April 12th,

"Lee, chill." Gerard says as he walks by me with a box of pins in his hand. I hear the pins fall into their container and shake my head.

"But MCR isnt the same as BVB, Gee!" I whine and refold a few shirts before moving onto the pants section.

Customers have taken it to their responsibility to wrongly group bands. May i note, MCR is not BVB.

"I hear you, but you have been here since 6:30 and its currently 7. You are stressin' way too much for 30 minutes hun."

"You've only been here since 6!" I argue.

"And im not freaking out because some scene kids tossed a shirt they didn't want on a random shelf."

"Thy shall not disrespect toxic romances!" I throw my fist up in the air to emphasize.

"Thy shall come back to the 21st century!" Gee mimics my punch to the air weakly.

"Oh go dye your hair again." I tease with a smile.

"I was actually thinking about going bright yellow." He throws back with a shrug.

"Oooh can i call you Naruto?" There's a moment of silence before I feel his presence behind me.

"Only if you'll be my Sasuke." He whispers in my ear. I feel his breath trail down my neck, sending chills down my spine. I turn around and hit his chest playfully.

"I refuse to dye my hair black. Never again!" I say holding my heart.

"The days of split fringes..." I mumble as the back of my hand hits my forehead dramatically. Gerard chuckles and pushes my face, walking away.

"You know im right!" I go back to folding jeans and squeezing them into the tight shelves. A few minutes go by of silence.

"You never told me your last name, Gee."

~

My shift ended with a total 3.5 hours at 10pm.

I get home at 10:12pm and stumble towards my front door. Once inside, i make sure to shut and lock it before tossing my phone onto the couch. I walk up to my desk, which was luckily in the living room as well, and take the whote board off the wall. I grab the marker and write:

*edit Fri's vid
*shop - list on frdg.
*clean out closet/organize aprt.

I think for a moment and nod, hanging it back up. I grab my laptop from off my desk and snatch my phone up, walking to my room. Kicking my shoes off first, I fall onto my bed and sigh. I sit up and strip down to my sports bra and put on black leggings and a white shirt.

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Ash-Tray-Lee: Got home from Hot Topic and now look as un-emo as possible, damn.

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I smile and admire how in a matter of 3 days I have made such good friends already.

~

April 13th,

Ring Ring Ring that's the tone its your best friend calling you better pick up the phone

I groan and look over at my phone to see Elliot's caller ID at 2:34am.

"Hello?" I say groggily.

"A-Apple. Lee apple apple apple please." I hear her voice break and her breathing speed. I jump out of bed and put on my Nike Slides as I run out the with my phone and keys in a matter of seconds. I know what's happening.

"El, listen to my voice hun" I start my engine, "breathe in for 4, hold for 5 and out for 6 ok? Do it with me hun." I rest the phone between my cheek and shoulder as i speed down the street towards Elliot's house.

~

I hear her breathing at the same pace as mine, yet still shakey, as i pull into her driveway. I hold my phone as i use my spare key to unlock and enter her house.

"Hun, are you in your room?"

"Y-Yes"

"Ok, im coming in." I hang the phone up and open her door to see her in a ball at the far corner of her room.

"Babe I'm here now, ok? Breathe with me, come on." I sooth softly. I grab her hands from off her knees and rub small circles on the tops of her hands with my thumbs. I feel her relax slightly as we breathe together, almost as one.

"L-Lee it hurts.."

"I know hun."

"Please dont leave me.."

"I'm right here." Tears continue to fall down her face, but slow. I lift her chin so she can see me and go back to her hands as i stare into her eyes. Her face softens as she takes a deep breath and closes her eyes, resting her head against the wall behind her.

"I'm sorry." She whispers in a still breaking voice.

"El, a panic attack is nothing to apologize for. I'm so happy you called instead of going through this alone." She launches herself into my arms.

"Thank you so much.." She cries.

"Oh babe dont cry, its ok. You have waken up at 2am and driven over to my house countless times in the past for the same thing." She nods softly as we sit there in eachothers arms.

"I love you Lee."

"I love you too El."

Another few minutes pass before we both pull away. I stand up and hold my hand out to help her up. I don't let go of her hand, however, and drag her out to her kitchen. She sits down at her island and watches me curiously.

I pull out a bag of frozen cauliflower and toss it into the microwave for it to steam. I pull out two forks and before long i hear the beeping of the appliance. Tossing the bag onto the island, i grab scissors and cut a hole into the middle of the bag. I hand Elliot a fork and get a small bowl of salt, setting it by the both of us.

"Aww thank you Lee." She smiles at me.

"Of course hun, anything for you." I smile back.

We spent the next 2 hours eating salt covered cauliflower and catching up with each other.

Its a normal early Thrusday morning.

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