Hardin:
After I left Tessa at her locker I drove straight to Vance's publishing building and straight to his office. Vance was marching about his office on the phone ranting about something. He wasn't totally clear in the text what had happened, he just said emergency help needed if possible. After he came off the phone then told me there was some issue with a book getting published and that we only had a few hours to sort it out so we could send it out for publishing. I managed to sort the issue within a couple of hours even with Vance panicking around me during the process. After that emergency I ended up staying for a little bit to finish a book I had to edit. Once I finished the book I checked in with Vance to make sure everything was fine and to talk to him about something else then I headed home.
When I got home I was surprised that Tessa wasn't home before me. I ended up going for a shower and thought she'd be home after that.
But nope I got out of the shower and no sign of her. I called her a couple of times and she didn't answer which isn't like her. So I decided I would order some food for us and she would be home for dinner.
Yet again no so I called her again and texted her but got no answer. By this point I was worried about what might have happened to her but my main guess was she was probably with Molly and Landon studying. I would have texted them but I don't want Tessa to think anything bad of me by calling her friends to see where she was incase that looked controlling or something.
After dinner arrived I waited a bit to see if she would appear but she didn't so I just ate my food as I was quite hungry. I finished my food and then I went off to do some of my school work I had to catch up on.
I got bored of that after like half an hour so I went off into the living room to see if there was something on the tv to watch. Whilst watching the tv I got more annoyed and concerned for Tess. I'm annoyed that she won't just answer her phone to me but I'm also concerned that she is so late getting back home.
20 minutes later and I hear her entering the apartment, I hear her put her things down and then she comes into the living room to see me sitting on the sofa.
"Umm hi Hardin" she says looking confused
"Hi that's all you have to say" I say annoyed
"Yes?" she says questioning my response
"Tess its been fucking hours since you uni finished for the day and you walk in here like nothing's wrong"
"I'm sorry Hardin"
"That's all you have to say. I've been worried here Tessa, you haven't answered any of my calls or texts and all you say is sorry" I say angrily
"I'm really sorry hardin, I should have answered my phone but I had it on silence whilst I was studying with Landon and when I was eating"
"I guessed you'd be studying but I didn't think the coffee place would be open this late" I say more calmly
"That's because I wasn't at the coffee place I was at Landon's house"
"You were at his house, Ken's house!?" I say with gritted teeth
"Yes his house funnily that's where Landon lives" she says like this is all funny
"Tessa, this isn't funny. You went around to his house where Ken is the man that treated me and mother like shit for so many years" I say being back to angry
"I know Hardin and I'm sorry but Landon invited me around to study and I didn't know how long you would be helping Vance" she says like that any good excuse to go around to his house
"And so you could have come here instead of being in his big fancy mansion. You know how much I hate that man yet you went around to his house"
"Hardin I wasn't going to say no to Landon who is my friend just because your issue with your dad"
"You could have said no it doesn't take much"
"Wow pathetic Hardin"
"Fuck off with your pathetic Hardin shit Tessa" I say and I get off the sofa and head towards the bedroom
"No Hardin, do you want to know what is pathetic?" she says following me
"What Tessa?" I say still walking and not looking back at her
"Not telling me about Florence just because of Ken" she says loud and clear at me. I stopped as soon as I heard her say Florence and I turned to face her.
"You meet Florence?" I ask
"Of course I meet her she lives there" she says annoyed
"I know that" I say still annoyed at Tessa as I turn my back to her and go into the bedroom
"Why did you keep her a secret from me?" she asks as I sit down on the edge of the bed
"Because Tessa I fucking hate talking about Ken and she is Ken's daughter"
"That's no excuse Hardin she is just a little girl that yes is Ken's daughter but she misses you"
"She does?" I asks
"Fucking hell yes! After I mentioned uni and meeting Landon there, she asked if I knew her brother, I told her yes and that we were together which she loved to know"
"She is still such a sweet girl then"
"Yeah a sweet girl that misses her brother" Tessa says sitting opposite me on the bed
"Yeh and I miss her too but I'm not going near that fucking house and him"
"Why'd you stop going?" she questions
"How did you know I went there before"
"Because Karen told me, I can tell she misses you too and she wishes you'd visit her more as does Florence"
"And I miss both of them because they are both great people but I can't get near him"
"Tell me why you stopped visiting them" she asks again
"When I first moved over here Vance helped me control my anger when it came to my dad. However when I got to uni I got mixed in with the wrong people and would get drunk and would spend most of my time at the frat house. My anger came back more due to all the alcohol. I tried to get rid of all the anger in my system by sleeping with different girls but it didn't work. Whenever I saw Karen or Florence the anger came flooding back to me as all I could think about was the life my own dad gave to them but didn't give to me or my mum" I ramble to Tessa
"And I get that Hardin but there are still two wonderful people that love and miss you because they no longer see you just because of what Ken did to you too. You are taking your anger from Ken out on them by avoiding them"
"I know that Tessa but I just can't be around him because all the fucking anger and pain come back to me"
"Which is understandable but there is two people getting left out of your life because of that"
"Which I do feel sorry about" I say to her meaning it
"You know the whole night Florence basically talked about you and everything great you two did together. You two obviously had a strong bond and the same with Karen"
"Yeh I did. Karen was like another mum to me over here, she helped me just like my own mum would have. And well Florence is my younger sister, I'd anything for her"
"I think if you went to theirs one night you'd see how much Ken has changed and how much they all miss you" Tessa tells me
"He may have changed but that doesn't fucking change what he did and what he put us through" I say annoyed
"I get that but you would see he is trying to make it up to you. I could see he was upset to see me there today but not you"
"Yeah well that's his own fault not mine" I say more angrily then I meant too
"Well anyways at least you know you have a family that wants you Hardin" Tessa says and I can hear the pain in her voice thinking about her own family
"Yeah but it's difficult for me Tess" I say to her
"Mhm well it wouldn't have been that difficult to tell me about Florence" Tessa says sounding sad
"I'm going to sleep in the spare room tonight" she says and I hear her getting off the bed
I look around to see her leaving our room but I get up and grab her arm stopping her from leaving.
"But I don't want you to leave me" i say to her
"I'm not leaving you Hardin but I'm still annoyed at you not telling me about your family. You also need to realise you cannot punish people that care and love you just because of Ken it's not fair on them. Also you need to know that your hate towards him won't stop me from going around to the house because I have built a bong with them that i'm not ruining just because if your hatred" she says and I can tell she doesn't want to leave me for the night but I do d understand everything she is saying.
"Okay but please say you will come back to me" I say to her as I'm scared she is going to leave me
"I'm not leaving you baby I will be in the other room just I need time to myself" she says
"Okay well I love you baby" I say
"I love you Hardin" Tess replies and we give each other a hug then once she pulls away we share a small kiss.
"Goodnight" we both say.
Tessa goes off into the spare room and I go back to our bed and lie down. I know she is right with everything she said about my dad. It's so difficult to see him with his new family after everything he did to me and mum. But I know it's unfair on Karen and Florence not seeing them because of him.
After a while of thinking I realise that Tessa has no clothes to change into. I decided to take things to the spare room for her. I take my top from today, a water bottle, blanket and her phone which she left in the living room.
I carried these things to the spare room, placed them on the ground and then I knocked on the door.
"I will leave some things out here for you Tess, love you baby and goodnight" I say and then I walk back to our room. I wait at the door to hear her open her door which I'm guessing means she has taken the stuff I left her.
I didn't want to mention it to her but I'm a little scared to sleep alone. Before Tess I got nightmares from everything that happened to me when I was younger in London. They stopped when I was sleeping in the same bed as her and they only happened a few times when we were not in the same bed. But I'm just hoping I get through the night.
AN:
Well who doesn't love a bit of a Hessa argument.
Was Tessa in the wrong for going to Ken's?
Or
Was Hardin wrong for the way he reacted?
Comment and vote! Xx