A Second Chance • A.F. {#wattys2018}

Chapter 14

Andy

Melody had just left with Rye and we were all talking about life, touring and the fans.

"What are you going to tell the fans if you date?" I heard Brook shout from the kitchen I rubbed my temples.

"Brook will you shut up, she still has a boyfriend back home remember ?"

"Yeah but it looks like she's falling for you fowler" I heard Mikey say as he looked away from his computer and at me.

"She probably has a thing for Rye, they seem to do everything together" I rolled my eyes and flopped onto my back and stared at the ceiling.

"Andy you know that Rye would never do that to you" I just sighed and turned to face the wall, I put my earphones in and watched my phone.

As much as I tried to concentrate on other things, the thought of Melody and Rye ran through my head.

What are they doing now?

Are they really shopping?

Do they secretly have a hotel?

The thoughts ran through my head and I couldn't take it, before I knew it my fist had connected with the fall and there was a huge dent.

I heard the other 3 boys gasp from behind me and I quickly put a pillow there to replace the hole. I shut my eyes and drifted off, leaving my mind to rest.

I woke up to the sound of a door shutting and laughter and I guessed that Melody and Rye were back.

The thoughts had also returned and I couldn't control my actions.

I jumped from my bed and stormed into the kitchen, Mikey followed and tried to calm things down.

"Andy listen to me. Breathe. This is your brother" Mikey had a tight grip on my arm and was searching my eyes for a sign but I just shrugged his arm off and hit Rye.

I heard Melody gasp as Rye grabbed his jaw and I saw a flash of anger in his eyes, he was never really the violent type until someone pissed him off and now we were going to see the real Rye.

"What the fuck is your problem Andy ?!" Rye growled as he went to lunge forward but Mel soon stood in between us.

"Seriously guys, what the fuck is wrong with you both?" She looked between us and she hand her hand on Rye's chest pushing him backwards but I didn't care, I just threw another punch at his face.

He touched his lip and when he pulled his hand back there was blood coating his fingers. He threw a punch at me and hit my nose and I instantly grabbed it as I felt the blood start to trickle.

"GUYS HEY, STOP" Rye and I were full on fighting. Punches were being thrown in every direction, Mikey was trying to pull us apart and I tried to push him away but instead I caught Melody's face.

She fell to the floor due to the shock and that was enough to stop us from fighting and by now Jack and Brook were stood at the door way of the bedroom.

"Look what the fuck you've done" Rye shouted as he spat some blood into the sink.

"Oh fuck you" I rolled my eyes and punched the wall.

Mel was still sat on the floor and I could see how scared she was, I've never gotten this angry before, I kept hitting the wall until my knuckles were pouring with blood.

Brooklyn had taken Rye to the bathroom and Jack had appeared at Mel's side, he helped her up and wrapped one arm around her shoulder and directed her towards the door.

"Come on, lets go for a walk" I heard him say to her and then the door shut.

"FUCK" I shouted as I threw one last punch at the wall until Mikey once again was by my side except this time he took me into the band room and sat me on his bed, he sat on the table and grabbed my hand.

We were both silent and I sat there and let him bandage my damaged hand.

Jack

I had an arm wrapped around Melody as we walked outside the flat and towards the McDonalds that was about a five minute walk away.

Luckily there were no fans around so they didn't see us walking out.

There was a comfortable silence between us and I knew Mel didn't want to talk about the scene that just unfolded but I could still feel her body shaking and it worried me slightly.

The boys and I have only known her for a couple days but she's like family to us, even Rye, however Andy couldn't grasp that and seeing her hurt was awful.

We ordered our food and sat at a booth in McDonalds. Melody pulled her phone out, typed a few things and but it back down on the table and that's when a post notification came through on twitter:

@MelodyK:
You've just fucked everything up.

And then my twitter notifs started blowing up so I checked the band account and there was a tweet from Andy.

@RoadTripTV:
@ me next time you indirect me -Andy

I refreshed the twitter and saw that the tweet had being deleted so I looked at Melody.

"Indirects, real nice" I chuckled lightly and Melody just rolled her eyes before she finally spoke.

"What was his reason for that Jack" her voice was small and she sounded like she could break any minute.

"Andy started to think that you liked Rye because of how much time you guys spent together, however we tried to tell him that he was being ridiculous but he wouldn't listen and I guess he just lost it" I looked down at my food.

We had never seen Andy so paranoid and it worried us, he always kept a level head but now we're weren't so sure.

Melody and I decided to take a slow walk back to the flat.

We stood at the park because she didn't want to go in yet, which was understandable, and she just broke down.

I wrapped my arms around her neck as she wrapped her arms around my waist, her head was buried in my chest and I could already feel the wetness from the tears and I tried to stop myself from crying.

"Hey, it's going to be fine, Andy will forget about this later on" I stroked her hair and tried to calm her down.

"I want to go home" my heart sunk, she was like my sister, we already formed a close bond and I didn't want her to leave just yet.

"Your coach is tomorrow Mel, I'm sure Andy will fix things" she shook her head and pulled away from the hug, looking up at me.

"I have enough money to get a coach now, but I need to leave, I can't be here Jack. This is too much for him to fix. I've just ruined years worth of friendship !!! I don't feel right being here anymore" she was shouting now and the tears streamed from her face.