everyday things ™ //h.s.

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"Dana ... Dana ... Dana open up . " with ever knock my body felt weaker and weaker .

I finally hear foot steps come near and my heart starts racing . I knew Dana since we were in third grade . she sat next to me and always colored in the lines for mine and her projects . That's when I knew we were gonna become the best of friends . We hung out everyday and go to this cool place in the back of my parents backyard, it was this abandoned tree house , we left all our secrets in there , old toys , and maybe some old pb&j sandwiches.We lost touch in high school and nothing was the same , we never laughed the same , talked the same , or looked at each other the same way .

I got into drugs around sophomore year after my parents got a divorce , my mom left and I stayed with my dad . She never said why she was leaving but all I remember was when she got in another mans car she mouthed ' sorry' and blew kiss towards me . My dad would always blame the separation on me , and my daily dose helped with a lot of my issues . Dana so much never liked me getting into shit like that so she lost contact , she told me there was other ways to solve the problem . I never listened every time she would lecture me .

I hear the door unlock and the door swings open with a sleeping beauty . Even when she thought she looked her worst she look amazingly beautiful.

" harry what are you doing hear ? " she says groggy and she wipes her eyes a couple of times to smudge the blurry out of her eye .

" I need your help " I stop and steady my breath " like now ... " I say nervously.
She is the only one I trust , and i am praying she just says yes .

" huh ? "

" can I come in ?" I says checking my surroundings and impatiently wait for an approval.

" uh yeah sure .... come on in " she moves for me to enter .
She shuts the door quietly and I see her walk towards me and I am stunned by her beauty . Her curly hair sits perfectly on her shoulders and her beautiful brown eyes oh and those lips .....so plump .

" what is wrong ? " she says yawning quietly " why did you show up at my flat at 5am " she says a bit annoyed .

I am scared for a minute because I know how Dana feels about drugs . She says they are a waste of time , money and a life . So I am very nervous to tell her .

I grab in my jackets pocket and reach for the plastic bag . My hand clenches the bag and I show her it . My mind is going round and round and I don't know how to think or what to think .

" HARRY ! are you serious what have I said about this , that is nothing but trouble . " she jumps off the stool and paces back and forth . "You never listen to me , I can't even imagine what kind of trouble you are in . " she rambles on and on until I grab her hand to bring to me .
I open my legs for her to come closer to my chest.

She finally shuts her little pretty self up . I could feel her body tense up a little bit , and her breathing quickened.

" Dana relax , I just need a place to stay , it is a long story I slept in my car last night . I am probably in some deep trouble where maybe I could end up DEAD . " I sigh once I see her face soften . " if you feel threaten in any way I am sorry but I will protect with everything I got . No one will ever touch you . Do you understand me sweetie ? "

I was gonna speak again until I heard another pair of footsteps come down the hallway of her flat and it is a man . He has his hair in a man bun , he has no shirt and a very visible six pack and grey sweats loosely fitting his waist .

" what is going on baby ? " he said in a deep husky voice .

My heart sunken to the pit of my stomach , he starred at me wondering what I was doing to his "baby" what the fuck ?

" um nothing Aaron , honey this my old friend ...... Harry ." She escapes my grasp and walks over to him " Harry .. Aaron ... Aaron .. Harry " she said kindly introducing us .

" wassup man , I have never heard of you , but it is nice meeting . " he comes over and shakes my hand . He then walks over to Dana and holds her hand " when you coming to bed ?" He says .

My heart his actually hurting why has Dana never talked about me , I mean we have not seen each other in a while, here and there we will pass in the hall at UNI but still . I was her best friend for so long , when all the girls were mean I was there to wipe those tears . What has this dude done . Shit ...

Aaron walks back to the room and Dana walks to me . " um there is an extra room upstairs , it has a shower you know all of that jazz. " she says chuckles nervously " Harry you gotta make a deal with me " she pauses and actually grabs my hand .

" yeah sure anything " I say willingly .

" if you get outta if this mess , you will stop drug dealing , drug intake, and you will go to church , and start getting a better education. That means going to class everyday ." She says holding my hand .

" I promise ..." I pull away and put my pinky finger in front of her .

She smiles and indicates the promise by wrapping her pinky finger around mine .

She leads me to the room upstairs and she lends me some pajamas from stupid Aaron . She brings me warm blankets and towels and with that she leaves the room and I am just starting at the ceiling thinking how things could be different.