"Hello?" I croaked, my voice wrecked by sleep.
"Hi." A familiar English accent sighed.
"Harry? What's up?" I was surprised that he was calling. He had seemed like he hated me last night.
"I need your help. They're saying I can't stay here because it makes some of the women uncomfortable. But Gem and my Mum like it here, so I want them to stay. Is there somewhere I could go?" He sounded embarrassed to be asking. I looked at the clock and saw that I still had a few hours until I had to be at work.
"Just wait a minute, I'll be there to pick you up in fifteen minutes." I hung up the phone and grabbed my bag before heading down to the parking garage.
It was only a matter of minutes before I arrived outside the shelter. Harry was waiting on the front steps with a small backpack, and Anne and Gemma next to him.
"Hi." I greeted them.
"Luci!" Gemma screeched and ran in to my arms.
"Oof." I grunted as her small body collided with my legs. Awkwardly I reached down and patted her head. I had never been good with kids, they've always made me uncomfortable. So Gemma's hugging and hand-holding would take some getting used to for sure.
"Thank you so much for coming again." Anne smiled and stood up from the concrete steps.
"Of course, anytime." I gave a tight smile in return. Harry stood and walked slightly closer to me.
"So where am I going?" He asked me.
"Well...I searched and I couldn't find any nice men's shelters around here. So I uh thought maybe you could stay at my place, just for a little while of course." I stumbled over my words.
"Okay." Harry nodded.
"And I would need to know a little more about you...if I'm letting you into my home. Ya'know?"
"Sure, of course." He nodded again.
"Well, we should go. I have work in a couple hours."
"Of course. Bye mum, bye Gem." Harry quickly hugged his Mother and left a kiss on Gemma's forehead. Then we got into my car and began driving.
"I realize how dangerous this must feel." Harry confessed. "I mean, I'm basically a stranger and you're letting me into your house. But I uh...just want you to know, I'm a good guy. I'm not gonna steal or break things or anything. I'm a pretty easy house guest." He gave a small shrug.
"Okay, it's really no trouble. I'm not around much though so you'll probably have the place to yourself a lot." I stopped at a red light and turned to look at him. His eyes were focused on the car ahead of us.
"Okay." He muttered.
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"This is the spare bedroom." I told Harry, motioning to the room next to mine. "You can sleep in there."
"Cool." He said.
"And this is my room," I pointed to the other door. "Bathrooms right there, and this is the kitchen and living room."
"Cool." Harry repeated.
"And the Tv has cable so watch whatever you want, and help yourself to whatever is in the fridge, although its usually not much." I gave a quick smile. "I'm gonna change and then I'm heading out to work." Harry gave his signature nod before walking into the spare room.
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"Hey so are we still on for tonight?" Patrick greeted me and sat down at his desk across from mine.
"Oh shit." I muttered. "I totally forgot."
"You can't do it?" Patrick asked.
"No I don't think so, my uh...cousin is staying with me. I would feel awful leaving him alone. Maybe this weekend though?" I felt bad lying to Patrick, but I didn't want to tell him that I'm letting a stranger live in my house.
"Sucks. But yeah sure, this weekend."
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My shift passed by quickly and soon I was opening the door to my apartment again. The first thing I saw when I walked in was Harry passed out on the couch, and the Tv on in front of him playing The Notebook. I chuckled at his choice of movies and turned off the Tv so as not to waste electricity. Then I slipped into my bed and promptly fell asleep.
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Hi people. Just realized that i've barely shared any information about myself with you. So here goes.
1) My name is Lily
2) I live in Chicago
3) I'm (soon to be) fifteen years old
4) I have two brothers
5) One of my best friends is writing a book on Wattpad called Heaven and Hell, the character in this book is named after her, her username is niallh00d and you should check her story out (Its cool, and I'm in it).
As always thanks for reading, if you liked it tell your friends, vote, comment, follow, and correct any spelling or grammar mistakes in the comments if you find any. xxLily
