Just Trust Me || n.h. (EDITING IN PROGRESS)

YAY AN UPDATE! FINALLY!!! I feel like this chapter is really bad so I'm sorry if it is! It's been almost 2 weeks and I kind of forgot where I was going with the story at this point and I need to get back in the swing of things! Enjoy :)

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Harry's P.O.V.

My plan has not been going very well lately. Tatum has been distant towards me. The last time I talked to her was when I showed up at her house randomly. She hasn't been answering my texts and avoids me at school when I'm there.

I hope no one told her about me. I can't have my plan falling through. Like I said, I need someone to get the old me back. The old me was a lot like Niall, but a little more laid back. That's why we were such good friends. But that summer two years ago ruined our friendship because it ruined me.

Basically, my dad was a total ass to my mom and me. He would beat her and I was so scared and I didn't know how to stop him, so I would find some of his alcohol and would just drink until I couldn't see straight. It got my mind off what was happening. That's how I got into the parties and getting drunk all the time. Sleeping with random girls started about this time also because a lot of them liked it rough so I was able to get my anger out through sex.

He never hurt me because he knew hurting my mom would have a worse effect on me. He would get in my face and tell me that if I told anyone about what he does, especially the police, he would make it worse for her. So I never told anyone because I didn't want her getting hurt any more than she already was.

There was one night I couldn't take it anymore so I decided to do something about it. I managed to catch him off guard and I beat him so badly that I almost killed him. I loved how it felt to punch him and that's how I got into fighting people.

But saving my mom didn't help me one bit. My dad did end up fleeing somewhere because I guess when he has someone stand up to him he is a complete bitch, but my mom also left me. She saw what happened between us and got scared of me too, even though I was protecting her. I don't blame her though because that night I was a completely different person, and I liked it. That's when I decided to become who I am today. Even doing the right thing didn't do anything for me so I just stopped trying. The only trying I did was to get what I wanted, and that hasn't failed me but once.

I have been on my own since I was 15, but she still pays for the house so I was able to have a place to live. We very rarely talk and I may have seen her twice since she left.

I managed to get the office to change my last class to the one Tatum was in. I can be very persuasive. Niall is in that class too which will help me keep a closer eye on them. I seriously believe Tatum is the one that will help me get back to the old me, so I can't have Niall getting in the way.

When I walk in and Mr. Johnson tells the class they have a new student, Niall's reaction was what I was expecting. Now Tatum, I wasn't expecting to see her to look totally nervous and almost scared. Someone definitely told her about me and I plan to find out who it was.

"Mr. Styles since we are joining us late, I'll let you skip this project because you won't have as much time to get it done but I will be giving you a topic to write a 3 page paper about."

"Yeah whatever," I say as I make my way over to where Niall and Tatum are sitting. The exchange worried looks when I sit down by them.

"Hi Tatum."

"Hi Harry," she says barely glancing my way before going back to doing whatever her and Niall were doing before I came in.

Finally class is over and I'm first out the door but I wait for Tatum to come out. When she does I gently grab her arm and make her back touch the wall.