The Social Reject

Chapter 12 : You.Are.The.Only.One

Right after school, I went home and stayed in my room the whole time. I didn’t tell my mates any of my plans today nor tonight because I actually didn’t have any plans. Harry didn’t bother to call me nor text me since school ended. I knew he was heartbroken, but I didn’t think he’ll get over me that quick. I didn’t want to break his heart, but I didn’t think the whole time we were dating, it was going to be like this. Fighting and trying to protect each other from one person. That’s more like a horror film than reality. It looks like my mates and Duncan wanted what they wanted all along; for me and Harry to not talk to each other anymore and to stay away from each other. It’s done.

Then my phone rang. I sat up in bed and looked at the caller I.D. It was very familiar but it had the area address. I picked up the phone and clicked on the green button on the screen. Then I put the phone towards my ear.

“You have a collect call from...” there was an answering machine and then after that I heard Hugh’s name. I began to get excited inside. I actually had some type of connection with Hugh after all this time.

“Hello?” Hugh said.

“Hi Hugh. How are you?” I asked.

“Better. Where’s um...Mum and Dad?” he asked.

“Mum is at the hospital with Dad. Then she has to go to work tonight, then she’s going to go back to the hospital and be with Dad. She’s basically been gone for days since the whole accident,” I said.

“Oh. I really didn’t mean it. With th e whole cheating thing with Raven, I kinda let all my anger out on Dad,” Hugh said. That brought me back to another thought. Raven told me the story about what happened at the warehouse with Hugh and her.

“Yeah. But um...when are you coming home? We have lots to talk about,” I said.

“Tomorrow. But I have to find my own place before Dad gets out of the hospital. I guess I’m staying in the warehouse,” Hugh said. I smiled. He wasn’t going to be home, but at least I can see him anytime I want this time.

“Are you at the warehouse?” Hugh asked. I cleared my throat.

“No. I decided to come home,” I said.

“Another date with Harry eh?” Hugh asked. I brushed my hair back.

“I’ll talk to you later about that, kay,” I said. There was a silence on the phone.

“Are you okay?” Hugh asked.

“I’ll talk to you later about that. Bye Hugh,” I said. There was another silence.

“Bye Natalie,” and we both hung up the phone.

I sat the phone back beside my pillow and laid my head down. In the back of my head, I’m thinking if I made the right choice or not. I thought breaking up with Harry would make things okay again, but I don’t even know if I’m right. In Duncan’s eyes, Harry is still a target. So things are still not okay. My heart and his heart is broken and I don’t know if I want to fix it. I’m still confused. But why am I? If I still like the lad, why in the hell am I still confused? Then my phone rung again. This time it was a text message and it was from....Harry. I looked at the text message.

Hey. I’m still thinking about you. Can we please talk.

 

I took out a sigh. It looks like he still didn’t forget about me already. I texted back.

 

We can talk. Through text I mean.