Invisible String [T.S-E.S BOOK ONE]

24

September 17th, 2013

Eleanor woke up on the floor with no recollection of getting there. Things had been getting so much worst since her weekend in Chicago. And the second she went into the off season, she spiraled out of control. It was so bad that she was now consistently finding herself waking up that way. And she was dangerously close to not even being able to function. Hence the situation she was in now.

Spence woke her up by licking her face...it was four in the afternoon.

Her flight to go be with Taylor was at ten in the morning.

Her phone was blowing up.

Fuck!

The Mom That Cares
Hey when's your flight today?
Are you still asleep?
Taylor just called me
Are you ignoring her?
What happened?
I've been on the phone with Andrea from like half an hour please just answer someone
Eleanor Marie Slater answer your damn phone!

She was in deep, deep shit.

El
Just woke up!
I missed my flight, I know
It's been very chaotic here and I'll explain everything, but I'm okay

The Mom That Cares
You had everyone worried sick!
What the fuck happened?!

El
Couldn't sleep at all last night and I screwed up
I'm so so sorry but I just don't know what happened
I'm okay I promise

The Mom That Cares
Tell that to your father and everyone else you freaked out
Please tell you girlfriend that you're alive

El
I'm sorry, I really am
I didn't mean to worry anyone

The Mom That Cares
Well you did
Call me when you figure your shit out

Ouch. That really hurt. It honestly hurt more that the pounding in her head.

She opened her dad's texts.

Father Of Mine
Catherine is freaking out kid
Ella please answer your phone
What the hell happened to you
Eleanor answer me, you're freaking me out
Kid please where did you go??

Ella
Dad I'm so sorry, I really didn't mean to freak you out
I had some insomnia last night and when I finally fell asleep, my schedule was so off that I slept through all of my alarms
I'm so sorry, I just woke up

Father Of Mine
Oh thank god you're not dead
Honey you've never slept in a day in your life

Ella
I know, that's why this is so weird
I'm so so sorry
Maybe I'm coming down with something

Father Of Mine
Please be safe Ella

Ella
I will, I promise

Her parents would buy the lie easily and maybe so would her friends. But not Hawk. Not Izzy. Not Taylor. She had to think of a good excuse before she could text them back. God she was fucked. All that work hiding her addiction, all for nothing.

She opened her texts from her friends.

She Punched Me
Hey what's going on?
Talk to me
Your brother is blowing us up
El please answer someone