Clash

“What on earth was that?” I said out loud, to say I was shocked was an understatement. I walked into my bathroom and stared at my reflection. I wasn’t happy with the bruises, which were literally screaming at me not to mention the bruises on my wrists. “Damn Harry.” I spit out, whilst putting some cream on it. I then walked into my bedroom and got ready for bed because there was no way I wanted this day to last any longer. I had enough and it was also to prevent myself from thinking about Harry and the way he made me feel when he caressed me. It was wrong and I couldn’t go down that path ever again because I know I wouldn’t survive it this time.

The next morning, I went out to get myself some security stuff because that was not going to happen again. I bought the most expensive things and hired someone to install it and when he left I was satisfied because now I had a camera at my door, without anyone knowing of it and I had an alarm system that went off the moment someone tried to get in. I had a screen hanging in my office space so I could see who was at my door and it made me feel a bit safer.

I needed to see if I could still go to college and to my surprise I still could because someone paid my tuition. I called the administration office just to be clear and to get my schedule, I decided not to change my name, simply because I wasn’t expecting anyone I know walking around, except for Olly but that is a casualty I was willing to take and maybe it was a good thing that he was there just in case someone from Bradley’s gang would show up.

I couldn’t be happier to be going back to a semi normal life and to play the piano again. I was so giddy to see that I had my first class at 9am, that I immediately searched for a outfit but in the end I decided to go with black skinny jeans, a warm white sweater and boots. I just had to get myself a schoolbag, which meant going outside. I grabbed my bag and checked if I had everything, the only thing I needed was a weapon that wouldn’t set of alarms, so I put a knife in my boot and I had to giggle at that because I looked like some badass chick from an action movie.

Still smiling I walked out of my apartment, When I heard the click I knew the alarm was turned on. I felt like a proper student when I walked into the shopping street, not thinking about possible danger but just being myself. I walked into a shop were they sold bags and was happy to find a backpack that really suited me. It was navy blue, with little music notes printed on it, I didn’t even had to think about it and just bought it. I also grabbed a few pens and pencils and I really needed a new laptop, which meant I was heading to the apple store, when I felt someone was watching me. I stopped walking and turned around just to see if something was off but I couldn’t spot anything so I kept walking.

“Can I help you?” I looked at the guy who talked to me and there was something really familiar about him but I just couldn’t quite fit him. “Yeah I’m looking for a new MacBook.” I decided to play nice because let’s face it, everyone in this city seems familiar. “For what are you going to use it?” he asked, he was being the typical sales man and I appreciated that.
“For college and for blogs and maybe even vlogs. Oh and I need a music program on it because I’m majoring in music.” I quickly explained. He nodded and directed me to a MacBook and as he went into the details of this MacBook I absentmindly began to scan my surroundings and that’s when I saw a face I really didn’t want to see, Harry was staring at me but something in his face made me put up my defences. “I will take it.” I told the guy and he grabbed a box with the MacBook in it and I paid for it and I almost ripped it out of his hands and made my way out the store when Harry grabbed me by my arm.

“You’re not making it easy for me to protect you, jeez where are you’re glasses and pull this on, now!” He threw a beanie at me and I grabbed my glasses from my bag, which I put on, just like I put on the beanie. I immediately put on some bright coloured lipstick that I had with me for some reason and the transformation was complete. “Why are you helping me?” I asked before he walked away. He turned around to look at me and sighed, whilst pulling his hands through his hair. “Because I have to.” He disappeared after that and as I turned the corner I bumped into the one person that made me tremble in fear. Bradley was standing right in front of me and was even holding my arms, as I collided with him.

“God I’m so sorry, Bradley.” I mumbled and as I looked around I saw Harry watching us. “It’s fine love but we really have to stop meeting like this.” I shrugged not really knowing what to say to him. I felt a panic attack coming up, as the only thing I could hear was the blood pumping through my veins and it was scary because the last thing I needed was Bradley recognizing me.

“Where you shopping?” I had to focus on his lips, to know for sure what he was asking. “Yes, I’m going back to college so I needed some stuff.” I tried to smile at him but I could feel that I wasn’t really succeeding. “Are you okay, you look a bit off.” I shrugged again but I know I had to answer him. “I’m a bit under the weather.” This time I succeeded in smiling and I saw his expression change but it was not what I expected because he actually looked worried. “Then you should go home and sleep it off.” I nodded but was shocked when he called Harry over, that was the last thing I needed a freaking baby sitter.

“Harry, I want you to bring her home.” I was already shaking my head in disagreement. “No, really that’s not necessary.” I protested but Bradley held his hand up to stop me from talking. “Harry is bringing you, end of discussion.” I bit my tongue so I wouldn't lash out at him. I mean how dare he boss me around as if I’m one of his employees. “Okay.” I said through clenched teeth and I quickly glanced over at Harry only to see him shake his head slightly, he meant it as a warning. Before I could walk away Bradley came closer and I held my breath. He put his hand against my face and I had to stop myself from hitting him, the only thing I could do was ball my fists and I could feel the pain in my hands as I was digging my nails into my skin.

“Till next time princess.” Bradley said and the moment he turned around Harry was in my face stopping me from doing something stupid. “Come on, I don’t have all day.” He grabbed me by my arm and pulled me with him. I was in complete panic mode and Harry noticed this immediately as he pulled me into an alley. I couldn’t hear a bloody thing as the blood was rushing through my ears and I know Harry was trying to calm me down by talking but it was useless. One moment I’m on my knees facing the street, when the next I’m looking into Harry’s green eyes. He has hold of my face as he is forcing me to look at him and the next thing he does, wasn’t something I had ever imagined him doing ever again, as he pressed his lips on mine and that’s when everything around me came back into vision and all I could do was focus on Harry, he keeps kissing me until I’m completely back.

The moment he noticed that I’m back he stops kissing me, leaving me completely in shock. “Why did you do that?” I asked him still out of breath. “When I kissed you, you held your breath, it was the only way that I could think of.” He shrugged as he stood up. He patted the dirt from his clothes and waited for me to get to my feet. I took a second before I got up. I looked around and was surprised that nobody had seen us as this wasn’t a dark alley, it wasn’t even dirty. “Well are you coming?” Harry was being impatient and as I looked at him, I felt a bit of warmth running through my body. He must still care about me, why else would he save me like that. I started walking towards him and whilst we were walking to his car, I couldn’t help but look at him but only when he was looking away because I didn’t want him to think I was checking him out. He did change, his hair was longer and he looked thinner but he still had a deadly look on him, like you didn’t want to mess with him. You could see he didn’t get a lot of sleep and surprisingly that worried me but it wasn’t my place anymore to say something about it. His eyes were a dull green, instead of the beautiful emerald color they had when we first met.

He looked like a shadow version of himself and I couldn’t help but think that maybe I was to blame for that, if I hadn’t left him behind, maybe things would be different but now he was working for the devil himself and even if he tried to look out for me, the moment Bradley finds out that I’m Anna, he will kill me or maybe he will let Harry do it and to be honest I’m curious to see if he will do that.

“What are you looking at?” Harry asked out of the blue but then again I wasn’t paying attention as I was staring at him. “No, nothing, sorry.” I quickly looked in front of me and saw that we were walking towards a black range rover. We got in and Harry didn’t waste any time when he drove towards my house.

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