Money can't buy love

~9

Chloe:

I woke up the next day at 5 am for some reason. I tried to go back to sleep, but I just could not. So, I decided to go on a run and get some breakfast on the way back to the dorm.

I quickly threw on some work out clothes, put on my apple watch, put on some headphones, and filled up my water bottle before leaving. As soon as I got out of the dorm building, I took a deep breath, which immediately made me feel awake. It is weird but running at this time of day feels better than running an hours later. Since high school I have had a thing for going on a run super early in the mornings.

After running half my usual way, I took a break to drink some water. Just as I was about to start running again, I saw someone approach me. The closer the person got the more revealed I felt. I was only wearing shorts and a long sports bra.

My mind told me to run, but for some reason I was frozen. I could not move an inch even if I had tried. When the person got close enough for me to see their face I gasped. Without hesitation I ran away, but so did the person. They catched up to me rather quickly since I was already out of breath from the first part of my run. "Do not run away from me Chloe" The person said. I just ignored them and tried to run away again, but they grabbed my arm to stop me.

"Did you not learn anything from what I did to you?" They questioned me. I did not answer, I had no idea what to say to them. "So, she doesn't talk, Elena always said you talk a lot, and I can't deny that."

I took all my strength to push his hand of me "Go away Lucas."

He just smirked at me in return. "I'm serious, leave me alone" I said in another attempt to get away, but he had already grabbed my arm again. "Not so fast sweetheart. There is some stuff we have to talk about." I swallowed because he still scared even if it has been two years. "I don't want to-" Lucas cut me off "You will listen to me."

Before he could continue talking someone else approached us. I was terrified, maybe it was one of his sick friends.

Though that thought got denied when he noticed the person too and looked like he had seen a ghost. "Leave the girl alone" The person said while they continued to walk towards us. "Who are you to tell me to leave my girlfriend alone?" The way he said girlfriend nearly made me throw up. I never wanted and will never agree to be his girlfriend.

The person started laughing "Funny that you say that, because you are obviously harassing my girlfriend and I don't think she appreciates that." A second later the person stepped into the light and I saw Thomas. I let out a breath of relive. As soon as Lucas registered these words he let go off my arm and started walking away. But not before looking me directly into the eyes and saying, "Our conversation isn't done yet."

I quickly ran into Thomas's arms and started crying. "You're ok now" He muttered into my hair. My arms tightened around him when he tried to look at my face. "Chloe, we should get you back to your room before you freeze to death" Thomas suggested. I nodded my head but did not make any wove to move away from his arms. "Come on, we'll get some food on the way back and maybe we can get the girls some too." I nodded my head "Sounds good to me." He let go of me so that I could move away.

When I did, he quickly grabbed my bottle that I had dropped, and we made our way towards the local café that has the best breakfast food in town. There was a comfortable silence but is till decided to break it. "I didn't know you run" I said.

"There are a lot of things you don't know about me yet, but I do. I love to run in the morning to get my head cleared. I usually run a different way, but I'm glad I didn't today." I just nodded my head.

Shortly after we arrived at the café and I grabbed his arm before we could head in. Thomas looked at me with a confused expression on his face. "Thank you for saving me, boyfriend."

He started laughing "Sorry, I could not come up with anything better on the spot." I laughed slightly "It's fine, you did it with good intentions."

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I'm so sorry for not updating. School has just been stressing me but since our grades are final by the end of the week I'll hopefully write a lot more.

Edit: the authors not gives me deja vu. I finished 10th grade yesterday and I wrote this originally about a year ago. Wow I feel old