White Rose

Chapter 14

"Wow, big man, big man." Zayn said as he looked at my new tattoo.

"I know!" I smiled. "Isn't it great?"

"Yeah it is. But, do you want to know what's even better?"

"What?"

"That you got Louis to get a tattoo of oops!" he laughed.

"I know right!"

"Alright you guys, shut up." Louis said rolling his eyes.

I smiled at him.

"Shouldn't you be leaving to your dorm now?" he asked.

"I should shouldn't I?"

"Yes, you really should."

"Alright." I chuckled. "Bye Zayn." I waved.

"Bye man." he waved back.

"I'll walk you out!" Louis shouted from his room to go and grab my stuff.

"Alright!"

Louis then came out, holding my stuff.

We both then walked out into the hall and Louis decided to walk me to my dorm. Once we got there, he turned to me.

"Ya know?" he started off. "You're turning out to be pretty cool."

"You're just now starting to notice?"

Louis chuckled and then turned away shaking his head and biting his lip.

"Yeah, and you're becoming a little sassy too." he spoke and turned to me when he said "too".

"I know." I nodded. "I'm trying to live like-" I paused and lowered my voice. "-a bad ass."

"Stop." Louis said punching my arm softly with a smile.

I smiled at him.

"Here." he then spoke as he passed me my stuff.

"Thanks." I said and put my key in the hole. "I'll see you around."

Before I could turn the key, Louis said, "Harry wait."

"What?" I asked turning to him.

Louis looked down the hall both ways quickly and then leaned in and kissed me.

It was short, but it was electric.

"What was that for?" I asked breathless.

"That's what someone is suppose to do when they take you on a date."

"Today was a date?"

"No." he smiled and then walked away.

I sat there with a smile on my face as I watched him leave my hallway.

Then, I turned the key and walked into my dorm. I put my stuff down, turned on the light, and walked to my bed to be met with Taylor.

She was sitting there crying, holding a box of chocolates in a heart box, and looking like a complete mess.

"Oh Harry!" she called out to me getting up.

"Woe." I said stepping back. "What are you doing here?"

"I came here to talk."

"About?"

"Calvin."

"He doesn't even know my name. How do you know that I know?"

"He told me someone stopped by and then Abby told me that it was you."

"Oh." I nodded.

"I'm so sorry Harry." she then said and cried harder. "You have no idea how sorry I am."

"Oh, believe me. I know."

"What?" she asked.

"I feel so sorry for you for losing me. How strongly I feel must be double for what you feel. You lost so much."

"Harry." she said huffing. "I love you. Please don't be like this."

"No you don't Taylor. You have no idea what love is."

"And you do? You've only known me. I love you Harry."

I laughed.

I actually laughed at that.

"What?" she asked.

"I kinda have a thing with someone right now."

"What?" she asked. "It's only been a night and a whole day and another night since you've known?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "I know."

"Then how can you already have a thing? Have you been seeing someone behind my back?"

"No, it's a friend."

"Do I know her?"

I chuckled at that... her.

"Okay look, I'm going to be honest since I'm the bigger person here."

"Okay?"

"The day I found out you cheated, I kissed someone else."

"But you were sick?"

"I was." I nodded. "But they came to my room and we talked for a while and they ended up kissing me."

"How could you Harry!"

"Oh?" I asked raising my voice, which I never do. "You know what bitch?"

Taylor stepped back shocked.

"Yeah." I nodded. "That's right."

"But you never-"

"-I know. Now listen."

So, she shut up.

"The day that I kissed someone else, I felt so bad. I felt sick to my stomach. I knew what happened was wrong and I wanted to talk to you about it. I wanted to confess what happened and work through the damage with you, because I loved, or thought I loved, you. So, I marched up to your dorm, got redirected to Calvin's dorm, and right when I was going to ask to speak with you, he tells me that your asleep after having sex with him. Not once, but twice for what I know!"

"Three." she spoke softly.

"Three! You banged him three times! Not once did you come to me all torn up about it!"

"I am now!"

"Because I know! If I didn't know you wouldn't have!"

She didn't say anything.

"Unlike you, I wanted to tell you and not keep it a secret. If you would have just told me after the first time and said you were sorry and you loved me, I would have forgiven you."

"No you wouldn't have."

"Yes I would! Wanna know why?"

"Why?"

"Because I didn't know any better. I thought you were my everything. I would have been hurt, yes, but I saw myself growing old with you."

"And what, you know better now?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "I do."

"And how's that?"

"Because, that friend I kissed, now three times, just from looking them in the eyes, feels more like an explosion of love and electricity than anything you and I have ever felt or done."

"Wow." Taylor whispered with small tears leaving her eyes. "Do you really feel like that with her?"

"Yeah." I nodded not correcting her. "I do."

"She's lucky."

"I know she is. Now leave."

Taylor nodded, left the heart shaped candy box, and then left my dorm.

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Thanks for reading! ~Ash