Cornelia Street - Jaylor one-shots

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April 2016

-Taylors Pov-

I'm standing in the mirror doing my makeup getting ready for a party. My friend lily is having a party and have insisted that I show up so here I am getting ready. Actually it will be nice to get out of the house for the evening, things are really boring at the moment. Adam is away doing another club appearance in England so I'm all alone in LA. Sure I could have gone with him, but he didn't invite me and I sure as hell weren't going to invite myself. Besides, the relationship isn't really going as well as the public thinks. We spend so much time apart and the spark that was there just isn't anymore. We just went on a vacation but right after we went back to our normal routine of just existing in a relationship with no passion. If I was brave enough I would get my ass out of that relationship, but I just don't feel confident enough in myself to do so. If I break up with him the world will go back to calling me a serial dater and a slut, so I'm scared of the consequences of breaking it up.

After doing my signature makeup I straighten my bleached hair and slip into a tight black minidress. I'm determined to have a fun night, so on the way there I'm excited. I don't even really know who is coming there because I haven't been in the loop on that other than the fact that I know Lilly will be there and some of her boyfriend's friends and coworkers. I've been recruited by lily as her buffer from all the guys that are coming, she didn't want to risk being the only girl.

My security gets me in the backdoor and I make my way into the bar and go looking for Lilly. It's not hard to find her as she stands out as always, she is beautiful. "Taylor!" she gushes when I approach her and wrap me in a hug "hi, so nice to see you again" I smile at her after we let go of the hug.

"thank god you showed up" she says "yeah, it was better than my option for tonight. Sitting home with my cats and watching friends" I chuckle at my pathetic life. There is a misconception of me that I'm always out partying, most of the time I'm at home playing with my cats and watching either friends or greys anatomy.

"What about Adam? Where is he these days" she says and take a sip of her drink. I shrug my shoulders "oh he ran off to a club somewhere. Off doing gods know what. I wasn't invited, like I never am, so it's just been me and the cats for a while" I roll my eyes. Lilly is intimately aware of the complications in my relationship. I have a tendency to tell my friends absolutely everything, but still somehow it never really gets out to the public.

"you need to talk to him Tay. I'm not going to tell you what to do, but something got to change. I know you love him, but he doesn't treat you the way you deserve" she says and I'm thankful she doesn't tell me what to do. hardly any of my friends do that unless I ask for it, which is nice. I feel like it's a friend's job to be what you need in that moment. "I know. We are just never in the same place long enough to have an actual conversation. But whatever. I don't want to think about that tonight, it will just get too depressing." I laugh it off.

"well, I'm going to go grab a drink too because being sober is not in my plans tonight" I say and lily points me towards the bar. Walking over I order myself a vodka diet coke from the bartender and lean against the bar.

I can feel someone's eyes on me and when I look up there is a buzzcut guy looking straight at me. from the first glance I can see he is gorgeous, and his smile shows off his dimples, so I look away and blush. but he doesn't say anything, and I'm too sober to talk to a stranger so I grab my drink and head off to find someone I know, thankfully Lilly is easy to find. Turns out I don't know that many people here but suddenly there is a tap on my shoulder, and I turn around and see it's one of my best friends Karlie.

"Karlie, good to see you" I hug her with one arm while holding my drink with the other "hey girl. You look smashing in that dress Tay" she says and peck my cheek. "we are both wearing a little black dress I see" I say. The blonde model is standing in front of me looking beautiful as always and flashing me a smile that shows off her teeth. Standing here with two models makes me self-conscious because compared to them I'm nothing special. I'm not skinny enough, my boobs are too small, and I don't have that ass everyone wants. Sure, I fit into a size 00 but I always end up feeling inadequate when I'm around them, but that's not their fault. Thankfully Karlie has helped me get on the right diet to stay skinny, apparently, it's important for me to keep myself at this weight and not grow too much into a woman's body with curves. Most people would be offended probably, but she only says it because she loves me, she is one of my best friends and says she only wants the best for me.