angela

twenty five

i had a normal week, nothing out of the ordinary during work. however, i received the weirdest message from david, saying that he was going to marry jason's mother. i laughed to myself, alone in my apartment, receiving a weird glance from salem. i asked if he was joking and hours later the pic of the legal paper, showing me that he really married her, arrived. later, it all made sense with his friday's vlog (not actually uploaded on friday, though). 

on the weekend, my father came to visit so he could help me with my research. it was really hard to find a person if you didn't know his name or how he looked like, so we decided to make an intense research on my mother's life. i felt bad doing it, but she gave me no option. we decided that we were going to ask some of her old friends to know about it, i mean, he was going to do it, since i couldn't leave los angeles for a while. 

on thursday, a week later, jason invited us all to a dinner because of his birthday. i decided to go, not having anything more exciting to do that week because i couldn't fly back to austin for carina's graduation. matt gave me a ride to the restaurant, since i've never liked to arrive alone in places. "oh my god!" he exclaimed as soon as i entered his car, making me frown. "i just can't get over the fact on how beautiful you are!" i laughed, blushing a little.

"oh, stop! this is nothing." i joked. i was only wearing a black crop top and black skinny jeans. i decided to use a darker tone of pink lipstick, not that dark though, just to match the scrunchie that tied a part of my hair. 

me and matt chatted throughout our ride to the place. when we arrived, a few people were already there, sitting at the big table at the restaurant's balcony, and we joined them. david was already there too, sitting beside lorraine and another girl that i didn't know. i greeted everyone, surprised by how little david cared about my presence, focused on talking to the girl and jeff, who was sitting in front of them. i hugged jason, giving him the present i bought earlier before i sat with matt and zane a little bit far away from david, having a good view of him, though. 

we ate while talking about some random stuff that came in mind, a few other friends soon joining us. i couldn't help but glance a few times at david, noticing how excited he looked chatting to the random girl. of course i was jealous. i couldn't help but be jealous. i know it's stupid, and i shouldn't be because she was just his friend. however, it made me feel a little uneasy when he didn't care about my arriving, and the way he leaned against her seat while making a speech for jason. when matt made a joke about how the desert looked like the peach from 'call me by your name', i laughed out loud, telling him how disgusting he was. and then, when i looked at david, he was already staring, but was quick to return his gaze to the girl, giving her a wide smile.

i stood up, telling them that i was going to use the bathroom. after i done my business, i was fixing my lipstick when natalie entered there. "hey." i smiled to her.

"hi." she copied my action. she hesitated before leaning against the counter by my side. "can i talk to you for a bit?"

i turned to her. "sure." i nodded, putting my lipstick inside my pocket. 

"i'm really sorry for what i said the other day, i really shouldn't have," she sighed. "i completely misunderstood what he said to me and went all defensive towards you... i'm sorry for trying to get between you two, it's not my place to go defend him the way i did."

"nat, it's okay, don't worry." i shrugged. "i understand, really. i mean, if it was matt, i would've done the same." i told her the truth. i spent all these days thinking about this whole incident, and realized that i would do the same. using my life as an example, natalie was david's matt, if that makes sense. "i know you're a good person, and i really like you, so i hope you can feel the same way towards me some time."