Running from hell

6 years later

Bella:

The door bell rings nonstop og the coffeehouse is over run by the morning traffic of people who need there coffee before work starts

It is always one of the busiest time at work, when everyone drops by before work to get theirs morning coffee and sweets. the noise is overwhelming with all the customers, coffee machines working overtime and the kitchen running on high to keep up with the customers orders, but I love working here.

I started working here about 4 years ago cleaning the place and almost 2 years ago I got the job as a waitress and I love it

the customers that comes in here every morning knows me and I know their orders by heart and I love my colleagues and I love that it feels like we are one big family.

I get to work with my best friend Reese every day and it never feels like work to me, just my everyday life.

I met Reese when I started working here 4 years ago, she grew up in this town and have worked here since she was 17 years old.

At first I kept to myself and worked to pay for rent and food, but Reese instead on talking with me and trying to get into the shell I had build up around myself. If I didn't let anyone into my life and my heart, then I wouldn't get hurt again, but Reese wouldn't have any of that. She kept digging her way into my life and at some point I just let her in and I have never regretted it. She is a ball of energy and she helps me get out of my own head and teaches me to live again and feel again.

She always tried to get me to open up about my life before I moved here, and I tried to keep it to myself, but after 2 years I started telling small things about my live before and she never ever looked different at me or acted like I was broken or fragile, she was just there when I broke down and cried about my past, with support and a shoulder to lean on and that was everything I ever needed.

The road to a life without my demons and pain is long and far from over, but her and her family's support means everything to me and I know that I'm not alone anymore.

The morning traffic is finally over and we can relax a little before the lunch traffic starts. I start cleaning the tables when Reese comes out with 2 coffee cups and 2 newly baked chocolate muffins, just what I like.

Reese: Bella let's take a little break before the war starts again

I sit down at the clean table and Reese sits in front of me, with a weird smile on her lips, a smile that I know to well and a sign that she has something to tell me, that I either hate or is gonna like.

please don't let it be another party, please..

Reese: So have you seen the email from the company?

I look at her suspicious and tuck at my sleeve

Bella: Mmm no what email?

Reese digs her hand into her pocket and finds her mobile, she locks it up and shoves it over to me. I look down at the email and my head starts spinning and trying to understand what's happening.

I look up at her and Reese just sitting there, waiting for me to understand the email.

Bella: what?? is the for real? are we going to lose our jobs?

Reese takes the mobile back and looks up at me

Reese: No no bel, we are not gonna lose our job. Somebody has bought the coffeehouse and a couple more shops down the road, but he wants to keep the shops and coffeehouse running as it is right now. It's just a new owner and he is going to be more involved in the coffeehouse and other shops, then the previous owner. It says in the email, that he is coming by tomorrow to meet his new team and introduce him self to us.

my hearts starts beating faster and my hands are getting sweaty. What if my past is coming after me and I would need to move away and start over again. my head is spinning with thoughts and I hate this feeling I get, when everything feels like it's about to fall apart.

Reese takes my hand and looks at me

Reese: Bel relax, everything is gonna be aright. nothing is gonna happen to you, because I would never let that happen. Just breathe slowly and calm down.

I breathe slowly and try to turn off my spinning head. f**k I hate this feeling, the anxiety creeping out of nowhere and makes me feel so fragile and scared. New things are that my favorite thing especially here where I work and where everything i care about is.

I look up at Reese, and she sees the fear in my eyes, without me saying a single word. she hugs me tight and tells me everything is gonna be alright.

Luckily the day goes by quickly and before I know it, my shift is over and I'm ready to go home. Reese starts getting ready to head home, when she stops in the doorway to the staff room and looks at me

Reese: Are you sure that you don't want to come home and eat dinner?

I look up at her and smile

Bella: I'm fine Reese, I just need a long hot shower, a pizza from the corner and a good show until I fall asleep.

She starts to laugh and hugs me tight, she turns to walk out the door when I call after her

Bella: hey Reese, thanks for always being there, even when I don't think I need or deserve anyone.

she smiles at me and I see tears in her eyes.

Reese: your my best friend Bel and I will always be here for you even when you don't think you deserve it, because you deserve every good thing in this world.

She turns around and leaves

It takes 5 minutes to walk to the pizza place at the corner, I order my usual pizza and luckily only have to walk another 5 minutes before I'm at my apartment building and can finally relax and get the day out of my head. I sit down in the sofa with my pizza and a cold cola and I turn on the TV on some random TV show about rich people life's and what they do for a living and how they got there. actually it's very interesting seeing what they come from and how they made something of them self.

one man really gets my attention, a handsome man maybe in his late 20th, maybe 29 or well I have no freaking idea, but he really knows how to create businesses and grow them stronger and bigger. He seems like a good businessman and has this calm and relaxed personality, or maybe it's just for show, you can never be sure.

The show ends and it's time for a long and hot shower before my bed is calling, or right now I think it's yelling after me. I'm so tired after this long day, especially after the talk with Reese about the email and a close call panic attack, it just drains me completely og now that I think about, I'm not looking forward to tomorrow and meeting our new boss.

The shower eases the stress in my head and when my head hits the pillow, I'm out before I even think about tomorrow