Midnight

Chapter 22:

***** SPOILER ALERTS FOR CITY OF BONES WITHIN THIS CHAPTER****

I wake up the next morning from my uterus trying to commit suicide. In other words, cramps, the bane of my existence.

"Pain." I mumble into the pillow.

"Same." Kelly mumbles back. I am used to mine and Harrys versions of 'same' so it took me a sec to reply.

"Killers."

"Bathroom."

"Your closer."

I hear her get up and then a bottle of pain killer is chucked at me.

"Water," I groan.

Mistake.

Mistake mistake mistake.

Kelly took this as an opportunity to dump a cup of water on me. "Ah I hate you!" I jump out of bed.

"You ask for water." She flops back down on hers.

"To swallow the pills not to be dumped on me!" I wipe myself off with an old shirt.

"Not my problem."

I go into the bathroom and tend to the situation in my pants before walking back into the bedroom.

"It is now." I crawl on top of her.

"I'm hungover leave me alone."

"I'm having cramps and you dumped water one me. Now move over."

She rolls on her side and I slide between her and the wall.

We spent all day in bed. Around 5:30 Perrie comes in the room.

"Izzy there is someone here for you." She says.

"Ugh Ian isn't supposed to be here for another half an hour." I groan.

"Well he is here now so move it." She throws a pillow at us.

"Fine." I crawled out of bed and put on some actual clothes. For now just a pair of light wash skinny jeans, a dark blue long sleeve form fitting shirt and white converse. It's getting cold out but not enough for both a long sleeve shirt and a jacket. Good news is the cramps are less intense. "I still have a half hour. Go away." I say as I walk down the stairs.

"We both know I'm not leaving anytime soon." Harrys voice replies.

"Harry? What are you doing here?"

"You didn't honestly think I was gonna let that douche take you to get your car did you?"

He comes into view once I reach the bottom of the stairs and I stop dead in my tracks. He was in his usual black jeans and black converse but not a V-neck, instead he is in a black button up shirt. And holy shit he looks good in it.

"I'll uh.... Uh.... Text Ian." I stutter and pull out my phone.

"You ok?"

"You look hot and it's distracting. Well it's always distracting but that shirt intensifies it." I peel my eyes away from him and send Ian a text: 'Harry is gonna take me to get the car. You are off the hook.'

"You look hot too." He walks up to me.

"Crap! Wait no Perrie said she had a plan for this!" My mind begins to spin as to what I'm gonna wear. I turn to run upstairs and change but he grabs my wrist. My phone vibrates and I check it before turning back to him.

From Ian:
That's to bad, I wanted to see your nice ass again.

To Ian:
You are just saying that cause you know I'm with Harry. Stop being such a dick, it's making my life suck.

I send the message and turn back to Harry.

"The whole point about me coming this early is so you wouldn't have to worry about that. What you are wearing is fine. I am quite fond of this shirt." He pulls at the hem of it.

"But Perrie-"

"Perrie put to much unneeded pressure on you. Now come on." His hand remains on my wrist as he leads me out to his car. Once I sit I check my phone again.

From Ian:
Yes dicks tend to do that ;D

To Ian:
I hate you

From Ian:
I'm practically your older brother, of course you hate me!

To Ian:
Goodbye asshole

From Ian:
GOODBYE SWEETCHEEKS!!

I roll my eyes before closing my phone.

The car ride felt shorter then it did yesterday. Once there I show Harry the car and he gives it his approval. We both sit in it while I mess around with the mirror adjustments.

"Let's see how well the radio works." Harry reached his hand toward the radio.

"No!" I smack his hand away.

"Why not?"

"Cause I don't know what I want the first song that I play in my new car to be yet."

"Really?"

"I'm weird leave me alone." I pull out my phone and begin scrolling through my playlist. We sit in silence until I finally announce: "Ok I think I have it narrows to 5."

"Do share."

"Pour Some Sugar On Me- Def Leppard
Back In Black- AC/DC
In The End- Linkin Park
Bleed It Out- Linkin Park
Grow Up- Cher Lloyd"

"Thank God, you have a good taste in music."

"My taste in music is more weird then good, it goes from Fifth Harmony to Bon Jovi to Weird Al to Metallica." I continue scrolling till I hit the perfect song. "Ok no wait I got this," I plug in my phone with the wire I brought and hit play. A guitar starts wailing through the speakers. "If you don't know this song then I'm afraid I can't see you anymore." I turn to Harry as I move to the music.

"Sweet Child O' Mine- Guns N' Roses. What do you think I live under a rock?"

"I'm just checking. I knew this one guy who didn't like AC/DC, I no longer associate with him," I turn the key all the way and start the engine. "Meet you at the townhouse?"

"Drive safely." He kisses my temple before getting out and going to his car.

The whole ride back I jammed to Green Day and Linkin Park. By the time I got to the house I was singing along to Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, the base is amazing in this car.

I pull up to the curb and wait for the song to finish before I turn the car off. I hear a knock on the window, barley audible through the music. I open my door to Harry. I switch to humming instead of singing.

"Woh oh oh oh, Woh oh oh oh I'm radioactive, radioactive." The song finishes.

"Yes?" I unplug my phone and turn to Harry.

"I believe we have a date." He steps out of the way so I can get out of the car.

"You are correct," I get out of my car and lock it. "New tattoo?" I point to the rose that is now on his left arm.

"Yup, you like?" He opens the passenger door of his car for me.

"More then some of the others." I climb into the car. He closes the door and walks around to the drivers side before saying: "Which ones don't you like?"

"Oh I don't know. Maybe the giant fucking butterfly on your stomach. I mean, why?"

"I was bored." He shrugs. I'm gonna hit him. Well, here come the moods swings.

"That's a stupid reason." I cross my arms.

"Most of my tattoos are for stupid reasons," He starts the car and pulls away from the sidewalk. "Are you ok?" He asks after a while of silence. I think of how I can currently feel my heart beat in the uterus.

"I'm fine." I put on a fake cheery voice and straighten up from my slouching position.

"You seem a little, weird."

"I'm always weird. I thought we established that already."

"Weirder then usual."

"Maybe you are just weirder then usual." I snap a little. I take a deep breath before apologizing.

"That's ok. So what were you doing before I came over?" He attempts to make conversation.

"I spent the whole day in Kelly's bed with her."

"Please, please do not explain what you actually mean cause I have a great mental image right now."

"We just slept you pervert. My bed was wet so we shared hers."

"Did you piss yourself in your sleep?" He laughs.

"No! Kelly dumped water on me! You know what I don't have to explain myself to you." I flip on the radio on and we ride the rest of the way just listening to the music.

"We are here." He says, snapping me out of my daydream where I was at home sleeping. I notice that we are out in the woods, the only thing being a gravel road and a barn with horses.

"Horseback riding?" I question as I get out of the car.

"Like Amber and Josh." He refers to my book. My heart melts a little. He is re-creating Amber and Josh's first date and I'm over here getting mad at him for a butterfly tattoo. My stomach drops a little as I remember I'm on my period. Later in my book Kate goes horseback riding on her period so he has this more accurate then he thinks.

"It's lovely. I just hope Judy doesn't work here." I reference to the bitch that owned the horseback riding place in my book.

Harry let's out a small laugh before leading me into the barn. It's was actually a guy who owned the place so it definitely wasn't Judy. The owner, Adam, leads is around to the horse he has ready and tells us which trail to take before going back into the barn.

"Only one horse?" I look at Harry.

"I like to have you close," He smiles. I roll my eyes before beginning to get on the horse, Harry grabs my waist and stops me. "What are you doing?"

"Getting on the horse. Isn't that the point of all this?"

"I thought I was supposed to get on first."

"Have you ever ridden a horse?"

"No..."

"Then I think it will be in our best interest if I get on first."

"And you know how to ride a horse?"

"I spent my childhood on a farm remember? Of course I know how of ride a horse," I hook one foot in the foot slot and swing my body over the horse. Harry let's out a deep groan. "What?"

"That was really hot." He gets behind me on the horse, wrapping his arms around my stomach. We begin our ride down the path. I wiggle around trying to get comfortable, horseback riding with a tampon in is not the most comfortable thing in the world.

Harry breaks the silence by asking: "So what else did you learn how to do on the farm?"

"Well let's see. I can drive a snowmobile, we took them out every winter. I can drive pretty much any tractor. I can shoot, gut and cook a cow or deer. I can bail hay, which sucks. I can fish, camp and fire a cannon. I'm pretty good with guns and gun maintenance. So nothing useful to my life right now."

"Well, that wasn't what I was expecting."

"Shit, that didn't like scare you did it?"

Most guys find it weird that I know all that stuff. Harry let's out a laugh.

"No. Not at all. I am just a little shocked. I had you pegged as a bratty city girl."

"No that wasn't till after the farm." I remind him.

"Oh right."

It gets quiet and I lean back on him. He takes the reins in his hands and I just fold into his chest.

"Tell me about your childhood." I say as I drift off.

"Well, as you know, my father sells drugs so it wasn't a very happy childhood."

"Oh ya, cause mine was all shits and giggles."

"That's not what I meant, I'm sorry I know you have been through a lot."

"Nah it's alright, just tell me something about your childhood." I am honestly curious now.

"Okay. It was your average shitty childhood. Gemma and I would come home from school to my parents fighting. We would go upstairs and hide in a closet. I would hold her as she cried."

"Kind of like how I would help Tim."

"Someone should have been there to help you." Irritation clear in his voice.

"In a way Tim did help me. He helped me become a stronger person."

"That's not what I meant."

"Well it's what I mean. Now continue, give me some happy memories."

Harry talked about the fun him and Gemma used to have at the playground near their old house and I shared some of my memories.

"So there was a raccoon in the barn?" He asks.

"Yes."

"So what did you guys do?"

"Tim and I ran and got my grandfather. Who proceeded to get a gun and shoot the raccoon. And that was that."

"You had a very violent life on the farm."

"Farms are very violent places."

This is relaxing. I am mostly leaning on Harrys chest now and I feel like I am cocooned by his body.

"Tell me if your back starts to hurt and you want me to sit up. I feel bad that you are basically supporting my weight."

"You are fine. We are almost there anyways." He kisses the top of my head. If I remember my own book correctly, which I do, Josh took Amber out to a field where they laid and watched The Hunger Games on the side of a barn. I hope that if that's what Harry is planning he at least chose a place that has a bathroom otherwise I'm gonna have an issue.

For someone who doesn't date he is quite good at it. He hasn't been snappy with me this whole time and I'm enjoying it.

We ride a little longer in silence before we reach a house.

"Why is there a house in the middle of the woods? It's creepy." I say as Harry gets off the horse.

"It's a cabin." He corrects me.

"The cabin the woods. Isn't that a horror movie with Chris Hemsworth?" I stay on the horse.

"Yes I believe so. Now come on." He motions for me to get off the horse.

"I'm not going in there! I don't have a death wish!"

"It's Adams place, calm down."

"Adam could be a serial killer for all we know."

"I could take him. Now come here." He pulls me by my waist off the horse.

"Why does Adam live in the middle of the woods?" I ask as I tie the horse to the front porch.

"Cause he hates humanity."

"Hey, he sounds like me," I finish tying the horse and turn to Harry. "And he is ok with us using it?"

"Yup. He is driving to New Jersey with his girlfriend tonight and won't be back till late tomorrow." He leads me into the cabin.

"It's still creepy."

It's basically one big room. Kitchen in the right corner, TV and couches in the left. To my immediate right is a door I the bedroom and the door to my left is a bathroom, thank God.

Harry walks over to the refrigerator and I follow him. He pulls out two glasses and hands one to me.

"Tropical fruit rum and lemonade." He smiles. He is referencing my book once again.

"Just like Kate and Niall's first date." I sip the drink.

"Ah, so you are catching on to the pattern."

"Yes I believe so."

"Good. Then you should know what's coming next. Follow me." He leads me out the back door to a pool behind the house. It's not nearly as fancy as the one in my book but it does have the same floating box type thing in the middle. (Picture to he right)

I turn and look at the cabin where there is a giant sheet hanging from the side.

"I remember you telling Niall, real life Niall not book Niall, on the first day of History that your favorite movie is either Avengers or City of Bones. So I got both. Which one would you prefer?" Harry pulls out the two cases.

"I think City of Bones." I examine the cases. "Ya, I'm defiantly gets a City of Bones vibe."

"City of Bones it is. I have never actually seen this movie."

My protective fangirl almost comes out and yells at him for being so ignorant of one of the best movies of all time but I shove it back down.

"That's not shocking. Your gonna hate it." He probably is. It may have demons and stuff but it also has romance so I won't be surprised if he falls asleep during it.

"Ya your probably right." He slides the DVD into the projector and the credits start to play on the side of the cabin. Harry helps me into our floating seats and he pushes the white curtains that surround it out of the way. I lean onto him and he wraps an arm around me as the movie plays. At some point I let out a little squeal of excitement, I can't help it I mean come on, it's Jamie tCampbell Bower.

I am happy that he chose a movie instead of what Kate and Niall's original date was in the book which was where they just sat here and talked cause I don't know what we would talk about.

To my surprise he didn't fall asleep during the movie or get bored and pull out his phone.

When it ends he pulls out a remote and turns it off.

"So they aren't actually brother and sister but Valentine told them they are?" He turns to me.

"Yup. It was much worse in the book cause they didn't tell you they weren't actually brother and sister till the very end of the 3rd book."

"That's jacked up. But overall I guess it was pretty ok."

"It has just the right amount of romance and ass kicking." I notice that it is now dark out.

"I'll second that. Come on let's go inside, you are shivering."

"Ok. I gotta use the bathroom anyways."

Harry helps me out of the thing and picks up a little while I go handle my uterus sheddings.

When I come out of the bathroom there is a man standing in the middle of the cabin and is not Harry. My heart just flat out pauses. I freeze for a sec before bursting into action. I grab an umbrella that is leaning on the wall next to me and smack the guy on the back of his head, causing him to fall to the ground. While he is down I sprint across the room go the kitchen and grab the biggest knife I can find.

"Who the hell are you!?" I hold the knife out in front of me with both hands and keep a safe distance away. Before the creep has the chance to reply Harry comes bursting into the cabin.

"Belle!? What's going on!?" He looks between me and the man on the ground.

"I told you that cabins in the woods are creepy!" I point the knife at the guy.

"That's Adam!" Harry flips a switch and the lights flicker on. To my surprise, Adam is on the ground in front of me.

"What are you doing here! I could have killed you!" I lower the knife.

"You might as well. My girlfriend dumped me." He begins to sob into his hands.

"Oh pull yourself together man," I say as I put the knife away. No, bad Izzy. Don't be bitchy just cause your uterus hurts. I put on my best pity face and turn to face him again. "I mean: do you wanna talk about it?" I help him up and lead him to the couch.

"She was just so perfect. I should have known it wasn't gonna last." He cries into my shoulder as we sit.

"Watch it there man." Harry looks at the mess of a man that is hanging on my shoulder.

"Harry he just went through a breakup leave him alone." I bring my attention back to Adam. "Did she at least have a good reason?"

Adam tells me his pathetic story and eventually Harry sits on the other side of me. Apparently he is a junior at our college and the ranch is his family's. Harry tries to pull me to his lap but I stop him.

"Can I talk to you for a sec. Alone," I say and get up. "Is that alright Adam?" I don't really wanna leave him alone.

"It's fine. I should try to get some sleep anyways." He curls into a ball on the couch. I place a blanket over him before leading Harry into the bedroom.

"Don't be all couply with me in front of him he just went through a breakup."

"I can't help it," he moves closer to me. "It was so hot the way you had him at knife point. Then you switched personalities in the blink of an eye and put up with his crying bullshit," He pulls me into a kiss so fast I don't even have time to blush. "I found it hard to keep my hands off you," He says as he kisses down my jaw. My whole body heats up at his touch. My hands tangle into his hair and I pull his mouth back I mine. "I see the feeling in mutual," His hands slid down my back, painfully slow, before pushing on the small of my back, closing all the distance between us. "That didn't hurt did it?" He pulls away from the kiss and leans his forehead on mine.

"No, it's mostly my upper back,like around my shoulder blades. But it's getting better."

"Good." He crashes his lips back into mine. He crouches a little, sliding his hands down to my thighs, our lips never parting. I let out a small squeal as he lifts me. My legs automatically wrap around his waist, my arms securing themselves around his neck.

"Harry..." I warn.

"Yes?" He moves to the bed and sets me on my back before crawling on top of me and kissing me again.

"We shouldn't..." My words are lost in the heat of the moment. His legs are parted on either side of my hips, his elbows on either side of my head, supporting most of his weight. My hands roam around his back and arm muscles that are currently being flexed from him holding himself up. He leans completely on his left elbow as his right hand examines my body. He starts at my shoulder and skims down to my chest. His finger trails down my stomach and stops at my hip bones that stick out. He draws small circles on them and his lips leave mine and trail down my neck to my collar bone. His hand leaves my hip bone and lightly grazes the crotch of my jeans. My hips involuntarily arch up to meet his.

"Someone is eager." He says before bringing his lips back to mine. His hand attempts to undo my pants button but I stop him.

"Harry we can't."

"Adam is asleep we will be fine." He brushes his lips against mine. My hips once again arch up to meet his, it is strange how much my body wants him right now.

"That's not why we can't."

"Then why not?" His lips once again trail down my neck.

"I'm on my period." I state and he stops dead in his trail.

"What?" He brings his face back up to mine.

"You heard me."

"Do you have a plug in or something?"

I cringe away from his use of the word 'plug'.

"Please never call them that again. Just say tampon. And yes I do."

"Dammit." He rolls off of me so we are laying on our backs, side by side. My body immediately misses his contact.

"That doesn't mean I can't do anything for you." I roll onto my side to face him.

"Did you just offer to blow me?" He turns his head to look at me.

"After this amazing date, I think it's the least I could do." I roll onto him so now we are in the same position but I'm on top.

"Do you even know what to do?"

"I have read my fair share of sex scenes."

"Did you just admit to reading porn?"

"It was not porn. It was just sex scenes in books I happen to be reading."

"So porn."

"Shut up and take off your pants before I change my mind."

He moves underneath me as he wiggles out of his jeans. As soon as I see the bulge in his boxer I get nervous.

"Don't worry. You'll do fine." He runs his thumb over my cheek. I have never really tested my gag reflexes before so this should be interesting. I just sort of stare at him. What the hell did I just get myself into? "You don't have to if you don't want to."

"No I want to." That was a partial lie, I'm not really sure what I want at the moment. My brain and body are arguing against each other. I take a deep breath before sliding down his body so I sit just below his knees. Harry sits up and pulls my face up to look at him.

"I'm serious. You don't have to do this if you don't want to."

"I'm fine. Just a little nervous."

"It's ok. It's easy." He gives me a quick kiss. My attention drops back down to the thin fabric that is covering his crotch. My entire body wants me to rip off those boxers and ride him like there is not tomorrow but my brain is like back the fuck up and run. I focus all my attention to my body. My fingers find the top of his boxers and pull them down. My cheeks heat. It's not like I haven't seen one before it's just that I can feel Harry watching for my reaction. I bend down and slowly take him in my mouth. My tongue swirls around his tip before I take him deeper. He let's out a deep moan and falls back on his elbows. I begin to bob my head up and down.

"Fuck." Harry moans and his hips arch up, causing him go deeper in my throat. Good news is I have a decent gag reflex. I continue bobbing and look up at him. He has his eyes clamped shut. I like having the power to do this to him. When he opens them his eyes are a brighter shade of green. "Dammit." He sits up fully and pulls me up so he is no longer in my mouth. "I can't do this. I need you." He pulls me back on top of him and roughly attacks my lips.

"Harry we can't remember." I break the kiss, gasping for breath.

"You can't just look up at me like that with me in your mouth. I need to be in you."

"Blame Mother Nature."

He let's out a groan before pulling up his boxers. He pulls my arms so I collapse onto his chest. I can hear the rapid beating of his heart and it matches mine. I move my legs to his right side so I am not longer straddling him but I keep my head on his chest.

"You did great by the way." He whispers.

"Thats bullshit but I will take what I can get." He let's out a laugh that I feel through his chest.

"Same." He kisses the top of my head.

"Same." I whisper back and dose off.