Struggle - H.S.

I felt my confidence built a bit and I smiled coyly at them, I thanked them for their kindness and I walked into the kitchen to drink some water. This was something I always did after playing a piece on the piano. I didn't notice that someone followed me into the kitchen. So for the third time today I was startled.

Harry had followed me into the kitchen and he was standing just a few inches away from me. Talking about boundaries, jeez apparently he had never heard of it. I took a few steps back and that me him chuckle softly and when I heard that raspy laugh I looked up. "Didn't mean to startle you again, love" Woahh wait, did he really just called me love, what was that about. "Yes you did"

"Alright you caught me" At least he was admitting that he did want to startle me. "Ha-ha, funny" I said sarcastically, I really didn't feel at ease with him and I just wanted him to leave me alone. "I just want you to know that you are an amazing pianist"

"Thank you, I need to go back to the dining room" I said and tried to walk past him but he wouldn't let me walk by "I just want you to know that you will be mine." With that he turned around and walked to the dining room leaving me standing there looking like a bloody fool. What the hell was that? I wasn't his and by saying this I didn't want to even know him because I now get why Gemma said that I had to stay away from him, he was dangerous.
"Anna, will you get dessert, please?" My mom yelled and I snapped out of my thoughts "Yes mom" I got dessert, which looked really tasty and I put it on the table, my mom immediately cut the cake she made and gave all of us a piece and it was my favorite cake.

"Anna, I heard that you are going to study at Oxford?" Mary Asked and I nodded, quickly swallowing my piece of cake "Yes ma'am, I will be studying English and English literature and I will also attended their music department to improve my piano skills." I said and she smiled at me "That's lovely. Harry is also attending the music department and he is following history," she said proud and I already hated my music classes, hopefully he would leave me alone.

"That's great, now I know someone" I told them and I quickly glanced at Harry who was still staring at me and I couldn't wait for them to leave so I could escape his stares and I could continue my unpacking. I really needed that to be done before I had to go to uni. I was starting in 4 weeks and I just had so much to plan and to do. "Mom can I be excused, please?" I asked politely and she looked at me surprised "why dear?" she asked, I looked at her as if she was stupid and she quickly picked it up. "You want to finish unpacking now?" She said a bit annoyed and I felt the famous blush creep on my cheeks again.
"Yes mom, I need to finish it" I said embarrassed and I looked at my dad who looked at me worried. He always did that when he noticed that my OCD played up. It would always play up when I get too nervous and it was a part of me that my mother absolutely hated but I couldn't help it.

She did try to seek help for me and my doctor gave her medicines for my "problem" but I threw them away when she walked away. "Eager aren't we?" said Harry's mom and that made the situation a bit less awkward and I glanced over at my mom and I saw her inhale a deep breath and sometimes I do feel guilty but I just need to get away from this table. I dared to throw a glance at Harry real quick and he sat there watching my closely with a smirk on his face as if he was cooking up something, it made me even more upset. Then out of nothing my dad opened his mouth, which he never did.

"Okay, dear, you're excused" My dad said, I thanked him "Have a lovely evening" I said to everyone, I left the room and power walked to my room. I closed my door and locked it. Yes I got a lock on my door for moments like this because I couldn't deal with anyone when I was in this state and I went over to my closet and got to work. I was almost done when I heard a knock on my door but I decided to ignore it because I was just too busy and I didn't have time for anything else.

"Anna?" I heard a raspy voice and even though I was curious I ignored him and continued with my closet, the knocking faded and I stuck my head out of my closet and the last thing I heard was "Don't forget love." I was getting a bit annoyed with him because what did that mean. I wasn't anybody and I hated that he said I was his and when I see him tomorrow I will tell him this. He can't mess with my head and frankly I don't even like him that much.

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