Just Be With Me [COMPLETED]

Chapter Eighteen

PART THREE

Kat's POV

I sat at the edge of the dock and swing my legs. As I pulled the blanket tighter around my body, Harley sat down next to me.

"Kat, I am really sorry." I continued my gaze out over the lake, watching the moonlight shine on the water, "this morning, the things I said to you, it was horrible. The second they came out of my mouth, I regretted them instantly."

He inhaled then exhaled.

"Whenever I get around you, I get stupid. It's like my brain shuts off and my dick turns on," he chuckled, "and I don't mean in that way. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I got jealous; jealous of how you looked at him and the way you talked to him. I didn't want you doing that with him, you should've been doing that with me."

"Harley, do you know how many times I have tried to be that way with you? For four years I have tried but every time we get close, you pull this three-sixty on me and you go running back to Rebecca. It's tiring and it hurts Harley,"

"I know and I'm sorry about that. The thing is, with Rebecca it's just so easy and every time we end things, our emotions never get twisted into it. Unlike with you, my emotions are everywhere, and it scares me."

"You don't think it scares me too?" I quickly glance at him,

"No, I don't. You deserve so much better than me. You look like you can do the whole emotion with the relationship kind of thing. That's why I avoided you when you told me you liked me, I didn't know what to do."

"Yeah, imagine how I felt on my graduation night. You know, the night that was supposed to be the night that changes your life."

"Again, I'm sorry..." He started but I cut him off,

"Why do you keep going back to Rebecca?"

"Like I said before, she's easy. No, drama. No strings. No complications. She just made it easy for me."

"You mean to tell me that you guys don't get into any fights?"

"The only fights we have is about you," he also looked over the lake, "you seem to be the center of all our arguments."

"What did you tell her whenever she spoke about me?" I looked at his face,

"I told her to keep your name out of her mouth and I try to steer the conversation elsewhere, but she doesn't listen." he rested his hand on my leg,

"Harley, you can be so dense," I lightly shake my leg, resulting in him removing his hand, "she likes you, a lot."

"No she doesn't, she can't. That would just complicate things,"

"Well tell me this, what happened before tonight?"

"We got into it when she wanted to have sex, I refused and she said some things about you that I will not repeat. But she made it clear that I had two choices, I had to either bring her with me, which I didn't want to do, or it's over between us."

"She tried to keep you away from the bonfire because I was going to be here?"

"Yeah,"

"She sounded pretty jealous Harley," I look down at the pitch black water, "she likes you."

We sat in silence for a few minutes. I could hear the fire crackling, burning the wood; I could also hear everyone's voices. I push a stray piece of hair behind my ear and snuggle back into the blanket, trying to hide from the slight breeze,

"Kat, I'm really sorry. I'm sorry for everything I did to you. I'm sorry for all the emotional pain I put you through. And well, if you would have me, I would like to give us a try."

I looked at him, "what about the whole emotion thing?"

"I want to try with you." His hazel eyes met my blue eyes, "I've always known you would be the one to take care of my heart, even though I kept running away; I always knew I was going to come back to you."

I smile and nod my head at everything he said,

"I forgive you Harley but you have to stop playing with my heart." I looked at him. His hazel eyes sparkled in the moonlight and there was a crease in his eyebrows, "I don't think I can survive another heart break by you."

The palm of his hand rested on my cheek, "I promise you, Kat, I will not break your heart again. I will do whatever it takes to make you the happiest girl in the world."

I smile as his lips press against mine.

Harley Montgomery is finally giving me a chance.

The kiss didn't last long when I heard Rory screaming. We both look back at the bonfire to see Colton and Rory yelling at each other. Then we see her slap him..... twice.

That's when I jumped to my feet and took off running. Harley was right behind me with the blanket flying in the wind.

I needed to get to my best friend.