A Step Away From Falling ➸ h.s. [Needs Editing]

Chapter 13: "Wait for me, okay?"

Harry's POV

Helen's face seemed to turn from happy to something unreadable. 

What could Louis call her about that would get this reaction out of her?

She handed me the phone without a word and I took it.

"Hello?" I said slowly.

I still wasn't in the hey, mate kind of mood with Louis.

"Harry?" he seemed surprised and I frowned.

"No, it's Dracula. Of course it's me Louis, who were you expecting?" I asked annoyed.

"You, I guess. But Helen didn't tell me you were with her" he explained.

"Well, I am. What do you want?" before Louis could respond I heard a familiar high-pitched shriek.

"That's Harry isn't it? He's with her, right?" even through the phone you could hear her trying to pretend it was okay, even though everyone knew she hated when I spent time with Helen.

I started thinking about what I could possibly say without lying when Georgia came in the line and heard Louis protesting about it.

"Harry? Where are you dear?" she sugar coated the words but I knew better. She was mad as hell.

"Um, I have no idea" I said honestly.

"What do you mean sweetheart?" she tried again.

"I meant that I'm lost and I have no clue where I am" I answered.

There was an eery silence from her end and I started getting anxious.

"Why has your phone been off all day? If you're lost, you could've called for someone to get you" she was clearly done with being understanding, it lasted more than I thought was possible to be honest.

"I didn't know my phone was off" I lied, "and I decided it wasn't that bad to be lost, I wanted to do some exploring" I finished.

"Because you're with Helen, that's why you don't care if you're lost. If it had been me you were stuck with, then you would have called the whole emergency services to find your way home" she stated dryly.

"You're right. You would have driven me insane and I would have done the impossible to be as far away from you as quickly as possible" I said through gritted teeth.

I was so beyond done with this girl, and her jealousy and hate towards Helen.

I knew she had reason to be jealous, especially if I'm in love with Helen, but it made my blood boil just hearing the venom in her tone when she spoke Helen's name.

I saw Helen flinch at my words and I felt as she shifted away from me slowly.

It hurt, having even this little distance between us.

"You're an asshole Harry, I never thought l would say that" I was surprised by the fact that her words didn't sting as much as they should.

"You bring out that part of me, because you are rude and you're always attacking Helen when all she does is try to avoid any conflict with you. I am so fed up with it. Honestly I can't have a productive conversation with you right now so I'm going to hang up okay? Bye" and without letting her add anything I hung up.

Silence stretched out for a couple of minutes while I debated what I could do to fix this situation.

Helen was just holding her knees and resting her head on her arm.

She hated confrontation, detested conflicts so I know she was upset about the current events.

"Babe" I started.