indiana was nestled within the comforts of her bed, inert yet awake. she mulled over the events of new year’s eve, which were in fact, not indelible enough to reminisce about—she had stayed in her apartment alone, loitering in her balcony as she drank wine by herself & snapped stills of the vista, surrounded by the convivial air of the city. she couldn’t help but wonder what eleanor was up to that night. drinking, perhaps; romy, too. & gabriel ? the mere thought of him made it arduous for her to fall asleep. the sole image of him & alessandra together on new year’s made her feel vaguely perturbed. there was something about gabriel dating an eminent name she couldn’t quite put her finger on, & it had discomfited her for days on end—
get down, get up again. come on, come on, move. get down, get up again. work it, do it overtime. the sudden chime of indiana’s phone pulled her from her train of thought. the ringtone was extremely familiar; it was, perchance, the one she had heard the most. her hand reached out to answer it, & as she did, the euphony that was gabriel’s voice was the first thing that transpierced her ear, immediately lifting her spirits.
‘ what ? ’ she briskly got onto her feet & approached her balcony’s door. peering through the glass, indiana espied the vehicle she was so accustomed to seeing and her lips instantaneously parted to form an exhilarated grin. ‘ give me ten minutes. i’ll be right there. ’
he saw her peek through the window and went to wav at her, but she was long gone before he got the chance to. he instead sat waiting ( impatiently. he had no idea what they’re about to do, but it didn’t matter as long as indiana was there right by his side in the passenger seat. her hand in his, sometimes. he smiled to himself. ) he let the radio play softly and his leg shake, head lulling to the beat, until he saw her leave her apartment complex. gabriel instantly perked up, and question if he should get out and open the car door for her, ( back when they were an item, he used to carry her in. “ makes me more than any regular gentleman you’d been with. ” back when he made sure he was always more, when he felt euphoric just being that. it was simple. ) but chose otherwise --- he chose to welcome her with a warm smile.
