Cuts

Ch 12. Smoking

(edit in the media tab. haha im bored of typing this every time and you guys must be too but :)

Chapter 12 - Smoking

Stephie's POV

"Stephie.." Nicki shakes me as the sound blasts in my ears. I was angry at Harry because he didn't tell me how much he paid to Zayn.

"Stephie!" She screams and pulls out one of my earbuds out from her side.

"What?" I groaned, irritated. The focus of her eyes shift from me to the gate of the smoking area. I follow her gaze and freeze.

Harry is standing there.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

"What are you doing here?" He asks me, coming near. The suprise clear in his voice.

I pull the other earbud out and stand up from the bench on which I was sitting. Nicki copies me.

"I uh.. I was.." I do exactly the thing that I shouldn't. I god damn stammer.

"She came with me." Nicki boldly says, interrupting me.

The girl got some strong guts.

I'm met with Harry's questioning eyes again.

"Yeah.. I just.." But Nicki drags me by pulling me by my arm.

I feel the same way I did when I met him for the first time. I could feel him staring at my back but again I didn't dare to turn back.

Nicki throws the cigarette she was pressing between her lips on the way outside. Fuck, if Harry saw me smoking, shit. Thankgod he didn't.

"God you reacted so stupid!" She scolds me when we got inside the building.

"I know. I'm sorry."

"Do my eyes look okay? Enough crying for today." She changes the topic, I thank her in my mind for that.

"Yeah. It looks alright." I tell her and she smiles.

We head towards the Cafeteria along with a change of mood in both of us.

"Have you seen Haley?" I ask.

"No.. I last saw her on Tuesday and its Friday!"

"Let me call her."

I talked to her and she said that she wasn't feeling well and was coming back the next week.

Harry's POV

I'm still wondering over the fact that Nicki smokes and she brought Steph along with her to see her.. smoke? Who the hell does that? And it was actually obvious for her to start smoking. The person that was most affected by the Liam incident was her. I'm still not sure if Steph smokes. It's not like I care, I'm just curious.

I chose to do what both of us have been doing lately when we have a problem. Texting.

To: Steph

Sent at: 12.56 PM

Do u smoke?

She didn't reply to my last text. Well I didn't even think she would.

I took a cigarette and lighter out of my pocket. It really becomes a damn obsession. I shouldn't have started smoking again yesterday.

The lighter slipped from my hand when my phone buzzed in my pocket. It burned some skin on my palm.

Oh fuck it!

I threw the cigarette and kept the lighter back in my pocket and lifted the phone.

From: Steph