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Harry

I pulled her arm when she refused to move, dragging her to the car with me.

"Hey, stop!" she yells, "Who do you think you are? Pulling me against my will and stopping me from seeing him?"

"Your boyfriend." I say calmly.

She looks taken back by my response as her mouth opens then closes.

"He didn't mean any harm, Harry." I try to convince him as we step into the car.

"Last night he was about to rape you!" I shout, hiting the steering wheel with my fist, "Ahh fuck."

"Did you hurt yourself?" She asks, placing her hand ovet mine.

"Don't." I warn her, readjusting my hand as I start the engine.

We stay silent on our way home both not knowing what to say or think about what just happened.

When we reach home, her hand meets mine as I was about to step into my bedroom.

"Don't you wanna talk?" She looks innocently at me, fluttering her eyelashes.

"Not in the mood, Selena." I jerk away, entering my room.

"I'm not leaving you." She says, crashing into my room.

Groaning, I sigh loudly, "We'll talk tomorrow." I tell her, turning the other direction.

"I don't love Ian." She whispers, "I do have feelings for him but I don't love him. I guess I pity him because he lost his family. He needs someone to be there for him and I was. That was it, Harry. Nothing else I promise."

Sighing, I look at her, "Maybe you don't love him but he does."

She approaches me, holding my hand, "I don't care. I'm with you, I love you."

"I love you too." I tell her, kissing her forehead, "Just don't go behind my back like that again. Don't lie to me, Selena."

"I promise this is the last time it'll happen." She nods quickly.

"Okay." I smile, holding her close.

"Now, you gotta feed me cause I'm straving." She laughs, walking downstairs.

I laugh, moving downstairs with her to meet up in the kitchen.

"Harry." Mother appears between Selena and I.

"Mum?" I ask, looking back at Selena who's shrugging.

"I'm going away for a month." She says and I stop, "Gemma is having trouble here so I suggested she studies abroad. I'm going with her to settle things over there and-" She looks at Selena, "I'll be back once everything is okay." She smiles.

"Okay." I say calmly.

"Nothing else to say?" She asks, waiting.

"No, not really." I shrug, moving towards Selena.

"We're leaving tomorrow-"

"Mum, I get it." I roll my eyes, "I'll say goodbye to Gemma tomorrow."

"Okay." She sighs as I open the refrigerator.

"I don't think there's anything to eat. How about we order pizza?" I look at Selena.

"I-" Selena tries to say something only to get interrupted by mum.

"I can cook you something." She smiles.

"No need, we'll just order something. C'mon Selena." I grab her hand, walking away.

"Are you okay?" Selena asks as we reach the living room. I lay down on the couch, sighing.

"I'll be okay once she's gone."

"You want her to go?" She stares widely at me.

"Yeah, why would I want her here? All she does is ruin things for us. It's been a month and a half and she's still the same." I complain.

"Yeah." Selena mutters, looking down.

"We don't have to think about that right now, though." I smile, "I'll go order." I tell her and she nods.

The next few days went by slowly or at least that's how I felt it went. Mum didn't even call once since she went away and I tried calling her but it seems like there's no signal. Gotta admit I'm actually worried about her but then again, I want her to be away.

Selena went away for the weekend too. She said there's an intern in New York. Perhaps she'll be back tomorrow or the day after that.

Meanwhile I'm spending most of my days watching Tv, working and playing xbox with Calvin. Ian and I haven't talked ever since that day. I don't get why my best friend would think about stealing my girl. I never did anything to him nor thought about it.

On Wednesday I woke up feeling a bit fuzzy from last night. Drank too much and danced with some girls but that was all I assure you. Heading downstairs to get some coffee, the doorbell went on.

Marching to get it, The door swung open as Selena's eyes met mine, "Selena." I breathed.

"I missed you." Her arms wrap around my neck, breathing in my scent as I hugged her back.

"Vodka?" She pulls away, raising an eyebrow at me.

"Yeah I'm- I had a tough night. Calvin came over and we got wasted."

"Oh that explains it." She rolls her eyes, moving inside as she stumbles into my clothes on the floor.

"I only left for the weekend and this place is already drowning with your clothes."

"Yeahh sorry about that- I obviously can't live without a woman." I cheekily laugh, wrapping my arms around her from behind.

"So if I leave, you'll just die?" She laughs, turning to face me.

"Good thing you're not going anywhere." I kiss her nose and she smiles, "And my mum."

"Your mom?" Her expressions change.

"Yeah, when she comes back of course." I tell her.

"Yeah." She whispers, "So how's Calvin doing?"

"Okay. Suffering a little from the breakup but he'll be alright."

"How's umm, Chloe doing?"

"Ever since she moved away, I haven't heard from her. I get that she's mad at me but- I really want her to know I care about her. I never meant to hurt her."

"I know but there are some things in life that you can't change, Harry. Just like Ian will never accept our love, chloe won't either. It's okay, though, we don't have to get everyone's blessing."

"We won't be getting mum's blessing either." I tell her and she gulps.

"We won't be getting my dad's blessing too. See, it's okay. It's normal."

"Eventhough a lot of people stand in our way, I'm happy you're here with me and fighting this together means the world to me."

"Same here."