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Five

I creep quietly into my apartment, trying my best to be quiet. I walk slowly towards my room and I hear the quiet snores coming from the other side of the door. The door isn't latched and I push it open slowly. It makes a small creaking sound about halfway and I stop. I listen for her snores for a moment before running toward the bed.

"TARA!" I yell as I jump up on the bed.

Tara jolts awake and sits up, looking around frantically as I laugh.

"Jesus, Madelaine." She groans as she falls back down onto the pillow and rolls on her side so her back is towards me.

"Oh come on! It's time to get up! Rise and shine you dirty bitch!" I laugh as I throw an arm over her.

"You're the dirty bitch." Tara laughs as she rolls onto her back. "How was last night?"

"It was...interesting." I say, sitting up on the bed. I start telling her about the premiere, leaving out the bit about the vibrator. She doesn't need to know that much.

"YOU FINALLY HIT THE CUNT?" She yells excitedly when I tell her what happened with Alexia.

"Calm down, oh my God." I laugh at her reaction. I continue to tell her about the argument with Sebastian and how I was worried about what was going on in his head.

"Maybe you should talk to him about therapy? Aurelia seems to be a lot happier after starting her therapy and I didn't think she could get any happier." Tara says.

"Maybe." I sigh and the room falls silent before Tara's phone vibrates on my nightstand. She grabs it and smiles as she begins to text back. Weird. Tara doesn't just smile like that while texting.

"Who is that?" I ask.

"Chris." She says with a small giggle.

"Chris? Evans?" I ask, my interest piqued.

"Yeah..." She trails off, looking at me.

"What did he say?" I ask, excited that she is texting him.

"Nothing really." She says, looking away. Her cheeks begin to blush and I can't help the giggle that escapes me.

"Oh, he definitely said something. You're blushing."  I poke.

"He just said good morning. No big deal." She says, smiling shyly. Tara? Shy? No way.

"Let me see!" I laugh and she rolls her eyes before showing me her phone.

"Is that Dodger?!" I squeal when I see the text accompanied by a picture of Chris's dog in his bed.

"Yeah! Isn't he the cutest?" Tara laughs.

"Are you asking about Chris or Dodger?" I smile and she blushes harder. "So, what's going on with you two then?"

"Nothing! We are just good friends and we text a lot." She says trying to be serious but I see through her.

"Bullshit." I say. "You like each other!"

"I like him, yes. I don't know if he likes me." Tara looks down at the text messages on her phone and I hatch another evil plan.

"What if we invite him over today? You two can...mingle." I say with a mischievous smile.

"No! I don't want to be a bother with this. Besides, I'm sure you and Sebastian are tired after last night." Tara is suddenly very nervous and I love it.

"It's not a bother. We're doing it." I laugh as I get off the bed to walk back across the hall to Sebastian's.

"You have to talk to Sebastian about therapy then!" Tara yells after me.