listen out for your mind

Victoria: Taylor, you’re the last good person in the Vortex Club. I’d believe cartoon birds braided your hair this morning.

         ‘ free enough to travel across the country. but i don’t need the logistics of how your dad helped. ’ it’s as though she waves the subject away with her hand before she turns and leans back against the wall, sliding down it to sit next to him. a grimace appears at the thought of him and mr. jefferson locked up in the same place. they’d both done awful things, they’d done them together, but it was different. ‘ that’s understandable. keeping you locked up in the same place as jeffershit just seems.. wrong. one of the main purposes of jail is rehabilitation. they’re supposed to help you not fuck with you even more. ’ it’s not like she has to say more on the subject when he’s the one who lived through it. she doesn’t feel anxious as long as she’s talking. if she’s not talking then she’s thinking about different ways to be handling this. taylor could’ve kept walking, could’ve freaked out or cursed him out, but this was nathan. nathan who she’d hung out with and partied with, who she was friends with. she doesn’t want to be scared of him. ‘ i don’t want to be scared of you. ’ but how many more accidental deaths could happen ? ‘ and.. you’re victoria’s best friend. she still loves you, no matter what. you know that right ? ’

        ‘ and now you know to buy a case. how the hell’d you manage to do so much damage to do it so quickly ? ’

       ‘ is she dead ? ’cause you are looking rough. no offence. ’ the other girl did look brutal, which prompted taylor to unzip her purse and pull out a couple of napkins to hand over. 

        ‘ shitty. did you at least get a one year warranty ? ’

           a LOUD ( and obviously fake ) gasp erupts due to his words. ‘ how dare you ? ’ she tones down the dramatics and a smirk toys at her lips -- but she’ll definitely still preach the camera’s importance. ‘ it’s not just a camera. it has tons of pictures that i’ll NEVER be able to recreate. i haven’t got them developed and/or saved them to a usb yet. ’

         as soon as her eyes land on the familiar boy, her pace quickens to reach him. there’s an obvious reason to be hesitant, to be scared of him, and it’s not like they were as close as he was with victoria, but.. taylor is capable of empathy. even if it’s in relation to nathan. ‘ hey, ’ she starts as she’s within a distance that he should be able to hear her provided he’s not too far into his head. ‘ you’re a free man, huh ? ’ it’s the first question that pops into her head, but ones of a more gentle tone follow suit. ‘ are you okay ? have you seen vic yet ? ’ she doesn’t sit down, but she rests a hand on the wall.