hatred // chris schistad

nineteen.

noora walks up the stairs to his house and knocks on the door until someone answers it.

'noora.' says chris slightly confused. noora looks at chris up and down.

his hair is all over the place, his eyes are bloodshot, he smells of alcohol, he's lost weight, he looks like he hasn't showered or slept in days.

'chris, i need to talk to you. about alex.' says noora, his eyes widen.

'i'm not here to argue with you chris, i'm not here to fight, i'm just here to talk.' she says, he looks at her and moves out the way.

'come in i guess.' he says shrugging. noora enters his apartment and looks around his once clean and tidy apartment, beer bottles everywhere.

'as you can probably see, i'm not in the best place in my life at the moment.' he says going into the kitchen.

'drink?' he asks getting a beer bottle out of the fridge.

'no thanks.'

'what was it you wanted to talk about?' he asks opening the bottle.

'about alex.' she says, chris stops in his tracks and stays silent, his back turned to noora.

'chris?' she asks.

'chris, i know you love her. i know that bet started off properly but then you eventually fell for her.' says noora.

'this is probably going to sound crazy as to be quite honest, i can't stand you. but seeing you like this, living like this, this is horrible. she makes you happy and you make her happy.'

'she's in love with you chris, she just has a funny way of showing it as she's never been in love before. please don't give up, she's hurting, she misses you.'

'she hates me noora, she said she wanted me out of her life forever. there's nothing i can do.' chris says shrugging.

'yes you can, you're chris schistad of course you can.'

'don't take this wrong way but why are you helping me noora?'

'because i can't stand seeing alex like this, i knew she doesn't hate me and she surely doesn't want you of her life forever. what you did was a dick move and you should have told elias the truth. i know you're scared chris of this feeling that is love.'

'but how do i get her back?' he asks her.

'first of all, you need to get yourself cleaned up. you look like you haven't showed in weeks.' she says pulling a face.

'second of all, please stop drinking. you're slowly killing yourself.'

'and last of all, leave it all to me.'

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'come on get up.' says nooks throwing the blanket off alex making her groan.

'no just leave me here to die.' she says making her roll her eyes.

'alexandra pennington, i know you. and I know the real you doesn't stay in bed all day, moving around for some boy. you're better than this, come in we're going shopping.'

'shopping isn't going to help.' she says muffling into her pillow.

'come on you love clothes. and you love me! two of your favourite things together.' says noora with a small smile.

alex just stays there without moving, she hasn't left noora's room in days, only to go to the bathroom and back. noora has been sleeping on the sofa while alex has her room.

'you're going and that's final.' says noora opening the curtains making alex cover her eyes.

'school starts in two days, everyone can't see you like this! you need to be strong alex, i know it's hard but i know you can be.' says noora softly.

'i'll probably end up ruining everything noora.' she says sniffling and sitting up.

'no you won't, come on it's just for a few hours. i'll run you a bath and i'll wash your hair for you.' says noora with a smile going into the bathroom.

alex doesn't know what she would do without noora, she's the best person she's ever met. she would do anything for her friends.

'you're bath awaits.' says noora coming back in the room a few moments later.

alex goes into the bathroom, taking her clothes off and putting her foot in the hot bath. she flinches at first at the warmth but sits down, taking a deep breath and lying back relaxing in the bubbles.

noora decides to let her be for a while, while she just relaxes in the bath.

'how do you feel?' asks noora walking inside the bathroom.

'a bit better, thank you for looking after me noora.' she says with a smile.

'it's no bother alex, i know how shitty love can be.' she says sitting down on the floor.

'speaking of love, what is happening between you and william ?' asks alex, making noora go slightly red.

'oh nothing.'

'come on, tell me noora. i know something is going on.' says alex looking at her.

'okay fine, i'm seeing william. we're nothing official but we've been seeing each other in secret. it's been going on for about a month now, i didn't want to tell any of you, i was scared you would judge.' she says looking down.

'does he make you happy?' asks alex, noora just nods.

'then that's all that matters! we don't care who you date, the most important thing is if that person makes you happy.

wow this was shit but anyways

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