Free Fall (Harry Holland)

Explanations And Traps.

"Bullshit Harrison. I know you fancy her." Tom said as both of them walked back from the gym.

"Just because we hang out a lot and I tease her, does not mean I like her." Harrison replied.

"Sure. Yeah. Of course. Hello? Best mate since we were kids, I know you better than you know yourself dickhead." Tom was convinced Harrison had a thing for Haley. Not sure, about Haley liking him back but there was something definitely there and he was quite about ready to set the two of them up.

"Sure you do." Harrison said sarcastically, changing the topic, "So we're going home this weekend?"

"Yup, home then Japan and lastly China and then Canada for chaos walking." Tom counted on his fingers, as they took the elevator upto their hotel room, Harrison immediately thought whether Haley would go to Canada with them or not.

While Tom had his mind set on Haley and Harrison going out, Sam had other plans. His twin had a hard time, sleeping after he explained what had happened last night. Tom and Harrison were at the gym. Haley went to the fridge, pulled out a box of Ben and Jerry's, and put it on the counter and dug her spoon into it.

"Haley .." Harry came out of his room, he looked like a mess, still in the clothes from last night, complete mess of hair. Sam decided to stay inside his room and let them talk. Haley put her spoon down.

"Look Harry, about last night. I know I overreacted and it's just .. it's a hard thing for me to explain. And you just make it even harder."

Harry was happy she was the one to apologize for he was not the best with words but her last sentence just confused him, "How do I make it harder?"

"I don't know it's easier to talk to Sam or Tom or Haz. With you I can't .. It's complicated. No, Harry wait." as Harry scoffed and starting to walk away. She grabbed his wrist,

"I want to tell you everything but .."

"Let me guess, its complicated." Harry said, annoyed he yanked his hand away and turned around.

"Everything bad in my life was because of my father. My brother Freddie .. he .. he's not my father's son." Harry turned towards her, shocked at her words. "My father loved my mother more than anything in the world, but at times he was harsh, my mother .. she realised she didn't love him anymore so she had an affair with her old boyfriend." Tears started to form in her eyes, her voice broke as she continued, Harry just stood there frozen, "When she had Freddie there were complications so she passed away. That's the day my father found out Freddie wasn't his, so uh he started ignoring him because he was a reminder of my mother's affair and me because I reminded him of her." Tears flowed down her eyes, "He treated Fred and I so badly, pretended like we didn't exist, we couldn't take it anymore so we talked about an emancipation, he wanted to avoid social embarrassment, so he told us we could leave but fend for ourselves. Jason and I worked two jobs, Dad sent Jason money but I decided I wasn't going to use any of his money. So here I am living on my own with Freddie, and my mom, I- I don't even remember what she looks like .." She buried her face into her hands. Harry couldn't move, he felt a rush of guilt and sadness, he hugged her tightly, put his arms around her,

"I'm sorry." Was all he said. She pulled away, wiping away the tears.

"It's alright. You would've found out one way or another. You can come out now Sam." She sniffed.