nine ;

Mandy sat in her apartment, in sweatpants and a Flames t-shirt, it was a day off, which were rare right now. Roxy was out picking up a few groceries and she heard a knock on the door. She figured Roxy had her hands full and couldn't open the door. With a spoonful of Ben & Jerry's stuck in her mouth she opened the door, and to her surprise it wasn't Roxy.

"Taylor...hey"

"Okay, I know this might sound stupid, and random, but I want to take you out"

Her eyes narrowed as she stared at Taylor for a minute, almost waiting for the laugh to come. But, he might have actually been serious, "But I thought you just wanted to--"

"We still can, but uh...I sound like such an idiot right now" he sighed.

"I'll go out with you Taylor" I shrugged, "I do like you..."

"Really?"

"Sure"

"Okay, well, I'll be here around 8 tonight?"

"Sure thing"

Mandy shut the door and stood staring at it for a minute, Did I actually just agree to go out with Taylor Hall? she thought. I told myself I wouldn't get into this, not here, not now.

The door opened a few moments later and Roxy walked in, catching the look of shock on my face, "Meet a ghost?" She asked setting the bag on the table.

"He uh--Taylor just uh...he--Taylor asked me out"

Roxy mirrored the expression on my face and then started laughing, "Are you joking?"

"I'm dead serious Roxy"

She stopped laughing and looked concerned for a minute, "Are you okay?"

"Shocked"

"I thought you two were just...fuckbuddies"

"So did I"

--

"You asked her out!?" Jordan exclaimed as Taylor flopped down on the couch.

"Yah. I don't know what compelled me to do it"

"So you do actually like her? Like, LIKE her"

"For some reason, I want to get to know her. Everything about her just seems, intriguing, and I want to know more"

Jordan just smirked and shook his head, "Are you starting to go soft on me?"

"Never" Taylor shot up from the couch, "We'll probably end up coming back here anyways"

"I hope so, I don't need my wingman going soft"

"I'm not your wingman, you're my wingman"

"Fuck you"

"We're each other's wingmen okay?"

He just sighed, "Fine, now be my wingman and help me get Petra in bed, will you?"

"That my friend, not even I can help you with"

--

8pm rolled around and Mandy took a final look in the mirror. She was in a black and white loose fitting tank top and black skinny jeans. She kept her hair straight and slipped on some dangly bracelets and her black flats.

"Why are you so cute?" Roxy sighed appearing in Mandy's room.

"Am I?"

"Oh come on, stop being so modest"

She just sighed, "This is weird for me, I've never been on a real date before, and he seemed really sincere when he asked me"

"I really can't say much about this, I'm about as confused as you are"

The butterflies started to grow in Mandy's stomach when she heard a knock on the door. Her entire body froze and Roxy rolled her eyes and opened it, "Hey Taylor"

"Hey, is--" he spotted Mandy and his eyes lit up. This is the first time he's seen her out of work, decently dressed up. Not in a towel, or sweatpants, she was beautiful.

"Hey Taylor" Mandy said meeting his gaze.

"Are you uh, ready--uh to, you know--uh...fuck"

"Let's just go"

"Have fun lovebirds!" Roxy joked as she shut the door behind them.

The moment they were out the door, Roxy opened the window by the fire escape and let him in, "I swear, I thought they'd never leave"