Broken Wings

The Apartment

We pull into an apartment, and Ben got out of the car.

"Come on" his voice a little less harsh, and a little more soft and caring.

I get out, grab my backpack, and held my leather jacket and followed him into a door.

"This is your new home until you are better off, and you could live off somewhere else." He looks at me as I open a door to an empty room, the room I always used to sleep in.

I drop your bag onto the bed in the middle of the room, and hung the jacket on the back of the door.

Ben opens the door, and just smiles.

"Need any help?" Ben looks at me, smiling.

"No not really, I don't have much. In fact I kind of need to just wash all of my clothes." I take out a shirt and spread it out on the bed, it was worn thin.

"Okay. I could do it for you." He looks at my shirt.

"And hey, I got some things to do tomorrow, wanna go with me?" He notices the holes and the almost clear spots on the shirt. On ALL of my clothes.

"That would be awesome. Thank you" I felt really grateful as I grab the bunch of clothing and stuffed it into the washer.

Ben looks at me with the sweetest smile as I turned the gear on the washer to turn it on.

"What?" I look back at him, and he just laughs.

"Nothing"

"Ok then" I walk to the living room and throw myself on the couch, it was the most comfortable thing I have been on in years.

The door opens, and a womanly figure enters the apartment.

"I'm home!"

"Rhiannon!" I hear Ben's heavy feet quickly get to the door as I get up to greet her.

Ben kisses Rhiannon right on the lips, and turns to face me.

"Lara, this is Rhiannon. Don't you remember her?" Ben rests his arm on Rhiannon's shoulder.

"Rhiannon!" I jump outwards to her.

"Lara!" She jumps forward too, and we hug.

"I missed you so much!" Rhiannon speaks while hugging tightly around me.

Rhiannon was introduced to me by Ben years ago, and we became good friends, but not as close to me as Ben. Ben and I have a really strange bond, and once you get us together, we can never be separated.

"I missed you too" I smiled as we parted ways from the hug.

"Your back together? Oh this is so great!" I clapped my hands.

They were dating in high school for a very long time.. But when they graduated they split up and went they're own ways.

"Yea. We only live in this apartment because the college she goes to is across the street.." Ben pointed out the window as we walked back to the living room.

"You guys live with each other?!" I got a little too exited.

"Yea.. We've been dating for years."

"Oh im so happy for you guys!" I sit down with the rest of them.