Things Fall Apart {Haylor}

Chapter 10

HARRY'S POV

I woke up to a cruel headache. My system feels completely poisoned and I didn't feel good. The smell of alcohol coming from my body was very strong. Looking down, I realized that I was wearing my home clothes...what happened to the ones that I wore to sleep?

As I made my way to the bathroom, I was met by Taylor sleeping on the floor with her head resting on her arm that was on the toilet seat. Beside her was a pile of what seemed to be my clothes from last night. So it was her who helped me change into a new set of clothes...

She started to stir and I quickly got out of the bathroom and went downstairs to get some aspirin. I've been taking it almost everyday since I drink on a daily basis now. After I took the medicine, someone's phone started ringing. I looked on the kitchen counter and saw that it was Selena calling Taylor.

"Hello?"

"Hey...is that Harry?"

"Yea. What are you calling for?"

"Oh just pass the phone to Tay...I'll tell her about it."

"She's sleeping."

"Oh..well then when she wakes up do you mind reminding her that she's supposed to meet at my house today for lunch?"

"Sure.."

"Thanks Harry."

She hung up and I sighed, taking a sip of the coffee I just made. Just then, I heard the cabinet behind me open. I turned around only to see Taylor trying to take some medicated oil from the first aid kit. I frowned and walked closer to her.

"Why do you need that?"

She froze and hid her right arm behind her back.

"I...um fell down?"

"Okay."

I knew she was lying. Goddamnit she's keeping secrets from me. Just as she turned around to apply the medicine, I walked over to the other side and saw a giant bruise forming on her elbow. It was pretty bad...I think it was from last night when I pushed her. Well, I didn't think it would be so bad. She caught me looking and quickly walked away, to sit on the couch. I decided to shrug it off and tell her about Selena's call.

"Selena called you earlier so I picked it up. She wants me to remind you about lunch at her house later."

Taylor nodded and continued to rub her bruise with the medication. I gotta admit, I felt pretty bad for injuring her. But she shouldn't have kept nagging at me in the first place. Ugh...another reason why I'm starting to drift away from Taylor.. She keeps nagging at me, always asking me to stop drinking and basically I feel like she's controlling my life. I can do whatever I want and it's none of her business..

TAYLOR'S POV

I squeezed my eyes shut as I applied a tiny amount of pressure onto my elbow with the medicated oil. It looked pretty bad and I'm not really sure if concealer is going to hide all of it.

"Selena called you earlier so I picked it up. She wants me to remind you about lunch at her house later."

Harry said and I nodded slightly, before continuing what I was doing. I totally forgot about me meeting at Selena's house today...I was too busy thinking about Harry's situation to remember.

After I was done, I got up from the couch and walked up to Harry and I's room to get ready. My eyes widened in shock when I looked into the bathroom mirror. My eyes were bloodshot and puffy from crying last night, my elbow was bruised, there were eye bags under my eyes... I was a mess.