FINE LINE - Zion Kuwonu

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// ZION \\

I scroll through my Instagram, repeatedly refreshing my feed in hopes of new entertainment. Or you know, a glimpse of a certain neighbour but we won't get into that. "I'm telling you it'll sound so sick if we overlap the two" Edwin insists, gesturing wildly at the screen where Brandon is currently working on some new tracks. "Z tell him he's tripping" by poor luck I am yet again, dragged into their conversation. "What? I zoned out" I murmur in hope of them dropping my involvement. "You day dreaming about new lyrics? Or our sweet neighbour? Cause only one of those two is gonna pay the bills" I glare at Nick, throwing and hitting him smack in the face with a pillow. "You're wildin" is all that comes out of my mouth while the rest of them snicker. "We've known the girl like what...two months give or take?" I continue, just digging myself a deeper hole aren't I. "Hasn't stopped you from dropping her an invite to any social thing we get up to" Austin pipes up and I narrow my eyes: "hey! No ones complaining, she's cool and she always vibes if she shows up" at last, Brandon comes to my defence. "Plus she smells nice" we all turn and stare at Nick for that. "What? Y'all know it too" I feel like my eyes might get stuck at the back of my head at this rate. "Anyways...I would just let that shit go z, IF you're even entertaining the thought" my head involuntarily snaps back to B. "What he's saying is...you're like Brooklyn 99 and she's more...I don't know, breakfast at Tiffany's?" Edwin continues and Austin nods slightly at his side. "What the fuck does that even mean? Ones a show and the other a movie" i hate how defensive I sound. Brandon then dramatically swivels on his chair to face me, and I've never wanted someone to fall off it so bad: "ignore Ed his heart is in the right place but he's goofing, I just mean that she's probably not looking for anything right now, like at all with her making big moves and after all that engagement shit" he explains and I'm stuck drilling holes into his back again. "The FuCk did you just say?" I'm embarrassingly relieved I'm not the only one almost choking at that revelation. "She's signed with like FENDI and Tommy while in New York, didn't you know?" "I think we all meant the engagement B" Edwin cuts him off to both my relief and dread."Yeah T was engaged for like, I don't know...roughly 6 months? How do you think she knows Ashton and the rest of the band? Didn't you notice some of the comments under her posts, hell shes addressed it herself a while back" my brain is still processing when he continues. "Plus, have you ever seen the band's bassist anywhere near her house? The rest of them visit occasionally" he shrugs. What the fuck. "So what happened?' Is the first time I speak since this clusterfuck of a conversation has taken a turn. "How would I know? Teddy and I are pretty close but she doesn't address anything like that about her private life ever. I'm surprised none of you knew, they were together for like four years or something, she's in a lot of the band'a pictures if you care to look" "alright, I'm done talking about our neighbours business for the day, I'd like her to stick around and you guys being nosey isn't gonna be an incentive" with that he goes back to his work. Like this entire conversation hasn't changed the entire dynamic in the room. Like I couldn't distinctly feel my throat close up for some unknown reason. I need to stay away from Teddy Brown. "You probably do, for your own sake." Austin's hand falls on my shoulder, "FuCk I said that out loud didn't I" they all chuckle at my misfortune.