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?”