Ashley Davies never ran away from anything. She never ran from her problems, or from a fight, or from fate. But when she discovered that her boyfriend and her best friend were cheating behind her back, she ran. She would have run away from Ohio, but she had no where to go. Instead she ran straight to the only place she could think of, Sarah’s Café.

She wasn’t quite sure why she ran to her boyfriend’s mother’s café, but it was the only place she could think of where she wouldn’t be alone but she wouldn’t be near Madison or Aiden either. Part of her had always considered Sarah her mother considering her mom, or dad for that matter, was never around. She assumed that was where her fear of being alone came from. But Sarah had always been there on those nights when Ashley just couldn’t handle the silence. They would meet at the café and chat over hot cocoa. When Ashley finally started to get sleepy, Sarah would take Ashley to her house and let her stay the night. That was also where Ashley and Aiden met. For the longest time they were just the best of friends, but after a few years of Ashley crashing at there house, they began to like each other as more than just friends. Now, as Ashley ran through the front doors to Sarah’s Café, the memories of those nights came crashing back. These memories only succeeded in making Ashley’s unable to hold her tears back any longer.

When the bell over the door jingled signaling the entrance of a customer, Sarah looked up from what she was doing. She began to smile when she realized that it was one of her favorite people in the world, but she quickly turned her facial expression into one of deep worry when she noticed the look on Ashley’s face and the tears streaming out of her beautiful eyes. She dashed around the counter and without asking any questions took Ashley into her arms and hugged her. They slowly sank to the ground as Ashley’s whole body shook with heart-wrenching sobs. Sarah stood the two of them up and directed them to the back room of the café. Since there were no customers, Sarah locked the door and closed for the day. She had a feeling this was going to take a while.