She's the Shortest Girl at the Party, and She's Standing Alone

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I quickly unlocked the door to my apartment and called for Daphne, she soon came running to me, eager to go outside.

"I am so sorry I left for so long baby girl" I bent down and pet her head. "Let's go outside, okay?"

I grabbed her leash and let her lead me down to the dog park attached to the apartment buildings.

I let her off the leash to run around, sat on the bench and pulled out my phone

Frank: Also, dog? Very interested to hear more :).

I smiled to myself again, man, this guy is hard to quit.

Me: Yeah, she's my baby

I sent him a picture of her playing in the park

Frank: Oh my God!!!! She's beautiful. I gotta meet her.

Me: Is this a hint that you want to hang out with me again?

I suddenly got swept with embarrassment. I can't believe I just sent that.

Frank: am I being that obvious?

Frank: :)

My cheeks flushed red instantly reading that text

Me: Well, I doubt you have time to hang out with me. I'm sure you got band things going on. That's more important.

Frank: Well, I do have a show tonight. But after that, I'm free for the rest of the week.

Frank: You should come tonight.

Frank: and maybe not get drunk, so I can actually talk to you normally, lol.

I watched Daphne playing with a stick, contemplating on if I should go or not. I still feel like udder trash. I fiddled with my lip ring, suddenly remembering I have a lip ring.

Me: I still feel like trash from last night, but I'll see if I can make it :)

Me: also, I need to talk to you about this piercing that has suddenly appeared.

Frank: I guess you'll have to come to the show then :). It's at the bar on 6th street.

Frank: hope to see you there, xo.

I giggled to myself and called Daphne over to me and put on her leash to head back inside.

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It was now later in the day and I was feeling way better than I was before. I was sitting on the couch, scrolling through Instagram when I noticed a new person was on my feed, and it was none other than Frank. He must have added himself.

The first picture was him playing on stage and the second one was the one with me and him with his arm around me standing next to each other.

The caption read: Hoboken you were awesome tonight, as always! Always a blast playing in the hometown! (ps... look I'm actually taller than someone!) xo, frnk.

Reading the comments I realized how many fans he had, and they were all really sweet and seem to really appreciate him. A lot of people were asking who the girl in the photo was, most people saying that I was pretty, but some were mean.

I closed out of Instagram and went into my photos, scrolling through all the pictures of me and Frank.

I couldn't help but just look at him... there were a few that were just of him and wow. He was breathtaking.

I suddenly realized I was crushing on someone I barely knew, and someone who probably did not feel the same way.

I sighed to myself and got up, deciding that I needed to see him again.

I walked to my bedroom and picked out an outfit. I decided on a Black Flag top, a black shirt, thigh-high socks and a simple pair of black high tops. I tucked in the shirt into my skirt and went to the bathroom to do my hair and makeup.

I decided to just brush my hair and let it be loose. I did a simple cat eye and examined myself.

After I decided that I looked good. I went downstairs, grabbed my handbag, kissed Daphne goodbye, and headed out the door.

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Once I got to the bar I headed straight to the front of the stage, excited to see Frank perform again.

"Hey! Jamie! Come back here!"

I looked to my left and saw that Frank was motioning me to come backstage. I sheepishly walked towards the doors to the back.

The security guard stood in front of it, looking down at me.

"Hey man, it's cool, she's with me," Frank tapped the guy on the shoulder and motioned me to follow him. I did as I was told and followed him back.

We sat on an old couch that sunk in the middle so we were pushed close to each other. I blushed deeply at how close we were and I quickly looked away hoping Frank didn't notice.

I heard him giggle a little which made me melt. God, this man was so cute.

"Hey, look at me, it's okay, you're cute when you blush." He put two fingers on my jaw and moved my head back to face him.

I blushed deeper which made him chuckle again.

"I'm glad you came tonight, I was worried you wouldn't have come," He said, scratching the back of his head nervously.

"Why wouldn't I? You and your band are amazing, I can't believe I haven't heard of you guys before"

"Well, we're kind of new. I created this project because the last band I was in..."

He suddenly stopped talking and looked away and then at his phone.

"Aw man, we play in like five minutes. I gotta get ready" He stood up from the couch and looked down at me.

"Please stay back here and listen," He said eagerly, "I hope we can chill afterward." He smiled and slightly winked at me.

I stayed sitting, waiting excitedly for the show to start. Then I started to think about what he was going to say about the last band he was in.