¶𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 [H.S]

3.4

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𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢

"August!"

"August!"

I jumped awake, the sound of the goddamn honk waking every cell and nerve in my brain. Taking my hand off the wheel, I looked around only to realize I had fallen asleep in my car. It wasn't something unexpected considering the sleepless nights I had for the past few days.

My eyelids were still threatening to close as I reached for my phone. The sun was setting, turning the blue sky into orange hues, however, it was when I checked the time that I realized I had fallen asleep for six hours. And I was supposed to drive Aiden home. Shit.

I called her and she answered on the third time.

"Yeah?" The boredom in her voice could've been picked up from the Moon, yet I pretended like I didn't notice.

"Where are you?" I asked her.

"Home."

What was up with her attitude?

"Okay?" I muttered, scratching the back of my neck as I thought of how to play this right. "I was supposed to drive you Home—"

"That was hours ago, Harry," she interrupted me. I bit my tongue, taking a deep breath in.

We stood in silence for a moment. Neither of us brought up the state she was in. Luckily, silence worked me up fast and I finally popped the question.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?"

Aiden was silent at first, then her laughter echoed in my ears. "What's wrong with me?" she repeated, laughing even louder. Then the laughter was cut abruptly by her stern voice, "What's wrong with you? We haven't seen each other in days and you just forgot me in the fucking hospital! You know, I didn't even want to ride with you and I was going to tell you that if you had picked up your goddamn phone!"

Screaming, accusing, cursing - everything was alright. I rolled my eyes, starting the engine before I hit the gas pedal. It was the silence that scared me at first. The fact that she might not have anything to say to me anymore meant that I was in trouble. But this? This was just the daily fight.

"And why's that, baby?" I asked with a calm tone instead of yelling back at her.

"Why's that? I literally walked on you and my best friend!" she yelled, breaking into a laugh mid-sentence.