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Faten looks out of the window of the train she's in , even tho it's entirely pointless , they're going through a tunnel , so it's pitch black, but Faten wants to have her moment. Her phone lights up on her lap, oh! That reminds her!
She opens her phone and continues to text Michael. "Hey, uh, I might be coming over to your friend's hangout so, would it be fine if you arranged a party or something? Please, its kinda important." She's praying in her head that he would say yes.
"Oh yeah sure,anything for you :)" Michael has some question in his head, but he doesn't ask anything,he trusts Faten, and is pretty sure he will find out later, plus, what is so bad about hanging out with his friends even if she doesn't arrive?
"Okay thanks! Just don't 100% expect me to arrive, I'm not that sure at the moment." Faten closes her chat app and goes ahead to delete anything inappropriate be-
"Station 1-9-8-3 , please leave the train." Fuck, that's her number, she has to get off. She steps off, luggage in hand.
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Faten looks up, it's her parents' door. She sighs before hesitantly knocking on it. Her dad answers. "Hello."
"Hi." She walks in awkwardly.
"Oh hi! Nice to see you." Her mum says, not fully focusing on her.
"Your room's upstairs,just like before if you even remember!" Even remember? Faten's kinda pissed off at that comment,she's barely a year into college, her memory is bad, but not That bad.
Anyways, she goes upstairs and to her room. She looks over to the empty side of it, which used to be occupied by her brother. He went off to boarding school and she doesn't miss him. It gives her a feeling of nostalgia tho. She puts her hand into her pocket for her phone. Dammit, it isn't there, her parents must have taken it. She isn't surprised. She can hear the sounds of disapproval from down the stairs, but she can't focus on what they're saying, her mind is drowning in thoughts. Should she just go to that hangout spot? should she wait until tomorrow? She barely even remembers if she deleted that location text from her phone, wait, she did, she remembers that if nothing else. She tries to calm herself down to actually think for once, okay, she's gonna sneak out. Right now. That's her final decision. She stands up from her bed to slowly open the window, trying not to make any noise. She looks down at the dishevelled note in her pocket. This is all she has to go off of. She just has to pray that she actually makes it without getting caught or ending up in the middle of nowhere.
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Faten pants, thank GOD, she made it! She's relieved but tired as hell. "FUCK FUCK ITS THE POLICE! HIDE EVERYTHING!"
"shut up you retard its probably just faten." Faten's a bit annoyed that she doesn't get a greeting or even a proper acknowledgement but she isn't surprised. She walks in and sits down.
"Hey, you look like you haven't slept in days, want a red bull?" T says over the loud noise of A's iPad.
"Sure." Faten loves red bull so she takes it. Faten pokes Michael, who hasn't said anything yet.
"Can we talk for a sec..?" She whispers over to him.
"Yeah, of course." They walk out to behind the building.
"Hey, so...uh, see my parents,they saw that image of us kissing while drunk..and , they made me go back home, and, I can't see my roommate...and-" Faten holds back tears.
"I want to run away, but I can't come back from that - Michael ,I'm stuck."
"Oh my god, so you can't see me? Again? Ever?"
"I- Yeah..." Michael is clearly upset , even though he's trying to hide it.
"I-I wanna ask you something..This sounds crazy but-"
"Yeah, i'm willing to hear you out. Always." Faten is reassured slightly.
"So.. If we wanna stay together, wanna...r- run away? " Michael tries to hide his expression of shock,, thoughts start rushing through his head. He wants to be with her, but it's a lot to leave behind. He doesn't take long to respond though.
"Yes. Yes." He says trustfully.
"A-Ah , but, why..?" Faten is glad but confused.
"You have your sister, and your job , and-" Michael sighs.
"Well, recently, my aunt took custody of my sister, and I can quit my job, i hate that creepy place anyway.."
"Wow..that explains some stuff, t- thank you by the way. For even being willing to quit your job for me." Michael smiles.
They go back inside. "back already? I'm surprised Michael didn't lose his virginity!" T makes one of his unfunny immature jokes again.
They explain their current situation and plans for the future with the group and they support. Faten is relieved that she at least has somewhere to go if things go wrong. Faten and Michael exit the building again , but now, hopefully for good.