That Summer | Aaron Carpenter

forty two

That night at around eleven, most of the guys had already passed out. Kian and I went and got Starbucks while we talked things over. We were on good terms now. I was surprised he even forgave me for what I'd done.

When I first met him, he was dating Andrea Russet. It was around the time when I was getting high constantly with Skate. I was young and I kissed him right in front of his girlfriend. This eventually caused a very harsh breakup between the two and we never really talked after that.

I threw my hair in a ponytail as I walked out of the bathroom. I looked up and saw Johnson sitting on my bed.

"Oh my god!" I jumped. "You scared the shit out of me."

"Sorry." He laughed as he looked at me through his glasses. "I wanted to talk."

"Talk? Or make out with me?"

"Hopefully both."

I shook my head and sat down next to him, "What do you want to talk about?"

"I want you to know that you don't have to go crawling back to Aaron." He said. "You should date someone else."

"You're just saying that because you want to date me."

"Oh how I really do, but no." He said. "Any of us."

I looked up at him and smiled.

"What if Aaron is who I want?"

"Then by all means, but I'm just letting you know you have other options." He said and looked down at my lips.

"If you want to kiss me just do it." I told him.

He put his hand on my cheek and pulled me towards him. He kissed me and his hand got lost in my hair. He pulled me on to his lap as we took a breath and went back to kissing.

When we pulled away again, we looked at each other. He pushed hair behind my ear.

"I think you were really into that." He said.

"You were way more into it than I was."

He smiled as he looked down.

"Caught me there."

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The next day Taylor pulled up to the hotel in Omaha. We all got our things and picked our rooms. This time though we had a huge suite connected to another one. So there was a door that separated the two but it was still technically one room.

Bart decided to get his own room so the rest of us shared the beds ad couches.

"I get a bed!" I yelled and dove on to one.

"Me too!" Taylor said as he did the same to a different bed.

Carter claimed another bed and Nash claimed the last one.

"So who are you bed people sharing with?" Johnson asked.

"I want Cam." Taylor said.

"I call Matt!" Carter replied.

"I kind of have to share with Hayes." Nash said.

"Hallie?" They all asked.

"Can I not have my own bed?" I asked.

"She does hog it." Aaron stated.

"Dolan twins get one of the couches. Kian and Trevor can share one, Jacks get another and Shawn and Jacob get the last one."

"I'll take the floor." Daniel stated.

"So that leaves Aaron." Cam said.

Everyone looked between the two of us.