Jace

{21}

When we got back to the paddock in the arena, I decided to take a walk with Jacelyn. I had to talk to her. My secret admiration which apparently everybody knew about, was over.

"Jace?" I shoved my hands in my pockets out of nerves. We walked slowly in a circle around the arena.

"Yeah?"

"Do you maybe want to.... Would you... Will you go out with me?"

She gave an almost infrasonic giggle and smiled at the ground. She brushed her hair behind her ear and for a second I thought that I might actually have a chance.

She looked me straight in the eyes with her glowing smile and said, "No thank you."

"W-what? Oh...ok..."

"I don't do relationships. I thought I made that clear in my interview," she explained, slinging an arm over my shoulder as we started to walk aimlessly again. "I'm not going to get married. I'm going to get a gecko named Ivan and a goldfish named Simon. Simon Cowell."

"You're naming a fish after Simon?"

She nodded. "Yeah!"

I laughed and then it grew quiet. "I really like you Jace..."

"Thank you."

Did she just say thank you?

"I like you too Liam. I think that we're closer than everybody else. I mean, I did sleep with you after I got kicked out of my bus and really drunk." She laughed as she said 'really drunk'. "I haven't slept with any of the other boys...that I know of... Oh God did I get hammered and sleep with another one of you guys?!? Oh God I'm a terrible person!!"

"Jacelyn," I laughed. "Calm down! You didn't sleep with anyone else. Just...me..."

She looked down, a little more serious now, and then up at me. "Nick was my best friend and you are too. I don't want to lose you like I lost him. I left their tour after that and I reeeally don't want to leave you guys."

Did she just friend zone me? "Things change Jacelyn! In the interview you said you don't do relationships but what about now? That was like three months ago. It's a new day, you can have a new outlook."

"Liam!" Harry jogged over to us when we re entered the semi circle the buses formed. "Lou wants to know if you're wearing that ridiculous bandana on stage tonight." He smiled, teasing me.

"It is not ridiculous!" I laughed back, defending my style.

Jace decided to gang up on me as well. "Actually...it kinda is!"

Harry laughed. "See Jace agrees! Hey congrats on not being pregnant by the way," he chuckled.

Her pale blue eyes flicked back and forth between Harry and I with an emotion so intense building behind them that I cringed away. Harry bit his lip as he realized he wasn't supposed to say anything.

"You told him?" She spat. I've never seen Jace angry. I've never seen her serious or upset or harsh or anything other than sweet, awkward, and ditzy. "Answer me!" She screamed.

"I.." I couldn't even form a full sentence.

"I can't believe you! I can't fucking believe you!!" Her eyes were hard and she stormed away a couple steps and threw her arms up. Then she raced back to me with her black Converse hitting the pavement. She pounded my chest hard with her small pale fists as she screamed. "You fucking son of a bitch!! You told-"

Her eyes froze and widened and suddenly she stopped. Still staring at a spot on my chest, she backed up. "You told all of them didn't you? Everybody knows?"

"Jace..."

But she was already storming away. Her flowing tank top blowing against her stomach with how fast she walked and her hands found their way into the back pockets of her shorts before being ripped out again to flip me off.

"Jacelyn wait!" Harry called, desperately trying to fix the mess he created. "It's not like he told us the details! All he said was you were drunk and came into his room and slept with him!"

"OH BEAUTIFUL!" She shouted, turning around and walking backwards. "Now I sound like a whore!! Thanks Liam! Thank you so fucking much!!"

"Harry!" I scolded. He'd done enough. I ran after Jace and screeched to a halt in my sneakers in front of her.

"Please don't go! It's not how it seems."

"Really? Did you or did you not tell them what happened?" Her voice was calm but hinting at the anger she was trapping inside.

"I did but-"

She held up her hand and talked over me. "You're pathetic Liam."

My blood boiled. I love her but she can't just say something like that and walk away from me. "Oh I'm pathetic? You're the one who came into my room and practically forced me to sleep with you!"

"Oh!" She turned around within milliseconds. "Oh ok so all of this is my fault? The fact that you knew I was hammered yet didn't stop me and even encouraged me if I remember right, doesn't mean anything to you?"

A small crowd of staff had formed outside in the parking lot and I'm was sure the fans could hear us. This will be all over the papers by tomorrow morning.

"What do you mean 'if I remember correctly'? You were piss drunk! You can't remember anything correctly!"

I had shocked myself with the words coming out of my mouth. Her face was bright red and fists clenched at her sides.

"FUCK YOU!"

"YOU ALREADY HAVE!"

She tore off her Converse and chucked them at me hard. One hit me in the face and the other bounced against my stomach. When I looked up again, she had marched angrily into the venue.

Harry's face was pale and his mouth slightly parted when I turned back around with the biggest scowl ever. "Liam..I'm so-"

"I'll stay in a hotel tonight." I spat without acknowledging him. There was no way I was staying in the same bus as Jace tonight. With an angry speed, I entered the bus and grabbed the carry on bag I still hadn't unpacked before storming back out and into my car. I jammed my key into the ignition and raced down the road, screaming and furiously pounding the horn whenever I was stuck in traffic or someone was moving to slow. The first hotel I saw, I stopped and pushed my way up to the front desk of the lobby.

"I need a room for tonight," I breathed, still fuming.

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xx.

Cassie}