Sober |a.k.|

5

i'm sorry if this is written poorly, i was genuinely half asleep while writing the end half of this

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"Fuck fuck, you're kidding me!" I said, typing the numbers into my phone as fast as I could.

"Hey Kells,"

"Ew, don't call me that."

"Shut up and listen to me," I said, volume louder than intended, "the apartment below ours literally caught on fucking fire and-"

"Oh my God, is everyone okay?"

"Uh, yeah. The people weren't home and Maggie wasn't home so me being home alone was the only reason it got put out when it did. But it started coming through our floor and they said it's gonna take at least a month to fix it."

"Jesus Abby."

"Yeah, so could I maybe stay with you?" Maggie's obviously going with her boyfriend, my only other co-worker I like is using vacation time because his sister is pregnant and her due date is in two weeks. I really don't feel like staying with Elijah and Sam, they've been there for me for everything and I want the chance to repay them and-"

"Woah woah, okay, slow down," he said, stopping me with a sigh, "I told you I was gonna be gone for a couple weeks. You can stay with me when I get back but-"

"God man," I said, closing my eyes, "why did everyone decide to leave town before I actually need them?"

"What about Awsten?" he suggested.

"I wasn't gonna bother him. Besides, does he even have a spare room?"

"Yeah, and he'd be happy to let you stay with him. At least until I get back."

I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Are you sure?" I asked for confirmation.

"Totally!"

"If you say so," I said, still hesitant, "I'll call and ask. But he says no, I'm staying at yours wether you like it or not."

"Okay," he laughed, "I'm just glad you're okay."

"Me too. Thanks."

After we hung up, a police officer walked over to me.

"You have someone to stay with?"

"Not yet but I'm trying."

He smiled at me and stood there, making me slightly nervous. I clicked on Awsten's contact, hearing it ring. Every second he didn't answer made me more and more anxious until he finally picked up.

"Hey, oh my God," I said sounding relieved.

"Hey? What's up?"

"Okay, so, don't freak out but the apartment below ours caught on fire, kinda setting ours on fire too."

"Oh my God are you okay? Did you get burned?"

"No, I'm okay. But it's gonna take a month to fix and I was hoping I could stay with you?"

"Uh, yeah, sure," he said, much to my relief, "when'll you be here?"

"In about um," I looked at my phone clock, "maybe 15 minutes? All I have with me are my clothes, pillows, blankets and valuables. Not a lot."

"Okay. Do you want me to come pick you up or.."

"No, I can drive, I just need your address."

"Okay, I'll text it to you so you can just Google Maps it if you need to."