Gabby’s POV:
The buzzing in my dream was my phone. I kept trying to answer it, but I couldn’t. No matter how hard I tried I couldn’t pick up my phone. I didn’t even know who was calling, but I knew I had to answer it. I woke up in a cold sweat and my phone was actually ringing. The caller ID said Harry.
“Hello?” I said as I tried to clear my throat. It was 2:30 in the morning on a school night, what the hell did he need?
“Hi, this is the bartender at Jack’s Bar.”
“Did something happen?” I felt my heart beat pick up.
“No, no. Harry is just really sloppy and he doesn’t have a way home. I called the first number on his speed dial.”
I smiled to myself. In that moment, all that mattered to me was that I was the first person in Harry’s speed dial.”
“Hello?” The bartender called out.
“Sorry. Uh, I can come and pick him up.” I didn’t know what else to do. I could call Niall, but he’s probably sleeping.
“Great.” The barteneder said as he hung up.
I climbed out of bed and put on a sweatshirt. I couldn’t just disappear in the middle of the night after having that panic attack in the middle of the school day.
“Mom?” I called out to her as I walked into her room.
“Gabby? It’s two thirty in the morning. What do you need? Are you okay?” I could hear the worry in her voice.
“I’m fine, but I- uh- I need to go pick up Harry. He uh…” I debated telling her everything. “He got sloppy tonight.” I sighed in defeat.
“On a school night? Why in the world would he do that?”
“We sort of…broke up.” I didn’t even think that was the right term for people who hadn’t even been dating really.
“And his choice was the get drunk?” I could hear her sitting up in her bed.
I knew I shouldn’t have told her. “I guess so, but I have to go and pick him up.”
“I will come with you.”
“No way. You cant.”
“Why? I don’t think you should driving considering what happened today.”
“I’m fine now!” I protested.
“Are you sure…it’s two thirty Gabby…”
“I didn’t even have to tell you. Don’t make me regret it.”
“Excuse you. I am your mother, and I will not let you talk to me like that.”
“Can I just go now?”
I could feel her shaking her head, “Fine, Gabby. Go. Get him home, or you could bring him here. He could sleep on the couch so we know he’s safe.”
“Thank you so much mom. I will be home in ten minutes.”
“Be very safe, Gabriella!”
“Will do!”
I ran down the stairs and rummaged through my backpack to find my car keys. I quickly ran out to my car. I knew my dad was gong to wake up and find out. He had some weird sixth sense about that. I sped through all the green lights and managed to make it to Jack’s in one piece.
“Gabby?” The bartender questioned as I walked in.
“Yeah…” I looked around and saw Harry lying in a booth. He was one of the only ones there. Some other people were around; just some last call drinkers.
I walked slowly to the booth; I had no idea what I was going to say or even do with him.
“Harry?” I managed to get out.
He shot up immediately. “Oh look!” He was shouting, “Gabby is here to save the day! Because she somehow thinks she needs to save everyone!”
I rolled my eyes, “Let’s go. I’m taking you home.”
He narrowed his eyes, “Are you really? What makes you think I even want to go with you?” He smirked a little.
“I said, let’s go. Now, Harry. No one else is coming to pick you up.”
“Boo-hoo. No one loves me like you do. Oh wait, you don’t even love me. I’m a fucking grenade and look at me now. I’m exploding. You better watch out, you don’t want to be collateral damage.” There was no joking in his voice or on the look on his face.
“I was caught in the moment, Harry. Let me just take you home.”
“You pity me. I can see it in the way you look at me.”
I shook my head, “You’re so stupid.”
He chuckled a little, “Insulting me twice in one day? First, you don’t love me. Now, I’m stupid. You are making me feel so great today, Gabby.”
“It’s not an insult. I’m calling you stupid because you can’t take a hint. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t love you.”
He was silent for a minute, “You have a really fucked up way of showing that you love me.”
I sat down across from him in the booth. “I don’t want you to hurt Quinton, and I don’t want you to hurt yourself either.”
“How would I hurt myself?” He questioned me.
“If you ever got caught for going through with your plan, I would lose you forever. And Quinton is not worth that. He is not worth giving up your life for.”
“But you are.” He didn’t eve skip a beat.
I smiled slightly, “Can we just go, please?”
Harry nodded her head and started to get up from the booth. I was already out of the booth, but it was going to take a lot of helping to get him out to my car. He couldn’t even stand up straight. He fell forward a little bit and I caught him. It was hard, but he weighed less than I anticipated.
“Gabby,” He muttered as we walked out of the bar.
“Yeah?”
“I would have done it.”
“What?”
“I would have given myself up in order to make you feel safe.”
For being drunk, he had a pretty clear mind. “I know you would.”
“I really love you.”
“I know that too.”
“Don’t you love me?”
I smiled faintly, “We will talk tomorrow. Okay?
“Okay.”

Notes

ah ah ah. i know Gabby has been wicked annoying lately but hopefully things are looking up for them???? but anyway i will update sometime again soon! but in the meantime...

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