I woke up and realized I didn't gave long before tge headache would kick in. There was a note under a bottle of aspirin.

'Baby I have a meeting, and ill be back right afterwards. Sorry.

XOXO Ricky '

I popped two of the pills in my mouth and leaned back onto the soft pillows. I grabbed my phone and dialed Matts number. "Hey Sage." "Matty" " Whats wrong" "Um Dita and Moonshine got into a fight last night. And lets just say I have one less animal." "God." " Anyway I can have the day off?" "Well Christinas car broke down so were already short handed. You can come in at 10." "Thanks Matt" "yeah, sorry. Take care" " bye" " bye."

I leaned on the counter, no only did I feel dwad my stomach hurt.

Me: Hey babe, can you bring me subway?

Chris: since when am I your babe?

Me: shit sorry, it was for Ricky.

Chris: im sorry, Rick told me what happened.

Me: just trying to get through this hang over at work

Chris: what do you want on your sandwich?

Me: Italian bread, lettuce, vinegar, oil, red onions, tomatoes, and turkey please.

Chris: okay, whena your lunch break?

Me: in like an hour

Chris: okay

I leaned back against the counter and took a sip only the hot cinnamon roll latte I had sitting in a cup. So many people want hot drinks in the winter, and If already burned my hand today with a metal plate. Its such a hassle, I need a new job.

As soon as the long black legs stepped in I threw off the apron and ran over into his arms. "You okay?" I looks up at him and I felt the warm tears rolling down my face. "Shh, everything's alright." "Come on lets go out to my car." He guided me into the cold but soon opened a door for me and slid me in. A few seconds later getting in on the other side.

I finnally realized I had never really shown myself this vulnerable to most and quickly calmed down. "Here." He handed me a sandwich and I took a bite. "Thank you." "No problem, I'll be right back." He gave me a squeese and closed the door. But the windows were so fogged that I couldn't see outside.

I continued nibbling on the crunchy veggies until he came back. But he just looks back at me and put his seat belt on. "Chris I have work" "No, that blonde guy said it was okay, now eat." I took another bite and studied him as he drove.

"I escape from madness just in time." He whispered. "You like Lacuna?" "Yeah, we just got off tour with them." "So you actually go to meet them?" "Yeah, they opened for us." " is it as cool as it seems?" " we don't really get to be home alot, were always really tired, and pushed for more. But its amazing playing and meeting people." "Awe"

"How are you and Rick?" "Good, why?" "Nothing." "Chris." "He's had a rough few relationships and were just a bit worried about him." "Yeah, he's a little clingy sometimes. But otherwise hes perfect. What do you mean exactly?" "He had this girlfriend Jessica and they were really serious, on the verge of being engaged and it all fell apart." He spoke uneasily.

"Are you okay?" "Yeah." He wiped his face with his sleeve. "Is it Megan?" "What? How do you know about her?" "Its not really that hard to Google, what happened?" "Same as Rick, we dated for almost 7 years and I proposed. But she said she didn't want to be with me anymore." "Chris, im sorry." "It's fine, im happy with Sabrina. It just brings back alot of feelings to talk about it."

He pulled up to the familiar complex and I got out. We walked silently up to the door, but Chris just walked in. "Rick" he ran up from the basement and fixed his hair. "Hey babe im sorry." He wrapped his arm around me in a tight safe hug. And I knew this is my man.