Landon's POV
that fucking bitch. I warned her so many fucking times not to start with this shit but she did.
I'm walking towards the end of the pier and I see the bitch. she's standing in front Harry and his family still.
bitch.
she sees me and worry floods through her face.
yeah, bitch. you should be scared.
"you bitch!" I yell as I reach Harry, standing beside him.
"what'd I do?" she asks smirking. I swear to god i am about to slap her.
"have you not hurt her enough? are you not satisfied? you turned the place she lives in against her. you have told so many people about her life that she doesn't know how to be happy. yeah, she smiles and laughs. but I haven't seen actual happiness in her eyes since before you told everyone. you did this to her! yeah her dad had some part in it but you did this. you're the reason our town hates her. you're the reason she got bullied to the point that she tried to kill herself. you Brittany. you did this. but can you blame her for trying to kill herself? her dad beat her, raped her, and then almost killed her, then you had to come in and tell everyone about it. I honestly don't know why you would do that. why in gods name would you ever tell someone that. much less the whole town. that's what I wanna know." I yell
"because, it makes me happy to see someone like her in pain" she smirks
"why?" I ask "why her? what did she ever do to you"
"nothing. she was always happy, and I could see in her eyes that she genuinely happy. it annoyed me so I ruined that. I made it so that she wasn't happy. and I did that by using the information that if anyone knew about she would get depressed. it worked." she smiles
"you're heartless. Addy used to be happy. before all this shit happened I saw happiness in her. I could see it in her eyes, it just isn't there anymore. and you're the cause. so I hope you're happy, I hope that you're so damn happy with yourself. I really hope that for you, because maybe. just maybe one day you'll grow up and realize what you're doing is so incredibly wrong." I simply say.
she looks at me still smirking and then walks away. bitch.
it hits me then that Harry and his family are right beside me. I sigh and turn towards them.
"wow" Anne says
"yeah, uhhm" I run my fingers through my hair "I wouldn't recommend talking to her right now cause she's probably bawling her eyes out at this point. but she thinks you're never gonna talk to her again because that's what everyone else has done so the only thing you need to do is prove her wrong on that." I smile slightly
"I'm not just gonna give up on her, I'm not like that" Harry says
"just remember, she has been hurt so much in her life that if she gets hurts again I don't know if she'll be able to take it" I sigh "as in that might be her breaking point"
"okay" he sighs "I really care about her, I hope you know that"
"I know, and in the beach today." I smile "she laughed. and it reached her eyes. I haven't seen that in seven years. she's like that when she's with you, and I don't know how you have that effect on her but she likes you, a lot. so please don't hurt her. she's had enough of that to last a lifetime."
"okay, so when can I talk to her?"
"I'd say stay up here for at least an hour or longer. I don't want to control how long you stay but at least an hour. that'll give us enough time to make her laugh." i answer him
"okay" he says
"thank you for sticking up for her by the way" I say to him and his family "that meant more to her than you'll ever know" I smile and walk away
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Harry's POV
Landon just walked away, how she told Brittany off let's me know that she's done it before. many times probably. I don't understand how someone could be so mean and heartless to someone for their own enjoyment. Addy is so beautiful and has such a beautiful heart and Brittany ruined that. she ruined everything.
"that poor girl. she's probably in so much pain right now. not just because of us finding out, but because of the memory of everything. she's probably tried her best to forget everything" my mom says
"anybody else wanna kill the Brittany girl?" my dad grits his teeth. he was bullied as a kid so he hates anything and anyone to do with bullying.
"me" we all say and laugh a bit
"I just don't get it" I say quietly
my nana takes me and hugs me "and you never will, some people are just horrible people. including her father" she says
"she told me he was in jail but I never knew why" I say sadly. I felt horrible for Addy right now, all I wanted was to comfort her.
"I can only imagine how afraid she is of him" mom says shaking her head
"it amazes me how a man could do that to a child. it disgusts me" pops growls
"well how about we go listen to some music and then in about an hour we'll leave and go see if she wants to talk" mom asks
"sure" I say and we all walk to where the music is playing.
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Addy's POV
I sit outside the camper in one of the chairs. Landon and Dylan are sitting out here with me. all I can think about is Harry and how I probably just lost him.
it's been about an hour since everything happened and linden is still trying to cheer me up. I haven't smiled since it happened.
"okay if you don't smile I will tickle you" Dylan says
he gets up and walks towards me when I don't smile and when he puts his hands out I jump up and run trying to get away from him.
"stop!" I laugh.
"yes! I made you laugh and all I had to do was threaten to tickle you!" he says with me still laughing.
his eyes shoot over to something and I turn around to see who it is.
my smile soon turns into a frown when I see Harry and his family walking towards us.
Harry and I are staring at each other as he walks over to me. he stops walking and just stands there. staring at me, looking me in the eye. he then shows me a small smile making me smile back.
he starts walking but a little faster and when he reaches me he wraps his arms around my waist and hugs me. my arms wrapped around his neck.
I felt safe again, happy even. a real happy. something I haven't felt in six years, that was when Brittany told the town my past.
he positions his head so he's looking at me but we're still hugging. he takes one of hands and puts it over one of my cheeks.
"you're so beautiful" he whispers
I smile "why are you talking to me, you know the real me, you know what happened to me. you shouldn't want to be around me anymore" a tear falling from my eye
"because. you're mine. your story is amazing. how you went through literal hell and you're still here, with a smile on your face." he runs his thumb across my bottom lip "you're strong, beautiful, and most importantly, mine. you're my strong, beautiful, hella good girl." he smiles.
"so I have a question" he says. I nod my head motioning for him to continue.
"will you, Addy Thompson, officially be mine?"
"yes, absolutely" I smile
he smiles and puts his forehead to mine "and I really want to do something right now" he says looking at my lips
"maybe you should do it then" I whisper
he smirks and presses his lips against mine so softly and sweetly. the feeling sent sparks through me. the way his lips felt against mine. perfect.
he pulls away and then kisses me again softly before pulling away again.
"that was-" I start
"perfect. yeah, trust me, I know" he finishes
"whoop whoop!" Landon yells "it was about damn time"
and in that moment I realize we just said all that and kissed in front of his family and now all of my family as they came out of the camper during all of that without being noticed.
sneaky bastards.
we both chuckle and kiss one more time before pulling away from each other completely.
"so I kinda wanna throw up but I'm glad you're happy. love you sister" Nora says
"love you too sister" I say laughing. she's always been really protective over me when it came to boys. gotta love her though.
"love you guys" Harry's nana says smiling
"we all love you, don't forget that" Anne says hugging me. I knew what she was referring to. it made me feel good that they didn't think less of me over it.
Harry's dad and pops hug me before going and sitting down around the fire.
mom and Chad smile before going and sitting down with them. we follow and sit down with everyone else.
they all have beers except for me and Harry.
"to Harry and Addy!" Robin yells
"yeah!" "cheers!" they all yell and then drink their beers
"so when's the wedding?" Landon asks making us all laugh
"slow down there!" I laugh
"soon" Harry says and I look up at him to see him smirking
"ugh no. I'm not ready" Nora laughs
Eli comes and sits on Harry's lap. Harry happily let's him and wraps his arms around him so he won't fall off his lap.
"Harry? will you be my friend?" Eli asks Harry making us all have an awe moment.
"of course little buddy" Harry replies smiling. Eli turns around and hugs him then turns around leaning against Harry's chest, his legs dangling.
Harry puts his arm around my shoulder. for the rest of the night we all talk and laugh.
and then it hit me, im his girl.
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boom yeah that happened. I rly like this chapter I don't know about you but I like it. it took my like a really long time to write so vote if you wanna.
p.s-how you likin my very common updates? yeah, this book is like goin hella fast but it's all good.
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-A