Harry's pov

"Please." I added to my request.

"Speak. " she said finally.

"Umm..lets go..."

"Here .Speak here."

"Atleast go somewhere away from this gate?"

"No." She said stubbornly

"You came here when you wanted . Same way I'll go inside when I want to. " she added obstinately.

I sighed.

"Okay then. You waited for me now I will wait for you. " I declared

"Your wish." She said not

"Alright. "I murmured

She stood there with folded hands looking at particularly nothing.

I smiled thinking how stubborn she is.

"Excuse me, please. " said a lady .
She had this large baby bump.
It appeared as if she was going to deliver her baby right here.

I shifted towards my right against the wall.
The gateway was pretty narrow for that lady, Bella and I to stand comfortably therefore Bella to shifted towards me to let her pass.

When she passed,her large baby bump caused Bella to squeeze against me even more.

At this point we were dangerously close to each other. Her soft body was against my hard chest .I could even hear her heart beat, it seemed as if it was beating against me.The thought of her being so close to me gave me tingles.

Inconspicuously, I sniffed her hair, it smelled like strawberries.
Unknowingly she looked over me ,her brows were furrowed, thick long lashes slightly patted , she seemed irritated.
Her almost cherry red lips were parted, I could sense pink tingling around her rounded cheeks.
Her nose was slightly red .
She looked angry and irritated but also kind of embarrassed.

I couldn't help but smile at her.

After a few more seconds of awkwardness she stood straight, away from me. I suddenly felt a cold wave ran through me at the lost of her warmth on my body.

She was evidently blushing,looking here and there,embarrassed by all that happened.
I cleared my throat to grab her attention.

"Shall we ? Please. I promise I won't take long. " I said

"Alright. " she said.

We sat on our booked seats.
"So what will you tell first. What you wanted to tell before or would you like to tell why were you late ,first?"

"Uh-when I will tell you what I called you here for ,you will yourself find out why I was late."

"Hmm." She said and began fidgeting with her fingers, she seemed nervous.

I kept looking at her observing her behaviour , unsure whether to tell her right now or wait a few more minutes.

"Uh-I..." I began anyways, but before I could tell her anything she interrupted.

"Wait.."

I looked at her with an expectant face.

"Umm-you know the other day why did I stop you , when you were going to tell me this...?"

I shook my head indicating that didn't know why she stopped me from telling her the truth that day.

However somewhere I was aware that maybe because of the tension in the atmosphere she did that.

Nonetheless I decided to play dumb.

"Umm-let me tell you I have a problem of overthinking, all the time. I think a lot. That day when you were going to tell me whatever you were going to tell me, I began to overthink. You know like what possibly could you be keeping from me and especially why would you be keeping anything from me. My mind went bizarre...therefore to avoid the tension and my anxiousness I asked you to wait a little. "

"Hmm.."

"Today also the atmosphere isn't helping and I am still getting stupid, weird thoughts.."

I nodded with a chuckle.

"So what I am saying is instead of directly telling me what you were gonna tell . Can you first tell me what is it about?"

"Hmm..Its-uh-its about....me."

"Entirely about you?"

"Uh-perhaps-yes...?" I said uncertainly

"If its entirely about you then why are you telling..me?"

"Uh-its something about me that you should know." I told her almost effortlessly .

I was astonished how easily I came to this point, I was to close to tell her.

"Uh-okay. So tell me."

I cleared my throat out of distress.

"Uh-I.."

"Excuse me...Are you ready to order?"
Interrupted the stupid waiter.

I gave out a heavy sigh.

"Umm. You go we will order..."

"Order right now then he won't disturb you." Stated Bella but she wasn't looking at me her eyes were fixed on the table adjacent to ours where seated was a pregnant lady with a boy , four/five years old as far as I could make out.

I don't know what was so fascinating about them that she was staring at them for more than few minutes.

"You order ." I said

"Haan-oh-"
I gave her the menu .

"Umm-you choose an Italian restaurant. I see."

"Well. Its your favourite. "

"Hmm."

"Uh-I will avoid any heavy meal as I had proper lunch. Umm-for that I guess
Rap Arancini broccoli with marinara sauce would do.Do you want anything else?" She asked.

"Nah. I will like to try that out."

"Great I know you'll love it." She said , again shifting her attention to the mother and son.

"Any drinks?" Asked the waiter.

"Bella-uh-would you like to have any drink?"

"Umm-just water please. Thankyou." She said and dismissed the waiter.

I cleared my throat to bring her attention towards me .

"So.."

"Yeah tell now I'm listening. " she said.

I glanced over that table , one waiter was approaching them with a plate of some sea food , I guess but what was bewildering was that the sharp knife was kept dangerously hanging .
One could easily tell how sharp the knife was.

Nevertheless I continued.

"Umm-Bella I wanted to tell you thatIamHarry....."
Before I could complete my incoherent sentence, Bella jumped from her chair towards the adjacent table.

Everything happened so quick, for me to even comprehend it all .
All I could make out was Bella jumped to save the little boy from getting hurt with that sharp knife but at the end she injured herself !

"Bella?" Was all that came out from my mouth.

I hastily ran towards her taking her bleeding hand in my hand.

"That boy.." she said

"Oh! My God thank you my child for saving my son...oh I hope its not that deep?" The child's mother inquired, genuinely worried for Bella.

"The boy is fine, you saved him.." I said.

She evidently relaxed.

"But you are not fine . You're bleeding.We need to do go to the doctor and get the dressing done. "
I said.

"Hmm. Okay." She agreed.

"Wait...here press harder. I am coming" I said.

I went for my bandana to wrap it around the wound, to stop the bleeding for now.

"Tell me if its to tight..okay?"

"Hmm."

I did not know from where was I getting the courage to do such things.
Normally if anyone would be wounded I would tend to stay three metres away from the person but right now when I saw Bella's hand almost covered with blood I couldn't think of anything other than giving her aid.

"Alright now come lets go."

"Umm-what about your order?"

"I am not done with this restaurant yet."

She looked at me with wide eyes as I said that.

"After what they did I am sure they won't hesitate go give us food for free." I made a sarcastic comment.

"Okay. Lets go." She said.
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Bella's pov

Sitting in Harold's car I couldn't help but recall how concerned he looked when he saw my hand covered with blood , how without even hesitating he held my hand and gave me the immediate aid required.

I looked at my hand and how his bandana was wrapped around my palm. I smiled remembering how his hands were shaking when he was wrapping this cloth , with focused eyes, creases on his forehead and with heavy breathing he tied the scarf.

But now thinking about this cut what will I tell mother. She would probably think that I was being clumsy and got this wound......
Thinking about mother , which hospital was Harold taking me? What if some of mother's acquaintance saw me and recognized me ?

"Which hospital are you taking me?"

He frozed as I asked this as he didn't think of where he was taking me .
However he was quick to wear his confidence again and said

"The one nearest."

"No. Don't take me to any hospital. "

"Why?"
He asked simultaneously parking the car by the side of the road.

"Umm. My mother is a nurse and she is friends with many doctors and nurses here. So you never know which hospital you bump into her or anyone knowing her."

"Thats a problem. "
He said looking at my wounded hand, sounding genuinely worried.

"No actually its not I know a nursing home, my friend works there and probably no one knowing my mother would be there."

"Thats great . Which way?"

"Right. "

"Is it still burning or paining or anything or any discomfort?"

I looked at him smiling and said.

"No. The pain is not that bad ."

"Hmm. Alright lets get there ."
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"Yeah right there." I said as we reached our destination.

"Finally."

I began to fumble with my door when Harold said.

"Wait.."

He came to my side and opened the door for me.
I got of the car and was standing in front of him .
This was maybe the first time I realised, how tall he is.
Thinking about it now he maybe six foot one inch tall atleast .

"Come. Lets get in ." He said gesturing me to take his hand.

Okay....now this was something I would have taken hours to decide whether I should hold his hand or not but at this point I was not myself I was to engrossed by him, he had succeeded in intimidating me .
So I held his hand.

He clasped my hand in his in a firm grip .I felt safe in his touch and did not feel alone . It gave me a sense of freedom and relief.

At the same time it scared me , how far I am going with it.....
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Harry's pov

"Don't worry I'll stay out." I said and went outside to get some fresh air and also sometime to think about all this that happened. Not to mention ,also to hide myself.

Bella turned up , she came to meet me that means either she forgave me after knowing everything or she is still unaware of it. There are more possibilities for the second option though.

And now I lost all the chances to tell her the truth, right now she's getting her dressing done , then she'll go back home. I have to leave for Australia tomorrow, absolutely no chance to tell her.

I had planned to tell her about my trip to Australia , after telling her the truth but now after all this and my unfortunate situation I can't bring myself to do so.

I let out a sigh and decided to wait for her here only . I didn't want to take any risk of being recognized as Harry Styles, especially right now.
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