the fall • s.m.

22 • we don't talk anymore

// margot kate franklin //

@margotkatefranklin: "knew we would crash at the speed that we were going, didn't care if the explosion ruined me...I loved you dangerously." -Dangerously, Charlie Puth

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•two months later•
December

Surreal. I think that's a good word for the moment.

"He wants to do a song with me?" I asked in disbelief. "Charlie Puth wants to sing a duet with me?"

My dad chuckled through the phone. "He does. And with us recording your album in a couple weeks, it's perfect timing. I think it will be good publicity for your own record," he told me.

My heart pounded thinking of putting my music out there. I had already had all of my songs approved and tweaked to perfection, and in a couple weeks while I'm on Christmas break, I'm going to LA to record all of it, plus apparently a song with Charlie now, and hopefully get it all together by...well, soon. It was scary, to say the least.

School has already become a different world for me. Everyone sort of tip toes around me and is very nice to me when we do talk or interact. The only people who don't act differently are my close friends, my teammates, and the annoying fuck boys. They wanted to get in my pants even before I was "famous."

"Well, I'm ready for it," I told my dad.

"Great. I'll see you soon!" he said.

"Ok. Bye Dad," I replied.

"Bye, love you sweetie!"

I rolled my eyes but smiled. I really was always going to be his little girl.

"Love you too," I said before hanging up.

This is all crazy. And I'm scared as fuck.

"Margot! You have to go!"

I heard my mom's voice from downstairs, and I hurried down. Another day in hell, aka school.

I grabbed my keys, thanked my mother for the coffee she made me, and was out the door.

I picked up Remi and she was all smiles, as per usual.

"Morning!" she said happily.

"Morning Rem," I replied, carefully pulling out of her driveway.

"Jude said he wanted to talk to you, but I guess he didn't want to that bad," she said with a shrug.

Jude was Remi's brother. He was a year older than us, and I think he has always kind of had a thing for me; in a kind of my-little-sisters-best-friend type of way. I never exactly felt that way, but I thought he was sweet and we were friends. He was away at college and he's back for Christmas break. He has a basketball scholarship to the University of New Mexico, and basketball is definitely the way to my heart.

Along with being able to sing, play guitar, being tall, buying me coffee, kissing me on the beach, etc.

But ya know. I like basketball too.