CHAPTER 37:
Thanksgiving's gifts.

{UNEDITED}
Days by days had past. It's thanksgivings today. Harry and I still ignored each other. Before, this is all I wanted. Acting like strangers. But now, I'm just not so sure anymore. Harry seems fine, by us not talking. It was as if he wasn't affected at all and to be truthful, It's driving me nuts. Our table in the cafeteria stays noisy, which is good. The last thing I need is to fight with Karlie again. The only thing different is Harry and I no longer bicker.

Karlie apologized for butting into my problems without knowing the whole story and I apologized for not telling her about it. So we're good.

And if you're wondering about the math test. Surprisingly, Harry got an A. He might've been lying to me about not being able to do maths well or he found himself a last minute tutor. My score, on the other hand, was a grade lower than Harry. But overall, I'm proud he got an A. I didn't congratulate him though, because of our ignoring stuff going on and it's awkward anyways.

At first, I was always affected by Harry. Truth is, I'm not used to not having him around. All my life, even if we aren't always in best terms. He's one of those people who can actually cheer me up. And it took all this years for me to realize he was never an enemy. He's just a childhood friend of mine who annoys me to the core. But he was never my sworn enemy.

But after the whole ignoring thing. He kinda turned into one. Not the pranking kind of enemy. It's more like the 'we don't talk anymore' kind of enemy.

My best friends have been encouraging me to talk to Harry and work things out. At this point, I don't even know who's wrong and who's right anymore. Was it me? For pushing him away? Or was it him? For leaving? Or stealing kisses? Or beating up my best bud? Or punching me?

My best friends had come to a point where they told me Harry Styles kinda likes me. Which is hard to believe. But honestly, it kinda makes sense. After all, he did punch Calvin because I kissed him and let's not forget he kissed me. Maybe he was jealous. The thought of that makes me smile a little.

But I can't let my hopes rise and at the end I'd be humiliated for thinking he would ever like me. Truth is, I'm scared. And I just want to fix things. But if he did like me, why would he fucking leave?

Nothing made sense right now.

Should I apologize? On this case, I have two mindsets, one, to hear my best friend's advice and apologize to harry. Two, ignore him until the end of senior year.

I'm not going to lie but the first option actually seems like the right thing to do. But, I've gotten used to ignoring him by now so I don't think there will be that much affect on me if I continued ignoring me. Besides, he should man up a little and just you know apologize first.

I let out a loud groan. Damn, this is so confusing. Where's google when I need to solve problems. I actually did search 'how to apologize' but it doesn't seem to help at all.

It goes like this:
Step 1: Express Remorse
Step 2: Admit Responsibility.
Step 3: Make Amends.
Step 4: Promise That it Won't Happen Again.

and then they explained every step. In my case, we don't even know who's wrong and who's right. He's obviously wrong for punching. Even if he punched me by accident, punching someone is still not the right thing to do. And am I wrong for pushing him away or kissing Calvin?

"Taylor!" I could hear my mom shouting my name from across the room.

"I'm inside my room, mom!" I shouted back.

"Can you help me send this gifts with your brother to some of my friends? It's like a Thanksgivings gift, a family ritual. The family's driver is off duty today."

"How many people do we have on the list?"

"5 left. Most of the gifts had been delivered yesterday."

I hesitated for awhile but agreed anyways. I look at the list: 5 families. And well, they all live nearby.

By the time I went downstairs, Austin is already sitting in the car ready to drive.

"Who do we have?" Austin asked.

"Not much, they all live nearby. We could start from the Wesley's. Then the Johnson's, then all the way until the Parker's. He's the last." I said looking at the list.

He looked at the list, "we could start by the Styles. Their home seemed to be the closest."

"You go down!" I said quickly.

"You guys have to fix things together."

"Why can't you be a normal brother and just punch him in the face? He did punched me.

"Because the last thing you need is for having your relationship with him get even worser than before. Plus, it's not like he punched you on purpose." He said, then muttered, "why would a guy who's crazy in love with a girl punch the girl he loves."

"The last thing I need is to actually meet him," I corrected. "And he doesn't love me! But maybe he did? I don't know. Just shut up."

"Weirdo," my brother muttered again.

"Shut up!"

"Girls," my brother said in a mocking expression.

"Shut the fuck up!"

"Shut the fuck up," he mimicked my voice.

I raise my hand to hit him but immediately stopped mid way when he said, "we're here."

I froze.

I put on my best pained expression, "I don't feel good. My head hurts. It's my time of the month. Damn, my stomach is hurting. Dear brother, can you drive me back home?"

"If you put it that way, then you could always rest here. Since, we've already arrived. You can ask Harry's mother or Gemma for some help."

I groaned, "I hate you."

"The feeling is mutual, my baby sister."

I got out of the car, the cold weather hit my skin making me hug myself tighter than I already have.

I look at the  door in front of me. The huge wooden door. I laugh to myself, remembering the times when I 'snuck' inside his house to pull a prank at him. Good times.

I press the bell beside the door. A voice shouted from inside the house, "Honey, help me check who's on the door."

I breathe in, closing my eyes. You can do this, I told myself inside my head. Then breathe out.

The door opened wide. I'm not surprised to see those green eyes staring back at me in shock before recovering into a cold expression. "What are you doing here?"

I look away for a second. "I'm here to deliver a gift," I explained. "It's in the car," I added.

"What's taking you so long?" I heard his mom's voice from inside the house.

"Taylor, I haven't seen you in awhile. What are you doing here?" His mother greeted warmly. I didn't even realize she's here now.

I returned her a smile, "I'm helping mom deliver gifts."

"How sweet of you?" She praised. "Come in. Who's in the car?"

She must've heard the sound of the engine. "Austin," I said. "It's fine, Anne. Maybe some other time. We have lots of gifts to deliver."

"How many do you have left? Maybe you can come back later?"

"5. Including this."

"The other 4 can wait. Come on, it's just going to be awhile, sweetie. A hot chocolate on Thanksgiving seems tempting."

I should've lied, and say ten.

I look at Harry. I bet he doesn't want me inside. "Maybe some other time, Anne."

She smiled, as if to tell me 'okay, it's fine, I understand', I returned the smile. Before going to the back of the car to give the gifts.

"Quit giving excuses. Just get in. It's not like you never got inside here uninvited," Harry said all of a sudden.

"And deal with your coldness? No. I'm not getting inside or have anything to do with an asshole." I said bitterly, "I'm not entering your house. We're not on good terms."

"You seem to be missing something," he replied resentfully, "we were never on good terms."

"You know what? You're right. I'll leave as soon as I place this in your doorstep," I said taking the gift, "forget it. I don't even want to go there. You can just take it, so I can leave."

He eyed the gift and gave a scoff, "don't even think about it."

I swEAR TIME FLIES SO FAST IN MY BOOK:// Anywayss, comment your thoughts. There are probably around 5 more chapters, maybe 4 or 6 idk.