girl next door

chapter 8- the fight

it's been a week since harry and jen broke up and i've basically stopped talking unless it's my parents and ollie talking to me. all anyone ever wants to talk about is me liking harry and harry doesn't know so i've just shut up. they are all sick of it but i couldn't care less.

"ms curtis?" the teacher said.

"what's up ham bone" i said and he rolled his eyes.

"what's the answer to number 6?" he asked.

"you think i did it?" i said.

"of course not" he said and i stood up and started dancing around the class.

"i. cant. hear. you.ba da da da da da da" i sang over and over and danced my way out of the classroom.

"you can't just leave ms curtis!" he yelled but i just walked out. harry ran after me.

"you gotta stop doing that riv" he said and i just shrugged and stopped walking.

"what's with this silent treatment huh?" he asked and i shrugged again.

"are you still mad at me for dating jen?" he asked and i shook my head.

"i was never mad" i whispered.

"then what it is you haven't been talking to anyone but especially me and i hate it!" he yelled.

"I DONT KNOW HOW ANYMORE" i yelled back and punched the lockers.

"what do you mean you don't know how you're my best friend!" he said calmly but angrily.

"I DONT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS" i said and hit the lockers again.

"DEAL WITH WHAT RIVER MCKAY" he yelled getting more and more angry. you could see the anger rising in his face.

"i can't tell you" i whispered and put my forehead against the lockers.

"please river i just miss my best friend" he said.

"that's what i can't deal with" i said quietly thinking he wouldn't hear me but he did.

"what do you mean?" he asked.

"i can't just be your best friend" i said and walked out the doors of the school before he could say anything. i don't know why i said that. i got in my car and just drove to wherever i ended up first. i ended up at my moms shop. i parked and walked inside.

"river why aren't you at school?" rachel asked as i walked in. i sighed.

"me and harry are arguing" i said and hopped on the counter.

"about what?"she asked.

"i can't tell you" i said not wanting her to know i like her son.

"will harry tell me?" she asked.

"probably" i said then my mom walked out.

"whatcha doin here kiddo?" she asked.

"argument with harry" me and rachel both said.

"oh ok what happened?" she asked.

"ugh fine but you can't say anything rachel" i said and she put her hands up defensively.

"also what happened to your hand?" mom asked.

"i punched the lockers" i said and she just nodded.

"so what happened?" rachel asked

"i danced out of math like usual, and harry came after me asking why i've been so quiet lately and i wouldn't tell him and so we started yelling and i hit the lockers and he said he misses his best friend and i said that's what i can't deal with being just friends and i walked out" i said and they both just nodded.