Before You Go

Chapter 3

                              "Pills And Recovery"
Before...
It took me a few days to emotionally recover from the worst blind date ever. I stayed indoors reflecting on everything wrong that led up to that moment at the cafe and there’s no denying the fact that I was at fault and I needed to make things right at least even though we don’t end up being friends. I needed to fix my mistakes.

I pushed aside every other thought to the back of my mind and focused on making things right with Chloe. I got up from my bed, walked out of my room and went straight to Luca's room to see if he was in.

I got to the front of his door and turned the handle but it appeared to be locked (bummer). I knocked for a while but there was no response. It's safe to assume that he wasn't in and without him I wouldn't be able to reach Chloe.

Thank God for technology though, I brought out my phone from my back pocket and shot him a text hoping he would reply me.

Me: Hey luca, where are you. I need your help with something. Its urgent.

I hit send, went back to my room and waited for a response from him. I was starting to feel impatient because I hadn't gotten a reply from him and it's been over ten minutes since I sent him the text. I hope he's okay though.

I didn't even notice that I slept off until I woke up later in the day. The time was 6:10pm and the day was starting to turn into night and I still haven't gotten a response from Luca which was really strange.

I got up from bed and went straight to check if he was back home but still there was no response when I banged on his door. Nothing more I can do now so I went out for a walk.

I took a little stroll, walked by a few coffee shops and made a little stop at a garden (although personally I'd call it a little park but that's an argument for another day).

I felt a little bit weak from my power nap I just woke up from and I didn't really collect myself properly before I jumped up from bed to check on Luca and now I'm starting to feel the effects, so I sat on the concrete bench that was situated under an apple tree next to the koi fish pond.

Seeing how the moon reflected on the surface of the water just made me realise how beautiful nature could look and how much I loved being surrounded by it. I sat down there for another thirty minutes in silence and imagined how I wanted my life to be in a few years from now.

I'd probably be married with to someone I met from college and we'd be insanely in love, living in a sub apartment that we both paid for together with our child running around the house. If I could have that with someone who meant the world to me I'd wouldn't even bother asking for anything else.

As much as I wished I could stay here, I don’t need people walking by and think that I don’t have a house and I'd resorted to sleeping on the bench.

I got up and I star tee d to walk back to my apartment. On my way back I couldn't shake the feeling that something bad might have happened to Luca and that's why I've not been able to reach him. I reached my apartment at about 8:15pm but I was stopped by someone who called out to me as soon as I reached for my door.

"Hey Olly" the voice from behind said

I turned around to see an exhausted Luca walking towards me.

"Whoa Luca, are you okay?" I asked as soon as we shook hands "I've been trying to reach you for a while now" I added

"Well I've been looking after Chloe at the hospital for a few days now" He said in between yawns

The news of Chloe being in the hospital threw me off balance for a second.

"She's where?" I asked Luca still unsure of the words I just heard him utter.