Save Me (In Editing)

Chapter 22 - Harry

“All I know is that your the nicest thing I've ever seen, I wish we could see if we could be something...” - Kate Nash

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Her eyes gleamed as I laid beside on her beaten black leather couch. Her dark hair fanned out on a green embroidered pillow, her eyes as blue as a Caribbean sea. Her pink lips, so soft and supple, turned into a smile so small I wouldn't have noticed if it hadn't been meant for me. Audrey Hepburn's "Sabrina" played softly in the background, Audrey's Sabrina speaking in a soft tone, talking about how to moon reaches for her. Though, all could concentrate was her hands and how they ran through my curls. 

"Harry, you on another planet"She said, her accent making her that much cuter,"Are you there?"

I smiled at her, our bodied entangled on the couch,"Yes, I was just thinking"I responded, my hand drifting over her near black curls.

Her manicured brow tweaked up, her eyes holding a questioning look,"Thinking about what?"

"Things"I responded, coyly. Brushing my nose against hers, I chuckled, my gravelly voice a polar opposite from her light as air tone. 

I spotted a plaid blanket and pulled it over us, the cold London air seeping under the windows of her poorly insulated flat. She huffed, but knew better than to persue me. Her eyes moved from mine to the movie, engrossed in Audrey Hepburn's preformance alongside Humphrey Bogart and William Holden. She said it was her favorite movie, contrasted to my favorite, Thunderbirds. 

"You look a little like her?"I said, turning her chin so she faced me

"Like who?"She questioned me

"Audrey. You both have the dark hair, big beautiful eyes, very thin, and you both have full pink lips"I listed, my hand slowly traveling down her arm

Laughing, she shook her head and stood up, walking towards the kitchen,"Please, she is a right sight prettier than me"She said, rifling through the fridge. 

Watching her from the couch, I grinned,"You don't know how beautiful you are"

She rolled her eyes as she grabbed a jug of orange juice from the icebox. 

Suddely, as if time was moving faster than usual, a large man with a black tube sock on his hear barged into her flat. She screamed, jumping up onto the counter, pushing herself as far away from the man as possible. I jumped up, but my reflexes were too slow as the mystery man pushed himself between us

"No!"I shouted as he took a knife from the wood block on her counter,"Get out"

A wicked smile crossed his lips as he turned to her, giving me the time I needed to advance on him. Quickly, I jumped onto his back, but my slight frame did nothing against his hulking weight. Running backwards and slamming me against a wall, another scream came from her mouth as I slid to the floor, the room spinning. The man grabbed her, hoisting her over his shoulder as he ran from the flat, leaving me with the memory of her last scream

"Poppy!"I shouted, my eyes shooting open as I threw the blanket off myself. Sabrina had been turned off and the room was dark,"Poppy!"I shouted again, almost falling off the couch as I ran about her flat

"Harry?"Poppy responded sleepily, trudging out from her room,"Harry, what is it?"

I turned to her, running towards her and picking her up. I held her close, my body still shaking from what I had just seen,"Are you alright?"I asked, setting her down and checking her face for any marks

"Harry"She said, batting my hands away from her as she yawned,"I'm fine, whats going on?"She asked

I sighed heavily, pulling her close again, comforted at the thought that she was okay,"It was a nightmare"I mumbled into her hair, closing my eyes as we stood, arm in arm, in her hallway