Love, Townes [h.s]

2. That's the way the world works

New day and in the background I can hear "Here comes the sun" by The Beatles, so I assumed that Graace and Savannah were already awake. The melody of the song raises my spirits and calms me down. I look at the ceiling and my head begins to remember everything that happened yesterday. All I am doing is torturing myself. I see the clock on my nightstand, it is ten o'clock in the morning, and it's a sunny day but it can feel a bit chilly. The first thing I would have done is grab my cell phone, but I don't want to. I don't want to know what was happening to the world. I can no longer enjoy my social networks. Notifications kept coming to me all night so I had to deactivate them and put my accounts in private.

I just want to forget what happened and the best way is to put everything aside. Continue with my day to day. I get up from my bed and go to the kitchen to fill the watering can so I could water the plants that I have in the apartment. Each plant means a bad day. So every time that a bad day happens, I buy a new one. Maybe yesterday is not considered a bad day, but it was a bad day for my head. That is why I have to go buy a new one today.

In the kitchen, I see Garfield with another cat in the window. Garfield, it's our neighbor's cat. He always comes to visit us to hang out with us. He is like our pet, Mr. Pierre knows that if he is not in his apartment he is in ours so he does not worry.

"Hello Garfield and Garfield's little boyfriend!"

"She is a girlfriend, we have called her Coco." Graace says, who is having coffee with Sav.

"Good morning Olivia, don't worry about your plants, they are already watered." Sav says smiling, I pour myself some coffee and sit down with them at the table. " How did you sleep?"

"What do you think?" I ask sarcastically.

"You don't want to answer that question Sav. I think it's time ... "Graace whispers, Sav try to stop her but it was too late. "Olivia Rose Brown. Me, Graace Cameron, and Savannah White want to propose you a day at the mall. We already have everything planned, we will go ... "

"No, I already have plans ..." I interrupt.

"I tried! We are trying to change your mood, but if you want to be with that sarcastic plan then fine! " She stands up and leaves the kitchen.

Savannah is silent and I continue drinking my morning coffee. She is looking at me, I can feel her gaze, but I am trying to ignore her. I know she wants to make me talk and tell her how I feel. She always does it. I finish my coffee and stand up, but feel a grip on my wrist.

"You know what comes next, don't you, Townes?"

"This is the moment when I tell you what goes through my head, right?" She nods, and  I sigh.

"I don't  know how I feel. I feel like I'm exposed to everything now... But that's how the world works. Maybe it will bring me good things or not. I'm just processing it. I'll be fine, everything is going to be fine. May I leave now? I need to distract myself." I say and Sav sighs.