Blame - Calvin Harris feat. John Newman.

It certainly wasn't the best day of her life. It was even worse than waking up late for her wedding and then abandoning her now ex spouse at the altar.. Elain didn't know why she felt as if she would die right there in her bed when clearly it was her who canceled her own wedding. She received multiple text messages from her sisters, knowing very well that they were trying to cheer her up.

"I wish they were here.." Elain muttered to her pillow with a sniff. Ever since her little sister, Feyre, left town with her boyfriend Tamlin, Nesta was furious. She could understand her distrust towards the guy and would have convinced her to stay away from him if it wasn't too late. After months of having enough bullshit and staying around, Nesta bought herself a motorbike and made her way to new adventures, leaving the middle sister behind. Elain turned down her older sister's request to go and travel with her due to the damn mistake of staying with Graysen, who refused to go on roadtrips because it was so called 'expensive'.

"Expensive my ass." She said before covering her mouth in shock. Great, now she was swearing like Nesta. She checked the clock, sitting on her nightstand and grumbled. Barely one in the morning and she was still feeling like utter shit, not to mention that she had work tomorrow.

So Elain got up, neglecting to even attempt to fall asleep with everything that had happened the day prior flooding her head constantly. She got herself onto a white t-shirt with a pink knitted sweater over it before slipping onto her yellowy orange pastel sweats. She slipped a pair of white sneakers on, took her phone, some money and her keys as she walked through the kitchenette of her apartment, leaving while closing the door behind her.

Once outside, she was taken aback by how cold it was tonight and that it was recently starting the spring season. "I should have taken a jacket.." She said more to herself while walking alongside the hall to the stairwell. She lived in a side-long apartment building near an old road. She'd never got the chance to figure out where it could take you. Nesta mentioned that the up road was rather a gorgeous sight with canyons, rivers and apparently a tunnel that lead you to a beach while Feyre mentioned that there were forests, lagoons, few old buildings that gave the sensation of time travel down the road.. She stopped texting after that. Elain felt dumbstruck, she was beginning to feel frustrated by the fact that she was alone in her hometown, working on a nearly abandoned fast food cafe, sleeping on a two star building with barely any nature around.

Elain held back the urge to scream as she reached the ground floor, now opting to walk around to get rid of some steam. She scrolled through her old text messages while she walked, glancing around the nearly dark buildings thanks to the lights. She kept on walking until she reached the mini market, noticing something different about it. "Why are there motorbikes stationed here?" She asked herself as she passed by them. There were about four or five in total. "Probably a band of bikers staying for the night." She nearly whispered and she entered the mini market, the doors making a Ding Dong melody.

Elain saw the cashier giving her an apologetic smile before welcoming her inside. She took her time to look around, grabbing a bag of cheetos and a bottle of chocolate milk. Not exactly a healthy midnight snack but she didn't have enough money to even buy herself one of the mouth watering corn dogs still on the heater, whirling around their axis. She then heard the door's melody but refused to look up while she scanned a few cans of Chef Boyardee, debating whether to either swap the cheetos for one or two cans. She did manage to hear what they were talking about and she wished she wasn't snooping right there and then.

".. just need something to sober up my drunk colleagues." Said the first voice, a guy's voice, which Elaine found very suithing.

"The coffee packs are right to your left sir." Said the cashier. To his left? Elain made a mental map about the place and figured the coffee packs were in the aisle in front of her. She decided to leave the cheetos and took two cans of the spaghetti, keeping her head low to not glance at the stranger. She headed for the cashier and handed over the items as he scanned the prices. "That'll be 7.35, Miss." Elain nodded and counted the money she had in hand before wincing.

She had only 5 dollars in hand and she'd forgotten to check the prices first. "Um.." Elain checked her other pockets as they turned out to be all empty. She was about to call it off and head back home with nothing when someone behind her placed a ten dollar bill, making her jump a little.

"Will this be enough?" The voice from earlier asked and Elaine figured it was the stranger. The cashier nodded and bagged her items for her as she carefully grabbed the bag. She whirled around to whoever was kind enough to help her before bumping her face with his chest with a loud 'Oof' escaping her lips. "Whoa there, you alright?"

"Yeah, no biggie." Elain said before looking away from his chest. "Thank you um.. it wasn't necessary." She said even though he'd paid for her studd. She glanced a little at his chest and swore there was a hint of a fiery red braid down his shoulder. "Have a good night." She blurted and rushed out of there.

"Goodnight to you too, miss." Elain heard him say. Once she was far enough, she looked over her shoulder to see him. As she expected, red fiery hair braided down his shoulder, tan skin and sharp features all over his face. He was wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, black boots, a few earrings on right ear and black leather jacket with something written on the back. She resumed walking to her apartment, walking to the dining room and took a seat, the thoughts about this kind stranger wandering her head. Elain didnt eat her spaghetti or drink her chocolate milk, she instead put them away in her fridge and plopped herself into bed as sleep found her. She fell asleep with the hopes to figure out what to do once morning came.

Sorry that this chapter is short "