with johnny downstairs, i get changed into the outfit that pj picked and then fix my hair up quickly. i grab my news shoes and a little bag and then head downstairs. most people are sat downstairs, except bam and ryan.
"i knew you'd look hot," pj says in my ear as he pulls me onto his lap. just the sound of his voice sends a shiver down my spine.
"you'd look hotter if you didn't have that going on," chris says, jokingly but pointing to my neck. it has just now occurred to me that i do in fact have a neck full of hickeys. i cover my neck with both hands self consciously. pj pulls them down and almost admiringly smirks. the boys sense my tentativeness and change the subject to the movie. johnny gently plays with my hair while i focus on the conversation.
"yeah we're still looking for someone for the car bit," jeff says. i'm intrigued we never had many car bits on the show.
"what's the bit?" i ask.
"you definitely don't want to do it," pj says.
"it's where someone shoves a toy car up their ass and goes to the doctors for an x-ray," dave laughs proudly.
"yeah i'm good on that. wont you do it O?" i ask. that totally seems like a bit that's right up his alley.
"nah. i wanna save my ass for something good," he jokes, laughing loudly. we continue to talk for a bit before a car pulls up outside with bam and ryan in it. we head out into the vans (except bam and ryan in bams car) and go to the restaurant. it's a pretty fancy place but i've started to feel more relaxed in places like this. we head in and get to the table, a staff member recognises us and excitedly shows us to the table. pj pulls my chair out for me and pushes it in and then sits next to me. we look through the menus until a server comes over.
"hi i'm tiffany i'll be your waitress today. what can i get started for yall?" a tall, skinny blonde asks, with a deep southern accent. jeff orders us a round of champagne because we're celebrating but i see the waitress staring at johnny. i feel a heat rise in my chest. am i jealous? she leaves the table and i put my hand on pjs thigh. he smiles at me and puts his hand on mine. she comes back with a few bottles and some glasses and then takes everyone's orders. she's so focused on johnny that she's barely paying any attention to anyone else at the table. it took ehren four tries for her to take his order. that jealous feeling rises in me again, is he enjoying this? he's smiling at her and looks her up and down and that jealous feeling grows stronger, but turns into upset. i try to ignore it as she finally leaves but i feel pjs hand leave mine and almost push me off his leg. we get our food and start eating but my appetite is gone, i mostly push food around my plate and ignore the conversations everyone's having. she's back now clearing the table, looking at him, and winking. and he's smirking, watching her bend to get plates. he's responding, so flirtatiously. other people have noticed, bam gives me an understanding look. everyone orders desert but i get myself another drink and then head to the bathroom. i lock myself in the stall and slide down the wall, sitting on the floor. the jealousy is raging in my body and i feel sick. i shakily grab my phone and call sage, the screen blurred from the tears welling in my eyes. she picks up after two rings.
"bells. what's up?" she says cheerily. i let out a choked sob. "bella what's up?" she asks, this time more seriously.
"our waitress is flirting with pj and he's all smirky and looking her up and down and you should hear the way he's speaking," i let out quickly, taking what feels like the first breath in 2 minutes.
"bella you gotta breathe okay. it's okay," she says, soothingly. i try to wrangle my breath and focus on that.
"i'm sorry. i just - i just thought he liked me. it's starting to feel like harry all over again," i say, saying his name tastes bad in my mouth.
"bells he's not harry. what exactly did he say?" sage asks gently.
"she complimented him - saying like stuff like 'of course handsome', 'i'll get that started for you babe' and he was all like 'thanks beautiful' like is he shitting me," i say annoyed.
"did he say anything else?" she asks.
"no but you should've seen him. the way he was looking at her," i complain.
"honey. i'm sure it was nothing - like that was shitty but i'm sure he's just being nice and a bit oblivious," sage says. i had had relationship problems and anxiety from my last relationship - my ex was really toxic and kind of abusive so i have a lot of anxiety about it.
"i'm sorry. i just started feeling super insecure. i mean especially after our afternoon together," i say.
"what happened this afternoon?" she asks.
"oh. we uh, well," i stutter.
"oh my god you two fucked," she says loudly.
"yeah, but relax," i say. my anxiety is starting to fade. i really miss sage already.
"look bells - go back to dinner, if it's still bad tonight you can call me okay - and we'll talk okay," sage says.
"will do," i smile, "thanks sage. i love you."
"i love you bells," she says before i hang up the phone. i head out of the toilet stall and try to fix my makeup in the mirror. a girl comes in so i rush and head out. i see the girl talking to him again, they're deep in conversation, why is he looking at her like that? i try to ignore it, listen to what sage said but the jealousy in my chest hurts. i sit and ignore him, downing my whole drink. jeff says he paid so we head out to leave. i see the girl write something on a napkin and give it to pj. he puts it in his pocket with a smirk. i leave him and go to meet bam and ryan.
"drive me home and let me spend the night at yours?" i ask bam.
"of course," he says, wrapping his jacket around me. we get into bams car, and ryan swaps to the van.
"i'm sorry. i'm just upset," i say, as we start to drive.
"yeah i'm not surprised, knox was being a dick," bam says looking over at me.
"so it wasn't just me. i thought i might just be jealous," i explain.
"maybe it's a little of that but i saw what he was acting like," bam says.
"i mean it's not like we're properly dating, but i thought we were like exclusive yknow," i say, staring out of the window.
"i thought you were dating," bam agrees. we sit in silence for a bit. when we get to bams we head in and he lets me borrow some sweats and a vest.
"thank you," i smile gently.
"you barely ate. i have ice cream let's chat," bam says. i nod and we head to the living room.
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chapter thirty three
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