"Okay, he said that there was a party at the nightclub near the campus and Bryan is going to pick us up after two hours.
Are you okay with that Mia?" Harper asks.

"Yeah. I'm okay with that." I reply simply.

"Okay then we should get ready for the party.
I'm so excited that we're going out together for the first time," She tells me excitedly as she comes towards me trying to hug me but I  take a step back.
She looks at me confused before I speak.

"I... I have to go to take a quick shower." I say nervously as I grab my things from the dressing room.

" Ohh okay. " She replies in a low voice while she's looking at the window.

"Yeah." I reply simply as I start making my way down the stairs and into the bathroom.
This is just great, I upset her.
If she was someone else I wouldn't care but she is a good person and she doesn't deserve it.
"Shittt, I messed up again!" I say to myself as I start the shower.

After taking I finish I come out I start drying my hair with my hairdryer a little then after putting on my black ripped jeans as I'm about to put on my white crop top it slips from my hands and falls exactly in the wet part of the floor.

"Fuck!" I curse as I pick it up.
"Fuck...!" I shout again when I see it's soaked through.
This is just great! Now I have to go to my room only wearing a towel. I say as I make my way to my room.
When I reach my door I open it and I see Harper laying down on her bed with a book on her lap.

" Hey. Is everything okay Harper? Why aren't you dressed up? Your cousin will be here at any minute." I ask as I close the door behind me.
Harper looks up from her book and gives me a small smile.

"I don't feel good and I think I should stay here and get some sleep and I have some homework work to do too.
So I'm afraid that I can't come with you to the party Mia, but you can go with Bryan if you want." She tells me still laying on her bed.

"What? You aren't serious, are you?"She doesn't speak for a second just stares at the book she's reading then she says.

"I'm sorry Mia I'll come another time. "

"No you aren't. Look is this because of what I did earlier? If it is then I'm sorry for doing that but it's just no one has hugged me since ... " for a moment I can't finish the sentences because I can feel the air running out and my eyes getting full of tears.
I can barely keep them back and I'm sure that Harper could see right through it.
I look away from Harper and try to compose myself by wiping off the teardrops that fell down my face.

"Since my sister died and I feel weird to do that, that's the reason why I didn't let you hug me when you tried to. It's not because I don't like you or something but, if you don't want to be around me then don't. I'm used to with this kind of things anyway. "I tell her then I turn away and walk to the dressing room to get get a new shirt to put it on.

"Heyyy. It's not that I don't want to be around you.
I'm so so sorry Mia. I didn't want to hurt you and I really didn't know that. I'll come with you and I will do my homework later. " She tells me.

"It's fine. If you don't want to come then don't!  Just forget about it. I don't know why did I asked you to come in the first place when I'm sure if I should do this in the first place."

"I..." She begins to say.

"You know what just forget it. I don't want to talk about it anymore and I don't expect you or anyone in this place to understand that." She doesn't say anything else just stares at me for a few seconds then says.

"I'm coming!" Then walks to the dressing room to pick something to wear but as soon as she turns around someone knocks on the door and she goes to open it while I'm trying to find something good to combine it with my jeans.

"It must be Bryan." Harper says as she opens the door.

"Hi. Are you guys ready to go?" He asks.

"Yeah, almost ready. Just a few more minutes." Harper replies smiling a little as she hugs him.

"Is everything okay Harper?"  Bryan asks while giving her a concerned look.

"Yeah, it's just that I'm excited about the party that's all. " She says trying to smile a little.

"Okay then, if you say so but can I ask you a favor?"

"Of course." Harper says.

"Can I wait for you guys inside because I don't want to wait in the hall with plenty of girls hunting for me?" He says chuckling.

"You're such an idiot Bryan. You know that don't you?" Harper says laughing as he walks inside and sits on Harper's bed and Harper walks to dressing room while I'm doing my makeup.

"Nice shirt kitty cat. To bad you have lipstick on it." Bryan says.

"What!? Again?" I say annoyed as I look at the red lipstick stain on my white shirt.

"Harper can you give me that black crop top that is on top of my clothes?" I ask and she brings me the shirt then turns around to find a shirt for herself to wear.

I remove my shirt quickly to put on the black crop top when suddenly I hear a gasp and I turn around to see Bryan looking at me with wide eyes.
Shit! I completely forgot that he was still here.

"That's disrespectful you know. To watch people like that so turn the fuck around." I say with a glare.

"What, I'm not looking at you." He says chuckling.

"Yeah right." I reply rolling my eyes.

"I have a girlfriend by the way so I can't look at you in that way you're thinking." He says fixing his hair.

"So. Who cares. I didn't ask you."

"You're so... when you're angry." I hear him mumbling in a low voice.

"What was that?" I say cocking my eyebrow.

"Nothing." I heard him chuckle.

"Yeah whatever." I respond as I finish my makeup and I stand up putting on my sneakers.

"You're different from other girls." He says.

"Ohh yeah, why's that?" I ask him rising my eyebrows.

"Because if you were, you would love me just like them." He says proudly.

"Yeah right, of course I would." I reply rolling my eyes at him.

"That's the truth kitty cat." He says while standing up and grabbing his jacket.

"Stop calling me that." I say angered.

"Or what?" He asks with a smirk and as I'm about to say something to him he calls Harper.

"Harper are you done yet? Come on we have to leave now."

"Yeah I'm ready. I was just listening to a video that our professor sent us to our group."

"Okay then ladies let's go because Sasha and Liam are waiting in the car for us." He informs us.

"Really they're coming to?" Harper asks excited.

"Yep." He replies simply as he stands aside for us to pass.

"After you ladies." He says smiling and I just roll my eyes at him.

"This is so exciting, we're going to have so much fun, Mia." Harper tells me, smiling widely then she and her cousin lead the way.

"Stop flirting with her. She's not like the other girls." She says to him in a low voice trying not to catch my attention but without success.

"What she's hot." He replies at her ear.

"Shut up!" Harper growls at him.

"Fine. But I'm talking to her. Sooner or later she's gonna fall for me." He says.

"What are you guys talking about?" I ask them.

"We're talking about you kitty cat." He says with a smirk and Harper punches him at his arm.

"Don't listen to him Mia. We're talking about him misbehaving." Harper replies smiling as we're walking outside the campus.