CARSON (MC Romance)

Beep Beep Beep Groaning I roll over and smack my hand randomly on the nightstand trying to turn the damn alarm off. I know I need to get up and pack the rest of my things but that doesn't mean I want to. I finally get up and go into the bathroom to do my business and take a shower. After getting undressed I climb into the shower and turn the water on. The cold spray hitting my back for a second before turning warm, wakes me up. After standing there for a few seconds I get my vanilla and coconut shampoo and scrub my scalp, making sure it all gets cleaned. Leaving it in while I wash my body and then I rinse everything out of my hair and off my body. Next I take my conditioner and start massaging it in my hair. When I'm done with everything the water starts to get cold. It always does with the apartments shitty ass water heaters. Once out of the shower, I dried off and then wrapped my hair in the towel and put my robe on before going into my room and finding something to wear. I decided on some black ripped skinny jeans, a yellow blouse and my black vans. I lay my clothes on the bed and go back into the bathroom and blow dry my hair then I put my hair in a messy bun with a few strands of hair falling out the front framing my face. Then I brushed my teeth and did my face routine. Next I put on light makeup, which includes face lotion/primer, eyebrow gel, mascara and lip balm. I don't like to wear a lot of makeup unless it's for a big event. Going back into the bedroom I put my clothes on and finish packing. When I'm finally done packing everything I make my way into the kitchen and look at the little food that's in the fridge and I grab a banana and a vanilla yogurt with water. Then I put everything else in a small cooler to take with me. I grabbed my phone off the counter and realized it took me a little over two hours to do everything and I needed to get going. Thirty minutes later, I finally have everything packed in my pickup. I hurry and go to the front lobby and turn my apartment keys in and get my deposit back. On the way out the owner tells me to have a safe trip. Nobody knows where I'm going because my ex, Mark will do anything to get me back. I didn't want to put anybody in danger because they had information about my whereabouts. Going to see my brother was something I planned on doing soon with school just closing. But this isn't how I planned to visit, he's going to have so many questions especially since I haven't called him to let him know what was going on. I had gone to the police department two days ago and they said they couldn't do anything more than a restraining order because he hasn't come near me since we broke up. So I got the restraining order but that wasn't good enough for me because I know a piece of paper isn't going to stop him from trying to get me to take him back. Next thing I know I'm packing my apartment up and deciding on surprising my brother. My relationship with Mark was actually great in the beginning. We met my senior year of college at a party and he pretended to be my boyfriend so this guy would quit harassing me. We went our separate ways at the end of the night but we kept running into each other. He approached me one day saying how it must be fate that we keep seeing the other everywhere we look and that I should go on a date with him. I did of course and the whole time he was sweet and an absolute gentleman. That was a year and a half ago. After our eight months anniversary things changed drastically. He started to hang out with new people and he started to argue about everything, and would throw s**t when he got angry. He slapped me a couple times one night while we were arguing and after that I broke it off. I knew if I stayed he would keep on doing it, no matter how many times he said it was an accident and he would never do it again. Pulling out of the parking lot of Oakland Apartments was one of the best feelings I've had in a while. Starting fresh sounded good even though this wasn't a part of my life plan. Going to the gas station near the interstate I fill up the gas tank so I won't have to stop for a while. Once I leave the gas station, I get on the interstate heading toward Maggie Valley, North Carolina. My new home.