Protect Me

Without you

(Sorry last update was short, I was really tired from going to the doctors')

The next morning I wake up and get some breakfast. All alone I sit and play with my food until I see Harry staring at me from the end of the breakfast line.

After he gets his food, he sits across from me.
"You know...there's uhm a music festival in the green on Friday?" he scratches the back of his neck.
"Yea, I know" I say not making eye contact.
"Can I take you?"
"No."
"Parker, please-"
"Harry I said n-"
"Would you stop interrupting me?!" he says loudly, too loudly. "I keep trying to apologize and you just push me away! You interrupt me! You owe this to yourself to hear me." He says, quieter. "Just hear me out?" he asks and I nod.

Every minute without him makes my heart ache, but I want to focus on my future, my freshman college year, not boys messing up and getting chance after chance. I miss him, and I want him. I am angry with him and I hate him at the same time that I love him and can't bear to be without him.

"I'm sorry I cheated on you in the first place, it was a one time thing, I swear it. I didn't want to have sex with you because I didn't want to make you uncomfortable because I just pried you to play for me. This girl was flirting with me and I got hard and it all went downhill so fast."

I look away, my eyes whelling up with tears just thinking about it.

"Parker," he lifts my chin so we make eye contact. "I didn't mean to pin you to the wall, I was drunk and angry. Angry at myself for cheating on you, I thought you had moved on. But it was a false assumption and I am so so so sorry."

"You confuse me." I chuckle letting my hair fall onto my face.
"Does that mean you forgive me?" he asks
"I don't want to risk getting hurt again." I state looking up.
"I promise, " he pleads, "I won't hurt you."
He leans across the table and takes my face in his hands.
"Please"

"Ok" I breathe and he kisses me. Somehow we always make up at a meal.

"I have class soon." I tell Harry while walking through the green, our hands entwined.
"Shhh, no you don't." he says and I giggle.
"So did you want to go to the Music Festival?" He asks
"Yeah, that would be fun." I check the time on my phone and it says 4:00 and I have class at 4:30.
"I have to go."
"Can I walk you to your room?"
"Of course"

"Thanks" I say when we get to the door.
"I love you" he says, bringing me into a nice warm hug.
"I love you too." I say into his ear.

When I get into my room, I hear gagging coming from the bathroom.
I roll my eyes, "Very funny" I say.
"Parker?" Alice says, her voice sounds weak.
"Oh my gosh! are you ok? I thought you just teasing me." I see her leaning over the toilet.
"No, I've been throwing up since this morning."
"Do you want me to get you anything?"
"Water please"

I give her a water bottle and open the sheets on her bed so she can get in. I get the tiny office garbage can and put a garbage bag in it and put it next to her bed.

"Thanks.."
"Do you want me to tell the infirmary?"
"Please"

I go to the lobby and ask for the nurse, she comes upstairs and brings Alice to the nurse's station. While they're doing that, I go to class.

My class is only an hour long so I get back at 5:30 and see Alice crying in her bed.

"What's the matter?" I ask sitting next to her.
"Don't treat me any different. Okay?"
"Yeah, yeah I won't, what's wrong?"
"I-I'm pregnant..." she whispers.