Crazy

I grab my jacket along with my phone as I walk out of my room, my feet clad in my worn out converse sneakers I’ve had for years. Once I pulled on my jacket, I put my phone in the pocket of the comfortable sweat pants I wore. I rush down the stairs and stop in my tracks as I look over to see Kendall standing in the doorway of the living area. She had a smile on her lips as she looks back at me.

“Have fun with him, love, I want all the details tomorrow,” she mutters with a smile.

“Tomorrow, Kenny, promise,” I reply back with a small smile as I walk to the door. In my grasp was my spare key for the house.

“You better,”

I unbolt the door and pull it open before I walk out onto the porch. I smile and shake my head a bit as I laugh at my best friend.

“I already promised I would, bye,” I tell her and roll my eyes as I shut the door behind me not bothering to lock it since Kendall was home. She was old enough to lock it herself.

I am soon making my way down the street to where I was headed. I was glad Harry’s place wasn’t too far away and that it was just down the street. My eyes stayed on the pavement in front of me as I walked. The sky was slowly turning dark and a bit chilly. I was thankful the streets were lit up so I wasn’t walking in total darkness, yet, that is.

Next time I glance up, I realize I was standing in front of Harry’s house. I let out a sigh as I begin to walk up the led up to the door. I have no idea why I was so nervous, I mean, I’ve been here once before a few nights ago. Maybe the fact I was nervous is because it was only going to be the two of us tonight. I shake the thoughts from my mind as I begin to head up to his door.

After I walk up the three steps to the porch, I make my way to the door. I knock a few times and press the button for the doorbell once. While I wait, I take a step back and pull the jacket I wore tighter around my body, the wind sending a chill up my spine. My hands were stuffed in the pockets of my jacket to get them warmed up a bit.

A few minutes later, the door opens. Harry stood there, curls a mess on top of his head, a white v-neck shirt that made his tattoos more visible under his shirt and some comfy looking pants. A lazy smile appears on his face as he looks at me.

“Hey Sidney! Come on in, love, don’t want you to freeze,” he says with a chuckle and motions for me to come forward.

“Hey Harry. Thanks,” I mutter with a small smile. As I step inside the warm house, he pulls the door open a bit wider so I could walk in. He slams the door shut once I walked inside.

“No problem, babe,” he replies with a smile.

“Do I always wake you from your naps or something? Seems like so,” I reply with a light chuckle.

“I don’t mind, really,” he smiles in reply.

“Here, love, I’ll uh, take your coat,” he looks at me before pointing at the coat rack next to the door. I stare at him a few minutes, my eyes firmly locked on his biceps as he straightens out his wrinkled shirt he wore. He was very fit I had to admit. I take a slow breath in as I look at him.

I break out of my trance a few minutes later. I begin to tamper with the zipper on my jacket that was stuck before I finally manage to unzip it fully. I pull it off my small body and hand it over to Harry. As my bare arms are exposed to the cool air circulating in the room, I shiver a bit. “Uh, sorry ‘bout that,” I mutter softly, hoping he wouldn’t realize I was staring. He obviously did, I could tell by how he was looking back at me, a small hint of a smirk on his lips.

“It’s quite alright, love,” he smirks as I notice his eyes trail from my upper body and made his way down. I straighten my loose sleeveless tank top much as I could, thankful for my strapless bandeau style bra I wore underneath it. My bare sides were exposed but covered enough thanks to the bandeau bra I wore.

He realizes what he was doing seconds later, running a hand through his curls, biting his lip. “S-sorry, um, w-would you like some tea?” he asks looking at me.

“Sure,” I reply with a nod.

I follow him toward the kitchen. He goes over to the cabinet and pulls out a kettle to prepare the tea in. While he prepares the tea for each of us, I presume, we decide to play a game of twenty questions. We decide to keep it simple and asked basic questions saving the more difficult ones for later.

I had to brace myself as I begin to think what will happen if he caught a glimpse of any of my dark bruises, the big ones, all thanks to Chris, and started asking me about them. I wasn’t sure if I was quite ready for that, but if it happens, it happens, I guess.

At least, I managed to cover them best I could before I came over here. I really hated the fact that he–Chris, obviously–had left numerous marks all over me every time he’s drunk and in a pissed off mood, which is practically every other night. All of that goes to show he likes the fact he hurts me both physically and mentally. Just the thought of it scares me.

“Sidney?” I am brought from my thoughts.

“Yeah?”

“Would you like some honey in your tea?” I look over at him and give him a slow nod in reply.

I let out a small chuckle to myself and tell him that’s just how I like it, with a small spoonful, not too much or too little. For some strange reason, I’ve always liked my tea like that, sugar makes it sweeter and the honey evens it out all over so it was just right.

Harry hands the hot mug of tea with sugar mixed with some drops of honey throughout over to me. I smile and tighten my grip around the mug so I wouldn’t drop it. The warmness of the mug felt good against my cool skin, heating me up immediately.

“Thanks,” I tell him with a small smile.

“No problem, love,” he tells me with a smile of his own and brings his mug slowly up to his semi-closed mouth, taking a small sip of his tea.

“What do you say we go watch a film?” he questions, a small smile on his face. His eyes didn’t leave mine as he looked at me, waiting for me to give him an answer.

I bring the mug up to my lips and take a small sip of my tea before I answer, “Sounds good,” I reply.

“Any suggestions? We have practically every movie, our collection is huge,” he tells me and sets his mug down on a coaster on the coffee table before walking over to a cabinet. I’m guessing that’s where he and his house mates kept their movies.

I set my mug down on the one beside his and make my way over to where the tall boy stood peering in a cabinet with what looked like thousands upon thousands of different movies. He was right, they sure did have a crap ton of movies. Another thing I noticed too was that they were all in alphabetical order, which made things a lot easier especially if you’re looking for a specific one.

My eyes begin to scan each title until I found one that was standing out to me the most, one I haven’t seen in years. It was one of my favorites, Love Actually and I loved everything about it. I pull it out and hold it up to show him what one I had picked.

“That’s one of my favorites, actually,” he tells me smiling that stupid smile of his, his dimples in full display. I set my cuppa tea down and look up at him; my brows creased together a slight smile on my face.

“You actually like this movie? A guy like you likes movies like this? You don’t seem like that type…” I tell him as honest as I could be. I couldn’t believe it. He didn’t really say that, did he? I was just imagining that, I had to have been. My question was confirmed when Harry nodded his head, that smile never leaving his lips.

“Here, I’ll go put the movie in,” he tells me and holds his hand out to take the movie out of my hands and put the disc in the player. After he puts the movie in, he grabs the remotes from the table and presses a button. The big flat screen telly comes to life.

Harry comes over and plops down beside me a few feet away from where I sat. Against my exposed sides, I could feel the heat radiating off his skin even in the tight white shirt and he wore. Every time I was near him, I felt safe. I had no idea what it was but it kind of made me…happy. Ever since I’ve been Chris, things have been like hell and I was always in an upset or pissy mood.

Right now, I was alright. Maybe it was the fact Harry was close and it made me feel like I can be myself. Not the girl I am with Chris. I was quiet, kept to myself and stayed far away as I possibly could not wanting to get on his bad side whenever I’m around the devil – Chris – who I unfortunately call my boyfriend. I turn my attention back to the screen in front of me.

We sit in a comfortable silence and watch the movie. A few times throughout the movie, I couldn’t help but notice Harry looking at me with a weird expression on his face. I avert my gaze back to the movie to get my mind off of that. It was still in the back of my mind, pondering to myself what he was looking at. I had a small feeling I knew what it was but I tried my best to keep my focus on the movie. He couldn’t have seen one of the big ugly welts and bruises, could he? I hope to God he didn’t.

“Um, Sidney? Can I ask you something?” Harry inquired his eyebrows pushed together as he looks at me. As I turn to look at him, I can’t help but think the worst as I slowly turn to meet his gaze. Shit! I think to myself. He’s seen them, hasn’t he?

“S-sure, w-what is it?” I reply in confusion as I stare at the messy-haired boy.

“I really hope you don’t get mad at me, love, but I couldn’t help but um, notice the… did you get those from him? From Chris?” he asked a bit of a distressing tone to his voice, pointing to my side. I follow his finger to where he was pointing only to be met by a huge bruise I somehow managed to forget to cover up. My eyes become wide as I look at it.

It was right on my side above my hip bone but still there in full view. Around the dark bruise were other smaller ones that were slowly fading yet they were still visible somehow. I try to cover it up with my shirt best I could but it was no use. Shit, now here come the questions… I think to myself as I prepare myself for what’s to come.

Notes

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