lost its shine // evan & ava
Evan had been to so many parties this graduation season that he was relieved to attend one that wasn’t a grad party. He couldn’t remember who or what it was for, but if he were being terribly honest, details such as those hardly mattered. All one had to do was make nice with the right people.And that was precisely what he did. Some of his parents’ friends needed a hello, after all, if he were to pull his usual move of slipping away.
While life had seemed plenty of fun at the beginning of the summer, he was starting to think this whole thing had been a mistake. He hadn’t wanted to remain at home much longer than he had to, so he had taken up at his family’s residence in London. The main issue with their London place was just that: it was his family’s. Evan hadn’t any evidence to back up his suspicion that he as being watched in that place, but that didn’t matter much, did it? One can hardly feel at home somewhere they feel like they’re being observed (and not in the good way).
When Evan got to the balcony, he saw a dear friend. Ava had recently quit her job, if memory served. Maybe she would understand his restlessness; he was fairly certain she was also living at home, but he really couldn’t say.
“Not too keen on parties today, are we?” he asked playfully. “I think I’ve had enough, myself. Does it ever get better?”