If You Can't Hang (Book Two of the Follow Your Heart Series)

Chapter 5

Once she got downstairs she started looking for him. She spotted him sitting on a chair playing with his Iphone. She sighed and walked towards him.

"Hi," she said.

"Oh Hey!" He stood up and hugged her. "I've missed you."

"I missed you, too." She hugged him back smiling...Getting lost in his cologne. But she snapped herself out of it, pushed him away, and slapped him. "I'm mad at you!"

"Owwwww." He rubbed his cheek "What was that for?"

"Because you've been a little playa since you been here!"

"Can I explain?"

"What is there to explain?"

"A lot."

"Well I don't wanna hear it! Why? Why would you say you're SINGLE...What I'm nothing?"

"No, It's N-."

"And why would you kiss HER! What is your problem?"

"She KISSED ME!"

"Okay TC, seriously don't pull that with me...she whispered something to you, you smiled and then you kissed!"

"What you're jealous of Michelle now?"

"No! I'm mad at YOU though. TC we haven't even talked in 2 weeks. You haven't called me or nothing. Only way I hear your voice is on TV talking about the girls here. How do you think that makes me feel?"

"I know and I'm sorry. We've just been really busy."

"So busy that you can't even text me? Bobby has called Bree, and they haven't been together as long as we have."

"I'm sorry."

"No, you're not if you were you wouldn't go around talking about girls and saying your single. Unless...You want to be single--" TC cut her off.

"Ashlee! How could you say that? I HAVE to say I am...we ALL have to!"

"Now your bringing the guy's in to this."

"No! I'm not! Call Jayk and ask! Our mangers want us to look single so we have a certain 'Image'."

"Do you like flirting and whatever you do with these girls? ...And tell me the truth."

"No...."

"I said the truth."

"Okay...Maybe...But I'm a guy Ashlee! What do you want from me?"

"You know what..." She trailed off. She was holding back tears, "I think we should take a break."

"What?!"

"We should just break up for a while, because it seems you could care less about US anymore."

"That is NOT true Ashlee. I have to flirt with these girls...it's not my fault."

"I know that now, but you wanna know what I read yesterday but I didn't believe it till today."

"What?"

"It was a blog about you and Michelle going out and pictures of you guys holding hands walking around."

"Seriously..."

"Yes seriously...TC whatever is left of us it's done. For now give it time and lets see how we BOTH feel."

"Ashlee this is for no reason. You're overreacting!" He said getting mad now.

"Don't yell at me!"

"Oh but its okay for YOU to?!"

"YES IT IS!"

"Wow! OKAY you're psycho! You believe that I'm CHEATING on you with Michelle!"

"I'm psycho now?"

"No! I didn't mean it like that!" He tried pulling her in a hug but she backed away tears starting falling down her face. "Ash...Don't cry I didn't mean to yell at you. I'm sorry."

"No...I get it...I'm just the secret psycho girlfriend now. It's okay...I-I-I'll see you Lat-Whenever!" She turned around and walked away...his heart told him to go after her and just wrap his arms around her, but his head said just let her go.