𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐸𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒☏︎

Chapter 2, 'Chatterbox'

Ezra's POV

Saturday
6:30 am

I had just woken up from a short and not so comforting sleep, I wish I hadn't wake up. I'm just going to stay in bed like every other saturday morning. It's raining which is very relaxing and calming. I wish I could sleep forever, but I can't, to think sleeping forever is kind of the exact synonym of death...

7:12 am

My train of thought got interrupted by a notification from my phone. I grabbed my phone next to me on the bedside table. It was from Maudie, she's a bit of a chatterbox through text, but not so much in person though. She texted me:

Maudie: 𝐻𝑒𝑦, 𝐸𝑧𝑟𝑎! 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒?

Me: 𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑑.

Maudie: 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑤𝑖𝑐ℎ, 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒? 🤭

Me: 𝑁𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ.

Maudie: 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝑣𝑎'𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑡𝑤.

Me: 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒? 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟?

Maudie: 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒... 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑣𝑎 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑠, 𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦.

Me: 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘, 𝐼 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠?...

Maudie: 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 10:30 𝑎𝑚, 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑃𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑦? 𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟?

Me: 𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ. 𝐼 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡.

Maudie: 𝑃𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑦. 𝐼𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤?

Me: 𝑆ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤.

Maudie: 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑡? 𝐼 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦.

Me: 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔.

Maudie: 𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝!

Maudie's POV

7:27 am

Ezra's going back to sleep, and I'm feeling lonely again, I also finished my sandwich. What else can I do while I wait for the tea party.

I'm also feeling impatient which is a once in a blue moon for me. I'll just let that feeling slide and take a shower and dress up. This day cannot be anymore less normal.

7:50 am

I've fully showered and dressed up, now why do I still feel impatient? Is this feeling still impatience or something else?

I'll just ask Ava about this at the tea party. I'll surely figure this feeling out.
I'm just gonna focus on something else...

8:11 am

My impatience has gone out, and
I was playing games on my phone when I got a notification, it's from Ava.

Ava: 𝑆𝑜... 𝑈ℎ𝑚𝑚... 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠. 𝐼𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒? 𝐶𝑢𝑧𝑧 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦...

Me: 𝑂𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒?

Ava: 8:30 𝑎𝑚...

Me: 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 in 10 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠.

Ava: 𝑌𝐴𝑌𝑌𝑌 𝑇𝑌𝑆𝑀𝑀

Me: 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒.🤗

I should get going now, then. Should I leave a note for my dad before I leave? I don't think I'll be gone all day, probably just for one hour.

End of chapter.