If You Run (An All Time Low Fan Fiction)

Chapter Twenty-Seven

"And this is the last stop on our magical mystery tour" Tay said looking at me for my reaction

"It's a store" I laughed at her face when she looked offended

"This, my friend, is not just any 'store'. This is the best music shop in all of the land, this is where I bought my first guitar and this is one of the best places on earth!" she explained with over the top hand actions before walking through the glass door without waiting for me to say anything back, I followed her in, shaking my head at how adorable she looked, staring at all of the instruments that lined the walls in amazement. I snaked my arms around her waste from behind her

"You're cute" I whispered in her ear. She blushed and smiled back at me.

I jumped when I hared another man's voice from behind us both

"Tay?" 

"John!" she beamed as she ran towards him and embraced him in a hug

"I haven't seen you in ages, how've you been?" he asked with a strong scouse accent

"I've been good, you?" she asked back

"Not bad either. I see you've got yourself a boyfriend...it's about time" he chuckled in my direction. She blushed a fidgeted awkwardly, I took that as my cue to step in

"We're just friends" I said walking closer to the two of them "I'm Jack" I said offering my hand which he shook

"John" he replied with a short nod

"You looking for anything in particular today?" he asked, directing his question to Tay who had already wondered off and picked up a guitar

"Not really, I was just showing Jack around and a tour of all my favourite placed wouldn't be complete without coming here" she answered, only half interested in the conversation most of her attention was on the dull, battered acoustic guitar she had in her hands. Her smile made me smile as she played a melodic tune which faded into the air. 

"You're in a band, right?" John asked me. I was taken aback a little that he recognised me

"Yeah, All Time Low" I smiled

"How's Cris?" John asked Tay about half an hour later

"Um... she's ok-" she was cut off by her own phone ringing loudly. She answered straight away

Tay's POV 

I felt yy heart drop when I saw Joanna's name on my screen. She said I'd be the first person she'd call if anything happened which means something must have happened.

"Hello?" I answered

"Taylor" Oh no, full names are never a good sign, I thought "She's awake" My face broke into a smile but I couldn't understand why she didn't sound happy at all "But it's not good. It's happening Tay" she sniffled down the line to me

"I'll be there as quickly as possible, tell her I'm coming" I said before hanging up

"Sorry, I've got to go" I said to John

"It's Cris" was all I needed to say to Jack for him to realise what was happening

There was no music on in the car like there usually would be. Silent except for the sound of nervous breaths and my impatient tapping on the steering wheel which I wished would make a difference in how fast we got to the hospital, I don't think it did.

The doors flew past my blurry vision as I raced down the hospital corridor. The only reason I wasn't crashing into everyone we passed was Jack's hand in mine steering me out of the way.