Listen. I know this is Luke James based, but y'all.....this man right here??? OMG😭. Listen to Painted if you haven't already and receive your blessings.
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Ava
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Another Friday night, another night in the house, huh? You really need to get out that stale ass apartment and live your life, friend."
"I do live my life," she defended lamely as she painted her toes a pinky-nude shade she found on a CVS run.
"Hardly! You go to work, you come home, you go to the gym, and you might go to the JoAnn's by your house if they having a fabric sale when you're feeling spicy. Mamas, you are too young and too gorgeous to be living like my aunt Yalinda and her four cats."
"Yali's also retired at 53, living in a house that's paid for. I don't think she's doing that bad."
"She's also living her life the way she chooses. Not because some bastard has a yearlong stronghold over her life."
Ouch. And there it was. The ugly truth she had been doing her best to avoid. She truly thought Woody would've been her forever. That's what he always told her.
Until she found he'd been telling some hazel-eyed tramp the same thing.
Since their split, she spent her days in a strictly kept routine hoping to remove him from her heart by making her chances of crossing paths almost none.
She combatted lonely nights by self-medicating herself into an early slumber.
"That was harsh, Ava. I'm so-", she cut her off.
"No, it's fine. You're right. I don't know why it's so hard." Her voice had dissolved into a whisper to mask the emotion that thickened in her throat.
"Ava, I only wanna see you happy again. Locking yourself away in an ivory tower is not how you get there."
She took a deep breath soaking in her friend's words. Truthfully, she was over the hollow feeling he left her with. Taking that 1st step was just so...scary.
"You know I'll go with you...make it less of a big deal." Leave it to Kira to speak her fears aloud. Sometimes, she thought she knew her better than she knew herself.
"I love you, Ki. I think I need to be a big girl this time, though. No crutches, remember." She echoed the sentiment they'd been using for years to keep themselves accountable.
