Meagan Brandy

“Even when you had no fuckin’ clue... you were my baby.”

Alex wasn’t mine. She could do with him as she pleased, you are.” She looks back to her cup, blowing into the little opening. “She doesn’t get to touch you.”

I’m what she wants, and what my baby wants, she gets.

Anger, disappointment, discomfort.

Sadness.

Confusion.

Concern.

Fear?

What are you afraid of, baby?

And yes, baby, it was all. Your. Fault.”

For the one who feared the fall but dared to jump anyway.

This one is for you.

For the one who feared the fall but dared to jump anyway.

Me: here’s my number in case you want to, you know, call me ... maybe.

I grin at my lyric of choice and wait for his reply.

Romeo: hahaha. Wanna know a secret?

Of course, I wanna know!

I respond a little more subtle.

Me: it’s not a secret if you tell me.

Romeo: I knew you were going to send me something about a song.

My brows pull in.

Romeo: Don’t frown.

What the…

I bite my lip and type out my next message.

Me: how?

Romeo: Well, Juliet, it won’t be a secret if I tell you

So, if you came for me, come with me.” He pauses, but only for a second. “Because I was on my way to you just the same.” Noah takes a deep breath, nodding to himself. “I’m coming off a loss today, make my night feel like a win. Come with, Juliet.”

Noah swoops down, taking my lips with his own once more. “That’s the second time security has chased us out of somewhere,” he teases, speaking in the gentlest of tones. “What am I going to do with you?”