Begin Again (A Haylor fanfic)

Chapter Fifteen

"Mom," I call her, hesitantly.

"Yes, Taylor?"

"I'm going out tonight."

"Where?"

"I don't know yet. Surprise date."

"With who, then?" She puts all she's holding down on the table and faces me.

"With Harry."

"That curly haired boy?"

"Yes, mom." I smile at her.

"Okay, honey. Don't come home too late." She hugs me and plants a kiss on the top of my head.

We let go only when we hear two knocks on our front door.

"Happy Birthday, Taylor, honey." She says smiling. I could see tears prickling in her eyes. So I hug her once more.

"Thank you, mommy."

"I love you, baby, okay?"

"I love you too, mom."

I let go of her and grab my purse and sweater. I opened the door and there, a young, handsome boy wearing a gray t-shirt and jeans with a beanie on top of his head, stood smiling with his hands in his pockets. He looked adorable.

"That's a good new look." He says, nodding to my Converse.

"Thank you, now if you would mind telling me, where will we go?" I ask him as he takes my hand and opens the car door for me. "I'm not getting in 'til you tell me where we're going, Harry."

"Can I just tell you when I start the car?" He says with the most adorable puppy face ever. I laugh.

"Okay, okay. When the car's started." I say as I take a seat and Harry closes my door. He walks around the car and gets in the driver's seat and starts the car. "So.... Where?"

"To a secret place." He says.

"Hey, you lied." I pout at him.

"Aw, baby, don't pout." He says as he holds my neck and presses his forehead onto mine.

"But you lied." I say. I can feel his breath on my nose. The car was on, but we hadn't started moving yet. We're still infront of my house.

"'Cause it's a surprise." He says. My hand was on his chest and I could feel his heart beat. I close my eyes and concentrated on the beating of his heart.

Suddenly, I feel his lips on my cheek. His once-free hand was on my waist now, his thumb drawing small circles.

"Taylor," He says.

A kiss on the tip of my nose.

"I,"

A kiss on my forehead.

"love you,"

His rought lips press onto mine. My hand was now wrapped around his neck.

"Harry, we have to go if we don't want to be late." I say inbetween kisses.

"Mmhm."

I smile and slowly back away so we'd stop but he leaned forward, catching my lips again.

"Harry," I mumble.

He stops kissing me and we just sit there, our foreheads against each other's, our eyes closed. Then he sits back and starts driving.

Only 20 minutes had passed when the car slowed down. I look out the window and see that we're at the Amusement Park. Harry helped me out of the car.

"The Amusement Park?" I ask him.

"Yes." He smiles as he takes my hand.

"Why?" I ask as he pulls me near him.

"Remember that first night we had? I told you we might go to an amusement park or something, but we ended up going to a cafe. Then we went to the park and to my sister's house."

"Yeah."

"Well, I thought I'd make it up to you. I know you wouldn't have gone with me if I hadn't said we were going to an Amusement Park on the phone that day." He winks at me. I laugh.

"Well, thank you. Thank you for this."

"Happy Birthday," He says with the biggest smile on his face.

"Thank you" I smile.

We walk in and rode a couple roller coasters and different rides. There was this one huge ferris wheel. Harry kept begging me to ride it with him. I said I don't want to, it's too high, and I'm afraid.

"I'll keep you safe, I promise." He says cupping my cheek in one of his hands.

"Harry, that's like, too high. I might fall."

"I'll protect you. I'll keep you safe. You'll never get hurt when you're with me, I won't let that happen. I promise." I could see how sincere he was through his eyes.

"Okay." I sighed.

We walked hand in hand toward the ferris wheel. We were together in one cart. I sat almost too close to him, but not quite. My head lay on his shoulders as he threw his arm around my neck. I could feel fear rise up inside me.

"Shh. It's gonna be alright. You're shaking so bad." He whispers.

"I am?" I say.

"Yeah." He chuckles.

The ride was short, thank God.

Just before the ride stopped, he kissed the top of my head. My fingers were entangled with his. We were on the top of the ferris wheel.

"Harry," I say, staring at the lights below us

"Taylor?" He answers.

"I love you." I say.

"I love you too" I coud hear him smiling.

I lift my head up and press my lips onto his. I let go and lay my head on his shoulder again and closed my eyes. I moved even closer to him and I could feel his arms around me. I can feel the heat from his body. I felt safe. I felt protected. I felt good. I felt calm.