Life As I Know It

Chapter 8

I woke up when a bunch of the guys walked in with Dakota. They were all laughing as hard as they could. I looked at the alarm clock. 4:57. It's almost 5 in the morning. I look closer to see which guys were still up. Aaron, Cam, and Taylor went to bed.
"Who wants to play truth or dare?" Hayes asked everyone, but directing it more towards me.
"Sure, why not. " I agreed.
"Ooh! I'll go first!" Dakota yelled. "Paisley, truth or dare?"
"Uh, truth."
"So, has Taylor cheated on you yet?" She asks. What kind of question is that?
"Of course not. " I thought for a second. "As far as I know. "
"I'm sure he hasn't, and won't. "Gilinsky said. I just nodded.
"Um, you guys just continue without me. " I say. I grab my room key and my phone.
"Hayes, is it true you still like Dakota?" Was the last thing I heard of the game before gettong onto the elevator.
When I finally got to Aaron's room, I knocked lightly, not wanting to wake Cameron or Taylor. Cam opens the door, anyways.
"Can I come in?" I ask quietly, cooking back tears.
"What's wrong Paise? " Taylor's head popped up when Cam asked. All I did was shake my head. I walked over to Aaron's bed, he was still asleep. I decided to climb into bed with him. Taylor looked confused. I gave him a soft smile, he nodded, getting the message. I turn around to Aaron.
"What's up?" He whispers to me.
"Would Taylor cheat on me?" I ask.
"Of course not. " he said, a worried look on his face. "Why?"
"We were playing truth or dare, and Dakota asked me if he's cheated on me yet. " I simply state.
"Well, I promise you have nothing to worry about. " I just nod.
Why would she say something like that if he would never cheat on me.
I'm so glad we have today off. After talking for about an hour, Aaron and I feel back asleep. We woke up at 8, and decided to join the others for breakfast.We had to go upstairs so I could get dressed first, though. When we get into the elevator, Taylor is already in there, sitting on the floor. I smile and sit next to him.
"I get to push the buttons this time." He smiled. I tried to stop his arm from hitting the buttons, but he was too strong.
"Thanks Taylor, now I'm being punished. " Aaron whined.
"Why would this be punishment? You get to spend more time with your best friend!" I say. He sucks his tongue out.
When we finally get to the lobby, Taylor and I stand up. I start walking with Aaron, and before I know it, Taylor comes up behind me, taking my hand by suprise. I look down at our hands intertwined, and all of my fears were washed away. We got our food, and say with everyone else.
"Paisley!" Carter screams my name from across the table. I look up from my food, just in time to get an egg yolk thrown at my face. It explodes on my face. Perfect shot.
"You're dead!" I scream back. He jumps up and bolts out the door. I get up and run after him. When I get to the hallway, Carter was nowhere to be seen. I went up to my room, grabbed my waterbottle, and went back downstairs. I filled it up with all sorts of food, put the lid on, and shook it. I looked up just in time to see Carter try to be sneaky, and run across the hallway in from of the door. I ran after him in time to see where he went. To his room. I take Johnson's key card, and went in. He wasnt expecting me to get in.
"Hey!" I say, hiding the water bottle behind my back. He was out on the terrace.
"Hi?" I walk up to him and hug him.
"That was fun."I say.
"Yeah, you should've seen your face. " He chuckles.
"And you're going to see yours." I smile as I bring my water bottle up to his head, and break the hug to put it on him. Milk, eggs, bacon, hash browns, orange juice, etc. It ask flowed onto his head, his face was priceless, and Cam got it all on tape. He posts it to vine and we all laugh. I take a shower to get the nasty egg yolk off of my face. I get dressed into a black tank top, red flannel, black ripped jeans, and hightop converse. I walk out of the bathroom to see Dakota and Hayes on the bed. They just sat there talking, until I walked in.
"I'm just gonna grab a couple things, then I'll leave you two alone." I look at them. It wasn't until I got closer that I noticed they were holding hands. I grab my phone and wallet. Then when I'm perfectly positioned, Dakota barely behind me so she can't see my face, I look at Hayes. I smirk at him and wiggle my eyebrows. Then I mouth something to him.
"You. Me." I mouthed and pointed to him, then myself. "Talk later." I wiggled my eyebrows some more, before he nods, and I leave. I didn't expect that. I know Hayes, Dakota and I are the same age, but I always forget I'm dating a 19 year old. I feel like Hayes is younger, and Dakota is older, when , in reality, it's the other way around. It made me smile, reassuring myself that she's not after Taylor or anything. I trust Hayes made the right choice. I trust that she will be good to him. Maybe we can be friends after all.
With that thought, I noticed I'd been standing there, back to the door, smiling like an idiot for about 5 minutes. I dropped the stupid smirk, and continued down the hallway to the elevator.