College cigarettes (Miniminter FF)

part 4: A close friend

I end up driving over to my friend Harry's place because he's as close to me as everyone else but he doesn't go to school so we don't see each other in real life as much. When I knock on his door I'm an absolute mess. My hair is all over my face, I was crying for the whole drive, I'm still crying, and it's like 12 in the afternoon. He opens the door and I fall into his arms in a mess of tears.
"Shh it's ok, I'm here." He whispers in my ear.
"Rachel you ok?" I hear from a girl and look over to see Kate, Harry's girlfriend. She is also a really close friend of mine but she doesn't blend well with the girls because her life isn't an absolute mess. I hug her and then she leaves because she was leaving anyway. Harry is literally my best friend in the world. He's the equivalent to a brother to me, well I do have a brother but he left ages ago and I haven't spoken to his since then. Just another reason why my life is fucked.
"What happened?" Harry says after Kate leaves.
"It's the guys, they know." I say between sobs and hiccups.
As soon as I say that he already knows what I'm talking about.
"How?" Harry asks in a soft voice.
"Chloe accidentally told them." I answer.
"Oh no." Harry says as a whisper.
"Listen Harry, this is kind of a big favor but I need a place to stay. I don't know for how long but I just can't go back right now." I say and finally stop crying.
"Ye of course." He says without even hesitating and I'm grateful.
"Thank you." I say to him and hug him again.
When we both let go cal (freezy) and Callum (callux) walk in.
"Oh hey Rachel, you ok?" Cal asks.
"Ye you're make ups not the best currently." Callum ads.
"Shut the fuck up." I laugh and sniffle a bit wiping my face (probably not making anything better).
"Yo Rachel's gonna stay here for a while, is that alright?" Harry asks.
"Ye." Both the Cals say then walk into the kitchen.
"I seriously do have to sort out my makeup." I say and walk over to the kitchen table.
"You can borrow some of Kate's, she always leaves some here in case she stays over night. It's in my room." Harry says.
"Cool thanks Harry." I say and walk into his room.
I wipe off my makeup and put on some of Kate's foundation, eye liner, and mascara. her foundation is a bit lighter but barely noticible. besides that the resto of the makeup is fine.
I go into the corridor but then someone covers my mouth from behind and drags me back into Harry's room. I struggle against whoever it is and bite their hand.
"Ow!" I hear the person whisper scream and let me go then I turn around and see Harry.
"It's just me calm down, what the fuck why did you bite me." He whispers.
"I'm sorry i panicked, why did you drag me into your room?!" I whisper scream as well not knowing why.
"They're here! All of them and they're looking for you." Harry says.
"Oh fuck." I whisper scream again.
I hear people start walking and foot steps getting louder then panic.
"Hide in my closet." Harry says and I run to his closet and hide.
As soon as I walk in I close the closet door. they walk in and I cover my mouth with my hand as an extra safe gaurd.
"Harry do you know where she is?" I hear Chloe ask calmly.
"Who?" Harry says and acts confused.
"Don't act like an idiot Harry you know who we're talking about." Simon says sounding angry at Harry. I hear something or someone slam against the wall.
"Get off of me! what the fuck Simon!" Harry says.
I really want to get out of the closet but I keep hiding.
"Simon mate stop." Jj says and I think Simon gets off of him.
I open the closet door slightly and peek around the corner. I see Josh and vikk holding Simon back and jj separating them. Fuck I should've stepped out.
"Sorry Harry, I just need to know where she is." Simon says sounding a bit calmer but borderline angry.
I accidentally hit a coat hanger in Harry's closet and I hear it hit another one. Shit. I get back in the closet and close the door. everybody falls silent include myself.

"What was that?" I hear Elle ask.
"What was what?" Harry says trying to distract them.
"It sounded like it came from the closet." Max says.
"It was probably nothing." Harry says still trying to distract them.
Someone starts walking towards the closet, I need somewhere to hide. I hide behind one of the jumpers at the back very left of the closet.
I grab a bag that is used to protect important clothes and it is also pretty long. I put it in front of me and hide behind it. i squat down and hear the closet door open. I stay still and look under the bag seeing Simons shoes. He inspects a bit by just dividing all the clothes to each side barely missing my head. There's silence then he closes the closet door making it dark again and I just relax in the closet.
"If you see her, tell us please ok?" I hear max ask.
"Ye sure." Harry says then I hear everyone leave.
The closet door opens then Harry lifts me up forcefully.
"You're lucky you're one of my best friends or else I would totally kick you out right now." Harry whispers because they're still in the apartment.
"I am seriously sorry but thankful, thank you Harry." I say and hug Harry.
"Wait, they're still here. Can you distract them?" I ask Harry.
"What? Why?" He asks.
"I need to get my stuff from the house but if they're there, they're gonna kill me." I say.
"No, I've already hidden you in my closet i don't wanna make them even more suspicious." Harry basically refuses.
"Please Harry? Remember why I'm here in the first place." I say to try to make him feel empathetic.
"Ok ok fine." Harry says then goes out the room and to the guys.
"Why don't you guys stay for a bit while you're here." Harry asks them.
"No we need to find Rachel now." Simon says sternly.
Harry carries on stalling while I try to go through the front door but it would make to much noise to open. I signal to Callum to open the door and he gets the hint. He opens the door then goes around the corner pretending to go outside. I quickly go out and out of sight.
"Thanks cal" I say then start to head off when he pulls my arm causing me to turn around
"Hey, good luck. Please know that we love you." He says and pulls me in for a hug i awkwardly stand at first but then hug him back.
"Thanks, I'll remember that. I love you guys too." I say then leave.
I get in the car and quickly drive back.

Edit: this is genuinely so bad. I had to fix so many spelling mistakes. how does this have over 100 reads? god im honestly so sorry, i really am.