Mannequins | completed

Ten

A/N: Right, so I haven't updated in 2 years cos I haven't had the time to write, honestly. But I did find a couple of chapters in my email, so I'll be updating! Hopefully I'll find the time to write as this is has been my favorite story to write. Thank you for your patience! A big thank you to Becca for editing the following chapters, as always.

xoxo, Kirsten

HENRY WAS A BALL of raging fury, his nostrils flaring and eyes tinted red with anger.

"We can explain—" Callum said quickly, but Henry cut him off.

"No, you will not fucking explain, son," he seethed. Henry turned to look at me. "I let you borrow my car and you completely trash the cooling system, you little—"

"Stop it, hon," Felicity chided, stopping the rest of Henry's sentence from leaving his mouth. "Lynn didn't mean it. Don't rage at her like a bull."

Callum and I had headed to a repair shop after we left Orion's Belt. We had to call for a tow truck to tow the car to the repair shop and apparently, because there wasn't enough space for Callum and I to sit on in the truck while they towed the car to the repair shop, we had to walk. We walked, from Orion's Belt to the repair shop and it was strenuous. Absolutely strenuous and I ended up a sweaty mess.

So I was exhausted from the arduous journey, only to be yelled at by Henry.

Nevertheless, I knew I deserved it. He was right, I completely trashed the cooling system of his car. What I was annoyed about, though, was the fact that Henry didn't seem to blame Callum at all even when he had a part in all of this.

"I already told you that I'm sorry," I said quietly. "We're here at the repair shop and, like I said, I'm willing to pay for all the expenses." Even if doing this would prevent me from paying this month's rent.

After Callum and I arrived at the repair shop, I had quickly decided to call up Henry to tell him what had happened to his car. In the end, it was Callum who called him since I didn't have Henry's number. Even though it wasn't on speaker, I heard Henry's loud and angry profanities while the phone was pressed against Callum's ear.

After the call, Henry had quickly made his way to the repair shop by taking a cab, Felicity in tow as usual. When he saw me, he hadn't failed to yell at me as if I killed his mother. If it wasn't me in the situation then I would've found Henry's collection of vulgar names amusing. But, unfortunately, it was me in the situation and it wouldn't be too far-fetched to conclude that Henry was going to slaughter me sooner than later.

In any other situation, I would've been annoyed with Felicity's constant meddling, but right now I was thankful. She seemed to be calming Henry down; she seemed to have that effect on him.

"See, Henry?" Felicity said gently. "She's paying for all the expenses necessary. You have nothing to worry about."

Suddenly, I felt a hand squeeze mine. I looked up and saw Callum sending me an apologetic look. I pulled my hand away from him and discretely scowled. He deserved to feel bad, really. He was getting zero percent of the blame because Henry favored him.

Henry pinched the bridge of his nose then sighed. "Fine. As long as she pays for everything."

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THERE WAS NO SUGARCOATING it: I was broke. Completely and utterly broke.

I had taken my final exam today and my first year of college was over, which meant that summer had officially started. But instead of being excited like any other college student, I was feeling extremely problematic. Tomorrow was the day I had to pay for my rent, but unfortunately I used up all my money to pay for the repairing of Henry's car.