I smile at her reply. Cars and horses. "What about you? What do you like to do?" She asks from the other end of the line. I startle out of my thoughts. "Uhm, I like to go shooting, party, and apparently pose for my brother." I tell her huffing out a laugh. "Although I don't l know how my brother and our bodyguards going to get home but I also don't really care." I drawl, waving over my Uber and getting in. The Uber driver is short, with blonde hair and big eyes. I shrug and tell him my location. He marks it in and starts to drive away. "Sorry about that was getting into my Uber." I tell her, feeling safer alone, in NY while on the phone. I look out the window waiting for her to ask something when I see the empire state building. I smile at the beauty and lights of it. It being nighttime it was lit up. My eyes gleam in the light of it, and my hair seems to glow, as I remember why NY is so important to me.

Ella smiled and set her phone down on the grass, looking back quickly at a couple guys walking over. "That sounds cool, you sound like you're having a much better time than me" she said with a. small laugh, blinking up at the two shadows which turned out to be Kole and his crackhead friend, Dylan. The two placed themselves next to her, uttering random things about cars, girls or whatnot, leaning Ella feel a little awkward. And though she liked to think she would never bin her friends off so she could talk to a. guy, especially her ex, it wasn't like "Ji" was her friend-right? she picked the phone up and spoke, watching the cars on the highway. "I'll have to go for now. Speak later, bye!" she said, her voice soft. She frowned as Dylan, in his high state gave a small laugh followed with a "who's that you're flirting with?" before Ella managed to actually hang up.

"Alright bye, talk later!" I say, hanging up my phone. My Uber pulls up to the hotel and stops. I open the door and step out. Thanking the Uber driver and waving to him. I hurry inside, over to the elevators and pressing the button. After I do so I wait for the elevator, once it arrives I step inside. Pressing my floor button, the doors close. I stumble as the elevator starts up. Still a little wobbly. Once I get to my floor the doors open and I step out. Walking to my room, unlcoking it, and stumbling inside. Once inside I sigh, standing in the middle of the room. I look around, wow that went by in a blur, I need a bath, I think walking to the bathroom. Locking the door behind me and undressing slowly. Once I'm fully undressed I step into the tub, turning on the tap. The hot water running from the faucet. Once it filled up the tub I close my eyes, relaxing. That is until I hear my phone ring again.

The rest of the meet went by in a blur, a blur of talking to people, drinking alcohol and watching cars do illegal activities. The description of that would seem boring to people on the outside, but to Ella? She loved it. Soon enough Kole had dropped her home, and she was resting on her bed waiting to have a shower. She was able to, of course, but putting off having a shower until at least an hour after she came up with the idea made the idea..so much better. She scrolled through her phone, only half listening to the videos she was watching down to the fact her sister and mother seemed to be screaming at each other again, biting her lip anxiously.

I sigh and pick up my phone, answering it and pressing it to my ear. It's my step-dad... "Yes." I ask, voice uncharestically cold. "Where are you!? Your supposed to be home!" He yells from the other end of the phone. I lift one of my legs out of the water, propping it up on the side of the tub. "Hmm, I'm in New York. With my brother. Nothing you can do about it." I tell him, moving my hand through the bubbly water. "Well I don't care. Come home." He yells, drunkenly through the phone. "No. Stop trying to control my life!" I yell into the phone, sitting up, "We are not family! You can not tell me what I can or can't do!" I yell into the phone before hanging up. I suck in a deep breath. Scrolling through my contacts until I find the contact, Cute stranger. I click on it and type,

Before sening it and sinking back into the warm water.

Ella cursed under her breath as she clicked on the message that had come through pretty much immediately, albeit by accident. She closed her eyes through a. long sigh then re opened, giving a small smile at who it was. She hadn't named the contact just yet, though figured it was best to do so. "Ji." Was what she went with. She rubbed her head, the slow onset of a hangover headache coming on, staring down at the message. "have a massive headache but i'm alright, you?" she sent, then stuck her phone down on the side, hauling herself up to go and get a drink.

I get the message and smile a tad. I reply,

I send it and slide my phone away from the tub. I stand up and step out of the bath tub, wrapping a towel around myself and unlocking the door. I walk out to find, still no brother or bodyguard. I shrug, and walk over to my bed grabbing my pajamas and changing. Once I've changed I smile. Finally, away and free from the hold of life for a while. I think as I stare out the window at all of the lights of New York.

Seeing as Ella had gotten pretty much tied down being downstairs by her mom yet again forcing her to do her school work, it had taken her over an hour to reply to Ji's message. She sighed as she saw it, debating on whether to apologise or not. Apologies were for someone you were talking to romantically..right? In her head anyway. So she decided to leave it, and instead sent a simple "it's fine" back, stuffed her phone on the second level of the glass table near her bed and made her way into the bathroom to shower, rubbing her head with a frown.

I yawn. God, I need to sleep... I think lying back on my pillows. I close my eyes and fall asleep quickly.

The next morning.

I wake up to a pounding headache, sitting up I groan and look around. Still no brother? I shrug and grab my phone. I see a message from Cute Girl.

I cock my head to the side, scrolling up a little and checking the rest of the messages. Once I figure out what had happened I smile and type back,

I send it and lie back down. Massaging my head. What time is it? I graspe for my phone, finding it and turning it on. 10:00am. I sigh and drop it on the bed next to me and go back to massaging my head, waiting for the girl to respond.

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(Sorry for not responding for a while.)