Chapter 9

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Zayn, Waliyha, and I went to the car and Waliyha insisted I get shotgun.

"We're stopping by someone's house first." Zayn says. I nod my head and put my seatbelt on, crossing my fingers that it isn't one of the boys who beat me up yesterday. Zayn took out his phone as he parked in front of this house.

"Babe, i'm here." Zayn says into the phone. I'm guessing we're picking up Jessica. "Are you ready?" Zayn asks as he puts the phone on speaker. "Almost almost." Jessica answers back. Zayn sighs and rubs the back of his neck.

"She usually takes awhile to get ready." Waliyha says as she rolls her eyes. "Waliyha!" Zayn says letting out a small laugh. "It's true!" she says as they both laugh in unison. So I laughed as well. I looked out at the window and see Jessica getting out of the door, quickly putting her shoes on.

"Harry, can you move to the back?" Zayn asks. "Erm yeah sure." I say as I open the door to go to the back seat. "Thanks man."

"Hurry up babe! We're going to be late!" Zayn says as Jessica paces to the car. "Hi! Sorry I uh well. You know I take awhile." Jessica says catching her breath. "It's alright." Zayn says as he leans in to give Jessica a kiss. I wish I could do that with Janiah.. "Get a room!" Waliyha shouts out. "Oh hey Waliyha." Jessica says with sarcasm. "And hey Ha-" Jessica's eyes widen and I wondered why but then I remembered. My face is all bruised up. "What happened!?!?" She yells out.

Janiah's POV

I woke up with my eyes swollen, still in the corner where I was crying last night. Makeup didn't work at all. I looked even more horrible. So I went to the sink and washed all omy one hour of work away. I put my hair up to a ponytail and put on some skinny jeans, a tank top, and a loose cardigan. I could care less with how I look today. Throughout the night of endless thinking I finally ended up with a conclusion and decided...

I'm gonna go with Harry.

Harry's POV

The entire car ride was nerve wracking. The whole way Jessica was asking questions and questions and questions. She was furious when Zayn and I were telling her everything that happened last night.

"I can't believe you would let them do that to him!" Jessica shouts out. "Babe, I'm really sorry! I didn't want it to happen!" Zayn shouts back. "Don't say sorry to me. Say sorry to Harry." Jessica calmly says as she opens the door to the car and gets off. "Babe! No wait!Ugh." Zayn yells as he hits the wheel. "Might as well go too Harry. The school's right there. Plus, my friends would get mad if they saw me walking into school with you.. Sorry man." I nod as I get out of the car and start walking to the gate. That was one hell of a ride. As I walked in I see Luke and his group of friends on the 'popular' table, as Janiah would say. Luke got out of the little group and started walking towards me.

"Hey!" Luke shouts out as I walked faster and faster. "Hey!" He says as he ran and grabbed ahold of my shoulder. "What?" I ask. "Remember our deal." Luke says with a grin. I nod my head as Luke turned around and went straight to his group again. I walked straight to the office to go change my schedule again. If I can't talk to her, I gotta change my schedule since we have all of our classes together.

Janiah's POV

I walk into school, getting a couple of looks and whispers. I heard one of them saying that I looked hideous. I ignore them as I walk to the bench where Harry and I usually hang out.

"Janiah!" Lindsay shouts out. Oh shoot it's Lindsay. I have to get away so I pace but she catches up to me. "Look I know you're mad but i'm really sorry! I didn't mean it. Please. You're my bestfriend." She says with her award winning puppy dog eyes. It gets to me and I instantly forgive her. "Fine." I'm too nice. "Yay! I love you ok? And whatever I said, i'm sorry." She says as I nod. "Now come on girl! We need to get you fixed up!" she says as she grabs my hand and pulls me to the restroom.

As I came out of the restroom I again get looks and whispers but this time it's good whispers. Lindsay's really good at this thing. She made my eyes look less puffy and my hair look better. As I look around I notice Luke coming over to me. Oh Lord please help me.

"Hey" Luke says as he bites the corner of his bottom lips. "Hi" I say with an awkward tone. "You look stunning babe." Babe? I never said yes? "Uh thanks." I say as I back away. "So what's your answer?" He says as he steps closer. "Uh I haven't thought about it. Hey um I have to go. Bye." I say as the bell rings. "Bye." Luke says as he sneaks in a kiss on my lips. "Luke!" I say as he lets out a small laugh and walks over to his friends.

Harry's POV

As I get out of the office I see Janiah with Luke. The bell rings and Luke kisses Janiah on the lips. Great. I'm guessing she picked Luke. My heart shatters into pieces as I walk into my first class, Civics. No one seemed to care about my bruised face which was good.

The whole period, I couldn't focus on anything but Janiah. Seeing them kiss made me lose every single bit of hope I had left in me. How could she go back to him after what he did? I guess this is good though. I'll stop talking to her. Then I'll get over it.

The bell rung and I quickly got up and out of the class. As I was walking to Reading I saw Janiah walking by herself in the hallways. My heart was telling me to go to her but my mind was telling me no. So I didn't. God, she's so gorgeous though. How does she manage that? Crying the night before but still being able to look so perfect the day after. Gah, stop Harry!

"Ah Styles. Changed schedules again?" Mr. Coulton says as I walk into class. "Yeah" I say as he laughs. "Go ahead and take a seat." I nod my head looking around the class. "There's a seat next to Kate." someone yells out. Who's Kate? This girl with red hair answered my question and pointed out the girl in the corner, her head in a book. I couldn't really see her face. "Ah. Thanks." As I walk over to Kate I hear people whispering about my poorly bruised face. But I don't mind.

I take a seat next to Kate and get out my book that I am currently reading. "Great Gatsby. That's a really good book." I say to her emphasizing the really. She takes her head out of the book, looking at me sort of weirdly. "Oh yeah. My face. It's a long story."

"Are you ok?" She asks.

"Yeah, thanks for asking."

"I can cover it up for you.. If you want?"

"Really?"

"Yeah. During lunch. Meet me near the fountain in front of the gate."

"Alright. Thanks!"

The period went by fast. Kate and I talked the whole time and Mr. Coulton didn't seem to mind. Turns out I have Kate in 3 of my classes. Time went by fast and before I knew it, it was lunch time. So I walked to where Kate wanted us to meet.

Janiah's POV

The whole 4 periods, Harry wasn't in any one of them. He must be absent. Sick probably. Then I remembered what I said to him last night.. What happened last night. He probably didn't go because he didn't wanna see my face. Damit Janiah. Since Harry isn't here I decided to go home and eat lunch at my house instead. The food is much better there.

While I was walking to the front of the gate, I heard some laughing. It was probably just some couple messing around. But it got louder and one of the laughs seemed familiar to my ears. I looked around and saw that there was two people behind the fountain that doesn't even work. Only our school. It seemed to have gotten quiet and I went closer and closer to see who it was and it was Harry. And this girl with long dark brown hair. They were staring into each other's eyes almost as if they were in love. Tears falling down my eyes, my legs feeling weak. I ran to the nearest restroom there was and bawled my eyes out. There goes Lindsay's amazing work. I'm done with crying. If Harry wants to play, we'll play.

Hi guyssssss. Sorry about the tons of changes with POV's! Hoped you liked this chapter!

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