Palas

52. "See you around."

1. Cut your hair at the Greek barber. But don't go bold like I did, biggest mistake ever.

"Shall I take you back to Ava's?" Harry asks and although I much rather stay with him, I have to be wise here. There is still a lot Harry has to tell me and I know he will when he feels the time is right. I'll have to be patience which isn't my strongest suit.

"That's okay. I can take a cab," I say to him.

"And you're sure she's at home?" He asks for the seventh time.

"Yes, she texted she was waiting for me. I am the only reason she even is there," I tell him.

"She doesn't like to be at home because of him." We both know who he means with him.

"Do you think he raped Rosie?" I asks him and he shakes his head.

"I saw them. He was inappropriate with Ava and with Rosie but she wanted it. Trust me," he says and I wonder how he even knows about Ava and Zeno if she never told him. He really is a weird kid.

"Well, I am not going to prove again that I trust you," I tell him and he laughs.

"Good point," he says and puts his hand in the air to hail a cab for me. "Be careful with Zeno okay?"

"I will," I tell him and open the door to a cab that stops in front of us.

"Have a good night Lexie. See you around," he says and turns around to walk back to the strip. He doesn't kiss me, he doesn't hug me. Just leaves me be and I watch him disappear from my sight. I want to stop him and ask what is going on between us, if it's just me that feels this way, but I don't.

The taxi driver waits patiently and I take an example from him. No matter how hard I want to run after Harry, tackle him to the ground and place kisses all over his body, he doesn't want to. I know he would do it otherwise because I am single.

He might walk to the strip and find another girl to spend his night with and it would break my heart. But at least I have the memory of this day with all its ups and downs. I still hear him tell me that I am not like those girls and all those little details overpower the heartbreaking moment where I realized that there's nothing left between me and James.

1:03AM

James: Have you found a place to sleep tonight?

The true gentlemen he is, he of course has to make sure that I don't have to sleep on the street. I wonder if he will find a girl as well tonight, but the difference is that I almost hope he will and with Harry I hope what happened between us changed something for him as well.

1:05 AM

Alex: Yes, I do have friends. Don't worry and have a great stay in Palas. X

He doesn't reply back and I hope he doesn't find it rude but I feel like we have to put some distance between us. We're very used to each other and his texts were the highlight of my day for the past weeks, but he knows just like me that that has to change.

Ava is waiting outside like I had expected her to. Since I can't sleep in Louis's room because there is no space left, she offered to stay here for the time being. We both hope that Zeno will have a spare room for me somewhere, but until I have to chance to speak to him, this must do. It will be great to have a place for my own and not be depended on others. I even look forward to the prospect of being alone with no roommate which is a crazy fact for someone who couldn't even spend a minute home alone. Scared that no one would come back for her.