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Taylor’s pov

The next few days had been relatively uneventful, only with news that Jake was bringing his sister and mother over.

Colby and I hadn’t really argued, which I found relieving but I knew it was bound to happen eventually.

But right now, I was at my apartment.  Alex was on a girls trip with a couple of her friends, though I had no idea who.  Angelina would be coming over to keep me company, and I knew that things might be slightly awkward.

I haven’t seen her since the kiss and that was all that was on my mind.  The way my lips had molded against hers and the way her face felt in my hands.

It was so much different compared to Colby, being that he wasn’t as gentle and though it was something I enjoyed I couldn’t help but wish that things were different.

The knock on the door interrupted my thoughts as Ang walked in, “Hello my favorite person!” She shouted, looking around the apartment for me.

I was sitting on the couch in the living room area, not doing anything.  My phone wasn’t around, the TV wasn’t on and there wasn’t a book in sight.  I was just, there.

“Hi Ang!” I smiled, waving at her to get her attention.

“What’ve you been up to? What do you want to do today?” She asked, coming to sit next to me on the couch.

Her dark hair was naturally curled, and with her light makeup and tight-fitting outfit, I couldn’t help but stare. 

She didn’t notice, I don’t think.  Angelina just waited for me to answer.

“I haven’t really done anything today.  I fell asleep on the couch after watching TV,” Last night, I was here alone.

Colby had dropped me off after we went out for dinner, just a simple thing.  It wasn’t anything special, we were just hungry and decided to go get food.  

He dropped me off when we were done, claiming he had editing he had to finish up in the morning for the Cerro Gordo series so that they’d have it done in time to be posted tomorrow.

I was lonely, but it was probably for the better that we weren’t always together.  I haven’t been in enough relationships to know, but I’ve read enough books and being together all the time isn’t healthy for a couple.

I had pampered myself last night, painting my nails and making myself a salad with strawberries while listening to music.  The music made me sad, the slow melodies and anger-infused words making me want to cry.

I had shut it off, and being that I was listening to music on Youtube I just shut off the app and let whatever show play.

I hadn’t listened much to the movie, just used it as noise so I wouldn’t feel so alone.  I did a face mask, going through the agony of ripping it off.  I recorded a little bit of it and posted it on my instagram story, figuring that it was something funny.

I called Angelina in a panic this morning when I woke up to my phone going off like crazy.  When I’m home alone I always have the sound on just in case there is an emergency.

She didn’t know how to explain it, so my phone continued to go off even as I was on the phone with her.  That’s why she was here, to help me figure it out.