Another Run Away

Lies and hospitals

If I didn't stalk downstairs to snatch a bottle of vodka a few minutes after Harley and I stopped talking. Then maybe I would be able to remember the major details of the after-hours. However I can remember a lot of yelling, drunken dancing and crying.

I woke up that morning locked in the bathroom with my pants halfway down and the bottle was still in my hand but everything was still intact and nothing hurt so i put together the pieces. I fell asleep on the toilet.
Pulling up my pants and unlocking the door i stepped out to a passed out Harley but at least he was sleeping. it was very sad to see him like this but seeing as i only spoke to him sparsely across the term i wasn't that close to him to be someone that would hang around until he woke up.

I looked back once more at a sleeping Harley before I slowly opened the door and squeezed my way out and in a hangover haze I made my way back to the dorm.

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"Is she awake?" I heard a muffled voice ask that I soon recognised to be the red haired girl from last night.
"Does she look awake?" An agitated voice replied, which I assumed to be Mel.
"Don't wake her up!" A third voice hushed, "she needs her sleep she just had her heart broken."
Ahhh that made so much more sense. I barely know anyone I bitterly thought, Of Course they were checking up on Charlie.
I slowly flutter my eyes open to see some of the people from last night looking over her bed.
The talker one quickly turned around and I tried my best to go limp and shut my eyes.
"I think we better leave" someone said, "wouldn't want to wake either of them up." And then I felt all eyes on me.

As each of them departed from the room and shut the door I finally had the courage to slowly sit up and get a good look over at Charlotte. She looked like i thought she would, tears stained her pale cheeks and her mascara ran in roads onto her pillow.

As I stood up I heard Charlotte stir and whisper "are they gone?"

"Yeah" I replied looking over at her with concern, "Who were they exactly?"

"Just a few kids from last night, I think, I don't really know I didn't want them to interrogate me over what happened Bailey gave it a good go last night. Where did you head off to anyway?" she asked barely raising her head.

"Uh, Um, I don't really remember much of last night." I lied, figuring that it was the best thing to do in this situation, "So who is the red haired girl from last night."

"Oh um she's new here I think her name is Avril or something, why'd you ask?"

"No reason, the real question is how are you?"

"Been better." She laughed coldly.

"Do you want to get out of here?" I asked with a soft smile.

"thought you'd never ask."

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Turns out Charlotte should never decide to be a morning talk show host because she had not input into the conversation what-so-ever.

"how is your toast?"

"Fine."

"And eggs?"

"Nice"

"did you get much sleep?"

"No."

"do you want to go back to the dorm?"

"Yes."

Not like I can blame her though, she did just end a long term relationship, I just thought she would've shown a bit more emotion rather than becoming a robot but everyone copes with these things differently and I suppose that's her going through grief.

Now it was time to do the one thing I was dreading and trying to postpone for most of the day. I'm going to the hospital to see Sandra, Luke's girlfriend.

I arranged for Luke to pick me up from the front of St. Andrews because I know –with my lack of direction- that there is no way I would be able to find the hospital on my own.

"Luke!!!!!!" I screamed as I ran over to his car and got in.

"whoa I missed you too but I was this close" he indicated with his fingers "to hitting you with my car, you really need to watch where you are going."

"Yeah yeah I know you can drop the Dad act now."

"Not anytime soon." He laughed, "but seriously I heard that you have been in two detentions and you aren't even half way into term.'

"that's not fai-"

"A teacher named Mr mitt, mith or something emailed me telling me he was really concerned that you were getting involved in the wrong crowd.'

"that's no-"

"No excuses I swear if there is one more email from him I will be calling you asking for an explanation but not today because today is a really important day and you need to promise me you won't act out."

"I don't understand?"

"Because you are going to meet my girlfriend and her family."

"Her family?"

"Luke, Sandra is one thing but her family?"

"look I Know that it's-"

"a shock are we just talking about her immediate or-"

"It's her extended family."

"Oh good lordy lord" I groaned and Luke nervously chuckled as we drove to the hospital in an anxious silence.

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"be nice and polite and don't ask too many questions and DON'T EMBARRESS ME" Luke stressed.

"I won't, I won't, relax Luke it'll be okay."

"I still wish you came yesterday; we would've been able to avoid all of this. Where were you anyway?"

"I was-um"

"don't answer it, just don't answer it.' He sighed as he opened the door to the hospital.

"been a while since we have been here" I chuckled.

"Too soon." He said icily as he walked into the elevator and pressed on the number 7.

"Just be the better version of yourself, she is on the first door on the left so her family will probably be there when the door opens, good luck and thank you for being here with me."

The doors opened and at least 20 pairs of eyes were both staring back at me all dressed quite nicely and had a certain upper class feel about them.

"ahhh you must be luke." Said an older man as he extended his arm.

"nice to meet you sir." Luke relied with a firm shake.

"and who is this?" he asked referring to me.

"this is my sister trinity, she goes to St. Andrews."

"Oh nice to meet you Miss Potts, I'm Mr Myers, Sandra's father."

At the mention of my name two more eyes searched for mine, one of them had red hair and the other had piercing green eyes.