My Crush

Chapter 5

*Harry's POV*

I haven't seen Lacey today, I hope she's okay.

"Kate!" I ran up to Kate "where's Lacey?"

"She's at her uncle's" she tells me.

"Is she all right?"

She looked at me "it's not my story to tell" then she walked away.

After school, I walked to her uncle's house since it was so close by and I rang the bell.

John opened up the door "Is Lacey here?" I asked him.

"She doesn't want to see anyone Harry"

"Please John, I have to see her and know she's okay"

"Let me talk to him son" Anthony walked out "sit down Harry"

We sat down on the front steps "what's going on?"

"Something happened and it's not my story to tell, it's Lacey's if she trusts you with it. Listen son, she's been hurt a lot and lost a lot of people in her life. As her uncle and one of the most important person in her life, I don't want that for her, she doesn't deserve the pain she's been receiving, she deserves to be happy for once"

"I want her to be happy too"

"What do you want from her?" Anthony asked me.

"Like if I want to be in a relationship with her or just be friends?" I asked him.

"What do you want from her?"

"I want her to open up to me, I want to get to know her, I want to get to know all the little things. She just seems so different from the girls at school, a good different"

"Does she know?"

"No" I sighed.

"Uncle Anthony?" I heard Lacey's voice "can you make some food for Emma? She's hungry"

"Sure baby" we got up and Anthony walked inside as I just stood there looking at Lacey but I couldn't really see her, it was like dark inside.

"Harry?" She asked me "what are you doing here?"

"I came to see you, I um missed you in school"

"Little old me?"

I laughed "yeah... What's going on Lace?" I asked her.

"Harry" she sighed.

"Please open up to me, I want to be there for you"

"I've been hurt a lot Harry and I can't take it if you hurt me too"

"I won't, I don't want to at least" I admitted.

"I can trust you?" Lacey asked me "I really want to trust you, I want to believe you aren't the same, that you care and you'll be there for me"

"I promise I will"

She bowed her head as she walked outside "look at me love"

I put my hand on her chin and tilted her head up to look at me. Tears were streaming down her face as I spotted the black and blue underneath her eye and on her cheek.

"What happened to your face?!"

"Harry" I cupped her face and she placed her hand on mine "please"

"What happened?"

She cried "my dad, he's been coming home drunk and um I got him mad and he took it out on me"

I wiped her tears, she's so beautiful to be crying. She doesn't deserve this type of pain.