As soon as she locked the door to the flat after her child had gone, Taylor decided to make a detour to her kitchen to pour herself a glass of gin and lemonade, before she picked up and placed all the toys away. then she rang her best friend James.
James and Taylor had been best friends for quite a few years now, they were the type of friends who clicked instantly. James stood at 5ft 11 while Taylor was only 5ft 6, he had short soft chestnut hair and big chocolate eyes that could see into her soul with just one look and he had love Taylor since he first met her. But Taylor only saw James as her bestie and nothing more. So as to not jeopardize the relationship they had James tucked his feelings away and was her biggest supporter in life.
He had been there throughout most of Taylor and Mike's relationship and he saw her dwindle down to practically a husk of her former self yet he still tried to help their relationship stick. But to no avail was it a possibility, all of their friends could see the relationship between them dwindle down to nothing. Although Mike and Taylor never argued the communication was abysmal. After their first argument in which Mike asked her to leave. Taylor did just that, she packed some of her belongings and her son's and left after a while of thinking it over.
Two years later- to the present day Taylor sighed as she put the rest of the toys away. then sat down with her glass of gin and rang her bestie James. James picked up the phone after 2 rings. "Hello, beautiful, how are you on this fine Friday?" James asked in a bright and bubbly tone. Taylor rolled her eyes at his comment, ignored the compliment then proceeded to tell James what just happened.
"Well, guess who is now deciding to play happy families with a new partner and child" she stated. James was slightly taken aback even though he heard her nonchalant attitude and immediately answered with one word "Mike", Taylor scoffed then "That's right that ignorant man has finally decided to 'settle down'" Taylor said in disgust. James was shocked, he could imagine her doing the air quotes and chuckled a little "Really, well damn... and here I thought he would of done that with you. So who is she? what is he like? Does she really think he's going to be a great dad?"
"Firstly my dear James, he brought to my door, didn't even bother to have to courtesy to introduce this woman who will be hanging around my child" she seethed, it wasn't that Taylor disliked her it was just that she and Mike had an agreement when it came to Osiris, that anything to do with their son was dealt with only by them. "Secondly, he said absolutely nothing to me just looked at me with that patronizing gaze of his" James sat there quietly as he listened to his bestie. after a short while he spoke up. "Well all I can say tbh my dear beautiful Taylor is that she is one unlucky woman but at least it isn't you anymore" Taylor sighed "That's true, so when are you gonna get your butt over so we can finish watching the anime we just started?" James chuckled at his best friend and her cutesy nerd way of asking him to come over, "I will be there in twenty, and please for the love of satan don't drink all the gin in one go, we still have a party to go to later".
"Okay, okay I hear ya goofy, I'll see you soon bye-bye" Taylor said pulling the phone away from her ear just as she heard James say "Okay love you bye" She just chuckled whilst shaking her head, Taylor had no idea what she would do without him as he was her rock. But as she thought about it they were best friends who supported each other through everything after all that's what best friends do.