Louis let’s me off at home, and I stand on the walk way watching him as he drives away. On the drive over he thought about how stupid he was for not taking Ed with since anyways he needs to get him back too.

I make up my mind then and instead of going inside the house I start walking. It is still raining but I don’t care. I am not made of sugar, the rain can’t hurt me, so I won’t let it stop me from what I am about to do.

It takes me almost an hour to cross the town but I am too lost in thought to notice, and when I reach his flat I am soaking wet.

“God Cassie, are you mad?” Ed lets me in. I take a step in, closing the door behind me, but I stay at the entrance not wanting to get the whole floor wet too.
Ed hurries off, and he is back with towels in his hands.

“What are you standing there for? Come here,” He beckons me. I slip off my converse and walk over to him.

He puts a big towel around my shoulders and hands me a smaller one for my hair.
“Thanks,” I am shaking, rubbing my hands together, trying to warm them up.

“You can’t sit in wet clothes, let me see what I can get you,” Ed gets up again and disappears into Harry’s room.

It makes more sense for him to bring me some of Harry’s clothes since even though Harry is bigger than I am, Ed is even bigger.
I change into sweats and a shirt, and come back out. My hair is still wet but not dripping like before.

Just then the front door opens and Harry walks in.
I freeze in my place.

I came here to tell him off, but I was side tracked by being wet and Ed taking care of me.

“What happened to you??” He scolds me.

“She walked all the way over here,” Ed answers for me.

“From where?” Harry frowns.

“From home,” I mumble.

“Are you mad?” Harry raises his brows.

“That’s what I asked too,” Ed chuckles.

“I would have come and got you,” Harry states.

“Really? After just leaving me at the shack?” I remember my anger now, pulling my hands in to fists by my sides.

“I left everyone- not just you,” Harry clenches his jaw.

“Yes, your friends are one thing, but leaving me behind is something else,” I say angrily.

“We’re your friends too you know,” Ed chips in.

“Come with me,” Harry has enough of the crowd and pulls me after him into his room.
He closes the door, though it doesn’t shut all the way, though I don’t really care if Ed hears us arguing, he heard enough of it as it is.

“This is not acceptable,” Harry towers over me.

“Which part is unacceptable to you Harry? I would really love to know,” I mock him.

“What have I told you about walking alone?” He raises his voice.

“If you yell at me- I am leaving,” I start to pass him, but he grabs my arm and stops me.

“What happened Harry? We were doing so well, we had a nice day until the shack,” I say calmly after he let go of my arm.

“You didn’t tell me about Ben stocking you,” Harry pouts.

“Would you please explain this thing with Ben! I just can’t take this anymore! What is it with you two?” I stump my foot like a two year old, while I whine out in frustration.
Harry inhales and exhales sharply. Then, He ruffles his curls, and gestures me to take a seat on his bed.

“Ben is from my home town,” He starts to explain.

“I know him for years, we used to be friendly once upon a time, even though he is two years older than I am.. You see.. When I first started to train at the same track he took a shine to me, saying I had promise, and he would help me train. We used to race for hours, and one day my sister came down to see what all the fuss is about, needless to say, he wanted her, my sister, she’s brilliant you know? When she smiles the room shines- not because she lights it up, but because the room wants to shine for her… anyway I refused to introduce them since I already knew what kind of guy he is,” Harry walks over to the window, watching the water stains on the glass.

“He is a player, he liked the chase, and once he got what he wanted he’d let it rot.. and sure I wasn’t so different but I knew to put my foot down when it came to someone close to me you know? I still had that,”

I nod even though he can’t see me.

“I told him to stay away, and he promised he would.. and I might be shit but I know to keep promises, and so I except others to keep theirs.. But he didn’t.. he went after my sister, and it didn’t help I told her what a wanker shit he is she didn’t listen.. and how could she?!” Harry turns and finally looks at me, his eyes dark and sad, “He was charming! Girls don’t have an immune system against charm, and she fell for him, and he.. I promised myself then he will never win another race again, I will always be there to remind him, I will always be one step ahead,” Harry stands in front of me, his head tilted down, his eyes at his feet.

“Oh Harry.. I wish you had told me this sooner,” I get up and pace over to him, placing my hands on his chest peering up at him trying to catch his stare.
Harry shifts his eyes to mine.

“All I know Cassie, is that love hurts.. and it’s hard.. but it keeps me alive, so I hold on tight to it, that is why I can be so controlling sometimes, so I can keep you close and safe,” He touches my cheek.

“Harry.. Love is hard, and it can hurt sometimes.. But love also heals.. It can mend hearts and souls.. Look at me! That is all I learnt and know,” I touch the hand which rests on my cheek.

“I am learning that now too, but sometimes I forget,” He says softly.

“Well I’m here to remind you, and you have that lamp post on Sixth Street to remind you of it too,” I assure him.

Harry presses his lips together at that, and then he leans his head down to mine kissing me. I feel his hands run down my arms and go to my waist. Harry lifts me, holding me close to him. I let out a screech and wrap my legs around his torso so I won’t fall, making him laugh.

“Don’t drop me Harry,” I shriek.

“Never,” And with that he kisses me again.

When we leave the room so Harry can take me back home we find Ed deep in writing in his notebook.

“Thanks Ed for everything,” I call out to him. Ed looks up and takes off his black framed glasses.

“It was no problem, I’m glad everything is alright between you two,” He motions to us with his doctor glasses.

“Harry flips him his middle finger before marching us out the door.

“You know I was worried about you,” I say as he clicks open the car for us.

“How so?”

“Well you left in such a state you forgot the helmet, and it is raining outside,” I point out.

“Cass, I’m a trained racer,” Harry pulls a ‘you’re so hopeless’ face at me.

“Even racers have accidents,” I scoff.

“Let’s make a deal then, I promise to always wear a seat belt\ helmet, if you promise to always make sure you have someone to walk home with you, and if not then at least call and let me or someone else know where you’re and how long you’ll be, is that fair?” He glances over.

“I guess it is.. yeah.. you have a deal,” I agree.

“Well we need to pinkie swear,” He reminds me.

“Sure right, pinkie swear,” I hold up my pinkie for him. After shaking our pinkies Harry places his hand on my thigh.

“So where did you go?” I inquire.

“What?”

“From the shack, where have you been?”

“Ah, I went to the mall, to top shop to find Eleanor,” He replies.

“Yeah, Louis said you probably went there,” I remember.

“You weren’t giving me any answers, so I had to find someone who will,” He explains.

“Next time don’t shout and get all cross with me, and I’ll give you a straight answer,” I shoot.

“I’ll try my best,”
His answer surprises me, I was sure he was going to mock me or have a snarky comment, but no.

“Thank you,” I say to that.

“El said you held you own with him, and even Perrie had a witty answer, and that is without her knowing about our past,” Harry grins.

“She did have a witty comment,” I agree.

“Harry, how did you meet Zayn then? I’m not sure if you ever told me,”

“He’s from Bradford, a rumor about him being the car whisperer got to me, and I had to get to him before Ben would, we became friends next and here we are,” Harry shrugs.

“How far was he from you?” I question.

“About an hour, it wasn’t bad, but then they moved, they opened up the tracks in Langley and that was it, we upped and moved.”

“But you live in Watford not Kings Langley,” I note.

“Well because I wanted a bigger town with more things to do in it then Langley, and I didn’t want to live so close to the tracks.”

“Oh,” Is the only answer I’ve got.

“Cassie, you have to keep away from Ben, he is truly bad, I am not just over reacting, I need you to do this one thing for me,” Harry asks from me, stopping the car in front of my house.

“I will… and thank you for sharing this with me, It really mean a lot to me,” I rest my hand on his thigh.

“You already thanked me,” Harry lays his hand on top mine.

“I know, but still, this is the way it should be.. I mean I don’t know for sure since this is my first relationship but this feels right, not exploding on each other, but explaining in a calm and civil way,” I try and conceal my smile.

“Ach.. come here you,” Harry places his palm at the base of my neck pulling me in for a kiss.
Yes, this is how it should always be.

Notes

I just thought about the fact that each chapter I write I listen to music that will get me into the chapters mood, so I thought I'll start sharing them now
So the music for this chapter was:
Run- Snow Patrol
Shattered - Trading Yesterday

So yeah.. Comment and vote for another fast update x