Texas Was You

My alarmed screamed at me, telling me that it was five thirty in the morning. I rolled out of bed and stumbled to my dresser to disable my alarm. By having my alarm on my dresser it forced me to get up out of bed. I am NOT a morning person, never have been never will be. I am the queen of the night, princess of moonlight. Dealerships however, are open durning normal people hours.

My reflection scared me, my hair looked like the wildness of Medusa's snakes, my bruise on my cheek started to darken even more and have awful shades of yellow in it, in contrast to my pale complexion. I was forced into having to wear makeup today. Ugh! I walked into my bedroom to grab my phone that I had replaced on Sunday, opening Pandora to get my day started right.

I hopped into the shower, letting the warm water run over my skin, making me want to go back to bed. I sucked it up and went into my routine: shampoo, conditioner, wash body, shave if need be, wash conditioner out, stand in shower for another five minutes. I turned the water off and slide the shower curtain open, the metal rings on the metal rod sounding like nails on a chalk board, making me cringe. I sang along, awfully, to Clay Walker's She Won't Be Lonely Long as I towel dried my hair, I did not like using heat on my bleached hair.

I checked the time: 6:17.

"Damn it, get yourself together Caty!" I applied the only necessary make up to cover my bruise and rushed to get dressed. I had to dig for clean work clothes. Resulting in wearing the bottom of the barrel clothes that I very much disliked now. Hanging with Zack all weekend messed up my schedule, I had not done laundry and was regretting it.

Zack. The thought of him made me smile. After him kissing me Saturday, something exploded inside me.

He apologized probably one hundred times when he realized what he had done, and the fact that I was speechless. It was cute watching him freak out about something like that, totally not a rock star thing to do. He had turned as red as my beloved Big Red soda. After the one hundredth time of him apologizing, I reconnected our lips. Best decision I have ever made.

I shook the thought from my mind. I needed to get to work.

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I laid my head on my desk, sighing heavily. It was only 2 o’clock and I finished my work for the day, until they brought me more, which was very unlikely.

"Is it five yet?" I asked my office mate Janet.

"I wish!" Janet poked away on her iPad. Janet was great. I got along with her very well, which was a good thing because it was just her and I in a small office. She was 53 years old, had the personality of a 25 year old. But could slam work out between our fits of laughing and complaining. From what I had learned, she had been married and divorced twice, never had kids, and loved cats more than any hipster ever could dream about.

I put my ear buds back in my ears and blocked out the world. Pandora was on point today, Clairvoyant Disease played. I closed my eyes and smiled. I let Matt sing to me. I had still only met him and Val, but Zack said I would meet everyone else soon. My desk phone began to ring and brought me back to planet Earth. Used Car Reception displayed across the caller I.D.

"Hello, this is Caty." I said out of habit.

"Hi Caty, there is a flower delivery down here for you."

"Alright thank you, I’ll be right down." I set the receiver down on the plunger. Janet turned around looking at me. I shrugged my shoulders and left the office.

As I turned the corner to head out on the show room floor, I saw a huge bouquet of pink lilies, my favorite, sitting on the corner of the receptionist’s desk. I walked around, grabbing the card off the flowers.

I’m sorry, please talk to me. Jason’s chicken scratch read, making my blood boil.

"So who is the lucky man?" The petite brunette receptionist asked.

"No one. Throw them away. I don’t want them." I tore the card in half, leaving it on the desk. The receptionist’s jaw dropped as I walked back up stairs to my office.

"What was that about?" Janet asked as I sat back down in my chair.

"The ex had flowers delivered in an attempt to convince me to go back to him."

"How long has it been?"

"Eight months. Guess he is feeling lonely again." I lied; I knew he was only doing this because he saw me with Zack.

"Don’t go back to him." Her voice was stern.

"Trust me, I won’t. Not again. I’m tired of his games." I turned back to my computer, staring at the black screen. I was having a hard time keeping myself together. I put my ear buds back in and turned the volume up a little louder than normal. This day really could not end any sooner. I crossed my arms on my desk and rested my head on them. The longer I sat there thinking about Jason, the angrier I became. I could not get Jason out of my head. My mind kept replaying all the memories of us. From laying on the hood of his truck under a summer night sky when we were in high school to our screaming matches about him messaging other girls in attempt to take them out to eat and sneaking off to see his ex-girlfriend behind my back. Just the thought of her pissed me off. Jason was a scum bag. I knew it too, but there was something about him, the side he only showed me, the soft sweet hearted side of him. That is what kept me there, that is what kept me in love with him.

The door squeaked as it opened behind me. I shot up off my desk, sitting upright in my chair like I had been working the entire time. I must have dozed off while fuming over Jason. It was just Janet going to the printer. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I logged back into my computer to check my email, none. I checked my cell phone, snap chats from my best friend and a text from Zack. I smiled.

Hope your day is going well.

If only he knew. I finally looked down at the clock on my computer, 4:42. Woo! Thirteen minutes! I slowly put my stuff away and locked my desk up. I did not trust the cleaning crew. I was ready for the day to be over. But, I had to still do this for the next four days. Can it be Friday yet?

Notes

Sorry it's been so long guys!!! I feel terrible that it's taken me so lon to get this posted, life has caught up with me haha. Well enjoy :)