chapter thirty one

Luke & Wells pov

That day at the Halloween party I wanted to have a real conversation with Harper regarding what her response was going to be even if I knew I didn't want to pressure her into starting a relationship with me still I think it was here or nothing, either ways I was going to find my answer from her and I didn't plan on tell her about it or asking her out but rather meeting her in the party and talking with her.

I did arrived there earlier as always but I was a bit stuck in a middle of something when my coach called me and asked he to spare him a couple of minutes of my time, since we would be having our competition after the Halloween party and he wanted to check all the list of players participating for the juniors basketball game this year; according to his analysis the number of students interested in basketball kept decreasing by the passing of seamster.

I arrived after a while of talking with him and I walked into the party room and went straight to have a drink at the bar stand when I saw a girl with little figure and a curls brown hair and she turned slightly towards the direction of the light which made me see her face from the side, I hurriedly went towards her and pulled at her hand which made her turn and it was Harper; though she looked younger than when she had her hair straighten and we both moved towards the side were we talked a little and I left to get a drink.

I got back to see her in the company of three girls while they were discussing about something before my arrival and I went towards the seat by the side to wait for her to finish her conversation, I could see she was trying to end the conversation with the girls whilst I felt an heated gaze from one of the girls towards me which made me uncomfortable; she seems to noticed it and she dismissed them with a friendly gesture while a guy walked towards us and looking at him closely he was non other than Wells from the football team which drew the girls attention towards us.

His arrival cause a girl amidst the three talking with Harper to speak out with a snare and her jealousy in her voice which goes unnoticed and she made a sadistic grin while walking away followed by her company of girls, her words left Harper astound for several minutes and when she reacted it was what I didn't expect at all; she grabbed her costumes basket while apologizing to me and she did same for Wells and ran off from the party.

She didn't give neither of us a chance to say a word but left with the guilt she felt from facing the both of us; I tried to reach out to her and bypassing Wells in an effort of going after her abd when I got outside of the party but she was no where to be seen which made me curse and left to go get my car, I decided to let her be if she felt like not having the courage to face the both of us then why push her into it besides we could try some other times or maybe tommorrow.

Ok I got a text from Harper when she was done with her costume and she sent a pic to me while asking what I'm wearing for Halloween and I must say I didn't plan on attending the Halloween party this year which I told her and she asked me to get something to wear, she has something to tell me tonight which I must say I wasn't still keen on attending and she did her cute look through a video call which I couldn't resist and I gave her my words that I would be there.

After dropping the call I went through my closet and found a once pirate costume inside it and I thought of it that since I'm going out for her why not dress more to her liking which made me went out on a last minute search for an ideal costume to match her taste, after spending a couple of hours in search and getting ready I arrive at the party and stood outside whilst informing her of my arrive and she pointed me to her direction.

I knew she loved food a lot but what stood out in her list more was ice cream and knowing this I chose an ice cream man's costume which looks sophisticated and nice, I did arrive at her spot and found her talking with some girls while a guy sat at a seat close to them; what happened afterwards was out of everyone's control and knowing Harper I knew that she wasn't ashamed of whatever she did with neither of us though she apologized before leaving the way she did which I couldn't blame her for.

Watching her ran from the party I decided not to chase after her cause she would need the space to reorganize her thoughts and I made a move to leave the party when a senior who played against us in the field approach me and asked if he could have a drink with me, I did want to turn him down but he said he doesn't know if he would have the chance of ever seeing me in a party before his graduation.

I relentedly to his proposal and had a few bottles of drink with him before leaving the party and going to my place; the next day I texted her just asking how she was and if she could make it to class today and also asking about her night, I knew she had a strong personality and would make a comeback which made me assure her that I'm still here if she needs to talk about it, I left for class while following my regular schedule of going to the field after close.

Arriving there it was as calm as I expected though a group of guys were playing football at the field and I sat at a seat far from them and watched them play, an hour pass and I was still there while the group of guys had left already and I heard an approaching footsteps which made me turned over and saw it was the guy from last night, he walked towards me and took a seat a few distances from me and spoke to me about who he met Harper.

He introduced himself to and I guess I finally met the head of junior basketball team of this year and he told me how he asked her to be his girlfriend while I kept silent all through his words, though I met her first before him and I also planned on asking her but I would be leaving for Manchester which made me refrain from asking her since she didn't know yet, when he was done he asked if I've heard from her today and I said no; we've already come to a consensus about our individual feelings for her and we both tried calling her and her cell was out of coverage so we left to see her at her place.