Unscripted

Chapter 22: Way Down We Go

Hailee's POV

I hang up the phone and throw it across the room into the pillows as I sink down the wall onto the cold floor. I somehow feel everything and nothing at the same time. I'm broken and it's entirely my fault.

I've no idea how long I've been curled up on the floor like this when suddenly the bedroom door flies open and a very, very angry looking Scarlett barges in, closing it behind her.

"What the actual fuck, Hailee?!" She says angrily. I don't blame her. I've been saying the same thing to myself since y/n walked out that door.

"Thank you. For taking care of her." Is all I can make myself say. She's all I can think about. I hear Scarlett sigh before she speaks.

"You're welcome. Florence is getting her when she gets back to LA. She won't be alone." She informs me.

"I know. I just got off the phone with Flo. Safe to say she hates me now, too. Everyone does, or will." I say. I'm the villain in this story, plain and simple.

"I can't speak for Florence and her feelings, but I doubt she hates you. I'd probably steer clear of her for awhile though. She did sound....violent. But I don't hate you. I currently think you're the dumbest bitch I've encountered in recent history, but I don't hate you." Scarlett says. She may not hate me, but her disdain for me is more than evident in her tone.

I say nothing. Truthfully I have no idea what to say in this situation. Scarlett however, has no problem keeping the conversation going. "Out with it! What the hell were you thinking?"

"I never meant for anything that happened to happen, Scar!" I cry out, my body wracking with sobs once more.

"Which part exactly? Because last time I checked lying is a conscious choice! You don't accidentally lie, Hailee, you mean to do it!" Scarlett yells. She isn't cutting me an inch of slack.

"You think I don't know that?" I argue.

"I don't know anything right now. Because this isn't a position I ever expected that we'd find ourselves in! I always thought you were better than that...than this." Scarlett levels at me. I have to admit that her assessment hurts.

"Yea well you know what they say about the road to hell. It's paved with good intentions." I say.

Scarlett takes a seat on the bed facing me. If I didn't feel small under her scrutinizing gaze before, I surely do now.

"And what intentions are we talking about? How you thought it was a good idea to meet up with your ex who treated you like shit, who you wrote an entire fucking heartbreak EP about? Or how you thought that it was a good idea to lie to the most important person in your world? Please tell me, Hailee. Because right now I fail to see anything except fuck ups." Scarlett argues.

"Don't make it sound like I was in New York just to see him! I didn't even know his stupid ass was here! I bumped into him, multiple times! Eventually I caved, alright! And I know I shouldn't have. I had no real reason to." I argue back.

"Then why did you? Because I've known you for a while, and I know you well enough to know that you don't do anything you don't want to do. You don't engage with people who put you off. So what gives?" Scarlett asks, imploring me to just open up, to talk to her.

"You're right, I don't. But in this situation, I wanted to be the bigger person. He asked me to hear him out and I decided to give him that chance. Back when everything happened with him, my dad told me that he needed to 'man up'. And here he was, in front of me and seemingly willing to do just that. I don't like unfinished business, so I wanted to let him close that chapter entirely. I didn't think anything more would come of it. Hell, I even planned to tell y/n about the whole thing. Things just got way out of hand and I didn't want to hurt her unnecessarily. But none of that matters because I'm an awful person." I admit.