•The Journey•

Chapter 10: He Avoids Me

It's eight in the morning when I wake up.

I open my eyes and there are no signs of Ethan. I just lie in the bed and think about the last night.

Why did I kiss him back ?
Or why did he kiss me ?

Not that I feel anything towards him. Its just twenty four hours of knowing him. I surely didn't fall for him.

Or did I ?

I quickly take a shower.
After getting ready, I call Ethan.

First call..no reply.
The next...still no reply.

I try again ....he still didn't receive.

I plan to wait for him for breakfast. I wait for him for almost an hour. Its ten and still no signs of Ethan.

I walk to his room but it's locked.

I go to the dining room and there I see Ethan. Ethan having breakfast. Ouch.

I walk towards him and sit at the table. He doesn't say anything. Neither do I. I look at him as he is having his breakfast.

"When did you leave the room?" I finally ask.

"When you slept."

"Oh. I thought you were sleeping so I was waiting for you."

"Ok." There is something wrong.
He is not acting normal.

"Is everything okay ?" I ask him softly .

"Yes. Order your breakfast." He says and leaves the table.
I guess he went to his room.

Why is he acting like this ?

I skip breakfast and go straight to his room. There is something wrong obviously.

He opens the door and looks blankly at me.

"What's wrong Ethan?" I ask softly.

"Please Mia. I need to rest."

"You're avoiding me , right ?"

"Why would I?" he says and looks straight into my eyes.

"Is it because of ummm... what happened yesterday ?"

"Nothing happened yesterday , okay?" he almost shouts.

I went to my room and jumped straight on my bed.

Why does it hurt?

Or wait, what does he think of himself ?

He was the one who kissed and now he is the one avoiding me. What do I do now?

I decide to find check Claire on facebook. I couldn't find her. After a little scrolling through feeds, I go back to my bed and lie down.

I shut me eyes and try sleeping. But whenever I try sleeping, I can hear Ethan's rude voice.

"Its just a few more hours with him , i'll handle." I tell myself and go to the dining room to have my breakfast. I am eating my breakfast and I get a call. Its from Mr. Peter, my boss.

"Good morning." I say.

"How's it going Mia?" What do I tell him?

I stay silent for a second and then say,"It's going fine Sir."

"You sure ?"he confirms

"Yes yes, he isn't that difficult to deal with."

"Great. You both have to leave tomorrow at six in morning."

"Okay. I'll call you later maybe?"

I didn't want to talk to him. Or to anyone else.

"Yeah." he says and the phone declines.

What do I do now? Where to go?

I don't want to go back to my room. I decide to go out.

By myself.

I don't find it necessary to inform Ethan so I just leave the hotel. I go to the same place where Ethan took me the other day. Where he held my hand.

I actually thought we could heal each other. As friends maybe. I shouldn't have kissed him back last night. So maybe things would have been a bit different.

Or maybe I should have just stopped him from kissing.

Maybe he still loves Claire. Or maybe is with someone else. Who knows. Why else would he avoid me? I sit there with all the tabs open in my head.

I hear my phone ringing. I take it out of the bag and it's...it's...no way.