Always You (h.s.)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Alaina's POV

As I walk into my changing room, I shut the door, locking it behind me. Instead of immediately getting changed into my bathing suit I sit down on the bench that is set against the wall alongside the mirror and put my face into my hands, calming myself down from the embarrassment I just experienced. Not only did I make a fool of myself by being rude when introducing myself to Danielle, Harry noticed and had to point it out. And to make matters worse, I tried to deny it. I could have just been honest with him and admit how uncomfortable I was with Danielle flirting with him, but I wanted to hide the fact that I was kind of jealous of her.

Hopefully he also didn't notice that.

It's very unlikely of me to feel this way over another girl showing interest in Harry. Even though I've been crushing on him since the beginning of high school and my feelings for him have grown over the years, I still never gotten jealous over any girl he's talked to, dated or even had flings with until now. And to be honest, I don't know why. I have no reason to be, except it's so hard. Who wouldn't feel any sort of envy over someone like Danielle? She's very pretty and comes from money.

Harry may be sort of shy around people he doesn't know very well but he's still popular in school because he's one of the best players on the school's soccer team, even though he's on JV. He's also very charming, attractive, and the sweetest boy ever so girls tend to chase after him, which I truly don't blame them.

I don't know how anyone wouldn't be interested in someone like Harry; a caring but good looking 16-year-old boy. Whenever he walks into a room, all eyes are on him. He's everything a girl would want in a boyfriend, despite him getting around when he's not dating and has a type.

None of this ever bothered me until Danielle made her move. And all the girls he's dated or had meaningless hookups with were just like her; rich and very pretty. Why is it hitting me now? Did my feelings grow for him more than I think they did? Or do I just love the idea of him? Suddenly there was a knock on my door causing me to sit up from where I was sitting. I don't even have to question who it is.

"Lainey? Are you alright?" I hear Harry ask from the other side.

"Yeah, I'm alright," I replied while getting up from the bench to get changed into my bathing suit. I can't stay in here forever.

"Okay. I'll wait for you," he said.

"You don't have to. I'll be out in a minute,"

Why does he need to wait? We're at Lexie's house, not in some unfamiliar place where we don't want to lose sight of each other. That's the type of person he is, he likes to wait for others. When I finish putting on my bland, red bikini from Victoria's Secret, I slip on my coverup dress and walk out of the changing room finding Harry standing there like he promised. He has his black swim trunks on along with his Pink Floyd 1973 Tour t-shirt.

The butterflies immediately start fluttering in my stomach when I start to think about him taking off that shirt once we get out to the pool. Recently, I started to notice how he's becoming more in shape and getting muscular, he even has a few tattoos, which makes me want to melt into a puddle every time I see him shirtless or even think about it. It's kind of hard to believe that he's real at times.

I put on a fake smile and we go out to the pool together. Everyone else is in the pool already, tossing the volleyball around over the net. Lexie notices us walking out and urges us to come into the pool so we can start playing a game. Harry grabs his shirt from behind before pulling it up over his head, revealing his tattoos and toned muscles, and jumps into the pool.

I follow suit and swim over to the net so we can be separated into two teams. Even though we won't have an equal amount of players since there's an odd number of us, we just deal with it. Of course, Danielle was chosen to be captain of a team since she's "new" to our friend group and Lexie agreed to be captain of the second team. Danielle decided to choose her team first and I have a gut feeling on who she's going to be picking and I know it's not going to be me.

"I want...Lauren, Bailey, and.... Harry," she said, smiling once she reached Harry's name.

Immediately, I start to feel like I'm in one of those cliché movies where the school geek isn't chosen to be on the team with the popular kids in gym class. Harry looks at me like he's asking me for approval to go over to join Danielle. No matter what, he always makes sure if I would be okay when we would have to be separated for things when I don't care half the time. We're always together but sometimes we have to be apart.

"You're fine, just go," I tell him.

With that, he swims over to the other side of the net to join Danielle, Bailey, and Lauren on the other side of the net while Niall and I stay with Lexie since we're obviously on her team. I notice Danielle giving me a sneer as he swims over beside her and I try to keep my cool. I don't know if this girl can see that I'm jealous of her and she chose him on purpose just to piss me off, she's actually very interested in Harry and wanted him to be on her team, or both. Either way, I don't like how she's acting and how she's already trying to play games with me like this when we barely even know each other.

Its whatever though. I shouldn't let her ruin my day. I sigh and find a spot in the pool so we can start the game. Despite our teams being uneven we couldn't care less, it's not like we're playing professionally. We play a few games and surprisingly both of us won an equal amount. A few times, Harry and Danielle have exchanged a few flirty glances at each other whenever one of them made a good play during a game, but somehow, I managed to stop myself from "accidentally" spiking the ball in her face.

I hate how I'm feeling like this, I have to cut it out before it really gets out of hand. The last thing I want is to cause drama. After getting out of the pool, we dry off and hang out at the bar to eat since the housekeepers came out with food that have been catered by a few five-star restaurants in this town. Lexie's parents even had dessert prepared as well. Everything was amazing. When we finished eating, we hang out in the hot tub for a while to relax and get to know Danielle a little bit.

Before I dozed off in the middle of her conversation, all I know is that she came from Westchester, New York, her father is a wealthy businessman, like Lexie's, and has owned an insurance company in New York for 20 years but recently it expanded to the city so they moved here to be closer to his business. She attended a very expensive boarding school with her younger sister Madison back at home, due to them being honor students, but dropped out because it apparently got too "cliquey" for her, while her sister stayed to play basketball and field hockey.

Then she went on about how she's attending public school with us because one of our private schools that she wanted to attend is full and had to be put on the waitlist. So it seems like she's going to be here for the time being. After that I begin to doze off because I couldn't care less about this girl's life. I have no reason to judge her since I barely know her but my jealousy of her continues to rise.

Not only are my friends very interested in her so-called picture-perfect life, I've noticed that Harry hasn't acknowledged me ever since we got here. When Danielle approached him and opened her mouth it's like he has completely forgotten about me existing.

And I don't blame him. She's everything that he wants in a girl. He's always had a type and I've learned to accept that and never really worried about it until now. I feel like I got punched in the gut and the wind knocked out of me while seeing him becoming more interested in another girl.

It's like he is abandoning me.

I don't know why I'm feeling this way all of a sudden. Either I'm just getting myself anxious over nothing or the little feelings I've claimed to have for him are growing and it's taking me until now to realize it.

Whatever it is, it's eating me alive. And I want it to stop.

Author's Note:

I have returned from the darkness once again!!!!! Sorry for the short, filler chapter, I finally had the time to sit down today and tried the best I could to edit the original draft of this chapter. I'm planning on updating on the weekends from now on since I don't have work, however, since I really want to edit this story, it's probably going to take a little while for me to get the rest of this story updated.

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Also.....TPWK!!!!