Stay With Me

Chapter 5

I awoke in the strong arms of the curly haired boy above me. His arms wrapped around my waist as I lied on his lap. He was leaned back, in the corner of the couch, lightly snoring. He looked like an angel. That was until he was woken up by the sound of a banging at the door.

"Here, stay and sleep, I'll get it" I said, about to stand up and stretch. He grabbed my wrist.

"No. I'm not going to have you get hurt." he said sternly. When did he become so protective? I sighed, allowing him to answer the door.

"HARRY! I HAVE BEEN WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU!" a desperate female voice yelled. I turned and looked at the front room, Harry stumbling back in surprise at whoever was at the door.

"Hey Jenna, I'm glad to see you're okay. How are you?" Harry asked politely, as always. The girl ran to him and embraced him in a tight hug. The gesture surprised him as her slowly hugged back. She smiled into his chest as he gently pulled away.

"I've been doing alright, still a little shaken up about the whole thing." she said a little quieter.

"Does he know yet?" she asked, looking up at him with worry. He looked back down at her with concern.

"No...I figured I wanted to tell him in person." he said to the girl. Harry looked over at me, remembering my presence.

"Oh! Um Jenna, this is Alex, Alex, this is Jenna." he said gesturing back and forth. I walked over to the girl about to shake hands with her when I suddenly realized everything. She was the girl from the beating. But that's not the only thing.

She was Ed's sister.

**Another flashback**

"This can't be happening" I said quietly, looking down at the floor, with depression.

"I'm sorry Alex. Theres nothing I can do. We have about 2 months" Ed said quietly. "Might as well make the best of it!" he added, trying to lighten the mood.

Ed had just told me they were moving. To somewhere else in England. Couple miles away from London. I couldn't believe it. He was my best friend. My only friend. Ever since I came here from the Bronx, I never fit in. Ed was the only one that understood me.

"W-what about Jenna? How could she leave all this behind!? She's 15! She just started high school!" I said, worried about her.

"I'm not sure. She's not taking it too well either. She doesn't want to leave all of her friends." he explained, looking around the park at all the people.

"Why do you have to leave? Leave me?" I chocked out, holding back the sobs. He looked at me, his eyes staring into mine with sadness.

"To be honest, I really don't know. My mum said it was business stuff. Things I wouldn't understand at my age." he admitted, surprising himself at his own explanation.

"At your age?! Ed you're 19!" I said, outraged. "Why are you doing this to me?" I asked quietly. The tears starting to fall. He pulled me into a hug, and started rocking me back and forth slowly as he quietly sang me one of his songs in my ear.

"I'm sorry." he whispered.

**End of flashback**

"Alex?" she asked, excitement and disbelief in her voice.

"Jenna?" I whispered back. A huge smile spread across her face.

"OH MY GOD! IT'S REALLY YOU!" she screamed, running towards me for a hug. She smacked into me, tightly wrapping her arms around me. I hugged back tighter, tears of joy streaming down my face.

"I thought I'd never see you again" I whispered in her ear, never so happy to see someone in my life.

"Same here" she sobbed. "I've missed you terribly." she added.

"Um...." Harry said awkwardly. We both laughed as we explained how we know each other.

"HOLY SHIT! WHERE'S ED?!?" I screamed, almost fainting of excitement.

"He lives on the other side of town from here. I could take you there if you'd like" Harry said to the both of us, smiling. I nodded vigorously, already getting my shoes and coat on. We got in the car, and started driving, excitement and nervous feelings taking over. I was going to see Ed.

I was going to see my best friend.