Remember, I told you

Taking You Out

A/N: Hey y'all! New chapter with a new character! Let me know what you think in the comments <3

I woke up to the trill of my cell phone. I let it ring for a few minutes, shoving a pillow over my ears, but whoever was on the other end, was incessant. I crawled out of bed searching for the source of my irritation, wading across the mess of random crap scattered across my room.

"Ah! I got you!" I yelped in declaration as I reached under my bed to find my cell phone hidden in the pant leg of some faded jeans.

I quickly accepted the call before reading the caller ID. "Whattttt?" I whined into the speaker.

"Good morning to you too sunshine," the person on the other end retorted.

"Ace-," I questioned, "Why are you calling me at," I paused checking the time, it felt goddamn early.

"It's 11 AM Rosalyn Epcot, get your ass out of bed!" hollered the voice.

That was Ace for you. Full name, Raven Acelynn Morain, truly a force to be reckoned with. Raven was a few years older than me, 22 to be exact, and always been like an older sister to me. We met when my family moved in next door to hers when we were kids. Our windows were across from each other so becoming fast friends was a given.

Ace lived alone with her dad. Her mom had skipped down a year after she was born, saying "I'm not cut out for this- to be a mom, to be domestic, to be small town."

Ace had been angry for a while, but never let it bother her- she used to say, "I'm not wasting my time hurting over someone who didn't care to stay." 

She was fiercely protective and when I met her, I was terrified. Ace had his air to her in the way that she carried herself, even when she was just 11, that if you crossed her, she would destroy you. 

For Ace, it had always been her and her Dad, against the world.

It took a little while, but Evalyn and I, well really my entire family, broke her, and she became family.

"UGHHH, whyyyy?!!!" I said plopping myself back under the covers. "It's so much better in bed!"

Ace laughed through the phone, though I could practically see her rolling her eyes. "Seriously Ro, get up, and get on the next train to the city, I'm taking you out tonight, gotta culture your ass," she teased.

"Hey! You've been living in the city for two years, and already think you're better than my little suburbia," I countered.

"Yeah, yeah, suburbia's great, yada yada," she went on. "You know you wanna come to the city, it's been too long, it misses you..."

"Touching," I giggled, giving her a hard time. "I did just see you a few weeks ago, but I guess I miss you too," I teased.

"So you'll come?" she asked eagerly.