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the whor- I mean waitress at the table shoving her cleavage in a very annoyed, Ashers face. I go up to them and tap her shoulder and say "excuse me, last I checked with was a family friendly restaurant and all that isnt very, so why don't you button up and get to work instead of flirting with my boyfriend. Thanks. Bye bye now." I say shooing her. She glares and me for a moment and with a huff walks away. I sigh and sit down. When I look up I see Asher staring at me with eyes as big as saucers. "Uhh Asher? Asher??? Are you okay??? Asher!" Chapter sixteen

 "That was awesome!" He says finally out of his daze.

"Oh my god you dumbass! You scared the hell out of me! Don't do that!" I take a deep breath to calm down. I'm not sure why that scared me so much but it did... He grins at me like he knows something I dont so I ask, "what's that all about?"

"Boyfriend, ay?" He says with a glint in his eyes, still grinning.

"Shut up." I say, heat rising to my face. "I was just helping you."

"Ooooooo your bluuuuushing. You liiiike me. Hahaha you like me, you like me, you liiiike meeeeee!!" He chants.

"Shut up!" Before we can continue our food is brought to us. (Thankfully by a different employee) Holy crap... I can't eat all this! I'm fat to begin with! He sees me looking at the plate and asks if I'm okay. "Yeah... I'm fine..." I put on a fake smile, obviously better than the one last night, because he smiles back and starts eating. 'I'll figure something out later I guess...' I eat slowly and when I'm half way through the plate I tell him I'm not hungry anymore. He looks at me conserningly but says okay.

I tell him I'm going to go to the restroom again and get up. When I go into it someone is in there so I wait. After I hear the door shut and dont hear anything besides the soft music from inside the stall, I'm ready. I put two fingers up and then stick them down my throat until I start gagging and can feel it... Then I quickly take them out and barf up my meal. It was gross but it'll be worth it. At least thats what I keep repeating.

I straighten out my clothes and go to wash my hands, but when I open the stall door I see a smirking woman, who happens to be the waitress from before. Great. When she sees me her smile immediately disappears. "Just go away! And don't tell anyone!" I growl at her. She runs out of the restroom. I go to the sink and wash my face and hands. When I'm done I walk out. I turn the corner to our table, to see the scared/concerned waitress by a furious Asher. Shit.

Chapter seventeen

 I turn to walk out, knowing she told her. I start running as soon as I'm outside. I go to the back of the building hoping he won't find me. I hear feet pounding on pavement down the side of the building and I dart. Behind it is a forest area so I go into there. I know its only been a day, so my gashes shouldn't be healed but after so long it heals faster. And this time I had proper medical stuff on it, which made the process even faster. So they are mostly added to the previous scars now.

I keep running scared to find out what he'll do if he catches me. I mean he was mad that I made myself throw up but hes even more mad that I can and ran until I see an opening. Hes been farther and farther behind me with each step since I'm better now. I'm about to get out when I stop short, cause by a pained, manly scream from behind me. It wasnt him in trouble. It was him screaming for me. Less than 24 hours and I've already done this much damage. "I'm sorry..." I whisper and ran into the opposite side of the city. Forest in the city too?? Damn. 

I'm walking down the sidewalk close to tears but keeping to what I said before. I walk with my head down so I don't get very much attention. I'm deep in my thoughts when I bump into a girl.

"Oh my! I'm so sorry!" I say reaching out my hand to help her up. "I'm so sorry ma'a- wait... Charlie??" I say shocked, recognizing my old friend. We were friends in Australia but when I moved here, we obviously lost touch.

"Sky??" She says taking my hand and then pulling me into a hug. "Its been so long! What's up?" 

"Umm... Nothing much.... You?

"Nothing. Wanna get some coffee?"

"Char, its really late." I say laughing at her, trying to distract myself. 

"Exactly. Perfect time for coffee and to catch up!"

"Okay then. Sure why not." We walk to a near by 24/7 cafe and order our drinks. I get a caramel macchiato and she gets a mocha. We sit down and start talking. I dont tell her anything about the gangs though.

"So, where are you living?" I ask her.

"Around here. A two bedroom apartment like 2 blocks away. You?"

"Uhh well... I was living umm... With my friend! Yeah with a friend but lets just say we arent good anymore so I dont really have anywhere." 

"Sky, you always have somewhere. Youre living with me for now. As long as you need."

"Really?? Thanks Char!!" Charlie is the best! I look outside and see a familiar figure. Shit. "Hey Charlie, do you think, we could maybe go there now?" I ask her frantically.

"Sure! Lets go!" Asher moves away but I have a feeling he'll be back soon. We quickly walk to her apartment building and are walking up the stairs when I see him opening the door so I start running and say, "Race you!" Fast enough so he wont hear my voice. We run upstairs and she points to her apartment. She unlocks it and goes inside with me on her tail. I lock the door but not before quickly peaking out. Phew he isnt there.  

Chapter eighteen

 We walk in and I look at her huge apartment. I mean, its nothing compared to Ashers place but her couch is almost the size of my entire room when I was with the cobras. 

"Nice place." I tell her. We talk for a while and then there is a knock on the door. Shit. "Charlie!" I whisper yell. "If that is a tall, fit, handsome black haired guy and he asks for a girl like me, tell him you don't know me! Please!" 

"Why?!" She asks walking to the door.

"Lets just say, we were more than friends, but it was bad so I broke up with him and now he wants me back! Now where is your bedroom??"

"Oh my god sky!" She says as he knocks again but louder. "First door on your left! Go!" I run in there and leave the lights off and the door open a crack so I can hear what is happening. 

She answers the door and says, "Hello sir, may I help you?" Thank God she is a good actress! My assumption was right and it was Asher. The second I hear his voice I want to run out and hug him but I can't. He probably hates me forever now.

"Hi ma'am. Sorry to bother you but, have you seen and 5' 8" girl named Skylar with brown hair who is really skinny and fast?" He asks her. Hes a gold actor too apparently. 

"No, I'm sorry but I haven't. Why are you looking for her?"

"Well she's my girlfriend, and she ran out after a fight and I'm just... Really worried you know? I mean... Shes the love of my life and I cant find her!" He sniffs as if hes about to cry and I feel really bad. 

You could tell she did too because she said, "Well... You know... I saw I girl that met your description pretty well, at a cafe. Good luck sir."

"Thank you. I'm sorry for wasting your time." He says and by the sounds of it is leaving.

"Its no problem! Have a nice night!" She says and closes the door. I open the door to find her standing in the door way.

"'Girlfriend'? 'Love of my life'? Whats going on Sky..?" She asks. 

"Okay.... We were dating for a bit, after being friends for a while and then it get bad... He uh... Was flirting with other women..! And I was upset so we got in a fight and I broke up with him. Hes just upset with me so hes trying to find me to get revenge..!" I lie. I feel bad but I cant afford to get her more dragged into this than she already is.

"Oh. Okay. Well Imma order some pizza, you want some?"

"Um no but thanks. I just ate a little bit ago." 

"Oh okay." She orders the pizza and we sit on the couch watching a movie. 45 minutes later there is a knock on her door. 

"Finally!" She gets up to get it so I go to the bathroom. I'm closing the door when I hear his voice. I whip my head around and see him at the door. He says, "I went to the cafe and everyone there said they saw her with you. Would you mind if I looked around? Please? I'll be like a minute I swear." 

"Fine but you won't find anything!" She says. Thanks Charlie! I mean shes always been my best friend but she loves to prove people wrong I look in the bathroom for somewhere to hide when I see the closet.