Letting Go * Top 10 #SYTYCW15 * (LGBT BxB)

Part Eleven - Doing

"Your song actually made me want to talk to him." He whispered, being careful not to let anyone other than me hear him.

"It did?" I replied, now somewhat confused.

"I didn't lose him in the sense that he died, but we broke up and it was one of the hardest things I ever face. Up until now anyway. I never dealt with it. I fed off the pain. I had to see him and lay it all to rest."

"And now."

"I feel good."

I smiled and chucked my arm over Ben's shoulder, being careful to not let it seem anything other than friendly. "Then I'm happy for you."

We reach our table and sat down, my jealousy had faded, but it had paved the way for something entirely more confusing... Hope.

I forced myself to eat a proper breakfast, the past couple of days various things had put me off my food and I knew that I needed to eat if I was to have any hope of not falling apart when I tried to talk to Scarlett about this issue.

When we left the hotel and made out way to the airport my phone buzzed. I pulled it out and unlocked the screen.

You were awesome last night Jace! Wow, who knew you could sing – Jericho

Thanks. I had fun doing it. – Jace

I guess you're back off to Hollywood today? – Jericho.

Yeah. We'll have to catch up next time. – Jace.

Agreed. – Jericho.

"Your friend?" Scarlett noted as I slipped the phone back into my jeans pocket.

I nodded and looked around the shuttle. Ben hadn't heard, or if he had he didn't care. I understood why Scarlett cared about who I ended up with, but right now I just wanted her to mind her own business, at least until we got home and I talked to her.

I slept on the flight home and woke to Ben softly shaking me. "We've landed sleepy head." He laughed.

"Ugh."

"For a guy with so much energy you sure sleep like a log." He mused.

"How do you think I get all my energy?" I grinned sitting up straight.

The seatbelt lights flicked off. DJ had gone to so much effort to ensure we'd caught late flights to Chicago, but not so much to ensure we had the same back. Luckily though no one had harassed us and we had all been too tired to cause any mayhem.

Unluckily there was paparazzi waiting in LAX. They were usually there in the hopes of catching someone famous, We walked past them as quickly as possible ignoring the flashes that came our way, we hadn't been embroiled in drama for some time now, and the most they could hope for was back page spread. Once we'd retrieved our luggage, we made our way out of the airport and straight into our shuttle.

"Mom mentioned something about dinner tonight when I called. Are you free? Maybe we could have that talk you wanted to have?" She murmured as the shuttle took off.

I looked at Ben who once again hadn't paid any attention to our conversation. I bit my lip, logic told me I should talk to Scarlett first, lay it all out and work out exactly what I was feeling before I went any further with Ben. But the irrational lust driven part of me knew that the minute I spoke out loud about my feelings this would all end.

"I'm busy tonight. Pre-arranged plans." I mumbled. "I'll call mom later to apologize."

"Oh okay... Another date?"