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I got a girlfriend; she's got a boyfriend
She calls me crying every day 'cause they got problems
Gigi and Crystal have been best Friends the past three years, they work together serving mean customers tables. Their friendship is getting stronger day by day.
Gigi has a girlfriend, Crystal has a boyfriend, she calls her every day because she got problems. She gives too much in a shitty relationship where she doesn’t receive anything back.
"Gigiii let’s dance!"
"You are the worst dancer Crystal, you shouldn't be allowed to do it" Gigi laughs.
After a shitty day at work, the girls went to a bar to dance their frustrations off. With the burning taste of the alcohol in their throats and their loud laughings, the night passes by.
Gigi can’t stop staring at Crystal, could be because of her goofy dances? Her sparkling and over-the-top makeup? No, it’s because she is in love with her friend.
The brunette´s curly hair bounces along with the music, she smiles at her friend and gives her both hands to dance "The worst dancer, pays for shots!"
Even tho she is a better dancer, Gigi knows that she’ll pay for the drinks, just to spend more time with Crystal, to have more of her beautiful smile.
He likes complaining, she's compromising
In less than a year, that awful man took away Crystal's joy, her sparkle.
She’s the kind of girl who brightens up a room with her presence, her warm smile can cheer you up, she can even get tips from the worst clients, because of her smile and energy.
Before…
"Wow, you look so pretty Crys, got plans today?"
"I met a boy, he is cute and we are going out tonight. Wish me luck Geegee!" Crystal answered, applying a bright pink lipstick on her. Looking even more beautiful, as if was this possibly in Gigi’s eyes.
"I hope he doesn't turn to be a dick, like every other boy u dated," the redhead says.
"Don’t be so negative Gigi, I think he is a good guy!"
He wasn’t.
Gigi sleeps in her bed, with her girlfriend, but her mind is never there, is always with Crystal, wondering if she is ok. Every day she receives a call from her, always with questions, doubts about how to make work her shitty relationship.
Gigi hates that man, hates the way her best friend is madly in love with him, the way she is madly in love with her.
Every time she advises her friend, her boyfriend seems to build a stronger wall between them.
"Did you go down on his birthday?"
"Yep"
"Blow him up on the weekends?"
"Yep"
"Sometimes is time to let go Crys, sometimes things are not meant to be"
"I'm gonna make it work, it will work"
He doesn’t love you, I do.
Crystal’s beautiful smile was barely there; even her hair seemed to have lost the strength to be that messy pile of gorgeous curls, now she is wearing a bun every day.
The first time Crystal entered the cafeteria Gigi went speechless, when she saw the tanned skin girl, with a fierce brunette mullet that looked just perfect on her, she taught that nobody can use that hairstyle and look good, but in her was just on point.
The girl was wearing a colorful outfit and a unique makeup style. They lock eyes and the brunette approached Gigi.
"Hi! I’m here for the job. Who I need to speak with?" the brunette says smiling at the tall girl. The girl's energy and her quirky, sweet voice surprise Gigi.
"This way, come with me"
While they were heading to the manager's office Gigi tells the girl about how desperate they were for a new waitress. Gigi hopes Crystal gets the job, she was tired of overworking.
"I'll be the one who helps you …. Gigi" the short girl said seeing the tag that Gigi wore on her uniform.
"I hope so…" said Gigi pretending to search for a tag on the girl's shirt.
"Crystal!" responds, giving Gigi her hand showing a big beautiful smile.
I can tell she loves him way too deep
He loves being fucking hard to please
"Why he doesn’t like anything I do Gigi? I am not enough for him…I am too boring? Too childish??" Crystal's voice cracks over the phone, just like every time she talks about her boyfriend.
"Of course not! Girl, you’re one of the funniest persons I know, he is the boring one" Gigi answers kindly.
"You think so?"
"I’m sure, hanging with you is always fun"
"Thanks, Gigi, I am sorry... I’m always bothering you"
"You are not. Call me anytime"
We used to go out every night, get into bad shit
You and me under each other's wing
"Faster!" The girls were running through the street, holding hands. They were running away from an old guy who catcalled Gigi in the park and Crystal have pushed him into a fountain, now the creep was chasing them all soaked and yelling.
"Here" They get in an alley and hide behind a pile of boxes and trash bags, holding their breaths and trying not to laugh.
"One day you are going to get us in trouble, or in jail Crystal Elizabeth," Gigi says almost whispering, noticing that Crystal is still holding her hand, trying to catch her breath.
"No one can says that nasty stuff to my Gigi and get away with it" Crystal response, holding her breath and trying not to laugh, looking directly into Gigi's blue eyes.
"Do you wanna get drunk? Let's make some lame guys pay for our drinks in the club, let them think they can have us and save some money "Crystal says, looking and the hour in the screen of her phone.
"Ugh, I rather pay for it than let a man get close to me," Gigi says disgusted, getting up.
"Let's go then, well be each other drunk date," Crystal says happily, offering Gigi her arm to start walking.
Being in the club, the flashing lights, the blasting music in her ears, seeing Crystal dancing horribly to it was like Gigi's dreams, but also very different. In the ginger's dreams, they dance together, kiss, and go home together to spend the night, in reality, Crystal drunkenly kisses some guy and Gigi got her heartbroken, any time.
That night they danced until their feet hurt, they call it a night and shared an Uber to got home. Crystal was sitting sideways looking at Gigi with a drunken smile on her face.
"Hi"
"Hey"
"You are so pretty"
"You too"
"We are here," the uber driver says interrupting the moment. Crystal smiles at Gigi and gets out of the vehicle. Gigi remains in the same position, tears starting to fall down her cheeks, she loved Crystal so much it's hurting her.
Bitch, I love you, he never loved you
He never saw the pretty things in you that I do
"Crystal you can't come to work like that, go fix yourself" The manager was upset, the brunette comes to work without any makeup, her hair being a mess and her eyes all red for crying.
She ran to the bathroom and Gigi go after her, when the ginger girl gets in the bathroom Crystal was locked in a stall
"What happen Crys?"
"I... just a fight with my boyfriend"
"It was that bad?"
"awful"
Gigi was silently looking at her reflection. She was gorgeous and she knows it, she looked at her big blue eyes, her long ginger hair, a cute nose adorned with freckles. But she hates all of this because she is not Crystal's boyfriend.
She was so mad with this person, she will never make Crystal cry, she will treat her right, like the sweetest person she is. She can feel the pain in her heart, and tears wanted to come out of his eyes, but she held them back as Crystal gets out of the toilet, a little more composed.
"Shall I brush your hair Crys?" the ginger asked, passing her long pale fingers through the brunette curled hair.
"Thanks"
"Crys, I think it is not good that you fight like this" Gigi says, brushing gently the shorter girl's hair.
"It ok Gee, couples fight, it is normal"
It's wasn't.
It wasn't normal the first time Gigi noticed bruises on her friend's arms, on her beloved Crystal. There were handprints, someone with a big hand had pulled the girl by the arm until it left a mark.
"Crys..."
"Table 4, Gigi... they are waiting"
All the shift the brunette had managed to avoid talking to anyone on the staff, at the end she just ran out, without saying goodbye or even take off the uniform apron.
It hurts Gigi so much, she didn't even notice when her girlfriend left her, it was for the best, it was selfish to be with her when she got her mind and her heart occupied by some certain brunette.
She decided she cant' leave like this anymore, she had to tell her, to tell Crystal that she loved her, even if it means losing her, she just cants live with that pain in her chest anymore, her broken heart is going to kill her.
I missed your madness
"If... you can make a wish that will come true no matter what... what will you wish Gee?" Crystal asks out of the blue.
"Uhm... I don't know... world peace?" the ginger says, smiling at the shorter girl who was laying on the grass, looking at the sky.
"Pffff, pageant answer! I'll ask for... fly and breathe in the space maybe..."
"Why would you go to space Crystal thee is no one there" the taller girl scoffs and smiles at the other girl.
"To run away from your peace-boring- world of course Gee"
They both laugh, still lying down on the grass, looking peacefully at the sky, on their breaks they go to that park, that is across the street from the cafe where they worked.
My baby…
Never, no tears for that sucker
Gigi received a message, Crystal was asking her to come to her house.
"He is gone"
That message was spinning around on her mind, she can imagine her friend, being sad, her heart shrugs just imagining Crystal crying.
When she got to Crystal's apartment everything was dark, she entered and ask for her "Crys?"
"Here" Crystal was sitting on the couch, she lights up the lamp and Gigi could see that the girl got a bruise on her cheek, her eyes were red because of how much she had cried.
"Crystal, what happened" the Tall girl approaches the girl on the couch.
"It's nothing Gee"
"Nothing? Look at you"
"Gigi, I think... I'm broken, he broke me, I feel like I'll never be able to love again, I don't know how to feel, how to love anymore" Crystal says while tears ran down her face.
"Don't say that"
"From the last few months I didn't feel love, I was feeling... fear, sadness, I feel like I would never be able to love someone again, I was feeling lost, alone I, even take confuse your kindness with love, can you imagine Gee? Crystal says while crying, looking at her hands resting in her thighs.
"You didn't get it wrong, It is love," The ginger says, standing in front of Crystal who stares at her still crying and all her face blushed.
"I will not ask you anything just... need you to know how I feel, I have been loving you since before he came to your life, since the first moment we met"
"Gigi.."
"I don't need an answer right now, I know is not a good time. Let me help you clean this mess" the taller girl starts collecting things that he had broken in the house, to wipe Crystal's face and put some ice on the brunette's cheek.
"I want to, think Gee, I'm feeling very confused right now"
"Don't be, take your time"
"Can you call me tomorrow?"
Gigi nodded and the girls share a long hug. The ginger left the apartment with tears in her eyes, she knew deep in her heart that a big possibility was that Crystal will reject her and that she lost Crystal forever.
You're better off I'm glad that he's gone
My baby-
The next day Gigi was anxiously staring at her phone, should she call Crystal already? It was noon, it seems to be a good time.
She starts dialing the brunette's number even if the answer could break her heart in pieces, she could not live anymore feeling like this. It was raining outside, calmly, but it was a lot. Gigi looks at her phone screen to know what time was, it was a good time to call. She went through her contacts and Crystal's photo was not there anymore, just a gray silhouette. Did she just block her? She shakes her head, can't be... then she made the call.
"The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable, please try again later"
As she expected. Gigi felt the anger in her guts and the tears starting to grow in her eyes, the ginger throws her phone to the other side of the living room, angry and frustrated. She just stares through the window at the apartment building parking lot, admiring how the rain was getting violent, covering every car.
Then a colorful silhouette appears in the middle of the rain, Gigi can't see well but she will recognize anywhere that bright turquoise raincoat, it was Crystal, trying to walk in the rain wearing her rain boots and still, totally soaked.
Gigi took her umbrella, and run down the stairs to help the brunette that was soaked, she tries to cover them with the umbrella but fails, the rain was coming from everywhere.
They entered the house completely soaked and dropped to the floor, the brunette carrying a backpack on her shoulder.
"Crystal?"
"Gigi, he came back but, this time I left"
"Are you ok'"
"I am now"
"What's up with your phone"
"He took it away from me and blocked your number...I was only interested in receiving your call, when he took it I thought that you could not contact me... so I ran here"
"Crys, that's like 30 minutes"
"Doesn't matter, I needed to be here with you. Everything may be chaotic and now is not the best time, but I'm happy to be here ... and glad that he is gone"
Gigi smiled and looks at the brunette's eyes, she leans to her and rests her cold hand on her cheek, the taller girl crashes their lips together softly. They felt happy kissing each other, their lips icy and wet because of the rain, but at this time it doesn't matter.
After their kiss, the ginger smiles at Crystal with a soft tone "I'm glad that he is gone, too"
You're better off I'm glad that he's gone.