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CHAPTER TEN: ❝Screwed Up❞︎
SHE STAYED LOCKED UP IN HER ROOM. For almost a week, leaving only when she had to take a shower and eat. She didn't bother going to the classes that she had Josie with, those classes Hope would catch her up on what they learned about. Hope still hadn't learned of what had taken place, and neither had Harper's girlfriend. Harper had been trying to pick up the phone, but every time she did she started to feel guilty and would start panicking causing her to ultimately place the phone back on the hook.
Today was what was known as remembrance day, the day in which they wrote letters to the dead. But Harper never participated in it. Why would she want to write to the only two people who practically ruined her life? She had considered at least writing to her mother before deciding against it and claiming it to be a stupid idea. She had been the one to kill them, so this day always reminded her of what it was that she had truly done. And why she was truly at this school.
Apparently someone called the necromancer had a run in with Alaric and Dorian and was currently trapped in the cells below, and as she was sitting there staring at her hands, Rafael was reuniting with his dead girlfriend. It was something that seemed to not bother Harper whatsoever. And that simple fact was what bothered her. It was just a kiss, that's all it was. Nothing more. So why was she freaking out over it like she had committed such an awful crime?
Her cell phone rang, causing the girl to numbly turn her head only to sharply sit up when she saw who it was that was calling her. It was Scarlett. Harper's hands almost immediately started shaking, but this was the fifth call that she had missed and she was scared Scarlett was going to march up to the school and find out what was truly wrong with her. She clenched her jaw and swallowed thickly before picking the phone up and hesitantly answering it.
"H-" She cleared her throat. "Hello?"
"Thank God!" Scarlett sighed. "You haven't talked to me all week, I was getting worried that something happened. Everything alright over there?"
No, she wanted to say. But she didn't. "Yeah. Just a lot has been happening and I haven't had the chance to sit down until today so I've just been relaxing." Lies. Not only had she cheated on Scarlett, but now she was lying to the woman? What was she doing? This wasn't her. "Scarlett, I need to talk to you. Today. Can we meet up?"
"Sounds perfect." Harper whispered. "See you then."
"See you then." Scarlett agreed before hanging up the phone. She checked the time, it was already growing closer to the afternoon, so it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and start getting ready. The female sighed before standing up and pulling her shoes off along with her socks before grabbing a towel and exiting the room. She made her way down the hall towards the showers and stopped in her tracks when she saw Josie making her way down the hall. Their eyes met and they both stopped.
