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Chapter 27

Harvey's Pov

"Who's at the door?" Lottie yawns rubbing her eyes as she leans against her bedroom door.

"Wait in your room" I tell her.

I debate in my head if I should open the door. Somebody's pounding on it at 2am and I have a feeling there not at the wrong address and are here for trouble. Whoever it is I could probably take them, but if I can't, Lottie's here. I go against my better judgement and open the door.

It's not somebody here for trouble.

It's Hope.

Freezing cold, crying and soaking wet from the rain Hope.

"Come in, what are you doing here?" I ask bringing her inside immediately. I bring her into the living room and wrap a blanket around her. I tell Lottie who it is and she goes back to bed.

Hope is still crying and I've no idea how to comfort her. I don't know what's going on or how to fix it.

"Is Theo here?" She asks, "That's why I came, I'm sorry it's so late. I just need him right now" She adds. It's killing me that she's looking for Theo in her hour of need and not me.

I know I can't blame her for choosing Theo over me, I haven't made enough effort to show her how much I care about her, I wish I could explain it to her. I'm new to this, I don't know how to show someone I care. The truth is I don't know how I feel because I've never felt like this about a girl before.

"Is he here?" She asks me again.

"No he's not"

"Oh, I'll leave" She mumbles dropping the blanket from her shoulders. She stands up from the couch and I take her wrist in my hand gently.

"Your upset, you should stay" I insist praying she'll agree with me.

"I shouldn't have came" She says looking at the floor.

"Your here, you might as well stay?" I smirk and get a small smile from her in return.

"What happened?" I ask her.

"Have you ever just felt...so...so...I don't even know! I think I'm going insane, it's like I'm constantly fighting this...this" She breaks down into more tears. I pull her into my arms and her arms wrap around my neck as she cries into my chest.

"I don't want to cry in front of you, I'm sorry" She mumbles into my chest as she calms down.

"Don't be sorry, what happened?" I ask her.

"I lost control" She says just as Theo stumbles through the door. Hope pulls away from my arms to see who it is.

"Hope!" Theo exclaims wrapping his arm around her shoulder. He must have drank more than enough alcohol if he's drunk.

"Hey Theo" She smiles up at him. I'm so jealous of how easy it is for him to make her smile.

"Are you crying?" He slurs his words. What the hell did this kid drink.

"Yeah, I was" She looks at the floor and he hugs her.

"I'm going back to bed" I tell the pair.