair of black shorts and putting them on with ease. I kept on my green tank-top that I had slept in and reached for my flannel shirt that was hanging in the closet, I wrapped it around my waist and sighed; I would much rather spend my day sleeping.
I turned to face Harry who was watching me with a smile on his lips, I ignored his stares as I walked towards my computer chair and grabbed the camouflage army jacket that was sitting on it, I slipped it on and stared into the mirror that was a few feet away; my hair looked like a bird’s nest. I went to my dresser and opened the drawer that contained my many hats and grabbed a green beanie, briskly pulling it over my head. I searched for a pair of socks, finally settling for some black ones and stood on one foot flamingo style to put it on.
I switched feet as Harry spoke up, “Where is your backpack?”
“It’s behind the door,” I said as I searched for my shoes and finally found my black leather ankle boots with small, thick heals and large silver clasps on the side. I slipped them on and looked up at Harry, “I really don’t want to go to school.”
Harry laughed, “It won’t be that bad, and after we can hang out all day.”
His words brought a smile to my face; hopefully it meant we would spend more time kissing. I grinned at him, “You can drive my car if you want.”
Harry laughed, “Oh, you know it,” he grabbed my keys off of my desk and handed me my backpack, “let’s roll, girl.”
