Poppy wasn’t wrong. If he didn’t at least attempt to check his phone, then there were more than just her waiting for him to come home with a full update about everything that he’d missed out on. Or the countless opportunities that he was going to let slip by if he didn’t act on them. Not to mention how long his name would carry as weight as it did now if he didn’t at least attempt to manage himself better than he had in the past. Though he didn’t believe his team was doing any better considering the show was on the brink of making history with the number of viewers but all on the basis of destroying more people.
“I have a terrible habit to let the battery run down to the point where nothing else comes through,” he joked back with a crooked grin. “They wouldn’t be difficult to break if someone would take a key to the place rather than slip in unannounced.” It would save him the second guessing if anyone was there or going to be there at any moment, even if a key would only make it easier for her to come and go. Not that it seemed his locks were enough to keep her away, or from adding to his place that was more Bay’s touch than his own by now other than the library that she’d slipped into one of the spare rooms that were quickly converted when he’d bought the place.
That and the vicinity to the beach, making it easier to slip away undetected when he needed the space even with the show in full swing. “Amanda. Easy enough to remember, a lot harder to keep alive. I swear you like testing my ability to remember to water them all more than anything else,” he replied with a laugh, arms taking in the quick hug that was over in the blink of an eye as Poppy was a force to be reckoned with and always felt like she were on the move. “You could just move in here. I have the room, more than a few, and I don’t need the money in rent. Plus it seems like all these plants you keep leaving me with could use a keeper.” Bryce shrugged, the offer wasn’t the first time that he’d thought to make it, but now felt like a better time than any before. “You were working, I forgot my phone.. if you were here, then we both could have slipped away for a day of surfing. Also fuck whoever threw a drink at you. At least make it a slushie.”
Poppy rolled her eyes with a secret joy, her smile betraying her actual annoyance. “But if I take a key, then I have to come to grips with the fact that I’m here more than at my own apartment. How could you handle the scandal of a girl moving into your place?” Was she evading the fact that she did want to move in with Bryce? Possibly...well yes, yes she was. Bryce was her rock, the one person she could go to no matter the hour or day. Poppy had never had someone she could rely on so heavily and she was more than thankful for him, but it was weird for her to admit that she was relying on anyone these days.
The plant was just sitting there minding it’s own business as they looked upon her with a sense of content. “You know that I come by and water all of them right? You don’t actually think they just water themselves....? Because if so, we need to have a talk.” Poppy ignored his offer as she busied herself with biting at her nails, they had talked about moving in before, it made sense mostly because well if they weren’t busy they were together. Did she miss the house when she was gone? Yes. Did it feel like she was just visiting her place at this point? Sure. Poppy just couldn’t bear admitting that she hated being alone and wanted more than anything to be able to live with one of her dearest friends. “Well I demand, a ‘emergency’ phonecall so I can come with you next time. You know how much I love going out with you. How dare you, we both know Glee was terrible after like season four and second of all if I ever see them in the street, I’ll hit them with my skateboard.”
Poppy pulled Buffy’s leash out of her pocket and gave a sharp whistle that had Buffy practically jumping out of her skin at the mere idea of going outside. “I was gonna take her for a walk, we could go down to the pier and grab some icecream? I’ve missed you dude! Plus I’ve got to show you this song I found, I’m absolutely in love with it. I think I might cover it next week in the cafe. Get a feel for it you know?”
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