26: Comforting Actions

Chapter 26:

Hazel POV:

To say I wasn't expecting this wasn't exactly a shock or surprise because I knew that he was coming to talk everything over whether I wanted to or not. I knew how he worked everything out, or at least I did before.

I breathed out heavily and slightly arched an eyebrow in his direction. I didn't want to show him how hurt and weak I was feeling right now. I heard Zayn call my name from the kitchen and when I didn't respond, because I was too caught up in the person in front of me, I heard his footsteps echoing in the corridor and soon enough, I felt his presence behind me.

"What are you doing here?" he asked Chase coldly.

"I just want to talk with her," Chase replied, his voice not close to sounding cold or angry. "Hazel, please!"

I just stared at him. From behind him, I saw the gate opening and my friends walking up the driveway. I looked back at Chase, and then looked at Zayn. One look from Zayn and I knew what he wanted me to do but I wanted to know the reason why Chase did what he did and what Chase wanted to tell me.

"Here for another rearrangement to your face?" Harry asked coldly from behind him.

Chase breathed out heavily and gave me a pleading look. I breathed out heavily and turned to look at Zayn.

"Grab whatever you guys need from the kitchen and go to the basement and choose a movie or whatever," I told him and his eyes slightly widened at my choice. "Just give me ten minutes."

He set his jaw and breathed out from his nose, gave Chase a look and turned on his heel after muttering 'Just ten minutes'

I gave Jesy a look and she nodded and pushed the four boys inside, much to Harry's and Louis' protests. I rolled my eyes and closed the door shut behind me and looked at Chase. I chewed the inside of my cheek and sat down on the top step of the porch steps and felt Chase sit down next to me.

"How're you feeling?" he asked after a few minutes of awkward silence.

"That's a stupid question, don't you think?" I replied and looked at him.

He breathed out heavily and nodded. He licked his lip and let out a shaky breath.

"Yeah, sorry," he said and looked at me.

"So," I said after seconds of very awkward silence. "What's there to explain? You preferred Sophia to me."

"No, not at all!" he replied quickly, turning his body to fully look at me. "Hazel, it's not like that!"

"Than what is it like, Chase!?" I asked angrily, turning my head to look at him.

Tears where already filling in my eyes and threatening to fall any second. He lifted his hand up and wiped away a stray tear. I pulled my face away from his hand and set my jaw. I was angry and extremely pissed off.

"Just please, give me ten minutes to explain to you!" he pleaded while grabbing both of my hand between his. "Hazel, what we had was real."

"If it was real then why did you go and fuck Sophia behind my back? Why didn't you just break up with me in the first place?"

"Because I couldn't!"

"You couldn't? Ha!" I replied and laughed, humourless. "That's a load of bullshit, Chase."

"Zel, it's the truth!"

"Don't call me Zel," I replied through gritted teeth.

"Okay, fine. Hazel it's the truth! I really couldn't! If I did she would have fucking ruined everything!" he said running a hand through his short hair.

I looked at him curiously and lifted my knees up to my chest and hugged them close to me.

"What do you mean she would have ruined everything?"

"Everything! She'd make up lies about me, turn people against me, turn you against me, and get me kicked out of school due to one of her very convincing lies. She'd do anything if I didn't do whatever she told me to do!"

"So I've heard," I mumbled.

"Heard what?" he asked confused.

"That she ruins anything and anyone if anything or anyone upsets her," I replied and he chuckled slightly.

"Yeah, she's been like that since she was young," he replied quietly and my head snapped in his direction and his eyes slightly widened.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"You have known her since you two were young!?"

"Well, not exactly," he said, scratching his head. "Family friends."

I nodded and breathed out heavily. "So you have known her since you two were in diapers and you fucked her? Is there any sort of reason or did you just decide to do so!?"

"There is always a reason behind the doing," he replied with a smirk but my expression remained blank.

His smirk faded away when he noticed that my expression didn't change.

"Right, well I came here for a reason," he said and I slightly nodded. "She told me about her plan around a month before I started attending school and purposely bumped into you."

"So, you already knew who I am. You taking me out on a date and all were all planned out?"

"Not exactly. Sophia wanted me to just skip to the relationship stage but I wanted to actually get to know you a bit, even if that meant just a date," he replied and I nodded, not replying. "Anyway, I didn't plan on asking you out on our second date at Niall's house but it just sort of happened and I wanted to get it over with."

"How where you so sure that I would say yes, though?"

"I wasn't, I guess I was just lucky in that situation."

He shrugged and continued with his explanation.

"Anyway, you had already been in the school for awhile and, as always, Sophia was being a selfish and jealous little Bitch. So she came up with an idea to hurt you because apparently you had hurt her by going out with Zayn at Harry's party and so, she decided to hurt you in return. Girls can get so bitchy when it comes to stuff like this."

I shrugged and rested my head on my knees, looking at him while he continued his explanation.

"Our relationship was supposed to be fake and all so that you'll get hurt but you weren't supposed to find out until the end of summer, according to Sophia's little plan. The thing was, I fell in love with you along the way," he said quietly and I froze at his last sentence. "Sophia, being the curious bitch she is, noticed it quickly. She made me have sex with her more frequently to try and make me get my mind off of you but it didn't work. I really do love you, I still do."

"Hazel, everything that we had, started out as fake but I started loving you along the way and I hated every minute I spent with Sophia. If I could, I wouldn't have accepted Sophia's offer to do what she wanted to do to you. If I could trade all the times I spent with Sophia with you, I would! Please forgive me, Hazel! Can we just start over?"

Start over? Love me? As in love me for real? Forgive him!?

Even if he wasn't told to cheat on me by Sophia and he would have done what he did, I still wouldn't start over with him and forgive him. I can't. Who in their right minds would do so, though?

"Hazel, please," he pleaded and grabbed my hand and lifted it up to his lips and kissed it.

I pulled my hand away from him and gulped. I looked away and shook my head and took a glance at him. He looked sad and his expression practically only showed guilt.

Let him feel guilty, Hazel. He deserves it.

I shook my head again and breathed out heavily.

"I'm sorry Chase, but I can't accept," I replied and his face expression fell even more. "I can't be with you again, I don't want to start over with you and I don't think I can forgive you just yet. You hurt me Chase and I thought I loved you but I don't think I ever did, just like you. I can't, I'm sorry."

His eyes sparkled and I thought he was going to cry right then and if he cried, oh God please no. If he cries, I'd feel guilty for no apparent reason and end up crying, too. Luckily, he blinked and he removed any signs that he was gonna cry.

He nodded and breathed in heavily. "I understand."

I slightly nodded and closed my eyes for a few seconds before opening them again and noticed that he was staring at me.

"You should go."

He nodded and stood up and went down the stairs but before he went down the driveway he turned around and looked at me.

"I really am sorry for everything and I really did love you, our relationship might have been fake in the beginning but it was real after a week."

And with that he went down the driveway and closed the gate behind him.

I stayed sat down on the top stair, silent. A stray tear trailed down my cheek but before I could wipe it, more tears fell and I gave up on trying wiping them away because more fell. I buried my head between my knees and chest and cried while heaving in deep breaths to try and calm me down.

I heard the door open and I turned my head to see who it was and noticed Harry standing near the door, looking around until he spotted me sat down on the steps and my face stained with tears.

He frowned slightly and closed the door behind him and sat down next to me and wrapped a protective arm around my shoulder and hugged me close to him. I buried my head in his chest and cried.

He didn't even say anything. He just held me close to him and softly brushed my hair with his fingers. It's like he knew the pain and hurt that I was going through. He comforted me without saying one single word.