Author's Note: So I'm in finals week but somehow( by an request) I managed to write this. Also thank you for the support and comfort of my family's sad news. Sorry for the shit ending and by the way, don't take my advice on how to stop a car from skidding/hydroplaning. I'm not a driver. Anyways, I am so thankful to y'all. I'll post more soon. As always I love your feedback on my work. Yours always, M.
"Yeh should have left earli'er" Harry told me. "Its insane to drive in this weather"
I rolled my eyes at him as I listened to him through the phone. I looked outside the glass window to see spectacles of snow falling in the winter dark in five in the afternoon. I was in New York and it was snowing for two hours so far. The snow on the ground outside seemed less than five centimeters. If I saw people walking on the sidewalks, I think I would be okay if I drove slowly.
"H, it's okay. I'm used to this weather" I said to him over the phone. "The snow is not sticking to the ground"
"I know yeh used to it, love. Still doesn't mean that yeh won't get hurt" Harry spoke.
"Well, it's not like I have a chance anymore H" I said to him. "Besides it's only a twenty minute drive if drive slowly. I'll be okay H"
"Still don't believe yeh will be, love"Harry said.
"I will be. I'll be home before you know it" I said.
"Jus't be careful out there" Harry urged me. "I don't need yeh getting hurt"
I smiled to myself, knowing how protective Harry was being over me. I knew he was being so protective of me because he loved me.
"I love you too Harry" I spoke into the phone. "I'll see you soon. Bye"
I hung the phone up on him. I opened my bag and put my phone in it. I took out my keys and closed my bag. I looked to my keychain seeing my "Treat People With Kindness" chain. I smiled. I'll be okay. I'll be more than okay.
. . .
It was more than twenty minutes. Twenty minutes was me waiting in traffic on the streets. I knew if I continued to drive on the street I would get home in about two hours. I wasn't willing to wait that amount of time. So, I decided to take the highway home. Of course, I told Harry that I would be home later than usual and he should not worry about it. That didn't stop him from calling me every ten minutes checking where I was
."I'm about to get off the highway, H" I spoke as I drove.
"Thank Jesus" I heard Harry say through the car's speakers.
I let out a laugh.
"Yeah" I said to him. "You can stop calling me. I'll be home in five minutes"
"Okay" Harry said. "Be careful still"
I chuckled.
"Byeeee" I said.
"Bye" Harry said to me before ending the call.
I looked to the exit 11 sign on the left side. I was about to turn towards the exit when I felt I was going faster than the speed I was driving at. I suddenly noticed why the last second as my car quickly veered into the right lane. My car was skidding. My car was hydroplaning.
I froze in panic. I knew I should have steered the wheel in the skids' direction and should have pressed the brake but I couldn't. I felt helpless. I felt paralyzed in fear. The thought of dying in an accident entrapped me. I didn't want to die in an accident. I didn't want to die here when I had Harry waiting on me.
I pressed my foot on the brake, turning the steering wheel to the right. I took my hands off the wheel and my foot off the pedal, with the car stopping to skid the second I did. My body was thrown back against the seat. I looked at the lanes, seeing I was in the middle lane. If my car continued to skid I would have been thrown against the metal rails.
I looked down to my lap, watching a tears fall on my jeans. I didn't notice I was crying. I took my hands off the steering wheel. My hands were shaking. My whole body was shaking and sweating.I wanted Harry. I knew if I was with Harry, I would feel safe with him. He would be able to calm me down.
I took out my phone that was placed in the cup holder. Despite believing that my shaky hands would drop my phone, I didn't. I unlocked my phone quickly and went to my contacts with Harry's name being the top of my recent calls. I pressed on his name. I let my phone drop onto my lap as I heard ringing from the car's speakers. Harry picked up instantly.
"Yeah love?" I heard Harry ask me.
I knew I was almost in a car crash and I was safe now but hearing Harry's voice made me imagine if I didn't hear his voice before I died. The feeling of helplessness consumed me as I realized that fact.
"I shouldn't . . ." I wanted to tell him what happened but I felt too out of breath to speak.
"What happened Y/N?" Harry asked me. "Are yeh hurt?"
"No" I spit out, almost on the verge of sobbing. "I almost did"
"Yeh almost did?" I heard Harry ask with a shift in the tone of his voice. "What happened?"
I let out a breath, causing more tears to come.
"My car skidded" I answered. "I got it to stop but, but . . . I felt like I was going to die H"
"Where are yeh now?" Harry asked me.
"Outside the exit" I told him.
"I'm coming to pick yeh up" Harry said.
"No" I said. "Don't. You can't. I can't just leave my car here in the middle of the highway"
"Yeh sound too shaken up to drive" Harry said.
"I can drive" I told him. "I just need to calm down and have you on the phone as I drive"
"Yeh sure?" Harry asked. "I rather pay a thousand dollar ticket than for yeh to get hurt"
I smiled, somehow fighting back my tears.
"Yeah" I said "I just need to hear your voice. It helps me relax"
"I'll talk as long as yeh need me'h too" Harry said. "Jus't want the back home safe"
"I am" I said to him. "This is the fucking last time I'm driving in snow"
"I'm sure yeh will" I heard Harry say in a sarcastic voice.
"I mean it, H" I told him, putting my hands on the wheel. "Never doing it again"
. . .
I pulled into the driveway of my house. I put the car in park, then turning the engine off. I opened the car door to see Harry walk outside the house. I got out of the car and ran straight to him, hugging him. He wrapped his arms around me, tightly embracing me. He nuzzled his head into the crook of my neck. I felt my eyes water up.
"I thought the last time I would see you was this morning" I told him. "I thought I would never see you again"
"I'm here, love" Harry said, rubbing his hand up and down my back. "You're safe. You're safe with me'h"
I nodded into his shoulder.I'm safe. I was safe. I'm always safe with Harry. Nothing could hurt me when I'm with him.
Nothing.
