Too much

Chapter 4

"Morning Addie."

"Morning." I groan as I sit down at the table and droop back in the chair. I got little to no sleep last night, the thought of what Harry had done refused to let me sleep.

"Good news! I got the job at the hospital." My mom beams.

"That's great mom." I'm happy for her, but I can't gather the strength to even fake the enthusiasm.

"Oh and on the way out last night, Harry said he could take you to school again today. Such a nice boy! And he's cute too." She smiles and brings her empty bowl to the sink. I want to gag at her comment. Yes he is cute, but he's a jerk who only wants in my pants.

"Great.."

"Okay, I'll see you later. Love you!"

"Love you too."

Once she's left, my forehead falls to the table and I groan in frustration. I don't want anything to do with Harry, and now I have to drive to school with him. Today will be rough.

As much as I do not want to be alone in a car with Harry, I'd rather not walk in the rain to school, so I'll have to tough it out. When I see him pull into my driveway, I reluctantly walk outside.

When I get in the car, he says nothing and just drives away towards school. I'm partially thankful he isn't humiliating me right now, but I also want some answers.

"Why did you do that last night?" I shyly ask.

"Do what?" He asks and I can see he's trying his best not to smirk.

"You know... Kiss me."

All he does is shrug and continue to drive.

"Do you like me?" I can barely recognize my own voice.

He lets out a chuckle that makes me feel embarrassed for asking. "Don't flatter yourself, Addie."

Oh so now he's calling me Addie?

"Then why'd you do it?" I can't understand this guy.

"I told you, because you're hot." He shrugs again just as we pull up to school.

"Well don't do it again." I snap and slam the car door behind me.

I sigh in relief when I see Max sitting at our lab table. He's the first person I met here who actually seems decent. Well, Louis did, but I haven't seen him since the first day of school.

"Hey Addie." Max smiles as I sit down and begin to take my books out of my bag.

"Hey!" I replied. "What's up?"

"Not much, how is the new school going for you?"

"Im getting much more used to it."

"That's good... Hey, there's this party tomorrow night, if you wanted to come with me, you can."

"Oh um, parties aren't really my thing." An uneasy laugh escapes my mouth.

"That's okay." He smiles politely.

Ugh, now I probably seem lame, but I don't do parties. I hate how everyone feels like they need to drink alcohol to have fun. It's not my type of scene, sloppy teenagers groping and shouting. I cringe just thinking about the one high school party I went to back home.

To my relief, Max drops the subject of the party and we continue working together on our packet the teacher gave us.

"See you around, Addie." Max walks me to stats again. He's really a gentleman.