Y/N Y/L/N is forced to return to the town where she was born for extraordinary reasons. Her father is extremely sick and on the verge of passing away. Alsfield has changed and is far from what she remembers and even though she lived in town until he...
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She feared her father ever since she was a little girl. He was a scary man. Everything from the tone of his voice or the way that his face would contort when he was angry. Y/N had never been able to relate to the memories that most people had of their fathers. He frightened her to the core.
He sat up straight with his back resting against the headboard of the hospital. He looked just like the day she had left. His hair was long and still looked very scruffy. She was surprised to see him, so healthy. She had expected to find him attached to all different types of machines and probably on a ventilator, but he wasn't. He looked very healthy to her.
"Who called you" were the first words out of his mouth. She could sense the contempt in his voice. She closed the door behind her and walked toward the feet of his bed.
"Your sister" She distastefully said as she took her coat off and purse and placed them on the chair for visitors. Her aunt wasn't the best person to hear from. Y/N had begged her aunt for years to allowed her to move in with her and her family. She never cared to see her crying or frantically running around in town trying to meet the demands of her father. "Said you were dying".
"That's why you are here? Because I am dying?" He laughed heartlessly, "let me just safe you some time. You aren't mentioned in my will. You'll get nothing. Goodbye".
"I don't want anything" Y/N crossed her arms across her chest and took a few more steps away from him. She felt like yelling. She felt like crying. His comment had made her blood boil. She looked out the window and noticed the same woods that had scared her the night before. They suddenly didn't seem like a bad place to escape to. "There is not much to give either" She giggled, referring to the large amounts of money that her father had wasted away in booze.
Y/N's father no longer worked. He had been laid off after he had been caught very drunk during office hours. When Y/N's mom had passed away, she had left a sum of money designated only with the purpose of helping to educated their daughter. Money that her father had used to get drunk.
"What? You now think you are better than us because you studied in some big, fancy college and live outside of town?" Robert laughed, "You are still the same useless and good for nothing girl that left this town. I am surprised that you haven't been laid off. I thought you were here for money".
"You think I want to be here?" Y/N asked him as she looked outside, purposely standing the farthest away from her father. Just in case, he decided to run up to her.
"You think I want to have you here?" He asked back. She was used to it. Y/N was accustomed to being put down by her father. She was used to his derogatory comments and wasn't surprised.
"You think I want to drop everything that I have built for myself just to come see you?" She spat as her eyes finally met with his. "You have managed to pushed away anyone that has ever cared for you. I am the last person that you have left, and I hate it" Y/N cried, "I just thought that you didn't want to die alone. But I guess you do"
Y/N grabbed her coat and yanked it on without saying a single word to Robert. It was obviously a big mistake to come see him. She regretted ever getting on the bus and picking up the phone that day. She grabbed her pursed and just as she was about to turn to leave. She noticed a man standing in the woods, staring up at her. She couldn't tell who he was or recognized him because of the distance.
"Yeah. Go! Run away! That's the only good thing you are good at! Just make sure this time to stay away!" He yelled as she shut the door behind him.
"Goodbye" She said to Robert and left the room without turning back once. However, she always had a slight amount of hope that her father would stop her from leaving and would apologize. Y/N sat down in the waiting room. She didn't have the heart to leave him. She wasn't him. But even though, Y/N could tell that he was watching her, she wasn't fearful.
Y/N could see from the corner of her eye the nurses whispering and stealing glances. She could tell that they were speaking about her. She settled down on the most comfortable and convenient chair in the room. She pulled her laptop out and indulged herself in work. Y/N waited outside for the majority of the day, and she would also get periodically updated by the doctors
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She left the hospital around five in the afternoon. Y/N was starving and even though the coffees from the cafeteria were decent, she felt like she hadn't eaten in days. She threw her bag in the car, and waited a bit to digest her emotions before getting on the road.
"Long day?" A raspy and manly voice startled her.
"You could say that" It was Harry walking towards her with a big toothy smile. He was wearing the same outfit as in the morning, but had changed into construction boots and his clothes were now dirty, "What are you doing here?" She asked him. She crossed her arms and took a step away from him. She was intimidated by his heavy and intense stare. Y/N found him incredibly attractive. He was definitely out of her league, yet she couldn't shake off the feeling of wanting to be close to him.
"The hospital is getting a new wing, and we were just looking over some constructions blueprints" He explained, he had been solving problems all day long. Harry was exhausted and couldn't wait for the end. "How is Robert?"
"Fine" Y/N dryly responded, Harry could tell that his question had bothered her.
"Where are you heading now?"
"I was planning on having dinner with the Brown's, but I guess it's too early" She looked down at her phone. It was five-fifteen, which only meant that Mrs. Brown's shift still haven't ended.
"Wonderful. That's means you have some time to kill. Let's go get some coffee and a walk" He leaned off the car and started to walk towards his car.
"What?" She laughed lightly, "We don't even know each other that well! I am not getting in a car with you!"
"But I am the mayor of the town. How bad can I be? People elected me" He pointed out with his lips slightly curved upwards as he walked back to her.
"So?" She crossed her arms, "You aren't my mayor" Harry laughed and very intrigued where the conversation was heading.
"Ouch. That one hurt" He pressed his hand to his heart and winced dramatically. Y/N laughed and rolled her eyes at him. "Come on! I promise you won't regret it". He stretched out his hand out for her to take.
She looked at him and then back to his stretched out hand. Every fiber in her, screamed to her to get back into her car. She didn't know anything about him! They had met less than twenty-four hours ago. He could be a creep. However, Y/N always played by the book. She never did anything outside of her comfort zone.
