I Introduce The Selfish Machine

I stood in front of the wall with paint samples in my hand. I had finally got my landlord's permission to paint the walls, and I couldn't decide what color. I stood there, a pale yellow in my left hand, and a pale blue in my right. Whatever color I decide on, I'll have to buy a new comforter and throw pillows and blankets. I bit my lip. What color...
I heard the door swung open and the sound of footsteps running on the wood floor. The next thing I knew, I was being picked up by my waist and spun around. My back was cold, and wet.
"Tony! Put me down!" I cried, laughing and hitting his hand.
Tony put me down, then wrapped his arms around my waist. He nuzzled his face into my neck. "What are you doing, beautiful?" He asked.
"Trying to figure out what color to paint the walls. Blue or yellow?" I asked, holding the samples against the wall.
Tony thought for a second. "I don't think you could go wrong. Both colors would look great."
"But I want the studio to seem bigger. What color would make it look bigger and brighter?"
"Piper Lynn, you actually want something to be bright and colorful?"
I playfully elbowed him in the stomach. "Tony, on the real."
"Yellow. Can't go wrong with yellow." He said, then kissed my neck.
I looked at my bed. "Then we need to get a new comforter." I turned around so that I was facing Tony. "Want to take a trip to Target?"

I sat in the basket as Tony pushed us around Target.
"We need wine." I said.
"You have like five bottles back at your studio already!"
I shrugged. "I need more."
We turned to head over to the wine. As we were looking at the wine, and laughing at some stupid joke Tony made, another cart hit ours. I looked up at them, a bit ticked off. A tall, skinny girl, with long blonde hair and a arm full of tattoos stood in front of us. She stood there with a smirk on her face. I thought she was looking at me, but her solid brown (almost black) eyes were staring at Tony. I looked at Tony, whose face was like stone.
"Tony Perry." Her voice said, and almost echoed.
I heard Tony let out a deep, annoyed sighed. "Samantha."
"Great to see you."
"You too." Tony said in the fakest way.
Samantha looked at me. "And who are you?" She asked.
That pissed me off a little. "I'm Piper. Who the hell are you?"
She chuckled, the smirk still on her face. "I guess Tony hasn't talked about me."
I turned around to look at Tony, whose face was turning red. "Why the hell would I talk about you?" He asked through his teeth.
I looked back at Samantha. "Well, since you seem to be Tony's new girlfriend, I'll just introduce myself. I'm Samantha, Tony's ex-wife."

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