I’d just gotten in from grocery shopping for Taylor and I. I put all the food away except what I was going to need to make dinner tonight. I was putting all the toiletries away when I realised Taylor was in the bathroom, having a bath.

I burst out laughing. “Oh god, Tay I’m so sorry!” I managed to get out between laughter. I don’t know why I found it so funny.

“You’re in a good mood.” Taylor laughed. “It’s alright my dear, you’ve walked in on worse occasions if I’m honest… But do you not notice anything different about me?” she pouted at me.

“Uh, that you don’t have clothes on?” I laughed and she shook her head. It suddenly clicked.

“YOUR HAIR!” she’d dyed her whole hair blonde with pink at the ends. Oh my god it’s awesome! I’ll dry it for you and make it preeeetty for your date with Jaime.” I winked at her and went out of the bathroom. Turns out Jaime doesn’t have a girlfriend and they’d exchanged numbers. They’d been texting constantly since that day and he finally asked her out to dinner. The excitement was radiating from her and I’ve never seen her so happy in my life.

I went into my room to quickly change before I started making myself some pasta. Sadly, I was going to be all alone tonight, no Taylor. I frowned at the thought of being alone. It’s my biggest fear. But she’ll be back quicker than I think and I’ll be good again. I quickly shoved on my comfiest outfit and put my long hair up and got to work on my pasta. I heard Taylor come out from the bath and into her room.

“I’ll do my makeup then you can do my hair and choose an outfit for me!” she yelled from her room. She got changed into her dressing gown and came out to get a bottle of water. “Fuck I’m so nervous.”

I seen her shaky hands as she took a gulp of water and chuckled. “That’s the cutest thing ever.” I mumbled and her cheeks turned a bright pink colour. I laughed at her and shooed her away. “Go make your face prettier.”

She laughed and stuck her middle finger up at me and walked to her room. Taylor takes about 2 hours to do her makeup, I shit you not. Her and Jaime are going out in 4 hours so she has plenty of time still. My pasta was soon ready and I wolfed it down after realising I still had to choose an outfit for Taylor. I walked to her room to see she was half done and I thought to myself that it must be her nerves making her work 10x faster. I picked out a cute white peplum top along with navy blue jeans and blue lace TOMS. She wasn’t doing much eye makeup so I thought my outfit went along perfect.

“Can I borrow that navy blue cardigan of yours then?” She asked me with pleading eyes, I shook my head no, whenever she wears something of mine I never see it again. “Come on, just for one night.”

I sighed. “Okay, okay. But if I don’t get it back, I’ll kick you out.” I joked. She laughed with me and mumbled to me saying I was the best. She got changed and I got out her hair dryer and straighteners. I quickly blow dried her hair since most of it was already dry.

“Fuck Tay. Your hair actually looks amazing.” I smiled and she blushed.

“Thanks honey. Now what is your magical creation going to be?”

I thought for a minute to myself. “Well I don’t want to do it up because you have your ends pink. He needs to see the prettiness.” I smiled to her. “So I think I’ll do a half up, half down type thing? And keep it all straight.” I got to work on her hair and when I was finished, she looked flawless, head to toe. I’ve always envied her. “You look amazing.” I gushed and cuddled her.

I sat down on the couch whilst she got a bag ready with essentials in it. I heard a knock on the door and opened it to see Jaime’s dimples in my face.

“Hey Kimberly.” He smiled at me, clearly nervous. “Is she ready?”

I opened the door wider to invite him in and we walked to the living room where we both sat down. “Call me Kim, love. Almost! She shall be out any minute.” I smiled to him and just as I said it, she came out, greeting Jaime with a hug and saying bye to me.

I hadn’t moved from my position on the couch when I felt someone sit next to me. It was Taylor and she looked so happy. I’m so glad.

“Did it go well honey?” I smiled, rubbing my eyes, my voice coated in sleep.

“It went amazing. He- He asked me to be his girlfriend!” She beamed.

“Aw Taylor! I’m so, so happy for you! You two are truly beautiful together.” I sat up and cuddled her. She told me everything about the date. It was really quite cute.

“Oh yeah, and that party is tomorrow night he wanted us to go to. You down to go?” she smiled at me, I couldn’t turn it down, I wanted to get to know Jaime better. After all, he was making my best friend incredibly happy. And maybe I'd get to see Vic again...

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I was finally finished getting ready and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous for this party. I’d heard more of Jaime’s friends were going to be there – the guys in his band, to be exact. And worse, Vic was definitely going to be there. I cannot get that man out of my head. He’s just so beautiful. I’m never like this with guys, ever. I’m being stupid, right? He’s got to have a girlfriend, I mean look at him - he’s gorgeous. And Taylor’s informed me of how much of an amazing guy he is personality wise. She said every one of Jaime’s friends are nice – obviously from knowing them years ago. I’m still nervous though. What if they don’t like me? I flattened down my dress and quickly put on heels. I walked to the living room where Taylor and Jaime were already waiting. Taylor looked amazing, as always. She wolf whistled, gave Jaime her iPhone and demanded he take a picture of us. We took a few where we were just smiling and a few where we were making funny/cute faces to each other and the camera. I liked all of them if I’m honest.

Jaime drove to Vic’s house where the party was and Taylor and I sat in the back to look at our pictures.

“God, you’re so skinny. Look how fat I am compared to you.” Taylor whined.

“Shut the fuck up! You’re perfect!” I laughed.

“Typical girls.” Jaime chuckled from the front and we laughed.

We arrived at Vic’s house and I walked behind the new couple who were hand in hand. I snapped a quick picture because in all honesty, it was so cute. Jaime knocked on the door and a very tall guy with a dermal under his eye answered. His hair was long, and he had it shaved on one side. He had a wonderful smile too. It seemed that all of these boys had the most amazing smiles/teeth. This guy was covered in tattoos from head to toe from what I could see. He was very attractive.

“Hey Himes!” he exclaimed, letting us in.

Jaime took hold of Taylor’s hand again and spoke. “This is my girlfriend, Taylor. Taylor this is Tony.” She gestured between the two of them and they exchanged hello’s. “And this is her best friend, Kimberly.”

“Kim, Jaime.” I laughed. “Hello Tony.”

“Hey.” He smiled and closed the door behind me, leading us into the kitchen.

“Who’s the pretty brunette?” I heard someone whisper to Tony, who was behind me. I blushed, I guess it was sweet.

“Mike this is Kim. Kim, meet the pig.” Tony rolled his eyes and laughed at Mike. Mike must have been Vic’s younger brother, they had the same eyes. Except Mike’s were droopy and bloodshot, probably from being high. I'd heard from Taylor he was one to get high quite a lot. Again he was covered in tattoos and he had two lip piercings. And once again, he was very attractive and had a lovely smile.

“Nice to meet you, Kim.” He smiled at me and I blushed. I don’t know why but I can’t control blushing over these men every time they speak to me.

“Nice to meet you too, Mike.” I smiled and went to shake his hand but he pulled me into a hug.

“We don’t do handshakes here.” He winked at me. I couldn’t help but already feel like he was the player of their group of friends.

Mike got acquainted with Taylor and spoke to Jaime a bit before they went off to find Tony. Taylor and I were sipping on our drinks when I seen Vic at the corner of my eye and my cheeks instantly turned crimson red as I noticed him smiling at me.

“What are you blushing at?” Taylor giggled and looked to where I was looking. "Oh. You totally want to fuck Vic!" she giggled even more. Vic was heading towards us. I motioned for her to keep hushed. She couldn’t contain her giggling. I think she was already tipsy…

“Hey Taylor, hello Kimberly.” He said as he engulfed me in a hug.

“Hi Vic.” I smiled and pulled away. He pulled Taylor in for a hug and spoke to us for a while. Taylor eventually went to go see Jaime so I was left in the kitchen with Vic.

“Do you want another drink?” he asked me, noticing I’d finished mine.

“Yes please. Just another beer, if that’s alright.”

“Of course, pretty lady.” He smirked at me, and I felt my heart racing. “You look really beautiful tonight.”

“Thank you. You look good.” I smiled at him, trying to keep cool… But all that was going on in my head was ‘oh my god he actually complimented me’.

We spoke for hours, mostly about him though. I don’t really like telling people about myself. I never have. We talked about his band, about how most girls go for him purely because they just know he’s famous, about past relationships – both of us spoke about that. He was telling me how pretty I looked and I could feel my heart race in my chest every time he said it.

“Seriously, how can a girl like you be single?” he said as he put his hand on my knee. We were sat outside in the garden on a bench.

“How can a guy like you be single?” I chuckled, putting my hand on his.

“Can I have your number?” he smiled, a blush appearing on his cheeks.

I smiled even bigger. “Of course Vic.” He passed his phone to me and I put my name in along with my number and he did the same to my phone. He put his hand back on my knee and I blushed, automatically putting my hand in his and intertwining our fingers as if it was the most natural thing in the world. I took a swig of my beer. Neither of us were even all that drunk. Just comfortably tipsy. I saw his gaze come off my eyes and to my lips and I swear my heart stopped, just for a second. He brushed a piece of hair away from my face and cupped my cheek in his hand. I instantly leaned in to his touch. His face was coming closer and closer to mine, but I kept where I was. His lips ever so slightly brushed mine and I leaned in to kiss him back, grabbing his face too. His lips were so soft and plump. They were amazing to kiss. I instantly felt warm and happy inside. Our lips moved around with each other’s for a little while before he pulled away and rested his forehead on mine, looking into my ice blue eyes.

“I really, really like you.” he said and as I stared into his beautiful brown eyes, I knew he was telling the truth.

“I really like you too.” I smiled, happiness totally taking over me.

Notes

Title Credit: The Boy Who Could Fly - Pierce the Veil

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