Yours truly. H.S

Chapter 5

Harry takes a seat behind me, granted it was the only seat left available, but it still made me feel something I haven't felt before, did I want him to sit there? Did I like him being so close? I needed to concentrate but why even try when my mind will just flicker back to Harry's foot resting on the back on my chair with an annoying tap "hey Arabella" I hear a whisper and I turn around so fast I nearly give my self whiplash "oh, hey harry" I suddenly feel all shy as my heart pounds against my chest and rings in my ears "how are you feeling, you know after what happened" I look down to the floor, I knew I couldn't ignore the Mason situation for the rest of my life but I wish it wouldn't have to be brought up again so soon "yeh I'm okay, thanks" I shift in my seat and try to concentrate back on the assignment set "hey ara" I role my eyes and turn back around to face the emerald eyes once again "yes?" A small smile plays on his lips clearly mocking me "I was just going to say you look beautiful today" I blink like I haven't blinked in weeks my eyes suddenly feeling dry as well as my throat "oh" is all I manage to choke out "oh?" His smile turns into a smirk as a little laugh escapes his plump lips "I mean, thank you" I look back to the floor feeling my cheeks burning hot.

I walk out the class room and feel a large hand grab hold of my wrist "hey Arabella" I feel my body tingle as I look up to harry "hey harry" i feel his eyes travel down my body until they reach the floor and stay there "did you need something?" I feel my self starting to get slightly anxious as he continues to hold me in place by my wrist "I just wanted to say sorry" my eye brows furrow "sorry? For what?" He sighs " I asked for your number and then I didn't contact you and then when I saw you I acted like a dick, I just didn't want you to think of us as anything, you had a boyfriend and I wasn't getting involved in that" my eyes suddenly go wide "don't worry about it" I pull my wrist out of his grasp "are we friends?" He looks into my eyes, I've been wanting the know this since I met him "I want us to be" now I let out a sigh "you made me feel so up and down about you harry, we haven't known each other long I get that, but you weren't giving me clear signals, now I know why, I wish you would have just told me" I give him a small smile and he returns it "Hey Arabella beautiful" I freeze, I feel the familiar hand wrap around my waist "what the fuck do you want mason" I harshly remove his hand and take a step closer to harry, mason looks around the see if anyone's looking at us, they aren't "Just cause we aren't actually together anymore doesn't mean I don't get paid, I do and you know you need to act like you love me, so fucking suck it up Arabella or you will be sorry for making an embarrassment out of me"  he spits, I flinch at his words and harry pulls me behind him "You better leave her the fuck alone or I swear I'll knock out your fucking teeth" harry steps up in masons face, harry is a clear few inches taller then mason but mason is a strong guy and I know he can defend himself, mason pushes harry and that's all It took for Harry to swing him in his left cheek with a clear crack "STOP IT!" I run to mason and try to pull him away from harry but he ends up pushing me to the floor, this only makes harry hit mason harder "YOU FUCKING PRICK, YOU JUST HURT HER, ILL FUCKING KILL YOU" I'm suddenly shocked by Harry's words, no one has ever cared that much about me, even if he is just beating the shit out of mason, he had it coming, but I never expected my hero to be harry, a crowd starts to form around the three of us now and I find it hard to breathe "arabella?" I feel someone pull me up gently off the floor and I'm met by a total stranger "hey are you okay?" I look at the girl and I start to recogniser her, she was in my last years photography class "yes, thank you" She smiles "elle" I nod and smile back "nice to meet you, could you please help me out of this crowd, I'm finding it hard to breathe" she nods and pulls me through the storm of people until we reach a empty maths classroom "I saw mason push you, are you okay?" She looks at me with concern "yeh I'm okay I was just a little surprised, he's never pushed me before" she nods but the concern is still there in her eyes "that other boy seems to care" I feel my cheeks darken as she talks about harry "yeh, I don't know" I answer honestly "I need to ask, why'd you help me?" She shrugs her shoulders "you looked like you needed some help, not everyone's a bad person you know" she smiles again but looks at the floor " I really appreciate it, I know none of my 'friends' would help me, I would have just been trampled on probably" I laugh a little but there's so much truth in what I said "hey you fancy walking to class?" I look at her hopefully as she smiles and nods "for sure, come on"

I'm left with a new feeling, a nice feeling but for sure a new one, Elle proved to me not everyone is the same, not everyone is a bitch or a fake, maybe I could have a friend? And I mean like a true real friend you trust and actually want to talk to, someone you want to go shopping with and talk about boys too, I didn't even know this kind of friendship was real, it's like it only happened in the movies in my world.

My feelings about harry are as confusing as ever, were friends now, I think, he cares about me, he'd never admit that of corse, but something about the way he spoke about me to mason made my heart flutter, obviously I feel something about the curly haired boy, I have since my eyes first looked into his emerald ones, what that feeling is I'm not so sure yet "Arabella, there's someone here for you, says his name is Harry" I hear my mother yell from the bottom of the stair well, I guess I'm about to find out.