I drove Sarah home. She said I "owed it to her" and that "it's my fault" and because "she had to see the emo freak." I sighed. She was busy babbling on and on about some stupid girl who wore the same dress as her. Then she asked if I was paying attention to her.

"Yes." I said. No...I thought. Then the conversation went to shopping.

"Do you want to come shop with me?"

"Do I have a choice?" I asked her.

"No." She said. We parked and got out of the car. I sighed and looked up at the dreaded bricked building of horrors. "Oh! Don't you just love the mall?"

"Yes...sure." She looked at her reflection in the car window and smoothed her hair out of her face. She pranced to my side and hooked onto my arm with her spa-styled hands.

"C'mon baby. Let's go!" She squealed, I sighed.

"Okay. How long is this going to take?"

"I think...3 hours?"

"3 hours! How long does it take to buy clothes!?" Sarah rolled her eyes.

"It takes a while. Now come on."

"Ugh." I sighed as she pulled me along. We got inside and she pulled me into a store called Forever 21. It was a really girly store and just like she said we spent 3 hours there. Then we needed to pick out shoes.

"Ooh! Brendon look at these!" She said showing me a pair of 5 inch pink heels.

"Are those even legal?" I asked looking at the sharp heels. They looked more like weapons than shoes.

"Of course they are silly." She giggled. I wiped my eyes and yawned.

"Sarah? Can I please go home? I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I'm bored out of my mind." Sarah huffed and crossed her arms across her too-small shirt.

"Fine." She bought her weapon shoes and handed me the 7 bags. And no, she didn't pay. "Now explain to me why couldn't pay for this?"

"Because you're my boyfriend, silly."

"Oh right, of course. How silly of me." I rolled my eyes. That was $1,200 down the drain. I drove her home and watched as she pranced inside. I needed to see her, Dallas. Every part of me knew what happened today would not be forgotten, by either of us.

"Dallas pick up the phone." I whispered, waiting for the sound of her voice. Nothing. I finally hung up and pocketed my phone. I thought about today. How her eyes stared into mine. I saw sparkles. I...I don't know. I parked and walked inside. I sighed as my dogs attacked my legs. I ruffled their heads and kneeled beside them. "Hey boys, hey boys." I said in a baby voice. They whined. "What? You don't like me talking down to you?" They whined again. I sighed and stood up. "Well I mean it's hard not to talk down to you. I'm tall. Even taller than Andy Biersack. But I am also better looking too." I did a hair flip. My phone beeped. I pulled it out of my pocket. " Oh crap! I just butt-dialed Andy Biersack! I'm dead!" I was going to have to hide out for a awhile. Lucky for me he was on tour a long way-away. "Oh I'm dead. And hungry. But mostly dead." I grabbed the phone and called a chinese place I had tried once-or-twice. "Umm...yes...may I please have lo' mein noodles and some rice...oh and spring rolls." I said.

"Okay sir. Pick up or delivery?"

"Delivery." The person (woman) on the other end sounded hot. "Maybe I could use my charm and good looks (better than Andy's) to get her phone number." I smiled and checked my phone. "I'm dead." I said, I did it again. I grabbed a beer from the fridge. My phone basically blew up. Sarah had lost it.

Hey babe (Don't text back!)
Answer your phone!
I know you're there...(umm...stalker?)
Please text back (NO!)
Fine I'm done
I'm breaking up with you ( :) )
I found someone better (?)

And that ended the text message flow.

"She's a nut job." I said to myself. I turned off my phone but right then I saw a text flash up. I turned it on again.

Hey, want to go get coffee tomorrow? Gerard doesn't like the cafe we like-Dallas (It's a miracle)
Yeah I would love to-Me
Cool. When do you want to meet?-Dallas
Idk, maybe 10?-Me
Yeah, 10, I'll see you there-Dallas
Bye, see you tomorrow-Me (You have so much to do!)

I dashed upstairs and started to tear apart my closet. Clothes were sprawled across the room. Nothing I picked out was good enough, I knew, for Dallas. But I finally went with a button up white shirt with a tiny feather pattern, and some blue jeans and converse. I set it out and ironed them. I fixed the collar.

"Okay." I said. I pushed my hipster glasses farther on my nose and ran my fingers through my hair. Coffee with Dallas. Two great things together. The doorbell rang and I walked to the door. I was right about the woman being hot.

"I've got...your lo' mein, rice, and....spring rolls?" She said.

"Yes thank you." She smiled and blushed slightly. The dogs ran to her and jumped on her. They rarely got to be around other humans.

"Aww." She said ruffling their heads. "They're so adorable."

"Thanks. They're a mess." I grabbed their collars and let the, go inside. They ran away and went to break something. "So umm...thanks for the umm...food." She smiled. I handed her the cash.

"You're cute...err...I mean you're welcome." She blushed heavier. I smiled.

"Thanks. And I think you're cute too." She smiled. "Maybe we could hang out sometime?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I'd like that." She smiled and grabbed the pen resting on her ear. She pulled out a pad of paper and wrote down her number. "Here's my number." I grabbed the paper and smiled.

"Thank you again. I'll call you."

"Okay. And you're welcome." She walked to her car but kept turning around to look at me as I looked at her. "Oops. Uh...that's the door." She laughed at herself. She had accidentally backed into the car door. "Bye." She said and drove off. I closed the door and walked back inside.

"I bet things like this never happen to Andy." I laughed and my phone beeped. "I'm dead." I sat on the couch and watched television while my dogs sat beside me. Suddenly my phone started ringing, I looked at the caller I.D. CC. I couldn't...wouldn't answer it. It kept ringing so eventually I picked it up.

"Sup?" I asked into the phone.

"Hey Brendon. So...I think you butt dialed me."

"Ohmygoshdon'tkillmeitwasn'tmyfaultnotreallyImeanwell..." I stammered.

"Relax." He said. I breathed. "CC, being the clutz that he is--"

"Hey!" I heard CC's voice in the background.

"--dropped my phone out the bus window."

"How...?"
"I have no idea. Anyway, I only got one message before he dropped it." He paused on the line and I nearly died waiting. "I'm sorry...but you're not taller than me and I'm the most beautiful female deer in the world." I sighed. "Oh and if you're wondering, this is CC's phone." Then he hung up.

"Female deer?" It has to be a Andy thing.
...
I put on my shirt and jeans. I fixed my hair and brushed it to the side. I danced around the bathroom to a song in my head.

"Miss Jackson, Miss Jackson, Miss Jackson. Are you nasty? Miss Jackson, Miss Jackson, Miss Jackson." I sang out loud. I grabbed my toothbrush and brushed my teeth twice, once for me and once for Dallas. I put on my converse and popped a mint into my mouth.

Hey we still on?-Dallas
Yeah, I'm on my way-Me
K. How do you like your coffee?-Dallas
Latte-Me
Okay, see you in a bit-Dallas
Cool, see you soon-Me

I grabbed my car keys and walked to my car. I drove to the rustic cafe and saw Dallas sitting at one of the outside tables. When she noticed me walking up, she waved. I waved back.

"Hey, you made it. For a minute there I thought you wouldn't show."

"What? Me? I'd never stand someone up. Especially not you." She smiled and handed me a coffee. "Thanks."

"No problem. So...how've you been?"

"Good. Sarah broke up with me last night...again."

"Oh. I'm....sorry." She hid a laugh. I laughed instead.

"Yeah. She's...a pain in the butt." I sighed and facepalmed. Dallas grabbed my hand and put it down on the table. She smiled.

"You don't have to deal with her anymore." I nodded and sipped some from my mug. She did the same with her own.

"So how have you been?" I asked.

"Okay. That whole Chick-Fil-A debacle really ticked me off. But other than that I'm...I guess I could be better." She paused to let out a gloomy sigh.

"I'm sorry about that." She shook it off.

"Not your fault." She said. She had bought an eggs, bacon, and cheese sandwich for breakfast, and she took another bite. I was kind of hungry.

"I'll be right back." I said and she nodded. I bought one of the sandwiches and sat back down.

"They're good." Dallas said, referring to my sandwich. Man was she right.

"Oh man. These are good." I said. She laughed.

"Almost good enough to not want to eat them."

"Nah. They're good but I'd rather eat mine."

"Me too." She said smiling. She took a bite out of her sandwich and smiled as she wiped her chin with a napkin. "Mm it's so good." She said through her napkin. I licked my thumbs (which had become cheesy from holding the sandwich) and nodded.

"Man, this cafe food is awesome." I said. She agreed and took another bite, finishing her sandwich.

"Yeah. Well that was fun. But I think I've got to check up on Gerard. He flips out a lot."

"What? I never noticed." I said. She smiled and hugged me before leaving. "Bye." I said after her.

"Bye." She said back. I threw away my cup, napkins, and the paper sleeve the sandwich came in. I went up to the counter.

"Umm...do you think you could get me another one of those sandwiches to go?" The man nodded and grabbed one out of the refrigerator case. I paid. "Thank you for being awesome."

"You're welcome...and we'll try." He said. I drove home and put the sandwich into the refrigerator beside the beers and leftover chinese.

"What now?" I asked myself. The dogs looked up at me with hopeful faces. "Okay. I'll get your leashes. Let's walk through the park." They barked and ran around the house excitedly. "Guys! Calm down! You're scratching up the wood." They didn't listen but instead ran around even more. I sighed and grabbed their leashes. I hooked the leashes to their collars. I grabbed a baseball hat and we started to walk. My car was by the park where I had expected to drive back. "Guys, heal! I know it's the outer world but please be cool." I said while trying to hold on to their leashes. They barked and panted wildly. The pavement echoing beneath their paws. We took a short break. I let them drink out of some freshwater pond (which probably wasn't the best idea) but they ate the tiny fish swimming by. I did at least 6 prayers for the fish who didn't have a chance and I scolded the dogs for not caring about innocent little fish. They had short attention spans so they didn't hear any part of my fish speech. Then for some STUPID reason, a stupid squirrel with its squirrel face ran by. The dogs saw it and chased after it with intense speed. They dragged me along the grass. Suddenly the chinese delivery girl ran up to me.b62c9393dcd9efcbaced8eb89d777f04.jpg

"Having a little trouble Brendon?" She asked. She was wearing a pink sports bra with a blue jacket over the top and a pair of running shoes and shorts.

"Uhh...yeah. There was a squirrel and..." She laughed. She was very pretty. Her pixie cut was dyed bubble gum pink that suited her. Her eyes were dark green and her thin pink lips were curtains to a window of white teeth.

"Hey guys." She said kneeling down next to the dogs. I stood up and brushed myself off. There were huge grass stains. "So how've you been?" She asked putting some of her bubble gum hair behind her ear. I shrugged.

"Not much. Just taking the dogs for a walk."

"Cool. So umm...are you free for lunch or something?" She asked. I smiled.

"Yeah, I am." She smiled. "I might need to get changed but yeah I'm free." I looked at my shirt.

"Okay. I've got to change too." She stood up and smiled. "So when do you want to meet?"

"Uh. 2:40 maybe?" It was 2:15.

"Yeah, my apartments just there." She started to walk.

"I can give you a ride if you want."

"No it's fine."

"Can I at least pick you up?"

"Sure. Apartment room 4B." She said moving the bubble gum hair strand out from behind her ear.

"Okay I'll pick you up at 2:40."

"Okay." She smiled. Her eyes sparkled.