Black Roses ||| Tradley AU

Chapter 4 - Moving Day

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"What's his name again?" "Tristan. Or. Well. I. Guess....he told us to call him tris, so tris." Harrison put his hand on top of mine, my eyes widened. "Listen if you feel unsafe at anytime with him blow this whistle," Harrison handed me a cheap dora whistle. I smiled and punched in the arm, " no, but seriously dude he is super cool I really want you to meet him!" He looked flabbergasted, "me? Meet the infamous Tristan Evans you've been going on about for the past 2 hours? I don't know if I'm worthy of such a high honor!" He fell into a laughing fit, I just rolled my eyes. I had spent the night at Harrison's since the stress and excitement from yesterday was a lot for me. After taking a shower and getting into some fresh clothes, I headed back to my place.

Three men were holding up the stairs "Hey, get out the way would you!" The guys were in the way of the elevator and the stairs. "Either use the elevator or the stairs, pick one or the other!" I get pretty mad when people are selfish, and enjoy themselves ignorantly while others are inconvenienced. I push the man near the stairs out of the way, and am immediately knocked down. "Oh hey brad, I am so sorry man, those guys are helping me move in," A hand reached out to help me up, I didn't take it. As I regained my balance, and clear sight I realized who offered to help me up. My new blonde hair blue eyed roommate was towering above me. I rolled my eyes, "yeah it's.....it's whatever dude just make sure your movers either use the stairs or elevator, make sure they don't hog both". I ran past Tristan as fast as I could making sure I didn't make any eye contact.

Reaching the top of the stairs I ran into my second person of the day that I wasn't pleased to see. "EXCUSE ME!!" Another plethora of men were standing at the top of the stairs, I needed to get them away, so I had to lie. "Excuse me guys," they were listening now, " Tristan told me to tell you guys that everyone who is upstairs can go home so... go home". All the guys stood baffled and confused, "what? Why are you all just standing around? Leave". Again speechless they stood, until one of them spoke up. "Hey man, I don't know anyone named Tristan, but I assume you're talking about the guy moving into that apartment, " he pointed to my apartment, "but we are moving in a guy named... Carter, Carter Grey. So stop your yelling and let us get back to work will ya?" He was very angry and was no pleased with my attitude, and I wasn't pleased with his. I pushed past him as passive aggressively as I could. Sure enough a guy was moving into apartment 23B .

I was watching as our new neighbor's mover men brought boxes up the stairs, when suddenly I was whisked away. "Where is he supposed to sleep?" I was confused, and in pain as James was pinching my arm and dragging me into the apartment. In the living room was over 50 boxes of actual crap. "What did you say?" James was blowing steam out of his ears at this point. "Where... is your roommate, going... TO STAY!" I have never been so scared of James in my entire life. But he was right. Where was I planning on having Tristan stay? I just told James the first thing on my mind, "I guess he can stay in my room just for tonight, this day is a disaster anyway I was going to go to Harrison's tonight anyway. We can work everything out tomorrow." I figured my solution to the problem would have saved the day, but I just added another reason for James to yell at me. "Bradley you need to stop running away in every situation. I get the twice maybe three times a week at Harrison's, but at this point we have no room, you might as well move in with him and save us some rent!" I couldn't t believe James was so insensitive, he knows about my disorder. "I'm sorry I am such a burden James, but I am trying to be the back bone for everyones lives right now! I am the main source of income for this apartment! I try to improve everyones lives day in and day out, and what are the thanks I get? Being asked for more from you two! That's why I go to Harris ok? He is the only person in the world right now that asks nothing of me, except my friendship!" I was in tears, so I silently picked up one of Tristan's boxes and moved it to my room.

Around 8 pm I started to text Harris about coming over. I packed my bag, and was waiting for the go ahead on coming over. Moments later Harris texting back something I didn't want to read. 'Hey I am so sorry brad, but tonight I am planning to bring someone back to the apartment tonight and I would let you just stay in my guest room like you've done before, but I don't know what's going to happen and I really need the apartment empty, but if you need to swing by  tomorrow I won't stop you. Peace.' Peace? I'm screwed. There was so much tension in the apartment tonight I can't breathe. I grabbed my bag anyway and ran out of the apartment. On my way out I grabbed an apple and saw Connor and Tristan watching a movie, with James nowhere to be seen.

I sat in the "hallway" of my apartment waiting for something that wasn't coming. (Imagine the apartment is like a little square with a door to the stairs and elevator across from each other and Brads apartment and his neighbors doors right across from one another. If you still can't get an image look up 'new girl' apartment , from the tv show, and that's kinda what the apartment looks like, but not completely). I was extremely tired and curled up into a ball. For the thousandth time today I was abruptly disturbed. "Hi, are you ok?" A man with brownish blackish hair and brown beautiful eyes stood above me. "Yeah I'm cool." I put in my best smile as I was thrown off by his beauty. He sat down beside me and extended his hand, "sorry to not introduce myself, I am Carter Grey, your new neighbor." I shook his hand, it was strong, yet soft. He was smiling at me, and looking into his eyes, I... I think I like this guy? "Carter, I am brad welcome to the neighborhood." We sat looking into each others eyes in complete silence, and it wasn't awkward. Why do I feel like I've found a person I want to know forever? I have never looked at a person so deeply before and not felt uncomfortable, not my own parents, and never Harris. "Why are you out here at 9 o'clock at night?" He was concerned, it seemed. "I've had a long day, and when I get to worked up it just pushes me to hard a little, but the one place I escape to I can't go today. So I am stuck out here with you." "Well I didn't think it was so bad." I felt immediate regret, "I am so sorry, no it's not you, it's just this long day, I swear it's not you." Out of no where he grabbed my hand looked in my eyes and said, "calm down, everything is all right, tomorrow is the start of a brand new adventure." I haven't felt so at peace since I was diagnosed. "Thank you." I said squeezing his hand. Carter proceeded to get up, and reached out his hand. I didn't see it and said, "well goodnight," he shook his hand in my face. I gave him a high five, "Brad this isn't a high five I'm helping you up." "No it's fine I'm not going back inside I can't deal with that. He smiled, " I know you don't want to go in there so come with me, you can sleep over my place tonight." I was surprised and asked if he was serious and he said he was. I had a makeshift safe haven tonight, where a real life angel lived, and had come down to earth to speed up my heart.

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