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

Chapter 8

Radisson Blu Hotel-Bree and Bexx's room (morning):

Bree was straightening her hair and getting ready for breakfast with Bobby at Hotel Concorde. Bexx was on Youtube watching videos of Jayk with some of his flirty fans. Bree looked over Bexx's shoulder at the screen as Jayk whispered something into a fan's ear. The fan blushed then giggled. Bexx replayed just that part three more times, and then shut the laptop.

Bree sprayed her hair and asked Bexx, "So, how are you doing with all of this?"

"What do you mean?" Rebecca said, pretending to be naïve.

"We've been focusing on Chelsey and her whole Drew situation, and now Ashlee and TC...I just want to make sure you're doing okay with Jayk."

"What? Me and Jayk aren't together," Bexx tried to play dumb, but she was a terrible liar.

"Bexx...I know you better than you know yourself. You and Jayk may not be official, but I know something is going on between you two. And, I'm here if you want to talk about it."

Rebecca buried her face into the pillows on the bed and screamed...this was her way of relieving stress.

Finally, Bexx began to explain, "Jayk and I are doing the whole friends with benefits thing, and it's driving me crazy."

"Friends with benefits Bexx?!?! You should know better...that never ends well, someone always..."

"Falls for the other person," Bexx finished Bree's statement before screaming into the pillows again.

"I'm so sorry."

"I was just soooo stupid...I should have never agreed to that arrangement. Now, I want to be with him exclusively, and it's killing me, because he has all of these girls texting and calling, and flirting....and I have no right to say anything about it."

"When did you realize that you liked him?" Bree asked.

"I don't know...well, I felt the chemistry the moment we kissed. But, I think the real moment I fell for him was when he started making evening plans with some other girl. I realized I wanted him all to myself. Is that horrible?"

"No, it's not horrible," Bree said, and then suddenly got an idea. "Bexx, you realized you wanted to be with him, when he went to be with someone else...maybe the same thing will happen to him if he sees you with someone else."

"You think so?" Bexx said.

"Well, it's worth a try right?" Bree smiled. "When we go shopping today, we're also going to find you a date for the VFC party after the show tonight."

Bexx agreed to this plan. She was willing to try anything to get Jayk to feel the same way for her.

Bexx asked Bree, "How are things with you and Bobby?"

"They're fine," Bree said with no emotion.

Bexx was skeptical, "Are you sure? I mean, you'd tell if things weren't right?"

Bree grabbed her purse, "Bexx, I'm gonna be late...I have to go."