Eleanor's POV.
The silence in Harry's car was odd. I never thought I could miss someone so much. And not seeing him for a week without giving him an explanation yet he asked me to go to England with him was even more odd.
A phone call from Louise breaks our silence.
"Hello?" Harry picks up. "Yeah.. Okay.. Sure.. Sure. Ba-bye." He hangs up.
"Lou is coming over." He announces.
"Does that concern me what so ever?" I could careless if the lady in silver blonde hair comes for a visit.
"She's bringing Lux along." He ignores my question.
"Lux?" Who the hell might that be?
"Yeah. Her daughter."
"Daughter? Wait. What?" I'm sure as hell confused.
"Turns out that Louise got married two years after I left to a man names Tom. Now she has a three year old daughter. I'm exited to meet the little one actually.. Believe me it was a surprise to me as well." Focused on the road, he doesn't change his tone at all.
"Wow." Is all I can get myself to say. "That was really unexpected." I add.
"No kidding!" He laughs. "Want me to take you home so you can get ready? Lunch is on me. It would be kinda nice to take you out with Lou and Lux."
"Isn't that kinda odd for you though? I mean taking out your ex with her daughter and your... Neighbor."
"No? Louise has been my best friend for the longest time. Ages. She's not my ex. And Neighbor. You consider your self just as a Neighbor?" His eyebrows raise and eyes go just a bit wider.
"I don't know Harry. I'm just lost after all what Luke said to me." I sigh.
"Luke? That bastard." He says through his teeth as he forms one of his hands into a fist. I can feel Harry's anger towards him. "What did he say?!" He stops the car and turns to face me.
"You stopped the car just to know what he said?"
"Sure did."
"He mentioned some shit about playing almost every girl in NYU and being with girl at every party. I just didn't want you to think that I was like all the other girls you were with so I tried to avoid-"
"Wait- what? All the other girls?" He lets my words sink in and it brought him into deep confusion. He gives me a glare. His eyes say 'you are an idiot for believing that dip shit' but his lips say "Do you even know me?"
"Do I?" I shrug my shoulders.
"Clearly not so."
"That girl that was on your lap at the party was enough for me to believe what Luke had told me."
"You are unbelievable." He presses his head against the seat, screwing his eyes shut and lets out a deep breathe.
"That girl that was on my lap.. Luke was the one who pushed her on me. After I beat the shit out of that bastard his lip was bleeding and that piece of shit tried to help him but he was pissed and pushed her on me. I was too drunk to even push her off. When I saw you come through, I was in shock and finally got the strength to get her off of me."
"But all the girls you've play-"
"No, no girls. Do you know why I used to drink so much?" He interrupts with a question that catches me off guard.
"You like to run away from your problems. What's otherwise?" It's pretty obvious to me. Even a blind man could see it.
"Right." He huffs and looks out the window on his left ending conversation.
