143: I Love You ~~ON HOLD~~

Rosalinde's POV

I was walking my shared dog with my best friend Cami and roommate that she brought us the events of last night.

"So, after having this routine for four weeks, I have gotten my part down, using find my iPhone to locate you and pick you up, but usually you are awake. This time you weren't and also there was a note for you. As always." She muttered the last sentence. I grasped the slip of paper from her hands.

Emma,

Call me
574-860-9132

Xxx, Louis T.

"I am assuming that you aren't going to call him?" She said to me.

"You read the note?!" I siad exasperatedly.

"Oh don't sound so surprised, I read all of your notes..." She said back to me.

"Yeah, well I guess I should have expected that. And no, you should know that I don't call any of them." I responded to her. She nodded her head once and focused her attention back to our dog.

"Rose, you know that if Ethan were here still he wouldn't want you doing this. He would want you to move on and get out there. You need to get out of this cycle." Cami said, sounding more concerned.

"An you know that I can't. Even if I wanted to I couldn't. I can't just stop like that." I said, snapping my fingers.

"I never said all at once. Just start by going with one or two days a week where you stay away from a bar. After a month of that then go three or four days. Go another month with 5-6 days until you can bring yourself to a full week of not going near a bar. Or a random guy." She said looking at me hopefully. "Ooh, even better. Sofie got One Direction tickets. Bridgestone Arena. It'll be fun. I have to go because she is 13 but she got 6, one for her, one for me, and four for her friends but one can't go so now you can."

"Cam, I do not want to go listen to some guys sing on stage about how much they love me and wanna get in my pants, because when you think about it, that's what all of their songs say. I think that says my answer for me."

"Come on girl, it'll be so much fun. My mom said that she doesn't want us coming home late, I told her it's only like a 45 minute drive but she was like nope get a hotel room. You and I can share one and Sof and her friends can get one. We'll make a night of it. Come one. Please? Pleeeeeeaaaassse?"

"Oh my God fine, just shut up. I'll come. But I'm making a deal. In turn for me doing this for you, you need to do the dishes for 2 weeks."

"Nuh uh, we are doing this for your health too."

"I could stay strapped to my bed and it wouldn't be as painful as the concert I will soon endure."

"Fine, make it a month I do the dishes, and you can only go home with one guy a week until the concert."

I contemplated this. I mean, no dishes for a month. That is the best thing to bargain with. "Fine. Fine, I will agree to this. But no funny business, I swear if I come home one day and you are making dinner with paper plates I will hurt you. Okay?"

She nodded and opened her mouth. "I have to stop here for a minute." She said gesturing to the post office. "Take Bailey," she handed me the leash, "I'll catch up with you in a minute." She turned to enter the building. "Oh and, they are meet and greet tickets. Love you see you in a few." And she hurried into the building. God I hate that girl. Buuuut I love her.

~~June 19th, the day of the concert.~~

OUTFIT

The day of the concert finally arrived and while Sofie and all of her 13 year old friends got ready in her bedroom, Cami and I used her old room to get all dressed up. We wanted to be in our apartment but her mom insisted we get ready here. When we emerged from the room the other kids were still getting ready in who know's what. I still cannot believe I agreed to do this.

When Sofie and her friends finally came out of their room they were decked out head to toe in One Direction apparel. It was probably the scariest thing I have ever bore witness to.

And off we headed to the concert. All with our overnight bags. And One Direction things. Yay!

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