Chemical Love (Craig Mabbitt Fanfic)

Chapter 2

I woke up after God knows how long and decided I might as well get up now. I walked into lounge seeing that Robert and Kevin weren’t there anymore. I guess they went to their bunks. I then turned and saw Craig sleeping on the other couch. He looked so peaceful, and so perfect. I checked the time seeing that it was four in the morning and I noticed that the bus was moving. Going to the fridge I grabbed a drink and dropped it. Shit. I looked over to Craig just as he opened his eyes. He smiled when he saw me. God I love that smile.

‘What time is it?’ he asked sitting up.                             

‘4.15’ I sat down next to him.

‘Why the fuck are you awake at this ungodly hour?’ he looked at me with confusion etched on his face. I just shrugged.

‘I woke up.’ I leaned back and rested my head on his shoulder. We’ve gotten quite close even after only a few hours of knowing each other. We fell into a comfortable silence before we both dozed off again.

*Craig’s POV*

As she fell asleep I couldn’t help but smile at her peaceful figure. She is so beautiful.  No, I can’t think like that. I’m dating Gabby, I still love Gabby. OK honestly, I don’t know if I do anymore. I only gave her another chance because I didn’t want my daughter to see her parents fight. I love Leila more than anything and I don’t want to put her through that. Gabby just complains and doesn’t make me as happy as she used to. But when I’m with Anastasia I feel different, it’s something I can’t explain. I shook the thought out of my head before I slowly slipped into a deep slumber.

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I woke up a few hours later from someone shaking me. I groaned not wanting to get up yet.

‘Craig, dude, get ready we have to get to sound check in an hour.’ I heard TJ say as he shook me some more. I groaned again but got up glaring a bit at TJ for disturbing my sleep. Walking to the fridge I realised that neither of the girls were on the bus.

‘Where are Anastasia and Emily?’ I asked turning to the guys.

‘Uhm, they went for a walk, they said they’ll be back before sound check.’ Robert explained. I nodded in response and walked to the bathroom to get ready.

*Emily’s POV*

‘Stasia,’ I whispered awaking my friend. She snuggled more into Craig, they actually looked cute together. I gave up being nice and picked her up, she was really light.

‘Emily, what the hell?’ she whisper yelled, not wanting to wake up her sleeping buddy.

‘We’re going for a walk; I need to talk to you.’ I told her, putting her down. She groaned but didn’t argue. I left a note for the guys so they didn’t panic when they woke up. These dudes like to sleep. It was like 9 and I don’t think they plan on waking up anytime soon.

I walked off the bus quietly and we started walking in a random direction. How am I going to explain this? I thought to myself and took advantage of the silence to think about what I was going to say.

‘So, what did you want to talk about?’ Anastasia asked finally breaking the silence.

‘Umm…’ I still didn’t know how to put it. ‘I think I like TJ…’ I continued.

‘Em, you’ve said that multiple times. Multiple.’ I rolled my eyes.

‘I know, but this time I mean it. I’m starting to like TJ. I know I haven’t known him that long but…he makes me happy.’ I sighed. I know I’m dating Mike but our relationship has lost its ‘spark’. I don’t even know if I have feelings for him anymore. He’s just too…annoying? I don’t know the word.

‘So, don’t you think you should do something about Mike? You obviously don’t like him anymore. Did you even call him like you said you would?’ I could tell there was worry on my face but she ignored it. ‘Look, if TJ makes you happy then you should break up with Mike. You can’t lead him on like this.’ She was right; I couldn’t do that to him.

‘Alright, thanks Stasia. I’ll call him now.’ She grinned at me as I grabbed out my phone.

Phone call:

Mike: ‘hey babe’

Me: ‘hey…um, I don’t really know how to say this…’ I trailed off

Mike: ‘say what babe?’ there was worry in his voice

Me: ‘I think we should see other people.’ I mumbled

Mike: ‘oh…ok. Well, good luck to you I’ll see you around.’ I felt so bad.

Me: ‘bye’ it started getting awkward and I had to end this conversation.

Mike: ‘goodbye…I love you’ I heard him mumble before I hung up.

I looked at Anastasia and smiled meekly. She comforted me a bit before we walked back to the bus.