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| �This is Natalie,� I said into the phone. �Who�s this?� �This is Zac.� Zac? Why the hell was Zac calling me?� **************** �Hey Nat�how�s it going?� Zac asked. Jesus, this was harder than he thought it was gonna be. �Pretty good�how about you?� she answered. �Not so good,� Zac said. �What�s wrong?� �Well, there�s this problem with Taylor�� �Oh my god�is he sick? I can fly to Chicago tonight�what�s wrong with him?� she asked, all in one breath. �No, nothing like that,� Zac said. �Shit! Zac don�t scare me like that!� �I�m sorry Natalie. Didn�t mean to make you flip out,� Zac said. His resolve nearly crumbled when he heard the frenzy in Natalie�s voice when she thought Taylor was hurt. But the image of Taylor with his hands all over Mara reminded him just why he was doing this. �Zac? What�s up with Taylor, then?� Natalie asked. �There was this party�� Zac began. ****************** I hung up the phone a half an hour later, sobbing like a child. My cordless phone fell on the floor and I lay back on my bed, sobs shaking my whole body. I saw it coming, I truly did. But the actual accounts of the love of my life cheating on me made me physically sick. I wanted to call Elle or Maddie, but couldn�t muster the strength to actually sit up and pick the phone up from where it landed. So I just lay there and cried until I had no tears left. ****************** Taylor was searching his drawers for a pair of boxers when he found Natalie�s bottle of Pearberry lotion. He sighed and squirted a bit into his hands. The smell of his girlfriend filled the room and it made him smile. He missed her, a lot. These girls he met when they were on the road, they were just filler. He knew that. So he didn�t feel bad about it. The lotion was comforting on his hands, and the smell permeating the room made him want to talk to Natalie right then. He grabbed his phone and dialed her cell phone number. ******************** I could hear the irritating ring of my cell phone in my bed, but it was downstairs in my purse. There was no way I was prying myself out of my bed to pick it up, so I opted to curl in a ball and continue to sob dry sobs instead. **************** I heard Madison�s voice before I saw her. She called my name five times before I yelled �upstairs� in a pathetically defeated voice. When she reached my room, Maddie took one look at me and rushed to my side on the bed. �Natalie what the hell happened?� she asked. �I want to die,� I said. �No you don�t. Nat don�t say that. What happened?� �Taylor�� I started. �Oh my God!� she gasped. �Is he hurt? Did something happen?� �No,� I said. �I�m hurt.� �I don�t get it,� Maddie said. �You�re gonna have to explain.� �I can�t�give me a few minutes�� I said. �K, I�m gonna go get you some water. Do you need anything else?� �Do you have a shotgun?� I asked her. �Umm�no. Why do you need a shotgun?� she looked puzzled. �Cause I�m gonna fucking kill him." |
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