A path to Somewhere | lrh

Chapter 2

We walk in and I order a lemonade and two cinnamon danish's. Then go get a table while the others order

When I sit down I notice some people in the shop including an old Chinese man, a group of girls who are talking about how cute each other's outfits are, and in the corner of the café was a particularly attractive guy with very noticeable beautiful blues eyes and has perfect blond hair with another friend who has brown hair and is wearing a beanie. I quickly looked away since the blonde is now staring at me.

"Hey, Casey." Aurora says. I look at her in confusion

"Your orders ready"

I get up and grab my danish's and go back to the table

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After the coffee shop we go back to my new apartment building where me and Bridget are going to live together. Aurora and Kenna live a few blocks away but might as well live here too because they are always here according to Bridget.

When we get in the room I'm amazed because Bridget has decorated the living room up like a carnival

"What the..." I say in amazement

"Well you said you wanted to go to a carnival." Aurora says picking up the cotton candy and handing it to me

I think back to the letter I sent her that said I missed going to carnivals because the four of us used to go all the time when we were little.

"Oh my god! How..."

"Well we couldn't find a carnival for another two months and we wanted to do one now" Kenna says

"So we brought one to you!" Bridget said

"Guys this is amazing!" I say noticing the snow cone and popcorn machines

Just as I do I hear a cough that sounded like I was supposed to turn around to notice. When I turn around I see Jason, my boyfriend, dressed in a red stripped carnival outfit, who I snagged when I was backpacking through the Netherlands. He was working at a library for the summer, but he's originally from California.

"Jason...what are you doing here" I say lightly hugging him

"Well you mentioned him in a letter and gave me his number for emergencies so I decided that I absolutely had to meet him." Bridget said now standing next to me

"Of course" I said

"Aren't you happy to see me" he said grabing my shoulders and looking into my eyes

"Of course" I put on a fake smile I've always been good at that. You see ever since Jason showed up in Amsterdam he's been acting weird. I was in the Netherlands with him for a month after we started dating and then he spent a month with me in Rome. When I left we decided that we would meet up again soon but then I went to amsterdam and the carribean and to Asia and he just kept showing up.... everywhere without a word of notice. I thought I'd finally lost him when I came here because I never told him where I was going to live. But I guess that's changed. Even though I don't remember even giving Bridget his number mainly because he only uses throwaway phones and won't tell me why

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~Lacie