Black Tears

isabella

It's not like me to be nervous around someone, however, when it come to Ellery I overthink every little thing.

Laying on my bed I can't help but think about yesterday. In the 2 weeks I've known Ellery, I don't think he's ever looked at me the way he did yesterday at MoonBucks. I can't help but smile when I look at his text,

"made you think of me, not that it's hard anyways."

He's so hard to read sometimes. He's cocky yet... sweet? I've known him for only 2 weeks and it feels like I've known him for a good while. I can't help but begin to wonder if he thinks about me sometimes.

I begin typing in response to Ellery, "well duh I always think about you :) |" Scratch that, nope, delete, cringe.

Whist brainstorming how to respond, I hear keys unlocking my front door and I immediately get paranoid. I grab the nearest thing next to me and start tiptoeing towards the sound.

Peeking out of my door, the door swings open and it's Isabella. I was relieved to notice she looks well and healthy. The times where Isabella returns home after being gone for a long period of time it's not hard to tell she seems exhausted. I once noticed a large bruise on her leg one night after she returned but she responded with the classic "it's nothing don't worry about it."

Although she's not a good friend of mine, she is my roommate (she always washes her dishes and cleans up after herself so she's on my good side.) Isabella notices me and looks at me up and down. She randomly starts laughing out loud, like hysterically. Is this bitch crazy? Maybe she was drugged or does crack-?

"Why are you holding a vibrator wand?" she says while holding back her tears of laughter. I look down to notice I was indeed holding my... personal item. I immediately run into my room and hide it in my secret box where no one will ever find it.

(my closet.)

I didn't even notice that I grabbed it, I was too wrapped up in my head if somehow its Ellery. It would've killed me if he saw me standing there like a mentally deranged person in my hallway with a vibrator in hand.

"You didn't see anything Isabella," I say to her flustered. "Where have you been by the way? You're never around here yet you pay rent? I'm just saying that's pretty dumb, you should just live with your boyfriend at that point" I continued. She stops in her tracks and to my surprise responds with "What do you mean? I had work."

That's bullshit, what job consists of you staying for over 2 days overnight?

"We both know you're lying, you were at your boyfriend's weren't you?" I claimed. We were both in the living room with the news echoing in the background. She takes off her bag and looks at me confused. She plops down on the couch next to me and responds in a baffled tone "I don't have a boyfriend."

How is that possible..? We never had personal conversations to the point where I know much about her. We usually stay out of each other way so I could be easily mistaken, but then why does that guy come so frequently? He doesn't even try to talk to me or acknowledge that I'm there when he does come over.

"Who is that guy who always comes over then?" I questioned. "He's my boss, I thought you knew that," Isabella answered. She continues "I can't say anything else though, Its confidential information; I only told you that cause you live here."

In a baffled tone I respond "He always stares at you, almost as if he's studying you when you do anything, like washing the dishes or preparing food. He seems like an asshole to be honest." I scoffed. To be fair, I've only watched him for short periods of time at a distance, however, that still doesn't make sense why she would be leaving for days on end or why that man keeps coming over in the first place (oddly at night too).