“Harry! Amber! Are you guys still together?! What about Jessica, Harry?!”

“Have you officially met the folks, Amber?!”

“Why are you going to buy her stuff, Harry, don’t you know she is a gold digger?!”

Many more questions similar to those have been fired off at Harry and I as we entered a shopping location in his town. We decided to just make a trip around his hometown and eventually on some shopping. Obvious reasons on why I didn’t want to, but Harry had insisted. Like, really pushed for it. So here we are, entering a mall.

He holds my hand as we exited his Range Rover and keeps me close as we pass by a few paparazzi to the entrance. When the coast was clear, he lets me go only slightly, our hands still intertwined and swinging back and forth gently. I smile to myself as I was not the one doing that to our joined hands, as it was Harry.

“Where do you want to go first?” He asks me, slowing our walking pace down slightly.

“I don’t know. I told you I didn’t want you to take me out shopping. Now the media is going to think I am a gold digger and want you for your money.” I motion my head to the door we just entered through, where the paps had stood, taking pictures through the glass doors.

“But I know that you don’t. The guys know you don’t. If that comes up it will be quickly taken care of, that I can assure you. And I am doing this because I want to, not because you asked me to.” He tries to point out, making me roll my eyes.“But I didn’t ask you. You practically forced me to come here.” I smile slightly as Harry ended up leading us to TJ Maxx.

“Exactly. So this is all on me.” He takes us to the juniors section, and starts going through clothing.

I look through the rack on the opposite side of him, focusing on the clothes in front of me. When I had picked out a few jeans and tops that weren’t too expensive, I notice the lack of Harry’s presence, concerning me. I look around me and can’t find the moppy head of curls anywhere. I guess he went off with some fans, I guess. There is only a matter of time before they all start to come and force us to leave the mall. Might as well make this quick.

I walk into the changing room and put on a couple outfits that I think would look somewhat decent. Posing in front of the mirror, I felt like a fake model, which for some reason started to make me think about my life job wise. I still need to do something. Modelling is definitely off the list. I wouldn’t forgive myself if I tried to put myself out there like that. Besides, that’s El’s thing.

I look at myself in the mirror, maybe a stylist? Nah. I can barely make a good outfit for school. Make-up is Chasity’s thing, but what is mine? I shake my head and get out of the clothes, putting them back on the hangers, putting my clothes on and leaving the changing room. Since Harry was still not around I decided to just put them back and try to find him, only until a hand around my wrist had stopped me.

“Were you going to get those? I can buy them for you, I’m sure that they would have looked lovely on you.” A British voice rang in my ear, before tugging my hand slowly bag to me with the clothes in hand still. Not the voice I was wishing to hear, of all times now.

“No, I wasn’t. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go look for someone.” I tell him, not wanting to look up to his horrible face again. I get out of his grip and set down the clothing on the rack. “And I thought I told you to not speak to me again.” I tell him before making my way to the exit, but I was cut short as he had tugged me back, forcing me to look up at him.

“I’m sure Harry will be a few more minutes. Believed I saw the bloke talking to a few fans of his, after he left some other store. And I’m sure you didn’t mean it. You are too nice to tell someone who tried to help you to leave a bad and unhealthy relationship. I know you two won’t last long.” Andrew says to me calmly, only making me more nervous, yet angry at the same time.

“But you didn’t tell me what had happened prior. Now, please unhand me and let me leave.” He does as I said and I quickly walk out to find Harry. Thankfully he didn’t tail me.

Honestly it isn’t that hard as the number of screaming fans were building up near a jewelry store, screaming and hollering Harry’s name. When I had reached the group they saw me and began to crowd me as well, some asking me for pictures while others asking me to leave this earth. How nice. Harry had noticed me here and smiled, walking up to me and wrapping his arms around me. The girls around us had silenced, making Harry squeeze tighter. I felt much better being in his arms, so I hugged him back, smiling. The girls awed at us and started to take pictures.

“Sorry I ditched you. The fans wanted to say hello and I couldn’t help being nice. You got me in a nice mood today.” I heard Harry say with a chuckle.

“That’s alright. Glad to know you are nice to fans. Even though you are still hugging me.” I joked.“They don’t seem to mind. They are even taking pictures.” He points out the obvious.

“Nor do I.” I smile. He eventually lets me go and holds onto my hand after placing a kiss to my cheek. They all awed and decided to leave us be.

“Did you want something from TJ Maxx? I can go get that for you if you want.” He tells me, leading us back to the store. My heart starts to race at the thought of Andrew still being there, so I tug him back.

“No!” I immediately say. He looked at me startled at my outburst, so I cleared my throat and tried again. “I mean, no, it’s fine. I didn’t want anything there. How about we just leave… Like, now. I didn’t really need anything anyway. I have plenty of clothes and other goodies. How about a walk? In a park?” Or somewhere in a public place where there are people around in case he follows us there too… And he sees him… “I could go for that. Yeah.” I try to say without stuttering, being successful. He scrunches his face up and looks at me in pure confusion. I would be too, I must be looking insane right now.

“Are you sure?” He asks. I nod quickly, starting to walk to the parking lot, dragging him from behind. “Well, I will have to drive us there, then. Milady gets what she wants.” He smiles cutely. “Do you need to go to the bathroom before we set off?” He questions, slowing us down.

“Do you?” I ask him. He shakes his head, obviously now confused as ever. Why would I ask him that? It’s not like he is going in there with me… Stupid… “Well, I do.. So yeah.” His confusion slowly turns to concern as his hand squeezes mine a bit more firmly.


Harry’s POV

We walk to the bathrooms and I let go of Amber’s hand to let her walk in. What the hell is going on with her today? Something is bothering her, I know it. Did something happen while I was gone? As much as I didn’t want to leave her alone, I had to. The real reason why I had brought her to the mall specifically was to buy her a gift for our one month anniversary, and she would just buy something else in the meantime. Hopefully she will like it, and doesn’t suspect anything right now. I feel like she is onto me already. Did she see me walk out and into the jewelry store?

I open my jacket to reveal the inside pocket where her gift was kept in a soft red velvet box. I have the whole day planned, but with her change of plans, we are now early. I’m sure that my family aren’t done with the decorations yet, so I have to keep her busy in the meantime. I heard the toilet flush and sink water run, so I quickly put the gift away and zip up the jacket, pulling out my phone and pretending to text someone. I should really text Gem to see how things are. Amber soon comes out, a bit more relaxed than before.

“You ready now?” I ask her, putting my phone away into my pocket, extending my free hand to await her smaller one.

“Yeah, let’s go.” She says softly, giving me her hand. I walk us out of the mall and into the parking lot where a larger mix of fans and paparazzi had awaited for us.

“Harry! You are both empty handed! Did you not spend money on her?”

“Amber get away from my boyfriend! He is mine!”

“How about a smile?”

“Can I ask you two a question regarding Jessica?”

“Harry please love me!”

“You guys are so adorable stop!”

“Can I take a picture with you two?”

The comments and questions continued to come barrelling through, but I kept Amber close to me as we ignored them. I know she is still not used to the paparazzi and fans hating on her but I am willing to be there for her whenever she needs me. Well, even if she doesn’t I’m still going to be here for her. I guide her to the passenger seat of my car and make sure she is strapped in before going to my side.

The crowd had begun to make a hole for me to pull out of and drive off. When we were at a safe distance, I looked over to Amber who was trying to make herself look small and frail, and was in a deep thought, making me automatically extend my hand to hers and take a hold of it. She jumps at my touch but relaxes when she sees my hand.

“You okay there?” I ask, keeping my eyes on the road ahead of us. We come towards the usual traffic, allowing me to take a quick glance at her when she didn’t respond. She looks back towards me and nods with a small smile. Okay, something is wrong. “What is it?” I ask her, rubbing my thumb against her hand.

“Nothing is wrong. I’m alright.” She tries to persuade me but I am not buying it.

“Come on. Are you sure you didn’t want anything over there? We could have gone to another store. We only went to one.” I point out, moving us again as the traffic starts to clear up.

“I’m fine, honestly Harry.” I just love it when she says my name. It sounds so right coming from her. But now isn’t the time to think that way. Focus.

“Alright, if you say so.”

“I do.” She tries to joke, but only making me roll my eyes.

“So, you said you wanted to go to a park, right?” I asked her, knowing that we are coming up on a certain park soon.

“That would be nice, yeah. We don’t have to, though.” She says, making me huff. What would I do now?

“Amber… Whatever you say is happening today. I’m not going to deny you of that.” I smile, making a left turn towards a park that I planned to take her to later when we are done at my mum’s house, but not the actual spot. I’ll bring her where it is more public. I turn off the car and quickly rush out to her side to open the door for her. She smiles and thanks me after I help her out.

The wind had picked up only slightly, as the clouds started to roll in. God, I hope it doesn’t start to rain. She walks ahead of me as I know that she has spotted the swing sets, soon sprinting to them even though there was no one there. I stuff my hands into the coat pockets and smile at the sight of her, the way her hair flows side to side, her cute pear figure, she’s just amazing. She hops onto the seat, before looking for me with a big smile adorning her face.

“Can you push me, Harry?” She asks me when I stood in front of her, making her feet move in small circles.

“Of course.” I tell her, before moving myself to stand behind her and take hold of the chains, pulling back as much as I could and letting her go. She giggles to herself and starts to swing herself with her legs, but leaving a gap for me when she returns to me, allowing me to continue to push her.

It got to the point where she was at the point of my fingertips so I moved to the empty seat and sat down, using my feet to move me but only a little bit. Of course, a man was hiding in the bushes with a camera, taking pictures of us. Amber didn’t seem to notice the man, as it should be. Instead, I crossed my arms and watched her go up higher and higher, making me fear that she was going to fall off any moment now.

“You’re really up there, aren’t you?” I ask her when she was down to my level before watching her go up again. She smiles and nods, kicking her legs to go even higher. She was at the point where her back was leveled with the ground when she swung up, making me stop rocking myself with my feet.

“Don’t go up too high, love. You’re gonna fall off and hurt yourself.” I warn her gently.

“I’ve done this before, Harry. I got this.” She tells me before kicking her feet harder. She continues to go back and forth going up incredibly high. I watch her intently, readying myself for when she falls, because I know she will.

“Stop-, staring-, at me-, like that. You’re-, acting-, as if-, I am-, going to-, hurt-, myself.” She says when she passes me at ground level, making me shake my head.

“That’s because you are, and I want to be ready to catch you when you do.” I tell her. I hear her hum a ‘mhm’, thinking that I am kidding. I really am not. I feel my phone vibrate in jean pocket, no doubt from the fam. Don’t let there be a problem. Please.

From: Gem:
Hey, Harry. Got some help from a couple of my friends so its all set. We are gonna head out to the park now, you guys can come back early. BUT, so help you if you guys do ‘it’ anywhere in the house. Or break anything in the process. Love you.

I smile to myself at her sarcastic remark. I won’t do anything like that, yet. I’ll wait on her terms, I really don’t mind. I type back my thank you text, and to assure her that it won’t happen. Just as I was about to hit send, I hear Amber yell out my name, making me jolt my head up to the side of me. The seat had returned from the heavens empty, so I quickly look ahead, not so far to see Amber collapsing practically in front of me. Oh no.

“Holy shit, Amber!” I discard my phone, probably dropping it and rush over to my girlfriend on the ground. My hands snake around her to pick her up onto my lap. She was covered in dirt. My poor girl. “I told you that you were gonna fall.” I tell her, wiping off the dirt from her face.

“I didn’t fall… I jumped.” I looked at her as if she was insane. Wait, she is insane.

“Why would you do that?” She was about to answer but I quickly stop her, there are more important things right now. “Wait, before you answer that.. Are you alright? Does anything hurt? Cuts? Scrapes? Blisters? Bruises?” I ask, even though I was the one checking her arms, face, legs, feet, and head. She seemed fine, thank goodness.

“No, I’m okay.” I set her down before standing up myself, extending my two hands to her. Let’s test it.

“Well, let’s see about that. Can you stand?” She takes hold of my hands and stands perfectly fine. I tug her towards me slightly as I take steps backwards to do a final test. She walks, but her right foot limped a bit, making me frown.

“Harry, its fine. Really.” I ignore her remarks and give her my back, motioning for her to jump on. I’ll do the walking. She does as I said and clings onto me. My hands grip her thighs, supporting her to actually stay on.

“Now tell me.” I began to walk away from the swingset and just started to walk back to the parking lot. “Why did you jump?” I feel her head rest on top of mine, her arms now dangling in front of me as she sees where we were headed.

“Well, you said that you were ready to catch me when I fell, so I jumped. Only that was when you had to send a text, or answer one. You didn’t catch me.” Even though I couldn’t see her I knew she was pouting, making me sigh.

“Well, if would have at least warned me about it, then I would have.” I tell her softly as I unlock the car and sit her back in the passenger seat, before closing her door. I walk around to my side and hopped in.. When I turned to her she had her head down, hands intertwined. Just great. You go Harry.

“I’m sorry, Harry.” She says softly, tugging at my heart strings. I didn’t want her to think I was furious with her, I was just scared.

“Baby, I’m not mad, I was just scared that you would have gotten hurt. Okay?” I tell her, bringing my hand up to stroke the back of her head. I leaned my head forward to try to get in her sight. She sees me and half smiles. “That’s what I’d like to see.” With my hand still on her head, I move over the stick shift to kiss her cheek closest to me.

“Better?” I ask. She looks at me and nods. “Good. Let’s get that ankle fixed up a bit, maybe get a bite, and come back after, yeah?” I tell her, and she smiles and nods her head quicker at me mentioning our return to the park.

Notes

Obviously Andrew is never far from here. Heh...

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