Wonderland

down the rabbit hole

So, two days later, Di wore her blue dress, put her makeup on and went to the restaurant Taylor chose. In her cab, the only thing she could think about was if she was making the right thing.
Of course the problem was not Taylor being a woman, but Taylor being...Taylor. She only dated guys she was sure she could feel something for while Taylor was just a beautiful, funny girl she knew almost nothing about. The driver left her in front of the building she gave him the address of.
She got out. No one was there.
Did she have to text Taylor something?
No. Or maybe yes. No. She would have waited. A couple of guys walked by her and asked for a picture together. She loved that part of her job.
It was like five minutes and she still was alone in the middle on the street.
Ok, she had to text her. She took her phone from her bag: "Ehi girl, I just wanted to know where you are. - Di."
She sent it. The phone rang like ten seconds later: "On my way, I'm so sorry".
Funny, the last time she read "on my way" on a text it didn't end up well.
Ten minutes later, a limousine stopped in front of Dianna and Taylor came out, wearing a green dress, whit her hair in a ponytail. The first thing she did was hugging Di, who was very surprised about that (and also a little excited).
"I'm so sorry, but I had to feed my cats"
What?
"Oh..don't...don't worry. I didn't know you had some cats. How many?"
Taylor's eyes brightened: "They're two, Meredith and Olivia. Do you have some cats?" she asked, with a full smile on her face.
"No, I don't. I mean I like them, but the only cat I had in my life was Alice in Wonderland's one, the Cheshire Cat. I read that book like twenty times when I was little. I loved it so much I used it as my tumblr's account nick..."
"What's tumblr?"
A waitress went out of the restaurant.
"Mrs Swift, come on in"
While they walked to their table, Dianna continued: "Tumblr's like a social network where you can share pictures or just quotes, but also you can interact with your followers. I really like it"
"And what's your nickname? Alice's cat?"
"No, it's felldowntherabbithole"
"I like it. You know, I wanted to try something new so I think I'm going to download this Tumblr thing."
Another waiter bring them the wine list.
"Do you prefer red or white"
"Red, if you don't mind"
"No, I like red.
Red. That was the colour Taylor associated with Dianna. It was her colour.
They spent a great night, eating and drinking, talking about their future projects.
"When's your new album coming out?"
"I think it would be in October, but I'm not sure. I mean...I don't even know what the title will be."
"Don't you always use the name of a song?"
"Mostly, but I haven't written the right song yet. I mean, I can't call the album All Too Well"
"Why not?"
"It's just...that song, is too personal. This album is very introspective, but if I choose that as the title song, people would think I'm heartbroken, which I am...I mean I was, ish. But I want this album to be like an invitation for a revival. I want it to follow all the steps of the love, the happiness, the passion, the break up, the sadness, the regrets, but also the hope of a new beginning."
"And which step do you still have to write about?"
"The last one"
"You told me you were seeing someone, didn't you?"
"Yes, I am...but, I'm not feeling the same things I felt with Jake"
"The guy who inspired you those songs?"
"Yeah, he is."
Dianna realised Taylor has saddened, so she tried to change the subject of the conversation.
"I never thought writing a song was so difficult"
"Oh, well it is. I mean sometimes...I can write a song about a guy who I had eye contact with on the bus in like three minutes but I also can write a song about someone I dated for months in whole weeks. It depends."
"I see...I don't think I could"
The waiter brought the bill and few minutes later, the girls were outside.
"So are you leaving New York?"
"I think so. I'll be back really soon, but I have something to do at home."
"So..."
"So..."
"Thank you for this night. It was...flawless. Isn't it a song of yours?"
Taylor threw her head back laughing: "Yes, yes it is"
They hugged and then they got in their cars (Taylor's limousine and Dianna's taxi).