𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙 •𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒆•

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟠 - 𝙰𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚢

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗
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"𝐄𝐥..."

"Just hear me out, okay?"

"This is a bad idea.."

Nora locks her bedroom door and sits on the bed, holding the phone to her ear.

Ellie had come up with an escape plan for her.

She wants her to live with her.

But if her parents find out, they will call the police.

Even if they aren't always aware of what's happening around them.

And if Nora comes home after that, her dad will be waiting for her.

"Nora, if you don't do this, I'm telling someone."

"I don't care."

"Come on... you can live with me." Ellie says.

"No. Because even if my parents are drunk all the time, they'll still notice I'm gone. And what do you think will happen if my dad finds out, huh?"

She hears a sigh on the other end from Ellie.

"Nora... Please try."

"No, Ellie. I'm not going to 𝘵𝘳𝘺. You know the police will get involved."

"Fine. But I swear to God Nora, if he touches you again, 𝘐'𝘮 going to call them."

"They won't do shit, and you know it." Nora replies.

It's silent for a few moments.

"I just can't leave. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵."

"I just want you to be safe. I'm willing to care for you. That's what bestfriend's do."

"I know, El."

Ellie hangs up on her after that. Nora sighs and puts the phone down.

Her phone begins to ring again.

She groans and picks it up. "Hello?"

"Can I come over?" Ellie asks.

Nora smirks. "Why..?"
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Nora and Ellie lay on her roof, watching the stars.

They were trying to hold back their laughter while climbing through the window.

Ellie had almost rolled off the roof.

They had to be quiet. Nora's parents are right below them.

Ellie sighs contently. "This is relaxing..."

Nora examines the constellations.

𝘛𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴.

She can tell by the nineteen stars making the shape of a bull.

She knows a lot about astronomy. It's probably her favorite class in school.

She points it out to Ellie. "You know what that is?"

Ellie rolls her eyes playfully. "𝘠𝘰𝘶, and your 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴..."

Nora giggles.

"Yes, I see it." Ellie says, looking up at it.

After a few seconds of silence, Nora looks to Ellie.

"Do you think... Things will get better?"

Ellie smiles softly. "Of course."

Nora smiles back at her.

Ellie has always been their when Nora was going through something.

Shes constantly making sure Nora's safe.

Hell, everytime Nora calls her, Ellie thinks that she got hit again.
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"Are you sure you don't want me to stay with you?" Ellie asks while Nora climbs through the window and back into her room.

"Yes."

"Positive..?"

Nora smiles at Ellie. "Positive."

𝐀/𝐍:

𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝟷𝟽𝚝𝚑, 𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟿, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚜.

𝙸𝚃 𝙽𝙴𝙴𝙳𝚂 𝚃𝙾 𝙱𝙴 𝙰𝙲𝙲𝚄𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙴.