Chasing the Sun (1D)

Chapter 19: halira date

‘Hey, Alira. Are you okay?’ he asks with concern in his voice. He twists his head so he can sort of look at me.

‘Nah, I’m fine.’ I smile at him.

‘Okay, good cause we’re almost there.’ I look ahead and we were headed to a deserted place. Once we hit the treeline I sort of panicked.

‘Harry? Are you sure you know where you’re going? It’s sort of creepy here.’ my tone was dripping with doubt.

‘Of course I do. If i didn’t i wouldn’t be here. This is Australia, y’know. I don’t know many places but someone told me about this and it seemed perfect.’ he smiles and we came to the end of the tree line.

‘You do realise, you carried me for two thirds of the journey?’ I say.

‘Yep. And I don’t mind. You really don’t weigh a thing.’ he shrugs his shoulders. I look up to find us in a clearing.

‘There was a small playground in the middle of the massive clearing. The playground had everything I’ve always loved and it looked brand new. The grass was a very rich green and there were colours of flowers planted everywhere in the ground. There was trees surrounding the whole place and a small pathway directly in front of us. I hop off harry’s back and admire the place. All the flowers were growing and there was tons of my favourite ones. Daisies, dandelions and sunflowers. I picked each one of them that were sprouted under my feet. I smile as I breathe in their scents.

‘This is beautiful, Harry!’ I say, grinning. I stood on tiptoe and kissed his cheek. I hear the birds twitter and smiled even bigger.

‘I’m glad you like it, babe.’ He smiles back.

‘This is the perfect definition of why I love spring.’

‘It is. The flowers, the birds, the sun.’ he says dreamily.

‘Picture time!’ I scream and i took my iphone out.

‘Make sure you get the flowers and all.’ he winks and i nod.

I put the front camera on and made sure the flowers were showing. I smiled big and Harry’s head was on my shoulder as he hugged me from behind. The flowers in the background made the picture look so beautiful.

‘Do you mind if I put it on twitter?’ I ask, unsure.

‘Yeah, sure.’

So, i put it up on twitter and said:

@CallMeAlira: A beautiful day out in spring with @Harry_Styles. What a perfect day! xx.

His phone beeps and he smiles at the photo.

‘That is such a good photo!’ he says while he stared at it in awe.

‘It is, isn’t it?’ I smile the biggest smile i’ve ever put on.

‘Race you to the swing.’ I wink and I bolted.

‘I’m ready for you this time.’ He says and he was close behind me. I sprinted and he was still near me. But i got to the swing first.

‘Okay, what’s your secret? How do you run so fast?’ he says as he panted. I smile and I wasn’t breathing heavily at all.

‘I used to do athletics a lot when I was in school.’ I remember the thrill of it. I was good at long distance runs, shot put and long jump. I remember coming first every year at school and state competitions.

‘That’s such a surprise, you know. You seem more of a dancing type of girl.’

‘Nope. Well, I used to but i started to hate it. So I became an athlete, a netballer, a swimmer and i did some soccer for a bit. I hate soccer, dribbling a ball is not my thing. I quit after a year.’