❤️Cole's POV
I'm really worried about her, which I do not like because I don't worry about people other than myself and my family; well not in a long time. Not since my mother died. I pull my hair in frustration. Damn it why her? Why now? It's like she's the sun and I'm supposed to revolve around her. Like I can't live without her. Maybe it's the red hair? It's not supposed to be this way. She makes me think and feel things I haven't ever felt. It's all new and foreign to me and I'm not sure if I like it or not. And who am I to care for a woman I barely even know? Well besides the things that everyone knows about her since she is famous and all. I'm definitely not a simp. I can't be. This is just stupid.
❤️Gabriela's POV
Finally a break. A break from life itself. This weekend was all about me and my well-being. I hadn't gotten much sleep this week at all and I definitely needed rest. After all these stupid encounters and risks, I was drained. At least I had one good news today. Kemberly is coming over tonight for a girl's night in and is bringing over the results for the damn note I received a few days ago. I honestly just wanted to know who had it out for me and why. I never did anything to anyone. Maybe I ignored them? I don't know. Either way, I didn't want to have to worry about it anymore. I walk to my store with Jenny tagging along. I look at the time. It was currently 6:22 am and the store didn't open until 9 am but I just felt that I needed to be surrounded by my sketches. I had to come up with new ones anyways as Jack called me over the week to discuss his next show. I had a whole new line to make and I planned on making it around the theme Two-faced. Ironic isn't it. I'm living two different lives and making a new line based on two different colors. I guess this is a way of speaking my life's story through fashion. I step into my office and looked at the green dress that Cole had taken a picture of. Maybe I could use those two colors and use that dress as the start of my line. Two very different colors. Light and dark. I sit down and grab my sketchbook and start to form different shapes of dresses. Right now, everything seemed perfect.
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"Gabby?" questions Anne.
"I'm in here!" I yell from inside my office.
"Oh! Thank goodness, I thought someone was in here cause I saw that the front door was open."
"Ooh, I totally forgot about the door. Sorry."
"It's all good. Eric is on his way by the way. He's getting coffee for us."
"Great. I'm in desperate need of some caffeine."
"You do look tired. Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm totally fine, just didn't get much sleep this week."
"Okay. You should definitely get some rest."
"Yeah, don't worry about me I will."
"Good."
With that, Anne leaves me to my sketching and closes the door, leaving it slightly open. I continue to sketch ideas that were spiraling in my head. I really hope that Jack would be impressed with this line. I think that the colors matched really well. Around 5 minutes have gone by until I heard another knock at the door.
"Come in!"
"Hey Ms. G I heard you've been here before the chickens were up, you okay?"
"Yes of course! I just have a new line to make that's all."
"Ah, okay then. Here's your coffee." Mumbles Eric as he placed it down on the table.
"Thank you, love. Before you go I need your opinion on something."
"Yeah, sure what's up?"
"This dress right here, I'm making a line inspired by it and since you said you wanted to be on the runway for this, which I definitely think you should, I think that you should make your own design of what you want to wear and bring it over to me and I'll have it made."
"Are you serious? I can really do that?" He questions as his eyes shone with hope.
"Of course, tell that to Gabby too she can sketch out her own and I'll have it made also. It's about time y'all do more than just put things on racks around here."
"Oh my goodness thank you so much Gabs!"
"You're so welcome. I'll give you both till the end of the week okay?"
"Okay sounds good. Thank you!"
He then rushes out as quickly as he came in. Not two seconds later I hear and a faint squeal from what I'm assuming was Anne's reaction to the news and silently smiled to myself. They deserved this huge opportunity.
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As I drop the thick blankets onto the side of the couch with a glass of red wine in my hand, I hear the door to my apartment open. I chuckle to myself knowing it was Kemberly.
"The bestest friend in the world has arrived!!!" She screams as she closes the door behind her.
"Well well well, I hope that the best friend brought the food," I reply as I walked to meet her in the front.
"Yes, she definitely has brought the food." She says, lifting up the container.
"Yessss, pastaaaaa!"
"You and your pasta Gabs, are inseparable." She laughs.
"Hush-hush and let the baby come to mama."
I grab the container from her and left for the kitchen as she made her way into the living room.
"When was the last time you stayed at your other place?" She yelled out.
"Umm, I'm not sure actually, I usually have no reason to be there unless I'm hosting something or I know someone is coming over to see Kia."
"Girl, I honestly don't know how you do it. I'd definitely started forgetting which house I should be at."
"Lol, it isn't that bad actually."
"Let's hope it stays that way, cause once this movie you're in is out, a whole new side of that career is waiting for you. I'm talking stalkers who will find every info about you and show up at your house. Good thing they won't find you there but I just hope they don't put two and two together if they realize your never there."
"Yeah that could be a problem but I can handle it. I've been doing this for the past 5 years now."
"Yeah but you are one of the youngest celebrities out there. I worry about you sometimes. The world of fame is cruel."
"Yeah, I know. Don't worry I'll be totally fine."
"I know you will, you got all that power in you just waiting for someone to do you wrong to release itself."
"You got a point there."
"Alright, enough of the heavy, it's movie time!"
I laugh and pour a glass of wine for her and refill my own glass. She comes to the kitchen and placed Alfredo pasta for each of us on plates and carries them over to the couch with me in tow with the wine glasses. We make ourselves comfortable and search through Netflix for a good movie to watch. We finally settle for Romance/ Comedy and end up watching Always a Bridesmaid. Right after, we watch How to lose a guy in 10 days, Life as we know it, and Think like a man. By the time we reached the last movie, we were half drunk off wine, pasta, and lots of junk food. As the credits roll, Kemberly reaches to the side and pulls out a file. I look at it and all the anxiety comes back. Finally. Finally, I would know who was after me. I take the remote and turn off the tv, giving Kem my full attention.
"So, I didn't find much on the guy but that isn't important. His name is Tyler Houser and he's a senior in high school so most likely he was used as a messenger for the note. However, I did get his number and called him. He told me he was given the note by a woman in a cream boxy coat, he said it looked expensive. With all the info that he gave me the woman is most likely in her early to mid-20s, has long and dark brown hair, and has a tawny skin color. Anyone sound familiar?"
I think long and hard about it. The people that were close to me were very few so it wasn't hard to put everyone on a mental list.
"I don't think it's anyone close to me. None of them fit that description."
"Anyone at work maybe? You said the fire did happen at work correct?"
"Yeah it did, hmm maybe they might be at work or something. I'll be sure to look closely when I get back next week."
"Okay good. If you find anything or if they send you another thing don't touch it directly with your fingers you don't what could be laced on anything these days. And don't hesitate to call me right away."
"Yep, will do."
I check the time on my phone and it read 11:23 pm.
"Yikes, we've been up for a while."
"Yeah, I should head out I have to fly out to Georgia for several cases. I'll be there for about a week so I might not be able to answer you at times but I'll try too as much as possible."
"Okay, let's hope I won't need to contact you lol. I'll be fine."
"Okay, I'll see you in a week fool!"
"Goodnight Kem. Drive home safe." I say as she walks out the door and into her car.
I stand in the door frame and wait until she drove down the road. I close and lock my door, then walk back to the couch to clean up. After about half an hour everything was washed and put away. I drag my tired body upstairs to my bedroom, closing all the lights behind me as I went up. I slip into my matching pajama shorts and tank from Adore Me and slip under my thick covers, welcoming the warmth and sleep that came with it.