Leave Me [h.s] (On hold)

Chapter 13

Chapter thirteen- I'm so gone

-Noelle's POV-

"Noelle can you please just talk to me for one second?" Gregg pleaded as we washed the dishes together in the kitchen.

"Fuck off." I said shortly. Of course I blamed him for Harry's having to leave. I mean, it was his fault. If he hadn't been a dumbass and tried to fight Harry, Wes would have never asked him to leave.

"He was going to have to leave eventually Noelle damn." Gregg said. I didn't want to talk to Gregg. Our status had rapidly declined in the last few days, and I couldn't say I was totally devastated about it. I mean I was sorry that I could no longer stand the most decent person in this house, but I much preferred Harry over Gregg. Call me a bitch for saying that, but it's true.

"Dammit Noelle! Talk to me! I already said I'm sorry I don't know what else you want me to do!" Gregg said loudly, slamming a plate down on to the counter harshly. It's a miracle that it didn't shatter. I glared at him out of the corner of my eye. I wanted to yell back at him so badly. I just wanted to scream and yell until all of my frustration with him was out. But I knew I shouldn't.

"How about don't act like an asshole from now on?" I said calmly to him, my teeth clenched.

"I wasn't the asshole here Noelle." He said, quieter this time.

"Are you insinuating that I'm the asshole?" I said, trying to keep my temper under control. I had a pretty short fuse these days. Gregg had an even shorter one though, so I didn't see this going well.

"Yes that's exactly what I'm trying to say! He shows up and you completely disregard what we had going on! I mean what the hell is that?" He asked, getting loud again.

"Gregg I don't know what you thought we had... but I can tell you with the most certainly that is possible, we didn't have anything." I said.

"That's a damn lie and you know it Noelle!" He shouted.

"Gregg stop fucking yelling at me." I told him through gritted teeth.

"No! I'm so done with listening to you! I can't believe I was so stupid to believe that you could actually fucking care about someone other than yourself! I should have known since the second I met you that you don't give a shit about anyone else!" He yelled.

Something in me snapped. And I mean it like really snapped.

Before I even registered what I was doing, I was laying a hard slap across Gregg's cheek. He took a step back, looking shocked. I was even more shocked. I knew that my eyes went wide for a moment, but then I forced myself to hold a stern face.

"If you knew me at all Gregg, you would know that caring about someone else is exactly what made me into the person I am right now. And you can clearly see that I didn't turn out so well." I said, angrily but with some level of poise.

"Well I guess I don't know you at all then." He said grimly before stalking up the stairs and slamming his bedroom door.

I pressed my back up against the kitchen door and slid down so that I sat, my legs pulled tightly to my chest.

Harry had only been gone two days and I was already unraveling without him, the same way I had the first time I lost him.

-Harry's POV-

My feet hit the ground hard. Every inch of me was covered in sweat. I must've run 4 miles already.

I liked to run. I liked how all the movement got my adrenaline kicking.

But I only ran when I was stressed about something. And for the past 2 days I had been stress running because of Noelle. I wanted to run all the way back to that damn ranch and promise her that I'd never leave again, but I didn't have the courage.

I had almost mustered up that courage yesterday actually. I had gotten so close that I actually got on a bus to head back to Oklahoma, but I chickened out before I even got into the second bus.

Niall was about fed up with me and all my self pity by now. I would be too if I was him honestly. But, for the life of me, I didn't have the strength to just get over it and go to California.

I had pretty much forced Niall to stay in Arizona with me. We had moved to a better hotel, but I hadn't left the state. I just didn't want to have two whole states between me and Noelle. It just seemed fundamentally wrong.

I continued running until a car drove up dangerously close to me and the driver rolled down the passenger side window. I slowed to a stop, breathing hard.

"Hey there." A girl said from inside the car. I stepped a little closer to the car and my heart stopped.

"Amber? What the hell?" I asked her, resting a hand on the car.

"Why did you leave so soon?" She asked me.

"I asked a question." I countered.

"My apologies. I'm getting my ass out of that shitty town. That's all. Just taking off." She replied, turning off the car.

"You're running away?"

"I guess." She shrugged.

"You're going to get into a shit ton of trouble." I said, finally breathing normally again.

"Eh I bet I already am. For one thing or another. Now answer my question."

"Wes made me leave." I told her.

"That's bullshit." She countered with a smirk.

"No it's true. He told me to leave."

"And you listened?"

"Um clearly." I rolled my eyes.

"So you left just because someone told you too?" She pried.

"That's what I just said. Now, can I get back to running?" I said, backing away from the car.

"Do you like, live around here or something?" She asked before I could begin running again.

"I have a hotel room." I said shortly.

"That's perfect. You want a ride back?" She said. It sounded more like a demand than a question. I nodded hesitantly and she smiled.

I popped open the door of Ambers car and directed her back in the direction of me and Nialls hotel.

-Noelle's POV-

Wes slammed my door open at 3 in the morning. I shot up out of bed and gave him a look of disgust.

"Where the hell is your sister?!" He yelled, clearly panicking.

"You're going to have to narrow it down a bit." I said angrily.

"Ambers gone."

"Well I don't know anything. Unless you haven't noticed, she's my least favorite person in this whole house." I said and laid back down.

"Get your ass up. We need to find her." He said, growing irritated.

"Amber is not my problem. She's yours. So you need to find her." I said and closed my eyes.

He let out an annoyed sigh and left my room.

I couldn't help but smile at the thought of Amber not being in this house any more. I know I was a bitch, but what are you gonna do?

Note: I'm sorry it took me so long to update! I've just been pretty busy with shit like school haha. Thanks for reading :)