Neighborly Love

Chapter 25

Justin's POV:

"Good morning, beautiful!" I greeted Hailey who walked to the kitchen with her messy bed hair. "Stop! I look like a zombie without makeup" she mumbled and took a sip of my orange juice which was in front of me on the table when I was making us a breakfast.

"How did you sleep?" I asked and she raised her shoulders. "Good, I guess if we won't count that 5am I woke up to your boner against my hip" she giggled. "I'm sorry about that" I chuckled and poured a porridge on two plates

"Sadly there's no any side dish like berries or anything in this but I think that we can try live with it" I commented. Porridge tasted pretty boring without anything but we had ran out of strawberries yesterday, so now we had to just manage

Hailey took a phone from her pocket and started scroll through her notifications. Suddenly I could see her eyes widen and she jumped off the table and ran to the bathroom. "Hailey" I ran after her but she locked the door. I heard that she was talking with someone on the phone there.

Her call took about 10 minutes before she stormed out repeating 'fuck' the whole way back to table and then pressed her face against her hands. "Fuuuck" she yelled. "What's wrong?" I asked worried. "Has something happe-"

"He's at my parent's place" she stuttered. "Who is?" "Marcus, my boyfriend. Mom had tried to call me over 5 times and ask where I was. I lied to her that I had left out with some old school friends and stayed over a night at their place but now I should be going to back home" she opened.

"I-I don't know what to do... I'm in deep shit right now. Why me? Why now?" she cried out. I felt bad for me but same time there was a little piece of panic inside me which kept me awake.

But I could see a real panic in her eyes on that moment. "Just calm down" I told her and helped her to sit down. "We'll eat a breakfast and then I'll drive you back home before he will come. Nobody will not-"

"He's already there, Justin! He's there sitting in our fucking living room" she almost cried out. I didn't know what to answer her and how I (if I even should) make her feel better. "You will be fine" I mumbled and put a plate full of porridge with some fruits top of it in front of her.

"I'll leave you a couple houses away, so you can pretend like you would be coming by walk back" I suggested and finally a little smile spread on Hailey's face. "Sounds good, thanks" she said and started eat finally.

I could hear that high voice inside my head yelling, what was I doing. For some reason it would have wanted me to stop pretending and just do right at least once. "Drive home like it would be a normal day, let Hailey out, don't care if someone see it. They deserve know the truth" it kept telling me but I just ignored it.

No, I told to it. I would ruin not only her life but also my own by doing that. I would get people to look at me and whisper that there he went again, the man who knew exactly that it wasn't okay to start play with taken people but he still did so.

Just now, I understood that I was maybe taking too big steps forward, and maybe I should just back away and wait that they would breakup one day.

I didn't say anything back to her anymore and to be honest, we didn't say anything while we eat. No words came out neither of us mouth. The situation was same as most of time before again, tensed and a little embarrassing. "Thank you for last night.. it was..." Hailey broke the silence but couldn't finish her sentence.

"No problem, I'm glad that you liked it" I chuckled when images from last night kept replaying in my head. "Are you ready for eating? I can wash the dishes while you change. We should maybe leave after that so your boyf-" "Yeah, let's do so" she cut me off and I was kind of happy that she did because I wasn't sure at all could I say that thing end without getting disgusted chills all over my body.

Why couldn't that guy just leave Hailey alone, since he hasn't been too interested about him in last couple weeks? Why he had to decide to show up just now?

Suddenly I felt something burning my hand, and I realized that I had forgotten to close the tap where still ran hot water. "Shit" I mumbled myself and quickly turned the temperature to colder side to cool down my now red hand.

"Did you hurt yourself or why- Ouch! That looks bad" Hailey said behind my back when she noticed my hand. "It's okay... I'm fine. Go to the car, I'll come there soon" I told her and got a towel around my hand. The skin hadn't burnt but it hurt still enough, so I could let out still a few more curse words before I followed Hailey to my car.

"I can drive if you just tell where I have to turn" Hailey suggested but I refused her offer. "You don't know how to drive with this thing, so maybe it's better that I do it. Plus I'm fine" I said when I started the car. "Well, that came straight out" she rolled her eyes. "I just suggested"

The drive took less than when we came since it wasn't night time like yesterday when we went to that cottage. The road was calm, not much traffic on highway. Hailey turned the radio on. When she realized that it was Shawn who was singing there, she started immediately sing with the song:

"Oh, I've been shaking
I love it when you go crazy
You take all my inhibitions
Baby, there's nothing holding me back
You take me places that tear up my reputation
Manipulate my decisions
Baby, there's nothing holding me back"

I laughed softly. It wasn't because she would sound bad while she sang, vice versa actually. She sounded like an angel when she hit those higher notes. The reason why I laughed her was that how passionately she did it.

"There's nothing holding me baaaack!!" she opened the window and yelled outside. She was crazy. I couldn't handle her.

Hailey giggled and looked me. "Sorry, I just really love that song. How much there's still left?" she asked and looked her phone. "It will take maybe 10 minutes" I told her and looked the information boards. I grouped to the right lane and there we turned a little later to the left.

"I have missed you sooo much" I could hear her telling to her boyfriend. I could also see with a corner of my eye how they kissed on the yard, I wanted it or not. It disgusted me because just hours earlier those lips were on mine.

She had also told me that she was thinking about breaking up with that boy but I wasn't sure anymore were her thoughts same what they were yesterday, or was she even serious when she said it. Maybe she did it just because she wanted cover just that uncertainty which kept floating inside her.

I used way too much that word 'maybe' while I thought about her nowadays, I had noticed that, and it had started burn my inside. I needed answers to my questions but I didn't same time wanted look too eager or pushy. I didn't know, what to do if I wanted be honest right now.

"I thought that you had already forgotten me and left with someone else" I could still hear Hailey's voice from their yard.

I didn't know why I was still listening their conversation because it made me nothing but sad.

"I would never do that. It would be the biggest mistake in my life if I ever left you, baby" her boyfriend said. "I love you, Hailey"

Quickly I moved inside my house and pushed the door close because I didn't want hear, what she would answer to him. It would have been the last hit for me and my already weak heart.
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