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Harry;

Kmart was my first stop. I didn't know what to do, so Serenity and I agreed on fooling around in shops, buying things that looked cool. This is our idea of spending time together. We're both losers. Can you tell?

She walked behind me as I sat in a Barbie car, driving around behind her and switching lanes just to annoy her. The car was bright pink with purple kisses and hearts everywhere. I thought I'd buy it for Belle, so I was only trying it out. Plus, it was really fun to drive around and get a reaction from multiple customers.

"Harry, I'm embarrassed to call you my boyfriend," she laughed, watching me grin as I turned the purple wheel of the car. I was hunched over, squeezing my flat ass into the thing.

Serenity jogged over to some makeup aisle, making me scoff and my car to come to an abrupt stop. I watched her look at a few nailpolishes, and I put the car in reverse, turning into the aisle she headed for.

"Baaabe," I groaned from down here, looking up at her with annoyance. "I thought we'd try to find weird shit. Nail polish isn't weird."

"It's Dr Pepper soda scented nail polish," she defended herself, huffing.

I smiled up at her. "Well then, I suppose it counts as strange?"

"Well it definitely beats your Barbie car." Her hair was tied up in a messy bun carelessly. I loved that even though her hair looked like a total mess, she looked cute.

She could pull off anything. I just rather pull off her clothes. I chuckled to myself deviously, watching she gave me a weird look and I shook off the thought of her naked. "Why are you laughing like an evil midget?"

"I'm just really happy you're my girlfriend, is all," I insisted.

Serenity took the nail polish and placed it into the red basket she was carrying in her right arm. She practically ignored me. I thought that was sweet, honestly. I frowned at her even though she was too busy ignoring me and chuckling. I pressed the palm my hand against the car horn, and just to my pleasure it was loud as fuck. And annoying.

I started making a little tune as I drove behind her, evidently pissing her off. The fact that I was doing it was enough to steam up her patience. "I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world. Life in plastic, it's so fantastic," I sang loudly in the aisle, biting onto my bottom lip as I tried to make the beat of the song using the horn. "You can brush my hair. And take me anywhere."

She sighed heavily, groaning. "Harry, stop that."

"C'mon Barbie, let's go party."

"Harry," she chuckled at me now, watching me drive around both sides of the aisle. Better yet, people were staring at me like I was some idiot. To be honest, I think I am. As long as she was laughing and smiling, my night was made.

Some guy in a red shirt with the Kmart logo on it stood beside me. He caught my attention when he coughed. I looked up to see he was pretty wimpy, and skinny. The eyebrow he raised at me made me question how tough this guy really is. Skinny tough guys are my favorite to scare.

Serenity watched a foot away, giggling softly to herself as the man, named "Richard" gave me a stern look. "Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to lower your voice. And if you do not intend on buying the Barbie vehicle, please remove yourself from it. It is a kid's toy."

"I know it's a kid's toy. And I'm buying it, Richard," I mocked, knowing I'll get myself in trouble.

He turned his head a little, inhaling. "Nevertheless, I want to make this a peaceful day for customers to shop just like yourself." The guy was getting stressed, I could tell by the coloring in his cheeks now. He was pale, scrawny. I could pity him in seconds, but I don't really like pitying people.

I chuckled mockingly. "I don't know about you, but this is pretty peaceful," I shrugged. Serenity made eyes at me. Those pretty eyes of her were glaring at me to quit it. "Right everyone!?" I yelled at the top of my lungs. "A peaceful day isn't it!?"

People stared at me, some amused and others blankly staring. The rest were rolling their eyes, probably certain I'm some troublemaker. Well, they guessed right.

"Sir," Richard said, almost completely fed up and his patience running low.

"Richard." I mimicked, a smile on my lips.

"Please step out of the vehicle."

I chuckled, not believing this. "Oh, wait. I know. Are you going to ask me for my license and registration next?"

"Harry." Serenity finally said something. This Richard guy looked at her as I watched how he reacted to my lovely girlfriend. The shirt she was wearing allowed any guy to peek at her cleavage, which annoyed me because I know she doesn't intend for it, but her t*ts just like being out of her shirt. I don't like that obviously.

Richard gulped, his face reddening rapidly. "Uh-uh...who are you?" He stammered, probably growing a boner as we speak.

"She's my girlfriend, Richard." I said seriously. I would suggest him to stop staring at her blessed, God-given beauties that were on her chest. But, I let this go because sooner or later I was going to punch him.

Serenity took a glance at Richard, frowning a little. Little Richard was practically panting like a dog at her. I rolled my eyes. Almost every guy reacts to her this way. There are plenty of pretty girls, get your own, arsehole.

She then looked at me. "Please get out of the car, Harry. Just until we actually leave with it."

"But, babe, I was having a wonderful conversation with my friend here, Richard." I pouted my lips at her. Her eyes turned into slits, pretty, pink lips pressed into a firm line. She wasn't mad, but she didn't look too happy. I looked up at the boner dude again. "Right, Richard?"

I kept saying his name for affect. He only swallowed, his adam's apple was painfully visible since he had a long, skinny neck. "Sir, you should listen to your girlfriend here."

"I'll listen to her when I want to, Richard." I replied hotly. "Stop staring at her before I deck you in the neck."

Serenity sighed. "Alright, that's it. Harry, get out of the car." She leaned over, her ass in the air in perfect view for Little Richard. The girl was wearing fucking yoga pants. This guy saw the chance and took it, because he glanced at her ass and muttered, "Sweet Jesus."

She grabbed my shirt in a fist, our foreheads touching as she hissed, "Get the fuck out of the car or I won't let you touch me tonight." Her tone was quiet, but demanding.

I have to remember that this is my girlfriend or else I would have snapped at her for talking to me that way. Plus, Serenity is quite the girl. She'll be the shit out of me if she wanted to and tried very hard. If I was trying my best to stop her, I think she could give me a couple of bruises regardless.

Huffing, I nodded my head. She leaned away, Richard averting his eyes somewhere else. I glared at him as I slowly stepped out of the car. Serenity waited for me to follow her, and I stepped forward, growling at Richard. He flinched and slammed his back against the shelves. Serenity groaned again, grabbing my wrist.

"Can you please ring the car at the front of the store...," she paused, reading his name tag. "Richard."

"Oh, definitely," he breathed.

I went to say something else, stepping towards him as he widened his eyes, but Serenity pulled me away. I kept glaring at Richard, my arms wrapped around my girl as we walked. I held her securely, letting my hand travel down to her ass cheek just to prove to him that I could do that, and he couldn't. The action made him frown a little. At my glare, however, he shuddered a bit and took the Barbie car with him.

"Did you really have to do that to the poor guy?" Serenity asked finally as we were at the snacks aisle. My arms were wrapped around her waist, my head laying on her shoulder.

Mumbling into her neck, I pouted, "Yes." I sounded a little bit like a baby if I'm being honest.

"He was only doing his job, and you brought it upon yourself." She continued to ramble, picking up some bag of chips and reading the back of it.

"He was staring at your t*ts, which are strictly classified, and purely for my joy only. And then you fucking lean over and give him the perfect view of your ass. Like, how am I supposed to react to that?" I asked. I mean, I'm not annoyed, but it does upset me that her merchandise is usually so good that even if it wasn't on display, guys would still be all over her.

Serenity paused for a moment. "Ignore it because at the end of the day, you're the one who's owner of such things." I could just hear the smirk in her voice. I didn't have to see it in order to know she was.

My grin was large and began to hurt my cheeks in an instant. "Hmm...I don't agree with you. Maybe tonight you could show me what you mean?" I whispered into her ear teasingly, kissing the skin behind it afterwards.

"Not a chance. But maybe tomorrow...," she teased me a little.

I kissed her neck, letting my tongue glide over the skin. "Tomorrow what?" I pushed. My hands at her hips tightened their grip, and I felt her pressed her bum into my front. I refrained from groaning. "You're gonna let me make you feel good, huh, baby?" I spoke to her that way because I knew she loves it.

"I'll let you kiss me," she whispered back, leaning her head back onto my shoulder.

Groaning into her ear, I pushed her bum into me more. "Maybe a little more than just kissing, right, princess?" She shuddered when I pressed my lips to her collarbones.

I almost forgot we're in public.

"You two should be ashamed of yourselves." Some old lady stared at us from across the aisle, a good five feet away from us but I guess we weren't as quiet as we thought. Her judgemental, distasteful dark eyes watched us.

I rolled my eyes. God damn it, this is between Serenity and I, and I can do what I want with my girlfriend. "What, lady? You wanna join us? There's room for more."

She gasped and Serenity kicked my shin harshly. I pressed my lips into a thin line, ignoring the pain and watching as the lady's jaw dropped. "I'm calling the manager of this store on you!"

As she turned around, I waved and shouted after her. "You go do that, ma'am! Oh, and ask him if he wants to watch!"

"You troublemakers!" She shouted, angrily walking away with her cart.

I huffed just as Serenity hit my chest. "Babe, you really like to annoy people, don't you?"

"They annoy me first," I whined.

We left Kmart with a number of complaints. I helped put a bunch of useless shit into my car. I was spending money, but just like my mom does, we don't spend it very well. My mom has donated much of it to charity, but still there is a lot we don't need. I myself have donated to charity, as surprising as it sounds, I am not an asshole to people who truly probably don't deserve it.

I was driving us to Toys R Us. My hand reached over the console to grab Serenity's little hand in mine. I brought it to my mouth, peppering little kisses on it as she scrolled through a list of the ten weirdest toys found in the country on her phone. As we drove, I started talking to her about music and bands.

She responded by saying she didn't have any favorites. I immediately played her some Panic! At the Disco and The Pretty Reckless. The car ride was filled with blasting music and her sudden interest in hearing more songs from Panic! At the Disco. I smiled to myself, knowing that she'll have a great taste in music when she leaves this car.

Serenity lowered the music, staring at the screen of her phone. "Listen to this. People made a toy that was supposed to be a pair of binoculars but turns out they can actually see ghostly presences."

I rolled my eyes. "You believe that shit?"

"Actually, yes." She huffed defensively, pouting her lips a little. I just wanted to lean over and kiss her, but I knew she'd say something about road safety. "It's called The BrrNoculars."

Throwing my head back a little, a loud laugh escaped my mouth. "Are you fucking serious? BrrrrNoculars. Sounds like Louis trying to roll his R's in Spanish."

At this, we both found ourselves laughing. Both the stupid binoculars and Louis trying to roll his R's was enough amusement to last the rest of the drive. We got out of the car, and as we met on the parking lot, my hand linked with hers automatically.

There was something about holding her hand in public that reassured me she wasn't afraid of letting know people we were together. She'll let them judge her for picking an asshole like me as her boyfriend, and she wouldn't care.

All around us were the usual bright blue floors of the store, tall shelves aligned with all types of toys. Serenity beamed at it all, looking like an excited child. "I used to love this store so much!" She squealed, hopping a little.

I watched her, fascinated with her girlish reaction. She was so cute sometimes, it was hard to believe that someone so adorable could be so feisty, and demanding. Serenity was sweet and sensitive, but harsh and confident when she wanted to be. It drove me crazier about her.

"Don't look at me like that," she giggled, looking away from me when she caught me staring at her. I remember on the phone with her yesterday.

The words almost left my mouth. I don't say 'I love you's' often. The only girl on the planet to hear it is Belle. But with Serenity it's a whole different type of love. Do I love her? I don't really know, but I know that my mouth was working on its own last night. It makes me tingly inside. She makes me happy inside. When I'm with her it's like I'm the good guy.

In terms of being a good person, I'm not so much. At least, I don't believe so. But at her side, I become that guy. I become someone who'd drop their coat on a fucking puddle so she could cross the street without getting wet. I become the person to reach for her hand first. Automatically run to the other side of the car and open the door for her like she was my princess. She is the princess, and she rules my kingdom.

I was walking behind her, being dragged around. We were only here for one toy, but I guess it made her happy walking around and seeing the rest of them. I grabbed a couple of stuffed animals for Belle. I knew immediately she'd name them and add them to her seating chart for her little tea parties. I promised her one tomorrow with Serenity, so we'll see how that goes.

"Hey," Serenity stopped as we passed the baby sections. "Maybe you can get some little toys for your nephews? I bet Gemma and her husband would be really glad."

"That's a great idea," I agreed nonchalantly.

"See, I'm not stupid," she said.

I frowned at her words. "Since when did we establish that you are?"

She turned to look at me, her head up so we were staring into each other's eyes. "You don't know what you say half of the time, do you?"

Confused, I shook my head. "No, babe. I'm the stupid one here. And if I did say something I was probably angry or wasted. I'm sorry for ever calling you stupid. You know damn well you aren't."

Serenity smiled. "Am I forgiven?"

On the tips of her toes, she leaned in and pecked my lips. "Yes, monkey." I groaned and she only laughed.

We were surfing through the shelves, finding little rattling toys or the toys where the babies could bite on when their gums start to itch and hurt. I smiled at the different toys, remembering when I bought them for Belle myself.

"You can pick them out. We can say it's from both of us." I told her, snaking my arms around her waist from behind as usual. "It was your idea to begin with."

"Okay, sure, I don't mind." She shrugged. "I love this little thing. Aw," she gushed, picking up the rubber ducky. She squeezed it and out came out some irritating noise, but I only laughed with her. "We should get them baby walkers. How old are they?"

"Almost a year old. Let's go look at the --"

"Serenity?"

We both turned our heads towards the woman who called Serenity's name. I frowned when the woman glanced up at me, then at the position my arms were in; around Serenity's waste. A silence engulfed us. I realized we were in the baby section, looking like a couple expecting. I almost laughed, but pushed it back because I knew that Serenity would probably scowl me. It wasn't a bad thought, just it was funny how this looked like to everyone else.

"Evangelina! Hi!" Although Serenity sounded pleased, she felt awkward, and I could tell.

She left my arms and went to hug this woman. "How have you been?" Evangelina asked. Her name was too long for my liking. So I decided to just call her Lina for the time being.

They pulled away from their embrace. "I'm great, thank you. How about you?"

"Same ol' same ol'. I'm working at a Sprint at the mall. You should tell your mother to come by sometime. I miss seeing my cousin!" Oh, that's who she was. Lina looked up at me, her eyes working up and down my body before settling on my face. I only looked between them awkwardly, and blankly. "Who's this?"

"This is my...," she paused, making me frown. "My boyfriend, Harry."

"Oh." Was all she said.

I know I'm not the most friendly looking guy when I don't smile at people. I don't like introducing myself that much, and I'm usually not very good at first impressions. But, I put up a smile for Serenity's sake. "Hello, it's nice to meet you...," I paused, remembering to correct myself. "Evangelina."

"Oh, you're British?" Lina laughed. Oh, so my British accent changes everything. Bitch, I accused in my head. "Nice," she winked at Serenity. "But are you guys expecting a little one?" She gushed.

Serenity put two and two together and then gasped while I had been waiting for this moment to arrive five minutes ago.

"Oh my god, no! We're just buying some toys for his two baby nephews," Serenity explained quickly. Whoa, babe, slow down. I don't think you sounded disgusted enough.

I grinned smugly.

"Oh?!" Lina nodded. "Sorry for just assuming. But, it was nice talking to you and nice meeting you, Harry. I have to go. My husband is waiting for me at home."

"It was nice seeing you, too, Evangelina!"

"Ugh, just call her Lina," I grumbled to Serenity as the woman walked away.

Serenity sighed, groaning to herself. "There's a family member of mine everywhere I fucking go."

"Well, at least she didn't leave thinking you and I were expecting." I said.

"True," she agreed. "Could you imagine her going to my mother and saying she saw me buying baby toys with you? And that I'm pregnant? Oh God, that'd be the end of the world."

+

When we left Toys R' Us, it was ten thirty. We bought countless toys and just to get a kick out of it a stuffed monkey for my mum and a panda bear for Gemma. I drove back to Serenity's home and was surprised when I stopped the car, and she clumsily climbed over to my seat. Her legs straddled my lap, her arms finding their rightful place around my neck.

I rolled the seat back a bit, giving us more space to move. She leaned closer to me, her lips closing into mine. There was an urgency between our kisses. I don't remember the last time we had time to really kiss each other without being interrupted or by the fear of getting caught. Either way, I'm glad.

Our lips moved in sync with each other. I sighed against her mouth, feeling her hands run through my hair the way that I for some reason really enjoy. When she does that, it just makes the kiss much better. It kind of feels like she needs me so much that she needs to pull on my hair to get me. I don't know, I'm weird like that.

I shamelessly slipped my tongue into her mouth, earning a little hum of satisfaction from her. The touch summoned by her hands traveled down my neck onto my shoulders and then down my chest. I let my own slip underneath her shirt, roaming the bare skin on her back. We parted for air, but after about three seconds, lips were on lips again. I slid my hands down, grabbing her ass and pushing her closer to me.

A soft moan left her mouth, the vocalization encouraging me to kiss her harder. I removed my mouth from hers, spending some time to kiss her neck. I moved my mouth across her skin delicately, making sure to leave marks here and there. When I reached her collarbones, she whimpered at the way I sucked harshly against the skin. I love hearing her moan and whimper under my touch.

She grabbed my head and forced me to look at her in the eyes. "You drive me crazy doing that."

"Doing what?" I asked innocently. Underneath my innocent stare was a cocky ass, smug ass Harry smirk.

Her eyebrows raised and she only leaned in to kiss my cheek. She let her lips travel down my jaw, making me groan a little when she hit that spot. All to her pleasure, she began to suck on the skin and driving me slowly insane. "Hmm...I don't know, that?" She teased, pecking the area again before kissing my lips.

I nudged my nose against hers like we always do. "Noon tomorrow, right?"

"Of course. And can I ask why you're celebrating? You're British," she chuckled softly.

"I don't understand either. My mom uses it as an excuse to invite people over and trash the whole place." I explained.

"I now know where you get your party animal instincts." She playfully teased. "But I better get going."

"Oh, yeah, how's Willie doing?" I asked her out interest.

"He's fine, is all my mom says. But I see him and he seems perfectly fine," Serenity informed me, kissing my lips with her sweet, soft ones for the last time tonight. "Goodnight, Cuddle Wuddle." She pouted, making me frown although she laughed.

"That one's even worse!" I groaned, shaking my head. I really hated them. I rather have her just call me Harry or Haz or babe. But not Cuddle Wuddle. Anything but that.

After we settled and she was outside my car window, I whispered, "Goodnight, love."

She began to walk away, and something my chest was beginning to burst. I felt like opening my mouth to gasp out the words my brain was so ready to engineer but was disturbed by the refusal of my mouth. She would probably frown and think it was foolish of me to say it so soon. But only if she knew that I was ready from the moment I saw her.

A/N: hope this Herenity chapter made up for a lot of the time they didn't spend together!

I'm happy -- and sad -- to say that this book is officially halfway done!

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