Chapter 2 - lost

“You’re joking, right?” I asked Aaron.

“Sorry, Babe. I can’t leave my parent’s house like this, it’s so close to work and you know I’m saving money to buy a new car” Aaron shrugged.

“You can’t bail on me now. My parents won’t let me get back to their house and I can’t afford rent alone, at least can I stay with you tonight?” I suggested.

“But Babe, it’s boy’s night. We agreed that I’d hang out with the boys” he answered without even paying attention to me.

“Aaron, you’re the one that suggested we move in together, I got in the biggest fight with my parents because of it. Are you really going to leave me alone after all of this?” I said tears forming in my eyes.

“Fine, get in” He said, opening the door of his car for me.

I hopped in his car and he immediately turned up the radio, that was his signal that he didn’t want to talk. I thought it was weird that he wasn’t taking the usual route to his house, but didn’t say anything until he parked outside of the mall.

“Are we going shopping?” I asked.

“Here, take this and you can eat something and take the bus back to your parents place” he said handing me a 20 dollar bill “I’ll be at Jason’s”

I wish I could say I dumped and told him to ***, but I didn’t. I took the money, gave him a kiss and went straight to the bathroom to cry. I was so pathetic.

I texted Amber if I could stay at her place that night. We didn’t talk much anymore, but we still celebrate our birthdays together and she was the closest person I could call “friend”.

“Of course, Vic. You don’t even have to ask” amber texted back.

She lived in a nice apartment downtown, when I got there Lisa and her had just finished a session, so they were both in tiny lingerie and were covered in chocolate smudges.

“Vic! Sorry for not dressing up. work, right?” She laughed.

“Yeah, right…” I tried to hide how awkward I felt.

“We’re going to clean up and then we can hangout. Lisa still has a client, but I’m done for the night.” Amber said, taking me to the couch covered in chocolate wrappers

Their living room was crowded with tripods, cameras and lights and so was the kitchen, they also had boxes filled with junk food sitting on the counters, but what really caught my attention was that they had two fridges.

“First we order dinner then you tell me everything your shitty boyfriend did” Amber said when she got back “Is pizza ok?”

“Anything is fine!” I replied and told everything that happened.

“I’m sorry, Vic. But I never liked him, you deserve someone better! What are your plans now?” Amber asked.

“I have nothing! No plans, no job, no money and, if you guys didn’t help me, no place to sleep. I don’t know what to do” I explained.

“I might have a job for you” She said as I panicked with the idea of becoming a camgirl “It’s not the best job in the world but it’s a job. The coffee shop downstairs is looking for a barista, I know the owner, I can talk to him”

“Really? Would you do that for me” I said, feeling glad.

“Of course I will! Plus I can talk to Lis and you can come stay with us until you can afford your own place, we have a spare room” She said and I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to have Amber.

After we finished our pizzas and talked all night, the next day we'd go to the coffee shop and I would take the step that changed my life.