Runaway ||e.d||

Chapter 8

*a week later*

I worked this whole past week, 5 days with the cleaning company and 2 days at Beau's.
It's been a pretty average week. I haven't talked to Ethan much other than some casual texts here and there.
Cleaning has been quite decent. Betty is the nicest ever, I truly like her company and she is kind of like the older, wise, caring figure I never had.
Piper and I have become friends which is very different for me but she's unlike most people my age, and I truely envy her. I feel like we will get close since believe it or not we have things in common, haha like interests but yeah.

Today is my day off and all week I've had constant busy hours so I think imma chill out and maybe go to the shops for some groceries.
I glance over and check the time on my phone.
10:30am
Ugh ok I better get up and get ready so I'm not doing completely nothing on my day off.
I decide to go comfy which I much prefer, wearing black leggings and a oversized violet hoodie.

Once I'm done getting ready I have the idea I'm going to go to the shops first so then I can come home and chill and not worry about it for the rest of the day.

*skip to after the shops*

I get home putting the bag of groceries down and as if on cue my phone dings, meaning I got a message. I scrunch my eyebrows wondering who it could be.

Unknown: sup slut. Pity you think your life might start getting somewhat on track and you just run away from they shit you caused here. Sorry the break it to you, And I'm going to make this simple so your dumb brain can process it but you are fucked. Watch your back bitch.

This causes thoughts to fly through my head. The shit I caused?! Wtf is wrong with them, I was the one who was going through hell and they still seem to find my new number I got not long ago for this purpose.
And what the fuck do they mean by 'watch your back bitch' like wtf?
Ugh way to ruin my fucking day.

I don't even bother putting away the groceries and I just drag myself to my room and chuck my phone on the floor and flop on my bed, all thoughts of my past flooding back to me. Before I knew it my cheeks were covered in tears.. I can't stop.
I trap my emotions and then when it comes to a time, they just poor out of me in one go.

Alone. In my room. I just lay there. Crying.
The silence consumes my brain making me loose control of my thoughts.

It feels like forever I'm trapped in my thoughts and memories laying on my bed, until they get interrupted by another ding.
I contemplate looking.. I sit up looking at the ground where my phone is then groan because it is faced upside down so I can't see who it is. So I get up and grab my phone taking it back to my bed before checking it and finally turn the screen on and looking to my surprise seeing Ethan's name..

Ethan: sorry we haven't talked in awhile, I've just had some stuff going on.. but anyway I was wondering if you want to maybe meet up this arvo/ tonight?

Fuck it, I need a distraction and why not just do it.

Me: sure, meet at 6

Ethan: yep, I'll come to your house and we can go from there. See you then

Me: see you then

*5:50pm*

I don't really need to get ready since I haven't done much today and to be honest I don't care what I look like at the moment.
Ethan should be here soon so I may as well just wait around and listen to some music.

Not long after, it's time and I get a text from Ethan that he's here. I get up and head down and out of the apartment complex to his car.
I spot him and he looks strangely similar to me, wearing a oversized hoodie with the hood on but I can still see his sleep deprived eyes and face as you could say, drained of colour.
Once he looks up and sees me his face somewhat lights up slightly as if it's a sign of relief, or as if it's an escape.
I feel the same way and I'm confused why because it is just such a foreign feeling I get when I'm with Ethan that I have never felt before and I can't help it.
I wonder if he even feels the same way..

Ethan's POV.

When I look up and see her, my face can't help but light up even though I feel the absolute worst from what's happening at "home". But I'm soon to realise that Macy has the same look on her face, the look I'm a bit too familiar with.
I get this weird feeling I never thought was possible until I saw her and it is so strange to feel this way since I've never felt it before and I can't help it.
I wonder if she even feels the same way..

Macy's POV.

We start driving and my curiosity takes over.
"Where are we going?" I ask
"Where ever the road takes us because I know just about as much of this place as you haha"
"Really so?"
"Just a spontaneous drive to clear the mind and hopefully find some dope places" he says confidently but with unsureness. And i had the same idea, to clear my mind.
"Sound like a plan" I say

We drive for about 2 hours and make it to some country town inland called Kilcoy. It's very small compared to anything I'm used to but it's really nice. The vibe is really good.
Even though it's dark and we can't get the best look.
We agree on staying here, so we find a chill area to settle down.
After barely any looking since it's so small we find this really nice scenic park which is big and quiet. (Not too surprised because it's like 8:30pm and people are probably at home with their... family)

From what I can see in this dark, having streetlights shining on everything with a dull colour, is in the middle their is a large pond, benches spread here and there, a pathway all around the pond 360 and a area on the other side.
We follow the pathway along the outskirts of the large pond to go all around the other side.
We find a perfect little spot that's very reserved and quiet which I love.
Here and there I glance at Ethan and somewhat picture his thoughts.
I can tell he likes small quiet places sometimes like me, this is like our little getaway from our problems I guess you could say.
I wonder what's going to happen next...