Played (ON HOLD)

T E N

"The only games that should be getting played in a relationship are in the bedroom."

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Veronica's POV

I was now parking my car in the driveway. I turned off the engine and hopped out of the car. I was about to knock at the front door when my eyes caught someone staring at me. He was just staring with no emotion in his face. The guilt inside me starts to burst and invade all my organs. Flow through  my vein vessels and into my mind.

I felt the colors on my face fades. Before I can control myself, I was now walking towards Harold. He looks away when he knew that I will approach him. He quickly stands up and about to walk inside their house when I caught his arms.

"Harold..." I whispered. I don't know what to say because I  don't even know what I was doing anyway.

He harshly swatted my grip on his arms. I slightly stumbled backwards. He look at me with full of anger and sorrow. I can see in his eyes. "Don't you dare Harold me. Go away! I don't  want to talk to you!"

"Hey..h-hey... I just want to sa-" Harold made his way inside and forcefully shut the door on my face. I didn't expected him to do that.

So what do you expect anyway? To forgive you? For him to begged you to love him? To get in his knees and asked to be with him again? Wake up Veronica! You hurt him! You fucking played him for just a packet of weeds!

My subconscious mind shouts on me but I put them back of my mind. I just want to say sorry to him even though I  know that, that sorry from mine won't wash and heal away the virtual wounds of Harold. I want to ask forgiveness from him.

I just stare to the closed door for a minute before I heard someone called my name.

"Nica! What are doing there?" Ashton shouted from about eight feet away from where I stood.

I started to walk away and towards Ashton. "Uhh, nothing. Is Calum inside?" I tried to change the subject and I succeeded.

He smiled showing his beautiful dimples. "Yeah. Lets go inside." He guided me inside the house by putting his arms on my back, slightly caressing. His movements brings shiver into my spine.

The music was loud when we entered the living room. There are already some friends of Calum, I guess, who were sitting on the couch.

Michael was also there. When he notice that I was staring at him, he quickly sat up and approach me. Ashton excused himself and went to the kitchen. I smiled to Michael.

"What are you doing here?" He didn't seem like that I was here with them. Instead he was surprised.

"Ashton invited me here." His expression still didn't change.

"I thought you were- nevermind." He look pass me. I look around to see who was it. "I'll talk to you later." He walk away.

"What was that?" Ashton handed me a cup. I sip some of the liquor inside. It was sprite. Good. It's too early to drink alcohol.

"I don't know. I think he don't want me in here." I turned to see Michael. He was now talking to Calum. And they look at me at the same time. What was going on?

"Uhh.." I look to Ashton who slightly tapped his forehead. Acting like he forgot something. He was about to say something when Michael approach me again.

"You're staying upstairs before the party starts." He ordered. His voice was full of authority. And he darted his eyes to Ashton. "And you asshole. What did came to your fucking mind to bring here my sister? Don't you fucking know that everyone in the gang will came here tonight?" He shouted through the music.