Only You

2: Dog Days Are Here Again

I woke up and I was unaware of my surroundings. I was still on the couch, but I was a bit dazed. The telly was off, and yes I did call is a telly even though I was American and only had been here two years...

Harry wasn't on the couch, but I heard his voice in the kitchen. He was singing a song I didn't know.

"Baby, you light up my world like nobody else. The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed and when you smile at the ground, it ain't hard to tell; you don't know, you don't know you're-Ugh! Why can't I get that part right?! I need to take a better breath..." I heard a sizzling noise and smelled food.

I got up and walked to the kitchen.

"Goodmorning, sunshine!" he said when he saw me, "Just kidding, its a little past  3 in the afternoon."

"What are you making?" I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.

"Just some bacon, want some?" he held a plate towards me full of bacon.

I took a piece, "Thanks. What were you singing just now?"

"Oh..um. Just one of our songs. But shh! Nobody's supposed to hear it before we release it."

"And you were getting upset with yourself because...?" I took a bite of my piece and it was still hot, "Ouch! Thanks for telling me it was still hot!"

"Be careful, its hot. And I was upset because I can never get that part right. But it's fine, whatever," he got the last bit of bacon out of the frying pan and turned the stove off.

"Have you talked to any of the boys lately?" he asked. By 'boys' I knew he meant his old bandmates.

"Not in a while. They've all gone to Uni."

"Oh, I was hoping to see them around, but I guess not. Anyways, what about you? Are you going to go back to school?"

"I think so. Maybe not this fall, but next."

"Do you know where you're going to go?"

"Not at all," I said.

Harry got some bread out and made a sandwich with his bacon.

"So what's it like touring?"

"It's a massive load of fun. People in the crowd get into the songs and it's fun travelling all over the country. I wish you could've been with me."

"Yeah...well, have you talked to Gemma at all?"

He nodded, "She's coming in a couple of days, too."

He finished eating and cleaned up the kitchen.

"What do you want to do now?" I asked.

"Watch another movie?"

"Only if you make popcorn!"

His face lit up and I knew he remembered.

~

"Haz?! What is taking-what the fu-!" I walked into the kitchen and tripped over a bowl. Yes, it happened to be the popcorn bowl and I fell to the ground, spilling popcorn all over myself and the floor.

"Aw! Ali, you just ruined the popcorn I made for you!" Harry laughed, holding his own bowl.

"You're such a dick sometimes!" I tried to get up, but my foot hurt.

I watched the smiled quickly fade from his face, "Are you hurt?"

I examied my right foot and it was already swelling up. I didn't think I landed on it that hard...