The Town Plaza

Gemini

"I dunno its only been a few hours so theres no real way to tell, your not mad are you?" I said.

Jason

I snap out of the shock and shake my head, flashing a smile and setting a hand on the side of her face.

"No, Gem, I'm not mad," I whisper, "It's just big news. I wasn't expecting it."

Taylor

Alex's brother and his wife walk off. “I can't believe they would just leave you when you are hurt.” I look at Alex's bump again. “You must have hit the door pretty hard. Are you going to be okay? I am going to be honest, I was really looking forward to hanging out with you today. But now that your hurt, I guess we will have to hang out another time.” I say letting out a little sigh.

Alex

I flash a smile at her, "Nah, I'm good. My brother's like that. I'm okay though."

Gemini

I smile widely as I lean in to kiss him as the movie starts up but I don't break the kiss I allow it to last.

Jason

I smile and kiss her back, barely hearing the opening credits to the movie as we continue.

Taylor

“Nah, I'm okay. My brother like that. I'm okay though.” He says smiling.

“Are you sure?” I ask

“Yes I am sure.”

“Well okay. Where do you want to hang out?” I ask.

Alex

I see Jason and his girl head into the movie theater and I look back at Taylor, pointing, "Anywhere but there."

Taylor

I look and see Alex's brother and his wife walk into the movies. “I think I could live without going to see a movie.” I say. Alex and I walk over to the map of the mall. “How about some coffee?” I ask.

“Sure.” He say. I smile and we walk to the coffee shop. We walk up the the counter and order.

“Um... I would like a mocha please.”

Alex

I follow Taylor to the coffee shop and order a frappuccino...or two. After we both order, I lead her over to a table and sit down. My head still pounds, but no longer feels like it was split in half. I bounce my leg up and down, in wait of some serious caffeine.

Taylor

We sit down at the table and wait for our coffees. Alex bounces his leg up and down waiting. I have not noticed it until now, but Alex is really cute and he makes me smile, but I do not know much about him. The woman brings us her coffees and I sip on mine. “So Alex, whats your story? Tell me a little bit about yourself.”

Alex

I look at Taylor and gulp down my coffee down before speaking.

"Well," I say, "I've lived here all my life. My father never stuck around and my mother died when I was around twelve, so it's been me and Jay for a while. We were split up for a year or so before he disappeared. He said something about finding our dad or something."

I pause and shrug, looking down for a moment and fascinating myself in the swirls of foam in my coffee.

"He came back two days ago. I've been annoying him since," I smirk, "Then he locked me out of the house...."

I shake my head and look back up at her.

"What about you?"

Taylor

I sip on my coffee as he talks to me. I cannot believe his mom passed away. I want to ask if his brother ever found his dad, but he asks me about my life. “Well I grew up here and I moved to New York when I was eleven. My parents wanted me to start my career in singing and acting and that age. I really enjoyed it and I was good at it to. I started to take it more seriously at the age of sixteen. I was on a few TV shows, but working all day six days a week took too much out of me. I said I was going to take a break from acting, so my parents sent me here to give me a break.” I say.

Alex

I nod, actually listening this time. Anything to get my mind off Jason and mom.

"Cool. What kinds of shows did you do?" I ask.

Taylor

“Well I did some acting on ABC Family’s drama slash mystery shows.” I say. I finish my coffee, and get up and throw it away. Alex gets up with and throws his away to. We walk out the door. There is something about him that just makes me really happy.