The Letter. THE CHANGE. The Lie.
Chapter 67: July 3
*Katia's POV*
I watched as Louis's car disappeared around the corner before opening the door to Harry's. I was softly humming the tune of the song that I was listening to just moments before in Louis's car as I heard the soft click of the lock. Harry was probably still out with that Autumn girl so after closing the door I simply threw all of my stuff down on the chair promising myself I would pick it up later.
I walked back to my room and grabbed my wall charger. After plugging my phone into an outlet in the living area I plopped down on the couch. Pulling my feet up besides me I flipped through the channels. Nothing really caught my eye until I landed on a track meet. Setting the tv remote down I settled down into the cushions to watch the remaining events.
Even though I had no idea who was running or where anyone was from it didn't really matter. I was still entranced by it all. I got up during one of the longer distanced events to get an apple but otherwise didn't move much.
"After this break the 1600 meter relays will start," the large, grey haired announced informed us.
I felt my stomach fill with butterflies at the name of my favorite event. I have always enjoyed watching the 4x4's, they are the most intense race. The 400 itself is a fierce race, you have to sprint the entire time without letting up at all. Now having that being done by 4 athletes in a relay and it becomes one of the best events to watch, in my opinion at least.
Just 5 short minutes later and I was watching the first heat of the men's 4x4. It was close the entire race between a blue and yellow team, each passing each other until the last lap where the yellow team broke away and won with a good 20 meter lead. The second heat was getting ready when I heard the door open.
Quickly glancing back I saw Harry walk in. As he was slipping off his shoes the familiar sound of a started pistol brought my attention back to the screen. Instantly I could tell the grey was going to die out and the red would pull ahead. I wasn't sure how the other teams would fare though.
"What are you watching?" Harry's low voice spoke over the commentary of the announcers.
"Track, 4x4 relay," I said absentmindedly. I sat on the edge of the couch cushion, my heart beat picking up as a red team came up behind the green. I felt a sift of weight as Harry sat down on the other end of the couch. My foot started bouncing on the ground as the final runners started their lap,
"Who is running?" he asked.
"I don't know, green team and red team?" I answered him without taking my eyes off of the screen. Red was starting to make its move, planning on passing on the second corner.
"Then why are you watching?" he asked.
"Shh!" I quieted him. I scooted even farther off of the seat as the red moved over. As they started to pass green picked up the pace. They rounded the corner and on to the straightaway, red right on green's heels.
I stood up from my seat, not able to sit any longer. My heart was beating a million miles a minute as I watched. I could hear Harry say something besides me but wasn't quite certain what he was saying. It was close all the way to the finish line, both teams pushing to get there first. Both ended up in heaps on the track after grey fell, accidentally tripping red.
I was still anxious to know who got first but I could breathe again. Looking over at Harry I saw him laughing at me.
"What?" I asked, still on edge.
"You," he laughed. "You have no idea who is running and you still got that involved."
"Oh my god, you can not tell me that was not an intense race!" I tried to defend myself. He just laughed and walked back to his room. I stayed standing until I heard that the green won the race, and that as I predicted, grey had come in last. Satisfied I turned the tv off and waited for Harry to return.
He walked back out after exchanging his jeans for some sweat pants. I watched as he grabbed a drink from the fridge. He shot me a cheesy smile that I didn't return. His eye brows furrowed together as he tilted his head.
"Everything okay?"
"Louis and I talked today," I told him. A sympathetic look replaced the concerned one he wore just seconds before.
"How did it go?" he leaned against the counter as he took a sip of his blue drink.
"Fine," I shrugged. "Until he brought up my dream." My voice changed from a non caring tone to harsh in an instant.
He cringed, "I'm sorry Katia I...."
"I'm over it, kind of. Just don't break my trust again, kay?" I interrupted him. A wave of relief overcame him once he realized I wasn't going to kill him.
"I won't," he smiled walking back over to the couch. "So what are we watching? Because I'm not watching another track meet."
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey guys! So I was watching a track meet as I wrote this chapter so yeah... I'm such a track nerd haha. Anyways sorry this was such a boring chapter, but I wanted to give you guys something and I'm not yet happy with what I have written for the next part so this is just a filler. I'll try to post more tomorrow! Thank you so much for reading! Love you all!!
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