HIM ...

Mary’s room was only a few steps away from Harry’s, but unlike his room, it was a lot tidier. It had shelves of books on one side, and a desk on the other. The desk had her laptop and some kind of accessories on top of it.
Mary was sitting up on her bed, which was in the corner of the room. The blanket was covering her legs. The boys and Natalie had already seated themselves around her.
Mary looked at me as I walked in with Anne. Her look was different this time. Her blue eyes were like apologizing for something, but at the same time desperately wanted answers.
I moved closer to the bed and stood beside George.
“How are you Mary?” I asked, not knowing what else to say in this awkward situation.
She sighed. “Yeah… I’ll be fine.” Her voice sounded really tired.
“Really nice of you to come… thanks.” She said again. I opened my mouth to speak but Natalie jumped in.
“That’s alright… but really, get better soon. We miss you like too much.”
“Hmmm….” She said and leaned back her head to rest it on the wall behind and closed her eyes.
“Have she been seeing the doctor lately. She seemed absolutely fine yesterday.” Natalie turned to Anne.
“It’s not like that at all. She only came back yesterday and looked really sick and tired. So, I checked her temperature and…” they get into a conversation.
In the mean time I moved closer to George and whispered, “Why the fuck did you guys leave me alone there? I got in such a false position…”
“Sorry bro completely forgot about you.” He whispered back.
Okay so that’s supposed to be a cool answer? No! It’s completely stupid.
I rolled my eyes and looked back at Mary. She had now opened her eyes and was looking at me. I didn’t make an eye contact, I didn’t want to. Wait, what if she brings up that topic again?! What am I going to say? Shit I should’ve prepared something.
“Mom, can I talk to Louis for a minute? “
She suddenly asked, and I absolutely knew where this was going. O god!
“Sure, go on…” Anne replied.
“Well… actually it’s a bit personal mom…”
“O! Okay, yeah sure. We’ll just give you two some private time...” I’m sure I saw Anne trying to hide a smile.
I had to do something. Avoid the situation that was coming right then.
“No! Umm… it’s fine, fine… you could stay no problem” what the heck was I talking about?
“No... It’s okay honey we’ll leave. C’mon guys”
So now, everybody goes out of the room so that there is only me and Mary in the room. She was the one to start the conversation again...
“So, you want to talk?”
“No. I thought you wanted to talk. “
“Well, I do. So… what is your decision? Do you want to go out?”
She was so bold, and then looks at me. “Huh? Oh, well…”
“I tried to call you, even messaged a couple of times. You never responded.” She looked down at her nails.
“Umm...” I didn’t want to say a no to her, especially in her condition. It could make her sicker, and moreover as I think I mentioned before, I didn’t want to break her heart because she was such a nice girl and... Of course, she was such a nice girl. Then why don’t I say a yes? It’s not like she isn’t good looking, she is really pretty, as I would say. But this just doesn’t feel right. Maybe it will be okay if I just spend time with her, right? Okay so...
“Hello… you there?”
“Huh? Yeah... I’ve made a decision.”
“And that is…”
“I think I’ll give you a chance... this doesn’t feel absolutely great right now, but I think it will be okay after some time.” I had to be honest with her.
Her facial expression changed. She looked so worried and sick just before, and now she looked all relaxed and overjoyed. She was like ‘OMG! OMG! OMG!’
“Really? Are you serious...?”
“Yeah...” I tried to act cool about it.
“of course. I knew you would…..” she got interrupted by a loud knock on the door. “Come in...” she said.
The door is opens and the big boy comes in. what was his name though, harry wasn’t it? Yeah... but I’ll call him ‘big boy’, hmm... sounds better. So he just comes in and without a word, takes his phone from the desk and is just leaving the room when suddenly,
“What do you think you are doing here?” Mary calls from behind, and let me tell you that her tone was not very ‘sisterly’, if that’s a thing.
“Taking my phone back. What do you think asshole?..”
Okay now, well isn’t it bad to just talk like that to your sister in front of a person you just met. I think it’s just so inappropriate, don’t you?
“Now just don’t tell me that you ‘didn’t know’ that I asked for some time alone. I just told mom that.”
“No… I guess I didn’t. And I don’t get the point of getting so pissed off; I’m just taking my phone and leaving. Have all the ‘alone time’ in the world you can have after I have gone?”
“You did it intentionally, just to irritate me.”
“Yeah of course … as if I totally care. Now if you allow me ‘YOUR MAJESTY’ may I have the permission to leave?”
“Whatever…”
Harry just rolled his eyes and left the room. Mary looked back at me, “don’t mind please...”
I’ve been standing like an oblivious statue up until now, I just realized that. “No that’s okay. Umm... but did you guys get into a fight earlier?”
“No... Why do you ask?”
“Well you know, THAT just happened.”
“Oh, it’s just … we just don’t get along so well and… actually you don’t wanna know.”
“O, okay... cool.”
“So I’ll see you tomorrow I guess?”
“Yup. I’ll visit you after the college... ‘Okay?”
“Cool...” she smiled.
“Bye…” I waved her and left the room. Also, noticing that my phone was vibrating I took it out to see that it was a call from Lottie (my sister… well, one of my sisters)
“Hey Lottie… “
“Hi again”, she spoke up from the other side, “umm, Louis could check if I left my new ring in my room? I really wanted to show them to all my girlfriends, but … I just can’t find it ANYWHERE! “
“I think you probably did. I am pretty sure I saw it after you left.”
“Don’t just assume it. Louis, this is important… just go and check. Alright...”
“I’m sorry; I can’t right now because I’m not at home.”
“Okay then …”
“Maybe you should call mum and …. OWW!!!”
I just couldn’t even finish. Want to know why? Cause I just bumped into someone. Guess who? It’s Harry.
Oh wait. It’s not over yet… okay, so now due this ‘collision’… I FUCKING DROPPED MY $500 PHONE ON THE FLOOR AND IT BROKE… IT ACTUALLY BROKE!! WHAT IS MY LIFE NOW? NOW SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL IS MY LIFE?!
“What the fffff… shit. Shit. Shit.” I was freaking out ( obviously) .
We both stood wide eyed for a moment, blank, don’t know what to do. I looked at him, but he was still looking at the phone.
Harry broke the silence first, “oh-my-freaking-god! I’m so so sorry”
How did I reply? Well……..
I stepped forward, clenching my fists…. And punched him in the face; so hard that that it started to bleed. Then punched him in his balls. He fell down, and I kicked him. Then went aside, broke a window, took a piece of glass, went to Harry and stabbed and KILLED him. Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Actually, that’s not what happened.
All I did was to say, “Oh! Well, that is one big loss, but it’s alright I guess.”
“What? Why?... I mean are you seriously not mad at me? Thanks, but that is a bit weird …”
Of course I am mad at you, idiot. Well but I cannot say that.
“It’s okay, it happens. I’ll try to fix it.”
“Okay, but I’ll pay for it I promise”
“No… for the repairing you mean? No, it’s fine. I will do it.”
“Umm, but …”
“No ‘but’ again”, I smiled. “I already said that it is alright.”
I have no idea why was I being all so cute to this boy. Louis! This is the boy who broke your phone, at least show some attitude! But I didn’t want to...
“Could we drop the topic please, I do not like it at all.”
“Oh, okay… sure.”
I bent down to gather the broken parts of the phone, harry helped me in this.
“Okay I need to go back home now. It’s been a heck of a day. Bye harry …”
“Yeah bye…”
I went out of the house as fast as I could and shut the door behind me. I turned around and saw the others waiting in the car and went over to them.
They all were curious, “what was up with you?”
“Aaah… it’s nothing.”
I got in the car and we drove back home, I needed to go. Well, I guess it was one of those days that I am going to remember… for various reasons of course.

Notes