𝐂𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑, a.b.

(TWENTY NINE)

Another day, another hour of Harvey watching some girl flirt with Adam. Harvey hasn't been wearing his jackets, or his sweats, which seemed odd to Adam, but then again, he's been paying more attention to Faith then to Harvey. Every so often, he would kiss her cheek or hug her, but he never does anything else, at least not anymore. Most of the time, Harvey would lay in her bed and just think, think about what she could do be good enough. Sometimes, after the varsity and JV practices, Russ, Fulton, or Charlie will stop by and check on her and make sure she's okay, but she always lies.

"Harv?" She heard a knock on the door, so she got up, quickly wiped her face and opened the door, to see Adam. "Are you okay? You hardly come near me anymore." She sighed and looked at the floor. "Are you going to get ready? The game starts in twenty." She nodded her head as he kissed her head and left, leaving her alone in the room once again. She put on her black USA hoodie, black leggings, and white high tops before heading to the rink.

She looked along the crowd and saw the group of red, varsity. She saw Adam, and Faith, sat right next to each other. Faith looked directly at Harvey, smiled and leaned her head on Adam's shoulder. It broke Harvey's heart when she saw Adam didn't do anything. She turned and walked out of the rink before running back to her room, and crying in her bed. Harvey knew that Adam would choose Faith over her anyway, she just didn't want it to be so soon.

..........

"Banksie, who was that girl with brown hair?" Adam groaned as he moved himself away from her, not wanting her to touch him.

"Can you stop calling me that please?" She slightly frowned and tilted her head in confusion, shaking her head.

"Why? It's your nickname right?" Adam shook his head and looked around in search of Harvey, hoping she would come soon. "Banksie?" He looked at her and moved her hand away from his arm. "Why can't I call you that?"

"Because Harvey, my girlfriend, calls me that, and so do the boys. You aren't categorized in either of those groups, so you can't call me that." He turned to Scooter and tapped his shoulder. "Hey, Scoot, have you seen Harvey?" Scooter has always been one of the nicer boys on varsity. Faith huffed and left, not liking the idea of being rejected.

"I just saw her, but she turned around and ran, but I don't know where." Adam quickly stood up and ran down the bleachers, making his way to Harvey's room. He knocked on her door, and heard her quietly sob on the other side of the door.

"Babe? I know you're in there." She looked up and stared at the door, wondering if she should answer it or not. "Listen, if you aren't okay, tell me, please." He waited a couple of minutes before taking of his crew neck and folding it, putting it on the floor in front of her door. "I get that you don't want to talk right now and I don't know why, but I'll be here when you need me. I'll just leave this here for you, even though you have half of my closet, so what's one more, right?" He let out a chuckle before sighing. "I love you, Harv. Talk to me when you're ready." She heard his footsteps walk down the hallway and slowly made her way to the door, peeking out to see if he actually left. She didn't see him so she quickly opened the door and grabbed the sweatshirt. What she didn't know was that Adam was peeking around the corner, and to see her take the sweater made him happy. At least she wasn't mad at him, right?

...........

After the game, Charlie went to go check up on Harvey after not seeing her at the game. He knocked on her door and unlike Adam, he could hear her cry perfectly clear.

"Harvey, it's me. Open the door, Band." He heard the door unlock and opened the door to see Harvey sitting up against the wall next to the door. "What happened? You were fine until the game." She wiped her tears with the sleeve of Adam's jacket and chuckled, before looking at Charlie.

"I told you, Char. I just feel like I'm not enough." Suddenly a knock came from the other side of the door, scaring the both of them.

"Harvey, open up, I gotta get changed." Charlie looked at the girl as she nodded her head and opened the door to see a very shocked looking Julie. "Why are you in here?" He opened the door completely so Julie could see what was wrong. She gasped and pushed past Charlie before kneeling down in front of Harvey.

"Harv, I'll be back. I'll bring you something to eat." She nodded her head as he closed the door and let the two girls talk.

It took Charlie five minutes to get something to eat from the cafeteria before making his way back to the girls room. As he opened her door, Adam walked up to him and stopped him.

"Is she okay, Charlie. She won't talk to me." Charlie dropped his head slightly and sighed.

"I wonder why, maybe you should go talk to your new blonde friend. Maybe she'll want to talk to you." He walked into the the room and left Adam standing there. "I'm sorry, Harv. It came out, and I didn't mean for it to." She just shook it off and took the food from Charlie and passed it to Julie.

"Harv, please talk to me." She looked up at the door and froze, putting her finger up to her lips. "Let me explain what actually happened." Charlie and Julie looked at the girl who nodded her head. They got up and opened the door for Adam who immediately walked towards Harvey. The two walked out of the room and closed the door, letting the two deal with whatever happened.

He sat at the edge of the bed next to her as she sat against the head board. She grabbed his hand and held onto it, playing with his fingers as he talked.

"Whatever you saw, it was all her. Every time she touched my arm or my shoulder, I always pushed her off. I have never once let her hold onto me for more than a couple seconds, mostly because I don't even realize it because I'm focused on something else." Her hands lightly squeezed his, making him look up at her.

"Banksie." He sighed and dropped his head slowly.

"She called me that, and every time I wanted to throw up, because it wasn't you calling me that." He fell backwards on the bed and stared up at the ceiling. "Why were you crying, because I know it wasn't just about her touching my arm." She huffed and looked down at their intertwined hands.

"I thought that you would choose her over me. She's prettier and I thought you just wanted someone better." She let go of his hand and wiped her tears as he sat up and faced her, taking her hand back into his.

"If you think you aren't pretty or beautiful, or if you feel like you aren't enough, then I screwed up as being your boyfriend." She looked up at him and chuckled. "Harv, you are more than enough for me. You are all that I want, no one else. I know we're only fifteen but screw that, I love you and only you. I won't love anyone as much as I'll ever love you." She smiled as he pulled her closer to him, hugging her. They were fifteen, but she was the love of his life and he wouldn't want it to be anyone else.

"I love you, Banksie." He moved a bit and he sat up against the headboard as she laid against him, holding his hand as his other twirled pieces of her hair.

"I love you too, Harv. More than anything in the world."

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ALSO I KNOW THAT ADAM'S SUPPOSED TO
BE 14 BUT SCREW THAT CRAP.

In my book, at the moment, he's 15.

BTW IM SORRY THAT THEIR "FAITH" PROBLEM DIDN'T
LAST LONGER. IK SOME PEOPLE LIKE READING
ABOUT DRAMA, BUT I CAN'T WRITE IT. I ALSO
DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAD.