Chapter 27- Why Dont We Go There

"You better make it worse this time, Alice." Zayn warns.

"I'll watch him." I say.

"Harry is the type that can only take so much. He's... not him." he says.

"How do you know?" I ask.

"We've talked. He cares about you Alice. Yeah he had a weak moment and he's not afraid to admit up to it but you're the one he wants. Don't be afraid to love him." Zayn says.

"How do you know so much about this?" I ask and he smirks. "Because I'm smarter rhan you think. Now good luck, love. I wish you the best." he says and hugs me.

"Thanks Zayn." I say and he lets go and nods.

Jojo was on Harry's lap in the livingroom when I walked out to meet him. Harry was actually smiling as Jojo licked his face. Jojo turns his head when he hears me walk in the room causing Harry to look too. He smiles innocently at me.

"You ready?"  he asks and I nod.

Instead of pushing Jojo off him he scoops him up and carries him like a baby. Jojo didn't seem to mind. He just kept wagging against Harry's stomach. "I already put your things in the car." he says and I nod. "Thanks." I say and follow him to the door. "Bye Zayn!" I call and he peaks his head around the corner. "Talk to you later Ali!" he calls back. Harry manages to open the door even with a dog in his arms and lets me through first.

He sets down Jojo in the back seat and lets me in the passenger seat before he gets in the driver side and starts the engine.

In the middle of the ride, Jojo climbs up on Harry's lap and I sort of giggle. "Jojo get down!" I scold but Harry pets his chest. "He's fine. Just really oversized for a lap dog." he says as Jojo lays down across his lap and ends up with his head almost on my lap.

"He misses you." I say petting his head.

"He better. I bought him." Harry says.

"Why are we taking this way home?" I ask. He shrugs. "Long way home." he says.

I look out the window. Middle of winter. January. I hate winter.

"Are you cold?" he asks and I look at him. "A little." I admit.

He faintly smirks. "You can hug me." he says and I look at him. Zayn warned me to be easy with him. To take rejection on him lightly.

So I lean over and hug his arm. He reaches up and messes with the buttons on his dash. "I don't think the heat is working yet. I need an air filter." he says. "It's okay." I say.

I nearly fell asleep on his shoulder. He really meant the long way home.

"I'm I bothering you?" I ask and he shakes his head. "My two dogs? Nope." he grins. "I'm not a dog. I'm an exotic animal." I say refering to me being a wolf.

He laughs and smirks at me. "Wild? Figured that out already." he says and winks at me. Did he just make a sex joke?

"What's that suppose to mean?" I ask defensively and he laughs. "You know what it means." he says.

I laugh and shake my head as I sit up straight in my seat and look out the window.

When I step out of the car and walk in front of him up the driveway. The ice takes a hold of my clumsiness and I slip. I hear him laugh against my back as he pulls me up to my feet.

"Exotic huh?" he mocks and I brush off the snow off my legs.

"Shut up." I say holding a finger up. He laughs and unlocks the door for us to get in.

"Have you aten?" he asks as he sets the keys on the table.

"Um... No." I say and he walks in the kitchen. "Okay." he says.

I actually kind of missed Harry's cooking. Me and Zayn had some pretty bad adventures when we cooked. Twice resulted in the stove and flames.

He only places one plate for me and I look at him. "Why aren't you eating?" I ask and he looks away. "Because I'm not hungry." he says and I frown.

"Harry..." I say with my tone getting lower.

"Do you know what you're doing?" I ask and he looks at me.

I take a step closer and reach out to touch his stomach. I glance up  at his eyes that seemed intensely on me.

"You're destroying yourself Harry." I say as I touch his ribs to prove my point. I go to retract my hand but me trying to make a point by touching him seemed to put him somewhere else.

He grabs my hand and flattens it against his stomach and then grabs my free hand and does the same.

I was afraid he'd try to kiss me so I take a step back as I become uncomfortable and look away. "Um... Harry." I mutter.

He swallows and continues to stare at me. "I know you're not completely cold to the feeling." he says before dropping my hands and walking towards the living room. I look at the meal he made for me and look back at him walking away.  I eat my food quickly and set my plate in the sink before looking through his cabinents for something he enjoys to eat.

After I get done making something I walk it in the living room and almost scare him as I appear behind him and hold the plate above his lap. "Eat, Harry." I instruct and he looks at it. "I've never seen you cook." he says and I pick up his arm and make him hold the plate.

"Well I made this for you so you should accept it." I say.

"But I'm not hungry." he says still in refusal. Ugh... he's gonna make me do it isn't he?

I groan annoyedly and walk the plate back in the kitchen, slamming it down on the table and marching back in the living room and standing in front of him. "Harry you're gonna eat." I order and he just looks up at me. "I said no." he says firmly.

I clench my teeth together and end up dragging him by his arm down the hall and into a spare room where there was a mirror.

I stop him in front of it and literally rip his shirt open with a swift yank.

"Look at yourself Harry." I say and he does in the mirror. I was still a little intrigued with his tattooed chest but that wasn't my point.

"This isn't what you want to be." I say. He shakes his head and turns away as he aims for the door. "Don't tell me what I want to be." he says harshly and walks out.

I race up behind him and start dragging him to the kitchen but he yanks back. "I said no! Alice!" he yells and gets in my face. "And I said you will!" I bite back even louder. I was even surprised at my drill sargent tone.

It shut him up though. "Now come on." I say and pull him less roughly to the kitchen. "Sit." I instruct and he grabs the plate and walks over to the trash, dropping the food in it and then smashing the glass plate against the tile and looks up at me. "I said.... no." he growls and walks away. I look at the shattered glass and become extremely ticked and upset.

"Harry!" I shout and run after him. He turns around and I shove him to the ground and straddle him with his arms by his head. He seemed shocked at my strength to tackle a nearly 200 pound man to the ground. I was a little surprised too but this has got to stop. "This is enough! You're gonna eat! Whether you like it or not! Now get your ass in the kitchen and eat what I make you! You understand?" I shout and he just stares at up at me.

***

I clean up the glass shards on the floor as Harry eats at the table. I'd glance up at him every so often to make sure he's not just faking it or taking small bites to stall.

I'm actually proud of myself. I got him to eat using my small self tackling him to the ground successfully. I'm a good Harry sitter.

"I can help you." he says and I toss another handful in the trash. "No!"

I go to pick up another sharp peice and accidentally slice my finger. I drop the peice and mumble ouch under my breath.

"Alice I told you to-"

"Harry! Eat!" I order again. He stands up anyway and roughfully throws his plate in the sink and then pulls me to my feet as he drags me to the sink and gently spins me around as he lifts me up by my hips and places me on the counter. I look at his plate that was empty so I was happy.

He, on the other hand, was clearly upset. I knew it just wasn't from me cutting myself. He pushes himself between my knees and pulls my hand underneath the water. I tried to study him as he did so. But he glanced up at me and caught me. "What?" he asks.

"Are you mad at me?" I ask and he lets go of my hand underneath the water and sighs as he rests his hands on the counter. He eventually shakes his head. "No... I'm not mad at you." he mutters.

"I'm mad at a lot of things..." he says and looks at me. "But not you." he adds and helps me to my feet.

***

"Hey Harry?" I ask as I sit next to him on the couch and fold my legs to face him. He looks at me curiously because after yesterdays eating ordeal he's probably scared I'm gonna ask him what he wants for dinner.

"Hm?" he asks.

"Can you sing Happily for me?" I ask and he laughs under his breath. "Um... Why?" he asks.

I shrug. "Because I want you to." I say and he turns his body to face me. "Um... Alright. I guess." he says awkwardly.

He licks his lips before he opens his mouth. "You don't understand, you don't understand, What you do to me when you hold his hand. We were meant to be but a twist of fate, but you made it so you had to walk away." he begins looking at me still confused. "Cause we're on fire, we're o- on fire, yeah we're on fire now."

I bite my lip so I would smile but I like it when Harry sang to me. "I don't care what people say when we're together,  you know I wanna be the one to hold you in your sleep,I just want it to be you and I forever, I know you want to leave so baby come and be with me so happily." he sings and stops.

"Um... Is that what you wanted?" he asks. "Sing the break in the middle." I say with a grin and he looks at me curiously. "Oh oh o-o-oh, that?" he asks and I nod so he slightly laughs and begins.

After he finishes he looks at me and laughs slightly. "What inspired this?" he asks and I shrug. "I just wanted you to sing it." I admit and he laughs again. "Um okay."

***

The others come over for dinner so Harry was forced to eat unless he wanted to show the others that he can get pinned by a girl.

I set his plate in front of him and he looks at me before he sits down. I point to the meal. "Eat it!" I mouth to him and he rolls his eyes and sits. I sit in between Liam and Harry and Louis and Zayn were on the other side.

I glance over at Harry who was texting instead of eating so I nudge his knee and he cracks up causing the attention of the others so Harry hides it and acts like nothing happened.

"Why don't we go have a snowball fight? I've been dying to ask that all winter."  Lou suggests.

They all agree but Harry. So we all look at him. "Fine." he sighs and we all get up.

Zayn gets the first shot at me and I just look at the spot he hit me and look up at him. But Harry laughs for once and picks up some snow in front of me. "Hey. Be nice to the lady." he says and hits him in the chest.

Zayn giggles as the war begins but after a while Harry tugs my arm and laughs. He pulls me into the woods with his index finger over his smile. "Sh. They don't have to know." he whispers and pulls me along with him as we barely jog until they're out of sight. "Where are we going?" I ask and he giggles.

"You guys are the ones encouraging me to loosen up so lets go have some fun." he giggles and I laugh back and walk with him. Pretty soon we were in the city but the streets were empty. He separates from me and laughs in the middle of the street. "Harry! What are you doing?" I ask and he smiles at me and opens up his arms.

"We got all night! And were going no where. Why don't you stay? Why don't we go there? Lets take a ride! out in the cold air! I know the way. Why don't you go there with me?" he sings out loud and I run out to him and grab his arm. "Harry! Shh! Someone's gonna hear you!" I laugh and he pulls me along in the street. 

"Come on! Be stupid with me." he smiles and I laugh. "What about the others?" I ask and he laughs. "Who cares? Let's go." he says and I laugh as he starts running down the street. "Wait Harry! Where?!" I call and he turns around and shakes his hair. "I know the way. Why don't you don't you go there with me!" he sings out again and I laugh. "Wait up! Harry!" I call and run up to him.

I'm actually enjoying side of him. He's a bundle of joy when he's not so depressed.