g o r g e o u s • connor bedard

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i pulled into the mcdonald's parking lot, already dreading going into work. i walk in in my uniform and my manager sharon already starts yelling at me

"isabel i need to talk to you right now at my desk." she screams at me

we head to her desk and she sits me down.

"you can't book off an entire week." she says to me

"um no i can, i can book off as much time as i want, it's not like it's a whole month" i argue back

"well it doesn't work like that. i'm your manager so i can decide when you get time off and i'm not going to let you have time off for a week." she says to me

damn.

"fine then i quit!" i say to her, hoping she'll give in, but also not, i hate it here.

"fine! quit! see how i care!" she yells back

i grab my things and i get back into my car slightly wanting to cry. i call connor. he picks up within seconds and a dirty blonde boy comes into frame.

"hey why are you crying?" he says to me all worried

"well my manager wouldn't let me have the week off to come see you so i quit and it's just a lot of emotion and it all happened so quickly so i don't know what to do, i mean i have to find another job but where..." i start rambling on until he interrupts me.

"isabel, you didn't have to quit your job for me, but i appreciate it. i can't wait to see you. just take some time off, don't worry about it until you get back. it will be better that way." he says "also i have a surprise for you"

"what is it connor? you know i hate surprises" i question

"welllll you had mentioned going to eras togther, so i got us tickets!" he says excitedly

"0mg no connor stop you didn't those are so expensive" i say slightly mad that he would spend that much on me but also very excited.

"anything for you" he says grinning

"wait what do i wear, i could dress up for reputation, hmmm or i could do speak now, a black fedora, white shirt red lips and black shorts... with some black booties..." i say lost in all the excitement

"when is the concert?" i ask

"on saturday the 24, so right after the draft. it's in minneapolis tho, i couldn't get tickets for within canada."

"oh my goodness connor i i know the perfect outfit for you!"

"what is it?" he says excited to hear my ideas

"you could wear a shirt that says-" i'm cut off by remembering he isn't officially my boyfriend, so he can't wear the viral karma shirt, as in karma is my boyfriend. "never mind i forget, it was probably a stupid idea anyway"

we talk more about the concert, he decide i'll dress for red, since it's one of my favourite albums, and he will dress for folklore, since that's his favourite. i'm hoping by the time the concert comes we'll be official so i buy the karma shirt anyway, worst case i keep it for the next tour when i actually have a boyfriend.

i start driving home from work, remembering that in still in the dons parking lot. when i get home i have to explain to my parents that i quit my job for connor, and that he bought me eras tickets.

the next week goes by pretty slowly, not much happening. me and connor talk a lot, but it's not the same when we are doing this whole long distance thing. it's now the thursday before i leave, i cannot wait. since i'll never be without connor i decide to fly out to regina.

i started packing my things today, and i don't know what to bring. i packed a long a couple causal outfits, and two fancy outfits, just in case. i knew i would need at least one really nice outfit for connors draft, so i made sure to do that. connor had mentioned he had a hot tub, so i brought a super cute bikini, obviously not too skimpy, i mean his parents would be around, but i made sure it was one that was for me nicely and highlighted my features.

i started to get really nervous, i wanted to talk to him about us, making sure we're one the same page. if i'm found to be at his draft, i'll have to meet all his family, which makes me scared. every possible thing that could go wrong will probably go wrong.

friday comes along and i don't know what to do with myself, i only leave in a day, but i have nothing to do. i don't work anymore, i have basically no friends, my parents are gone, chris and skylar are at camp for the week and only come home later tonight. i have the entire house to myself. why not blast some taylor, since in a week i would be seeing her live in concert.

once i get bored of music i decide to watch some sturniolo triplets, they have a new video coming out later tonight but i still have to catch up on lasts weeks, i haven't watched it yet. i'm a loyal matt girl, very loyal, but every once in a while i'll catch myself simping for chris. i don't really care if i switch sides, i just find it weird since chris is also the name of my brother so i hate saying that chris is hot in my head. it just icks me out. i watched their grimace shake video, since it's so popular. i wanted to try it to, so i drove to a mcdonald's, any one but the one i worked at. i drove all the way across the city to realize that they apparently don't have grimace shakes in canada, and now i'm thirsty and really sad. i spend the rest of my evening doing absolutely nothing.

i was originally only going to go out to regina on the 19, but why. i don't have a job now so i can go whenever. i left for the airport early saturday morning and arrived in regina around 2 pm. i get out of the plane and go get my baggage when i see a fluffy haired boy standing there with a big smile waiting for me. i go to meet him and then he comes and helps me get my baggage. but of course before we can move of he gives me the biggest hug ever, he never makes me feel unwanted, that's what i love so much about him. since we aren't official we try to keep things on the down low about us, so we get out of the airport as soon as possible. he takes me back to his place to meet his parents.

"hi mr and mrs bedard! i'm isabel!" i greet to them giving them hugs. they are a very huggy family

"please, call us tom and melanie!" connors mom says very happily.

then a blonde girl, who looks a bit older than connor comes down the stairs "so is this the girl connor won't shut up about?" she says giving me a big hug, probably bigger than what connor gave me. "i'm isabel" i say to her

"i'm madisen, or just madi, whatever you want to call me" she says super happily. "connors never had a girlfriend before so this is so exciting!" she says completely ratting connor out. he gets embarrassed, because we aren't actually official yet, so he's still never had a girlfriend.

"um actually madi we aren't dating yet" connor hesitantly says rubbing the back of his neck

"well then you should get on that pal" tom says hitting connors arm.

eventually me and connor make it up to his room. i couldn't wait any longer. i had to ask him what was going on between us.

"hey connie, can i ask you a question?" i ask

"yeah of course, what's up"

"ok i'm just going to go for it, what are we? like we act like every other couple, we go on dates, we make out, we say and do everything couples do? but we aren't. and i've been waiting for you to ask since we first met, but you haven't and i don't know what's going on, if you don't want commitment right now or-" i was cut off by connor kissing me intensely. he backed away and started talking.

"then let's do it. let's make it official" he states matter of factly.

"ok" i say grinning going back in for another kiss

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sorry it took so long to get out, i hope you enjoyed it, the timeline with the whole eras thing is kinda off but pretend it's not. please vote and comment, thanks for your guys support