Breaking (a magcon fanfiction)

Seven

"What happened?" I ask sitting across from him. I was really sitting in the shower.

"Nothing." He says and sniffles.

"Nash," I reach out to touch him but he jerks away with force.

"Stop! Don't touch me!" he yells. "Please..." He looks at me and oh my god I just died. Never thought blue eyes on a boy would look so hot while he's crying. Oh god that's not a good thing to talk about.
I just lean back against the wall and try not to look at Nash. But it's hard. Why was he screaming and why would Cam make him cry? Oh right because he's a dick. But really only with girls he is....

"Sorry." Nash says after a long moment of silence. "For, screaming at you."

"It's fine-" I start but he cuts me off.

"No, it's not. That wasn't right of me. I guess I just get, defensive when it comes to...never mind." He looks away.

"Nash?" I ask straightening up. "Who were you talking to on the phone?"

There's a long pause. "Cameron." He finally says. "But he's drunk so it doesn't matter." He says this part a lot quicker.

"Cameron? Drunk? That doesn't sound like the Cam I know."

"Yeah well he's different ever since you left. Ever since that slut took over his whole life he's been different." Nash pauses again. "Nothing's been the same."

I don't know what he means but I know it can't be good.

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I wake up luckily in my own room, on my own bed. CC's in the bed next to me, in pjs. Hopefully she didn't get drunk either. I sit up and rub my eyes, then head to the bathroom.
Ew.
My hair looks like a rat's nest and my face, oh my god I can't even explain how gross it is. There were so many girls here yesterday, why do they all look so good? I swear they probably wake up like 'oh hello day! Oh! who is that beautiful princess in the mirror? Oh, it's me!'
And then I'm just like 'ew who's that potato staring back at me? Oh, it's me.'

So yeah. Those are my mornings. Usually I just put on a little mascara and call it a face. After showering, I look over at CC's side of the two sinks. She only has like four or five things of makeup, that's a lot compared to my one. I sigh and plug in my blow dryer.

After I'm dressed and refreshed, (see that? That's a rhyme.) Okay that was weird but anyway, I leave a note for CC and put in my headphones. It's only 7:00am but I like running when the sun rises. Except it's like 20° degrees out and I don't really feel like being a snowman today. So I head to the hotel's gym and start on one of the treadmills.
About half an hour through my run, someone else comes into the gym. I don't pay any attention to them, until they tap me on the shoulder. Making me fall of the treadmill.
Thank you person.

"Sorry." the boy says helping me up.

"Nash? What are you doing in the gym?" I ask him when I regain my balance.

"I may be a thug but I like to keep a fit body." He smiles and I return it. Good, he isn't crying today. *Mental high five*

I turn around to pick up my water bottle and Nash steps onto one of the treadmills.

"Careful!" I say before he starts running. "I heard there's some thug coming around here tapping people on shoulders."

"Thanks. I'll look out for him." He smiles and I say goodbye before leaving the gym.

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"You ready yet?" CC yells from the doorway of our hotel room.

"Yeah! Coming!" I say grabbing my bag from the chair. We walk to the elevators while she fills me in on what happened at Matt's party.

"And then Carter and Jc had a dance off. I think you can already tell who won." She says and I laugh.

"Obviously Jc." I say sarcastically.

"Ha! Yeah right." she laughs at my joke. "So anyway, Aaron was talking to me the entire time and I don't know if I like him in that way. I mean he's nice and all but I like just got out of my relationship with Taylor."

"Like five months ago." I remind her of the last time we were a at MagCon. The elevator door dings and I'm wide eyed with who's standing there.

"Hey Cameron. Are you drunk today?" Okay, okay that was a little mean but he made Nash cry and that is NOT okay. Why do I care so much about Nash again? I don't.

"It was a one time thing." he says as CC and I get on. "Won't happen again."

"Not as long as Chloe's here." I say under my breath.

"What?" Cam asks.

"Nothing. Forget it." I don't look at him but I can feel his eyes on me. "It's not important."

I see him turn back around. "You're right. It never is, is it?" I don't answer him as the elevator doors open on the lobby floor. I step off and walk as calmly but as fastly as I can.

"Wow. Was it just you two, or was it full of tension in there?" CC asks once we were outside.

"I think the elevator actually has really thin air." I say a bit too cocky. "That was what you were breathing in."

"Oh no. You don't get to have a fight with your ex in front if me, and then just act like it was nothing." She steps in front of me.

"It wasn't a fight. Just harsh talking." I walk around her.

"Okay, fine. But one day it'll turn into screaming and I won't be here to tell you the reality." She says not far behind where I've stopped walking. "Maddison? What's wrong, why'd you stop?" CC comes up next to me and follows my gaze. "Is that Nash?"

Instead of answering, I walk towards him. Slowly.

"No it's fine. Just tell me how he's doing." Nash says into his cell phone. From the way his voice cracks to the sniffles, I don't think he's talking to Cameron this time. "Okay, thanks. Hey, um tell him I'm sorry that I couldn't be there and that I love him kay? Thanks, bye." He hangs up and wipes his eyes behind the black sunglasses.

"Nash? You- you okay?" I asks standing in front of him now.

"Yeah I'm fine." He darts up.

"Are you sure? Do you want to talk about it?"

"No!" he screams, which makes people around us turn their heads. "I don't want to talk about it." he says quieter. "I'm fine." The words come across harsh and I mentally slap myself for pressuring him again. Why can't I just learn to keep my mouth shut?