the ceo - h.s. [au]

chapter 43

i keep pacing back and forth while biting my nails with cole only sitting and watching me with a bottle of beer on his right hand and a bowl of popcorn on the other one. he said he's more than ready to watch a live show that's about to begin -- by that he means another fight of me and harry.

my heart feels like it wants to leap out of my chest and i'm preparing myself for answers to give him. i told cole to open the door for harry, but he refused saying he doesn't want to get involved. his answer made me angry because we're siblings and my problem is his too.

lighting up a cigarette, i take a long drag and inhale the toxic to my body. i relax my muscles a bit, which makes my breath calmer, but then the door bell rings. my heart drops as i turn my face toward the door in horror.

"oh, shit!" cole says, eating his popcor. "this is getting interesting!" he shrieks.

"shut up!" i snap. "can you tell him i've jumped out of the window?" i almost plead.

"the fuck?" cole laughs, "you were the one who decide to play him, hence your funeral." he shrugs easily.

so much for being a sibling. really.

i take the last drag of my cigarette and put it on the ashtray. taking a deep breathe, i walk to the door slowly. harry keeps ringing the bell impatiently, making my heart beats faster than before while cole just laughs from behind, telling me to open the door faster because he couldn't wait.

crossing my fingers, i twist the knob and the door is immediately pushed open in force, making me startle.

harry stands there with his other hand against the door, still holding it open and another one on the side of his body. he is furious. his nostrils are flaring, his knuckle goes white and his eyes — those eyes.

"who did you go out with, scarlette?" he growls.

"i-"

"and before i burst some blood vessels, you better explain everything truthfully." he states in stern, cutting me off. his eyes are burning through me making me swallow my own spit. "who did you go out with?"

i let out the breathe that i've been holding and take another one. should i be honest?

"a guy," i easily answer.

i mean, cole is a guy.

harry lets out a humorless chuckle, still looking straight into my eyes and my body shivers.

i don't think harry realizes that there's still cole in this room although i can still hear the chewing sound from him because harry looks so careless as he takes a step forward and push — almost slam my body against the wall with my back facing it. it wasn't too hard and it wasn't too soft also, but it was anough to make my breath hitches on my throat, feeling frightened.

he puts his hands against the wall next to my head. taking a deep breathe and closes his eyes briefly, he opens his mouth, "trust me, scarlette, you don't want to test me. has cole never told you?" he smirks evily, nodding at cole's direction. it actually suprises me he acknowledges cole's presence.

"shit..." cole lets out a breathe, looking like he just realized something. he stops eating and stare in shock at harry. my eyes widen looking at cole and harry back and forth.

i really have a strong feeling that harry and his group of friends are abysmal in high school. and there's definitely something cole hasn't told me about harry's short temper.

"i'm gonna ask you one more time, scarlette. who did you go out with?" he asks again.

not wanting to prolong the problem, i immediately answer him, "with cole..." i let out a breath.