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Never had Autumn thought that she would break up with her boyfriend, Tyler, until the day she met Frazier Ronan, the one person who turned her life upside down, created chaos, and made her...
And I'm bleeding in love, you're swimming in my veins You got me now Been breaking for a lifetime for you Wasn't lookin' for love 'til I found you — Liam Payne, Rita Ora, For You
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AUTUMN
My first thought was going to the bar across the street but I stopped myself, knowing that would be the first place he went, considering we both went there on the first day we arrived here in New York and established the bar as one of the places for us to drink. I heard faint footsteps, which probably belonged to Tyler, so I quickly put my coat on and walked faster.
New York was truly the city that lived twenty-four-seven. Even past midnight, there were still people partying and walking down the street. I jumped into the middle of the crowd and followed them closely.
I knew it was stupid to run from Tyler but his words really hurt me. I had no idea what the hell just happened. He was the one who lied, he was the one who went to see his ex-girlfriend behind my back, yet I was the one attacked. Not only that, but he also brought up things from the past. Things that I'd like to store in the back of my mind.
He dragged them all back to the front and made me feel horrible about my past. He made me feel awful about myself and it was the worst feeling. I hated my past, and I hated what I'd done but I didn't want to be judged for the rest of my life by my mistakes. Nobody's perfect.
I knew how much he hated what he has done too and that was why I never brought up his past in the conversation. I just wished he would've done the same thing.
My mind has kept me busy that I didn't realize I'd ended up in a totally different zip code. I looked around to see the sign on the street and noticed that I was a few blocks away from the building where Ty and I lived.
There was a McDonald's on the corner of the street which was still open at this hour. I wasn't really hungry but I figured that some French fries wouldn't hurt so I walked across the street, careful to look around before crossing the road, and headed towards the yellow and red fast food restaurant.
I pushed the heavy glass door open and moved to the counter. Only two counters were open, instead of four, and I queued behind a blonde woman who looked like she just got out of a party. Her lipstick was smeared down to her chin and I caught a strong smell of alcohol from her.
I pretended to look at my shoes while subtly taking a step back. Alcohol mixed with perfume didn't smell so good. I honestly had no clue that people would have a party on Monday. I mean, it was the first day of the week, and even hours felt longer on Monday.
The people in the front moved to the right to get their orders and our line moved forward. A tall Indian guy was getting his orders taken, and behind him was the blonde woman. I pulled out my wallet from my pocket and hoped that I carried enough cash.
Since my credit card days, I had a bad habit of not carrying too much cash around. I knew I could pay by card but it just felt wrong to pay one dollar seventy cents using cards. Plus, I didn't think they'd allow card transactions below ten bucks. The previous guy finally got his order so the Indian guy moved to get his while the blonde woman in front of me got her orders taken. I took five dollars more and stepped forward.
