Her House, My Rules

Chapter 10

A few days flew by, Hazel was still pending for an answer I didn't have. I was spending time with her stepsister, Leah, as she ignored me on the other hand. Her parents had no idea what was going between us. Giving her the silent treatment was the worst thing ever. I started to miss her every second of every day. I wanted to feel her presence by my side. There were times where she didn't come home at all. She was hanging out with her friends. I overthought everything. My thoughts were disturbing my head with deep questions.

Was she spending the night with Max? Maybe, she was. Why didn't she care anymore? Did she stop liking me? Maybe, she did.

Her absence played a dangerous role in me. Hazel was always on my mind and I just couldn't stop thinking about her. I rejected her, I told her I didn't want her but I regretted everything.
My father used to tell me that if you start missing someone, it means that you're starting to like the person? I didn't believe him, Until now.
I wasn't sure about my feelings. I was confused and wanted to prove to myself that I wasn't actually falling for Hazel. Love was just a game to me. I didn't believe in it. That was the reason why I kept asking myself that maybe it wasn't real. Maybe it was just my mind playing tricks.

Hazel was still untouchable. I didn't want any man to be around her? I was ready to fight for this girl, man. I was ready to talk to her but how was I going to approach her? I had no idea.

"Hey, handsome." Leah, Hazel's stepsister, entered the room. "Were you thinking about me?"

"What's with the suitcase?" I denied her question. "Are you going somewhere?" I asked as I followed her steps towards me.

"I came to say goodbye." She sat on the bed as she pulled herself to me. "I wanted your phone number. I want to call you from time to time."

"Sure." I put my number in her phone as she advanced on me, gently. "What do you think you're doing?" I chuckled with a nervous look on my face.

"Come here." She grabbed my face as she gave me a pop kiss. "What's wrong?" I pulled back.

"I'm sorry Leah but, I can't do this to Hazel. I don't even like you like that. You're my friend and I don't want..."

She grabbed my neck as she kissed me, with a sudden rush. As a gentleman, I didn't want to hurt her feelings but at the same time, I felt wrong for kissing her back. Her lips covered my lips with her red lipstick. I hated the kiss, she was eating my face out. She was a bad kisser.

"Hawk?" My heart stopped.

Hazel!

Hazel yelled as I pushed Leah away from me. Hazel saw us kissing. There was no turning back. It was already too late. She watched us. She was staring, God only knew how long.

"Hazel," I said, shocked. "What are you doing here?"

"I hate you." Her broken voice was full of pain, anger, and jealousy. "I hate you, Hawk." She repeated as tears greeted her eyes.

Hazel slammed the door really really hard. Leah followed her.

Do you know the feeling when you're not dating someone but you still feel like you're in a relationship with the person? That's exactly how I felt. I felt like I betrayed Hazel's trust and I just broke her heart without even trying. My head was spinning around. I wanted to scream and tell her that she meant nothing to me but I still kissed Leah. That was wrong of me.

She expressed her feelings towards me the other day and I kissed her sister in return. Hazel hated me for sure and she was completely done with me.

Why did she come to my room? Was it a set-up? Why Hazel? Why?

The house was dark and quiet. Hazel locked herself in her room. Her parents weren't home. We were in the house by ourselves but I still couldn't talk to her.