I wait for the files to load on my computer.

Nicole just emailed me the photos from the photoshoot I had the day Hunter and I went to the mall.

'Post these on your Instagram, it's been weeks since you posted anything' I read as three attachments finally load underneath it.

I download all of the photos to my computer's hard drive before opening the social media platform on said laptop. I drop the three attachments in the box and wait for them to load, again, before clicking the 'post'.

It takes a minute due to the slow connection but the photos eventually post to the platform.

Great! That will keep Nicole off my ass for a few hours.

I close my laptop and move it onto the rug in front of me before glancing down at the lyrics I currently have written down.

"Don't be scared, Don't you cry, Everything will be alright,"

"But if it's still not enough can somebody just take me where the headlights go,"

"I'm so fucking lost here, Just wanna be not here,"

"Take me where the stars don't show,"

"It can get a lot here, Shining all alone,"

"I just wanna be someone different than me sometimes..."

"...I just wanna be someone different than me sometimes"

I unconsciously bite my bottom lip as I actually allow myself to consider the lyrics.

Is this song a little too dark for my audience?

Will they even understand the meaning behind it?

"Yikes! That sounds like a cry out for help" I hear a voice say as they enter the room

I glance up only for my eyes to widen as they meet Hunter.

How is she here right now?!

"What are you doing here? Came to yell at me again or are you just stalking me now?" I glare

Hunter rolls hers eyes at my words as she makes her way over towards the futon.

My futon!

"Uh- can you get out?!" I do not hide the annoyance from my tone

Hunter just stares at me, the corner of her lip turning upward with amusement.

"Why? My presence bothering you Laney?" She questions

I furrow my eyebrows at the nickname that she gave me.

What is wrong with her? She is being...odd.

"No Hunter," I stress her name

Her smirk instantly drops at this, an annoyed look painting itself across her face.

"It does not feel good, does it?" I refer to her calling me a nickname while simultaneously not allowing me to call her one

If she is going to start calling me nicknames then I should be able to call her by one. It is her actual name for fuckssake!

The two of us are silent for a few minutes.

She is silent for so long that I momentarily forget that she is even here.

"If I..." I try to come up with more lyrics

"If I...If I...If I..." I continuously chant over again until more lyrics pop into my mind

"If I try hard enough..." I eventually trail off

I immediately write this down not wanting to forget said lyric.

"Maybe I'll forget my name" I whisper out as the words pop into my head

Yes!

I nod my head, liking these lyrics.

"If you don't want to be 'Delaney Carson' then why are you doing a movie, playing a character that fits your very specific brand?"

My hand pauses mid air as Hunter's words hit me harder than I expect them to.

"I already agreed to do it. It would be selfish to pull out of it now" I shrug as I finish writing down the song lyrics

I hear the raven haired girl stand up from the piece of furniture, her boots slamming against the flooring as she makes her way towards me.

I am surprised when she takes a seat in front of me on the fluffy carpet.

"You know, it's normal to feel burnt out," she voices

I place my pen down on my notebook as I look up at her.

"If I'm being honest I'm shocked that you've gone this long without a mental break" she voices

I stop the raven haired girl before she can say anything else.

"I do not need pity from a girl who hates me" I tell her

The raven haired girl silently nods her head with understanding.

"For the record, I don't hate you...I can't hate you" she whispers the last part

I am unable to stop the scoff that leaves my lips.

"Yeah? Then why do you get so annoyed when I call you 'Hunter'?" I ask

The raven haired girl's back tenses at this.

"And do not say it is from me accidentally spitting milk on you because I know that did not make you this angry at me"

The actress continues to stare at me for a few long moments.

"I've only met her once but she's...odd."

I furrow my eyebrows at her.

She sounds like she is mocking someone.

I continue to stare at at her with confusion.

None of this is clicking in my mind and I remember everything.

It takes a few minutes but Hunter's face eventually softens.

"You really don't know, do you?" She asks

I shake my head at her.

Was it not obvious?

The actress retrieves her cellphone from her back pocket.

I watch her a little closer than I probably should as she taps a few buttons on said cellphone.

It takes a few minutes but eventually Hunter hands her cellphone to me.

I carefully take the device in my hands, not wanting to accidentally drop it.

As I glance down at the cellular device my eyes immediately land on an article from seven years ago.

She just so happens to have an article on her phone from when we were sixteen?!

The next thing that catches my eye is the title of said article.

'How Delaney Carson really feels about McKenna King coming out as intersex!' The title read in large black letters

I furrow my eyebrows at this title.

I never publicly said anything about her extra appendage. Why would I? It is an invasion of privacy! Plus the both of us still publicly disliked each other at this point in time.

"I had been thinking about apologizing to you for the longest time, so imagine my surprise when the day I actually plan to go through with said apology this video is all over my timeline" Hunter says

I scroll down a bit only to notice a video.

The thumbnail of said video is a photo of a younger Bea and I exiting a jewelry store.

Still nothing comes to mind about this day.

I click 'play' on said video. It loads for a second before the sound of camera clicks and cars driving by enter my ear drums.

"Delaney! Delaney! Delaney!" The guy behind the camera continuously calls out

If I am being honest he is giving me a headache.

"How'd you react to finding out that McKenna King has a penis?!"

I furrow my eyebrows.

Something sounds...off.

Sixteen year old me makes a disgusted facial expression.

"I've only met her once but she's...odd" sixteen year old me says

What?

"Yeah, she camped outside of Delaney's apartment once. We had to call the police on her" Bea adds

I immediately sit up straighter as I figure out the video.

"This video is fake" I tell her

I glance up at Hunter only to catch her rolling her eyes at me.

"Delaney, just admit that you hate intersex and trans people so that we can move on from this" she sighs out

She holds one of her hands out for her her cellphone but I refuse to give it back to her.

"Bea and I were talking about a person who was stalking me around that time but passing themselves off as a 'fan'," I inform her

I move closer towards the actress so that there is no space in between us.

"Listen," I say

"When he is calling my name you can hear the cars driving by and the camera clicks,"

I play the videoclip that I am referencing.

"But when he asks the question all of the background noise is suddenly gone,"

I unpause the video and play the part I am talking about.

"Then when Bea and I answer the question the sound of the cars and cameras come back,"

I play the rest of the video.

I wait until the rest of the video has played to speak up again.

"It is edited to make it seem like I was trash talking you, I assume this is because they wanted to milk the fact that we hated each other for as much as they could,"

I turn to face the raven haired girl but she is not looking at me.

"I will give you time to think this over," I hand her the cellphone

Before the actress can grab said cellphone from me I lift my free hand up to rest against her cheek, turning her head so that she is now looking me in the eyes.

"But I want you to know that I do not care about what's in between your legs, I only care about you" I assure her

Hunter stares at me for a few seconds, an unreadable expression on her face.

I stare back at her, my eyes eventually drifting down to her lips.

Why am I still sitting here? Why is she still sitting here?

I fight the magnet that I feel pulling me closer to her.

It is so much stronger now...weird.

I am only able to fight the universal pull for so long until I eventually give in.

One minute my face is a few inches away from Hunter's and the next minute it is so close to hers that I feel her gentle breath fan across my lips.

Oh my god. What am I doing?!

This is Hunter King! If anyone saw us right now I would get in so much trouble with Nicole.

"We- We shouldn't..." I weakly whisper out

Fuck! I want to kiss her so bad!

"Wesley and I are..." I try to come up with an excuse

"Not dating," she finishes my sentence

What?! How does she-

"Just tell me to stop and I will" she whispers with a tone of promise

I feel her slowly inch closer towards my face in case I tell her to stop.

Her caring action causes more butterflies to erupt in my lower belly.

I almost give into her...almost.

Before I even get the chance to give into her tempting ways I hear the sound of a door closing.

I jump a few inches back from the actress as my eyes glance behind her towards said door.

Oh god!

I feel my cheeks burn as my eyes land on my producer.

To my embarrassment she is smirking at us, a look of pure amusement in her brown eyes.

"Is this a part of your new songwriting process?" She jokes

I continue to stare at her with panic, not sure how to answer her question.

I have never been caught in a debacle like this before.

From what I have read it is best to deny everything.

I assume that Hunter realizes that I am not going to say anything helpful judging by the way that she turns her head to face previously said producer.

"We were bouncing ideas off of each other for her new song," Hunter thankfully comes up something

"Isn't that right Laney?" The raven haired girl inquires as she turns her head to face me again

My eyes shift down to meet hers only to notice a smirk on her face.

A really sexy- wrong time Delaney!

"Uhm...yeah?" I answer but it comes out confused

My heart speeds up in my chest as her eyes trail down my face, eventually choosing my lips as their final resting place.

"Uhm..."

I bring one of my hands up to cover my mouth as I release a slightly over dramatic fake cough.

"I think that I am coming down with something" I fake cough again

"Oh no! It sounds contagious!" I hear the sarcasm in Hunter's tone of voice

I glare at the smirking actress.

Ugh! Two seconds ago I wanted to kiss her and now I just want to smack her upside the head.

"I best be going" I alter my voice so that it sounds scratchy

I immediately grab ahold of my notebook before standing up and rushing out the recording room.

I rush out of the room so fast that I leave no time for either of them to chime in and ruin my getaway.

Whew! That was a little too close for comfort.