A life changing trip - wroetoshaw/Miniminter

He's Back

"...Harry."

"Don't." Harry moaned as he stopped in his tracks, his back still facing Chloe. "Don't say my name."

Chloe winced in the dramatics of the moment, a year passed yet the pain still so fresh. "I don't understand." Chloe mumbled.

"Just leave it." Harry continued to moan as he began to walk off again, this time his steps slower.

"Hey, no!" Chloe raised her voice, changing from her sympathetic tone. She did a small jog until she standing behind him, walking on his right just enough to see the side of his face. "You came here, you don't get to make out like I'm the crazy one right now. Like I'm the one who's dishing all this drama back up. You did this. You found me!" Chloe tried to make her point, deciding not to take any crap.

"It was a mistake. I shouldn't have come." Harry said as he turned a corner. Chloe following only two steps behind.

"Harry will you just stop for a minute and talk to me?" Chloe groaned.

"What's there to talk about." Harry spoke as he continued on his path to get away.

"A lot. There's a lot we need to talk about actually!" Chloe almost laughed.

"He's never going to forgive me for this. We agreed not to reach out." Harry panicked as he ran his hands through his hair.

"Hey." Chloe said a alittle kinder. Picking up the pace to reach out and touch his shoulder. The gentle caress seemed to speak to Harry more than words as they both began to slow down until they stopped. Standing on the pavement waiting for the right moment to speak.

"Why did you leave?" Harry asked, a frown so prominent.

"You told Simon Harry what did you expect?" Chloe drew back.

"We kissed Chloe. We fucking kissed and you left." Harry raised his voice in anger.

"Harry...I was with Simon. He was my boyfriend and I cheated on him with you. Then you told him. So I did what was right and left you two alone like you asked. You guys didn't want to speak to me let alone see me."

"No, Simon didn't want you around. But you never stayed to ask me what I wanted. I only wanted you and you left me." Harry's lip began to tremble.

"Harry?" Chloe quizzed as she saw a more broken side to the boy she once recognised.

"You never even spoke to me." He mumbled, his eyes closing tight letting a tear fall down his cheek.

"I honestly don't understand. I'm sorry but I don't. Surely you knew I would go when you told Simon?"

"I knew they'd hate me." Harry mumbled. "I was okay with that because I thought I would have you to come home to, I thought you'd stick by me."

"Oh harry."

"Do you know what it's like?" He took a deep breath in and cleared the one tear from his face. His voice slowly creeping back to normal. "To have all your friends think you're disgusting. To have them treat you like you're the enemy. They wouldn't tell me anything. I was the outcast for months. Sure I deserved it but it didn't make it hurt any less."

"I'm really sorry."

"Now that everything is settled I've gone and done this. I've come back to this."

"I don't know what I can do to make it okay." Chloe frowned.

"You can't. It's over and it's my mistake. I should've just left things." Harry said his peace as he began to turn to walk away. "Goodbye Chloe."