"Hayley?" James Reed looked in surprise at Hayley Cole, who was panting at the door, and asked in confusion, "It's so late, how did you get here?"
"I'm going to stay at your place." Hayley Cole ordered imperiously.
"Stay at my place?" James Reed drew in a sharp breath. "That's not really appropriate, how about we…"
"Forget it, if you don't want me to stay, then just forget it." The moment Hayley Cole saw James Reed hedging, she turned around to leave.
Nobody wants her, nobody wants her—does that mean she has nowhere to go?
She's got plenty of friends!
"That's not it, Hayley." James Reed hurriedly grabbed Hayley Cole. "How could I not let you stay? I'd be more than happy to have you."
After James Reed invited Hayley Cole in, he called his mom downstairs.
