Runaway ||e.d||

Chapter 3

*2 days later*

It's been 2 normal boring, miserable days. I've had to work both days and I'm working today too.
But the only thing is they said in the next week or so they have to bring my days down so I'm going to look for a second job because I'm really scraping by with money.
I haven't seen that boy.. Ethan again yet. I kind of hope to see him again but don't want to at the same time.
It's 10:00am and I have work at 11:00 so I'll have a shower and get ready.
It took me longer to get ready because I had to wash and dry my hair, so I now have half an hour until work starts. I put on light make up and tie my hair up.
I go to the cupboard and look through the very little options I had. I grabbed a granola bar and sat on the couch and ate it. Once I was ready I then head off to work.

5:15pm

I only have 15 minuets left. Today has been really quiet so it's only me and 3 other worker in today.
I was in the middle of cleaning one of the tables when I hear the bell on the door ding, indicating someone just walked.
I look up since there is like no one coming in today and I see the boy i ran into... Ethan.
He spots me I think but keeps his head down like me. He sits in a booth in the corner and gets out a tiny book and I see it has a moon on the cover in the beautiful night sky... wow.
Anyway I keep cleaning and then go back behind the counters to the back room until my manager stopped me and said I had to go take the boys order.
I walked over to him booth
"Hello, are you ready to order?" I ask nicely
"Oh yeah.. uh I'll get a chocolate milkshake please" he asked
"Ok sure, won't be long"

Ethan's POV.

Ever since I ran into that girl... Macy, she has been on my mind and I can't help it. That night I ran into her I looked into her eyes and saw pain, emptiness just like mine. Shes broken just like me...
I want to talk to her but I don't know if I can come to the strength to. But I am only here for 2 months...
Not too long after she comes back with my milkshake. Not gonna lie she is stunning too.
"Thankyou" I say
"All good" she says, as she puts a smile on her face.
And I know it's not real, it's covering all the pain and demons she's fighting in her head. I know that smile because I master it.
She begins to walk off until I tell myself, fuck it.
"Wait.. um sorry but I'm new here for awhile and I was wondering if you uh want to hang out some time maybe.. we'll you don't have to, I just-" I start to softly blabber in until she cut me off saying
"Sure" and she smiled, more of a genuine smile I guess you could say.

Macy's POV.

By the time I was done with Ethan I could leave work so I just went to the staff room and got my stuff to leave.
Thinking about what happened with Ethan made me somewhat exited but worried.
I gave him my number so I just wait now.. I'm not expecting anything though, no one ever stays my friend more than a week. Ever since my best friend of 5 years stabbed me in the back a few years ago, I lost everyone. She was the only thing keeping me together, she was all I had. Every new person that came to my school and became my friend since, hasn't lasted more than a week before a rumour would be started by my old group that hates me. They did everything they could to make my schooling hell, I could never escape the bullying and abuse. Home was always the worst with abuse and school was all I had until I lost Chloe.. my ex- best friend.
Then school became almost just as bad.. I was bullied and abused everyday. I did nothing to anyone, I had no clue why it happened. The universe just hates me.
I graduated early because of it and moved here to Australia as soon as I could. I had to sneak away from the the foster home because it would of gotten worse if they found if I tried to leave.. anyway that's not even half of the hell I went through.. but the rest is things I don't think anyone should no or I should even think about at all...
I arrived home, did some washing and got ready for bed. Once I'm done I decide to go out on the balcony again, let the night sky consume my mind. Admire the beauty.
I sit on the chair with my phone on the table next to me, I look up at the sky and realise the stars are looking much brighter since it's late and most of the lights are out everywhere.
There's one star I notice that catches my eye, shining brighter then the others... Sirius. How do I know what it's called you may ask. My whole life until I was 8.. the age i was given up to a foster family. My mum used to take me to watch the stars with her every night and tell me about how Sirius was her favourite because it shined brighter than all the others, she used to call me her Sirius... until I lost her...
I then hear a ding come from my phone and I come back out of my thoughts to reality, I then taste a saltiness and realise I was crying... I wipe my tears and look down at my phone and firstly check the time. 12:30... who could possibly be texting me at this time. I read the txt.

Unknown: hi uh, is this Macy?
Me: yes umm.. who are you?
Unknown: Ethan