Temptation

Chapter 46

Harry's POV

I can't believe the fucking school board wants to consider me getting expelled. Fuck that, and fuck them!

I knew that dick of a principle would think I wanted those pictures planted around the school. I don't blame him for thinking that I did that but seriously? Not everything That happens Is my fault.

I'm seated on the couch next to Beth as she tells her parents, along with my mum and...her husband about everything.

I couldn't hold myself back when Beth's mum actually believed that the picture was proof or some shit. I don't even want to imagine the names she's been calling her in her head as soon as her eyes darted to that..that fucking picture.

I wait for Beth to start talking again, she takes a deep breath and starts to speak.

"Harry has been there, for everything. He's the only person who hasn't hurt me in some way and I know he hates it when I thank him but I do." Dammit.

"I thank him for putting a smile on my face when I shouldn't. I thank him for saving me that night and I thank him for sticking by my side even when I'm wrong. I thank him."

I can't look at her. My eyes go to the floor, I can't look her in the eyes when I'm a dick to just take what she is saying.

"I know it's crazy for such a short period of time but I.-" she pauses.

At the corner of my eye I see her focus her eyes on me but I dare not to look back up at her. I can't.

I hear her swallow loudly. "I can't seem to hide the fact that I'm falling, helplessly falling in love with him."

What?

Love?

I'm not sure if what she just said was real. The room is quiet and I can only hear the pounding inside my chest along with an unsteady breathing. I feel my eyes widen at the floor before they, without my intention, snap back to look at her.

Her eyes are lined with tears as one escapes her left eye. My mouth opens but closes soon after, her eyes then look away from me and she wipes the tear away.

Just right on fucking time I hear her mother clear her throat and everyone's eyes move to hers.

"Let's go Bethany." She grabs her hideous purse off the floor that she Laid beside the chair and swings it over her shoulder.

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Bethany's POV

I shouldn't have said it, oh my gosh I'm so stupid.

The way he looked at me, it was like I was crazy. Like I was stupid and I don't know I was talking about.

But I do, I feel like I am falling love with him. I'm not completely, but it's there; I can feel it.

He wanted to say something but he just closed his mouth quickly after it opened slightly. I look away from him before I start to cry even more and I wipe my left cheek where the unexpected tear has fallen.

The sound of my mother clearing her throat sounds through the room and we all look up at her as she swings her expensive Michael Kors bag over her shoulder.

"Let's go Bethany."

Her face is filled with disappointment. Disappointment and disgust.

I look over at my father and see if I can tell what he is thinking.

His face is expressionless. His elbows are rested on his knees and his hands are covering his mouth so he won't say anything he will regret, I'm guessing.