A/N: So, I need to update more often! Which may get harder to do seeing as I go out of town in two weeks! The hotel my family's staying at has Wi-Fi in the rooms!!! I'll be able to update if I get good enough connection. I'll type on the drive if I have the time, but I'm not sure and I get nauseous when I sit in a car for too long, so I may sleep. It's Hilton Head so dad says it's about 5-6 hours in a cramped Avalanche with two little sisters. Fun. Too bad I don't live in Savannah, Georgia. It's like a 45 minute drive. Thanks to my reviewers on this story so far, LacytheDemonicDuck and DannyMesserGirl324iLOVEhim, you two rock! Okay in the last chapter, we left Caetlynn at the door saying "Bye" to Don. What happens, after the fact?
Disclaimer: I own, Abi and Caetlynn. LacytheDemonicDuck owns Cassie. CBS owns everyone else.
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So this is how it ends
This is where it all goes down
This is what "I don't love you" feels like
It ain't the middle of the night
And it ain't even raining outside
It ain't exactly what I had in mind
For "Goodbye"
At a red light in the sunshine
On a Sunday
Nothing to say
Don't even try
Red Light-David Nail
Caetlynn stared at the now closed door. She couldn't believe what he'd just done to her. Her heart and brain had turned to mush and her stomach was doing somersaults.
"Oo girl!" Stella said, coming up behind her. "You got it bad!"
Caetlynn blushed from the roots of her blonde curls to her tanned neck. "I so don't." She shot back.
Stella looked over toward her tiny kitchen and realized how late/early it was. "Caet, we probably need some sleep so we can be up in four hours and focus at work in five!" She said pointing to the clock.
Caetlynn turned her head to where Stella was pointing. The clock said 1:55. If she got into her pajamas, brushed her teeth and made her bed, by the time she was done it would be 2:05. She ran for her box of sheets and took it into her new room. She looked at the white walls and knew she was going to need to paint them, just not in the first couple of weeks in her new job. She made the bed in under 3 minutes and pulled on her pajamas while brushing her curls into waves. She brushed her teeth and braided her thick hair in under 5 minutes. It was 2:05 on the dot when she jumped into her new bed. Stella peeked her head into the bedroom.
" 'Night sis!" She called.
" 'Night sis!" Caetlynn called back, settling in with Wicked by Nancy Holder & Debbie ViguiƩ. Within 10 minutes she was sound asleep.
The next morning at 6:15 on the dot, Caetlynn's alarm went off along with Stella's, blaring two different songs in rhythm and genre.
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window
Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Stella liked to wake up to a slower, sadder song and Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles was just that. Caetlynn on the other hand like loud country.
She ain't into wine and roses
Beer just makes her turn up her nose and,
She can't stand the thought of sippin' champagne
No Cuervo Gold Margaritas
Just ain't enough good burn in tequila
She needs somethin' with a little more edge and little more pain
She's my little whiskey girl
My Ragged-on-the-edges girl
Ah, but I like 'em rough
Caetlynn sat bolt upright at the sound of Toby Keith's Whiskey Girl. Stella walked in with two mugs of coffee in her hands.
"So, we may need to agree on one song so the neighbors don't complain." She said sitting on the end of her half-sister's bed, handing her the coffee.
"No kidding. We probably have totally different taste in music though, so that may be hard." Caetlynn said taking a sip of the coffee and wrinkling her nose a bit. "What's in here?" She asked.
"It's black. Didn't know what you like. Milk is in the fridge and sugar's on the counter." Stella called as Caetlynn walked, well slugged, towards the kitchen. She pulled the milk out of the fridge, splashed it in her coffee twice and added about a teaspoon of sugar.
"Much better." She said, leaning against the counter. Stella walked over and leaned against the counter on Caetlynn's right side. She heard Stella walk over and the light whoosh of her hair.
"Not a morning person?" She asked, taking a sip of her coffee.
"I usually am. Don't know what's up today though." Caetlynn lied. No, you do know, Caetlynn, Don Flack kept you up all night, floating through your brain but you aren't about to tell Stella that!
"That's okay, we need you at the lab this early." Stella said.
"Abi on the other hand..." Caetlynn trailed off and gave Stella a knowing look.
"Yeah, I know. I offered to give her a ride last night and her response was 'Only if you can get me up.' I freaked a bit. Cassie said she'd have her up by 6: 30 though, so we should get showered and dressed." Stella said.
"Yeah, probably. The rules were different down in the ATL, what do I need to wear?" Caetlynn asked setting her now empty coffee mug in the sink behind her.
"Everyone usually wears jeans and nice shirts. I usually wear dress pants though, because the press are asses and they think you're sloppy in you're assistant supervisor and you dress like your techs." Stella said. "No offense." She tacked on.
"None taken. We had to wear skirts back in Atlanta. It sucked! That's probably all the dress clothes I own! Skirts, dress shirts, blazers and dresses." Caetlynn exclaimed.
"Okay, that's scary. I think the only tech we've ever had that wore skirts was Dr. Jane Parsons down in DNA. She left a couple years back though." Stella said and the two women laughed. The both looked at the clock that read 6:45. They ran for their bathrooms and took showers, Caetlynn silently thanking Stella to have bought a two bed, two bath apartment.
After they'd finished showers they got dressed, Caetlynn having more trouble than Stella seeing as she couldn't find her tank tops so she could wear her green, deep v-neck top, dark wash pants and brown boots.
"Caet, we gotta go! Mac's gonna kill us if we're late and traffic from here is a bitch!" Stella called as Caetlynn put the last clip into her curly hair. She walked out of her room, purse and leather jacket in hand. They walked next door to Abi and Cassie's apartment.
"Abi!!! Abigail Donna Carter!!!" Caetlynn screamed and a wet haired Abi stumbled into the hallway with a thermos of coffee in her hand.
"Not awake." She mumbled as Caetlynn and Stella dragged her to Stella's car.
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A/N: I know, it's really short. I'm working on getting filler chapters up so I can work hard on the next chapter along with some oneshot songfics so you have stuff to read while I'm gone if I can't update. Reviewing isn't that hard, you press the little green button, type what you liked about the story, press another button and carry on with your life!! I've decided to come up with a flame policy. All flames will be burned in the deepest recesses of the black hole my neighbor calls a heart.
Kisses!
~Sarah~
