ChapterTwelve

Three days after Taylor told me he was going to be in Chicago for the anniversary that he didn�t even remember I was still upset. I was at lunch with my friend Madison when I realized just how angry I was at the whole situation.

�I mean, it�s his job and I know what but shit! Maddie, he just like IGNORED the fact that he wasn�t going to be here!�

�Natalie I�m so sorry�I know he didn�t mean to forget. Maybe he has a surprise for you. You know? Taylor�s always a bit spacey. He could totally have something up his sleeve,� Maddie said.

�I don�t know, Maddie,� I told her. I shrugged and took a sip of my passion fruit iced tea. �It�s just getting harder and harder to keep any sort of a normal relationship going.�

�More shit with fans?� she asked.

�Yeah. When you were in Hawaii�� I started. �Ohmygod I am such a bitch! How was your trip?�

�It was okay. The same as it always is. Mom and dad definitely need to find somewhere else to go. But tell me what happened with the fans,� Maddie said.

�Well, we were at dinner and this girl came over to say hi to Taylor and get an autograph, and like totally flirted with him, and he gave her a hug when she asked. It was so fucking irritating. And she was trash, Mads. Pure trash. I�m talking like tight pants with major panty line and bleach blonde city.�

�Eww!� Maddie squeaked.

�Yeah, but that�s not even the worst of it. I was in the bathroom later, and the girl�shit what was her name�Ramona�Raven�� I tried to remember. �Reagan! Reagan had called her friend to come meet him too, and they were talking about me in the bathroom.�

�Didn�t they notice you?� Madison asked.

�I was in the stall. I swear to god it was like in a movie. But they we�re pretty awful, Mads.�

�What did they say?�

�Like that I was ugly and they�d seen me on some website�� I started. Madison cut me off.

�If I ever meet the twit that put those fucking pictures on e-bay I will beat the hell out of her. They�re everywhere now! And its not even like you guys were doing anything. I have some more �incriminating� pictures of you guys in my photo album, anyway. God��

�Yeah, Madison if the pictures of the body shots get out I swear to god you�re going down. You�re the only person in the world with pictures of that and I will know it was you,� I said, laughing.

�It was Isaac�s 21st birthday! Everyone got a little stupid�but don�t worry about it Nat. Your secret�s safe with me.�

�Thanks Maddie,� I said as our waitress arrived with our food.

We ate quietly for a few minutes then Maddie realized we hadn�t finished our conversation.

�So what else happened with the Reagan girl?�

I rolled my eyes. �Well. When Taylor hugged her, she was completely glaring at me. And she said something to him. I�m totally used to that, but in the bathroom, she told her friend what she�d told him.�

�And?� Madison pressed.

�She told him she could make him SOOO happy,� I said, looking at her for a response.

�Nat, people tell him they want to have his kid on a daily basis,� Madison pointed out.

�True,� I said. �But he never said how happy he was. He never even indicated who I was. It�s like he forgot about me.�

�Natalie, he didn�t forget about you!�

�I know�I guess I�m just over-reacting��

�No, Nat if it bugs you, you need to tell him. How�s he supposed to know?�

�He just flirts so damn much. Like, when he flirts with you and Elle, it�s one thing��

�Because you know we�d never do anything�� Madison finished for me.

�Exactly! But these fans want to jump him like right then and there. And sometimes I don�t think he minds��

�New topic!� Madison declared when she saw the look on my face. �I got you a present from Hawaii,� she said, reaching into her bag. She pulled out a little brown bag and I smiled. �I watched them make it�it was so cool,� Madison told me as she handed me the bag. I pulled out a necklace made of tiny pink shells.

�Maddie, thank you so much! I love it!�

�You�re welcome. And the guy who made it was so hot! His name was Trey and he had this spiky brown hair�� As Madison continued into the details of Trey the hot jewelry maker, Taylor quickly slipped from my mind.