24 Months

Chapter 18

Chapter 18:

"Landon?!" I whispered.

"Surprise babe! You happy to see me?" He evily grinned at me.

I backed away from the door as he walked closer to me. "No, Landon, you have to leave." I said putting my hands on his chest trying to push him away.

"Oh, darling. Come on. I know you missed me." He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him, so there was no space between us. He leaned in trying to connect our lips, and I swung my head to the right, in the direction of my room. I saw Hailey and Ceecee watching us. I looked at them with pleading eyes, hoping they would understand and save me from Landon.

"Sweetheart, what's the matter? You never do this to me." He whispered into my neck, while sliding his lips all over my neck. I closed my eyes, knowing I couldn't get out of it now, and as soon as I was going to give up, Ceecee walked out of my room with a picture of Big Ben in her hands. "Addison, did you take this picture?" She intterupted Landon's actions. He pulled away from me. "I think I'm gonna go now," he winked at me, "I'll be seeing you around gorgeous." I could feel tears threatening my eyes. He closed the door behind him.

I looked over at Ceecee and hugged her as tightly as I could. "Thank you so much." I felt a tear drop down my face. She brought me over to the couch and Hailey walked into the room.

"Addison, who was that?" Ceecee asked.

I wiped the tears off my face with my sleeve. "That was Landon. He's my ex. He is the one that Harry saved me from. If it wasn't for Harry, I don't know if I would be here now. I probably wouldn't have been able to control my anger that night, and I probably would have hurt someone, or even myself." I looked out the window at the beach.

"Addie, what night? Who's Harry? What happened?" Hailey asked.

"The night I found Landon, practically fucking the school whore. It was just a few months ago. I ran around town for a little bit, and I found a bakery. I realized food would probably help since I hadn't eaten most of the day. It ended up being Harry's bakery, and I talked to him about everything that happened. Even though, Harry was Landon's best friend, I still trusted Harry more than anyone elsse. He managed to calm me down, and then we just kept hanging out everyday. My best friend flipped on us and went crazy, and ended up hooking up with Landon. I came to America to visit my brother for a month, and I told Harry I was going to see him in a month, because that is what I thought was happening. My dad got a job here and now we are officially moved here, and I can't talk to Harry at all. And I just recently realized, I'm in love with Harry." I was sobbing by the end of the story.

They hugged me and sat with me while I cried. I looked at my hands and suddenly remembered the ring Harry gave me. I got up off the couch and ran into my room. I searched through the boxes and found the one with all my jewlery in it. I searched through the jewlery boxes and couldn't find the ring. I suddenly started to panic thinking I lost the ring. "Addie, what are you looking for?" Hailey asked.

"A ring. It's a pink opal. I have to find it." I looked in to box to see if the ring fell out of a jewlery box. No luck. "Shit." I mumbled under my breath. Ceecee picked up a box with a bunch of pictures of Harry and I. "Is this... Harry?" She wondered out loud. I truned arund to see the box and walked over to it. The first picture my eyes landed on was my picture frame with Mom, Anne, Harry and I on graduation day. I smiled, remembering Ceecee's question. "Yeah. This is Harry. My best friend, and my love, Harry Edward Styles." I widely smiled. She picked up the picture frame and I saw something shiny. I picked up the ring and smiled even more, if that was even possible. I heard Hailey gasp behind me. "This ring is actually really special. Harry gave this to me on our high school graduation day, but I didn't find it for two days. He put it in my car." I remembered the day I was on my way to the airport, and I found it. I saw a little folded piece of paper and remembered that was the paper that came with the ring. I grabbed the paper and gave it to Hailey. "Read it."