Homerun

Chapter two

"Ace?" He stares back at me with a shocked expression as I try to catch my breath.

"Hayden?" I questioned. Maybe my mind was playing tricks on me. How long have we been staring at eachother? Where is Harry?

"Oh so this is Hayden?" Harry crossed his arms looking at Hayden from the side. I gulped not know what to say or do.

Hayden looked at me then Harry with his mouth open. Harry held his hand towards Hayden before introducing himself,

"Names Harry, I'm Ace's boyfriend." He said as Hayden grabbed his hand and shook it.

I whipped my head towards Ary, she stared back at me with an expression that I've never seen before on her face, pure shock.

"I'm sister shook right now, hi Hayden I'm Ary if you come in the other side of the fence we can all properly introduce ourselves." She said.

Hayden shook his head before he jogged to the dugout, Harry doing the same. I turned to Ary and started freaking out.

"Ary this is so bad, oh my god, Harry and Hayden were never supposed to meet.Oh my god I wasn't suppose to see Hayden until I was forty five and I run into on accident in the grocery store back home with our kids and spouses-"Ary cut me off,

"Ace shut up it'll be fine. This will be good for you. You and Hayden can finally talk about what happened."

"I guess you're right." I gulped, my throat feeling thick. Harrison and Hayden approached me and Ary, both glaring at each other as they walked.

"Well Harry, Hayden, Ace. I'll leave you guys to it." Ary said as she walked away. I mentally cursed her for leaving me alone in this awkward situation.

"Well Ace are you gonna introduce me?" Harry joked and poked me in the side before he wrapped his arm around me.

"Um, well Harry this is Hayden my friend from back home, Hayden this is Harry my Boyfriend. "I gulped and look at both of them for approval.

"Nice to meet you man, how long you in town for?" Harry shook Hayden's hand.

"I'll be here for the week actually, I'm looking for places to rent out I'm thinking about transferring out here."

No. No. No. No.

Hayden can't move here. My breath hitched as I tried not to have a panic attack.

"Oh that's chill bro. Ace and I are gonna head out soon. It was nice seeing you." Harry waved his hand and tempted to push me away but Hayden stopped him.

"Hey Ace can I get your number. We should catch up sometime while I'm still out here."  He asked handing me his phone.

"Yeah, yeah no problem. That would be nice." I stared to hyperventilate as I entered in my number.

"Cool thanks I'll text you later." He shoved his phone back in his pocket and waved one last goodbye before walking away from me.

"Harry lets leave I feel sick. " I whispered.

"Okay here lets go to your car, I'll drive." Harry guided me to the parking lot and towards my car which was one of the only ones left before we drove to his apartment.

We entered Harry's small but cozy apartment and were instantly greeted by his dog Jax.

"Hey buddy did you miss me?" Harry scratched the furry friends ear while he took off his shoes, myself following his actions.

We both flopped down on the couch and almost in sync let out sighs.

"So that was, uh, an interesting encounter. " Harry adjusted himself to face me a little bit better.

"Well I didn't exactly want that encounter so," I paused and fiddled with my fingers trying to come up with any other topic.

"Well are you going to meet him for dinner or something to 'catch up'" He used his fingers to air-quote.

"Fück Harry I don't know" I stood up quickly and walked towards the kitchen. "I mean I haven't seen him since I graduated high school it's been almost four years, I have no clue if he's even the same person I knew back then." I let out a sound of frustration and leaned against the counter. Harry leaned against the counter across from me and kissed me on the forehead.

"If it makes you happy and gives you some kind of reinforcement then go for it." He shrugged. I rubbed my hands over my face and let out a groan.

"This literally shouldn't be this stressful, I mean it's just like meeting up with an old friend." I paste around the kitchen.

"Except this old friend cheated on you and broke your heart."

I paused and stared at Harry. I squinted my eyes.

"It was your classic cliche high school love story. Best friends fall for each other and tell each other they love them after the first date, they share their first kiss together blah blah blah. Yeah he was my first love but we were kids. It still hurt like hell but Hayden isn't a bad person."

"Is that why you've been terrified to see him the past four years?"

"No absolutely not."

"Did you have sex with him Ace?Is that why he gets to you so bad"

I groaned and grabbed my keys before storming out of the door in frustration. I just wanted to be alone to think things out.

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I stormed into my apartment causing Ary to fall off the couch in shock.

"What the hell is your problem!" She yelled at me.

"I don't know what to do!" I cried and sat right in the middle of the floor. Ary shuffled quickly towards me and sat with me on the ground cradling my body.

"Tell mama Ary all about it baby," She said as she stroked my hair.

I leaned my body into hers and sighed. "Im not so sure what my problem is other than the fact that every time Harry tried to bring up Hayden tonight i would get angry and just now I stormed out because he wanted to know if I had sex with him."

"Oh fück no baby that's not it chief!" Ary waved her finger at me to exaggerate.

I sighed and stood up before shuffling to my room and flopping down on the bed, Ary following closely behind me.

"So I know you aren't gonna want to work tomorrow so i'll get one of my man whores that works with you to cover your early morning shift, and i'll order you some breakfast from taco bell and have it Postmated here." She said while standing in the door way. 

"Ary I love you so much."

And with that she blew me a kiss before shutting the door and crawling into her own bed as i changed out of my clothes and into my sleep wear.

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HIIIII SO I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY THINKING "where the fuck have you been?" I HAVE FINALLY RISEN FROM THE DEAD TO RELEASE THIS CHAPTER!!! I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN MY NEXT ONE WILL BE UP BUT IT'LL BE LONGER THAN THIS ONE I PROMISE!!
~ Em