"Wait wait wait... She did what?" Prism Bolt had just heard about Annie's idea and did not like it.
T knew that Prism wouldn't like her idea. But didn't expect quite that reaction.
"Yeah. She said that I needed to be more independent of her and do things in my own time," As T recalled the day, the more torn he became.
On one hand, she was right that he was maybe spending too much time with her and her alone. Since he only did things without her on occasion and even then, he never wanted to do most of those things -with the notable exception of hanging out with his friends- and was often forced to by his mother.
On the other hand, why did she think that this was the best option? She hadn't talked to him beforehand about it, nor did she try and work something else out before just hitting pause.
"And she thought that this was the best way to do that? I'm no expert but I can say that wasn't the best option there," And T thought Prism had a point. Annie shouldn't have just dipped on him.
"Yeah, I guess that's the case... But there's not much to gain from worrying about it at the moment. I can't do anything about that until I've got my life back together. She was right about the fact that I spend far too much time her exclusively."
"Then you can go about fixing that. I'm just saying that once you get back to her then this needs to be worked out."
"Yeah, I'll see about getting this all worked out. And hopefully, we'll end this pause? better off than when we started."
"Do that. This would have an improvement other than just getting back with Annie. If you spend more time doing more things, then that's good all around."
T had made plans to meet with Cotton Candy to jumpstart his new, more independent life.
What is he doing with Candy exactly? Well, something that they had done once or twice before, and he enjoyed very much.
Baking.
If there was anything Candy liked more than baking, it was unknown to all but her. And T enjoyed doing it with her, making it a good candidate.
He walked into the bakery to see Candy waiting in the kitchen with all the supplies already laid out on the countertop.
"Well, you're prepared."
"If I've learned one thing from my mom, it's to always be prepared."
"In that case then, let's get to it."
And get to it they did.
And, to cut a long story short, they had a blast!
For the entire afternoon and early into the evening they baked, measured, mixed and overall just had fun.
And over those several hours, T realized what Annie was talking about.
Sure, he didn't how he had been brought to this point, that would have to wait for later. But he at least saw what she was talking about with the whole independant life thing.
Sure, married couples spend more time together than not -he was thinking- but T was just 17, and Annie was 16.
All that would have to wait until they're much older, at least the next ten years.
But at that time, spending time with his other friend, T didn't care all that much. He was doing what Annie had recommended, and was loving it.
The time to worry about Annie dumping him temporarily to get this to happen would come, that was certain, but that's for later.