No Control • hs

thirty-four

All I have is leftovers from a week ago and soup crackers. I can't ask Harry or Louis to drive me to the grocery, well, I could, but I really don't want to. I only think of Louis as a friend, nothing more. Why do boys not realize that I can have a guy friend and not be dating them? I have no other friends near by. But, Liam. That's really my only option. I head to Liam's apartment and knock on the door.

"Hello!"

"Hi!"

"Did you come to see Buddy?"

"No," I start "actually, I came to ask something."

"What might that be?"

"I know this is a lot to ask, and I swear, I wouldn't do this if I wasn't in the condition I was in now but, could you drive me to the grocery? We can take my car, it already filled with gas and everything."

"Sure!" I didn't expect Liam to be this lenient, but he was." are you ready?"

"Yes! Thank you so much!" We head down to the parking lot and get in my car. I hope and pray Liam doesn't bring up the question I have in mind, but if he does, I already have my script written in my head on what I'm going to say.

"So, why didn't you ask Harry?" He said it. The dreaded question had escaped his lips and I was expected to answer it. I feel my script being shredded and I no longer know what to say, so I wing it the best I can.

"Well, Louis kind of made some moves on me, and he's mad at Louis, so I kind of voluntarily left so I wasn't making more problems." I spilt it. I told the truth, I was glad. "I hope that's okay, sorry about this, but thank you for driving because I only have leftovers and crackers and I feel like I am just tearing people's life's and friendships apart and-"

"It's okay, your fine, I wasn't doing anything so, this is making me less bored."

"I'm sorry I'm just dumping everything on you, and I haven't seen you since the one night."

"I know right." We sat in silence in the car for a good while until we arrived at the grocery store."I'll push the cart." Liam says, grabbing one off the rack. We finish our grocery shopping and we are on our way to the check out. We got in line to have the check out lady scan our items when I realized who was I front of us. I draw in a big breath and know I am going to get a lecture, I can see it coming. Harry's emerald eyes peeked behind him an that was enough for his face to get red with a flush of anger. He turns around. What? Where was the lecture? He turns around again.

"Peyton, please come to my apartment when you get back." That was enough to scare me for dear life. That's when the lecture will take place, not in public, he wants to yell at me in private this time.

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I stand in front of his door, slowly lifting my hand to to knock. Once I knock, there was a deep breath that came from behind the door and it swung open. "Come." Harry says, and I follow him to his bedroom. "Sit." He signals towards his bed and I sit down placing my crutches to the side. "I have been needing to tell you something."

"Harry, I was not trying to mess up you and Louis friendship, he made the move on me first, I didn't even realize at first-"

"This is different, Peyton-"

"I thought you would be mad at me, that's why I had Liam take me to-"

"Peyton, not that."

"What then?"Harry takes a deep breath and starts pacing back and forth.

"I've been feeling a disconnect between us, and I didn't make this decision because of that, I just thought it would be the best time to tell you."

"Tell me what?" I say, my voice shaky, nervous of what is going to come out of Harry's mouth.

"I'm moving back to London."

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Tysm for 700 reads!!

Things are going to change a lot in my book now...!

Sorry for the short chapter!!

~Cali