Alayna’s POV:
“Alayna, what are you doing?” I splashed some water on my face and looked at the mirror. “Are you sure you wanna do this?” I heard a knock on the door and quickly wiped my face.

“Are you ready?” I hurriedly put on the sweater he gave me and opened the door. “Yeah, I am.” We both walked to the door and he held it open for me.

“Friends. That’s all you are.” I reassured myself as I waited for him to lock up. I figured there was no point in pushing him away so much. If he was okay on just being friends then who am I to deprive him of it. Besides, this a good way to show him I’ve totally moved on.

“Where to?” He quickly caught up to me and walked beside me. “There’s a café near by. We can walk to my car and drive there or just walk to it.” I kept my distance subtly; I don’t want him to think that I’m still uncomfortable in his presence.

“Let’s just walk. It’s better.” He smiled at me then continued to look straight on. There was a moment of silence between us and I didn’t know if I should say something or not. He wasn’t looking at me and I felt a sudden disappointment in me.

I suddenly missed the way he looked at me. He always looked at me like I was everything and I felt important; I felt loved. I realized then that Jared has never done that to me. I know he cares a lot but I never felt like I was the most special person in his life. Why am I comparing him to Jared? Why?!

“Stop.” I pinched my arm to stop whatever thoughts were going on my mind. “What?” He looked at me and I was suddenly lost in his green beautiful eyes. “Uhmmm…” Did I say something out loud? I’m so stupid!

“The lights. We’re not supposed to cross yet.” I tried to look for an excuse and I was relieved to see the lights in front of us. “Oh okay.” He cleared his throat and turned his head back away from me and there was the disappointment once again.

“Uhmm, how are you and Jared?” I was stunned when he suddenly spoke; moreover, when he asked about Jared. I’m surprised he remembered his name even though they’ve only met once.

“We’re okay, I guess.” I bit my lip and looked at the other direction. “Okay?! Is that all you could say? You could have made it sound a little bit better. You’re so stupid.” I bit my lip harder to punish myself.

“That’s great. How did you two meet?” I turned my head back around and looked at him. Although he was trying to make a small conversation, he wasn’t looking at me.

“He was an old friend. Like from way back then.” I tried to show a faint smile but it seemed unnoticeable to him. Why is he acting like this? Do friends act like you don’t exist even when you’re beside them? What’s with this plan of his?

Harry’s POV:
“Ohh, that’s why you’re both so comfortable around each other.” I tried to keep my eyes off of her. I’ve never pictured her in my clothing but I can’t believe that right now, that’s all I can think about.

“Yeah, I guess.” I can’t even come up with anything to say right away. She looked so beautiful and comfy in an oversized sweater: my sweater. If I looked at her long enough, I might not be able to look away. Her hair flowed through the morning breeze and her hands were hidden in the really long sleeves of my sweater.

“You sound really happy with your relationship with him.” I finally caught up with our conversation. Her tone around the topic of Jared was different than what I’ve seen before.

She was happy and excited when she was with Jared the last time I saw them together but it seemed as if she didn’t want to talk about him at the moment. Was it just because she was talking to me or did something happen?

“Oh uhm, I am!” She sensed the sarcasm in my previous statement and tried to be defensive about it. “Are you sure?” We kept on walking and I noticed she kept a greater distance than before.

I really don’t want to mess around with her and Jared but if Jared’s not treating her as she should be treated, then I’m not just going to stand around.

“Yeah. We just had a little misunderstanding yesterday.” When I heard that, everything made sense. Alayna was the type of person who liked to be alone when she’s sad, so I guess it made sense that she preferred to be in a deserted library to anything else.

“What about?” She shrugged and kicked a pebble. It was obvious that she didn’t wanna talk about it but I thought that if she was this upset about a little thing then it wasn’t probably little at all.

“Did you two at least talk about it?” She turned her head to face me and nodded. She tried to show a smile but it fooled no one. Are they having problems because of me or was it something else?

“I’m sorry but if you don’t mind me asking, did you two fight because of me?” She tried to laugh it off then stopped walking. “I hoped it was, so then I would have at least something to say.”

I finally faced her and gave her a worried look. She tried to reassure me with a smile but I know there were still lots of things bothering her. I let her believe for a moment that I believed her smile ‘cause I know that she wanted to get her mind off Jared for a moment. “I may not have my eyes on you at the moment, but I’ll always look after you.”

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