Denial

ch. 32

"I would like you to meet my girlfriend, Kendall Jacobs"

My heart is in complete fury mode. I can feel my knuckles turn a shade of pasty white as I'm balling up my fists at my sides listening to Harry introduce Kendall to my mother. Last week, Harry had mentioned something about a friend needing to move in to the castle with him because of financial issues; And to my surprise, my mother was all for it blabbing about how she loves helping the less fortunate and what not. But never in a million years would I have thought that in such a short period of time, he would have his "girlfriend" move in, what am I supposed to do?

Truth is, I'm not supposed to be listening to this conversation going on between Harry, Kendall, and my Mother but I had a bad feeling after seeing Kendall drive in through the gates. And since when did I ever start obeying orders?

"What a pleasure to meet you Kendall. You are very welcome in the palace" I hear my mother politely say as I peek over behind the door and see her embrace Kendall into a hug. I haven't had a hug from my mother since I was 14. Must be nice.

"The pleasure is all mine Mrs" Kendall says as she then bows. For some reason, that action just annoys the crap out of me because I find myself mimicking her actions probably looking like a phsyco to anyone unfortunately passing by.

"Very nice of you dear. Well Harry here says there are some financial issues going on that lead you to this decision. Is that right?" She asks sitting herself down behind the large red wood desk. I look at Kendalls' expression to see pure confusion and shock as she looks over at Harry with a questionable motion, all whilst my mother is adjusting the materials laid on her desk.

"Oh-uh yeah. I don't really like talking about it, but my career has been quite slow and I've lost my home due to the fact" Kendall gestures followed by an unsure look to Harry. Who, for most of the time has been unusually quiet having his hands intertwined behind his back. I frown, totally not buying this sorry sympathy story that's clearly been made up. But I still don't get why. Why would Harry want Kendall to suddenly move in? Or vice versa.

"Sorry to poke at a nerve sweetie, but I understand. Take as much time as you'd need. The castle is a bit lonely due to the fact that the only people living here is myself and Scarlett. Oh, and the some staff" My mother says so kindly to her. It hits a certain nerve in me seeing as that my own mother can't even call me her daughter. I feel tears start to prick and threaten to fall, but before i give it the chance, I vigorously wipe them away.

"Thank you so much. I'll be eternally grateful" Kendall coos, being the kiss ass she's always seemed to be. I roll my eyes and mimic her tone of voice, then peek back over into the room.

"Scarlett? You may come in"

I freeze in my spot and I swear, I feel my soul jump out of my skin realizing that my mother caught me. I face palm before breathing and plastering a big smile on my face and strolling over to them.

"I uh-I actually came to speak of something with you. I'm sorry if I'm intruding" I say motioning over to Kendall and Harry. For some odd reason though, Harry can't even look at me directly; Instead he's fixated on my shoes and the floor.

"That's quite alright. Now that your here, let's get this over with shall we? Scarlett, this is Kendall, Harry's girlfriend. She will actually be staying with us for a while" She says motioning me towards her. What, does she expect me to hand her a cookie? To hell if she thinks I'll show her any sort of kindness seeing as I can see right through their sap story.

Instead, I nod towards her and look over at Harry hoping to get some sort of acknowledgement from him. Nothing. He's fiddling with his ring on his right hand whilst he's still looking down at the floor infront of him. I chuckle pathetically to myself and shake my head.

"I'll be making my way out now. We can talk some other time seeing as though your quite busy, dinner is at 6:00 yeah?" I ask wanting to leave as quick as possible, feeling as if the walls are caving in on me and I suddenly get the urge to puke.

"Always has been dear"

I nod towards my mother and ignore the presence of the two people who seem to get on each and every one of my nerves. Once I'm outside of the fort after slowly closing it to give them their privacy, I sigh and close my eyes against the door.

He can't keep affecting you like this Scar. He'll destroy the last bit of joy and love you surprisingly seem to have left.

*5:55pm*

The whole day, since this morning, I've managed to keep my stay in my bedroom. Harry's room is next door due to the fact that he's my bodyguard, so I wanted to avoid any sort of contact. I had heard a lot of clustering of boxes of some sort but I made sure to keep my music as loud as possible to keep myself from getting too curious and going over to check it out.

Unfortunately, it's now time for dinner and I couldn't be less dreadful. I knew that Harry and Kendall would be there due that my mother is convinced that Harry is some sort of savior because of my new found behavior. He and his Barbie can go rot on the poorest streets of England for all I care.

"Well it's nice for you to join us dear" I hear my mother say at the end of our 10ft dining table. Honestly I never found the need for such a tremendous table, it's only me and my mother that ever eat at this table.

"I'm here for the food" I mumble to myself as I grab a napkin, politely setting it on to my lap. I hear Harry choke on his glass of water as if wanting to laugh hearing my reaction to my mother welcoming to the table.

I frown over at him, his smile falling as he uncomfortably coughs and looks down at his still empty plate.

"So how long have you and Harry been together dear?" I hear my mother question Kendall. Oh this is going to be great. I smirk to myself folding my arms across my chest and leaning back into my chair, I so want to hear this.

"Yeah, Harry. How long have you and kendall here been going out?" I ask trying to make it as uncomfortable as I could. He scolds me before clearing his throat and grabbing ahold of Kendalls' hand on top of the table. I swallow hard before shuffling in my seat, clearly and annoyingly affected by the newly found contact between them.

"Actually, I've been hopelessly in love with her since we were kids until we separated after High School. And we so happened to reunite in Miami whilst our stay there. It's been amazing since then" He says smiling over to Kendall then placing a kiss on her nose as she giggles and rests her head on his shoulder. How gross. I roll my eyes and pout looking over at the painting on the walls. I look back and see Harry staring me down with an amused look on his face, as if he thinks he's got me and got back at me.

Game on styles.