Can you love a ghost? // H.S✔️

30. Our dear Pebbles

Niall sits across from me and studies my face, two major things have happened since we last spoke and that's Pebbles and me beating the shit out of red bitch.

"Where would you like to start?" He questions at me.

"You're the shrink" I shrug "you tell me" I look over to the clock and mentally start the hour count down.

"You've changed since we last spoke, how are you feeling within yourself" he doesn't look up from his notebook, how I hate that notebook. I'm sure he hands it over to my mum afterwards.

"Yeah well a lot of shit has happened. Jenny the girl who stabbed me killed my cat by hanging her from the tree" Niall looks up shocked. "All because she thinks I took her boyfriend away so because of that I hunted her down at school and beat her up leaving her with a few broken ribs, nose and cheek bone. Lucky for her someone called the police" I look up from picking my nails and smiled at Niall who is visibly shocked.

He clears his throat "well that a lot to deal with in one week isn't it Holly?" I ignore his stupid question.

"So how are you feeling towards Jenny now?"

I laugh at the ridiculous question and again ignore him.

"Can we talk about what we ended on last time?" I try and change the subject.

Niall looks back through his notebook and address the issue "sure so how are things with Harry?" He takes his glasses off and gets ready to mentally asses my mental health.

I perk up in my chair "good actually. I took your advice and I asked him to leave. He didn't want to but he respected my decision and I haven't seen or spoken to him since" I smile a confident see I'm fine smile.

"Is that so?"

"Yes" I nod.

"Ok and how are you friendships going? Last time we spoke about Louis"

"Yes fine thank you, we hang out and I speak to him about my troubles. He's very understanding" I look around the room seeming disinterested.

"I feel somethings off here? For someone who's just lost her cat, seemly feeling fine about making someone leave who she said last time she didn't want to and narrowly escaping a prison sentence you seem surprisingly cool" he puts his glasses on and starts writing on his notebook.

"Well I don't know what to say, I've done what you asked me to. I've made a stronger connection with Louis. I'm trying my hardest to stay away from Jenny although that will prove hard when I'm allowed back in school and I got rid of my ghost friend" I try and play if off. Maybe I went in too cocky I should of put up a little sob story or something.

"I feel as if you're keeping something from me, Holly? I would very much appreciate it if you were honest"

I look around the room and try and take my time with this answer. I don't want him to know that I'm still in contact with Harry and he gets that lady round to force Harry out.

"I'm not hiding anything Doctor Horan, I just got the kick I needed to snap back to reality. I'm upset it's over, but I know it wasn't for real." I blink a few times as if I was holding back tears. It seemed to work as Niall nodded his head and looked down at his notebook.

"Things will take time to really get back into place but you've taken a huge step and by yourself that's a big accomplishment" he takes his glasses off and closes the notebook. We spend the next half hour just talking mainly about Pebbles and what she meant to me and memories of her. Which I though I'd get upset about but instead I found myself laughing through memories of her. I even got my phone out and showed Niall about a thousand pictures of her and each one he smiled or laughed.