when harry winks was next over at monique and allie's flat, he noticed something about the blonde girl's socks.

allie campbell was just back from her first gym session in over three weeks and it would be fair to say that she had lost a lot of her fitness in that time.

"are your socks rolled down?" harry questioned as he took a sip of the tea that monique had made him.

allie looked down at her feet and nodded her head. she had put on a pair of long socks and cropped leggings for the gym which meant that she of course had to roll them down to make them look like ankle socks.

"what happened to ankle socks or am i missing out on a new trend?" the london boy laughed and allie joined in. she knew that he was teasing her but he wasn't doing it to be mean. allie enjoyed their light-hearted banter. it was fun.

"they all have holes in them and i really didn't feel like having my toes poking out of my socks." the blonde girl admitted. it was ridiculous because the girl worked in primark, she could buy herself new socks whenever she wanted but the girl was really clinging onto her money at the moment.

in that moment, harry knew that he had to buy the girl a new pair of socks.

***
queuing up with a pair of ankle socks in his hands, harry could only hope and pray that he wouldn't end up being served by the blonde girl at the till.

"next customer here please!" allie's soft voice called out and the footballer cursed himself for coming to the shop where she worked. he wanted to be discreet but that plan obviously wasn't going to work.

"harry." the blonde girl smiled as he passed her the white ankle socks which made allie furrow her eyebrows.

"socks from primark? i had you down for a nike or adidas guy." the short girl teased and harry could only let out a nervous laugh. he was desperate to get out of the shop so that he could try and rescue his plan but as he was thinking, he realised that there was absolutely no way out of this mess that he had created.

"primark is good too." the london boy protested before paying for the cheap socks and saying goodbye to the sweet girl.

he was so caught.

***
when allie returned home from work that same day, she saw the bouquet of flowers and a pair of socks on her doorstep. she had decided to stop trying to figure out who was leaving her flowers after the first week but now, her suspicions were growing.

she picked up the note that she had received for the past three weeks and had a look inside, smiling at the sweet message.

allie,

rolling down your socks won't make it onto the latest style magazines so here's a pair of ankle socks without holes in them. if anyone were to pull off rolled down socks, it would be you.

the blonde girl felt all giddy as she thought of who it might have been that left her the flowers. if it was who she thought it was, she didn't know what she would do but allie knew that she would be elated.

"allie," a door from across the hall called her name so she spun around to see her neighbour smiling at her.

"lovely flowers. the same boy has been dropping them off every week, very sweet." elaine informed her neighbour. as the words sunk in for allie, she realised that she might have the missing pieces to the puzzle.

"what did he look like, elaine?" the blonde girl cocked her head to one side slightly, wondering what was about to leave her neighbour's mouth. the words would either confirm allie's suspicions or completely crush her dreams. the short girl could only hope that it was the former.

"average height, very neat brown hair, lovely bushy eyebrows and he always comes in a tracksuit-" elaine didn't need to finish because allie had all the information that she needed. she knew exactly who had been leaving her the flowers every week and allie was over the moon.

"thank you, elaine. you've been a great help!" allie rushed out a quick thank you to her neighbour who was a single mother of two. the woman was lovely and was always up for a chat. elaine had raised two polite girls after her husband, a firefighter, had passed away in an accident.

elaine offered the young girl a smile before retreating back to her flat. all of the neighbours on allie and monique's floor were big fans of the two girls. they were both respectful and none of them ever had a problem with either of them which was ideal since most university students were partying non stop.

"monique!" the blonde girl sprinted into her shared flat, dumping the beautiful flowers on their coffee table. allie would put them in some water later but she needed to fill her best friend in on what she had figured out before she did anything else.

"monique!" allie barged straight into her best friend's room, interrupting an intense makeout session between her and the girl that she was seeing.

"sorry, didn't mean to interrupt but now that i've killed the mood," the short girl paused for a second, trying to catch her breath after the running and the excitement that she had just experienced.

"i know who's been leaving me the flowers."

all monique could do was smile at her best friend, glad that she had figured it out because monique had known for weeks.

a/n: sorry that this is yesterday's chapter! i was going to update last night but i was lying in bed, shattered and trying to sleep when i realised that i hadn't done it but better late than never!

allie thinks she's figured it out and all might be revealed in tomorrow's chapter!

also, it was results day here in scotland so if you, like me, are scottish, i hope you got what you wanted! most of my friends got what they wanted and needed but i know a few people have been screwed over a bit, my best friend included. the whole day has been a bit of a mess for them and i feel bad for being pleased with my results but there's nothing i can do unfortunately. it is what it is at the moment :(

the new chapter of 'dear darlin' will be out later today as well and potentially a chapter of 'i'm on my way' but don't hold me to that!

who's your biggest celebrity crush as of this very moment?
- i'm stuck between three. harry winks, jack grealish and zabdiel de jesús ❤️

enjoy and stay safe!

lots of love, e x