Chemical Love (Craig Mabbitt Fanfic)

Chapter 8

*Anastasia’s POV*

‘Uuummm…it’s not what it looks like…’ Emily said, worry clear on her face.

‘Yeah, that’s what they all say,’ TJ said angrily. He must’ve woken up from my outburst. I looked back to Emily and she had tears in her eyes.

‘I know, I know. But it’s actually true this time. Please you have to believe me TJ!’ she begged, getting out of the bunk.

‘It’s true, nothing happened. We were just talking,’ Robert decided to join in. By now everyone had walked in, including Max. TJ mumbled a ‘whatever’ before walking off the bus. Well, shit. I decided to walk after him. I grabbed my jacket before pulling out my phone and dialling his number.

*TJ’s POV*

I honestly don’t know why I’m acting this way. Because I’m jealous. Fuck off conscience. My phone buzzed and I looked at the caller ID. Seeing that it was Anastasia, I answered.

On the phone:

Anastasia-where are you?

TJ-why do you care?

A-TJ, for fucks sake stop being immature and get your ass back on the bus.

TJ-I’m not being immature! Fuck, can’t a man take a walk to clear his head?!

A-dude, I know what you’re doing. You like Emily, you’re jealous. But nothing happened between them! Can’t you just come back here and forget about it?

TJ-I am not jealous!

End phone call.

I hung up on her and turned my phone off. I am not jealous. Yes you are. Fucking conscience! I checked the time. 12 o’clock. Shit, I’ve been walking for over an hour. We have sound check at 1 so I started walking back to the bus.

‘TJ! There you are! Hurry up; we have to get to sound check!’ Craig exclaimed the moment I walked on. I noticed that Max was still here. Why? I shrugged it off and walked to the bathroom.

After getting ready, the guys and I went to sound check. Max was still hanging around. What was he up to?

*Craig’s POV*

I started to wonder why Max was hanging around us so much. I never invited him to the bus. It was getting a bit creepy. I wanted to find out what he was up to. I chose to speak to him later.

I’m going to ask Anastasia out, I just don’t know how yet. I called it off with Gab yesterday. I just hope that Anastasia understands, if we do end up together, that Escape the Fate is my number one priority. I really like her, I do. But this band means the world to me and I’m not going to let a girl get in the way of it. It’s happened before; I’m not making that mistake again.

We finished up sound check with an all clear and walked of stage. I thought that it’s probably best if I talk to Max now.

‘Hey Max, can I talk to you for a sec?’ he nodded and we walked outside to talk in private.

‘Hey man, what’s up?’ he looked at me, with an emotion in his eye. I couldn’t quite figure it out though.

‘Uhm, please don’t take this the wrong way…’I trailed off, afraid of how he’ll react, ‘but why have you been hanging around us all day. I mean, I never invited you onto the bus. You haven’t said much all day, just kind of stood there…’ I looked at him as he remained silent. I walk about to walk away from the awkwardness when he spoke, well more whispered.

‘I’ll get Anastasia. She’ll be mine, that is a promise,’ he walked away, to the bus. I stood there for a while shocked. He wanted Anastasia? Well then he’ll have to put up a good fight.

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