I WANNABE YOUR CANDY PRINCESS
Ok, finally, the first part of Candy Princess is here!!.
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Chapter 1 - Bruised and Broken
Feel free to e-mail Brea about it!
Chapter 1 - Bruised and Broken
"What the fuck was I thinking?" he thought as he sat down on his desk chair. He switched on his computer and pulled out a cigarette from one of the packets left upon his desk. As he lit up, a message appeared on his screen informing him to "LIVE LONG, QUIT TODAY!" Taylor laughed and hit the delete key. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the body in his bed begin to stir.
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"Ah it awakes! Morning, here's some coffee" Taylor said as he placed the cup on his bedside table. Making his way back to his desk, he heard a groggy "thanks" emerge from under the sheets.
"My god!" Taylor exclaimed looking back over his shoulder, "Astral you look like shit".
Astral gave Tay the finger, smiled, and began to drink his coffee.
"Sleep well"? he asked as he got up and walked towards Taylor. Tay took a long draw of his cigerette, careful not to make eye contact with his friend.
"Yeah" came his reply as he continued to focus his attention to his computer.
"You don't sound so sure" Astral said as he laid a hand on Taylor's shoulder. Taylor shifted in his seat at Astral's touch.
"I'm sure...it's just" Taylor turned around and looked directly into Astral's eyes. "I'm not gay" he said. Astral smiled and nodded.
"I understand" he said. "Still you shouldn't deny yourself Tay my dear, you had a lot of fun last night, wether you care to admit it to yourself, and you know it's the truth!" Astral moved closer towards Taylor. "As your known for your honesty, I guess if you say you're straight then you must be right?".
Taylor looked away and walked over to his door. "I think you better leave, everyone will be home soon and I..." Astral waved him silence.
"I understand Tay, it's ok that you're scared, I've been there, I know what's it like," he said as he picked up his things from off the floor.
"I'm not scared" Taylor said with heat rising in his voice. "I just don't want that again". Astral walked over to the door and smiled again.
"Ok Tay, if that's what you want. Just keep in mind that it will happen again, maybe not with me, but it will, and when it does, don't be afraid to admit it's what you want. Bye Taylor" he said as he left to go home.
Taylor sat down on his bed with Astral's words ringing in his ears. "Fuck this!" he said aloud and lit up another cigarette. Just then the phone rang. He walked down the hallway to answer it. "Hello?" Taylor took another drag.
"Hey Tay, just letting you know we're on our way back, see you in 10mins". Taylor hung up.
"Great, here come the cavalry" he thought.
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"Tay! We're back" Amanda yelled as she walked into the kitchen and begun putting the groceries away. Taylor slowly came downstaires to greet his house mates. He'd been living away from home for two year now and he loved the independance that brought, although he sometimes felt that his house mates were an extension of his family that everyone forgot to tell him about. But he loved them regardless and wouldn't in a million years consider moving back to Tulsa. He loved New Orleans too much.
"Here Tay, I got you that hair dye you wanted" Siobhan said as she helped Amanda unpack. Tay smiled and walked over towards them both, giving them a huge bear hug.
"Thanks guys, I love you. Hey where's Dave?" he asked as he grabbed the dye off the kitchen table.
"Dave dropped by Andre's on the way home. He'll be back sometime this afternoon. Hey after I finish here, do you want me to help dye your hair? I'll even streak it for you with this if you like! Siobhan said holding up her pack of hair dye as she grabbed a Dr Pepper from the fridge.
"Yeah sure" Taylor replied as he made his way upstairs.
"You two are crazy" Amanda said as she grabbed the phone to make yet another call to her boyfriend. Siobhan smiled evilly and followed Taylor upstairs.
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"Oh wow!" Amanda exclaimed when Taylor and Siobhan came downstairs. "You two look awesome" she smiled and ran upstairs to get her camera. Siobhan had dyed her hair a deep royal blue. Taylor had dyed his black with blue streaks with the help of Siobhan. Amanda returned and got them to stand in the lounge room entrance.
"Ok guys, say fuck you!" Taylor smirked and gave the bird, "FUCK YOU!" they said loudly as Amanda clicked her camera.
"Aw now that's one for the family album!" Siobhan said smiling as she and Taylor got ready to leave the house.
"Where are you two off to?" Amanda asked as she sat down on the couch and turned the television on.
"I wanna get my eyebrow done today" Taylor said as she tied the laces on his boots. Siobhan opened the front door.
"I'm going with him, but I'm getting that tattoo I was telling you about the other day. Hopefully Astral is there, he's the best. Ok babe, we'll be back later, bye" Siobhan made her way out the door. Amanda noticed Taylor's face contort when Siobhan mentioned Astral.
"Tay, you ok?" she asked him. Taylor smiled.
"I'm fine, see you later" he said shutting the door gently behind him. Amanda knew as soon as Tay said that, that something was up. She looked at the Polaroid she'd just taken. For as long as Amanda had known her, Siobhan had always been the goth of the neighbourhood and she couldn't picture her any other way. Taylor on the other hand was different. In the past six months he'd chaged. Not a bad one, just...different. She'd wanted to know if anything had been on his mind but knew better than to pry.
If Taylor wanted to talk, he'd do it in his own time and Amanda respected that. She sighed, turned off the television and headed upstairs to have a shower.
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