Chapter 20: Sun to the Darkest of Days

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I woke up the next morning wrapped up in Harry on his bed. I couldn't exactly remember how I got here last night, but I'm more than positive he carried me after I fell asleep on the couch.

I looked down at Harry, he had his arms wrapped around my waist, his head resting on my chest. I ran my hair softly through his hair, moving the flop out of his face. I couldn't help but smile at how peaceful he looked. It was insane to me, how someone so peaceful, so calm and sweet looking, could make me feel the way he did last night.

I felt myself squeeze my legs together thinking about it as my first alarm went off. I turned to reach for my phone and Harry clung on to me tighter, "Nooo, ignore it. Don't leave me." He said, his voice full of sleep.

I laughed and leaned down kissing the top of his head, "It's only my first alarm, if I want to get there early,  technically I don't have to get there until you usually do. I just want to turn it off." He loosens his grip slightly so I can do just that. I sit up in his bed a little, going through my emails as his head falls to my stomach. I text Anita that I'll be getting there right at the start of the stopwatch, and can't help but laugh at her response.

A: You better be in his bed if you're coming in late!

M: ;)

I respond and look down to Harry peeking up at me, "Can we just cancel my show for today?"

I chuckle softly, "Unfortunately it doesn't work that way love."

He pushed my shirt up slightly and kissed my stomach gently all over, "But you're boss lady. Can't you make things happen?"

I felt as the goosebumps started to develop on my skin from his kisses, "I'm not that boss, yet anyway."

He peeked up at me and smiled, "Ambitious. Going to run Charles out."

I giggled softly, "I'll keep him employed, under me of course."

"Mmm, no, I want to be the only one under you." He smirked and kissed my belly button.

I rolled my eyes and pushed his head softly, "Harry stop."

He laughed and leaned up slightly, placing a hand on either side of me, "I'm just saying, it would be a nice view." He kissed me softly, his tongue playfully finding mine. I felt every fiber of me instantly heat up. He pulled away kissing my nose.

"You hungry? I'm craving an Avo toast." I said in a soft voice, trying to compose my burning insides.

"Mmm, that sounds good. I just got some really good sourdough bread the other day actually. I just can't remember if I have avocado."

"We can run to the store, I saw a Trader Joe's on the way, we can cross something off our list." I asked, smiling.

His dimples appeared and he nodded, kissing me again, "I love that idea."

"You know, having to go through most of the day not kissing you later, is going to be really hard."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure to give you enough to compensate." He smiled at me kissing me once more before getting up and walking out of the room.

I slowly made my way out of bed, walking over to my bag, pulling out my clothes for the day, "Can I take a quick body shower?"

He came back into the room brushing his teeth and nodded, calling me over with his head. I gathered my stuff and followed him into the bathroom and placed my things on the counter as he turned on the shower for me. While the water warmed up, I added toothpaste to my toothbrush, brushing my teeth next to him. We smiled at each other in the mirror, taking turns rinsing. He turned to me and held my face with both his hands, running his thumbs on my cheeks, "You trust me today a little more than yesterday right?"

I smiled and nodded, "Yeah, a little more."

He half smiled and leaned down to kiss me softly, he pulled away slowly, only to kiss me again deeply. He nipped at my lower lip softly, smiling against my lips, "Hurry and get in the shower before I don't want to leave this bathroom."

I giggled as he pushed away from me, turning to leave, closing the door behind him.

At Trader Joe's Harry grabbed the cart and we did our best to walk separately from each other while in the store. We realized that if people were supposed to believe he was dating Olivia, we should remain as neutral with each other as possible. It wasn't how we ideally wanted this grocery trip to go, but it would have to do. I would constantly leave and come back adding stuff to his cart, he had told me to load it up with everything I thought he would like.

After grabbing the avocados, I couldn't find where he went. I walked down each aisle and couldn't help but chuckle when I found him loading up on the dried fruit snacks. I walked over adding the avocados in, "I think that's everything. I can give you half in ca—No, no, I'll pay, go wait for me in the car." He tossed his keys at me and I smiled, walking out ahead of him. I unlocked his car and got in the passenger seat.

A few minutes passed and I saw him walking out and was about to open the door to help when he shook his head at me. I peeked around and saw a few men with cameras and sunk down in the passenger seat. Being short was insanely useful in this moment.

He quickly loaded everything in the trunk, and I stuck the key in the ignition as he did, so it would be ready for him to turn on. He got in and chuckled softly at me hiding myself, turning on the car and pulling out quickly.

"That was close." I said when he finally told me I could sit up.

"Just a bit." He bit his lip, his shoulders slightly tense. I reached up and massaged his shoulder softly, he turned to me and smiled, "Sorry, I just hate this."

"I feel like I'm the added stress here," I said softly, still rubbing his shoulder.

His hand reached up to mine, removing it from his shoulder, lacing our fingers together. He brought my hand to his mouth, kissing it softly, "No Maggie. You literally could bring sun to even the darkest of days. Don't ever think you are a stress in this. If anything you keep me from going crazy."

I smiled softly, and he brought our hands down to his lap not letting go, "Okay. Just promise me, you'll tell me if everything turns into too much."

"It won't happen, but I will, I promise." He squeezed my hand softly.

"Let's hurry and get home, so we can eat, and then we can make out like a couple of hormonal teenagers on your couch until we have to leave for work."

He laughed and nodded his head, and that's exactly what we did, until the very last second before having to leave.


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