not strings attached

the hardest part

pete and i had been broken up for two weeks now. he had texted me a bunch i only replied here and there and it was not full replies just an ok or a no. snl had ended so alex and i were both assigned different projects again. alex was gonna help on this new tv show and i was still waiting for my assignment. surprisingly i hadn't been too upset. i mean i have cried a few times but i don't want to let this get the best of me. i was headed into work because they were giving me another assignment. i decided to go with this outfit

i got dressed and walked out the door i got a taxi and headed on my way. i arrive at the agency and the boss calls me into her office. "hi mrs. blair" she spoke "hello mrs. woods how are you this morning?" i asked politely "i'm very good thank you. now onto your assignment i loved the work you did with snl and so i wanted to give you a solo gig to see how you hold up this rapper is looking for a new stylist for a few of his shows would you be interested" she asked "yes of course may i ask which rapper" "umm i think his name is machine gun kelly" she said my face went pale "are you okay with that" she asked. knowing i couldn't turn it down i had to "yes of course" "ok well here's all the information we are gonna give you a budget of $10,000 to shop with and he's expecting you there later this afternoon" "ok cool" i said and walked out of her office. i saw alex "alex you're never gonna guess who i have to style" i said somewhat annoyed "oh no who is it" " mgk one of pete's best friends" i stated rolling my eyes "good luck girl he said.
i was shopping for about an hour now and had gotten most of my items that i needed. i hoped that he liked them. i picked up a few more things and headed over to wear i was supposed to meet him. i walked in and everything was hectic s a security guard stopped and i explained that i was the stylist and i was here for a reason he let me go. i somehow found my way to his dressing room in this mess. "sorry i'm late" i said walking in. i was met with four boys pete colson and two i have never met before. i was in shock seeing pete but i had to be professional. "hey blair" colson said "let me see what you got me" i could feel pete's stare burning into me as i sat the bags down on the table i turned to him "it's not polite to stare" i said and started pulling the clothes i had for colson out of the bag. he acted like a 6 year old every time i pulled something new out of the bag. it was safe to say he liked all the clothes. "so what do you think i should wear tonight it's my first show of the tour" he asked "umm i'm not sure maybe maybe these pants with this jacket and no shirt" i said "oh that would be cool let me go try it on" he left the room and it was just me pete and the two others. "so how have you been blair oh by the way this is rook and slim" he said introducing me to the two boys. "i'm fine" i said dryly "oh and i'm blair it's nice to meet you guys" i said to the two other boys. they nodded at me. "weren't you and pete dating" one of them asked "yeah we were pete wanna tell them why we're not" i said pete sighed "oh if he's not gonna say it i will pete cheated on me" i spoke "i didn't cheat on you" "oh really then why were you kissing all over that girl when i saw you at brunch" "ok fine i did but i was just scared cause i wasn't sure of how you felt and you make me so nervous and i don't know blair i just love you so much i didn't wanna hurt you" he stuttered a bit "pete are you serious i sat there and told you i loved you and the next week you went on a date with another girl and you didn't wanna hurt me well you did so that's on you" as soon as i finished that sentence colson walked back in "omg it looks amazing" i said "i know you did such a good job blair i need to hire you for all of my shows" "well i'm working a few more after this one but i don't think i could work the whole tour" "it's all good i can't wait to see what you put me in next time" "yeah well i better go i gotta get back to the agency" "are you sure you don't wanna stay for the show you can sit backstage with pete" colson spoke trying to get me to stay. i looked around staring at pete for some conformation that he wanted me to stay but he just looked at me with a blank face "as much as i would like to not sure if pete wants me to so i better get going" i walked out. i was walking down the hallway when i heard a door open and someone calling my name. "blair wait" colson said i stopped and turned around "what could you possibly want" i spoke up with an annoyed tone i was just trying to go home and get in my bed. "please stay im not sure what happened in there when i left but i can tell pete really wants you to stay he hasn't been the same these past two weeks i know he needs you and hey if you get uncomfortable at all you can leave and i'll make sure pete never calls you again but just please stay" he pleaded "fine" i spoke we walked back to the dressing room "look who's staying" colson said they all smiled. i sat down for a while until colson went onstage.
pete and i watched from backstage. i made sure to not stand too close to while we mingled i didn't wanna give him the idea that i was forgiving him. but it felt nice talking to him again i did really miss him but what he did wasn't something i could just look past. "i'm really sorry blair i shouldn't have done that i was just scared you are the first girl to make me feel this way since my ex and i'm just scared" he blurted out after a long pause between us "well did you ever think maybe i was scared too when i first met you i was so broken inside cause of my ex and you helped me pete that's why i fell for you and then you go and do that i don't get it like i told you i loved you did that mean anything to you?" i stated "yes of course it meant everything to me i don't know why i did that blair please please give me another chance" he pleaded "i'm not sure if i can right now pete i need some time i'm glad we're talking again but i can't jump right back into things like nothing ever happened" i said i saw his face fall but he nodded his head "i understand but can we be friends again" he asked softly "yeah why not" i said and with that we both went back to enjoying the show.