"Yeah so..." Rachel begins as the door shuts and the room is quiet. Now she's going to spill all of the beans I think to myself. She looks at me, beginning to get wine drunk as she drinks faster than everybody else. Jay sets his wine down and pulls me in closer.
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"Matthew has been you know seeing Olivia" she laughs and he hides his face.
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"Good on you man" Jay laughs and I smirk slightly.
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"No" Rachel laughs shaking her head and pulling her phone out to check it.
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"She is fucking crazy okay" Rachel says overreacting as per usual.
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"She outright demanded to check his phone for messages from you guys at the party, it was awkward and uncomfortable" she says slowly.
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"Ok" I say slowly looking at Matthew and realising he's out of his depth. I know Matthew. I smile at him reassuringly.
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"Well I'm sure she had her reasons" I say defending Olivia.
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"Not at all. And then we were playing truth or dare and she was all like judgy" Rachel laughs.
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"She called me a harlot" she full on laughs.
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"Who says harlot anyways" she exclaims and I hide my face trying not to laugh along with her.
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"Babe we're totally harlots" I laugh at her, she puts her phone down her head swinging back happy tears streaming down her face.
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"At least you're not a pregnant harlot jeez" I laugh.
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Placing the serviette down and massaging bump I smile looking over at Matthew. Still wearing his leather jacket inside the building, a white shirt under it and black jeans.
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"I'm happy for you Matthew" I say it's important that I encourage him, for so many reasons.
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"How is it going" I ask him openly.
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"Honestly yeah the party was a bit awkward, but yeah other than that it's okay actually" he says lack lustre.
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"Why did she wanna check your phone man" Jay asks, slightly laughing pushing his blonde hair back.
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"She's just paranoid. It didn't help with Rachel telling her and the whole entire truth or dare circle that I'd had a threesome" he says laughing.
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"Ah man" Jay laughs.
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I shake my head.
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"Thanks Rach that involves me too" I say to her jokingly.
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"Oh stop being so strait-laced and boring, we've all fucked each other in this room" she laughs sipping her wine.
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"Hey" I laugh covering bump.
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"He can hear you" I say laughing.
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"Little ears" I say.
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"No, honestly Taylor, I'm sure that the baby can understand me" she laughs back and I stick my tongue out.
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"I missed you" she says after a short pause and I smile, covering my tears.
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"Me too, Rach" I say smiling hiding and failing to not show my emotion. I practically choke on my words. Matthew looks up at me startled and Jay shifts uncomfortably.
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"You cannot go away again for a long time because I need you as my bestie." She smiles sipping wine. I squeeze Jays hand and he holds me back.
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I smile at her weakly and wipe my eyes. She looks back at the movie and then begins chuckling again, it breaks my concentration and I look at her expectantly. Shes like a child in that she can't focus on anything for too long.
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"Olivia is a very crappy party friend stand in" she laughs and I smile over at her.
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"I'm a crappy party friend, no alcohol for me for at least two months if I breastfeed" I say slowly looking up at Jay.
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"You can have a small glass, honestly don't worry" he laughs.
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"You'll be drinking wine by Christmas, I'll make it happen" he laughs.
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"Baby will just have super nice breast milk" he smiles and I kiss him; he's irresistible. I laugh as he rests his head in my chest and Rachel scoffs. He laughs and I stroke his hair, yawning slightly.
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Jay kisses my chest and I stretch out. Matthew keeps his eyes strictly on the tv. Rachel laughs slightly and I forgot how much she interrupted our cute moments.
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"You guys" she laughs and Jay puts his hands up in the air as if to defend himself.
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"What? they're like incredible" he says and I swat him. He chuckles and rests his head back down as I roll my eyes.
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"As a heads up" I smirk at Rachel.
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"Your tits will be humongous when you're pregnant, and they will leak" I tell Rachel laughing.
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"Leak!?" She says horrified.
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"Yes milk" I say laughing at her shocked expression.
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"What's it like ?" She says genuinely intrigued.
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"It's like milk" I laugh telling her an obvious expression on my face.
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"Have you tried it" she laughs, and this is why I love Rachel. There is no filter, no worries. What she thinks in her head just comes straight out of her mouth.
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I laugh looking up at Jay who's now got his head resting on his hands, behind his back looking smug.
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"Oh Jay" she laughs half fascinated, half horrified.
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"Don't worry I'm not breastfeeding my husband" I laugh.
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"Sounds like you are" she laughs.
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"No it's just... you know after sex it's messy and he cleans up" I laugh out loud and he smiles owning the moment.
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"Guys, that's like some kind of crazy erotic fantasy you've got going on" she laughs.
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"You'll see one day" I laugh.
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I stand and stretch out, beginning to feel my back aching on the uncomfortable hospital sofa. Heading over to Ross, I watch him sleeping peacefully and smile slightly. Grasping his book which he's left on the covers, I take it and place it on the stand by the bed.
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I briefly stroke his hair back, seeing him smile like I knew he would in his sleep. I clean up the cake serviette and place it in the bin. Returning to him, I think about how happy he will be when he realises that he's leaving hospital. I will see him out of hospital, I will know that he's fine before I do leave the country again I think to myself.
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"He's recovered perfectly" I say smiling over at Rachel.
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She nods smiling, and then picks her phone up.
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"Ohh Christopher, incoming message" she squeals and I cover Ross' ears so he doesn't wake up from her noise.
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"Ohhh dinner plans?" She looks over at me and I smirk.
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"Let's all eat out" she suggests and I smile finding her impossible to rein in.
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"Hey we're all in relationships now, we just have to hook Ross up when he's out and then we can all go out together" she laughs.
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"Actually that's not a bad idea." I smile down at him. Imagining the kind of woman he would fall for. The woman that will wear the glistening diamond ring he picked up for me. I won't see it happen of course, I regret that I won't be here for that moment. But I'm sure I will meet her someday. I wipe my tears away looking down at him, just knowing that he will be much more able to move forward with me away and out of his life.
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"What food would you like tonight Mon amour" I say going over to Jay and perching on his lap. He looks up at me, a huge grin on his face.
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"American we've had a lot of Italian, baby" he smirks.
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"Okay, the big 8 it is then" I smirk and look over at Rachel.
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"When is the crazy nurse off of her shift" she laughs looking at Matthew.
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"How would I know" he laughs and she sighs impatiently.
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"Well you've been bringing her into work everyday" she scoffs tapping on her phone.
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"Let me go check" he says brushing his hair back and standing. Picking up his phone from the side he leaves the room wordlessly.
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The door shuts and she turns to me instantly.
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"Honestly, two minutes in and you'll see that this woman is wrong for him" she says to me and Jay laughs.
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"What could possibly be so bad about her" I say to her and she looks at me gobsmacked. Typical overreaction.
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"You just wait something will happen he'll do something and she will just be like nope" Rachel laughs.
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I smirk and stroke Jays arm.
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"I can't wait to see you and Chris together" I say to her changing the subject.
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"He's pretty romantic" she smiles.
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"You deserve romance" I tell her.
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"Have you yet ?" I ask her and she laughs.
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"Taylor!?" She smirks.
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"What" I ask defensively.
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"No we haven't had sex yet, I can't wait though" she smiles a wicked smile. I laugh realising how much I'm going to miss her when I'm away from the USA. It strikes me that even though at the beginning of our friendship we weren't particularly close, now with the thought of being away from each other looming over me, I realise just how much we have relied on each other. How much we've made each other laugh, how we've stuck up for each other over the years.
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