The Laundromat

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*10:15pm*

"Cassie can you please go take the washing to the laundromat? the washing machine stopped working"

i reluctantly rolled out from bed and threw some clothes on "okay be there in a second mum" i walked down the hall to the laundry and grabbed the washing from my mum. 

"Cass, it closes in 45 minutes so try not to get stuck in there" i laughed and hugged her, "ill be back soon, bye"

i walked out to my car and drove down the street, i would have walked but its 10:15pm and thats just dumb to walk at that time of night. i parked my car and walked inside, there was one other lady and a boy that looked to be my age in there. the lady was grabbing her stuff to leave most likely and the boy was finishing putting his stuff in.

he was really cute though. while he was turned away i walked over to a machine an quickly fixed my hair, maybe if that'll look okay then it'll take attention away from my giant ass hoodie and shorts. 

i put the washing in the machine and sat on the floor infront of it, i'm lazy. i felt around for my phone but couldnt find it and started freaking out, seriously. how did i forget to grab it for fucks sake. i sighed really loudly and walked out to my car and grabbed the book i was reading; Jane Eyre. 

god this is embarrassing, cute boy aint gonna think im cute now. i casually walked in and sat back down on the floor and started reading. 

"what are you reading?"

i looked up at cute boy and smiled, "Jane Eyre" he nodded like he was really interested "yeah i got no clue what that is, sorry. whats it about?"

i looked at him and laughed "well its really long so ill just give you the shortest version i can. A woman called Jane Eyre is a governess for a french girl at this place called thornfield, and then she basically falls in love with her employer, and they almost get married until she finds out he is already married to a woman who he has locked in the attic of thornfield" 

he gave me a weird look and chuckled "well thats fucked, sounds alright tho"

i laughed "well i only gave you the shortened version, i didnt even get into the start of the book about her abusive aunt and cousin"

"wow, yeah definitely got the dramatics down"

i laughed and stuck my hand out "im Cassandra, everyone calls me Cass though."

he shook my hand and smiled "im Nicholas, but everyone calls me Nick"

"my great grandfathers name was Nicholas, what a coincidence."

he smiled and chuckled "thats fun"

he was about to say something else but was cut off by his ringtone. "hey Zion whats up"

Zion? thats a cool name. i stopped listening cause that's rude and got back into Jane Eyre. well i tried atleast, Nick's voice is gorgeous. how can even his voice be gorgeous? im so confused with myself.

"nah man ill be home in like 15 minutes."

"what yea, course. bye man"

he hung up the phone and ran his hand through his hair, smiling sheepishly "sorry bout that"

i laughed "bro its fine. Zion is a pretty cool name, is he like your brother or something?"

he shook his head "well his name is actually Caleb i wouldnt say thats necessarily cool"

we both laughed "Caleb is a good name, dont be mean" 

"he is also in my band, i count us as brothers, but we aint"

i nodded "i havent heard your band before, whats it called?"

"its prettymuch"

i shook my head, "nah i havent heard of you sorry, i dont really listen to music from like this decade?"

"hey its all good, its not like we big or anything. compared to a band like the beatles id say we have like a 1/5th  of their popularity if we're lucky"

"wait, if you're in a band why are you in a public laundromat?"

"to be honest i really do not know" he smiled and i laughed. god he really got a good as smile.

as we were sitting there laughing we heard a click and the lights in the place dimmed slightly, no it cant already be 11 o'clock.

i looked at Nick and he was already looking at me kinda freaked "what just happened?"

i jumped up from my spot on the floor and tried to pull on the door but it wouldnt budge "i think we just got locked in"