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19.

19. Yes.

Walking down the hallway of the auditorium, I swing open the door preparing to take my final. I sigh heavily and take a seat, watching my professor climb down from the stage, standing in front of us.

"Hello, I'm glad to see you all here, about to start the preparation for the final" He claps "So, the final is to perform a play that one of our students had written, and we will be rehearsing and Saturday the final production will take place" He grins.

"I'm happy to announce the play we will be performing was written by our very own Parker!" He smiles, and I return a very tight lipped one, watching as some gave me a congratulatory smile, while others just rolled their eyes and pretended I wasn't there.

Little does he know I didn't write it.

A body plops down next to mine, and my heart stops at the familiar scent of cologne "Looks like you'll be moving back in" Austin leans over and whispers in my ear.

"Parker, since it's your play you'll be playing the female lead. Austin since you're my best majoring student you'll be playing he male lead" He hands each of us scripts before randomly assigning the remaining roles.

"Spoiler alert, there's a kiss" Austin smirks "Lots of 'em actually" He adds, and I gulp.

"No" I mumble, gulping loudly "I need to go" I stand up, sprinting out of the auditorium. Once I'm a good distance away I lean against a wall to catch my breath, but it's no use as my pants eventually turn into sobs.

"Parker..." Austin steps in front of me, and I roll my eyes, wiping my tears.

"You followed me?" I huff.

"I just wanted to make sure you're okay"

"Since when do you care?" I ask, my tone angry.

"I've always cared Parker"

"No" I shake my head "No you haven't, you told me yourself you were in this just to get some so you don't care. Nor did you ever" I cross my arms over my chest.

"I do care, I always will care. I know I was an asshole-"

"Was?" I scoff "You still are. Now leave me alone. Once this play is over, I hope to never see you again" I push him away from me, storming back to my dorm room, which luckily, is still mine considering I've got the only key. Unlocking the door I sigh at my stripped bed, and lay on the plain fabric of the mattress, recounting the nights I've spent with Austin in here.

"Fuck" I run my hands down my face "No" I shake my head, I'm not allowed to think about him.

"Parker, please talk to me" Austin walks through the bathroom into my room, and I roll over onto my side, facing away from him.

"No"

"I just want to ask one question" He mumbles "Then the only time I'll talk to you is when were rehearsing"

"Fine"

"Do you hate me?" He asks quietly and I think for a moment before responding.

"Yes" I nod, still facing the wall.

"Okay" He says "I'm sorry that I made you hate me, that's never what I wanted" I hear him says before the bathroom door opens and closes, signaling that he's gone. I sit up after about five minutes of just laying down and facing the wall and grab the script, flipping through the pages to read it over.

"Hey! I didn't know you were back!" Alex runs into my room, tackling me on the bed. He sits back up quickly though when he sees I'm not in a very good mood "What's wrong?"

"Do you know what this is?" I hold up the script and he looks at it and shakes his head "This is the script I had Austin write for me and guess what!" I yell "It's basically the two of us in a play! From meeting, to be separate dans coming back together to him forcing me to tell him I loved him to leave me after" I sniff.

"Parker, I'm sorry"

"That's not the worst part" I shake my head "The worst part is this was written months ago, meaning he's had this planned for months"

"Does it say what happened after?" He asks and I shrug.

"I don't know what's supposed to happen, my script just cuts off after the lead female leaves"

"Do you think he has the ending?"

"Yes" I nod "There's no way he doesn't"

"That's such an Austin move" He rolls his eyes.

"He asked me if I hated him earlier..." I trail off.

"What'd you say?"

"I said yes" I shrug "Because I do. I hate him so much because even after all this bullshit, I still wish none of this happened and that we'd be the way we used to be"

"I know you do" Alex pulls me into his chest "But you deserve so much better. Any guy would be lucky to have you"

"Thanks" I roll my eyes "But I've heard that before"

"I know you have but I don't know what else to say"

"Be brutally honest with me, please. That's all I want" I sigh.

"Really?" He asks and I nod "I think you're an idiot. You knew what you were getting yourself into and you should've stopped while you were ahead. This didn't work out he first time so what make you think it'd work out the second time. He's manipulative and you're naïve. I love you both but you both need to get your shit together and learn that love isn't something to just play around with because it hurts. And you two clearly don't learn that if you touch a fire and it burns you, don't touch it again" He rants, and I listen to his every word.

"Thank you" I tell him honestly "Sometimes I just need to be told I'm stupid" I hug him tightly.

"Anytime" He chuckles.

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I hope this is good for you guys

I'm so fucking shook from Harry Styles' Another Man magazine shoot. It's so fucking good and he looks hot af and I'm dying.

I love you all

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