TAYLOR'S POV
After the show, Jon, Justin, Jerm, and I all decided to grab a few drinks. I didn't drink too much. I guess I wasn't in the mood. After a while, I decided to leave. I said goodbye to the guys and headed up towards my room.
When I got up to my hall I heard crying. It sounded like a girl's cry, it sounded... familiar. As I got closer to my room, the crying became louder and began to sound more like sobbing.
When I got to my door, I saw Hayley with her back against the wall and her head in her hands.
"Hayley?" Her head jerked up as soon as she heard my voice.
"Taylor," she said almost as if she didn't expect to see me even though she was sitting outside of my door.
"Hayley, what are you doing outside of my room? And why are you crying?" She stood up and wiped away a few of her tears.
"Ch-Chad and I got into a fight and he started yelling at me. H-he said..." I waited for her to continue, but instead she began to cry even harder. I wrapped an arm around her and led her inside.
I sat on the bed and motioned for her to sit down beside me. Her eyes were puffy from all the crying. I could tell that she wasn't ready to talk about things, so I just wrapped my arms around her, held her close to me and let her cry into my chest.
After about fifteen minutes of crying, she finally explained to me what happened.
"Chad and I got in an argument," she said while looking up at me. Chad and Hayley have gotten into arguments before, but none of them ever resulted in Hayley crying her eyes out like this.
"About what?" I asked her. She looked down at her fingers and hesitated a bit before she spoke.
"An argument about you.."
My eyes widened at her answer. Me? What did I have to do with their relationship?
"You guys got into an argument about me?"
"Yes, you, Taylor. You."
"I don't understand..." I said while shaking my head. She sighed, understanding that I wasn't getting any of this and that I needed her to explain.
"He thinks that you have feelings for me. He said something about the way you look at me." I could feel myself blushing, thank God she didn't notice. "I told him that he was crazy. That you and I are best friends and that's all we'll ever be, but he didn't believe me."
Were my feelings for her that noticeable? Not only Jeremy could tell, but now Chad could tell that I like her too? What am I going to tell her? Definitely not the truth. I couldn't do that. It would only make things worse by letting her know that Chad was right. She doesn't have to know, well, at least not now...
"Am I right?" My thoughts were interrupted by Hayley's voice.
"Wait, right about what?"
"About Chad." She sighed. "Never mind. I know you don't want to hear me rambling, I'm sorry. I just don't have anyone else to talk to right now. Everyone's with their girlfriends, or wives, or boyfriends, and I just, I don't know... You were the first person I thought of talking to."
"Hayley, you know I'll always be here for you when there's something wrong."
"Thank you, Taylor."
I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tightly. We stayed like this for a while. My arms around her, and her head against my chest. There was something about having her so close to me that made me feel nervous. Not the bad kind of nervous where you feel like you're going to throw up or pass out at any second. It was a good kind of nervous, it was a good feeling.
I wish I could tell her this. I wanted to tell her all of this, but I couldn't, at least not now. Maybe one day I'll build up the courage to tell her how I truly feel, but right now I just can't.
A few minutes passed and I noticed that Hayley fell asleep in my arms. She looked so peaceful and innocent in her sleep, almost like a little fiary.
Oh gosh, I've been spending too much time around Kat and Jeremy.
I slowly slid off her shoes, laid her down and pulled the covers over her. I tried not to make too much noise, I didn't want to wake her up. Maybe in the morning she'll wake up feeling a bit better, but as of now she needed sleep.
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I'll try to update again sometime after next week. I have a lot of studying to do for midterms.
