Chapter seven
Authors note: thanks to Chantelucy for reviewing and telling me she's hooked :) it made me really happy. Don't be afraid to give me criticism or additional ideas, baring in mind I have wrote most of the chapters in advance. Do you think Harley and Kacey would make a good couple? I ship them so much haha. Anyways, here's chapter seven, hope you like it x
Harley POV
As I entered the lunch hall and approached our table I saw the others tense up.
"guys I'm not gonna kill ya, I'm sorry about earlier." Harley said cheerily.
"see I told you guys!" Paisley laughed.
"it's okay mate, I know the girls can drive ya crazy!" Jared joked.
"oi you!" Paisley playfully hit her boyfriends arm.
"so you're not mad at me then?" Jasmine asked, in her sweet hartlepool accent.
"of course not." confirmed Harley.
Paisley POV
We started to laugh when all of a sudden Dynasty Barry stormed her way over to us and slammed her hands down on the table. Kevin came rushing up behind her, trying and failing to restrain her.
"you happy now are ya?! Hurting my sister!" Dynasty spat at Harley.
"look, I only told her the truth." Harley tried to sound confident but he failed.
"I should knock you one right now!" Dynasty was becoming increasingly angry.
"Dyn calm down, just leave him!" Kevin desperately tried to reason with Dynasty.
"you know, getting mad really isn't going to solve the issue." Paisley said, trying to calm the situation down.
"oh and you're really one to talk aren't ya Paisley!" Dynasty said sarcastically, implying that Paisley isn't the most calmest of people.
"I'm just saying, you can't get mad at Harley if he doesn't like Kace, can you?" Paisley replied back calmly, in order to prove Dynasty wrong.
"thought you was meant to be our Kace's best mate."
" I'm Harley's best mate too, and I'm not taking sides. And I'm not gonna start a fight either." Paisley smiled at Dynasty, causing her to roll her eyes.
"whatever." and with that, she walked away, leaving Kevin apologising after her.
" cheers Pais, for sticking up for me." Harley said, relieved.
" yeah well I was saying the truth." Paisley continued eating, then stopped again. "ugh, Dynasty better not make it look like I were slagging Kace off."
" yeah that'd be annoying." Jasmine said. Causing Paisley to think about what she'd do to Dynasty if she dared tell Kacey that she was taking Harley's side. Jared knew his girlfriend too well, he put his arm round her.
"well that won't happen babe, cos if Dynasty had any sense she wouldn't wanna hurt Kacey."
"Dynasty...sense? Dream on!" joked Paisley.
Paisley POV
The others burst into laughter at my joke. We finished our food and cleared our plates.
Kacey POV
It was around half an hour until school finished. I was really tired from crying, mum was dead supportive though. Listening to everything I said and comforting me.
Carol POV
Kace was all over the place, one minute we were watching tv, the next she was crying her eyes out. I felt so bad for her, because all she could think about was Harley. I don't see why the lad couldn't have let her down easy. She cried for ages and soon tiered out and fell asleep in my arms. I held her for a little while, gently stroking her forehead and her hair. I then gently laid her down on the sofa. Around a minute later the doorbell went. It was Paisley, the others must be coming a little later. I'm glad my Kace has her, she's such a good friend to her and I'm sure Kace wouldn't be the person she is today without her. I opened the door for her.
"alright babe? You here to see Kace?"
"yeah, is she alright?" asked Paisley.
"well yeah, at the moment, she's passed out on the sofa bless her." Carol laughed.
"oh, has she? Well like maybe I should come back later? Or tomorrow?"
" oh no no it's okay, she won't be out for long...look come in, come through to the kitchen and I'll make you a drink."
" wine please." joked Paisley.
" ha dream on love, I don't want your mother to kill me! Hot chocolate okay for ya?"
"yep cheers." Paisley wrapped her hands round the warm mug, she sensed Carol wanted to ask her something. "so I'm guessing, you wanna hear what happened?"
"well no actually. Look, Kace has been acting shady all day and it's worrying me. Like at break she said she needed to talk to me, she looked like it was dead serious but then she just says she loves me. I mean don't get me wrong a mother loves to hear that, but I'm sure she chickened out of telling me something." Carol babbled, Paisley nodded and gulped some more of her drink. She then spoke.
"oh what is Kace like?! She makes you think somethings happened just to find out it's nothing! She does it all the time with us lot." lied Paisley.
" she does?" Carol asked uncertain.
" yeah, I wouldn't worry if I was you." Paisley put an end to Carol's suspicions.
"well okay, if ya say so. Why don't ya go sit in the living room next to Kace and stick the tv on." suggested Carol.
"yeah I'll do that, thanks for the hot chocolate Mrs Barry, it's mint! And Mrs Barry, don't worry about Kace."
"okay, and for the last time missy, call me Carol!" ordered Carol.
"right, sorry" apologised Paisley.
Paisley POV
I walked through to the living room to see Kace laid on the sofa. I gently lifted her up then placed her head on my lap. I made sure that the cover was still on her. I turned the tv onto the music channels, hearing some great songs that I could totally compose a dance for. Soon Kace started to stir, then her eyes flickered open. She let a small smile escape her lips when she saw my face.
"sleep nicely did we?" asked Paisley.
"yeah, wait...how did you?..." Paisley understood Kacey's confusion.
"your mum let us in. The others are coming round later, they said I should go first and work my therapy skills on ya so you're not all moody when they come!" this caused Kacey to laugh.
"your a dancer Pais, not a therapist."
"who says I can't be both eh? Oh and one more thing..."
"what's that?" asked Kacey.
"you're such a bitch!"
"eh? What have I done?" asked Kacey, genuinely confused.
" so how did your mum take you and Barry talking again?" questioned Paisley, causing Kacey to understand why her friend had called her a bitch.
"umm...well...like..." Kacey found it hardest to lie around Paisley, as she could see right through her.
"you like totally didn't tell her, and I had to lie my arse off for ya!" Paisley answered.
"Pais thankyou! I couldn't tell her like, I don't want her to hate me!" Kacey said, sounding worried.
"she won't hate ya! She'll understand, Barry's your brother."
"mum won't see it like that." sighed Kacey.
"fine, I won't pressurise you into telling her. Tell her when you're ready." Paisley said trying to sound supportive.
"thanks Pais."
"so anyways, how are you feeling?" Paisley asked her friend.
" like shit, Harley's such an arsehole." this was the first mean thing Kacey had said about Harley.
"I know, but he said he was sorry and that he didn't mean to be so rude about it." Paisley tried to defend her other friend.
"I really like him though, so what he said really hurt. And he did it in front of all you's lot, I made myself look like such a beg!" complained Kacey, starting to tear up.
"no you didn't babe, look you're making yourself more upset for no reason." Paisley reached across and stroked her friends shoulder.
"I'm too upset to stop being upset." sighed Kacey.
"aww, do you wanna cry? Probably make you feel better Kace." suggested Paisley.
Paisley POV
I shuffled closer to Kace and put my arm round her and she rested her head on my shoulder. She started to sob quietly. I pulled her into a proper hug. Then she whispered something.
"thanks Pais." Kacey said, in between sobs.
"it's alright." said Paisley, as if it was the most obvious thing on earth.
Kacey POV
I sort of stopped crying and I pulled back from Pais giving her a smile to say thanks, again. She reached across and dried my tears. Just then mum walked in looking like she'd seen a ghost and that she'd been crying.
"mum if you're worried about me, don't, cos I'm fine."
"oh I know baby, what? Do I look ropey or something?"
"yeah...you alright?" asked Kacey.
"yeah just got a bit of a headache." replied Carol.
"oh, hope it's not my crying!" laughed Kacey.
"don't be silly babe, of course it is!" Carol said sarcastically, causing Kacey to glare at her.
Carol POV
Okay so I lied about having a 'headache' truth is, I overheard Paisley and Kacey talking. About the real reason she was coming to talk to me. I felt angry that she and Barry are now talking and that he's managed to brainwash her into talking to him again. Also upset that she felt like she couldn't think ll me and that she thought I would hate her.
Authors note: Dun dun dun...Carol now knows! Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Don't forget to leave a review. :)
