Fall.// h.s au Short Story

Chapter 14

I drop Harry's hand immediately and stare at my plate full of cheesecake I feel my eyes becoming watery. I deny any eye contact from anybody because I feel so fucking embarrassed. My whole family knew and they were planning to play me the whole time. Oh my God, my dad, how could he? It was one thing to cheat on mother but cheating on her with a man just makes it ten times more hurtful. My mom, she is probably drowning from all of this; from a strong 25 year relationship ending with the guy cheating on her with another man. God how can this happen? I feel the lump rising in my throat. I thought we were a happy family. Worst of all Harry is here to witness this. I jump out of my seat and walk closer to my dad so I'm right between him and Harry.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? You are fucking cheater! What do you guys do? Have sex in the office late night while my mom is worrying sick about if you had dinner or not. I'm disgusted as fuck." I sobbed loudly. As I was about to leap on my dad to slap his chest, a pair of strong arms grabbed me pulling me back. It was Harry.

I turned fully to him and hugged him very tightly, sobbing into his chest. I heard my sister crying and my mom throwing plates in the kitchen. Tom was sitting there quietly acting shitty ass innocent. I turn to face him.

"You fucking home wrecker! You are a fucking man whore you stupi-" I yelled harshly while sobbing but got interrupted by my sperm donor can't even call him dad anymore.

"That's enough Lauren!" he yells loudly, I felt the wall vibrated. My mom ran quickly to her bedroom, slamming and locking the door. Mackie went to the kitchen to clean my mom's mess. "Lenny you need to understand me..." I heard my dad's apology but sooner or later all I heard was Harry's heartbeat.

"It's okay baby." Harry whispers into my ear. "Let's go up now." He picks me up and I wrap my legs around him as he carries me up to our room.
"We're not done here!" My dad yelled as the dishes in the dining room broke as well.

We were finally in the room. Harry laid me down on the comfy bed. He took my shoes off and placed them by the bed. I closed my eyes seeing nothing because I felt so betrayed, I was so angry with the world. I hear Harry opening a suitcase then felt the side of the bed go down. I open my eyes a little since my eyes were still sore from crying and saw Harry holding my clothes. He looks at me silently asking me if h could change me  and i softly nod.

He slowly hovers over me and I feel his cold fingers play with the waistband of my jeans. He slowly pulls them off then puts the yoga tights on me. He held both off my hands to lift me up and took my shirt off quickly. He puts some random shirt on me then unclasps my bra. After cleaning me up he tucks me in the bed and kisses me goodnight. I was breathing slowly inhaling Harry's scent and realized i was wearing his shirt. The only thing that calmed my broken heart was him saying, "Goodnight baby."

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Harry's pov

I rest on the wall across the bed she was laying in. I don't fucking know what went over me to take care of her and comfort her. I haven't comforted a girl in a long time. I stare at Lauren in awe; she looks so beautiful with her flaws. She would be a nice fuck. I feel like I'm catching feelings for her but it's not part of the plan. I grab my cigarettes from my suitcase and walk downstairs. The house was empty and the clean. Macy or whatever cleaned it up and Lauren's dad left. I walk out the front door and close it making sure it's unlocked. I sit on one of the steps and light my stick up. Seeing the scene today with Lauren's dad reminded of me of my mom cheating on my dad. How disgusted I felt and how the person who cheats ends up being happy.
I try to keep my mind off Lauren but I can't. I am so worried about how she's feeling right now. Her smile and humour are contagious. She's average smart but still way smarter than me. She seems to genuinely care about me and last time I thought someone did too they ended up cheating on me.