Page 46 of Snapdragon

The few hours that we spend in the studio flies by.

“I think it’s done!” I squeal. I had added the final touches and we had a listen back. There’s no other changes I would make to it.

I turn to Sebastian, jumping with joy. He picks me up and spins me around, laughing along with me.

“Wow, I can’t believe it’s finished.” He tells me. “Now I’m going to have to come up with another excuse to spend time with you.”

I slap his arm playfully.

“We could always go out to celebrate,” I suggest.

Sebastian’s phone dings before he can respond. He reads his text carefully, his expression darkening.

“Fuck, Karl wants me to go out of town for the night to do a TV appearance…” He runs his hand through his hair.

“Oh, that’s OK!” I tell him quickly, trying to hide my disappointment. “We can go out once you’re back. I could probably do with being home for a bit on my own, anyway.”

Sebastian sighs. He seems frustrated, more than he should be.

“I’m sorry, Flora.” He pulls me close and kisses me. I sink into the kiss and lose myself in it for a moment. “I have to leave now, but I’ll text you and we can hang out tomorrow. Sound good?”

I nod, letting him kiss me one last time before he leaves the studio.

I’m happy that we finally finished our song, but I’m sad that we won’t get to celebrate properly together in the moment. Karl’s timing was pretty shit, but this is the lifestyle that we both live. Things like this are bound to happen.

I take out the flash drive with our song, and pop it into my purse.

Alex should be here soon, so I go to the break room to make a coffee. I set my purse on the couch, and take on the task of waiting for the world’s slowest coffee machine.

Addison comes in and we chat a little bit, I tell her that Sebastian had to leave. She’s bummed because she only got his text after coming all the way in. We chat for a bit, but then I join Tabitha at a table to have a good gossip.

Eventually, Alex and Hyacinth are ready to get to work. I grab my purse from the couch and join them.

After a long day at the studio, all I want to do is curl up on my couch. All the rest from the weekend still hasn’t fully made up for how much I exerted myself. Sebastian says that’s normal for a heat though, so I’m not too worried.

I order takeout and watch shitty reality TV for the evening. Although, I’m hardly watching it. Sebastian and I have been texting all evening. Texting is great and all, but I miss him more than that.

I feel so needy, but my couch isn’t the same anymore. I wish he was here so I could snuggle up on his lap. This weekend was crazy, it’s hard to believe that it’s only been a few days since he kissed me. Everything has moved so quickly, and I’m finding it hard to navigate. It’s so intense with him, and I don’t know where we are to go from here. I’m scared to push him away, but I think my feelings are much stronger than they should be by now.

Plus, there’s his Human-hating family… What are they going to think about me? I mean, surely they have an opinion on it already, what with our already ‘dating’. I’m guessing by the fact that he hasn’t brought it up that it’s probably bad anyway. I want to talk to him about it, but is it too soon?

I switch off my TV, I’m not watching it anyway. I go to bed more confused than anything. But the one thing I do know is that I want to be with Sebastian, and that I will overcome whatever barriers we face.

I wake up with the sun shining through my window, it’s warm and snuggly in my bed. I decide to spend the day writing, so I text Sebastian good morning and let him know I won’t really be on my phone today.

Turing it to silent, I place my phone in my nightstand drawer.

My day is easygoing and relaxed. I eat delicious food and play around on my instruments, switching between my guitar and my piano. I even end up writing some things that I’m really proud of.

It’s late in the day now and I should probably start thinking about dinner. I go and grab my phone to switch off a bit from the music. Opening my drawer, my phone is lit up with hundreds of notifications. What the hell?

I sit on the bed, crossing my legs and unlocking my phone. I open my main social media app, where most of the notifications are from. The home page shows a post from Sebastian, about the release of a new song.

He didn’t mention anything about a new release… that’s so weird. I click through the link to the Fortune Records app to listen to it. My heart stops when I hear the opening chords. I scroll down past the image and there it is, in black and white:

Home Again - Sebastian Orville feat. Flora

The phone falls to the floor, the song still playing quietly from it. How could he do this? We said we weren’t going to release it, and what the hell is with the artist listing? This was my song to begin with!