The Little Things || colby brock

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"Girl, you better put on sunscreen before you turn into Larry the lobster." Paige told me as we sorted everything out on the beach.

I start writing for my first single tomorrow so I'm gonna be busy for the next few weeks. I already wrote some of it.

I just want to get Kurtis' approval before I write anything else. "Oh fuck off." I laugh.

Once again, everyone is here but Elliot. It doesn't bother me though. The boys had gone to the water to see how cold it was.

"While they're gone, what's going on with you and Elliot?" Paige asked.

I shrugged knowing I haven't heard from him much. "As far as I know, he's been swamped with work." I tell them.

Kat gave me a confused look. "It's Sunday." She pointed out. Paige pointed at her like she was agreeing with her.

"I always thought he was gonna be the one hurting you. I didn't think you were gonna be hurting him." I couldn't help but laugh at Paige's statement.

Since I just put sunscreen on, I laid down on my stomach to tan my back. "I didn't hurt him. Nothing happened." I try to tell them.

Kat turned to look at me like I was crazy. "You literally ditched him to go bar hopping with Colby. He wanted you to go home with him." She states.

"So I wouldn't get too wasted. He's overprotective." The two give each other a look and then look over at me.

"We don't know why, but we think he's jealous of Colby." Paige spoke up. I just shook my head knowing it wasn't true.

I'll believe it when I hear it come out of his mouth. "Who's jealous of me?" Colby asked which made my heart drop.

I didn't even see him walk over here. I look over at the girls, not really knowing what to say.

"It's just girl talk." Kat shrugged while looking over at him. He just shrugged as he came over to me.

He laid down next to me and looked over. "You're staring." I tease him as he shrugged.

It was nice laying out here with everyone. I could tell everyone was having a good time.

We had planned on being out here for the majority of the day. It was currently eleven so it was not too late or early.

It was extremely hot though so I'll be in and out of the ocean. We all laid out for a while, Sam and Grant passed a Frisbee.

"I think you're starting to get a little pink." Colby spoke up to me. I asked if he wanted to get into the water and he agreed.

We got up so we can walk into the ocean together. It wasn't too hot or too cold. Both of us walked in to water up into my waist.

"Are you nervous about tomorrow? Excited?" He asked making conversation. I sigh while I think about it.

"A mixture of both. I did start writing a song but I don't know if they're gonna approve it." I explain to him.

He furrows his eyebrows towards me. "Why wouldn't they approve it?" He asked causing me to sigh.

"Because I worry that it might not be good enough. Or maybe they'll have another song chosen for me."

He frowns a little. "I haven't heard it but I'm sure your song kicks ass." I couldn't help but laugh at what he said.

He makes me laugh so effortlessly. It's the little things like that, that draw me closer to him.

He's such a genuine person. At times I do feel like I might be falling for Colby. We hang out often, he makes me laugh, and I don't get bored.

"I really appreciate it." I smile towards him. I do feel bad for Elliot because I do feel like I'm sorta leading him on.

I can't control how I'm feeling towards Colby though. The six of us spend the majority of the day on the beach.

We left around sunset so we could get dinner, and we all ate at Subway together. Paige's face was a little pink and I could feel it on mine as well.

I could also feel the sunburn on my shoulders. Once we all left, we went our separate ways.

When I got home, I took a quick shower so I could get the sand off of me. Once out I decided to call Elliot.

He answered it on the fourth ring. "Hey, I missed you today." I spoke on the phone.

I flopped on my bed, laying on my back. "I know, I'm sorry I couldn't make it today." He didn't seem too sad about it.

"I am too, I feel like I haven't really seen you during the past couple of weeks." I frown.

Even though I really don't want to be friends with benefits anymore, I do still want to be friends and have him in my life.

It's just sad knowing it feels like he's pushing me away. "I know, I'm sorry. I've just been so busy with work." He apologized.

My heart started beating fast in my chest as I thought of Colby. "It's not because of the new people in the group?" I question.

I didn't want to spefically ask if it's Colby, but I do feel like it was because of him.

It's like when I started hanging with them, he stopped hanging around.

"Why would you think that?" He questioned. I could tell he was upset I asked him that.

"Because when I met Colby, you started ignoring me more." I could hear him sigh out a breath.

"Are you sure it's not the other way around?" I dropped my jaw as I sat there for a moement.

Did he just spin this around on me? "What are you trying to say right now?" I asked him.

"I don't know Sav. It's like whenever you two met, you forgot about me." He spoke.

I mean, yeah I was hanging around with him more but it was because he was swamped with work.

Or that's what he told me. "I didn't forget you, you keep telling me how you're swamped with work." I sit up.

I don't know why, but I was starting to get mad. "You know I still want to be friends with you." It was quiet for a moment.

I feel like I might've said the wrong thing. "That's it? Just friends? Are you hooking up with him too?" He accusingly asked.

"No! Colby and I are just friends. Why does it matter to you knowing we're not official or a thing?" I questioned him.

I could hear a shaky breath over the phone like he was going to cry. "Well, I guess I thought differently."

Before I could say anything, he hung up the phone. I could feel my heart break a little. I guess everyone was right about Elliot having feelings.

I didn't think he was going to catch feelings. I for sure feel bad knowing I felt like I was leading him on.

"Hey, everything okay in here?" Paige asked at my doorway. I look at her sadly, not wanting to admit anything outloud.

"I guess you were wrong." She looked at me confused as I bit my lip.

"I'm the one who broke Elliot's heart."