Tattered Secrets

It was so arduous leaving Harry but as soon as soon as I reached my house, I quickly managed to change into some running gear I hid in the shed, this was the most plausible excuse I could think of. My heart quickened when I went inside and saw both my parents in the kitchen, laughing and smiling. Once they noticed my presence their joy slipped and faded and my stomach clenched at the fact I’m going to have to lie to them again.

My dad dipped his glasses down his nose and gave me that wary look. “And where have you been?”

“I went out for a run but then after ten minutes I went into a café and spent the whole morning there sorry,” my voice came out innocent and it piqued no suspicion.

My parents laughed, shaking their heads, buying everything I’ve spewed out. “Flora, we have something to discuss with you.”

I didn’t think my heart could pound as hard as it had, the amount of sweat that broke out from that one sentence would make you think I actually went for that run. I nodded my head slowly, sitting down at the table and placed my hands between my thighs. “Will this take long I kind of promised Noah I’d meet him – I think he has a date planned.”

“Well, one of your dad’s clients gave him a two night stay at a spa he owns for the two of us. We just wanted to know if you’d be okay being at home by yourself.” My mum ran a hand through her blonde waves and I took in her appearance: dark half-moons under her eyes and a sickly pale washing over her face obscurely.

Laughing, I waved my hand about, “Of course! Have fun. When are you going?” On the outside I seemed like I was taking in every second of the conversation, laughing at the silly jokes my mum conjured and puns my dad threw in but my mind was swimming with thoughts of Harry.

When I met Noah for lunch he had a bright smile that made the stampede of butterflies in my stomach to erupt. Yet his smile didn’t look as beautiful as Harry’s. I kept on a cool façade the whole time despite wanting to scream at him that I saw him cheating on me. We were technically even now.

Noah leaned over and placed a kiss on my temple, smiling brightly afterwards. “Flora, why have you been so distant from me?” It took me a while to invoke a reasonable enough lie, so his expectant eyes scrutinised me.

“Sorry,” I meekly replied whilst drawing my gaze towards the window. My eyes widened with panic as I saw Harry walking casually past the café, his eye were shielded by dark sunglasses but I could swear I made eye contact with him before he zoomed past the street, and out of eyesight.

My hands slipped out of Noah’s and landed on my lap. “It’s okay Flora, I forgive you just as long as you don’t push me away again. Want to have a movie night tonight?”

“Sorry, my mum has this whole night planned, can’t really bail. Maybe another night?” I fibbed effortlessly. His smile was small as he nodded but all I could think about was Harry and how I could sneak out again to go see him.

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