When I'm Gone

3. Love Triangle

Miami

I stand in the door way to Ten and Garrett's room. Ten couldn't stop staring at me. "What are you doing here" he asks. "I needed to come talk to you about earlier" I say. I sit on the bed next to him. "Ten. I'm so sorry for yelling like that. I felt betrayed" I say. He nods and hugs me. 

"Ten I never stopped loving you" I say. "I never have either. But I'm with Ronnie" he says pulling away. "What happened to waiting" I ask. "I met Veronica and since your manager told me not to talk to you, I couldn't let you know about her" he says.

I nod and sigh. I look down into my lap and at the bracelet Ten gave me before I left. "You never take it off do you" he asks. I shake my head no. He rolls up his sleeve to show me his. "Neither do I" he says. I look at him and he looks at me.

We both kind of start to lean in. "Ten" his dad says. We both pull away to see his father standing in the door way. "Hello Miami" he says. "Mr. River's" I say. I grab my phone and walked out of the room. I grab my keys off the table and rush to my car. 

As I drive away, I can't help but think about what life would've been like had I not left to go on tour. I try not to cry about it. But ultimately fail. As soon as I get home, I rush to my room. "MIAMI" Alex yells after me. I slam my door shut. I throw myself onto the bed and cry myself to sleep.

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Ten

I couldn't stop thinking about almost kissing her. I'm with Veronica but I love Miami. I haven't seen Miami in 2 years. 

Why did I want to kiss her? Why do I feel like I'm cheating? What the fuck is happening to me?

My brother comes into the room and stares at me. "Dad said you almost kissed her" he says. "Thanks Garrett, make me feel worst then I already do" I say. He smirks and sits on his bed. "I honestly think you should've kissed her. Dude you know you love her more then Ronnie" he says pulling out his phone.

I roll my eyes and grab my phone. I have several messages from Veronica. I ignore them and put it on the charger. I grab my laptop and look up some music by Miami. I put my earbuds in and listen to her number one hit called "You Were My Everything."

I begin to cry because I know she wrote it about me.

My brother looks over at me and notices me crying. I wipe my face clean and close my laptop. I lay it down on the floor and lay down. It was starting to get dark outside. I close the blinds from my bed and fall into a deep sleep.

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Veronica

I noticed how weird Ten was about Miami earlier. 

I didn't like it to much but I think there is more to what he led on. 

I grab my laptop and look up 'Miami Winters.' I love her music and everything but I don't want her to take my Tenathon away from me. Although there kind of is someone else. His name is Jackson Allister aka Ten's best friend. As soon as I got here to Washington, Jackson and Ten were the only two who were nice to me.

Jackson kissed me before Ten ever did but I still chose Ten. I still have major feelings for Jackson. I think I like Jackson more then I like Ten.

"Ronnie" my little sister, Anika, says snapping me out of my daze. "Yeah what. Sorry" I say. "Jackson is here" she says. I nod and go to the front door. Jackson is standing there. "What are you doing here" I ask. "I need to talk to you about Ten and Miami" he asks.

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"What the hell do you mean" I ask. "I know they're secretly hooking up" he says. "She just got back tho. How could they possibly be hooking up" I ask. "I saw her go to Ten's today after her studio time. I followed her car and she pulled into Ten's drive way. She was in there for a while then ran out as if she got caught" he explains. 

I look down  I can't believe this. Jackson holds me and picks up my chin. "Look at me." So I do. "You don't deserve that" he says. I nod. He slowly leans in and kisses me softly. I kiss back.

Two can play at this game Ten and Miami.