Guilty Tendancies

Chapter 2

{Taylor Novelli}

"I hate you," I spat, staring into the eyes I knew best. "I wish you were dead, I hate you so much," Hurt filled their eyes and tears began to stream down their fat cheeks. I laughed bitterly, throwing my head back.

"Nobody loves you, they never have, they never will," I continued, fiddling with my nails. "They'd probably all like to kill you personally, but they all have reputations to keep up, families to love."

With narrow eyes I looked back to the mirror, staring into the glass for a second before slamming my fist into it. I continued to destroy every reflective surface in the room until I found myself sat sobbing on the floor, surrounded by shards of glass.

A piece of glass caught my eye, the perfect gleam of light on its surface making it seem almost magical. It was as though it was calling my name.

Carefully, I picked it up, examining it. I could just see my eye reflected, swollen and red. I couldn't see any reason not to, nothing to stop me.

Just as I directed it to my wrist, Mirror, Mirror by Farewell, My Love began to play, signalling a phone call from Matt Barnes.

Sighing, I answered. "Hey baby girl," He spoke before I'd even opened my mouth. "Are you okay? Where are you?"

"No," I cried, curling up on the floor. "I'm not okay."

"What's wrong? Tell me where you are, me and Josh will come and get you."

"I can't, sorry," I told him, hanging up.

I wasn't going to get found this time.

{Sophie Brooks}

Slamming the phone down onto the table, I put my face in my hands, dragging my fingers across my face stressfully. "Still no answer"

"This is stupid, she better have a valid reason for running off like this. Were supposed to be having a practise in thirty minutes" Kyle repeated for about the tenth time in the last two minutes.

Clapsing down onto the space next to me, he pinched the ridge of his nose whilst staring blankly at the floor. "You know whats happened don't you?" I asked him, my eyes locked onto his face, waiting for an answer to my already answered question. His face gave it all away, his blue eyes were full of guilt. Dropping his head, he bit down on the corner of his lip.

"Tell me" I sighed, chewing nervously on the bubble gum I had earlier stolen from Vic, who was currently on the phone to Alex in the other room, trying to find out if he had seen any sign of Taylor yet. We had been searching for almost an hour and had grown tired, especially me, being the lazy bitch I was.

"Austin said not to say anything to anyone, I don't want it getting out. She deserves her privacy" Kyle explained, my chest growing tighter with each thought that entered and passed through my mind.

"Kyle, you know me. I wouldn't speak a word" Both Kyle and I had grown up in Britain, moving in together when we left school and finally finding Xavier and Taylor when we visited America one time and finally Aston when we began to form the band, at a bowling ally one evening.

"I don't think I should tell you Sophie, it's for the best. Not only for Taylor, but also for you" With no further words, he got to his feet, reaching his hand out to me as he pulled me up onto my feet. "Let's go find Kellin, he might know where she is"

I agreed, alerting Vic that we were going to find Kellin before following Kyle off the bus.

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"Sorry guys, I haven't seen her since you arrived. She was with Aston and Aaron last I saw" He shrugged, glancing over at Vic who was currently running towards us, his hands waving above his head. "I think Vic wants you"