Struggle - H.S.

He walked away and I could only stare at his back with my mouth wide open. I was in shock of what just happened. What the hell was I thinking for kissing him back like that but the weirdest thing of all this was that he didn't hurt me at all.

I sat down on the couch and put my head into my hands and stayed like that for a while. I snapped out it when my phone went off. "Anna" I said and waited for the other person to talk.
"Dear, it's mom. I'm only calling to tell you that we will be staying here for 2 days" What the hell, why are they leaving me alone for two days and not tell me about it beforehand?

"Oh, is everything okay mom?" I asked but I had the feeling something wasn't right. "Yes everything is fine but we just wanted to spend some time together" She explained but this was the weird thing about it because they never had the need to spend time together without me but apparently this was a big deal so I shouldn't be difficult about it right?

"Alright, well have fun then" I told her in a manner that made it clear that I wasn't happy with this situation. "Thank you darling. If you need anything just use the credit card" She or ignored my tone or she was just oblivious for it and mentioning the emergency card, that was something I didn't expect as she always told me not to use it unless someone was dying but again I didn't want to be difficult.

"Okay mom, good night" I said through the phone and there was a slight pause before she answered back. "Good night dear" She hang up the phone and I was on my way to lock the doors but then I realized that locking my doors didn't make me safe because Harry would still break in.

I sighed and walked upstairs. I was not looking forward to the next few days especially not when Harry would find out that I was home alone. Ugh why did we move here again? The only thing I like so far about living here is working in the bookshop and I realised that it was also my only safe place. Harry didn't know I was working there.

Suddenly I felt a lot better and was looking forward to the next few days because I could avoid Harry, this made me a lot happier. I was humming whilst walking out of my bathroom. I changed my clothes and because it was still hot I only wore a football jersey. I quickly walked towards the window and closed the curtain but I let my balcony door open.

When I got into bed I turned on my laptop and began writing a new story. This was a way to get my thoughts out of my head and because there was a lot going on at the moment it gave me inspiration and before I knew, it was already 2am. I had to get out of bed in less then 4 hours. I saw my phone light up so I grabbed it and saw Harry's name on the screen but I just let it go to voicemail.

He couldn't know that I was awake because I had no lights on and I had the curtain around my bed closed. So I just let it ring even though I know there would be consequences but it was not something I wanted to think off. I put my head down and closed my eyes and hopefully I could sleep for at least 4 hours.

I woke up not from the sound of my alarm but because someone was whispering in my ear "Anna, wake up love" the raspy voice said softly in my ear but I just wanted it to go away.

"Go away mom" I muttered and I turned around and buried my head a little more in my pillow "Anna, you're late" the raspy voice said again and I grumbled "Go away" I said a bit louder but that's when it hit me, I recognised that voice.

I opened my eyes and met the green ones of the person who haunts me everyday. I let out a scream "ARGH Harry, what are you doing here" I said and I tried to get as far away from him as possible but with that I forgot that I was in bed so I literally fell on the floor. "Ouch" I let out.
I grabbed my phone to check the time and saw that I had still one more hour before my alarm would go off and I was mentally kicking Harry's arse for waking me up this early. "Why are you here for crying out loud!!" I was actually getting angry with him "Whoa, you got out on the wrong side of the bed" he said sounding too much like a smart ass.

"That's because I fell out of bed you idiot!" I yelled at him but I saw my error as his expression changed really quick and I was afraid of what he would do. "What did you call me?" he asked and I heard the change in his voice immediately.

"Nothing" I muttered and he was looking at me from my bed "I'm here because you practically invited me by letting your balcony door open" He scolded me, ignoring his anger towards me and I felt a tiny bit better but I was still angry with him. "The only reason I did that was because you would've come in even if I closed it and it was way too hot in here" I said to him whilst standing up. When I focused my eyes on Harry I saw that he was checking me out.

I looked down and was mortified when I saw that I was in only a shirt. I yelped and ran into my bathroom whilst grabbing my workout shorts and a tank top. I quickly washed my face and brushed my teeth and in the meantime I was hoping that Harry would've left by the time I got out of the bathroom. I put my hair into a high bun and got out of the bathroom and luckily for me he was gone.

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