"I gave you a loaded gun and aimed it at my heart. It was your decision to pull the trigger!"
"We were kids!"
"You're right, but dead kids don't grow to be adults. They're pushed away until the only thing left of them is a memory and the only memory...
I grabbed my heels and walked downstairs to see Justin checking on whatever he had in the oven.
"Okay. I'm heading out." I said grabbing my bag and cell phone off of the counter.
"Give me a kiss." Justin said running around the kitchen island and hugging me tightly as he kissed all over my face.
"You're gonna mess up my hair." I giggled shaking my head.
"So?" He kissed me again before letting me go. "Who else is going to if I don't?"
"No one has to." I laughed grabbing a piece of chicken out of the basket Justin had made. "Bye baby!"
"That counts as your piece too!" He called after me as I left.
Tyler
"Of course." I faked a laugh as I listened to Mr.Ares talk about his children. "Sounds like you have a troublemaker on your hands."
"I sure do." He laughed a hearty laugh. "Can't get him to sit down for the life of me."
He showed me more pictures of his family as I pulled at my shirt and mumbled compliments to him.
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"Lovely." I mumbled.
"Mr.Ares..." His assistant said coming over to us. "Mr.Daniels needs you."
"Tell him I'll be right there." Mr.Ares said putting his phone back in his pocket. "It was nice speaking with you again."
We shook hands.
"You too." I smiled at him. "Hopefully I'll receive a call saying you thought about my offer by Monday."
"I can assure you, you will." He nodded his head and walked away.
"Oh, let me introduce you to a really good friend of mine!" A female voice said from behind me. "Tyler!"
I turned around and saw my old friend, Megan, pulling Amari, my oldest friend, along with her.
"Tyler this is..." I cut her off.
"We already know each other." I smiled at Amari who bit her lip and avoided eye contact. "Long time no see, Megan. How has things been lately?"
"Things have been fine." Megan smiled grabbing my hand. "I'm thinking about signing a contract with Amari to have her redesign my entire building."
"Well, I can assure you that she is the best in the business." I said. "She's doing my hotel."
"Really?" Megan gasped. "Well, if my good friend here thinks you're great, there is no contemplating needed. Ms.Rose, let's have a contract drawn up right away!"
"Of course." Amari smiled at her.
"Now, if you'll both excuse me, I see a sexy bachelor over on the far side of the room and I need him on my arm." Megan walked away leaving me to fake gag.
"Amari, you look great." I complimented her.
"Thank you." She nodded. "I like your shirt."
She was trying to be civil.
"I need a drink." She sighed starting to walk away, but I quickly grabbed her arm.
"Or you could skip the drink and let me introduce you to more people." I said quickly.
"I already know majority of the people here." Amari said gently pulling out of my grasp. "Besides, if you expect me to walk around here with you, I'll need more than a drink. I'll need the entire bar."
"I mean, that's fair." I shrugged. "So, let's go get you a drink so I can introduce you to the few people you may not know."
Before she could deny me, I placed a hand on her lower back and we walked over to the bar.
Amari
Tyler stuck to his word and got me a glass of red wine before taking me around the room to introduce me to everyone I didn't know.
"You two are so cute." Tyler's friend, Jenny, gushed sipping her drink.
"We're not together." Tyler and I said at the same time before looking at each other.
"I'm married, remember." Tyler said.
"Yeah, I was there." Jenny laughed. "I just thought that maybe you moved on. I don't know. You two look good together, though. You should consider it."
"Thanks for the input, but I don't think we need it." Tyler laughed.
"Well, Amari, I'll be calling your office sometime soon." Jenny said. "Maybe we can discuss you possibly coming in and making some changes to my restaurant."
"Of course." I nodded and shook her hand.
Tyler and I walked away.
"I guess people really do care about your opinion." I mumbled.
"Apparently." He shrugged. "I really don't know why because they all seem to dislike my shirt. And I thought it looked nice when I walked out the house tonight."
"Yeah. Maybe you should've bought a jacket. That's kind of embarrassing." I laughed.
"Well, this is what happens when you take fashion advice from Hunter and Angel." Tyler shook his head and I nudged his side laughing.
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Next time you guys hear from me, I'll be a whole new person.
I'm turning 18 tomorrow so that means I can finally get that 60 something year old boyfriend I've been waiting my whole life for.
No, but seriously, new age, new attitude, new stories, new me.
