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Chapter Eleven - Detention

CHAPTER ELEVEN

DAWN'S POV

Right after the bell, I headed my way to Mr. Clark's room for detention. The room was empty except for Mr. Clark, eating his sandwich at his desk. Harry was nowhere. I chose the seat at the very back of the room, where I can spend dreading the rest of the 2-hour detention looking outside the window. After a few minutes, Harry came in, Mr. Clark also giving him that glare he showed me when I walked in. His head turned to mine, confusion showing in his features. I rolled my eyes at him, turning my gaze back to the view outside, as I heard footsteps and the seat beside me being taken.

"Hey." He said awkwardly. I ignored him, not saying a word. Mr. Clark seemed to have heard him talk to me as he suddenly announced; "No talking in detention you two!" We kept in silence before Mr. Clark told us he'll leave us for a bit to go to the teacher's lounge. "Don't leave this room or you'll be in bigger trouble." He warned us before stomping away. "Soo..you got detention too huh? For what?" Harry spoke. "Pfft," I scoffed at his dumb question. "What are you doing now Styles? Playing like you suddenly had an amnesia?" I replied coldly. "Umm, so what exactly happened?" He continued his act. "What happened? Well, you started calling me insults and acting like a big dick, we argued, Mr.Clark and the whole class heard us, making me feel embarassed and gave us detention. That's what happened. You know what? I'm not even supposed to be here. YOU and only you should be here, dreading detention for two fucking hours. This is all your fault. I don't even know what happened to you! Last week I thought we were all friends and now yo-" my rant was ceased. But I think my heart stopped too.

He kissed me.

HARRY'S POV

Ed. This is all Ed's fault. Not mine. What the fuck did he even do to Dawn to make her hate me?! Ugh. As I listened to her never ending rant, I looked intently at her. Even though she was angry, it only made her look even more beautiful. My eyes scanning her face and landing my gaze on her moving lips. They were so tempting; pink and soft-looking. I didn't even know what I was doing, my hand just moved to the back of her neck, my lips crashing onto hers. The tingling sensation I felt as I kissed her was nothing compared to the feeling when she accepted the kiss and moved her lips in sync with mine. They were so addicting, I hungered for more. As I pulled away, my forehead touched with hers, our lips barely brushing each others, as I felt her hot breath on my skin.

"I-I-I'm s-sorry." I stuttered as I completely pulled away from her, turning back to my seat and only looking down on my table, fiddling with my fingers uncomfortably. Why did I even do that? That'll just probably make things worse for us. "I just..I-I..." I trailed off, not knowing what to say. See what I mean when I said I'm not good with girls? I can't even properly talk to a girl. My nervousness just takes over me. "I didn't mean to act like a dick to you this morning.. I was just having a bad time I guess. I'm sorry I put it all on you." I lied. It wasn't me being the dick. It was my possessed-by-the-devil look-alike. "Well, you sure were being stubborn."She replied.

"Is it true though?" She asked softly.

"What's true?"

"That...that all of the past few days we were together..was just part of your act? Were you really just playing around with me?" Her eyes showed a hint of hurting.

I mentally beated the shit out of my brother. Although, I wish it was real. He was such an arse. Whatever his plan was, he definitely succeeded. "No. No of course not. That. That was all real. I'm sorry. I realy didn't mean all of what I said earlier. I'm sorry."

"I'm really confused with you now Harry. You sounded so full of hate. And now you're telling me that you didn't mean all of that? I just, I don't know." She turned her head away from me.

This just can't be happening again. Making friends and just losing them all because of Ed. I've lost others, but I can't lose Dawn. I grabbed her hand in mine as I finally got her attention back to me, her head turning my way. "Dawn, I'm sorry. Please just forgive me. I'm sorry. I've lost all the people I've ever had. But then you came. For the past four years, you have been the only one to be this kind to me. To approach me. To act like I actually exist and that I'm a person too, who has feelings. I can't lose another one again."

After a moment of silence, Dawn suddenly asked; "Do you want to hang out after this at my house?" "You want to hang out with me?" I questioned her. I didn't expect her to still want to be around me after the conflict Ed created between them. "Yeah, with me and Star. She told me she misses you. I figured I'll surprise her by bringing you home." She replied as I grinned. "Sure." I missed Star too. I didn't even doubt about saying yes to her invitation. "You can take me home any day." Sending her a wink after my joke. She playfully covered my face with her hand, pushing it to the side. "Cheeky Styles." Dawn's laughed echoed around the room. I stuck out my tongue, touching her hand. "Eeww! Harry!" She shrieked wiping it all on my pants as we both laughed. Accidentally brushing my crotch, Dawn pulled her hand away, suddenly blushing from embarassement. "S-sorry. I-I didn't mean to." She apologized awkwardly as I smirked at her. "Very touchy now aren't you Dawn?" I teased her. "Heeyy! I said I didn't mean to!" She reasoned out, her smile returning to its place. "Friends?" I asked, a hopeful smile on my face. "Friends." she cooed, pinching my cheeks where my dimples were. Maybe detention wouldn't be so bad after all.