I Could Follow You to the Beginning Just to Relive the Start...

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8. Hayley's POV

Not a moment after Josh left I heard the door of the apartment open and Erin and Rachel walked in.

“Hayley!” Rachel giggled and ran over to me.

“Hey Rach.” I smiled and hugged her, “How was hanging out with Jeremy and Sarah?” I asked.

“It was great! We went to a movie and went mini golfing and then to dinner and ice cream!” She said excitedly.

“Wow, they really treated you didn’t they.” I said, “Erin, did you have fun?” I asked and looked over to her.

“Why do you care?” She asked and went into her room, slamming the door.

“Erin! That’s my room too!” Rachel whined.

“Will you watch TV for a little? I need to talk to her.” I explained.

“Ok.” She nodded and went to look for the remote.

I walked into Erin and Rachel’s room and shut the door behind me. Erin looked up from her pillow,

“Get out.” She groaned.

“What is your problem?” I asked.

“You! You are my problem!” She yelled.

“What?” I asked softly.

“You have been lying to us for the past six months about why you have us stay with family members and friends so often.” She said angrily, “I saw that guy leave the apartment. I saw you kiss him.”

“Erin… I’m sorry.” I whispered.

I should have known this was going to blow up in my face at one point.

“No! You’re not! You kick us out of the house on weekends so you can go and screw him and you didn’t even have the guts to tell us that you have a boyfriend or whatever the hell he is!” She shouted.

“He is my boyfriend, his name is Josh… but it’s not like that at all.” I started to explain.

“I told you I had a boyfriend and even brought him over to this shithole apartment because you wanted to meet him. But you can’t have this guy meet us? Are you ashamed of us?” She asked.

“No.” I sighed, “I just… I love him. I didn’t want to have to share I guess. I gave up so much for you guys and I felt like I had nothing. But then Josh came into the picture…” She stopped me.

“You love him?! You love him but you won’t let us meet him.” Erin groaned.

“I will let you meet him. You and Rachel come first.” I told her.

“If we come first and we’re so important to you than prove it!” She said.

“How?” I asked.

“Dump him. We can go back to not pretending.” She said bluntly.

“Erin… please don’t make me do that.” I begged.

“No! I’m going to. You lied to us and you say you love this guy but you won’t let us meet him. Just break up with him.” Her eyes narrowed, “Or I’m going to tell grandma about the fact you have almost no money left.”

“Fine! Erin, you win.” I shouted, tears forming in my eyes. She stayed silent, like she wasn’t sure what to do or say. I just shook my head and left her room.

I wiped my eyes and sat down with Rachel on the couch,

“What’s wrong?” She asked.

“Nothing.” I smiled slightly, “Just fighting with Erin, that’s all.”

“Why are you crying then? I don’t remember ever seeing you cry.” She said softly.

“Big fight, Rach.” I explained.

“Oh.” She nodded.

I took a deep breath and leaned my head back on the couch. I couldn’t go back to what I was doing before. I loved Josh, he was everything to me. But I loved my sisters, and I had promised our parents that if anything happened to them I was going to take care of them. I couldn’t lose them, but it didn’t want to lose Josh.