Breathless

Two

"Oh my gosh, it's so hot in this room!" Trish frustratingly stood up and stomped over to our tiny fan, to make sure it is still on the highest setting.

"I know, good thing classes start tomorrow so we won't be in this sauna forever." I wiped the gathering sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand.

She turned around and walked over to her bed, grabbing her bag.

"You're right. We shouldn't be just sitting in here, boiling, when we could be somewhere else and be cooler."

She tells me that she is going to text the guys to see if they were going to come with us.
If it were up to me, I wouldn't have invited them, solely because of Harry. I can't describe what it is, but something makes me uneasy when I am around him.

"Yay!" Her sudden outburst made me jump. "They said they are heading to an on-campus restaurant that has air conditioning, and we can join!"

"Great." I said sarcastically, but she didn't pick up on it.

When we get to the restaurant, there were people already there that almost filled the booth, and I recognized almost everyones faces.
Louis, Liam, Niall, and unfortunately Harry...but there was two people I didn't know.
One was a girl that had obvious dyed blonde hair, and the other was a guy with jet black hair that was in the style of a quiff. As we got closer, I also noticed he had almost a full sleeve of tattoos on his arm.

Once we walked over, they introduced themselves.
I learned that the guys name was Zayn and the girls was Sammi, with an 'i'...at least thats what she told me as she dotted the air with her pointer finger.

I sat down and immeditaly, everyone went in their own convorsations, leaving me just there. I took a deep breath, trying to remember that this was a new start.
You're just here to have a good time. I had to remind myself.

"So Sydney is it?" Zayn asked, propping his elbows on the table.

"Yeah" I replied sweetly, looking up from my menu I had just picked up.

"What are you majoring in?"

"I am majoring in psychology." The was a little chuckle from a couple seats over.

I turned my head towards Harry. "Is that funny?" I asked him, clearly annoyed.

"Psychology is probably the most boring major you could've chosen." He smirked.

"Harry stop, it's not like yours is any better." Niall chimed in, backing me.

My head turned from Niall back to Harry. "And what might that major be?" I curiously asked.

"Acconting." He strongly stated.

"Math" I chuckled, "talk about boring."

Harry leaned over the table, narrowing his eyes. "I happen to be very good at math, Sydney."

There wasn't any hesitation before Sammi intruded. "It's okay baby, I know you'll be the best accountant." The sound of that word flooded memories back into my brain.

*Flashback*

"I think I love you, baby." Drac leaned in and kissed me, his hand forcefully resting on the back of my head.

Once the kiss was broken, I turned to get out of the car but he stopped me.

"Do you know why I call you baby?" I slightly shook my head, turning back around to him.

"Because I need to take care of you. You are my life..my priority. I need to take care of you because.....because you're my baby."

*End of Flashback*

"Syd?" Trish asked, her voice bringing me out of my own thoughts.

"Huh, what?" I looked around and saw everyone staring at me, including the waiter.

"We've all ordered, it's your turn." Liam said polietely.

"Oh, um..I'm going to get a burger."

After the waitress walked away, everyone engaged back in their own conversations. I look around the table, but my attention was reverted back to Harry.

He was staring into space in front of him as Sammi was tracing small circles in his arm, just below the hem of his t-shirt sleeve, while talking to him.

He must of felt me watching him because he looked up and made eye contact with me, his lips forming into a smile revealing his dimples. I suddenly felt a burning sensation in the pit of my stomach, something I haven't felt in a while...something I haven't felt since I first starting liking Drac.

I panicked, standing up from my seat and excusing myself from the table.

As I walked towards the bathroom, somebody grabbed my shoulder causing me to jump and let out a scream.
"Woah, relax! I didn't mean to scare you, you just dropped this."

The stranger held out the bracelet I was wearing.

"Oh," I was breathing heavily. "Thank you"

I quickly rushed into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror.

"Why did I think I could do this? Why did I think I could just start over, and forget everything that happened?" I asked myself while looking at my reflection.

The sound of Trishs voice from behind me caused me to jump. "Forget what happened?"

Just as I was about to open my mouth, the bathroom door opened and a stranger walked in.

"Can we talk later..maybe when we're not in a public bathroom." I said lowly, while dragging my finger across the tops of my cheeks, wiping the fallen tears.

"Yeah, of course! We can get our food to go and eat it back at our dorm." She smiled looping her arm in mine and guiding me outside the bathroom.

"You don't have to come with me, whenever you get back we'll talk-"

"Absolutely not! We're friends Syd, and friends help other friends out by being there for them...even if it means putting food on the line." She winked at me.

Looking into the mirror one last time, I lost hope on trying to cover up that I was previously crying.

Everyone at the table could obviously tell something was wrong. When we told them we were leaving, I was surprised to see that Harry looked disappointed.

We got back to the dorm, grabbed our styrofoam containers that held our dinners, and sat on our respective beds.

"Okay, tell me what's wrong." Trish opens her container and places a french fry in her mouth.

Am I really going to tell her? I asked myself.
I feel like I can trust her with my life, despite the fact that we only met about eight and a half hours ago.

I take a deep breath before I start explaining everything.

A/N: I am shit at updating, sorry! But a lot of things have been going on and I promise I will update very soon again!! Possibly, tomorrow night but don't hold me to it:)
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