CHAPTER 32
A MONTH LATER
My life was gradually returning to some sort of normalcy. I guess you can call it that. My life has never really been normal, but things were going pretty good for me at the moment.
And since the incident with Madison, everyone has been told that she’s gone to some sort of remote location for recovery and she’s withdrawn from school. So, there was always that. I knew that she couldn’t harass me if she wasn’t here. And that was making school a lot easier.
I didn’t actually know that people could enjoy school. But I’m starting to. Her friends weren’t even bothering me anymore.
But no matter how happy I was that she was out of my life, I couldn’t help but worry about my lack of contact that I’ve had with my father. I hadn’t heard anything about him. There had been no news at all. And I know him well enough to know that he would never let go of me that easily. Not if it meant a meal ticket for him or his friends.
My relationship with the guys has also improved a lot. I knew how they felt about me leaving and they weren’t going to throw me to the wolves like that. Not knowing how much danger I would be in if I left them. But it wasn’t just about that. I was developing an understanding with all of them and I was starting to feel like I truly belonged in their lives.
I still got nervous about the developing romantic feelings that I was feeling towards all of them. It was still hard for me to believe that they were all genuinely interested in me. Especially with Harry always being hot and cold with me.
Kissing me, yelling at me, not speaking to me, getting close to me again. It was really confusing, but I knew that he was a complicated guy. And I knew that he’s had a horrible past which no doubt is the reason why his defenses are up. I understood all of that and I could see why he would be hesitant about starting something again.
He’s scared to fall for anyone again. Especially someone like me who’s in so much danger right now. He knows that I could get hurt, no matter how much they say that it won’t happen.
But then when it comes to Jax and Lucas, they have made their feelings very clear and they were and there was no doubt in my mind about them. They made me feel welcome around the house and everywhere. Harry did as well. He wasn’t pushing me away or anything like that. He just acted differently around me. That’s all.
I’ve been paying a lot of attention to the house lately and it is so big with a huge gated yard and it just seemed really bare to me.
I had been told that I didn’t have to do anything around the house, but I felt like it needed a little color. Maybe a woman’s touch. And my mother managed to teach me a few things before she died. She loved gardening and I always helped her.
It had been a long time since I had done any gardening so I had to read a couple books about it first. But I knew I could do it.
I got up early one morning and I slipped out of bed where I had been sandwiched between Jax and Lucas and I crept downstairs and out to the backroom right next to the backdoor and I grabbed the flowers that I had already bought and I walked out the back.
I had already started a little garden pressed up against the house where I had already dug it up and placed large rocks around the outside of it.
I placed the flowers next to the garden and I knelt down next to it when I heard something beside me.
I almost jumped out of my skin when I saw Harry sitting at the small table and chairs they had out there drinking a coffee.
“Holy crap. Would you stop scaring me like that?” I said. But he just smirked at me.
“I was wondering where that little garden came from.” Harry said, nonchalantly.
I started digging up the dirt and I grabbed the roses of different colors that I had and started planting them towards the back.
Harry didn’t say anything but he eventually got up and walked over to see what I was doing and what sorts of flowers I was going to plant in the garden.
He was making me a little nervous at first because he wasn’t saying anything. Just watching. But that didn’t last too long.
“My mother used to have the most beautiful gardens. She was always outside tending to her flowers.” Harry said, surprising me. So I stood up and looked down at the flowers to see if they were spaced evenly.
“Did she have a favorite flower?” I asked.
“Doesn’t every woman? She loved her lilies.” He said.
“They’re beautiful. I love white roses. But I put every color in there. I don’t have any at the moment but I’ll look for some lilies as well.” I said.
Harry gradually closed the distance between us and I turned to look at him and he gently caressed my cheek before he leaned it and kissed me. I could practically feel his emotions pouring out of him in that kiss. Just like last time.
But afterwards, Harry walked back over to the table and sat down as if nothing had happened at all. Confusing me even more.
I stood there for a long time, trying not to stare at him but I was still trying to figure him out. I didn’t know what the hell was going through his head and his temperate gauge was seriously broken. Hot and then cold. He didn’t look back at me and I kneeled back down and kept doing what I was doing when I heard Jax and Lucas singing out to me as they were walking through the house.
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