Today was my first day of 2nd grade. A week ago Harry and I decided that we would walk to school. He lives closer to the school so I would go to his house first and then we would walk the rest of the way. I was just a block from his house when I saw Sierra and Micaela leaving a house. They saw me as well and I just tried hurrying to Harry's before they could catch up to me. It was to late.

"Oh look, Sierra. It's Arabella. Harry's charity case!" I kept walking until Sierra pulled me back.

"Hey, we just want to tell you what Harry told us." Sierra said with a small smile.

"He said that he didn't actually like you. He just felt bad because your father is a drunk." Micaela said with a grin.

"He would never say that!" I almost screamed.

"Sweetie, why else would he be friends with you? And how else would we know your father is addicted to drinking? Think it through before you get hurt." Sierra said with what looked to be a sincere smile. I could feel the tears start to build up.

"Whatever." Was all I said and I walked away. I could here them giggling as they rounded the corner in the other direction. When I got to his house i walked up to the door and knocked looking at the ground. Harry walked out.

"Hey, are you ready?" I ask looking up at him.

"Yeah, let's... Wait what's wrong?"I looked away from his green eyes.

"Nothing, I just want to go to school."

"Ara! Don't lie to me... Did your father hit you again?" His voice got serious.

"No... I... I just want to leave." I started walking and Harry started walking beside me. I decided to take a peak to see what he was doing. He was staring at me with worry all in his face.

"Ara... Please tell me." His voice was so sad I had to.

"... Am I only a charity case?" I asked looking up at him.

"What? Are you joking me? Please dear lord tell me you are just joking?" He looked at me and could tell the sincerity. "Arabella! You are my best friend! I tell you everything. You know more about me than my own parents! You are not a 'charity case'. Where would you get that idea?"

I looked at the ground." Sierra and Micaela." He had a puzzled look on his face.

"When I was walking here they caught up with me and said you had told them I was just a charity case and you felt bad because my dad is an alcoholic."The tears started streaming down my face. I wanted to run, right as I was about to Harry pulled me in and hugged me. He held me until i stopped crying. I'm not sure how long we stood there, but all i knew was that I didn't want it to end. When it did Harry looked at his watch and realized what time it was. He took my hand and we ran to the school with only moments to spare. This was the day I started to fall for Harry.

Notes

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