Blackmailed Into The Band

Destinations

I caught Aidan glancing at me through his lashes, but I was still upset that they didn't tell us anything. What had happened? Did they get in a fight? Steal something?

I grabbed my last bag of chips and began eating it, sharing with Carter who had no more. And then I got on my phone and logged into Twitter, uploading my video from earlier today to YouTube.

I fell asleep, wondering if moving to LA was a bad decision. I laid down on my makeshift bed, crying as quietly as I could, allowing the surrounding cold to make it easier to disguise the sniffling and shivering.

Once everyone was asleep, I sent my dad a message telling him to take care of Gerard and Hayley for me, and that I missed him and mom a lot.

" Don't be sad," Aidan said, dumping his blanket beside mine. He placed his pillow beside me and hugged me. " I don't like it when you're sad," He said.

" I'm fine. Just homesick," I lied.

He nodded. " I saw you texting your dad. Maybe you should call him."

" No, everyone's sleeping already," I said, turning to look at him.

His dark brown eyes meet mine and he moved away.

" Okay. Goodnight," He said, fixing his hair, fingers combing through his fringe as he laid down beside me.

I turned my phone off and laid down, wishing I could snuggle up to him because I was freezing.

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Josh's POV

It was my turn to vlog this morning. I woke up and found that everyone except Gavin, was asleep. I sat up, happy that I had lots of space laying across the seats and I reached for my camera, turning it on and speaking about our new day.

I turned to the others who were sleeping on the floor and frowned.

Couples everywhere. Phillip and Carter were facing each other, hugging under their blanket.

And then Alexia and Aidan were together. He had his arms around her, head pressed against her back, and by the way they were sleeping, you'd think they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

I pressed my lips together, knowing that I'd lost her. Alexia hated me and it was my fault. I don't think I'll forgive myself anytime soon. I was her first kiss and first heartbreak. And I'm not proud of that.

Maybe I should stop worrying about her and let Aidan, who clearly has a thing for her, take over.

" Are you okay?" Gavin asked.

" No. Everyone's partnered up and I'm just... Alone."

" I thought Alexia was your girlfriend? You even announced it in a video..."

" Yeah. I guess things change quickly," I sighed.

Gavin glanced at me. " So you broke up? And you still like her?"

" I don't know," I said. " Maybe a little."

" Well Josh, go fight for her! Let me tell you a fun fact, my wife is my high school sweetheart and during our ten year relationship, we broke up once. If I never fought for her that day, we wouldn't of been together now," He said.

I smiled. " Yeah but that's your story. It's not always the same result," I said.

" That's true but if you liked her, you'd win her heart over again! It was done once and it can definitely be done again," He said.

No. Things were over between us.

I heard a yawn and turned towards the band, watching Phillip and Carter snuggle up together. Yesterday at the gas station they had kissed in the bathroom.

I walked in on them and they didn't bother pulling away from each other, they just smiled a little harder. It made me really happy to see them so... Happy, but Phillip had a girlfriend and he was technically cheating on her...

I watched as he played with Carter's blonde hair, tracing his finger down Carter's perfect jaw. Unaware that I was awake, he leaned in and kissed him, waking him up with a smile as they hugged and said something to each other.

I looked away and laid back down, deciding that maybe I should sleep more. It's not like there was anything else to do...

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Alexia's POV

I groaned as I woke up, annoyed by the pain in my neck from the small pillow.

What the hell was going on?

Aidan's arms were around me, and my hands were on his. I blushed, sitting up and hoping that no one saw that. To my dismay, Phillip and Carter were watching us, both of them sitting up with a smirk on their faces.

" You bet we have pictures," Carter smiled sweetly.

" I'm going to rip your head off and shove it up Phillip's-"

" Hey!" Gavin called.

I lowered my voice. " -If you don't fucking delete them right now," I threatened.

" She's blushing," Phillip giggled.

" Shut the fuck up," I yelled, throwing my pillow at him. He grabbed it and threw it at Aidan. As soon as the pillow hit his chest, he sat up and threw it back.

" What the fuck," He groaned, rubbing his neck.

" Small pillows tend to make your neck hurt," Carter said, letting out a laugh. " And so does cuddling with your girlfriend all night long," He added.

Aidan looked so confused, it was actually kind of funny.

" What the fuck are you talking about?" He asked.

" Do we show them the pictures?" Phillip asked.

" Nah. Let him wonder," Carter laughed.

" You fucking queers did not take pictures of me when I was sleeping-" Aidan threatened.

" Queers?" Phillip asked. " Don't know what you're talking about, Carter's the only gay around here."

Carter laughed. " And no we didn't take pictures of you sleeping. We took pictures of you two sleeping," He laughed.

Aidan glanced at me, looking somewhat disturbed.

" What are they talking about?" He asked.

" You were uh... Hugging me when I woke up," I said.

" And they took pictures?"

I nodded.

In one quick move, he grabbed Carter by the sleeve, pulling his phone out of his back pocket while Phillip started laughing and trying to push him off. Carter screamed like a girl while Josh jumped up and started recording.

" Here we have a typical morning," He narrated, recording the ball of bodies.