She sucked in a ragged breath, and laughed a little, “That’s why you’re seeing me cry instead of her.” I laughed a little and held her tighter.
“You know, you get even more sarcastic when you’re upset.” She pulled away and nodded, while wiping the tears from her ocean-blue eyes. “Listen, whatever happens at that meeting tonight, it can happen without me." I brushed a strand of hair away from her face, "I’m coming tonight to the show cause I’ll be damned if I have to watch the Regis Fillman Report on it tomorrow to find out how it went.”
She smiled at me, and shook her head, “ I know what this meeting’s about, and it’s important, and you need to be there. Just come with Taylor tomorrow night to see it. I wanted him there because I've got gitters from here to Kingdom Come and I needed a little support tonight. However, it's not the end of the world right? I'll be fine.” She paused and tucked a few locks of hair behind her ear, and snuggled closer to me. “Dammit Zac, I’ve even cancelled auditions to be there for him. It's like his life is more important than mine. No matter what happens, if I’m not there to be the supportive Girlfriend he gets upset. But if he screws up and forgets to be there for me I have to be ok with it. Well I'm not ok with it this time; I need him tonight. I wouldn't be so scared if I knew he was out there watching me.”
That stung; it felt as if Taylor was the only one she needed, like I didn’t matter. I knew that I did matter to her, but just like the rest of the world, I could feel insecure and comments such as that one made those insecurities worse. “He better get it through his thick skull that if he doesn’t start treating you like you should be treated, then I’m gonna have to severely hurt him”
Taylor knocked on the door and came in, “I just got off the phone with Chris; the meeting is now tomorrow at 2, and he and Julia will be there with Isaac, Megan and I. Oh, and Zac you can come too if you want.” I glared at Taylor as Libby jumped up and gave him a huge hug. “I’m sorry Babe, I’ve been taking you for granted and I feel really bad about it.”
I stood up and headed for the door, I was still furious with him and he knew it. He was so lucky to have Libby, and he didn’t even realize it. “I should be getting home, I forgot my Drumsticks. Tay I’ll meet you and Ike at the studio ok?” He nodded, “Lib, good luck at the rehearsal today , and break a leg tonight.”
She grinned, “I will Zac, I’ll see you after the show.” I could hear them giggling and kissing as I headed out the door, and I had a feeling that Taylor would probably be late. My stomach wrenched into knots at the thought of what was going to happen in their apartment, and I decided to take a walk through Strawberry Fields, seeing as my Drumsticks were in my bag.