Madness

Part 6

"Michelle, Michelle get up! Olly called. She said she'll be here in an hour." "Huh? What?" I replied half asleep. "Olly said you guys were going to go out. Hurry, get ready." Its Saturday. As I look over to my clock, 'Omg, its 11a.m! Did I really sleep all this time?' I thought to myself as I jumped out of bed. Heading over to my wardrobe, my phone began to vibrate. I look at it to find afew messages and missed calls. All from Harry. What could be so urgent that he called and text me so many times? I searched through all the messages and they all said the same thing. As I opened the very last message, I felt my heart sink as my eyes scanned the words. <<~~ Harryboo: Hey babe, answer me! We need to talk. Reply as soon as possible. ~~>>

Oh shit. Something was wrong. Maybe he doesn't love me. Maybe he wants to break up. He must have found someone else. I'm not good enough. I'm not who he needs. I'm too young for him. Everything negative thing you can think of was bombarding my brain. I won't be able to handle another abandonment. No, not again. Putting my lacey floral shirt on, I noticed some bruising on my stomach. Must have been from two days ago. It couldn't be from anything else. Right? Right.

Grabbing a pair of jean shorts and slowly slipping my legs through, I also noticed some scratches around my thighs. What hells? That couldn't have been from two days ago. Or, was it? Oh well, no ones going to notice them anyway. "Michelle! Its already 11:30 a.m!" "Yes mum, I know! I am keeping track of time!" I slipped on my old red toms and made my way over to the bathroom. 'Oh god, Michelle look at your hair! It's a mess!' I said to myself as I tried to tame my red curly jungle of hair. I brushed my teeth and applied some red lipstick. People said it went well with me, so I used it quite alot.

"Michelle! Its 12:00! Olly will be here any minute! I'm leaving for work now, don't wait up for me. I'll get home late. Long day at work today. Bye sweetie. Have fun and take care!" "Okie Dokie mum! Bye! And please, be very careful at work!" I hear the door slam and a car engine start. After afew seconds, she drove off. Running to my stereo, my toe bumped into the door and I went tumbling down. "Ahhhhh! Damn it! That really hurt!" I yell out.

"Michelle! Are you okay?" It was Olly. I must have not heard the door. She helped me get up. "I'm fine, I just bumped my toe as I was running across the hall." "Eeeee, I'm glad I came in time then." She said with a smile. Olly was so caring and beautiful. "Thanks, love." I say to her as she helps me walk to my bed. "So, are you ready to go?" "Yeah, let me just find my bag and we'll go." "Ok then."

As I get in her car, I notice a picture she has hanging on the interior rear view mirror. "Who's this" I point to the guy in the picture. "Oh, thats Danny. My boyfriend." She says as she settles in. "He's a cutie." "And, he's really sweet and loving." She replies in a 'in love' tone of voice. "You really like him, don't you Olly?" "Well, in fact. I love him. We've been together for almost a year and he treats me like his princess." "Awe! Olly! That's so cute! I'm really happy for you!" "What about you, Michelle? Any special guy?"

"Oh, umm... Well, yeah actually. His name is Harry." I said abit uncomfortable. I don't like talking about my love life with people. It's for me to know and for them not to find out. It's personal and it's best when people don't know. She is my best friend though. Oh, ok. I'll tell her

"Olly, well you know about Austin, right?" "Yeah, he likes you and then he disappeared. Which was really strange." "Yeah, he came back though. And, he told me why he left that way."

She stood silent for a few seconds. "Why'd he leave?" "He said his parents took him to bootcamp. It was against his will obviously, but he could have at least said goodbye to me, y'know?" "I know, Mitch." She leaned forward to me and hugged me. It felt nice to be hugged by her. I could feel her understanding. "Thank you, Olly." I finally said in between the hug. As we let go, she gave me a smile to ensure her kind gesture was of great pleasure.

As we arrived at the mall, we saw a small group of teens waiting by the entrance. At a distance, they seemed unfamiliar but as we got closer, we saw that it was Austin and his friends. "Oh shit! Olly! It's Austin!" "I know!" "What do we do?" "Lets go through the other entrance!" "Ok! Good idea Ol's!" That entrance seemed like it was a mile away. It took us ten minutes to get to it. Finally, inside we went to the food court for some drinks. While sipping on some soda, "It's as if he knew I was coming." I said in a daze. "Yeah, its so bloody weird!"

'I wonder how he found out that I was going to be here.' I said to myself as me and Olly sat there watching people walk by with many bags in their hands. Suddenly, I felt a hand squeeze my shoulder. 'Hope it's not Austin. I hope its not Austin.' I thought to myself as I turned to look at the owner of the hand.

"Hiiii babe! Didn't mean to scare you!" "Oh my god! Harry! You scared me! I was about to freak out!" "Sorry love." "Its ok, I love you. Oh, this is Olly." I say as I point to her. "Hello Olly, I'm Harry." "Hi Harry, I'm Olly." They said as they shake hands. "Well, what are you lovely ladies going to shop for?" "Well, we were going to look for some dresses and walk around." "Sounds good to me. Maybe I could help you pick out a dress?" "That would be very helpful, thanks love."