Pursuit of Happiness | Taz Skylar

054. text messages

[messages between zoe and taz]

zoe
tarek yassin skylar you are in so much trouble when we get home

taz
don't threaten me with a good time
but what did i do

zoe
I HAVE A FUCKING HICKEY
BREE'S MOTHER NOTICED IT

taz
😂😂
what did you say?

zoe
if anyone asks, i'm back on tinder and i had a 2AM booty call last night

taz
at least it's somewhat close to the truth
the only part that's incorrect is the tinder part
did they believe it?

zoe
faye and bree didn't but i'm pretty sure that they've thought that we've been fucking since you moved in at least so it's not like it's going to change anything
meanwhile bree's mom just looked kind of confused, which is valid tbh

taz
fair enough
how are you doing with bree's mom there?
you said last night that you were worried about it potentially being too much

zoe
i wouldn't say that it's too much, but it is a lot. she's a lot like my mom was and it's reminding me of all the things i'm never going to get to do with her because she was gone before i ever got the chance

taz
if you need, i can make up an excuse to come and get you

zoe
what excuse could you even make up for that?

taz
i don't know
i could always tell jay the truth if i needed

zoe
wait really?
i thought you still didn't want jay to know

taz
it's not that i don't want jay to know. i'm just worried about misjudging how strongly he feels about it and then it turning into this big dramatic thing
i don't want you to have to deal with that

zoe
i'm a big girl
i can take it

taz
i know you can but you shouldn't have to

zoe
❤️❤️
do you really think it would get that bad?

taz
i honestly don't know
and i'm not all that eager to find out just yet
how are you feeling about it? are you still okay with how things are?

zoe
i'm of two minds about it. i love you and i do kind of like how things are now, but as a general rule, everything i do makes it to the press one way or another. i'm just worried that we're going to slip up and then jay's going to read it off buzzfeed or some shit and then it's going to be a much bigger thing than it was already going to be
and even if we do manage to keep it out of the press, the longer that we keep sneaking around, the more pissed jay's going to be when we eventually tell him

taz
you might have a point there

zoe
i'm sorry
i know it's probably not what you wanted to hear

taz
no you've got a point
i'll have to figure out how to tell him

zoe
you never know
we might have overreacted and he'll be fine

taz
i'm going to feel like a fucking idiot if that's the case

zoe
😂😂
shit i gotta go bree's trying on a dress
i'll see you later okay

taz
my offer from before still stands. text me if you need me to make up an excuse to come and pick you up

zoe
i love you so much

taz
i love you too