Serenity | H.S. [ON HOLD]

Chapter 7

🎧| Forget You Not - Little Mix

Aurelie's POV

Sadly, my time with the guy I'd been dancing with had been cut short. And surprisingly, it wasn't due to Harry.

Instead, it was Esther who'd ruined my night which was suspicious considering she was always encouraging me to sleep around more.

Apparently, in her words, I looked "sex-deprived" a lot of the time.

I'd specifically mentioned over the phone that I was currently preoccupied and that there was a magical service in our generation called taxis but she still hadn't listened to me. I'd even offered to call an Uber for her but she still wouldn't budge so I was the one who caved in the end.

Saying goodbye to the hot guy I'd been busy with was a very painful feat and I planned on letting Esther know that too.

Yet, here I was, back at my hotel room with her as I spilled everything that had happened with Harry from start to end.

"I'm glad you showed him what he was missing," Esther chortled as we shared my room service food on my bed. "From what you're telling me, he sounded jealous as shit."

"That's an understatement," I scoffed as I finished the strawberry on the plate in distress.

Venting to Esther usually solved everything but even after discussing the situation with her for the past hour, I still felt like shit. Harry had been occupying my mind, even as I'd danced with the sexy guy back at the club. It felt like I couldn't rid him from any of my thoughts, no matter what I did.

"Esther, why the fuck is he angry though?" I asked in annoyance. "He's the one who treated me like a dick so why is he acting immature? He doesn't even have a right to?"

"Oh honey, have I not taught you anything about men?" she sighed, tossing a piece of chocolate into the air and catching it with her mouth.

"They act like entitled assholes," she said after finishing her mouthful, shaking her head as she tossed her head back on the pillow.

"Okay, girl," she laughed as walked to the other side of the room. "Toss me a blueberry."

Shaking my head in laughter, I picked one up from the plate and squinted my eyes as I attempted to aim it as accurately as I could before tossing the fruit across the room.

Esther caught it in her mouth and we cheered in victory before she jumped back on the bed, grinning at me.

This was one of the weird talents Esther and I had found out we were good at. We'd discovered it at one of the after parties of a show when the long ass dinner was boring and the designer had droned on for more than an hour.

Yeah, now I look back on it, we did remember getting many dirty looks for acting half our age.

Esther threw her head back on the pillows and I plumped mine before lying back on them comfortably, staring at the ceiling quietly.

"You know what I'd say you do?" she spoke after our silent pause. "Let him come to you. It's clear he cares for you after the whole airport fiasco. But he's also trying to play his whole bad boy act too and you have to show him it won't work on you. He can't mess with you and then string you along with small gestures. He'll eventually be honest with his feelings towards you in time."

I nodded beside her, squeezing her hand in appreciation before I turned to my side to look at her in speculation.

"How come you made me pick you up?" I asked curiously.