It's been a few days now since Angelo and I decided to stay in LA in hopes that Aurora would contact one of us. I felt like shit and I couldn't believe how little I had been eating and the fact that I completely neglected Starbucks. Angelo decided to get adjoining rooms even though we mostly spent time together playing video games in hopes it would take our minds off Aurora. One night we decided to go out for food instead of spending another night crammed up in the hotel room and headed to the pizza place across the street. As we walked down the boardwalk I swore I saw Aurora and my heart begin to pound fast in my chest but when she turned around it wasn't her at all. Every day it got harder and harder to not text her in hopes that she would text back. We had just sat down for pizza when Angelo and my phone went off at the same time. I looked down and saw Aurora's name flash across the screen, I opened it quickly.
Chris, please don't worry about me. I am okay, I just need time. I'm sorry I left you like that, without an answer, without..anything. I love you, I always will and maybe one day I can come back. -Aurora
I read it out load to Angelo and he read his somewhat identical message back and we decided at that moment to take the pizza to go and head back to our rooms, we didn't talk for the rest of the night.

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AURORA P.O.V.

It's been a few days no since I ran and at first I had no idea where to go and I sat on a park bench in the middle of LA for hours until I couldn't help but break down in tears. Eventually I pulled myself together and called an old friend to see if he'd let me stay for a while and he agreed, so here I am waking up surrounded by fluffy pillows in Beau Bokan's guest room. I get up and open up the curtains to look out at the ocean and just stand there for a few moments taking some deep relaxing breaths. I head out to the kitchen and see Beau munching on some cereal and grab a bowl and sit next to him as he passes the box over.

"Any plans for today?" He asks.

"Not at all, have something in mind?"

"Well I was thinking a day at the arcade perhaps?" he says smiling.

"I'm in." I said.

Beau and I had known each other for years and I considered him the older brother that I never had and although I hadn't talked to him in years he still let me into his home. We got dressed and headed out to the arcade and pretty soon hours had passed and we had a ton of prize tickets in a bag. After getting a ton of cheap plastic toys that reminded us of childhood we headed to the boardwalk for corn dogs and funnel cakes. We found a picnic table on the beach and ate our treats while laughing about our cheap toys.

"Have you ever done something you wish you could take back?"

He looked up at me then, his blue grey eyes focused on me.

"We all do at some point in our lives, but from what I've been told they were pushing you and you saw you're only way out was to leave. Do you regret leaving?"

I thought for a moment before answering, "Part of me does."

"That's the part that loves them. The part that no matter how far away you go your heart will never not be connected to them."

"That's the part I'm afraid of Beau, I can't leave them both but I can't choose either. I just can't." I said with a sigh.

"Then don't."

Notes

Words of Wisdom from Beau :)
Title Credit: Paramore, Misery Business

-Kia