Not Without You [Chris Evans]

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Megan's POV

I'd never been so happy to be home before. I walked into the apartment I shared with Sebastian and kicked off my shoes before rolling my suitcase into the laundry room to unload it. I was here by myself for the time being; Sebastian wouldn't be back for a couple days yet.

After the washer was running, I went to check the landline to see if there were any important messages. There was one from a couple days ago that gave me a moment's pause.

"Hey Sebby, it's Macy! I must have either lost your cell number or entered it into my phone wrong - silly me! I'm going to be in town next week for a while and hoped that we could get together for drinks or something. My number is still 555-5555. Bye!"

I decided to text Sebastian. 

There's a msg from a
Macy on the machine.
She's going to be in town
next week and wants to
meet up with you. Did
you need her number?

My phone rang a moment later - Sebastian. Puzzled, I answered. "Hey Baz. What's up?"

"Hey Roşu - glad to hear you made it home."

"Like 10 minutes ago. It was a little weird coming home to an empty place. Did you want me to play the message for you?"

"No - delete it; Macy's one of my ex's. I had to block her number after we broke up because she refused to believe we were through. Whatever you do, don't let her in if she comes by. I don't think she knows where I live now but I just want to be sure you're safe."

"What does she look like?"

"I'll send you a picture, just promise me you won't let her in no matter what."

Sebastian sounded really concerned and he wasn't the kind of guy that got worked up over nothing. "I get it -Stranger Danger. Is there something about her that you're not telling me, Baz?"

"You remember that dream I told you about when we were moving you in?" Sebastian asked hesitantly.

"Yeah - the one you had right before you met Sadie?" It kinda stuck with me, what we'd talked about that day.

"Well, Macy was also in it and she did something...bad. I can't remember what she did; I just remember being so angry at her - absolutely livid - like I wanted to kill her - I was that angry. I just wish I could remember."

"So she's psycho?" I asked, deciding that was what he was getting at.

"I wouldn't put it past her. It's been almost 5 years since we've been together and I still think she's the reason things didn't work out with Margarita."

"So you've known her for quite a while."

"Long before I met Sadie," Sebastian agreed. "She used to leave really bitchy comments on Sadie's Insta until she blocked Macy. Whatever you do, DON'T talk to her."

"What would she say to me? I'm just your roomie, Baz."

"I don't know, Roşu. Just be careful, okay? I've got a bad feeling about her."

"When're you coming home?" I asked quietly.

"I'll be back on Tuesday. Promise me you'll be careful and lock both locks until I get there."

"I'll be careful," I promised. "See you next week."

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Chris' POV

"What's wrong?" I asked Sebastian when he ended his call.

"Megan said that Macy left a message on my machine."