You And Me

Chapter 1

Prepare to die and cry.

The sun is shining brightly through my windows in my cream colored bedroom. I hear footsteps coming down the hall.

I roll over to hide my face in the pillows.

"Hey!" Kate calls.

I groan.

"Get up." Eloise says.

"You've got shit to do." Beatrice adds.
"But happy new years eve!" Faith finishes.

Right. It's New Years Eve.

"Get out." I mutter.

"No." Beat says. I nicknames them Eloise is Ello because that how Noah says it, Beatrice is Beat because she'll beat the shit outta someone if she has to, and Faith is Fe Fe because she hates that name and I like to piss her off.

"We've got a lot of plans today and you need to get up." Ello says.

I hide my face in the blankets.

"Get up."

I sigh loudly and throw the covers off of me. I drag my ass to the bathroom and take a long, hot shower.

I get out and throw on a pair of tan tight jeans, a white loose tank top, and a light brown leather jacket. It's December, so it's still snowing. I put on back heels, a black belt, and tuck the front of my tank top in. I blow dry and brush my hair, and fix m eyebrows. I brush my teeth and walk out of the bathroom, rolling on deodorant.

Noah, my boyfriend, is in England. He's been there for a month and a half now, just to visit. His parents and sister are still here. I miss him.

I grab my purse and let my best friends drag me out the door.

We all get in my Lincoln MKC and Ello drives.

She takes us to a breakfast restaurant, my favorite one.

I get a phone call after I have my coffee handed to me and we're all seated.
"Hey." I smile.

"Hey love." Noah says. "Happy birthday, darling."

"Thanks." I smile.

"Listen," he starts. "Since I can't be there for your birthday, I've planned out your entire day and everything is pre-paid. I love you. Call me later, okay?"
"Okay. I love you too."

"Bye."

"Bye."

He hangs up.

I sit and talk with the girls and we have breakfast and leave.

"Noah set up a scavenger hunt." Kate explains. "You're going to love it."

I smile.

"Do you guys know where everything is?" I ask.

"No. He texted us to give you this paper, which he had left on his bed. We're going to help. We don't even know what the surprise is." Fe Fe says.

"Okay." I say. Fe Fe hands me a piece of paper. It's in Noah's sloppy handwriting.

Hey love. You're going to have so much fun today. There's a place you once cried about over the death of something that was never alive. Go there.

I frown.

"What's it say?" Beat asks.
"There's a place you once cried over the death of something that was never alive. Go there."

We all get in my car.

"I don't know." I frown. "I mean..." I hesitate. "There's nothing I can think of that I cried over that wasnt alive." I hesitate, putting my seatbelt on. I grip the steering wheel for a moment and turn the car on.