Struggle - H.S.

I got my ass kicked by my boxing teacher and I was sick and tired of it but I was grateful for the fact that Louis nor Zayn were here because the last thing I needed was Harry knowing about my sessions and I was hoping that he didn't know my teacher otherwise I would be screwed for sure.

The only reason why his training hurt like hell was thanks to my bruises that Harry had put on my face and that made me so angry that I got a blast of adrenaline and as I was still training with my teacher I punched him right in the face and he actually fell on the floor. "O MY GOD, are you okay, I'm so sorry" I screeched and I felt terrible for hitting him like that but when he looked up he was laughing at me "That's quite a punch you threw there Anna." He grinned and I almost hit him again for scaring the crap out of me.

I held out my hand and he grabbed it and while I was trying to pull him up he pulled me down so that I landed on top of him. "God you're annoying," I laughed as he sat up and I did the same wondering what was up.

"So are you going to tell me what's been bothering you today?" Shit, I didn't want to talk about him or what happened so I just shrugged "No young lady you are not getting out of this, spill it" He demanded and I sighed because he would probably keep me here until I told him what was wrong.

"I got into a fight yesterday with some guy and it's been bothering me you know. I felt so weak and that is something I never want to feel again!" I said with passion and he nodded whilst getting up "Let's go then" he said and I took his hand and he pulled me up. I took my position and he put on his equipment and after his signal I began throwing punches with as much force as I could muster.

After what felt like hours we were finally done and I felt sore all over my body. Never in my existence had I this much ache over my body but it felt good because it was for myself and the fact that I was taking a stand. I said goodbye to my coach and I would see him in 2 days again and I couldn't wait. I quickly went home hoping I wouldn't run into Harry, which was the case for once and it felt like my lucky day.

"I'm Home" I yelled and my mom approached me and looked at me in disgust and I realised I hadn't showered yet and the look on my mothers face made me almost burst out in laughter. "Were have you been?" she questioned me and I almost shrugged but kept it in. "I was at the gym and forgot to shower," I told her and I know she hated it when I trained. She preferred me doing my nails and hair and all that other girly stuff but that just wasn't me.

"Go take a shower immediately young lady" I rolled my eyes on that because I was obviously going to do that as I had to work in 2 hours and I couldn't show up there looking all sweaty could I now. I almost skipped towards my room. I grabbed a nice looking skirt, which fell just above the knee, and I put on a light blue shirt, which I tucked in my skirt. I wore my vans and after putting on some make-up. I did my hair, I put it in a high bun and my bangs were lying on my forehead.

Sadly enough I couldn't wear my glasses. It probably would mean that there was a possibility of getting a headache at the end of the day but I didn't care, I was so excited to start this job in an environment that I felt safe in.

Harry didn't know that I was working at this bookshop and it wasn't likely that he would enter this store so I felt safe there and I already like my boss.

I walked into the kitchen and my mom was talking to Harry's mother and when they saw me they stopped talking like that isn't obvious. "Hello Anne, how are you?" I asked politely and she smiled at me but I didn't trust her at all. She answered nicely and I almost cringed at that but instead of encaging a conversation I grabbed a coke and a banana and went towards the front door "Where are you going?" my mom asked and again I rolled my eyes on that because I already told her where I was going 2 days ago. "I'm leaving for work, remember?" I said and she still wasn't agreeing with this but she had no option then wish me luck.

I quickly left the house and almost ran past Harry's house and again prayed that he hadn't see me but he probably was still asleep as it was 9.30 in the morning. When I was out of sight I slowed down and walked towards Starbucks to grab an ice coffee. When I turned around I bumped into a solid chest and I looked up and was staring in brown eyes and I already let out a sigh because of course he was here.

"Liam, please move." I told him because I wasn't planning on being nice to him and to be quite honest with you I really hated his guts but out of fear of getting beat I held my tongue and waited for him to move, which he did after staring at me for like 5 minutes. When he let me pass, he grabbed my arm harshly and pulled me back. "Harry wants to see you in 10 minutes at his house" And I snorted at that and pulled my arm out of his grip and went to work.

After those 10 minutes were up I turned of my phone and went into the shop after Mrs Brooks told me what my tasks were I began. She wanted to redo the shop and she wanted the young adult books and the children books upstairs and that was exactly what I did, after I had all those books upstairs I dug in and got every shelf dust free and that's when I heard a bell ring and after Mrs Brooks said hello and asked if she could help him he spoke "Yes, I was wondering if you had seen a girl with dark blond hair and she has freckles on her face" a raspy voice asked and I immediately recognised this as Harry's. My heart began to beat so fast that I was afraid I would faint. I even held my hand in front of my mouth so he wouldn't hear me.

"No I'm sorry I haven't seen her but if I do I will tell her you are looking for her" she told him but I didn't think he believed her "Yeah uhm that's fine thank you" and when I heard him leave , I allowed myself to sink to the floor and took a few deep breaths when Mrs Brooks appeared in front of me. "Are you alright dear?" I nodded and when I looked up she was standing there with a mug full of steaming tea and it was like I had come home. Around 6pm we closed the shop, we had quite a lot of customers over the day, which pleased me and I felt as if we had done so much and I was really tired to be honest. I had rearranged the whole second floor and it took me all day thanks to my OCD which was getting worse at the moment but I had to thank Harry for this. I really didn't want to go home because I knew Harry would be waiting for me and I was in deep trouble for not listening to him.

I turned my phone on and I had a few messages and they were all from Harry and boy was he pissed. On that note I decided to call my coach and thank fully he picked up immediately.

"Anna, what's wrong?"

"Hi coach; sorry for calling you but do you think we can squeeze in an extra lesson tonight?" He was silent for a while and I heard him sigh "Of course meet me at the gym in 10" and he hang up. I quickly grabbed my stuff and now I thanked myself for letting my stuff over there and after I said goodbye to Mrs Brook I ran towards the gym and I took a road that Harry probably didn't know about and within no time I was at the gym.

I quickly got changed and began with a warming up by punching the punching bag and I didn't feel the stares. I was so into punching the living shit out of this bag that when my coach pulled me away from it that I was completely out of breath and my hands were aching already. "Cool down miss Lewis," he said strictly as he handed me my water. It was then that I looked around and I was mortified when I met the gaze of Zayn and I knew I was screwed now.

"Let's get this over yet," my coach said and we went into the boxing ring, we hadn't done this before but for some reason he felt it was necessary. "You're afraid of this guy aren't you?" He asked while we were circling around each other "I.Am.Not.Afraid.Of.Him! I said through clenched teeth. And I threw a punch at him, which he avoided. "The sooner you admit this the better it will be Anna" and he threw a punch at me which I couldn't avoid in time and that one really hurt but I didn't show him I was hurt and punched back. "Let go Anna, you aren't here"

"God Dammit, I am" I said and that was when I hit him and I got him good but he still laughed it off but I could see he was hurt and he walked towards me. "I think you had enough." He told me and I nodded. I turned around but stopped in my tracks making my coach bump into me because not only Zayn was watching but Harry was also standing there.

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