Harlow

Harlow's POV

I just finished saying goodbye to my friends. Toby and I were heading back to his place. Saying goodbye to Toby was going to be really hard. We spent every day together and we both needed each other. It was 7.20pm and we had 10 minutes to get back to his place before his mother would kick our arses. Toby pulled over on the side of the road a couple of houses down from his place and got out of the car. He walked around to my side of the car and open the door.

"Out Harl's" he said before taking off my seatbelt and pulling me out. I stood in front of Toby looking at him while he looked down at me. The guy was taller than me. He pulled me into a hug and I hugged him back just as hard. This was my person, my best mate and I would be away from him for weeks. "Harl's I love you so much. I don't want you going and don't know how I'm going to cope without you" he said into my hair. "Tobs your my best friend and I love you to death. I would do anything for you. If I don't go they are going to take you away from me. I can't lose you for good" I replied.

We spent 5 minutes hugging each other before Toby kissed my forehead and said "come on we better get back before mum kicks our arses" Toby said. I wiped my eyes and kissed Toby on the cheek and we got back in the car. We made it through the front door with a minute to spare. Unfortunately my father and brothers were still there. I ignored them and headed to the bathroom to wash my hands before going into the kitchen to help Sue put everything on the table.

"Oh thank you Harl's. Did you get everything done you needed to?" Sue asked me. "Yep I did, I'm dreading saying goodbye to you and Toby though. I don't think I'm going to be able to do it" I replied. "It isn't goodbye Harl's, we will be there permanently in a few weeks and until then treat it like a holiday" Sue replied. I didn't see my father standing on the doorway until I turned around. I didn't bother acknowledging him at all.

I grabbed some of the dishes and headed into the dining room. "Harlow, I'm sorry it has to be this way" he said. I just kept walking putting the dishes onto the table and heading back to grab some more. I guess they are staying for dinner. When I get into the kitchen Cameron and Leo are there offering to help. I roll my eyes and head over to grab more food but Toby grabs me pulling me into a hug "Harl's I'm going to miss you so much" he says.

"Oi get yours hands off my sister" Jax calls out. I wrap my arms around Toby not wanting to let him go. "This is our last meal together for a while Tobs" I whisper trying not to cry. "Harl's it will go quickly then we will be back together, I swear you can't get rid of me" Toby tells me. "Are you two done yet? Anyone would think you are moving to the other side of the country" Hendrix says. "Fuck you Hendrix, unlike you I don't let down the people I love" I say before running up to Toby's room.

Am I being dramatic? Hell no. They don't understand at all. Toby is a brother to me, he was there for me when my own family wasn't. He held me when I cried for my real brothers and dad, he ran to the store to grab me chocolate and ice cream when I got my first period, he beat my first boyfriend up when he cheated on me and he has been there when I couldn't even bring myself to get out of bed. Those arseholes are taking him away from me and I'll never forgive them for that.

I hear someone come into the room and I assume that it's Toby. "It's not fair Tobs, they were never there for me, they forgot about me and moved on with there lives and when I am doing the same, they come back and ruin everything. I hate them so much Tobs" I cry. "You really feel that way?" I hear Leo ask me. "Just go away, you have done enough" I am sobbing into the pillow now. I can't leave Toby, I won't cope. He fights my nightmares and makes me feel safe and like he will never leave me. Leo sits on the bed next to me and rubs my back "don't touch me Leo, just go away and do what you all do best" I sob out. "Harlow, I'm so sorry this is happening, just talk to me please?" Leo whispers.

"Why should I? You all left me, just dumped me here for her. You picked her over me after everything she did to me. None of you even came to see me, not once. You all moved on and now I have you come back and expect me to be ok with it" I sobbed. "That's not true Harl's" Leo said. "Don't call me that" I said. Harl's was a name only my friends and family could use and Leo was no longer family.

"What? Harl's? I have called you that since you were a baby" Leo replied. "You lost the right to call me that along with the rest of them when you forgot about me. Get out Leo I don't want you here" I replied. "I never forgot about you. I came back and saw you, I was there when you graduated from primary school, I was there when you went to your year 6 formal, I was there the first day of high school and so much more. You just never saw me cause I couldn't stand having to say goodbye to you again Harl's. I would track your phone to come check on you. But after 2 years I couldn't get the signal. I sent you new phones for your birthday and Christmas not knowing you weren't opening anything anymore. I missed you every day Harlow and not a day went by that I didn't want you home with us. I waited for you after mum died and when dad said you weren't coming home and wanted to stay here I was devastated. I missed my baby sister" Leo said.

"You knew where I was, why didn't you come get me?" I asked him. "Dad said you were happy here and wanted to stay. I thought I owed it to you to let you be happy here. Harl's remember how I swore I would never ever get a tattoo? I got this one just for you because I always wanted you close to my heart" Leo said lifting his shirt showing me a tattoo with my name right across his heart.