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fourteen

“J!” I yelled, jumping on his back as we walked down the river walk. It was close to midnight but we all agreed we wanted ice cream.

“God you’re annoying.” He joked as his hands gripped my thighs.

“I know.” I smiled and kissed his face.

“Did you have fun at Magcon today?”

“I always do when I’m with you.”

“Such a cliché.”

“I feel like that is our entire relationship.” I told him.

“Oh it is.” Gilinsky said from beside us.

“Oh shut up.” I told him.

We approached the ice cream place and I hopped off Johnson’s back. I walked straight to the glass and started looking. My eyes landed on the mango ice cream as I felt someone put their hands on my waist.

“That mango looks good.” J said to me.

“I know.” I smiled and leaned my back against him. 

“Are you getting it?”

I looked over to Aaron and saw him get a banana split. He looked at me and I smiled.

“No, I’m going to get a banana split.”

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I fell back on the hotel bed and pulled my phone out. I went to instagram and posted a picture of Aaron and I holding our banana splits, smiling wide.

I captioned it, “a duo.”

I tagged Aaron and locked my phone. Johnson came out of the bathroom and sat next to me.

“Ellie…” He said.

“Yes?” I asked as I sat up.

He placed his hand on mine and smiled at me. He leaned in and kissed me. We moved our lips in sync as I moved back on the bed as he followed me. My head fell back on the pillow as he hovered over me. I touched the hem of his shirt.

He pulled it off his body and connected his lips to mine. He helped tug my shirt over my head, dropping it to the floor. He started to unbutton his pants and pulled them off.

I pulled his face towards my again and let our lips collide. He tugged on my bottom lip with his teeth as he started to tug on my leggings.

The door flew open which caused him to jump off the bed. I grabbed a pillow to cover my almost bare chest. Johnson pulled his pants on as Aaron and Matt looked at us.

“Did we interrupt?” Aaron asked, placing his hand over his mouth to muffle his laugh.

My face got red as Jack handed me my shirt. I slid it over my head and moved the pillow.

“We can leave if you would like to continue…” Matt suggested.

“You guys killed the moment.” I said as I stood, fixing my leggings.

“Just be glad it wasn’t Bart.” Matt said.

“Yeah…he would have been pissed.” Aaron said.

“Why? He knows we’re dating.” J said as he pulled his shirt on.

“Bart is kind of like my second dad.” I said. “When he found out Candice was pregnant…”

“I’ve never seen him so pissed.” Aaron shook his head.

“No kidding.” I said.

“Well…you want to take a walk?” J asked me.

“It’s almost two in the morning.” I said. “We’re driving to Dallas in like six hours.”

“They have the first shifts.” He said.

“Fine.” I replied and slid on my vans.

I slid my hand into his and we walked out. We walked to the elevator and it was silent on the ride down to the lobby.

“Where are we going?” I asked.

“Just on a walk.” He said. “I really want to talk to you.”

“What about?”  I asked as we walked outside.

“We just started dating…” He started.

I pulled my hand away from him, “Are you already breaking up with me?”

“No.” He shook his head and chuckled. “Never.”

“Then what?” I asked, crossing my arms.

“Are you seriously upset right now?” He asked.

“I just think it’s sketchy that we almost had sex and then you ask to take me on a walk. Then the first sentence that comes out of your mouth is about our relationship.”

“It’s nothing like that.” He said.

“Then what is it?”

“Walk with me.”

“Why can’t you say it right here?”

“It’s important that we walk.” He said.

“Just tell me right here!”

“I’m leaving!” He said.

“What?”

“I’m leaving tour for a couple weeks.” He said calmly. “My mom is having surgery and I’d like to be around.”

“When do you leave?”

“After the Dallas show.”

“How long have you known that you were leaving?”

“All summer.”

“Fuck you.” I said and walked past him.

“What are you doing?” He asked.

“Going for a walk, by myself.”

“Ellie!” He said. “Are you sure about that?”

“I’m a big girl Jack!”

“Don’t be stupid, the last time you went on a walk by yourself you were almost raped.” He said.

I turned around and looked at him as my anger rose.

“Did you really just call me stupid?”

“I didn’t mean it like that.”

“Using what almost happened to me is not okay.” I said. “And calling me stupid is even worse.”

“Oh come on.” He said. “Elizabeth, I didn’t mean it like that.”

“Screw you! Leave me alone!”

I turned back around and started walking down the street. I wiped a tear away from my face, shaking my head.

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I pushed the hotel door open and walked in. I saw Johnson asleep on the couch. I let the door shut behind me as I walked further into the room. Gilinsky was asleep on one bed and Aaron on the other. I grabbed a pillow and a blanket from Gilinsky’s bed. I pulled the blanket over J and slid the pillow under his head.

I went over to Aaron’s bed and slid in next to him.

“Ellie?” I heard Johnson’s voice.

“What?”

“Are you okay?” He asked.

“I’m fine.”

“Goodnight.” He said.

“Goodnight.”