Cora's pov
-
It was 2:00am. I was lying in bed, wide awake. The feeling of sleep kept drowning me yet it would always let me surface in the end. I usually slept quite well but tonight? Not so much.
-
Ethan's pov
-
It was 2:00am. I couldn't sleep and it was starting to annoy me. Flicking the light on, i grabbed my phone from the night stand and roamed through Instagram. I came across Cora's account and couldn't resist having a look, seen as i hadn't already.
There was some landscape photos and flowers, things like that but no selfies. Weird.
Maybe she didn't like taking them? Was she self conscious? I don't know, or she could be one of those people who delete and upload all the time. I scrunched up my nose as i thought, sleep coming over me once again.
-
Cora's pov
-
"I give them love and they run away, fly to Paris, don't wanna stay"
My alarm woke me at 6:00am even though it was now Saturday. Honestly? I didn't really like weekend. Now i guess you are all frowning at me but I'm serious. All i do is stay in bed all day, watching youtube and checking my social media. That's not that bad now i say it but it gets a bit lonely when you have one or two friends who are always busy.
I decided this year i was going to try and be a bit more active and so far i had probably gone for a run once and maybe played hockey three times. So i got up, brushed my hair and teeth and put on a black sports bra with a navy blue top and running pants and went downstairs.
"Mum?" I questioned as i saw her lying asleep on the sofa with the tv still on.
Stepping over the dirty plates that were left by her yesterday, i grabbed the remote and turned off the tv.
My mum wasn't lazy, or a slob for that matter. It was the stress at work, paper work and stuff. She would always walk out of the door at 8 o'clock sharp wearing a black, work skirt and blouse. A pretty women. Simple but stylist and she knew it, even though she would never admit it. It was sad really. The fact that such a wonderful women slaved away at work, coming home and then drowning in stress.
I left her sleeping and walked to the front door, grabbing and then putting on my shoes before getting my keys and leaving.
Pressing the button on my music, i started running down the street in the freezing cold. As i have said many times, the best weather.
I ran through the neighbourhood, to the shops on the outside of the city. The wind had picked up by now and i decided it was best to stop off at the cafe i saw across the street.
The waiter saw me and gave me a weird look before pouting and walking over to me.
"Do i know you?" He frowned and looked me up and down.
I awkwardly shifted in my chair. "I don't think so," i tried to smile but nothing showed.
"Oh sorry," he looked down before getting out a notebook and pen.
"What can i get you?" He smiled but i could see it was fake.
"A small tea please," i said putting my menu down as he walked away without saying anything else.
I saw him talking to someone else and they both looked my way. My gaze drifted towards them and they both looked down. Weird.
Putting my headphones back in, pressing "let you down", i texted Ethan.
C: heyy x
I shut my phone off and waited for my drink as i mouthed the words to the song. "I'm sorry that i let you down, let you down" i smiled.
A few minutes later, the same boy brought me my drink and i thanked him before he walked quickly away.
I finished my drink and paid before putting my headphones in once more, running along the street.
My phone buzzed as I stopped, breathing fast. Ethan?
I left it and got home. The door was unlocked and my heart raced once again before i yelled "mum?"
"Yes honey?"
I sighed. "Are you ok?"
"Of course. Are you? Doing all that running, you must be hungry!"
"A bit," i laughed before slipping off my shoes and walking to the kitchen where my mum was.
"Hi," i smiled.
She smiled and pulled down some pancakes from behind her.
"Thanks," i grabbed the plate and started eating.
"We have a problem," i paused and stared blankly at her.
"What?"
"We are really struggling to pay rent."
•
•
Longerrrrr chapter woooo❤️❤️ like share and comment xx
