Simply Complicated

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You were walking back from your shift at Starbucks...
"It's such a nice day today" you think to yourself as you walk back from a long shift of 9-5. You work at Starbucks in LA with a few other people, it's not your dream job but it pays the bills so you can't complain. Besides, it's a quite nice job to have until you get one of the customers that takes every bad thing that has happened in their life, out on you for steaming the milk 1 second more than they wanted.

You glance into the sky on your walk back to your apartment and see it's clear of clouds and the sun was out but wasn't very bright. It was warm but not too warm, the temperature was perfect. You continue looking into the sky and got lost in your thoughts until your body hit something and fell back against the pavement of the sidewalk. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" A familiar voice said. You look up and see a face you haven't seen for years. Demi Lovato.

"Demi?!" You exclaim. She then realises it's you. There was reports sent out years ago saying that she was dead. She was an up and coming singer but a lot of people knew who she was so it shocked the world when it heard she was gone. You were distraught. You and Demi used to be best friends when you were teenagers and then she moved away for work and you barely kept contact because of her schedule.

"Umm, hey. How have you been?" She asked shyly. She put her head down almost in shame. "Are you for real right now?! How have I been?! You just vanish from the face of the earthand ask that?! What happened to you?!" You shout at her. She freezes where she is stood at your reaction and starts to tear up. "It's complicated" Demi muttered shamefully, not lifting her head. "You have pretended to be dead for over 3 years... we have plenty of time." You reply to her. "Come back to my apartment with me and explain what the hell has been going on please?"

She joins you on the short, but silent walk back to your apartment, lifting her head a couple of times to look at you but you caught her every time and her head would go back down. You reach the door and fiddle with your keys, trying to find the right one then unlocked the door and invited her in. It's quite small to look at but only you live here so it's a perfect size. The decor wasn't anything too fancy but it was homely to say the least.

You drop your bag next to the coat stand before hanging your jacket on one of the pegs and taking Demi's coat and doing the same. "Want a drink?" You ask her as you walk to your bedroom to get changed out of your work uniform. "Just whatever you're having will be fine" she replies quietly from the living room.  You leave the bedroom and pour iced tea into 2 glasses them walked towards her and handed her one.

"So?" You say in a sigh...

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