Slow Motion

•ex boyfriend•

It's Saturday or at least I think because it's still dark outside my window. I grab my phone and check the time 4:23am.
  Why the hell did I wake up at this hour? I roll over and close my eyes trying to go back to sleep, however I'm not tired. I'm instead wide awake and a little pissed off mostly because my sleep schedule is going to be fucked. I snuggle into my blanket and turn on my tv. I click through shows until settling on Law and Order again. I guess I was in the mood for crime shows when I couldn't sleep.
  I watch it but overall I'm not paying too much attention I'm instead thinking of what I'm going  to do today. I wanted to just stay home and do nothing but at the same time that's all I had been doing when I got home from work.

I let the show play until the episode is over and then I turn it off and get out of my bed. I make my way to the bathroom and decide on taking a shower. I adjust the water to a good temperature before I undress and get in.
  I wash my hair slowly simply because I didn't want to get out, the hot water felt nice. Eventually though I'm all clean so I shut off the water and grab my towel. I wrap it around me as I carefully step out of the shower. While I'm still in the bathroom I make the smart decision to brush my teeth.
  When done with that I go to my room and pick out my outfit for today. It's mid October but still decently warm. I put on a white long sleeve and then toss an old nirvana shirt over it. After I tuck it into a pair of dark wash ripped jeans. It was a pretty casual outfit for today as I wasn't sure what I was going to do yet.
  I pick up a couple rings and stack them on my fingers before I go to the kitchen to make myself coffee. When it's done brewing I pour it in a cup but right after that I hear someone outside my door talking. I set down my cup and peer out my peep hole. My eyes about pop out of my head when I see who it is. My ex, what the hell was he doing here? I move away from the peep hole and quietly rush back to my room.
  He was a piece of shit. He cheated on me multiple times and hit me when I accused him of it. I left him about a year ago, he had went to work one day and I wrote him a note then packed up and left.
  My landlord found him outside my door trying to get in when I was out one day and told him I moved because in her words "he looked like he was going to hurt someone"Which he probably would of had I been home, but after that he never came back. That is until today.
  I pick up my phone and text the only person I could think of which was Taylor. It was 6:30 now so hopefully he was awake but I doubted it.

Hey idk if your awake but if you are my ex is outside my door and to his knowledge I moved so can you get him to leave or can you come over? If not that's fine I'll just wait till he leaves.

I send the message and with in a few minutes my phone pings.

oh shit is that whose making all that noise in the hallway? I'll tell him to leave then come over if that's okay

I didn't think you were up lol but yeah that would be great thank you

I wasn't till I I heard what sounded like an tornado outside my door hahaha, but your welcome :)
Seen

I leave him on seen as I didn't need to respond.
  right after I set my phone down I can hear two people talking outside. It's quiet for a while so I assume he has left. The sound of a quiet knock proves my assumption right. I get off my bed and go to unlock my door. When I do I'm greeted with a very sleepy looking Taylor. He still has his pajamas on and his hair is slightly messy.

"Hey I'm sorry about all that he hasn't done that in a really long time" I say allowing him to walk in.
"It's okay it's not your fault, it's that assholes" he mumbles as he comes in. I go over to my couch after shutting my front door and he follows. We both take a seat and that's when he asks me a question I wanted to avoid.
"Are you Okay?"

Honestly I wasn't my head was still spinning from the situation and my eyes had began to pool with tears. I sniffle and rub my eyes trying to compose myself. I'm about to respond but instead I'm wrapped in a hug. "I'm sorry" I whisper as my voice cracks. This just make him hug me tighter."Sorry for what it not you fault" he empathizes. "Yes it is I dated the piece of shit" I state trying to not cry but only making it worse as I begin to sob. "Shh it's going to be alright" he soothes rubbing circles on my back. After a few more minutes of this I begin to calm down and slowly let go of the hug. I glance at his light grey shirt that is now stain with tear marks. "It's the new fashion trend" he jokes making me smile.
I cautiously lean my head onto his shoulder as I don't want to over step his boundaries. He does seem to mind it though as he lets me rest my head for a minute before sitting back up.

"I just want to let you know that I will always be here. I know we have only known each other for a month but I already know that you a good person and an amazing friend. You didn't deserve what ever that jerk did to you." He says  looking me right in the eyes. I nod my head a little and give him a quick hug. I then wipe my eyes and let myself chill out for a second.
"You're going to have company today, why don't you go get some sleep" I say yawning.

"You trying to get rid of me?" He asks teasingly

"No it's just I know that it sucks to be tired all day" I explain

"Okay then but if he comes back I'm just a call, text or 20 steps away" he smiles.

I smile back at him and he makes him way to the door. He opens it, waves and then exits leaving me in my apartment.

I sigh and fuss around for a while not being able to sit still. I couldn't go back to sleep now. My coffee I had made was cold so I poured it down the sink and then sat back on the couch where I would probably be for the rest of the day...

An: idk what this chapter was I wrote it super late at night so it probably sucks :(