“How much do I owe you?” I asked the cab driver as he pulled up at the school. I had money now, right?
“Didn’t you see? Your brother paid for you.” He smiled.
“Brother?” I furrowed my eyebrows together.
“The gentleman who came to see me? He told me he was your brother.”
Harry. I pressed my lips together and nodded. “Yeah, sorry. Alright, thank you.”
I stepped out of the cab. I walked to my dorm, fumbling for the key in my pocket. As I rounded the corner, I saw my suitcase by my dorm door. I picked it up and headed inside. Sitting down on my bed, I thought about how I felt about my dad’s death. I still wasn’t upset. Just confused. Extremely confused.
I cried my feelings out that night, and then I decided to tell someone else about this.
hey. could u come visit my dorm? need to speak to you :) x
He replied almost straight away.
Siiiiiii, you’re lucky I just got off work. I’ll bring food, yeah?? Everything alright, bubs? Xxxxx
I dunno yet. x
He showed up twenty minutes later, Chinese takeout in hand. He had bought a meal for two. I smiled at him and let him. We sat down on the floor, and I told him everything. Even the part about how my dad got caught. I managed to not cry throughout the thing. He sat quiet, listening to me. When I finished speaking, I finally found the nerve to look in his eye.
“Your dad was a total fucktard, eh?”
I laughed shakily, and he pulled me into a hug. Oh, Dan. He ended up staying the night.
The next morning, I was awoken by someone sitting on my stomach. I opened my eyes in surprise to find Dan sitting on me
“C’mon, babes, it’s time to go to work.”
I groaned, turning to my side to pick up my phone. I ended up pushing him off of me, and I opened my phone to text Harry to say good morning. It was then that I realised I had asked for space. I furrowed my eyebrows and put my phone down. Dan was staring at me. He didn’t ask about Harry, though. I was thankful for that.
~*~
I woke up the next day, thankful I had a mid-day shift. I took a shower and got dressed, heading to the cafeteria. I let my eyes flicker over the cafeteria, and they landed on Olly, who was sat alone by the windows at the side of the cafeteria. I waved at him, and he smiled at me. I was just about to walk over, when I saw his smile widen. I followed his gaze.
Harry was stood at the door. He was smiling at Olly. His eyes had a dead look in them, and I felt a pang in my stomach. Had I caused that? I watched him walk towards Olly and sit opposite him, giving him a half-hearted smile. Olly said something to him and Harry shrugged, leaning back in his chair. Olly frowned and looked at me. I held his gaze. He had probably told Harry I was looking.
Harry didn’t turn around to look at me. I went to work feeling incredibly bad. I was a suck-ish person, and I knew it. I was missing Harry -- missing his words of comfort. I kept quiet, offering small smiles to the customers that I had to serve. Dan watched me all morning, not saying anything.
“Don’t look now, but I see lover boy.”
I snapped my head up, looking at the door hopefully. No one was there. Dan chuckled. “Sucker.”
“That wasn’t funny,” I said, through gritted teeth.
“What happened with you two, then?”
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Broken
Fanfiction"When something is broken, you can't fix it. But you can make it better. All it needs is love, care and attention." Broken. That's what Brenna was. With no family, and no money, it was a good thing she was smart. She had a scholarship for college a...
