The Predator and The Prey

Chapter 19

After Zoey walked off her friends surrounded me and looked at me angrily. "Wait....hold on...p-please don't hurt me please!" I yell. "Dude we don't want to hurt you." Chloe says. "What?" I ask. "We don't want to hurt you. We're not gonna." Charlie says and stretches a hand out and I grab it and get up. I wipe the blood away from my nose. "We're not gonna hurt you. Zoey will get over it eventually."Dani says. "What's the use. She's left me. I rather die right now than live without her." I sigh. "Dude. All we know is that we're not gonna touch you. Just go home and this will all blow over by tomorrow." Charlie says and pats me on the back. "Thanks." I say and go over to Hillary's and hop in my car and drive off to my place.

I walk in the house and find my parents watching t.v.  I walk right past them. "Hey Harry what's wrong?" Mum asks me but I just swing the door open of my room and slam it closed when I get in. I run a hand through my hair and kick the wall and punch it. I can't believe I lost her. No. I can't believe I hit her! I fucking hit her! The thought of it makes me hit the wall again. "Harry? Harry honey what's going on?" Mum asks but I just punch the wall. She storms in the room.

"Harry! Harry what's the problem!? Do you need anything?" She asks scared. "You know what I need! I need my life back mum! I want it back!"  "Harry what are talking about?"  "Zoey! I broke up with Zoey!"  "Oh Harry I'm sorry."  "No! Don't be! It was all my fault!" Dad comes in in a hurry. "What's going on?" He asks. "Just.....stuff." Mum says. "Okay." He says. "Just wait outside." Mum says and dad leaves and she close the door. Mum pulls me into a hug and kisses my cheek. "Mum I loved her and now she left me!"  "But how did this happen?"  "I don't wanna talk about it."  "Harry I want to help you."  "I kissed another girl okay!"  "What? Who?"  "Another girl Zoey and I met!"  "Why did you kiss her though?"  "I didn't! I didn't! She kissed me! Me!"  "Okay Harry calm down."  "No! I will not calm down! I've lost her mum!" I punch the wall.

"Harry stop it! Why did she kiss you?"  "Because she liked me! She liked me but I didn't know that! She didn't tell me! And to make things worst her own mum didn't tell her about Zoey and me!"  "Okay Harry. What happened after that?"  "Zoey ran away and I went after her."  "And...?"  "She started um..." I say and clear my throat. "Hitting me."  "What! Harry you can't let her do that!"  "She told me to hit her back."  "WHAT!! And what did you do!?" I clear my throat again. "I....I hit her." I sigh.  "WHAT! Harry you can't do that either!"  "I couldn't hold it! She made me do it! She forced me to do it!"  "But Harry you can't just hit a girl because she forced you to."  "I know but I just couldn't sustain myself."

"Yeah and I can see she couldn't sustain herself either. You're all bloody and bruised."  "Let's talk about this tomorrow okay? I'm tired right now."  "Yeah sure. Oh and you have to start packing."  "Yeah okay." She leaves me alone and walks off closing the door after. I run a hand through my hair and just sit on my bed. I sit there for about an hour replaying everything in my head. I hear the lights turn off in the living room and my parents door close. I lay on my bed and close my eyes but I can't sleep. After what feels like forever I check the time and it's like 3 in the morning. I check it again a long while later: 6 in the morning. I fall asleep after a little bit and wake up quickly. I check the time and It's 8 in the morning.

I fall asleep again and wake up at 10. I get up from the bed and start to pack some things. So much time passes by, I pack half my room. I can't get my mind off Zoey. Why. Why me? I still can't believe I hit her. I loved her and now she's gone. I throw myself on the bed and I lay there. I get up and go to the bathroom and take a shower. I wrap a towel around my waist and change afterwards. I'm going to visit Hillary.

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I knocked on her. She opens the door with a smile but not as big as before. "Hey Harry." She says letting me in. "Where's Zoey?" She asks leaning against the door. "We...we broke up." I say. "Oh." Her face drops. "It was because of me." She murmurs. "Yes! Yes it was! Why would you kiss me!?"  "I'm sorry Harry! I didn't know she was going to come in!"  "Then what would you have done if she didn't come in?" She stays quiet and looks down at her hands. "Well?" I ask. "I don't know." She whispers and shrugs her shoulders. "Oh really?"  "Yes. Maybe. I don't know Harry okay? I said I'm sorry."  "Well sorry won't cut it. You made me lose Zoey!"  "Hey I didn't know you two were together!"  "Yes but that was before you kissed me!"  "Well...I don't know what to say Harry. The only thing I can say right now is sorry."