Broken Waves

Cracked Branches

Laura's pov:

"Woah didn't you just say that you and Jack-" I put my hand to his mouth.

"Holy shit what did I just do? Your hands felt so good on my skin I couldn't control myself." I swam to the stairs grabbing my towel and chocolate milk. "What do I tell Jack?" I mumbled.

"We are just going to keep it to ourselves. I mean it was a simple lip to lip kiss, no tongue involved. You don't need to worry." He climbed the stairs and grabbed his towel as well.

I agreed with Matt I mean- it was meaningless and didn't feel special. "Y-yeah you're right." I took the elastic out of my hair and squeezed a bit of water out. "It's late and we have a flight tomorrow morning. I'll see you at breakfast." Grabbing my shoes, I tried to get out of there as soon as possible.

"Hey sweet thang." I opened my eyes to see Taylor get into the elevator. "I love seeing you wet." He winked at me as I gave him a face of disgust,

"Do you know what I don't understand?" I said as I fixed my towel. "Why I even thought of going out with you and actually gave you a second chance knowing you'd hurt me again. You are in great danger attempting to hit on me all the time, especially in front of my brother and the other guys. So if I were you," I stepped closer to him and placed my finger on his chest, "I'd back the fuck off and just give up alright? You could be doing it just to piss of Jack or you honestly think that I'll just get back with you. But honestly Taylor, we both know that is never going to happen."

*Ding*

"Night." I walked off the elevator and opened the door to my room.

"How'd it go?" Gilinsky was on the bed beside Johnson watching some Anime movie.

"It went great." As I picked up my pj's, Jack came over to me and kissed my forehead.

"If you're having a shower I could join you." He winked and placed his hands on my hips.

"Well, I wouldn't want you to leave Johnson and I just want to be alone for a little bit."

"Yeah, of course. Take a bath then because I stole some of Johnson's bath salts. I know I won't use 'em."

"I'll just shower and get into bed. I love you." I wrapped my arms around his waist and he kissed my forehead as he hugged me back.

"You're missing the whole movie dude!" Johnson yelled from the bed,

"I better go. I'll kick him out when it's over, take your time. I love you." He kissed my forehead again then closed the door behind him.

I started up the shower and as I let the water warm, I took my bikini off and hung it up on the rack above the toilet. I tested the water then got in, closing the curtain beside me. As the stream of warm water droplets gracefully hit my face, I replayed the whole day over in my head. So much shit had happened today and I didn't even realize it all until now, but when I thought about it some more I ended up replaying the whole trip. The performance, Taylor, Jack, the fights, the blood, the mess of it all was just too much and before I knew it tears were running down my cheeks. I sat down in the tub and just broke down in disappointment and regret. "I need to go home."

I stood back up a few minutes later after making a decision, quickly rinsed out the chlorine then finally turned the water off. As I wrapped myself in a towel, I wiped the fogged up mirror to reveal a little section for me to be able to finish getting ready.

When I later opened the bathroom door, the room was quiet and the lamp beside our bed was on but Jack was asleep. I had to move fast before he woke up so I threw my hair up into a bun, grabbed my phone, charger ,and headphones throwing them into my purse then zipped my suitcase closed and put my Uggs on. I kissed Jack goodbye then left. I dragged my luggage behind me as I walked towards the elevator and pressed the down button multiple times hoping it would make it come faster.