The Duet
Chapter Two
My alarm sounded early at 4:00 because I had swim early this morning. I packed my bag with all my shower stuff and a cute outfit and mascara. I was going to change at the place. I drove to school and got out to see Harry sleeping in his car, at the school. I knocked at his window and he opened his eyes which made me jump.
He looked at me and rolled down the window,
“What the Hell are doing at 4:00 am.” He said as he gave me one of those, Could you get hell away, faces. So I returned the favor.
“What the HELL are you doing sleeping in your car at 4:00 am, In the SCHOOL parking lot?” I said almost yelling because he really pissed me off with swearing.
“None of you business” He replied bitterly.
“Oh my god, you slept here all night? Next time Text me, I said, I have my van if you prefer cars but my house has like 100 guest rooms.” I slipped my number in his lap and I walked away.
Harry’s POV:
What’s that noise let me sleep for one more minute. Then I opened my eyes to see the new girl staring at me. She scared the crap out of me. I opened the door, what the hell do you want, I said harshly. She looked really pissed off at what I said so I guess she returned the favor. What the Hell are you doing sleeping in this car at 4:00 AM? She was like yelling so I guess she didn’t like when I swore at her, then she realized that I slept here all night. She surprisingly gave me her number, and said if I needed a place to sleep that I could call her and she has a van and a bed. I looked at her dumb founded. Nobody ever offered me that stuff. She walked away almost skipping. How does she start skipping? And where was she going? I looked at my guitar and sighed. Then I feel back asleep holding her number.
The night before:
I got home and opened the door after school and I heard my dad, but I was too late.
He picked me up and threw me into the wall and started punching me, over and over again. He started kicking me in my stomach and right there and then I screamed in pain my face was black and blue, and blood was all over the carpet. I laid there unconscious. I woke up and almost crawling I got in my car and I woke up in the parking lot.
Molly POV:
Swim was like usually. Maybe a 2100 and then I was out. I reeked of chlorine. I showered twice and I still smelled like chlorine. I finally gave up and changed into my black leggings and my UGGS and a swim sweatshirt cause it was cold today, I put my hair into its side braid and then put my mascara on. I walked out, and went to my locker where Louis was waiting for me. He said, “Have you been swimming?” Why? I asked. He said I smelled of chlorine. I asked if that was bad and he chuckled and said that he thought it was cute. I faked a smile and said HAHA very cute. Then Harry went to his locker that was next to mine. Hey I said and this morning I couldn’t tell that his face was all bruised. Are you fighting? Why you all are banged up? He didn’t answer and I told him to come to the bathroom with me and I brought with me, I brought with me my first aid kit, and was going fix his face. He was hesitant to go into the girl’s bathroom but then I pulled him we went into the handicap bathroom and I stood next to him our faces were like 6 inches away from each other. I took the wipes and wiped his whole face. He kept flinching. I cleaned it up and gave him water. We walked out and went to our next class which was lunch. I sat with the boys. It was nice and we went to our last class.
OMG how slow can a class pass by. I started talking to Harry. He invited me to go with him to get a tattoo. I wasn’t sure but I eventually agreed. I got home from school. There wasn’t practice tonight. So I ate my snack and it was practically 30 min. before so I started to get ready. I took my shower and today I put a thickening thing on my hair, and I straightened it. And Wore the Taylor Swift winged Eye liner. And I wore black skinny jeans and I light pink plain tee-shirt. I wore my black high-top converse with my pea jacket, and a white scarf. I heard the doorbell ring it was my parents they didn’t look happy with harry cause of his tattoos and his appearance. Lets go I said.
He looked at me and told me that
Thought I was beautiful. It was a matter of minutes before we got to the tattoo parlor. Harry checked in under styles and she was showing him to the back when she asked if I was coming and he said yep and he put an arm around me. We met the guy and Harry told the guy he wanted a pirate ship on his arm. He told him what colors and the design. He told harry to take his shirt off because it would be harder, when his sleeve was up so he cleaned his arm off. And Harry motioned me to come toward him so I sat next to him and he squeezed my hand so hard it took like 5 hours, then he gauzed it up. Harry had the idea that I should get a tattoo.
“No Way!” I said. “Come on, it’s going to be fun only a small heart on your wrist.” He begged. “Fine only aHe
Small heart” I gave in. He told the guy that I wanted one too and that I wanted a small heart and that it was my first one. He wiped down my wrist and he told me it was going to hurt. And before I knew it I was squeezing Harry’s hand and he chuckled. We walked out and Harry paid and then I realized what I’ve done. My dad and my mum are going to kill me I said.
I thanked him and He said “Welcome Love” and he drove back to my house. My mum and dad said that they were going to Serbia for one month because I guess my grandparents were in trouble and Alex, my brother, already is coming so I had to stay here and take care of the house.
“Dad can’t you just take me with you, “I asked almost begged.
“No Honey, I can’t, But I will call you every day,” My mum said but she gave me that, please don’t argue you not going to be changing our minds, face.
“Okay, when are you guys leaving?” I asked hoping that they would say in like 2 days.
“Tomorrow Morning, Hopefully that’s okay with you Molly?” my dad said to me.
I said okay and just ran up the stairs and locked myself in my bedroom. I was 16, turning 17 in a month or two, I can do this. I took my shower like last night and brushed me teeth, I put on my fuzzy PJ pants and, A huge white tee-shirt that said London General across the front.
My alarm was loud I didn’t want to go to swim this morning, so I gave myself to sleep. My parents were already gone; I knew that because the house was empty. My month had started, and I couldn’t possibly live here for 1 month without somebody. I took my shower brushed my teeth put my hair in its braid and I picked out leggings and my high top white converse that were trashed. I finished it off with my usual plain white tee-shirt. I put my mascara on and I left the door with a to-go cereal bar. I got to school early and I saw Harry again.
Harry’s POV:
I can’t believe that I actually convinced myself into letting Molly get a tattoo. I went home. I was so happy my dad was out of the house so I ate an apple and a juice box. I ran up to my bedroom and changed into PJ’s and Fell asleep.
I dreamed of Molly. She laughed, and she looked at me. She gave me that look and then she looked away which I thought was super cute. We were in the Park, and she kept finding flowers to put in my hair. She must have put maybe fifty flowers in my hair. I found A rose without the pricks. I put It behind her ear, and I went in to kiss her. She kissed back when I saw a black figure, You A*****e and in front of her my dad started kicking me and punching and couldn’t believe him, in front of molly. He was drunk, really drunk. Then he slapped Molly and he ran away.
I woke up, I wasn’t bruised or broken, and Molly wasn’t hurt. It wasn’t even 9:00. Then I heard my dad banging on my door. I sat there, for hours waiting but he never opened it. He was making out with some girl, I ran downstairs, and got out in my car and slept there.
Molly’s POV:
Again, I told him that he could sleep with me at my house. They the idea popped in my head. I walked up to Harry and he sighed and opened the door. I told him that he could sleep with me at my house and that there was no question, if he wanted too or no there was no way that he wasn’t. He said fine, and I told him I was going to pick him up after school. He said okay.
The day passed by pretty quick. I ate lunch with Louis and his friends. They said that they wanted to take me out tomorrow night and that I could have a real teenage day. I agreed, and I left them with a hug and a kiss. The girl at the table next to us stopped me and told me that all the boys just wanted to get me to hang out with them because they were desperate. I told her that there was no way that Louis would do that and I told her to back off. I walked away and it was the last class, Math and I took my seat next to Harry. He was fine today, he wasn’t banged up. I finally saw his face, he was beautiful. I sat through the class, and waited which felt like forever.
Let’s go Harry, I said and the entire class just looked at me because I was hanging with Harry the “Bad Boy”. I was walking out with him,
“So what do you do when you get Home?” I asked him.
“Nothing Much, Just fall asleep” he said, I could tell that he was hiding something.
“Okay, well at my house we pig out and watch movies.” I said, but I was dead serious.
He chuckled, with his green eyes greener than ever. We got into my car.
“Wow this is amazing, did you get this in London, or in the US.” He asked.
“Actually, I told my mom if we were going to move than I needed to keep my car and she shipped it to Here” I explained.
He was amazed with it. And he kept looking out the window. My music from my phone was loud, and we were quiet.
Then the song “I don’t need you, you need me” By Ed Sheeran came I and I rocked out.
“What are you doing?” Harry said really loud to make sure I could hear him over the music.
I told him that I was jamming and We danced and Sang. It was the First time I’ve seen him really let loose. He didn’t care what people said, and he didn’t seem protective. He seemed like he was only 12 years old. The song stopped and Harry and I just kept laughing. We laughed all the way home.
“We’re here!” I yelled and we both laughed as I pulled up into the driveway.
We both got out and our hands touched while we were skipping toward the door. We dropped our stuff on the floor, and I opened the fridge.
“What do you want, Hot dogs, bagels, or Mac’ n cheese?” I asked Harry.
“Um Mac’ n cheese sounds really yummy!” Harry said so I made it in like 5 minutes, because it was instant.
I asked Harry what movie he wanted to watch first and he pointed to the notebook. I put the movie in and we started to talk. It was the first time that I thought about his family. I asked him about his Mom.
Harry’s POV:
We were talking when she asked me about my family. I know that she meant no harm. But she really hit me, like a shotgun. No one ever asks about my family. I decided that I had to tell her. I felt venerable and I felt like we were friends so I could.
I started with when I was born, My mom was named Anna and she was married to my real dad. His name was Daniel. He came up with my name. We were a little happy family when my dad died when I was 9. I remember he got shot in the city. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I started to cry. I didn’t realize it until Molly hugged me. I had to finish now.
About I year later my mom met a guy named Josh. He was hitting me and my mom when one day she left. She never came back for me. She just left. Josh started being worse than usual. He started getting drunk, when he did, he would mess my face up.
I said this with the hurt in my face, the words just made me realize that, that was the first time that I had actually said that out loud, told anyone the story.
Molly’s POV:
He sat there crying. I hugged him. He sounded so sad and so I told him that he was going to go get cleaned up and I gave him my dad’s pajamas and a huge white tee-shirt. I showed him to the bath room. And he took a shower that was only like 10 min. long.
I went downstairs and I realized that I had missed swim practice. The first thought that popped in my head was what my parents would think, so I ran upstairs and changed into workout clothes and I did dry-lands. It was Farley easy. I just kept going with running in place, to doing push-ups, to curl ups, to planks, and more. I was listening to music and I didn’t stop.
Harry’s POV:
I just took a shower and then changed; I was walking downstairs when I saw Molly….
He looked at me and rolled down the window,
“What the Hell are doing at 4:00 am.” He said as he gave me one of those, Could you get hell away, faces. So I returned the favor.
“What the HELL are you doing sleeping in your car at 4:00 am, In the SCHOOL parking lot?” I said almost yelling because he really pissed me off with swearing.
“None of you business” He replied bitterly.
“Oh my god, you slept here all night? Next time Text me, I said, I have my van if you prefer cars but my house has like 100 guest rooms.” I slipped my number in his lap and I walked away.
Harry’s POV:
What’s that noise let me sleep for one more minute. Then I opened my eyes to see the new girl staring at me. She scared the crap out of me. I opened the door, what the hell do you want, I said harshly. She looked really pissed off at what I said so I guess she returned the favor. What the Hell are you doing sleeping in this car at 4:00 AM? She was like yelling so I guess she didn’t like when I swore at her, then she realized that I slept here all night. She surprisingly gave me her number, and said if I needed a place to sleep that I could call her and she has a van and a bed. I looked at her dumb founded. Nobody ever offered me that stuff. She walked away almost skipping. How does she start skipping? And where was she going? I looked at my guitar and sighed. Then I feel back asleep holding her number.
The night before:
I got home and opened the door after school and I heard my dad, but I was too late.
He picked me up and threw me into the wall and started punching me, over and over again. He started kicking me in my stomach and right there and then I screamed in pain my face was black and blue, and blood was all over the carpet. I laid there unconscious. I woke up and almost crawling I got in my car and I woke up in the parking lot.
Molly POV:
Swim was like usually. Maybe a 2100 and then I was out. I reeked of chlorine. I showered twice and I still smelled like chlorine. I finally gave up and changed into my black leggings and my UGGS and a swim sweatshirt cause it was cold today, I put my hair into its side braid and then put my mascara on. I walked out, and went to my locker where Louis was waiting for me. He said, “Have you been swimming?” Why? I asked. He said I smelled of chlorine. I asked if that was bad and he chuckled and said that he thought it was cute. I faked a smile and said HAHA very cute. Then Harry went to his locker that was next to mine. Hey I said and this morning I couldn’t tell that his face was all bruised. Are you fighting? Why you all are banged up? He didn’t answer and I told him to come to the bathroom with me and I brought with me, I brought with me my first aid kit, and was going fix his face. He was hesitant to go into the girl’s bathroom but then I pulled him we went into the handicap bathroom and I stood next to him our faces were like 6 inches away from each other. I took the wipes and wiped his whole face. He kept flinching. I cleaned it up and gave him water. We walked out and went to our next class which was lunch. I sat with the boys. It was nice and we went to our last class.
OMG how slow can a class pass by. I started talking to Harry. He invited me to go with him to get a tattoo. I wasn’t sure but I eventually agreed. I got home from school. There wasn’t practice tonight. So I ate my snack and it was practically 30 min. before so I started to get ready. I took my shower and today I put a thickening thing on my hair, and I straightened it. And Wore the Taylor Swift winged Eye liner. And I wore black skinny jeans and I light pink plain tee-shirt. I wore my black high-top converse with my pea jacket, and a white scarf. I heard the doorbell ring it was my parents they didn’t look happy with harry cause of his tattoos and his appearance. Lets go I said.
He looked at me and told me that
Thought I was beautiful. It was a matter of minutes before we got to the tattoo parlor. Harry checked in under styles and she was showing him to the back when she asked if I was coming and he said yep and he put an arm around me. We met the guy and Harry told the guy he wanted a pirate ship on his arm. He told him what colors and the design. He told harry to take his shirt off because it would be harder, when his sleeve was up so he cleaned his arm off. And Harry motioned me to come toward him so I sat next to him and he squeezed my hand so hard it took like 5 hours, then he gauzed it up. Harry had the idea that I should get a tattoo.
“No Way!” I said. “Come on, it’s going to be fun only a small heart on your wrist.” He begged. “Fine only aHe
Small heart” I gave in. He told the guy that I wanted one too and that I wanted a small heart and that it was my first one. He wiped down my wrist and he told me it was going to hurt. And before I knew it I was squeezing Harry’s hand and he chuckled. We walked out and Harry paid and then I realized what I’ve done. My dad and my mum are going to kill me I said.
I thanked him and He said “Welcome Love” and he drove back to my house. My mum and dad said that they were going to Serbia for one month because I guess my grandparents were in trouble and Alex, my brother, already is coming so I had to stay here and take care of the house.
“Dad can’t you just take me with you, “I asked almost begged.
“No Honey, I can’t, But I will call you every day,” My mum said but she gave me that, please don’t argue you not going to be changing our minds, face.
“Okay, when are you guys leaving?” I asked hoping that they would say in like 2 days.
“Tomorrow Morning, Hopefully that’s okay with you Molly?” my dad said to me.
I said okay and just ran up the stairs and locked myself in my bedroom. I was 16, turning 17 in a month or two, I can do this. I took my shower like last night and brushed me teeth, I put on my fuzzy PJ pants and, A huge white tee-shirt that said London General across the front.
My alarm was loud I didn’t want to go to swim this morning, so I gave myself to sleep. My parents were already gone; I knew that because the house was empty. My month had started, and I couldn’t possibly live here for 1 month without somebody. I took my shower brushed my teeth put my hair in its braid and I picked out leggings and my high top white converse that were trashed. I finished it off with my usual plain white tee-shirt. I put my mascara on and I left the door with a to-go cereal bar. I got to school early and I saw Harry again.
Harry’s POV:
I can’t believe that I actually convinced myself into letting Molly get a tattoo. I went home. I was so happy my dad was out of the house so I ate an apple and a juice box. I ran up to my bedroom and changed into PJ’s and Fell asleep.
I dreamed of Molly. She laughed, and she looked at me. She gave me that look and then she looked away which I thought was super cute. We were in the Park, and she kept finding flowers to put in my hair. She must have put maybe fifty flowers in my hair. I found A rose without the pricks. I put It behind her ear, and I went in to kiss her. She kissed back when I saw a black figure, You A*****e and in front of her my dad started kicking me and punching and couldn’t believe him, in front of molly. He was drunk, really drunk. Then he slapped Molly and he ran away.
I woke up, I wasn’t bruised or broken, and Molly wasn’t hurt. It wasn’t even 9:00. Then I heard my dad banging on my door. I sat there, for hours waiting but he never opened it. He was making out with some girl, I ran downstairs, and got out in my car and slept there.
Molly’s POV:
Again, I told him that he could sleep with me at my house. They the idea popped in my head. I walked up to Harry and he sighed and opened the door. I told him that he could sleep with me at my house and that there was no question, if he wanted too or no there was no way that he wasn’t. He said fine, and I told him I was going to pick him up after school. He said okay.
The day passed by pretty quick. I ate lunch with Louis and his friends. They said that they wanted to take me out tomorrow night and that I could have a real teenage day. I agreed, and I left them with a hug and a kiss. The girl at the table next to us stopped me and told me that all the boys just wanted to get me to hang out with them because they were desperate. I told her that there was no way that Louis would do that and I told her to back off. I walked away and it was the last class, Math and I took my seat next to Harry. He was fine today, he wasn’t banged up. I finally saw his face, he was beautiful. I sat through the class, and waited which felt like forever.
Let’s go Harry, I said and the entire class just looked at me because I was hanging with Harry the “Bad Boy”. I was walking out with him,
“So what do you do when you get Home?” I asked him.
“Nothing Much, Just fall asleep” he said, I could tell that he was hiding something.
“Okay, well at my house we pig out and watch movies.” I said, but I was dead serious.
He chuckled, with his green eyes greener than ever. We got into my car.
“Wow this is amazing, did you get this in London, or in the US.” He asked.
“Actually, I told my mom if we were going to move than I needed to keep my car and she shipped it to Here” I explained.
He was amazed with it. And he kept looking out the window. My music from my phone was loud, and we were quiet.
Then the song “I don’t need you, you need me” By Ed Sheeran came I and I rocked out.
“What are you doing?” Harry said really loud to make sure I could hear him over the music.
I told him that I was jamming and We danced and Sang. It was the First time I’ve seen him really let loose. He didn’t care what people said, and he didn’t seem protective. He seemed like he was only 12 years old. The song stopped and Harry and I just kept laughing. We laughed all the way home.
“We’re here!” I yelled and we both laughed as I pulled up into the driveway.
We both got out and our hands touched while we were skipping toward the door. We dropped our stuff on the floor, and I opened the fridge.
“What do you want, Hot dogs, bagels, or Mac’ n cheese?” I asked Harry.
“Um Mac’ n cheese sounds really yummy!” Harry said so I made it in like 5 minutes, because it was instant.
I asked Harry what movie he wanted to watch first and he pointed to the notebook. I put the movie in and we started to talk. It was the first time that I thought about his family. I asked him about his Mom.
Harry’s POV:
We were talking when she asked me about my family. I know that she meant no harm. But she really hit me, like a shotgun. No one ever asks about my family. I decided that I had to tell her. I felt venerable and I felt like we were friends so I could.
I started with when I was born, My mom was named Anna and she was married to my real dad. His name was Daniel. He came up with my name. We were a little happy family when my dad died when I was 9. I remember he got shot in the city. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I started to cry. I didn’t realize it until Molly hugged me. I had to finish now.
About I year later my mom met a guy named Josh. He was hitting me and my mom when one day she left. She never came back for me. She just left. Josh started being worse than usual. He started getting drunk, when he did, he would mess my face up.
I said this with the hurt in my face, the words just made me realize that, that was the first time that I had actually said that out loud, told anyone the story.
Molly’s POV:
He sat there crying. I hugged him. He sounded so sad and so I told him that he was going to go get cleaned up and I gave him my dad’s pajamas and a huge white tee-shirt. I showed him to the bath room. And he took a shower that was only like 10 min. long.
I went downstairs and I realized that I had missed swim practice. The first thought that popped in my head was what my parents would think, so I ran upstairs and changed into workout clothes and I did dry-lands. It was Farley easy. I just kept going with running in place, to doing push-ups, to curl ups, to planks, and more. I was listening to music and I didn’t stop.
Harry’s POV:
I just took a shower and then changed; I was walking downstairs when I saw Molly….
9/14/13