Maybe We Were Meant to Be (Tay Jardine and Jenna Mcdougall)

A New Beginning

Hayley:

My heart skipped a few beats and I stopped breathing when I heard the words come from her mouth "We broke up". I wanted to feel bad for her, but my excitement that I might have another chance was much greater.

"That's too bad. What are you going to do now? Do you have a place to stay?" I said, trying to hide my happiness.

"I'm still at Tay's, I'm sleeping on the couch. I have no where else to go. She keeps begging me to reconsider. She's even taking her meds to prove things will change." Jenna said.

"I'll rent you a hotel room here if you consider giving us another chance." I said hopefully.

She paused, it was definitely an awkward silence. "I'm sorry Hayley. I felt something with Tay that was never there with you. I think I felt what it feels like to know who your soul mate is. I'm hoping if I stay here long enough I'll get over my anger and Tay and I can work things out. Tay is definitely not giving up on us."

My heart dropped. I should have known it was over for good. I had to move on. "Alright. Do you think there's any chance we'll be able to do the tour anytime soon?"

"It all depends on if the medication works for Tay or not. We'll have to wait another month to start planning anything."

"I think I'm gonna go eat lunch. I hope things get better for you."

"Thanks. Talk to you soon. Bye"

"Ok. Bye."

I walked around my house glumly. Though I had told myself I had moved on and I didn't need her I still felt really hurt. At least I had a definitive answer now. I needed to get out there and find someone new. There were plenty of fish in the sea, right? Dating was so crappy at the beginning, you had to decide if someone was worth another date or not and if they weren't you had to worry about hurting them by rejecting them. No one likes being rejected.

I didn't want to start with that mess today. Instead I decided to go hang out in the bookstore. It would be peaceful, smell like books and I'd be surrounded by intelligent people who still read real paper books (not that there is anything wrong with reading E-books).

I pulled open the heavy doors to the two story building. I was immediately greeted by the smell of written imagination and coffee, but not the coffee I liked (*cough* Caribou *cough*), the oddly popular burnt coffee that had spread worldwide (*cough* Starbucks *cough*).

I walked over to the magazines to see if there was anything interesting. I didn't see anything that really caught my eye. There were a lot of gossip magazines, but I didn't want to get caught up in the rumor mill. I looked at the music section, nothing looked good except AP, but I had already read it.

I moved on to the fiction section. I scanned over the titles, not sure what to read. I hadn't heard of any books recently and I hadn't looked up any new titles. I thought about asking someone for a recommendation, but I was enjoying reading all the titles and laughing at some.

Not looking where I was going I ran into someone. When I looked up I saw a familiar face, a face I hadn't seen in a while and a face I didn't remember being so attractive.

A.N. Any suggestions on who Hayley's new love interest should be? I want to bring Hayley back into the story a little more. I feel like I've been neglecting her.