Mine (Book-1)

~Chapter 66~

[Song for the chapter:
How long will I love you -
Ellie Goulding]

Harper's P.O.V

Walking through the hallway where the unfortunate event took place almost made me want to throw up. Avoiding Tyler is easy, as he is working on that too, so it's basically a team effort. I decided to come to school earlier than usual, and leave Tori behind as she didn't want to wake up so early.

I wanted to avoid people, so did Tyler, so we both ended up coming to school early as fuck. Right now, I'm just sitting alone in a hallway leaning my back against my locker. Out of boredom, I let out a soft grunt and bang my head against the locker twice, with my eyes closed.

"Pretty sure you should not do that," An unknown masculine voice speaks from beside me.

"You'd do that too when you've had the most public breakup ever." I sigh, not really caring about the fact that I'm talking to a complete stranger. Or so I thought.

"I don't believe we've met before?" He says after letting out a small chuckle and sitting down next to me.

That's when I finally decide to open my eyes. I come in contact with the baby blue eyes that you'd only expect to see after special effects in a movie. His small smile managed to reach his eyes which showed off the crinkles placed beside them. His irises held the softest color of blue, almost looked like cotton candy from some festival. 

"Harper Reed." I raise my hand to shake his.

"Believe me I know," He chuckles, "Michael Hambridge."

"I know." I shrug shaking his hand which he kindly accepted.

"Of course you do," Mike smirks.

"The alleged cheater and the one who couldn't graduate." I breathe out.

"Yeah," He smiles, "We make quite a duo."

"I'll see you around," I say as I spot Tori coming towards me with Ian by her side.

I stand up and give Michael a nod with a smile as he stands up and leaves. Tori and Ian approach me, and I give Ian a small sad smile to which he scowls. Ian whispers something to tori before turning around and walking away. 

"He hates me." I sigh.

"He does." Tori agrees.

I glare at her and scoff before going to my locker and she goes to hers.

"What? Would you rather I lie to you?" She chuckles.

"At least sugar coat it," I argue.

Suddenly it hits me like a wall of bricks. How much I actually miss him.

"Are you all meeting again today?" 

"Yes, I think." Tori blushes. Did I see her blush?

"So, Ian?" I smirk, closing my locker.

"Uh-haha, two can play this game," She closes hers too, "I did see Mike sitting with you."

"We just met, you two have history." I wiggle my brows, "And we both know what happened last night."

"Exactly, too much history." Tori shrugs.

"C'mon there are still feeling there, right?" I ask, "Give him a chance."

"He's done with me." Tori crosses her arms.

"If he's so done with you, why's he waiting for you behind the wall." I cross my arms as I see Ian having a mental battle with himself.