i didn't plan it.

               “i could do that,” aaron said, “sure, but i could also just ignore her.” he glanced over at his phone on the couch cushion, then looked back at bentley. “i like to ignore problems until they go away,” he said. a smug grin appeared on his pink lips, and he crossed his arms against his chest. “she did have a hot friend, though,” he thought aloud, teetering his head from side to side. “i could keep her around and try to get close to her friend. i don’t know, man,” he sighed. “don’t even know if it’s worth it.” aaron didn’t like to try hard to get what he wanted; he preferred for things he wanted to land directly in his lap—especially when it came to women. “dude, what if i tell her we should go on a double date or some shit? me and her with you and her friend,” he said, pointing between their bodies. “it’d get me in the same room as her friend. it’d be like a double date gone horribly fuckin’ wrong, ‘cause we’d end up switching girls by the end of the night. say yes,” he urged. “i’ll owe you big time.”

TASK NO. 2 → BENTLEY COOK’S BUCKETLIST !

TASK NO. 2 → LIBERTY CALLOWAY’S BUCKETLIST !

“i can’t wait.” he smiled, hoping it’d be sooner than he expected because not only did he want to spend time with her and see her reaction to the music, he’d sneakily gave her a record he listened to whenever she was on his mind. so he knew it was special and her reaction? well, he’d have to be there for it no matter what. stephen contemplated what to do for a little bit before turning back to face liberty. “well, are you hungry? we could get food to go and start our listening party while we eat, maybe?”

“that’s actually a better idea. just say when and i’ll come over and we can have a listening party of all four records, how about that?” stephen took up any opportunity to get to hang out with liberty more and he was a little excited when this one presented itself. it wasn’t like they didn’t already hang out enough but the thought of seeing the blonde always put him in a good mood, he couldn’t help it. “yeah but i wanted to do it.” he shrugged, heading to the front of the store where the front door was and glancing back at liberty. “i’ve basically given you no choice.” he pushed the door open, holding it for liberty to pass through and smiled as soon as they were outside. “the weather’s pretty good today. what do you wanna do now? we’ve got some time to kill before harper gets out, don’t we?”

“well, if you like them then i’m pretty sure i’ll end up liking them too.” he smiled and grabbed all four records in his hand, holding them for the time being and searching through another pile nearby. “you’ll like them, i mean i hope so. you’ll have to live text me through your listening party because i wanna know every single thought that goes through your head while listening to those songs. now that i think about it, that statement sounded creepy but hey, you know what i mean.” he chuckled, looking around once more and realizing he didn’t really need anything else. “let’s check out.” he said as he made his way to the cashier with the four records in hand, already knowing what their total was and quickly taking out his wallet to pay it. he turned around to face liberty with a grin, handing her a bag with her records. “here. it’s on me since i’m practically forcing you to listen to these.”

       the moment that andrew realized that the person was a bouncer, the white letters on his shirt practically glowing under the uv lights, he instantly felt his body stiffen up. at the man’s words, however, a relieved sigh fell from his lips. it was just some psycho chick that he’d blown off a couple of times, obviously trying to get him kicked out of the club for whatever reason, and andrew wasn’t having it. “she’s fucking crazy,” the man went on to explain, even motioning with his finger in a circle around his temple. he only hoped that the other would believe him and not her. “i haven’t done shit to that girl. she’s just saying that to get me thrown out of here. i think you know what i mean.” 

JOLIE: you kinda just said "help" so i thought you just needed... help?

JOLIE: nevermind

LIBERTY: i do but like

LIBERTY: i want someone to come here and show me what to do

JOLIE: oh my goodness how precious!

JOLIE: they could probably help you at a pet store! or there are books & articles online :)

LIBERTY: i know

LIBERTY: i was actually looking for help from a friend

       before donovan could reach for his notebook, the other male was already bending down and handing it back to him. he couldn’t even bother to utter a thanking, and the man was about to turn on the soles of heavy boots before he was being spoken to again. biting his tongue to keep from snapping, donovan faced back towards the person with a dreadful sigh. “that is my pet, and he likes the sun.” he felt the need to add in the second part, just in case the other decided to ask more questions about why. it was new york city. the strangest thing on the sidewalk couldn’t have been him taking his pet snake out for some fresh air. that was almost normal for this place.