Right in front of me (max and harvey)

Chapter 37

Harvey's POV

"You what?" I ask, this is a shocker.

"I kissed another girl while we were still together"

"Why?"

"She kissed me. We were at this party this other day and Hana wasn't around and she came up to me to talk. And she kissed me, and there was some stupid thing inside me that pushed me to kiss her back"

"That's wrong, Max"

"What's wrong?" Bexley says appearing out of nowhere.

"Promise you won't tell her?" Max asks her

"Tell who what?"

"I kinda cheated on Hana"

"It's not exactly cheating... is it?" I ask trying to make him feel a little less guilty

"What-" she says, like she's trying to understand what we are talking about.

"I kissed another girl. At a party she wasn't at. It was wrong" Max says looking at Hana from a distance while she talks to Logan "it was so wrong. I felt so bad. That's why I broke up with her."

"That's cheating" she says

"But you know what was worse?" I say "The fact that you weren't even able to tell her the truth and hid it and pushed her away instead. I'm sure she would've understood"

"No, she wouldn't have" Bex tells me raising her brows "turn around, she's coming" she tells us and we both obey

"Alone or-" Max says

"Hey Bex, hey Harvey" Hana says as she approaches. I can't believe she completely ignored Max. "I needed to tell you..." she told Bexley and they both moved some steps away from us

"What do you think they're talking about?" Max asks me

"I don't know."

Bexley's POV

"Okay, I'm about to tell you the truth..." she says.

Please just say you're not with him and that you miss Max and stuff.

"Logan and I are dating. I'm still not completely over Max, and you might remember I told you I would use- okay, not use, but date Logan and then maybe Max would want me back, and that was the whole point, but actually, I've been thinking about it and maybe it's a sign"

"A sign?"

"Yeah, maybe we were actually supposed to break up"

Harvey's POV

"At least she's alone-" he says and we both see Logan coming down the hallway. We both look at him and he touches Hana's shoulder, he's so delicate with her, like she's been with her for months, years. He makes her look at him.

"You're back" Hana tells him, and then he kisses her.

How can all that happen in just a day?

I glance at Bexley and she's giving me that "what the heck?" look, she looks so confused, but I get it, neither of us understand what's going on between them. I look at Max and he has his eyes fixed on the floor, like he's trying to avoid looking that way because of how much it hurts.

"So...?" I ask Bexley after they leave

"It's stupid. So stupid. It doesn't make any sense..."

"Actually it sort of does... I mean, think about it, maybe he's trying to get over you" I tell her

"With my girl..." Max says "except she isn't my girl anymore"

"Max..." Bex says

"It's fine... I lost her. I guess I should... accept that" he lets out a huge sigh "I just... I really need to be alone" he says and walks away slowly.

I feel sorry for him, but still somewhat am proud of him for being so calm about this. Logan would probably have a broken nose by now if it was happening to me.

"What do we do now?" She asks me.

"Nothing. He'll figure it out on his own". As much as I wish I could help him out now, I know I can't. He's always been the mature one; the one who makes the best decisions. I might just make things worse. He'll know what to do.

Bexley's POV

Why isn't he even trying to help? Why isn't he willing to help his brother?

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Harvey asks me

I hadn't even realized I was looking at him in the first place. I guess I must have zoned out. "I was... just thinking"

"About?"

"Why don't you wanna help him?"

"Cause he knows what to do. He'll do the right thing. Otherwise I'll only try to help and make it worse for me."

"You're sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure, Bexley. I'm sure." he says in an annoyed tone, which makes me wonder why he's all of a sudden reacting like this. "Stop asking me"

"I'm just saying" I tell him trying to make him calm down "Maybe we should try to interfere... like, after all, it won't be just him the one who gets hurt-"

"Oh, so you're worried about Logan's feelings as well?"

"Well, yeah, and Hana's. All three of them are my friends..."

"I gotta go home" he says and leaves me alone, wondering what the heck just happened. Why did he get so- ... I don't even know what the word for that is.

•••

As I enter my house, I see my mom sitting on the couch, she turns to me and calls my name, "Bexley"

"Oh... hi"

"We need to talk"

"About?"

"I know you're still seeing that boy"

I cross my arms "Yeah, so?"

"Why are you still seeing him?" she stands up like trying to intimidate me. And many would probably be scared of their moms, but I'm not one of those people.

"Because he's my boyfriend, mom!"

"So he is after I told you I didn't want you to be with him?"

"I told you then, I'm telling you now. He's with me. We are a thing. You can either deal with it or... not. Whatever you say, I'm not breaking up with him." I say starting to go up the stairs, but then she yells "Bexley, get down here. You are not going to talk to me like that"

"Oh or what?"