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| friday august 22 6:49 PM |
"maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea." nate laughs as he looks at the green shirt cindy has in her hand. nate agreed on coming shopping with cindy and i so we could make up for missing her baby shower, birth and the first five months of sophias life. we both feel bad about it, if it's not obvious enough then i don't know what is. she looks up at him and sighs. "is nia really this picky with her clothes? this is a cute shirt."she groans, shaking her head as she hangs it back up on the rack. "you'd be surprised. she won't let her wear blue, green or orange tho." he tells her, looking at the shirt she had just hung back up. cindy furrows her eyebrows and looks at nate as if it was the dumbest thing she's ever heard. i couldn't help but laugh some at the facial expression she had just given him. "it's nia...they aren't sophias colors." he sighs like it was obvious. i laugh at how he said it. it was like he's been told that over and over again. so now it's just embedded into his head that orange, green and blue are not sophias colors.
"that does sound like something she'd do" i smile some. cindy looks over at me and shrugs. "you're right. nia would be the one to do that." she agrees looking at nate. nate throws his arm over her shoulder and sighs as he looks down at her. "her colors are this way." he directs us, guiding her over to a different area while his arm was still over her shoulder. you wouldn't think something so small would bug me as much as it is right now. maybe i should just ask if they're a thing or not. i mean everything in me wants to...it's just i feel like i'd be crossing a line if i did. it's not necessarily my place to ask anyways. we agreed on trying to get along, if i asked if most likely get told off for crossing boundaries.
i can't help but remember the time at football practice one morning when he called her hot. sam pointed out that my 'girlfriend' was up in the bleachers since me and cindy started getting close. i remember both of them did actually. sam didn't really say much of it but nate did. i remember.
i shake my head at the thought, it's like i'm third wheeling again... which i absolutely hate, especially when it's with nate. i would third wheel with him sometimes when i wasn't completely told the whole outline of our plans. i hate it. "oh my God. jack? is that you?." i hear a girl gasp loudly. her voice sounded really familiar but i couldn't quite put my finger on it. nate and cindy turn around with furrowed eyebrows, trying to see who it was coming from. they both somewhat looked annoyed from how loud it was. the girl sounded excited if i was being honest. you couldn't blame her. nate immediately rolls his eyes when he sees who it was, causing me to turn around and look.
regina.
i haven't seen her in over a year, we fell off after i went on tour. after cindy and i broke up we kind of got together... mainly hook ups. it wasn't all that bad but i remember me thinking she wasn't cindy so it wasn't as good. eventually i got over cindy and it started getting better. i guess i do have her to thank for a majority of me getting over cindy. i wonder if she even knows about it... nia probably told her but then again i don't even know if nia knows about it. only the guys did. i smile some as i make eye contact with her. she looks the same... she's just a little hotter for some reason. maybe it's because i haven't had any in a while because of tour. there's no way i'd hook up with a fan... that'd cause too much drama. i can't lie, there had been times when i've debated it because well... some of them are hot, but i refrained myself from doing it. "the one and only" i wink at her causing a smirk to fall onto her lips. it suited her. "i wouldn't expect to run into you here. who's the girl?" she laughs some, like it was a surprise i'd even be in a store like this.
"sophia... nia and sams baby." i explain causing her to nod. "i've seen pictures of her. she's actually adorable." she smiles, most likely thinking about the pics she's seen of sophia. "hey jack, we're just gonna head towards the front." nate informs me causing reginas eyes to wander behind me and land on him and cindy as they start to walk away from the two of us. "so.. cindy and nate huh?" she laughs some. "i guess she likes to keep things in the group." she shrugs, making me laugh some. i didn't necessarily like the choice of words she used but she could be right. even if there's not really any proof yet. "maybe" i shrug, ignoring my thoughts on her statement. "what are you here for anyway?" i laugh, changing the subject. there's no way she's got a baby already. if anyone knew i'd be one of them.
"my friend from college. her baby is due soon." she explains causing me to nod. she places her hand on my bicep and smirks up at me some. "you know.." she starts, making eye contact with me. "i've missed seeing you... we really should catch up sometime." she suggests. i nod with out really thinking about it. i mean i don't believe catching up would be a bad idea... i need to get some things off of my mind and i'm sure she does too. "i'm free tonight?" she smirks again, making a certain feeling flow through out me knowing what would most likely happen if we did hang out tonight. i don't mind if i'm being honest. it's been a while. "perfect" i smirk back.
"wait" i shake my head, the smirk falling from my face and the same for hers. "i have plans with nate, sam and johnson tonight." i tell her causing her to sigh. "too bad, i had some things we could do in mind. call me if anything changes though." she tells me lowly... almost seductively as she trails her finger from my bicep up to my hair, starting to twirl it with two fingers. i'd be lying if i said it wasn't hot. she used to always do it. "i'll let you know." i nod. "well, i'll see you around." she winks, taking her hand away from me and walking away. i watch as she walks away, swaying her hips perfectly before i turn around and to go look for nate and cindy.
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"well it only took jack here like five years" nate laughs, when i finally find them. apparently they got hungry while waiting on me and decided to ditch the store and head to the food court. "i talked to her for maybe ten minutes tops." i sigh, shaking my head at the two of them as they stuff their faces with panda express while they hold smiles like it was actually funny having me looking all over the store for them. "a text would have been nice." i add making them burst into laughter. they make eye contact while laughing and start laughing harder. it reminded me of the days when it was the same way for me and her. i guess my spot has now been filled with nate.
"you found us though" he shrugs, still laughing and looking at cindy. i glance over at her and can't help but notice how much she's changed the past three years. she looks so much more grown and mature than she did in high school. it's not a bad grown and mature.. more so she's gotten better looking and it makes me angry for some reason. i shouldn't be but it just does. "what'd regina have to say?" cindy says in a playful tone causing me to furrow my eyebrows some. "nothing that concerns you." i laugh dryly, regretting it as soon as i saw the facial expression she held. "jack i was only joking." she tells me, sounding upset some. i shouldn't have let it get it me, but i did. "damn" nate shakes his head, his face made me regret it too. it's like i killed the mood completely.
no.. i did kill the mood.
i pull out my phone and sigh, looking down at my screen until i find reginas contact name.
if anyone could make me feel better about it i guess it's her.
i send her a quick text with the words 'call me' which she does within a few seconds.
"i have to take this call" i say lowly, getting up and walking away from them. they give me a blank stare and then look at each other. ignoring me, they make conversation and soon i can hear her laughing as i walk away.
"hey" i say into the phone. "what's up?" she asks me, sounding concerned. i glance back over at the two of them. they were both laughing now. it's almost like i'm jealous that he's even talking to her. knowing we have a history and all... it just makes me upset.
