When The Day Met The Night

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I wake up to a knocking on my hotel door, I pull myself out of bed and walk to the door. I open it to see Rion and I instantly perk up. She instantly starts kissing me, pushing me into my room, I walk backwards into my room, her hands go to my cheeks and mine go to her sides. I guess I know who she chose.
The thought makes me smile into the kiss, she notices and pulls away with a smile similar to mine.
"What?" she asks.
"You just...you chose me?" I ask. "Right?" I pull away from her a little and she laughs nodding her head but then her smile turns sour and she sits down on the bed.
"I haven't broken up with Ian yet" she sighs throwing her head in her hands. What?
"What?" I ask my question out loud, sitting next to her. She then begins to explain that even though she wants to be with me, Ian doesn't want her to leave him but he's moving across the country. She tells me how she realized at her dinner that she really does want to be with me and at The Statue of Liberty the other day, she realized she was in love with me. She begins to get frustrated because she isn't sure what to do and I listen to it all without saying anything until she says shes done talking.
"I don't want to sound selfish Rion but if you want to be with me then you should be with me." I tell her with a shrug. "I'm in love with you too"
She looks at me like it's something new she just learned but I swear I've already told her.
"I just don't know how to tell him. I'll break his heart" she shakes her head. I want to point how he broke hers already so it's no different but I'm walking on egg shells already so I decide to keep it to myself.
"I think you should do whatever makes you happy" I tell her.
"I'd be happy if I was with you" she pulls at my shirt, pouting.
"So be with me." I shrug.
"What about Ian?" she questions. I bite my lip and look down, trying to figure out what to do. Anyone else would make Rion figure this out by herself but I'm not anyone else.
"Do you want me to come with you to do it?" I ask her. She perks up, looking up at me.
"Would you?" she asks, a small smile creeping on her face.
"Of course, I've wanted to be with you for so long, I'd do anything to keep you." I nudge her chin and she let's out a scoff, shaking her head. "Do you want to sleep here tonight?" I offer and she nods.

In the morning, we get ready and head over to Ian's before we have to leave again which from now is half an hour so we have to hurry.
The drive is mostly her trying to keep herself from freaking out and me telling her it will be okay. Once we get there, we're in a hurry so she runs into the building, up the stairs and I'm right behind her. She is the only girl I would go with to break up with her boyfriend. I watch her as we walk to his door, she looks at me and then the door before knocking. I give her a small peck on the head before she knocks. She lets out a sigh of relief as we wait for the door to open. When it opens there is a girl with blonde hair, wrapped in a towel standing there. Rion freezes and the girls mouth goes agape.
"Rion..." she lets out. "I-I" 
"Where is Ian?" she asks, pushing past her. "What the fuck, Taylor?" she turns back to face her.
"So...he was cheating on me? With you?! I thought he left you?" she asks.
"He did, but we've been...uh...umm" she bites her lip. I shake my head and walk past her to Rion. Soon Ian comes out of wherever he is and looks between us.
"Rion, babe. What're you doing here?" he comes over to her and she pulls away.
"Don't act stupid you fuck! Taylor is here" she gestures to her.
"She's my friend" he shrugs, looking at me with an innocent smile. "Sup Brendon" he nods and I just roll my eyes at him.
"Yeah right...no this is perfect Ian, cause I came here to break up with you anyways" she tells him and his face drops.
"Why?" he asks, running up to her. She scoffs and faces me for a second before turning back to Ian.
"Clearly I don't need to tell you my original reason" she gestures to the girl I learned is Taylor. Rion goes to leave but Ian catches her arm.
"Hey" I yell, pushing Ian off of her. "Don't touch her without her permission dude" I stand in-between them, with my hand on him.
"Rion, I'm sorry" Taylor comes over.
"Yeah, I've heard that before..." she states. "Brendon can we go?" she asks and I nod.
"Rion please" Ian begs, walking after us. Rion stops and I stop behind her, she turns to look at him.
"Tell me right now, honest to god Ian...have you slept with her since we have been together?" she asks. He stays silent for a while, biting his lip. "That's what I thought...goodbye Ian." she walks out the door with me following and she slams the door behind me.  
"I can not believe him!" she shouts as we walk back down the stairs. I stay quiet to let her rant as we walk down the stairs. "He was cheating on me?! He's leaving soon and he couldn't even-" she cuts herself off. "He loved me! He said it!"

She rants all the way back to the hotel where they're waiting on us, I tell everyone she's staying on the main bus with me for the rest of the tour and there aren't any complaints. She tells me she needs to take a minute so she finds my bunk and lays down in it.
"So, you two a thing now?" Zack asks me as I sit down on a bench.
"I mean...I think so. She came over last night and kissed me, said she wanted to be with me" I shrug. "We didn't actually confirm it but...she did just break up with her boyfriend so I'm going to give her some time." I explain.
"But she wants to be with you?" he asks, pushing his glasses back.
"She has said it on multiple occasions, yes" I nod.
"That's good. I'm happy for you. You deserve to be happy and she clearly does make you happy"
"Yeah, just wish I could make her as happy as she makes me" I sigh, looking down at my rings and playing with them. Zack pulls something from behind his ear and hands it to me.
"Give her this, this outta put her in a good mood" its a joint. Yeah it will.
"Thanks dude" I fist bump him and go to my bunk which is right in the middle. I slide the curtain back and see her face is buried in my pillow. I place my hand on her back and rub it gently.
"Hey beautiful" I whisper to her.
"Why did I date him again?" she asks, facing me. Her face looks red and puffy and I frown at it.
"You thought he changed, it wasn't your mistake. It was his, for treating an amazing girl like you the way he did. You deserve so much better and he deserves so much less" I tell her.
"And that's why I have you now, perfect, amazing, adorable little you" she reaches her hand out to play with my hair and I laugh.
"Hey, I brought you something" I bring my hand up to show her the joint and she perks up.
"For me? Brendon, you shouldn't have" she moves so she can get out. She drops to the floor and takes it from me. "Ian never let me smoke. He hated the smell and everything. He said it was addictive" she laughs at the thought. We sit down on the bench I was at early and I hand her lighter from my pocket.
"That's crazy" I laugh with her. She lights it and takes a couple hits before handing it over. I take a hit and then pass it back. She takes it but doesn't hit it yet and leans back.
"He fucked me up pretty bad Brendon." she sighs.
"I'm sorry" I tell her and she shakes her head, taking a hit.
"Nothing some weed can't fix" she laughs and then looks at me and I look at her. She leans in closer and so do I and then we are kissing, our weed tasting mouths colliding together. Her free hand going into my hair and my hands going to her thighs, very neatly.
We're about 30 seconds into it when I hear Zack tell us to get a room.
"Gladly" I state and jokingly get up to take Rion to my bunk. She laughs, pulling me back down and taking another hit of her joint.