Remedy (H.S.)

9

Kennedy Simmons

It had been one week since my date with Archie. During this week we went on dates every night. I'm actually surprised the money Harry had given me hadn't vanished already. Actually, I didn't even know how many were on the card.

Speaking of Harry...

He had been... confusing.

Most of the time it was like he had turned into the devil himself. He didn't scream or anything. He was calm but in a scary way. The way the devil would be calm. 

Most of the time he was in a bad mood and he always seemed to work. Almost every time he came home extremely late. Sometimes he didn't even come back. Charlie and Lincoln didn't seem worried though.

He and I had only a few interactions. We never actually talked. I didn't dare to address him since he seemed to hate my guts. I feared that he was going to explode at some point and get me killed.

Charlie and I spent the majority of our time together. We went shopping, we talked about my boyfriend, went to the movies and, in general, had an amazing time. Unlike Harry, there was nothing scary about him.

Lincoln had been gone the whole week. Today he would be coming back and I couldn't wait. The main reason I couldn't wait was that he would bring my stuff and in that stuff, there were my degrees. Thankfully if I had them I would find a proper job.

I felt bad living there for free, eating their food and not paying for anything. In reality, they were paying me. Actually, Harry did. He had made me a bank account, gave me money and bought me a fucking Lamborghini.

Charlie had shown me how to drive this super luxurious car, even though he didn't actually need to, but I hadn't gone anywhere yet since I didn't have my license with me. Harry was my Uber driver for now. He was taking me wherever I wanted without complaining anymore.

I was currently about to enter Harry's club, where I found out it's called Ecstasy - I know it's a weird name -  with Archie. Archie insisted on him coming with me since he said that such places weren't safe and I wouldn't be protected around people like Harry.

I wasn't crazy about the idea of him coming with me because he made me feel really insecure about my new friends but he insisted so I just agreed. I knew he wasn't going to change his mind and I really didn't want us to fight so agreeing was the best solution.

By now the person at the entrance knew who I was so he immediately let us skip the line and go inside without asking for my ID or anything. I could tell that Archie didn't agree with that but thankfully he didn't say anything.

We walked to the bar and ordered our drinks. Charlie and Lincoln approached us and greeted us. Charlie was excited to meet Archie but it was obvious that Archie didn't feel the same way but he looked kinda happy to meet Lincoln, probably because he had no tattoos and he looked like a good boy.

"Sorry to break it to you but your boyfriend sucks," Charlie whispered in my ear. I decided to pretend that I didn't hear him saying that. He could have his opinion but that didn't mean that I had to agree with it or the opposite.

"Where's Harry?" I asked. Instead of answering me, he pointed towards something. I looked in that direction. It was the bathrooms.

As on cue, the lady's bathroom door opened and Harry and a girl came out. The girl was sweaty and she was hanging from Harry while Harry looked completely unamused. He was adjusting his belt so I could tell what they had been doing. The girl seemed to talk to him but he completely ignored her. Then he told her something that made her look really disappointed and then she left.