Strings | colby brock

16 pt. 2

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Also this chapter is going to probably be a lot shorter since it's a pt. 2

|December 17, 2017|
Girl Time

— C A M I

         "Get the booze, we have a lot to catch up on!" Adrianna announces, falling back onto my couch. I laugh and roll my eyes at her. Her personality has been dearly missed. I unclip Maddox's leash and he goes straight to his bed to lay down. The first thing I see is a half empty bottle of crown royal and a full bottle of jack, so I grab those and some soda. "Let's get to the fucking chase, shall we! You, ma'am, have been seeing Colby again." She begins while wiggling her eyebrows at me. For a moment I was confused and afraid as to her knowing that he'd been here, but then I remembered Colby telling me about her coming by and my heart slowed.

         "Oh god, I need a drink." I respond with wide eyes. After fixing my drink I sip at it and move to where I'm comfortably facing her on the couch. "I really hate saying this out loud but I think I like Colby as more than a fuck buddy and I don't want to." I say so fast that I can barely understand it myself. I'm highly hoping Adrianna didn't catch it either. I couldn't believe I had even said it out loud, but if I didn't tell someone soon I knew I was going to explode.

         "I knew this would happen! Camila Parks is falling in love!" She squeals, drawing out 'love' in a weird voice. I cover my face with my hands to hide my red cheeks and laugh.

         "Shut up! I'm not in love, I just think I may have a tiny, small, little, minuscule crush on him." I shrug my shoulders and take another sip of my drink. Acting nonchalant about the situation is the only way to keep Adrianna calmed down about it. I don't want her off and telling him I'm ready to get married. She would be the one to do that.

         Adrianna rolled her eyes and set her drink down. "Whatever. Same difference." A small smirk comes to her face after she speaks, preparing to say something she knows I won't want to hear. "I'm going to help you tell him." She states confidently.

         "Help me? There's nothing to help. I'm not telling him." I shake my head sternly, taking another sip of my drink as Maddox jumps up onto the couch behind me. He curls up and lays his head on my lap.

         She 'awes' at him before turning back to me with furrowed eyebrows. "Why not?" She asks in confusion. Adrianna has always been one to speak her mind and tell people how she feels without fearing the consequences. I, however, overthink the consequences to the point that I don't say anything at all.

         "Colby doesn't like me like that. I told you, we're just fuck buddies." I said calmly with a shrug. Saying that Colby didn't feel for me as I did for him made a pit form in my stomach. Yes he took care of me when I was sick, but that's what friends are for. You can care for someone without having feelings for them. Besides, the feelings would go away now that I wasn't practically living with him— I hope.

         "What makes you say that?" Adrianna asks, now leaning back against the couch with her legs curled up underneath her. I mirrored her actions and leaned against the cushions, resting my arm on the top of the couch and propping my chin in my hand.

         "I mean it was his idea for no strings. He's not looking for anything. I'm not sure if I really want anything either." I mutter with a shrug. I sit up slightly more and fiddle with the hem of my tee shirt.

         "That's it? That's your only reason?" She asks in a tone as if she doesn't believe what I'm saying, and I nod. "Cami, I see the way he looks at you when you aren't paying attention. He's liked you for a while. Trust me." As she spoke she grabbed my hands and squeezed them in reassurance. I had never noticed the way other people looked at me. It had never really bothered me to know, until now.

           "I'm scared." I say truthfully to which she sighs. She knows what I've been through and why I don't trust relationships. Commitment is a scam, but maybe it would be different with Colby. "Can we just... I don't know, watch a movie or something?" I attempt to change the subject and she smiles. The topic was beginning to elevate my anxiety and I didn't want to make myself sick over the situation

         "Love Rosie?" She asks with a joyous smirk, reaching for the remote. It had always been our favorite move. The perfect movie.

          We spent the rest of the day heavily indulging in junk food and shitty love movies. We talked about life and caught up on the things we missed. The alcohol got us so tipsy we cried through the entirety of Me Before You. Colby came up a few more times, but I dismissed it. I ignored the messages he had sent to check on him and silenced my phone. He is a topic for a different time. A time when I know what I want and how I'm going to get it.

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