Temporary Fix | 18+

5

"Quinn." Brown eyes narrowed at me.

"Jaz." I sent her a look of my own letting her know I wasn't planning on backing down.

She didn't know that me bothering her was not by choice. I'd been on the fence about the decision I was going to make and after fiddling with card so much I'd given it dog ears in only a few days, it was clear something needed to be done.

It wasn't the end of the world - just a phone call. But for some reason it was seeming to be the hardest thing in the world to do.

I knew it was best if I ignored the man, maybe that's why it was so hard. No good could come out of forming a relationship with him. But deciding that it was best to stay away also meant admitting that there was a reason I needed to stay away.

There wasn't.

I'd seen hot guys before. Giant, Italian men who were covered in ink scripted in another language and blessed with looks that could make anyone do a double take.

He was average. It was just taking photos.

Because I was so indecisive, I figured I'd do the only thing that would push me to make a choice. Wasting no time, I crawled right beside her getting comfy on her soft bamboo sheets.

"Answer yes or say no." I fell back into the plush material and hid my face under my palms.

Growing up, Jaz was the one who was more spontaneous, more outgoing and the one who was always considered most sociable.

It wasn't that I was an introvert, I just had a way of smelling bullshit and people didn't like when I called them out. That left me as the mean sibling with no friends. I was fine with it, I had Antony after all.

To help me be less brute with the kids at school, Jazmine came up with a stupid game to help me at least be apart of the social norm.

She'd say 'answer yes or say no' while thinking of a question in her head. Which ever answer I gave to the question in her head I'd have to follow through with. It was always along on the lines of should I start a conversation with somebody, or if I should play with the kids at the park. Always a stupid question I'd end up saying yes to and would have to follow through with.

Now I was doing the asking and the question of the hour was should I call and agree to take the pictures? As always, I expected her to say no and for me to forget about the stupid card.

"Hm... yes. I've said no way too much lately." Of course.

My hands lifted from my face with an evident glare on my face, "the one time you need to say no you decide you wanna be a Good Samaritan." I stood from her bed rolling my eyes at her confused expression before leaving the stupid room painted in ugly pink, "fucking useless."

"Then don't ask me, jackass!" The slam of her door was my reply before I dragged myself back to my room.

The minute I opened the door my eyes found the small rectangular card on my side table. Seeing it was already time for me to head to class, I decided it would have to wait until another day.

________

It couldn't wait.

I'd been distracted the entire day. The small piece of paper never left my hands during my lectures. I'd played with it for the entire day, staring at the phone  number as I tried to convince myself to call.

Now sitting at our campus lake, taking in the peaceful sunset while I did some assignments, it felt like the perfect time to call.