I'm Right Here- SWM Sequel (Harry Styles)

Chapter 4:

Without putting Bear down, I hand her my shoes and start to walk back to the sidewalk. I continue to walk to the hotel as I carry Bear on my shoulders. Several times she protests that she can walk on her own but I simply ignore her comments and continue on with our conversation. Before we enter the hotel, I let Bear down so we can both get on our shoes. As soon as we walk inside the lobby, the receptionist hands me the keys to the room that me and Bear are sharing.

When we get to the room, we don't even bother unpacking. In the room, there is two queen sized beds and Bear claims the one closest to the door. I take the other bed and start to strip down to my boxers. Bear quickly runs past me to the bathroom with clothes in her hands. She's the only person who refuses to look at me without clothes.

Bear comes out of the bathroom a couple weekends later wearing a black tank top and her superman sleep shorts. She refuses to look at me still and quickly gets into bed. She turns off the light and hides herself under the comforter. I smile and follow her lead, getting into my own bed and falling back asleep.

I wake up again at 11:30 AM, the sunlight struggling to show through the curtain on the window. I look over at Bear and find her still fast asleep in the tangled mess that is called bed sheets. Her delicate sleeping face greatly contrasts the mass destruction that lies around her and I remember how much of a restless sleeper she is. Quietly, I get out of my own messy bed and go over to foot of her bed. Carefully, I stand up on the edge of Bear's bed, making sure not to wake her up. Yet. While sending above her, I observe how peaceful Bear looks in her sleep and a smile forms on the face. Bending my knees, I jump up and land closer to Bear, her screaming awake as she's launched into the air. A fit of laughter takes over me and I fall to the bed, unable to keep jumping.

"That wasn't nice!" Bear laughs while punching me in the arm lightly.

"That was hilarious!" I manage to say before getting into another fit of laughter.

Bear rolls her eyes and stands up on the bed. She starts to jump on the bed as I lay down on it, her tiny body not making as big an impact as mine. Quickly, I stand up to join her in jumping on the bed, the sheets just becoming more crumpled under our feet. We hold hands as we drop down to the bed, laying down to catch our breath. A few seconds later, Bear gets up from the bed and let's out a loud nasty cough.

"You don't sound good." I comment as I get up from the bed to walk over to Bear as she looks inside her bag.

"I'm fine, I swear. Just a nasty cough, is all." Bear says calmly with a smile.

"If you say so.." I mutter under my breath as I go over to my own bag. Bear goes into the bathroom with clothes in her hand as I search my bag for swim trunks. She comes back out in a tan, crochet cover up that is only snug around her waist and has a hood. She starts to brush her teeth as I go into the bathroom. I change into black swim trunks and open the door to see Bear sliding on a few of her braided string bracelets. Her aviator sunglasses rest on top of her black wavy hair as she turns her head to smile at me. I smile back and walk over to my bag to get out my flip flops and a white t-shirt. I finish putting on the items and go over to Bear who is still at the sink. She smiles as she hands me my Ray Bans. There's a bottle of waterproof concealed in her other hand but I notice that her eyes are looking over my tattoos. She turns around suddenly and points to the tattoo on my hips. She looks up into my eyes and I feel my breath get taken away.

"Might as well?" she smiles.

"Might as well." I say simply with a smile. Bear rolls her eyes and pushes past me towards the door.

"First thought the cleaning lady will have when she comes to make the beds?" Bear asks as she slides on her flip flops.

"Damn teenagers and their hormones." I say in my best old person impression. Bear lets out her loud laugh and me and her start down the hall to the elevator.