Runaway 2

Chapter 14

6:12PM. Waiting at the door for you.

I stand there, impatient. Waiting for Harry. He was supposed to be here any minute, the palms of my hands sweating and my heart racing, he will walk through this doorway any second.

"I think you should sit down honey," Anne squeezes my arms from the sides and we walk to the living room. She hands me some tea and I take a sip and it helps me relax, the hot tea running down inside me. I exhale deeply and sit back on the couch. Gemma wasn't here, she was on a trip to Italy with some of her friends. It was just going to be me, Harry and his parents. The door clicks open and my cup falls on my lap, the hot tea burning my legs but I get up and rush to the door. I see him, standing there. My knees feel weak, my body starts to sweat and the tea spilled on me, continues to burn me.

"Harry...," I breathe. He looks over me and walks past me to his parents and hugs them. They engulf each other and then he says something privately to them, slowly they all look at me and then it gets awfully quiet. He walks over to me and pulls my arm, the electricity in my veins pump at his touch and he takes me to the guest bedroom. Closes the door.

"We need to talk," he begins.

"I'm ready, I'm ready for anything, I know I messed up, I know this was desperate of me to come over to your parents place but I was desperate and this was the only way-," I talk really quick until I'm cut off.

"Audrey, I'm engaged," He says. I gulp, feel my eyes heat up, the tears were going to flow out any second and my face heats up too, as the tiny hairs on my face rise. My head feels light and seems to be swooshing around, as if everything around me was starting to fade away and not make sense.

"What?," I fall back on to the bed, just sitting there, shocked.

"I'm engaged, I found someone, I didn't come here to hurt you, I need you to leave my parents house but they still need to think we're a thing and I'd like to keep it that way," I couldn't believe his words. "I pretended to be your boyfriend for your dad even thought it became real but you left me and now I need that favor back,"

"But why?," I ask.

"I never asked your dad why... I need the favor back Audrey. I'm only here for a week and I need you to pretend to be my girlfriend," He looks straight at me, his eyes serious, no sympathy in them. Something feels different, he doesn't feel the same, he seems, almost, heartless.

"Okay," I nod. I've done it again, I've fallen into the trap. I wipe my non-existent tears. I stand up tall and walk to the bathroom. I haven't had a change of clothes since yesterday and I have nothing to change into, so I walk back out. "Uh, I need a change of clothes,"

"I don't think I have anything, so I'll take you any store nearby," Harry clears his throats.

"I can't go to the store um.. it looks like I've wet myself, don't you just have anything?," I ask. "Gemma's clothes?"

"No, no, no you're not wearing her clothes or anyone's, I'll just go get you something myself... um.. what's your size?," He asks.

"Uh anything medium or small," I answer and walk into the bathroom and close the door behind me. I start to fill the bath, I strip off my clothes. My thighs were awfully red from the hot tea but it wasn't as hot to give me severe burns or anything, my pants were pretty thick. The bath fills up, I run my hand across the water. It was really warm, I slip inside and close my eyes once I sit down. Once I feel my thoughts come in, I begin to cry. I sit there, weeping in the bathtub. The one time, the one time I choose to come back and stay, give another chance, I realize, I'm a little too late.