Façade 🎈

42. It's on

Previously on Facade,

"Yeah, right, can you stand up?" Sabrina asked me.

I nodded and stood up by placing my hands on the wall for support.

"My legs are starting to feel like jell-o..." I wobbled but Sabrina and Owen helped me balance.

"And my eyes... they are black-" I lost my balance.

The next thing I knew, my head collided with something hard and everything became pitch black and silent.

*****

I got out of the car as usual and slung my bag on my shoulder. Harry locked the door before going around to the passenger side.

"You sure you'll be okay?" Harry asked me.

I nodded and grip my my bag tighter.

"Harry! Hell!" Danny greeted us from the end of the parking lot, causing a few heads to turn.

I cringed at the attention while Harry on the other hand embraces it.

"Danny!" Harry greeted with the same level of loudness and enthusiasm.

When they reached halfway, Harry and Danny gave each other a big hug and pulled away shortly after.

"C'mon, give Uncle Danny a hug!" He spread out his arms.

I smiled. "I don't know, Dannyboy."

Danny pouted. "You know I hated that name because of her."

I immediately felt guilty for him. "Who? I'm really sorry anyways, I didn't meant to hurt you in that way."

"It's his mom. Don't be sorry for him." Harry said.

"You're just mean, Styles." Danny said.

"No I'm not. I love your mom especially when she talks about you like 'I don't think Dannyboy likes it.' or 'what do you think, Dannyboy?'" Harry tried to mimick Danny's mom.

I ended up bursting in laughter. If I hadn't met Dianne, I still wouldn't believe Harry's impression of Dianne because he is bad at impressions.

"You made Dianne sound like a grandma." I laughed.

Harry raised his eyebrow at me. "You've met her before?"

I nodded. Danny, on the other hand, gave a toothy smile and slung his arm around mine.

"And this is why I like Hell." Danny commented.

I grinned at Harry before looking around. Where is Owen, Sabrina and... him?

"We're here." Owen announced their arrival.

Sabrina is there beside him but Alex isn't. A part of me sighed in relief because I still have a chance to dodge him.

Still, I looked kind of paranoid because I was trying to avoid Alex during the few of the classes we shared. And of course he never came.

I was still cautious when lunch came. I must have looked really paranoid since Sabrina decided to tell the truth.

"He's not here, you know? So you don't have to look around like that." Sabrina pointed out.

"Who said I was looking myself for Alex?" I asked her.

"Who said anything about Alex?" She smirked at me.

"But seriously though, he's not here. He just texted me, grumbling about how his head feels like bursting." Sabrina told me.