Human

/nine/

Addyylyn's POV

"Why is he here and why is he walking towards me?" I begin to panic. I don't understand what Tyler is doing here.

"Hello darling. Miss me?" He says, his voice low. "Hm. Did I miss you? Let's see if this'll answer your question." I stand up and swiftly lift my leg. My foot hits him on his groin, hard.

I sit back down and take a bite of my salad. Tyler falls to his knees and holds his area. Everyone at the table erupts in laughter and Harry pats my back.

"Interesting. Birthday girl is feisty huh?" Tyler chokes out. I shrug and turn away from him. "So the patient in room 243 was diagnosed with some rare lung disease. You're his nurse, right, Perrie?" Everyone at the table stares at me. I guess I did kind of just kick my ex in the balls and then start talking about a patient.

"Um, yeah. My patient." Perrie says slowly. I nod and shove another forkful of salad in my mouth.

Tyler stands and looks down at me. "You want more?" I smile up at him. "I'm not fucking scared of you Tyler. Hit me once, shame on you. Hit me twice, I'll fucking kill your sorry ass. You killed Allison. Don't think for a fucking second that I couldn't run and tell the police." I'm standing now and have my hands on my hips.

A smirk tugs at his lips as he bends down to be eye level with me. "You wouldn't dare, sweet cheeks." I spit in his face and sit back down. "Have a splendid day, babe." I bite back.

"Happy birthday, bitch." Tyler stomps off. Everyone is staring at me. Whether it's in shock, or it's in awe, they're staring. "Fuck. That was amazing." Harry chuckles.

"But dangerous!" Liam adds. "You better watch your back, Addyylyn. He knows where you live." I give Liam a small shrug.

"I have something on him. I'm not afraid to go to the authorities and turn him in." Harry shakes his head.

"You can't do that. They already settled it as a suicide. We all knew better than to say anything." Harry looks down in his lap and I hear him sniffle.

"Harry. It's not your fault. You had to keep yourself safe." He nods slightly. "Anyway, I'm not afraid of Tyler. He's a coward."

"Addyylyn?" A voice asks from behind me. I turn to find a smiling man. "Danny?" I grin. He nods and I stand to be a little closer to his face.

"Uh, I was wondering, since you know, you're new around if maybe you wanted to go to um, dinner?" Danny stumbles over his words.

Danny is tall, with dark brown hair and light grey eyes. He's amazingly handsome. He's a surgeon. He works with Liam, I think they're friends.

"Of course." I grin. He let's out a breath and nods. "Um, tomorrow at seven? You could meet me at the diner beside the beach. You know, the really old one." I laugh at how nervous he is.

"Yep. I'll meet you there at seven." He nods and turns on his heel. I turn back to see Layla, Perrie, Sophia and Eleanor shaking their heads at me.

Niall, Zayn, Louis and Liam look at me sympathetically. But Harry, Harry looks pissed.

"Am I missing something here?" I ask. I'm absolutely dumbfounded. Harry kicks his chair back and slams open the cafeteria door. I silently sit back down in my chair.

What the hell? We were perfectly fine. We were getting along. I don't understand what I did. Niall reaches his hand out to touch my arm, but I jerk it away. He sighs and looks down at the table.

"What the hell did I do this time?" I groan. Liam and Zayn look at each other and chuckle. "What's so funny?" I snap.

Louis smiles and shakes his head. "I don't care what Haz says. He likes you. He likes Danny, so that's obviously not the problem." I laugh. I laughed so hard I almost peed in my pants.

"Lou, you're the best." I giggle wiping under my eyes. El and Perrie raise an eyebrow. "He's not kidding Addy." Perrie comments. I stop laughing and stare at my co-workers.

"Fine. I'll go ask him." I stand from the table. They all shrug. I'm obviously not going to actually ask him that. But, I want him to tell me what the real problem is.

I waltz out of the cafeteria and find Harry leaning against a table. His head is in his hands. I tap him on the shoulder and step back, just in case.

"Go away, Nia-" he stops when he sees me. "Oh. Uh, hi Addyylyn." I give him a warm smile. "Any reason you stormed out like that?" I ask softly.

He let's out a breath. "Look, you already know that when I see you, I see Allison. I like you, a lot. But, I don't want to do anything about it. I can't do anything about it. I still love her."

I don't know how to take that. He doesn't like me, he likes who I remind him of. I nod slowly. I feel like crying, but I don't know why. I don't like Harry, do I?

"Oh." Is all I can manage. He let's out a heavy breath. "That came out wrong. I like you. You also remind me of Allison. I don't like you because you remind me of Allison." He clarifies. I bite my lip to suppress my smile.

"Oh. Well, um okay." I say looking up at him. His eyebrows knit together in confusion. "Oh? So you don't feel the same?" He asks, defeat clear in his voice.

Do I feel the same way? "I don't know. You're very.. intriguing. I feel like it's only been a week or two. And one of those weeks, we hated each other."

"Addyylyn, I'm not saying I'm in love with you." Harry comments. I smile and shake my head. "No, I know. That'd be insane. I think I like you as well."

He chuckles, "You think?" I laugh along with him. "I know." He smiles and gives me a small nod.

AN/ HEY EVERYONE THIS CHAPTER IS SOOOOO SHORT IM SORRY ILY