Hollister and my life in Cali when I hear my phone ringing. I reach over to grab it off the end table and gasp loudly when I see who’s calling me on FaceTime.
“Bailey? What’s wrong?” Talon asks concernedly at the sound of my gasp.
“Oh my gosh!” I hit the talk button and see that it’s not just Blaine, but it’s all of them! “BLAINE!! HI!! What are you guys doing??” I have tears in my eyes that are now rolling down my cheeks. Talon doesn’t get in the view of my phone but he reaches over and grabs my free hand and smiles at me now knowing who I’m freaking out over.
“Baby Bay! No cryin’, I’m too far away to wipe your tears and too drunk to say the right thing.” He looks so good, he looks like he’s been rodeoing or working maybe, but I’m going to bet he’s at a rodeo since I don’t recognize the background. He’s wearing one of his famous plaid western shirts and the same cowboy hat he got for his sixteenth birthday. The hat has seen better days, but he’ll wear that thing until the end of time or at least until the hat won’t do the job any longer.
“Blaine, what are you doing? God, I miss you so much. I was just telling a friend of mine tonight about you guys and I was feeling so homesick.”
“You don’t get homesick, what’s wrong baby girl? Something happen? Is it that douche bag boy of yours? I’ll fly out and kick his ass right now if I need to Bailey.” I’m sniffling and Talon is laughing just a little. I cut my eyes over to him and he lifts his hands in surrender with an innocent look on his face. “What’s so funny?” I whisper to Talon.
“He nailed it. Instantly, it was impressive,” Talon whispers back as he shrugs his shoulders.
“Who are you talking to Bay?” Blaine asks.
“I’m sorry Blaine, that’s my friend I told you I was talking to earlier about you.”
“Is she hot? Melanie left me last week, I could use some hotness,” he tells me in a very serious tone.
I laugh hard because he thinks Talon is a girl and Talon looks absolutely mortified. “Well yeah, my friend is way hot, but definitely not your type.” I keep laughing and Talon just shakes his head.
“I don’t have a type Bay, you know that. Hot’s hot. Lemme see her.”
I flip my camera over so it faces Talon. He gives his million dollar smile and puts up two fingers in the form of a wave to Blaine. I can’t see Blaine’s face but I’m sure it’s not pretty.
“Hey man! Will you hit Bay for me?”
“HEY!! No hitting, it’s against the rules and you know it!”
“Alright alright. He is hot though Bay, that your new boyfriend?”
“Um, no he’s not, he’s a really good friend,” I say as I peek through my lashes at Talon looking at me. He winks at me then hands me my whiskey.
“So anyway, for the first time in a long time we’re all together at a rodeo in Tulsa. We all flew in tonight and we were just reminiscing and missing you girls. Ol’ Tucker here just got out the guitar and is getting ready to do ‘Back when we was kids’ and we knew you would want to be here for that and FaceTime is the best I can do.” This catches me totally off guard and I start crying again. I used to listen to Tucker on his guitar all night long, but this particular song is my absolute favorite. The camera flips over and faces Tucker with Garrett sitting next to him.
“Hi,” I whisper to them, four fingers resting on my lips in disbelief.
“Hey Baby Bay, you look beautiful, it’s been too long,” Garrett says as he tips his mason jar towards the phone.
“Thank you Garrett, you look great too. I miss you.” I wipe my tears and Talon kisses my hand and starts to trace small figure eights on the back of it.
“Hey Bay,” Tucker says as he starts strumming his guitar. “You do look beautiful, I think of you, ya know, all the time.” Tucker takes a quick break from strummin’ and raises his mason jar and says that we need to toast so I show him my tall glass and he shakes his head. All three
“Bailey? What’s wrong?” Talon asks concernedly at the sound of my gasp.
“Oh my gosh!” I hit the talk button and see that it’s not just Blaine, but it’s all of them! “BLAINE!! HI!! What are you guys doing??” I have tears in my eyes that are now rolling down my cheeks. Talon doesn’t get in the view of my phone but he reaches over and grabs my free hand and smiles at me now knowing who I’m freaking out over.
“Baby Bay! No cryin’, I’m too far away to wipe your tears and too drunk to say the right thing.” He looks so good, he looks like he’s been rodeoing or working maybe, but I’m going to bet he’s at a rodeo since I don’t recognize the background. He’s wearing one of his famous plaid western shirts and the same cowboy hat he got for his sixteenth birthday. The hat has seen better days, but he’ll wear that thing until the end of time or at least until the hat won’t do the job any longer.
“Blaine, what are you doing? God, I miss you so much. I was just telling a friend of mine tonight about you guys and I was feeling so homesick.”
“You don’t get homesick, what’s wrong baby girl? Something happen? Is it that douche bag boy of yours? I’ll fly out and kick his ass right now if I need to Bailey.” I’m sniffling and Talon is laughing just a little. I cut my eyes over to him and he lifts his hands in surrender with an innocent look on his face. “What’s so funny?” I whisper to Talon.
“He nailed it. Instantly, it was impressive,” Talon whispers back as he shrugs his shoulders.
“Who are you talking to Bay?” Blaine asks.
“I’m sorry Blaine, that’s my friend I told you I was talking to earlier about you.”
“Is she hot? Melanie left me last week, I could use some hotness,” he tells me in a very serious tone.
I laugh hard because he thinks Talon is a girl and Talon looks absolutely mortified. “Well yeah, my friend is way hot, but definitely not your type.” I keep laughing and Talon just shakes his head.
“I don’t have a type Bay, you know that. Hot’s hot. Lemme see her.”
I flip my camera over so it faces Talon. He gives his million dollar smile and puts up two fingers in the form of a wave to Blaine. I can’t see Blaine’s face but I’m sure it’s not pretty.
“Hey man! Will you hit Bay for me?”
“HEY!! No hitting, it’s against the rules and you know it!”
“Alright alright. He is hot though Bay, that your new boyfriend?”
“Um, no he’s not, he’s a really good friend,” I say as I peek through my lashes at Talon looking at me. He winks at me then hands me my whiskey.
“So anyway, for the first time in a long time we’re all together at a rodeo in Tulsa. We all flew in tonight and we were just reminiscing and missing you girls. Ol’ Tucker here just got out the guitar and is getting ready to do ‘Back when we was kids’ and we knew you would want to be here for that and FaceTime is the best I can do.” This catches me totally off guard and I start crying again. I used to listen to Tucker on his guitar all night long, but this particular song is my absolute favorite. The camera flips over and faces Tucker with Garrett sitting next to him.
“Hi,” I whisper to them, four fingers resting on my lips in disbelief.
“Hey Baby Bay, you look beautiful, it’s been too long,” Garrett says as he tips his mason jar towards the phone.
“Thank you Garrett, you look great too. I miss you.” I wipe my tears and Talon kisses my hand and starts to trace small figure eights on the back of it.
“Hey Bay,” Tucker says as he starts strumming his guitar. “You do look beautiful, I think of you, ya know, all the time.” Tucker takes a quick break from strummin’ and raises his mason jar and says that we need to toast so I show him my tall glass and he shakes his head. All three
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