Another Run Away

Gobstoppers past midnight

A few minutes later Charlotte soon finished getting ready, grabbed a denim jacket and they both left me with out saying a word. Which was no surprise.

It's now about five till midnight and I still haven't gotten my head around Charlotte going out with Harley AND Bailey- and back at home I couldn't get one guy to like me let alone be going out with two.

My thoughts were put on hold as skinny boy with tanned hair walked back into MY room.

"Hey is Charlie here?" He said plopping himself down on her unmade bed.

"Who's Charlie?"

"She said you were supposed to be smart." I recognise the voice to be Bailey but still no one named Charlie came to mind.

"Charlotte, your room mate."

"Oh.. no sorry she is out." I say slowly as I finally connect the dots.

"Can I stay until she gets back."

"Well she should be back soon, and I suppose this has been her dorm for longer." I say in thought.

"Is that a yes?" without my reply he decides to lay down on her bed facing me, nuzzling his face into her pillow. I can just make out his facial features in the moon light seeing as I will make no effort to stay awake for someone I have just met.

"What do you think you're doing?" I snap when he starts jumping on her bed and every time he does so there is a spongy squeak of the springs inside the mattress get caught on the cotton insides.

"I just wanted to um-I-err- talk but you looked like you were going to sleep and- well it sounds like a bad idea now" he stops and jumps onto the floor. His smile turning into a smirk and soon into a small frown.

"Okay you can stay and we can talk, but only until she gets back. Got it? ."

"Really?" he asks amused

"Just Talk before I change my mind" I reply barely keeping my eyes open from the lack of sleep i seem to be constantly getting around here.

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My lack of sleep turned into a sugar rush when bailey pulled out a packet of gobstoppers that were meant to be shared between him and Charlie but seeing as she still hasn't showed up and he was hungry we ended up sharing the large packet. For about 4 hours we talked about our (former) lives and I found out he is an only child. He lives with his mum off campus and his favourite colour is orange- a much underrated colour. He likes monkeys and hates roller coasters. He is studying to become a teacher and he hates science. I told him most things except the scholarship, I don't need pity i will never tell anyone about the scholarship.

I asked a few questions about Harley while we were at it and to my surprise they are good friends. Which confuses me more too why they don't know she is cheating on them with each other but who am I to judge, I don't even know them and I understand that I won't know most things. I'll just have to pry a bit more if i want to know the full story.

"Thanks for talking to me" he says as he sits up on her bed and yawns tilting his head to the side.

"Yeah well that's what friends are for."

"Friends," he smiles and makes his way over to me. I stand up and he topples over me like a big tower. I'm merely 5'6 and to have someone that tall looking down on me. It feels quite intimidating.

"I like the sound of that" he smiles as he engulfs me in a hug. That lasted a little too long for my liking.

"T I'm back from the club with Harley, he is going to stay the- " she gasps as she looks around the room and spots us in the hug before we could separate with Harley trailing behind I mind you. It's not like we were doing anything. It's just a hug - with her boyfriend.

"Okay I'm going to shut my eyes and when I open them I don't want to see you two here" she says in a passive aggressive tone before slamming the door open and shoving us out.

"Chooses four in the morning to walk into to the dorm" he whispers to himself whilst shaking his head and pulling up his hoddie.

I have a gut feeling that this is not what a new start was mean to entail.

"So the real question is where are you going to sleep Trin?"