I woke up the next morning in a room that was unfamiliar. I turned to see Harry softly snoring next to me. I feel bad for using Harry, but he was there and he said he'd do anything I asked. Harry's eyes softly fluttered open and he had a tired soft smile appear on his cheeks.
"Did you sleep ok, babe?" He softly muttered.
"Yeah, fine." I groaned, not completely in the mood to speak.
"What's wrong?" He asked sounding concerned.
"I feel bad." I sighed, sitting up.
"Why?" He furrowed his eyebrows and sat up next to me.
"Well I have a boyfriend and I kissed someone else and spent the day with you. I spent so much time here I didn't have chance to even go home...how did I even get in here?!" I stressed.
"You fell asleep when we were watching a film so I carried you in here-" He hesitated before continuing. "But you can't actually be serious? The kid kissed some random girl and you're the one feeling guilty?!" He raised his voice seeming agitated.
"He was drunk, I was completely aware of my actions, that's the difference." I tried to fight back the tears.
"Lexie, please don't tell me you were only doing this to get back at him." He asked hopeful.
"Harry," I took a short breath before carrying on. "You know I wouldn't do this if I wasn't mad at him, I care about him a lot." I sobbed, looking at the wall in front of me afraid to make eye contact.
"So I'm just a rebound to you?" He asked, spite in his tone.
"No, I just-"
"Lexie, it's probably a good idea I take you back to you're car now." He said standing up, his back towards me.
"Harry-"
"Just save it, c'mon let's just go." He said simply, hiding his emotions. I instantly got up and stayed quiet the whole way back to the car.
"I'm sorry, okay." I said facing him, in the passenger seat.
"Don't be, I should've known." He said bitterly. "Anyway see you around." He leant over me and opened my door and I hopped out grabbing my keys from my pocket, still in the same disgusting clothes.
"Bye." I did a short wave before slamming his door and walking over to my car and jumping in.
I drove home and entered my kitchen grabbing as many chocolates as possible, not caring anymore. I marched up the stairs and crashed onto my bed, planning on playing as many romance movies as possible to see how they reacted in these situations. I picked up my phone and grabbed my spare charger from my bed side table and waited for it to switch on. As soon as the screen lit up I had 36 missed calls from Luke and a couple of after phone messages. I began to play the first one, feeling sick about my actions.
"Lex, words can not explain how sorry I am. Please just call me." I heard a beep to tell me the message was over. Luke sounded so hurt and had regret in his tone. I need to tell him as much as I want to forget it.
I pressed call on his name and after two short rings he picked up.
"Lexie?!" He sobbed down the phone.
"Yeah, Luke it's me." I held back the tears trying to stay strong.
"Thank you so much for calling me, I can seriously try to explain-" he started rambling so I cut him off.
"Actually Luke I have to explain something to you." I stated, tears pricking the corners of my eyes.
"Oh my god please don't break up with me, I can-" He continued to panic.
"No, Luke! I did something bad too." I yelped.
"Wh-what?" He stammered.
"After I ran out, Harry came after me and well, I'm so sorry I should've said something to stop it." I cried.
"You and H-Harry?!" He yelled still fighting back tears. "You're just k-kidding right?"
"I'm so sorry." I sobbed and hung up the phone unable to witness the hurt I've caused. Luke instantly tried to call back but I declined them all, saving myself the harsh brake up. I heard footsteps coming from outside my room and the door opened abruptly.
"Lexie what are you doing here?" My mum wondered.
"I do live here." I sobbed.
"Yes but why aren't you at school?" She pondered.
"It's Monday?! Oh my god why is this time going so fast." I shoved a pillow up to my face to hide my pain.
"Well I don't know what's happened now but you can't afford to miss anymore school Hun or you're gunna have to relocate. Hop in the shower and get changed, and hurry up!" She said seriously which made me comply to her instructions instantly. I did what I needed to do and, to my dismay, drove to school, just over three hours late.
I parked up next to reception to register, hating what memories I was faced with from this time last week. I opened up the door, not being met with them baby blue eyes again, and signed myself in. I sighed, not being up for anything today and drove round to the main car park. People were walking around freely as it was our lunch break which made me feel a little tense as I couldn't hang round the others, knowing they'd probably been in with the details by now.
As I got out the car I felt people's eyes on me. I don't know if it was paranoia or it was real because of what I know I'm a complete mess, inside and out. I walked up to the main entrance and walked though the corridors, trying to find a place to stay on my own for a while. It was only fifteen minutes till lunch ended but that would still be long enough to drive me insane and I already couldn't cope. I walked into the girls toilets to calm myself down. To my surprise I was faced with Hailey and Eleanor, sorting out they're hair from what I assumed. I quickly turned back but before I had chance to leave I felt a soft grasp on my shoulder.
"Hey!" Hailey cheered sweetly. I turned on my heels to face her and cleared my throat before replying.
"Hey." I spoke timidly, feeling out of place.
"How are things? I've seen stuff with Luke's gone a bit, well..not great." She said cautiously, hesitating slightly.
"Not too good if I'm honest...I don't really want to talk about it." I heard my voice crack as I spoke the words, still unaware of how long my break down will last.
"I totally understand. We were just heading back to the stairs before class starts, Luke's staying at home today so did you want to come with?" Her smile was welcoming making me think for a short second.
"I honestly don't know if that's I good idea." I said honestly.
"Hey it's fine it's only for a little while." Eleanor joined in, a warm smile on her face. Peer pressure had taken over so I nodded and started to lead us out into the hallway. We swiftly moved towards the stairs, the girls gossiping as I had assumed with me just tagging along, in other words third wheeling. Eleanor opened the door and I hadn't noticed how stupid and oblivious I was till now. Harry was part of our group. He sat staring at me, his lips parted in surprise. I swiftly backed out and sped down the halls unable to function properly. Too many events of the past 24 hours was creeping up on me in this short space of time I'd been in the school and I couldn't bare it. At this point I didn't care about missing more school and having to relocate. I just had to get out of here. And fast.
