It was early. It was too early for your phone to be going off. You roll over, pulling the sheets with you, reaching out to ignore whoever this was interrupting your sleep. Your eyes squint from the brightness but as your vision clears you see a not so familiar name. Immediate confusion comes over you but you decide to answer the phone. “Hello,” you greet, trying not to sound like you had just woken up from a deep sleep. “It's too early to be calling, isn't it?” The voice on the other line questions. “It's fine, what's up?” You reply, knowing there had to be a need in order for this call to be taking place. “You're still living by the airport, right?” And there it is. “Harry,” you begin, that unfamiliar name coming back to you. You hadn't talked to him in months. So many months in fact, it had probably been closer to a year. “I'm asking too much, aren't I?” “No, let me wake up a bit more and get dressed.” No matter how much time had passed, you'd still do anything for this guy on the other line. There was once a time when the two of you were inseparable, staying at each other's places while in town. Or in your case, staying at Harry's place when he flew you to London to be with him. It was more then just friendship, it had been companionship. Then he had gotten busy, much more busier than his One Direction days. At least in those days he was easy to track down. After the split, you had no idea where he was and the occasional call from the airport only indicated he was in town for a minimal amount of time. You were sure that this time would be no different. Nevertheless, you hung up the phone and got out of bed. It was an ungodly hour, but you had somewhere to be. You pull your hair up after slipping on a shirt. You'll keep your bottoms on, no one will see them anyways. You widely yawn as you grab your keys off of the dresser and head towards the door. Your phone buzzes in your hand as soon as you fasten your seatbelt. 'Thank you again xx'. 'You owe me,' you reply before setting your phone in the passenger seat and pulling out of the driveway. It was a curse sometimes to live so close to the airport. You were always the one who hosted any friend who needed to fly out and didn't want to have to wake up so early to get there. You soon pull up to the bustling international arrivals automatic doors. No matter what time of the day or night it was, LAX was a madhouse. It isn't very long after you arrive in the pick-up lane that multitudes of flashing lights start up. He's coming. You begin preparing yourself for this greeting. You hadn't seen or heard from him in so long you weren't sure how things were going to go. As soon as your head is fully swirling with thoughts, Harry steps out from the airport. He's heading your way without any indication from you as to where you are. It's strange how he knows these things. He opens up the hatch to put his luggage in as the paps continue taking pictures, ones that you are now in. There goes a whole week of gossip. You couldn't get past it when you were around him. You hear the hatch shut and see Harry through the passenger side mirror walking around to take his seat. “Morning,” he says with a smile, taking your hand from the armrest and pressing a kiss to the top; a gesture caught on camera by all of the grown men outside of your car. “Yeah, morning,” you reply sarcastically. “Listen, I'm sorry about the hour and I'm sorry about calling you at such short notice. I just didn't want another hotel.” “A hotel in LA, since when do you stay in a hotel here?” “Well I sold my place here,” he explains. “Yeah, but what about all of the people that you know?” “You mean you?” He counters with a smile. You roll your eyes and get back on the road to home. “How long is this say going to be?” You question as you pull back into your driveway, less than an hour after leaving it. “I'm not sure yet,” he answers. “Oh.” “Was that not the right answer? Did you not want me to stay?” “Of course you can stay,” you tell him as you open the door and get the lights turned on. You set your keys on the table by the door. “You remember where everything is?” You ask him. “Bedroom, second door on the right.” By the smirk on his face, he never forgot. “How could I forget?” He questions as he makes his way down the hall. “Are you coming?” He continues, stopping in front of your bedroom and smiling over at you. “We're going back to sleep?” You ask, turning the overhead lights off and using your phone light to guide you; only a reminder that the sun still hadn't shown itself. “Yes, I've interrupted your sleep once, I'm not going to do it again. Back to bed,” he insists, opening his arm out into your bedroom. You shake your head and smile. You cross the floor, pulling your shirt over your head to reveal your exposed chest. You stop. What had you just done? Yes, this is how he is used to you sleeping, but that was forever ago. You quickly cover up with your arms. “Are you coming?” Harry questions as if no time had passed since the last time he was pulling down the sheets on your bed. You watch as he sits down to take his shoes off, one by one, kicking them over against the wall. He then removes the black pants and shirt he had worn on the plane, leaving him in his usual sleeping attire. “Sleep,” he says, crawling into the same side of the bed he always had. Seeing how comfortable he already was with his surroundings, you put your arms down and make your way over to bed. Not much had changed between you, no matter how much time had passed.