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Chapter 9: Come Round Soon
"Good morning sunshine, I got you a muffin." Alex was standing over me, blueberry muffin in hand.
"Thanks. Thanks for the muffin and letting me crash here last night."
"No problem. Now I love that you come to me when you need a friend, but what about Kyla? She's been your friend for a lot longer than I have. Why do you think she's not going to understand?"
"I'm not sure. I do talk to her, but I didn't tell her about the whole Spencer thing until just yesterday. I had never told her that I even liked Spencer or girls in general. I didn't want to spring more of this on her right away. I love Kyla like she's my sister, but sometimes she just doesn't understand really emotional stuff. You know what I mean?"
"Yeah I understand. But you should at least go home and talk to her a little bit. She's going to notice that you're not yourself. Don't make her get all worried. You remember that time when you had a fight with Aiden and she got so worried that she said she wasn't going to date until you got things good with him again?"
"Oh yeah! That was hilarious. I mean Kyla not date? That lasted like maybe two days before she met some guy that was "the one" and she had to break her promise. Good times."
"So I'll talk to you later?"
"Yeah I'll see you later. Do you work tomorrow?"
"Sure do and I'll get you a coffee on the house too… you know we started a heartbreak special!"
"Very funny Alex. I'll see you tomorrow."
Our apartment seemed different today as I walked up. I guess I've never really stopped to look at it. The building itself was kind of run down, but it made it look sort of vintage. I actually thought it looked really artsy.
I opened the door expecting Kyla to still be in bed, but there she was sitting at the kitchen table.
"Hey! Late night huh?!" This is going to be a lot harder than I thought. She thinks I stayed at Spencer's.
"Sort of, but not what you're thinking. I slept at Alex's last night." I grabbed the coffee pot and a mug and sat down across from her.
"Alex's? What happened with Spencer?"
"Well we had a really good dinner and we were going back to her place, but… she has a boyfriend Ky." I think I might actually start crying. I can't explain why I am so out of my mind with this.
"I don't know what to say Ash… she has a boyfriend? Did you see him?"
"Yup she introduced me. The stupid guy seriously had no idea what was going on. But then again I don't think Spencer really did either." I was wishing that my coffee was stronger.
"What can I do Ash?"
"Nothing Kyla, I'll be ok."
"Ash I think I've seen you cry like twice since I've known you. Something has to be huge for you to cry and you're tearing up. I know! Let's plan a party. We'll invite a ton of people. It will be great!" Oh Kyla you were so close to being a great friend. You care, but then you think party.
"No Kyla, that's ok. I don't think a party is what we need right now. I think I'm just going to go work on some final exam stuff and get ready for my tests this week. I let you know if I need anything. And don't worry about me, I will be ok eventually."
The afternoon dragged on and on. I don't think I actually got any real studying done. I might possibly bomb all my tests coming up just because I can't concentrate on anything. I hate studying for music anyways. It never makes much sense. Theory can kiss my ass because we all know that it doesn't really matter. Not to me at least. I have my voice and that is all that matters to me. Too bad I have to take these general education classes too. I swear if I have to take another math class I think I might kill someone. Most likely that someone will turn out to be my next math tutor. I hate math tutors. They always think that they are so much smarter than you. I know they are so why do they have to act like it all the time?
It wasn't until around 8 that I noticed I had never turned my cell off of silent from last night. Two missed calls? Who was trying to call me? I honestly have no idea who would be calling because Alex knows not to call unless it's an emergency and Kyla is in the next room. I can't believe it. It was Spencer. No voicemail though. That's kind of strange. Who tries to call more than once, but doesn't leave a message? Should I call her back or do I wait? Damn it, if I only knew how to deal with this. Before I know it I'm dialing her number. This might go very badly so I begin to brace myself.
"Hello?" She answered. Now what do I do? Oh yeah, I should talk back.
"Hey Spencer, its Ashley. I just noticed that you had tried to call earlier. Sorry I didn't answer. I forgot that I had my ringer turned off."
"That's ok I just wanted to talk to you. I didn't mean for things to happen that way last night."
"It's ok, don't worry about it."
"I was really going to pay and you just snuck up and paid for everything! You really didn't have to do that."
"Oh, right, well I thought it would be nice. I was the one that asked if you wanted to go so it only seemed right for me to pay." Is that what she was worried about? Are we going to bypass the whole boyfriend thing again?
"Well that was really nice of you. We should do something again soon. Are you busy tomorrow?"
"Um, no not really. I have to go run through a few things with my voice coach, but after that I'm free." Damn me for being so nice. I don't know if this is going to be a good idea. She thinks that we are just friends and I want to jump her.
"Sounds good. Want to meet at the coffee shop around 4?"
"Sure I'll see you then." I actually hung up the phone at that point. I know that isn't appropriate phone etiquette but what was I supposed to do? I just planned a "date" with a girl that doesn't even know it's a "date". This is going to be hard, really hard. What was Alex thinking? Just be her friend and maybe she'll come around? I don't want to be the girl that breaks up a good relationship.
Great, I am so going to be that girl whether I like it or not. I don't think I'll be able to stop myself forever.
I could use
another cigarette
But don't worry daddy, I'm not addicted yet
One
too many drinks tonight and I miss you
Like you were mine – Sara
Bareilles: Come Round Soon
