"Better luck next time." Mrs. White said as she set another quiz with yet another low grade. I just roll my eyes because she's said that the past four quizzes. "Maybe ask your classmates for help when I let you study instead of sitting back here by yourself."
The bell rings and I was the last to exit. Harry stood by his door across the hall. He looks over at me, keeping a smile as his students left. It's been a whole month of not talking to him. I just see little glimpses of him around and this was one of those moments. He nods his head at me, but I put my head down and made my way to my next class.
The day consisted of nothing interesting. I looked up my grades and there was no way I could send them to my dad. Especially with Mrs. White already failing me. I hate to say it, but Harry was right about switching. If this continues, I will fail her class and I won't be able to graduate.
After school, I sat on the brick wall to wait for Alec. My teeth shudder, I kept my arm crossed, and shivered in the cold. I hear familiar voices pass by and I look to see Harry talking to one of the JV girls. They stop at the curb and he reaches into the bag he had hanging on his shoulder, pulling out a folder to give to her. They continue talking until her ride came. He stood there and waited for the car to drive off then started his path to his car. I take a look around to see many other students out, waiting. I hop off the wall and call for him.
"Coach!" I call over the wind.
Harry twists around and frowns as he searched. He was looking behind me until I waved. The confusion in his facial expression was a little funny to me. I jog a little to get to him, but the snow almost makes me fall. Harry wasn't too far so he catches me then chuckles.
"Are you alright?" he asks, smiling down at me.
"Ye-yeah," I breathe out heavily, holding on to his arms. I let go once I got balanced then backed away a bit. "I-I didn't want to bother you, but you were right." I tell him. "I'm struggling in Mrs. White's class and I have to send my grades to my dad every two weeks. If he sees that I'm failing then I'm on the next flight to California."
"So," Harry extends the word. "Do you want an I told you so?"
I huff, looking away from his green eyes. "I hate that it had to come to this point, but I'm begging. Can you please talk to my counselor and convince him into switching back to your class?"
Harry shakes his head about to walk away. "No, I can't do that." he says, continuously shaking his head. "You made a choice and I told you to think about it before doing it."
I follow him to his car, begging. "I want to graduate. I can go to summer school or come back next year. That's just embarrassing."
"You don't think it's embarrassing that you're begging for something from me." he says, opening his door then leans against it. "You had an entire week to think over it."
I bite my inner cheek, getting frustrated. "You're the reason I didn't want to think over it. I was so caught up in my emotions that I didn't have time."
"I'm not talking to your counselor, Rylee." he says plainly about to sit in his car.
"I gave you everything!" I say loudly and he stands back up then I quiet down, looking around. "I'm keeping this secret to protect you after what you've done and I can easily throw you in jail. I'm protecting you and the least you can do is talk to my counselor and get me back in your fucking class, okay?"
Harry stays quiet for a moment with his eyes wandering around. He sighs, finally making eye contact again. "Fine, I'll talk to your counselor."
A smug smile creeps on my face. He gets in his car and I turn around to cheer to myself. I check my phone and a text from Alec was there. He was going to be half an hour late because of his job. I groan, getting ready to walk because I was not about to wait that long when I could be home by the time he gets here. Then Harry calls me and I turn to see him leaning against his door again.
"What?"
"Do you have a ride home?" he asks, nodding his head to gesture his empty passenger side. "I can give you a lift." he offers.
"No, I'm good." I shake my head about to turn around. "I need to walk now that volleyball season is over. I'm trying to stay in shape."
"It's below 20, you'll freeze if you walk all the way home."
"I can gather some change and take the bus halfway."
"Rylee," Harry tilts his head. "I won't do anything to you, I promise."
I sigh and my breath was seen in the cold air. I hesitantly take a step forward then went to his car. I sat on the seat that was still cold. Harry starts the car, trying to heat it up before we left. I rub my hands, shaking from the cold. Harry reaches in his back seat and I flinch. He notices because I saw his face twists into disappointment. He pulls a jacket up and hands it to me.
"To warm you up for now." he says and I take it, letting it drape over me like a blanket. "Even though volleyball is over, I'm still open for rides."
"I can find other ways." I mumble through the jacket. "Kourtney says she has more time to give rides, but she's charging."
Harry chuckles. "She's always trying to squeeze money out of people." he says, stopping at a light. "One time, I accidentally bumped her causing her phone to fall and she tried making me pay for the damages, but there was no damage to her phone at all."
I laugh. "She did that to me when my pencil got stuck to her sweater."
"She'll make a great lawyer one day because most of the arguments I hear her in are quite logical."
"I actually thought the same thing, but she wants to be a doctor."
Harry gasps. "Does she really?"
I just nod, the smile soon fades when it becomes quiet. It had gotten awkward because reality hits me and I remembered we weren't on good terms. The rest of the drive was silent with his music playing softly. He parks in front of my building and I gave his jacket back. He throws it back then keeps his eyes on me as I prepared to exit his car.
"Bye," I spoke softly, opening the door.
"I miss you." he says, touching my arm then lets his hand fall.
I freeze, looking at him over my shoulder. "No Harry, don't do this."
"I really do miss you though." he says again, shifting in his seat. "Don't you– don't you miss me?" he asks then growls lowly. "I-I wish I could just turn back time because I can't handle it anymore. My heart hurts every time I think of you and it gets worse knowing you hate me so much. It's the worst feeling I've ever had-"
"Harry!" I snap, turning back to face him. Our eyes connect and his were red and watery. Actually seeing him close up, the bags were visible and the faint facial hair showed. My shoulders fall seeing him like this, but I shake it off. "Even if, Caroline's pregnancy would've gotten between us anyway." I say calmly. "You would've been there for her and your child more often. That wouldn't have been healthy for our relationship."
"At least I would've had a chance to win you back." he croaks out. "I lost you forever for the stupid idiotic thing I did and I hate myself so much for it." he hits his fist against the wheel, making me jump then he apologizes. "I can't believe I did something so stupid."
"Harry stop," I reach over to grab his hand. "Just move on from it because you're right, you lost me. So you might as well get over it now."
He grips my hand tighter and a few tears slide down his cheek. The tears made his kiss on my hand wet. His lips on my skin brought back many memories, so I pull away and stepped out.
"Th-thank you for the ride." I stammer out. "But please go now." I demand before shutting the door.
I race up to my apartment, throwing my bag roughly on the floor once I got to my room. I slam the door shut, tearing my layers off then fell to my knees. Tears continued to pour out nonstop. I couldn't breathe that well, but I was able to drag myself to my bed. I wrapped myself with my comforter and tried to control my breathing. I stare blankly at the wall until I felt my eyes become droopy.
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But yeah I hope you enjoyedddddd!
Oh and some of you were confused about the pregnancy. Harry and Rylee met a couple weeks after school started. First semester of school is about four or five months and Caroline was six and now seven months preggo....... so he did NOT cheat.