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Harry’s P.O.V
*Ring…..Ring…..Ring* I cornered the bed quickly walking over to my drawer; I grabbed my phone hoping it was Ariel. “Ariel?!” A low sketchy voice laughed in the background “Ariel…” A voice mocked me, I clenched my jaw line. “Jack…” His laugh faded “Oh boy Marcel….were you expecting somebody?” I brushed my fingers through my hair and walked over to the bedroom door “No….I was just waiting for somebody” I peeked my head out the tiny slit left open; checking the hall left from right – once cleared I closed the door quietly. “Were you perhaps waiting for Ariel?” That name sounded like a stranger now. “No, who’s she?” I felt even guilty just lying right there even though I pretended not to know her, I just wanted to make sure he didn’t get any idea of how much she meant to me. “She’s your girlfriend right?” I walked back over to my drawer slowly opening the top draw making sure he didn’t overhear on the phone.

“I don’t have a girlfriend” I yanked my dress shirt out and slid my gun into my pants belt behind my back and covered it up with my shirt. “Do you remember Bobby Marcel?” I dropped the phone from my ear for a second; I grabbed the bridge of my nose sighing deeply. I really don’t want to think about this right now, he brings it up almost every time I talk to him. “Yes” I leaned over the drawer and peeled back the curtains, running my eyes up and down the street. “You don’t want that secret to run out do you?” I released the curtains “No, I don’t…. I wouldn’t care because Ariel’s not my girlfriend” He chuckled again in the background. “So to be sure, you don’t know Ariel McCormick?” I chewed on my lips debating on a decision. “No, I’m sure” I gradually walked over to the closet and grabbed my black leather jacket out, squeezing it in my hand. “Did you kill Elena Marcel?” His words shivered through my body, he was on to me. “Y-yes, I told you that” I walked over to the door and grabbed it; I walked out in a hurry I crept

downstairs to see PhePhe and Julianna laughing over something. “That’s funny because I thought that too, till I saw her leaving that motel with you” I dropped to the last step and casually walked over to the kitchen; Julianna’s eyes were prying upon me cautiously. “I swear if you lay a hand on her” I calmed my voice just a little as mom and PhePhe turned to look at me. “Oh Marcel, I never said I would lay a hand on her” I gripped the phone tight and balled my hands into a fist. “Please leave her alone” Julianna got up from the couch and made her way over to me. “Oh I will……. but I can’t guarantee the boy’s will” As she approached the counter I hung up the phone and slid it onto the table. “Is everything okay?” She briskly touched my arm; I

shrugged it off and walked over to the fridge – opening it up searching around for something appealing to my eyes. “No, as long as your here nothing’s okay” She rounded the counter and walked up beside me. “Harry, this is none of my fault it takes two ya know” I closed the fridge irritated. “Listen Julianna, I agreed to marry you because you were carrying my child, in fact love you forced me to marry you” I rounded around the counter cutting to the sink I grabbed a cup filling it up with some water. “So you just leave me huh, baby and all?” I took a swig of the water and slammed the cup down, she jumped back startled. “When I left, you weren’t pregnant then when I came back after two months away you were pregnant” I emptied out the water and put it back into the cabinet. “Harry I didn’t want to tell you while you were away” I wiped my hands through my hair. “Julianna I love you…..more than I’ve loved anything in my life, but I can’t love you without wanting to be with Ariel” I walked pass her hoping this was the end of the

conversation. “Who do you want?” I took the jacket out my hand sliding it onto me one sleeve at a time. “What?” She folded her arms across her chest. “Who do you want?” I grabbed my keys out of the bowl on the table and opened the door. “I want…..”PhePhe was staring at me as well. “I want Ariel…..” The words came out effortlessly. “I want Ariel” She hesitated towards the door. “Where are you going?” I popped the collar on my jacket. “I’m going to find her…..my girlfriend” I closed the door behind me “And Julianna……I want a divorce” I closed the door all the way before anything could slip out her mouth.
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Ariel’s P.O.V
*Beep…..Beep…..Beep* the rhythmic sound pounded through my ears. *Beep….Beep…..Beep….Beep* It took me a minute to find out that that was my heartbeat. “Oh sweetie” A heavy weight presence coasted over my hand. My eyes heavily opened, I quickly closed them as the bright light blinded me then I gave it another go fluttering my eyes open the room was big and slightly cold, there was cords hooked up into the machine running into my arm. “Oh sweetie” My eyes followed over to mom who was now starting to get up and kiss my forehead. “Water” I whispered. She grabbed a nearby cup filled with ice and water; I licked my lips and swallowed it back. The cold substance made everything seem quite better; I took

another swallow till I felt hydrated enough to talk. “Where’s daddy?” Mom gave me a tight smile “He’s coming” She rubbed my hands up and down. “How long have I been asleep?” She took a deep breath; releasing my hand got up and walked over towards the window rubbing her hand across her forehead. “You’ve been in a coma Ariel, the doctor said that you were so close to not making it” my eyes fluttered a couple of times – maybe the more I blink the more chances I have of waking up from this nightmare but of course I didn’t. And here I am still in the hospital bed, with stuff all stuck in my arm. “How long was I in the coma?” She turned around “Um, three or maybe even four days I don’t know….I haven’t slept” Mom quickly wiped some sudden tears from her eyes. “Um I need to go get the doctor” She made an abrupt exit; I knew that she

needed some time to think and grieve but shouldn’t she be happy that I am alive? “Uuugghhh” I laid my head back closing my eyes. Three days? I swear it felt like this happened just yesterday, it can’t be…..I popped my eyes open and searched around for my phone. What about Harry? Does he know I’m here? My eager intense search for the phone subsided as I remembered clearly I was the one that told him to let me go so why would he care about me? It’s better off if he just thinks about the baby and be happy; I think Julianna can make Harry happy “553 times” That husky low voice interrupted my thoughts. I opened my eyes preparing myself to look at what I thought I had lost. I looked over at Harry he was leaning up against the door frame with his ankles crossed and his arms entangled across his chest. Just the sight of him made me nervous – with his black leather jacket that I once touched his dark black skinny

jeans that I fell in love with, his white crisp crew neck T-shirt that showed just a hint of the two birds on his chest, that necklace that had a paper plane hanging on it. And his dark black sunglasses that made everybody double look back. “What?” I questioned what he just said; I was so caught up in staring at him. He leaned off the door frame and stuck his hands into his two front pockets. “I called over 553 times, no response, I even went over to your house and your own parents didn’t know where you were” I took a deep breath, coming to realization how scared everybody must have been. “Sorry…” He came over and sat down where mom was. Harry was hurt, I could hear it in his words but he was trying hard to hide it. “Why are you

apologizing?” I grabbed the pillow off behind me, wincing at the pain that shot up through my back “Let me help” Harry got up dragging the pillow off behind my head and down behind my back. His cologne was all too familiar; I closed my eyes breathing in the scent soon the smell faded away and I knew he was gone, I opened my eyes. “Better love?” I nodded, and sat up straighter ignoring the pain that went through my ribs. “I can’t do this Ariel…” Harry shook his head. “Harry…..we can be friends, being friends never hurt anyone” He scooted towards the edge of the bed and removed his glasses and tucked them into his top pocket. Then looked up at me, my mouth parted ways and my breathing slipped into a slow even beating. “You got hurt….” He swallowed deeply stating the obvious. “And I wasn’t there to protect you because we fought…..and you told me to let you go….” Oh yeah well blame this on me. “Right when I let you go….you were gone for three…days” His voice shook, and he cleared his throat. “I thought I

really lost you, I thought you didn’t want me anymore, I thought, I thought and I thought…” He got up from the chair and paced over to the window, he looked out over the cities I assumed. “Ariel…..I can’t let you go I’m too far deep I’ve never cared for some as much as I’ve cared for you, I keep people at a distance but not you….I want you close to me, I want to be the one to protect you, hold you when you’re scared and I can’t do that if were just friends…..So yeah…” He turned around to look at me, I tried to stay strong. “You can tell me to let you go but believe that I will be coming right back, because I can’t just let something I love walk away from me” I lift my head up looking at him. “What?” I was pretty sure he said the L word. “I love you….” He said it as if he just found that out himself. “I’m simply madly in love with you” I opened my mouth eager to say something back, Harry didn’t seem like the type to love something back. “No….”

He walked away from the window. “You don’t have to say it if you don’t mean it…..I mean that’s all that matters” he stood at the head of my bed staring me intensely in the eyes. I couldn’t look away. Say it Ariel, just yell it, scream it at him all the thoughts told me to do it but I couldn’t bring myself to, I couldn’t say them because I was scared. “Go home Harry…..take care of Julianna and the baby and one day I hope that she can love you the way that you love me” His eyes fell with his mouth slightly open. Without another word he walked out the room, as he passed that door frame I broke down. The tears came out over and over and over again I couldn’t take the

pain plus my broken heart, Harry knows that I can’t love him because soon I would have to love him plus another baby. He’s probably said he loved plenty of girls, how am I any different. “Mrs. McCormick?” I quickly wiped away my tears as the doctor came walking in with my mom trailing on behind him wiping away a few of her own tears.

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