from first love to worst heartbreak

Chapter 6

I step out of the car and take a look at the big house located a few feet away from me. While looking at it in greater detail, I am distracted by the loud music coming from its direction. There are two tables with red cups on them standing in the yard. Some girls are carrying bottles to the tables and start filling up the cups.

"Do you want to go inside?" Jace asks me and I take my eyes off the house. Ty is standing next to him while looking at his phone screen.

"Sure, lets go" I answer his question. Jace smiles and starts walking towards the house door. I immediately start to walk beside him. We enter the house and walk a little further in the hallway. The corridor is full of red cups and bottles of alcohol on little tables. Suddenly, I see a figure walking towards us. When the person gets closer, I realize that it is a tall, dark haired guy. He approaches us with a smile and stops to greet Jace and Ty.

"What's up guys?" he asks the boys and they do the same hand shake that Ty and Jace do amongst themselves.

"Hey man" both say after each other.

"Henry, this is Bella" Jace introduces me to him. I had assumed that the boy would be the host and turns out, I was right. He reaches out his hand and I do the same. We shake hands quickly and smile at each other.

"Nice to meet you" he says and grins.

"You too" I smile back. As I look at his clothes, I notice a tattoo on his hand. The language of the tattoo is what I notice first. The word on his hand is in Italian and it says "rimpianto". Regret. What does he regret? I wonder why the tattoo is in a different language. Does he speak Italian? Questions keep on entering my mind and I realize that I have been staring at his tattoo for a minute.

"I'll see you guys" he says to us and walks away. We walk into the living room and Ty grabs himself a drink. I look around the room and see many people talking to each other with a cup in their hands. There is a big music box in the corner of the room.

"Do you want one?" Jace points at the table with bottles.

"I think I'm going to grab some water first" I explain.

"I'd be surprised if you could find a bottle of water" Jace laughs.

"I will, don't worry" I assure him. "I'm going to go to the kitchen" I add.

"Do you want me to come?" he nicely asks.

"No, go have fun. I'll be back in a few minutes" I tell him. He nods and I make my way out of the large living room. I walk through the corridor and see an open door to my left. It is another small room with an island. I take a careful look at the room and spot a fridge. I open it and grab a small bottle of water and take a sip out of it. Meanwhile, I walk towards a window, open it and stick out my head to take a look at the yard. I breathe in the fresh air and listen to the relaxing sound of the wind. Suddenly, I hear a voice behind my back and turn around. It's Henry.

"Hey" he greets me while running his fingers through his hair.

"Hi" I say in response.

"You don't drink?" he questions after seeing the bottle of water in my hand.

"I do, I just don't want a drink right now" I explain.

"I get it" he answers in a calm tone. "You are new here, right?" he asks.

"I am, yes. I arrived yesterday" I tell him.

"Are you enjoying it here so far?" he questions.

"Yes, very much. It seems pretty fun" I note and take another sip out of the bottle.

"What are you going to study?" he sounds very interested to hear my response.

"Economics and management. What about you?" I carry on with the conversation.

"Engineering science" he briefly responds.

"That sounds interesting but sounds like too much science for me" I comment and to that, he chuckles. As I was about to question him about his tattoo, a blond girl approaches us and stands next to Henry. She puts her arm on his shoulder and tries to kiss him on the cheek, but Henry slowly jerks away.

"I'm so drunk right now" her loud voice fades in with the music.

"Already?" he sounds curious. She nods and takes a sip out of her cup. Henry grabs the cup from her hand and puts it on the kitchen isle.

"I'll go" I say and immediately start walking towards the door.

"Wait" Henry calls for me.