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Being scared means you're about to do something very brave

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Harry groaned from his place on the bed when his phone started to ring on the bed side table. He put down the copy of To Kill A Mockingbird (which she stole from June's book collection) before reaching out to grab his phone.

But his annoyed demeanor immediately deflated when he saw the words 'Mummy <3' displayed on the screen. He happily accepted the call.

"Mom!"

"Harry honey, why am I looking at your ear?"

Harry quickly brought his phone down to see that it was a facetime call. He blushed as he held the phone in front of him this time. "Sorry, didn't realize it was facetime"

"It's okay honey" Anne assured. "I miss you so much!"

Harry gave her a sincere smile. "I miss you too mom, a lot"

Harry was in a happy daze from seeing her mom again. His mother had always been his best friend. She was his therapist. Whenever Harry felt like shit, he went to his mother for comfort. Whenever Harry's life gets messed up, she went to his mother for advise. Whenever she felt like it's getting too much, he went to his mother for a good rant. Anne has always been there for him. She was there when he showed up at his doorstep, tears streaming down his face. She was there for him in any way, shape or form. She has always been the one woman she completely relied on. 

And leaving her without notice was hard.

But Anne understood. She was a great woman. She was beautiful inside and out. She understood the moment her son showed up at her doorstep with packed suitcases and a jumbled mind. Anne knew that the hiatus was hard on him because all the four boys were like his elder brothers. Except Louis because that's another case. She understood when Harry told her that he's going to go away for sometime.

"So how have you been darling?" Anne asked after she finished her rambling about her life in Manchester.

"I've been great mom" Harry happily replied. "This place is awesome, it's beautiful. There's like a great view- wait, I'll show you" He slipped out of his bed and walked over to the big window. He flipped to the back camera before explaining every little detail to her in the panoramic view of Breverly Meadows. Anne gushed along, saying that she wished she was here with him.

"And mum there's this amazing fish and chips house which is run by a friend of June's, Cody"

"June?" Anne smirked from the other side. "The girl you were ranting about in messages?"

Harry flushed in red before playfully glaring at her mother. "I didn't rant about her Mom" 

He groaned, seeing her mothers smug smile. "Stop that, she's just a friend"

"Friends who hold each other in their bed after a break down? Sure Harry" Harry knew where she was going with the 'just friends' shit.

"Yes mom" He nodded with a smile breaking on his face. 

Anne tsked. "I know that face honey" She shook her head with a suggestive look. "That's what you wore around Lo-"

"HARRY" June stormed through his door with full force. She looked out of breath and he was immediately concerned. Harry thanked to god in his head for cutting off her mother.

"What? Are you okay?" Harry scrambled to sit up, worried.

June just laughed at his actions. "Did you steal my copy of To Kill A Mockingbird?" She crossed her arms with eyebrows rising. She tried to look serious but her smile gave it away. Harry just shrunk back to the bed with a guilty look. "You surely did"

"I- how did you knew?"

"I have an instinct where I just knows when one of my books are out of its place on the shelf" She stuck her nose in the air as she came to sit down on the bed. Harry gave her a bored look to which June fell over, laughing. "You surely don't know how to steal"

"Honey?"

Harry jumped as he remembered that he was in face time with his mother. June furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at the phone in his hand. Anne was looking at him with the same look before, making Harry return a pointed look.

"Sorry mom"

June widened his eyes at that and moved to leave the room with a scared look. Harry was quick to stop her actions. "Blue, wait" She turned back to him with an expression that said not-in-front-of-your-mother-dimwit. "Come on, I want you to meet the woman that created the wonderful creature in front of you?"

"Oh my god, ego much Harry?" June rolled her eyes, chuckling.

"And mom, I want you to meet June Garner, the incredibly-"

"The girl you were rambling to me about in our messages" Harry nearly threw his phone at the wall at his mothers remark. June toppled over in laughter in front of him.

"Mom I swear to god" He whispered only to his mother. Anne put his hands up in surrender.

"Now show me this incredibly sweet girl"

June blushed behind the camera. Harry beckoned her to come back to the bed and June obliged. She slowly came towards the side and sat down on the plush bed, moving towards Harry. She could now see the infamous Anne Twist on the screen, smiling really big.

"Oh my aren't you a beautiful little lady" Anne started her familiar gushing, making both the youngsters blush. "Your hair looks amazing darling"

"You think so?" June straightened up, eyes now showing a spark of happiness. She immediately shrunk back. "Sorry um- hello Harry's mom" She smiled. "Harry has said a lot about you"

"Call me Anne darling" Anne smiled at her. "And I suppose it was all good things"

"He has nothing bad to say about you, Anne" June laughed. Harry was watching them interact. And the way June was talking to his mother so easily. It brought a smile to his face. Anne seemed to like June very much. Considering she was now just starting to talk about an embarrassing story of Harry.

"Harry why the hell would you ask that from a random lady?" June was laughing so hard that she was leaning on Harry unnoticed. Harry didn't think much as he threw an arm around her, not really touching her skin but just letting it be there. June noticed this. She felt so humbled by his respect for women. "It's alright Harry" Then he gave a smile and let his hand rest on his shoulder.

"Anne, have I mentioned that you raised a real gentleman though?" June softly gave a smile. This took Anne by surprise, her eyes lit up in adoration.

"How so?"

"Harry don't even lay a finger on me without asking me before" June looked down as she tucked a stray piece of blue hair behind her ear. "Except for that one time you decided to be a traitor and carried me downstairs through my studio!" She gasped, looking back up.

"You were latching on me, and asked me to carry you"

"I might have been in headspace but I know I didn't asked you that" June tipped her head to the ceiling, flaring her nostril in a cute way. Anne watched them bicker with an expression that neither of them could quite place. "But really, he's a gentleman"

"Aw, thank you June" Anne sincerely said. "That's the best compliment I've ever received in my life"

"Well, damn all my compliments are wasted then" Harry joked along. "But mom, did I tell you that June love- LOVES as in absolutely is smitten by Louis"

June gasped in horror as the words leave Harry's mouth. Anne's jaw dropped as a another gasp left her mouth. "I can't believe you just said that" June muttered.

"Well, Louis is a charmer" Anne agreed on the other side. "That boy is everything, you can't blame her Harry because remember one time you-"

"JUNE"

Murray's voice boomed from downstairs and June's face visibly crumpled. She hunched over a bit, letting her hair fall down to her shoulders. Then she looked at Harry with a pained expression before letting her eyes dart to the screen where Anne was frowning. "I'm really sorry Anne but I have to go"

"Oh no it's alright darling, it was so nice meeting you" Anne assured, her mind still confused.

"You too Anne" June said before waving at her and then getting out of the bed with the same scared expression. Harry watched as she dragged her feet across the room.

"June Garner come downstairs this instant!"

"Blue?" Harry's voice made June stop in her track. "Do you want me to come with you?"

"No um, it's okay Harry" June assured him. "I'll sort -whatever this is- out. You can stay and talk with your mother" Harry saw the way her face fell when she said the word mother. And Harry's heart ached for her.

"Just yell my name if you need me" She nodded before quietly slipping out of the room, preparing to face her parents who were fuming downstairs for whatever she did. Harry sighed as she disappeared.

"Harry?" His eyes flickered to his mom who looked concerned. "Is she okay?"

"I-I don't know mom" Harry sighed. "I can't tell you what happened but all I know is that she's been strong for too long"

"Was that her father?" Anne worried. "The voice sounded really harsh"

Harry ran a hand over his face as he nodded. He couldn't help but worry what was going on downstairs. He was once again scared for her.

"Murray is a confusing man" Harry said. "This- it's complicated. All I can say is that I'm trying to make it all better for her. She don't deserve all this shit mom. I'm trying to make this place lighter for her. You don't know how hard it was watching her break down the other day. She looked so vulnerable. I want to make her happy again mom"

"I'm so proud of you, you know that Harry?" Anne whispered, pride lacing her voice and tears clouding her vision. Harry surely did made her the happiest mom on earth

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