TROUBLE

Chapter 55 "Stay"

 

(Cop’s POV)

"How's Ant?" He said out of nowhere.

"I don't know. He stormed out this morning without saying anything…again."

"Hmm..." He mumbled, his eyes still staring out the window of McDonalds we’re sat in. "You and I have a lot of shit to deal with."

I sighed, "Yeah."

He slowly turned his head to me, a cautious look on his face. "I’ve been thinking…you know what we should do?"

I raised an eyebrow, “What?”

“We should run away…for a couple days at least. Just get out of here…” He was serious all of a sudden; the most serious I’ve ever seen him. A week of knowing. He had to be joking.… “I mean it. We should just leave.”

“You and me?”

He nodded, “Yeah, you and me.”

“We barely know each—”

“Well, don’t you think this would be a good way to get to know each other? Come on, we both deserve a break.”

I paused. 

Wait, why am I thinking about this?! I barely know this guy! I can’t just get in his car and drive off into the sunset like it’s no big fucking deal. 

But…running away does sound nice. It’s not like Ant would give a fuck and he’s the only thing keeping me here in the first place. I could run away from all the pain of my mom being gone. People say you can’t run from your problems…but it’s looking pretty fucking nice to me right now.

And I do want to know Niall better. It’ll be like killing two birds with one stone. So, why not? 

“So? Just for a couple days.”

“Why do you want to run away?”

He looked away from me, “I just want to….” I was left confused by the mood change, but before I could ask what he meant, he turned back to me with a smile. “And it’ll be a right craic! Great fun!”

I chuckled a little, “I don’t understand your Irish talk.”

“You love it.” He said with a smile. “So, Cop? You gonna run away with me?”

I should’ve hesitated…I should’ve thought this more. But I didn’t. “Yeah, I’ll go with you.”

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I rushed around my room, making sure I had everything I needed. Niall said we were only going to be gone for a couple days, so I didn’t really have to pack much. He never told me where we were going, but I was fine with that. I just want to leave.

I know I sound dumb, and stupid, and impulsive, but I don’t give a fuck. Who’s going to tell me I can’t go? Ant? 

Niall instructed me to wait here in my apartment until after his race was over, which should be soon, I think. It’s going on two in the morning, and Ant was already here, sleeping in his room. I won’t even have to sneak out because Ant sleeps like the dead.

This is all too fucking easy.

So why am I freaking out…?

My phone vibrated in my hand, making me jump a little. I looked down to see it was  Niall calling me. “Hey.” I whispered.