The Half-Truth

Hailey

I got off him and sat beside him. “Don’t leave now… okay?” he asked.

“I won't,” I smiled. “But to keep this secret… I have to act like I still…”

“Hate me?”

“No! I never hated you! I mean, I have to act like I don’t wanna stay with you”

“It will be hard,” he looked to the other side. “Really hard staying away”

“I know…” I sighed. “But isn’t it better that we have solved our misunderstanding?”

“Of course” he looked into my eyes. “You know, I would have told you if I was sober too. Because I couldn’t keep it in”

I hugged him. “It is gonna be okay”

I had a lot of questions inside me but was hesitant in asking them. I wanted to spend time with him without any troubles but it seemed like we had to fight a lot of people to be together now.

“Hm…” he replied.

“Well” I had to ask anyway. “So… when did you return and… when did you leave?”

“Do you remember the time I left you in the hospital after we ate the porridge?”