It Should Be Easy

Chapter 8

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16  

CAIRA

9:36AM

My thumb hurts from scrolling through my feed, and seeing the same girls posting the pics in the same poses, with the same wack ass captions. I check my messages just to be sure my best friend Kiana hasn't texted me. I miss her so much. I haven't heard from her in two days! All the girls in NY seem fake compared to her. It's only been a few weeks and I can't wait to visit home.

I know two days seems short, but that's a long time for Kiana and I. I knew she was probably just busy or something, but something else was bugging me. And as my finger hovered over his name in my inbox I knew exactly why I was still staring at my iphone.

Carter and I have gotten so much closer in the past couple of weeks. We were partners in AT Chem, and he was always making me laugh. At lunch once in a while I would sit with him and his friends. His best friend Will was one of the funniest people I had ever met. We have been texting and snapchatting way too much, and every time his name pops up in my inbox, I smile. He made moving to New York a little bit easier. Seeing him makes me remember all the good times we've had, and secretly every time he calls me Cee-Cee, my heart warms.

My thoughts were interrupted by my father's voice, "If you don't get her to sign that damn contract tomorrow it will be your ass!" He pauses. "I don't care about her manager! Persuade him!"

"You know what, Randall? Do what you do best and go sit in your office! If I want something done I've got to come in and do it my damn self!" he hung up furiously.

"Caira, look I'm sorry baby, but I have to go in for a couple of hours to figure this out."

"Are you serious? You promised me you would take me shopping today," I reply, annoyed. I know I sound whiny, but I was looking forward to shopping in New York.

"I'm the new head of A&R here, and I need to make a good impression," he said.

I looked at my father, really trying to lay it on thick. "I understand. I just needed some new clothes to fit in here, and I wanted to spend the day with you." Bullshit.

"Here," he said as he pulled out his credit card, "buy anything you want, and we'll hang out another time, ok?"

"Thanks Daddy!" Works like a charm. We pulled up in front of my Dad's office and he got out.

"Bye Sugar!"

"Where would you like to go Ms. Taylor?" Evan asked.

"Where are we right now?" I asked.

"We are near SoHo."

SoHo...that sound familiar for some reason. Then I remembered...Carter lives in that neighborhood. I sat back in my seat, thinking about what I should do. Should I call him? I mean I did not want to go shopping alone, and we had been forming some semblance of a relationship these past few weeks... I picked up my phone and decided to throw caution to the wind.

"Hello?" My heart almost sunk. His voice was so raspy and low. I decided to make a mental note. Carter has the sexiest 'just woke up' voice."Hello?"

"Hey Carter," I said hesitantly. I was trying to see what kind of mood he was in. "It's Caira."

"Yeah I know." He moaned groggily and I almost fell apart. "Caira what time is it?"

"Going on ten," I say. What's the harm in adding a few minutes?

"What's up Cee-cee?"

"You said you lived in SoHo right?'