In My Blood (Posie)

Particular Taste

[A/N]: I published this series on Ao3 but since not everyone has that, I've decided to upload it here too. 

Let me know what you think in the comments or my twitter is @lmjposie (:

Josie had been stuck in a rut. She had been for almost two years now. Her dating life was practically nonexistent, she lived in a shitty apartment, and she was never satisfied with any lyrics she wrote. When she dropped out of grad school to pursue her music career, she thought it would be sunshine and rainbows, but it was anything but that.

"I don't know what it is, MG. I need to get started on my album, I'm tired of singing the same old songs over and over again." Josie groaned, downing her drink and sliding her empty shot glass to her bartending-best friend for a refill.

"There's nothing in this beautiful city that inspires you?" MG questioned, refilling his best friend's drink for the fifth time tonight.

Josie thought for a brief second before answering, "Nope." The brunette girl responded before then looked down at her drink, swirling it around a little before downing it once more.

The light skinned boy pressed on, "Come on, there has to be something!" He then carried on helping other customers that came over to the bar.

"Like my drink, I'm coming up dry." The brown-eyed girl responded when her best friend since birth returned, passing her empty cup to her.

"So, you're telling me that no one in New York City at all has captured your heart? And if not, you can't you draw from past experiences?" The bartender suggested, making sure to watch Josie's reactions as she spoke, just in case he crossed any boundaries.

The girl on the other side of the counter shook her head. "Nada."

MG knew Josie was avoiding the obvious, he knew the aspiring artist would get mad if he brought up "she-who-must-not-be-named" so he decided to see if he could draw it up out of the girl himself. "So, there's no one that used to make and or currently makes the world stop, to make your knees go weak at the very sight of her?"

The girl's face stayed emotionless, "Yeah, no."

MG didn't believe this one bit, "No one at all? There is not or was not a single person at all that made your head spin just from one kiss or made your mood lift by their mere presence?"

Josie's stare faltered for a moment before returning back to its blank stare. "Nah, love like that is overrated anyway." With that, she gulped down her drink before paying her tab and leaving without another word.

The entire Uber ride home, the brunette songwriter couldn't stop the memories rushing through her mind. She had that someone once. "It wouldn't make a good song" she thought. The second she got home, she opened up her songbook and it was almost like her hand had a mind of its own and the words just started flowing out of her.

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She don't listen to a thing 'less it feels right. Only dances when it's Kanye.

Josie Saltzman had a crush and it all started August 16th, 2017. She didn't know why she remembered the date she first laid eyes on her, she couldn't even remember what she had for dinner the night before, but she remembered the first day she ever saw the girl. She remembers it like it was yesterday. She was in her section at the university's freshman orientation and she just heard this beautiful laugh echoing through the gymnasium they were in. Surely, there was so many other sounds going around all around her, but for some reason, the cheery laugh caused her head to turn and captured her attention.