I drove to the location specified in Tarons text messages.
I grabbed a coffee and found a park with a few stone tables so I decided to sit at one- not long before hearing a familiar voice from behind me.
"Dammit. The flash was on."
I turn around, grinning, to see Taron trying to snap a picture of me. She turns her phone around proudly and showed me the picture.
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I leaned in to give her a kiss when my phone rang.
"Hi Gems." "no" "Yeah. Nope. That's fine."
I rolled my eyes.
"No way. He is not." "Well I told you he was a douche." "Of course I liked Luke better." "No one cares about him." "His mother regrets that one night 25 years and 9 months ago." "We'll be there in five." "Yes you get to meet her." "whatever bye."
I turned to Taron and she raised her eyebrow. "Do I even want to know?"
"That was Gemma-"
"As in your sister Gemma? And I have to meet her? And I'm dressed like this?" She gestured down to her jumper dress and tights.
"You look fine. We need mto go and pick up James. He needs to be looked after!" I hopped to my feet and grabbed Taron, yanking her along.
We reached my car and she hopped in the passenger side, a sullen look on her face.
"What's up?" I pulled her out of her hazy state.
"Huh? No it's nothing. It doesn't matter." She clicked on her seatbelt and faced the window. I started to drive but I just couldn't take it anymore.
"I'm not moving this car till you tell me what is wrong." I had stopped dead in the middle of a residential areas and tapped my fingers across the steering wheel.
"I told you it's nothing."
"It's not nothing."
"Yes. it is."
"No. It's not."
"Yes. It is."
"No. It really isn't. Okay? We're in this together and if you can't talk to me then how is this going to work?" I held her abnormally cold hands in my larger one, attempting to warm them up slightly.
"Well, it was just that you had to meet some people and go some places." She sighed.
