When three friends Zoe, Audrey, and Ruby head out of their hometown of Los Angeles they're expecting sunny beach days and nights out on the town. What they get is nothing of the sort. After a storm hits and the three girls find themselves trapped in...
For the second time in two nights, Audrey had gone MIA with Brandon. I couldn't blame her, or him for that matter. It was the right thing to do considering the events that had occurred within the past ten minutes. Nick was in front of me running his hands through his hair as if it was therapeutic.
"What the fuck were you thinking man?" I heard Edwin behind me. "Punching Zion was already a shitty thing to do, but then it turned into that? That's a fucking terrible move bro."
"I-I didn't mea-" Nick tried to get out.
"It doesn't matter what you meant to do. It's what you did Nick." His face dropped even further when I spoke.
"I'm sorry." He looked at the ground. I rolled my eyes and walked away. What Nick did was not okay, and the fact that he had done it for me and Zoe? That was bullshit. There was no way I was going to let him get away with that because he 'hadn't done it on purpose'. If Audrey wasn't going to get angry at him, then I would have to for her. For some reason Nick couldn't get through his thick skull that Zion and I were just friends. The kiss we'd had meant nothing, and Nick obviously needed to get that into his head. I'd told him that multiple times this morning, but his dumbass obviously didn't listen to a word I said. If he had, we wouldn't be in such a shitty situation. What I also didn't understand though, was why Nick was so mad about it. Sure he'd said it was because Zion was leading on both Zoe and I, but he'd still yelled at me about it before anybody knew anything about the other two. Nick had told me he had a girlfriend, so why was he so upset about me kissing another guy? I noticed Zion and Zoe sitting on the couch together and I joined them.
"Hey." I mumbled. They both looked at me a bit nervously.
"Hey." Zion replied. I could see that there was a bruise sitting on the side of his face as well. His hand was on Zoe's knee. I wanted to ask what was going on there, but I could tell both of them were pretty shaken up from the whole experience. As was I. Even if we were a little playful all the time, Audrey was our friend, and I never wanted to see her hurt. I also felt like I'd gotten a lot closer to Zion today and actually thought of him as one of my really good friends. I never wanted to see either of them hurt. I knew Zoe felt the same way, if not more passionately. Zion had been punched by his best friend for something he didn't do, and I'm sure that felt really shitty. Zion did not, in any way, deserve that punch. I could think of another person who did though, and I almost wished that Zion had fought Nick back. I applauded Zion though for being so calm during the whole ordeal, and still right now. Everyone else around him needed it, and if it wasn't for him things could have escalated very quickly. I could tell Zoe wanted to go upstairs and check on Audrey, but we both knew that Brandon would be taking good care of her. I honestly don't know what would've happened to Audrey if he wasn't there. I kept sneaking glances at Nick who was now sitting by himself at the bar table with his head in his hands. I felt a little bad for him, but I couldn't seem to shake the fact that he had the audacity to punch one of his best friends over something so stupid. Then again, I couldn't tell if he'd done it for me or not. Either way, I was definitely not happy with him right now, and I was pretty sure none of the group were.
"How are you guys?" I asked.
"I've been worse." Zion told me. There was still a small grin plastered on his face somehow.
"I've been better." Zoe chuckled a bit. I was happy to see she was still able to laugh during such a stressful situation.
"Me too." I agreed. We smiled at each other. I felt my eyes start to droop, and decided I should just head to the guest room the guys had told me I could stay in. When I got up from the couch I noticed Nick had also left the room and probably gone to his. I was glad I didn't have to confront him on the way out. I walked down the hallway towards the guest room. All I wanted to do was take a hot shower, forget all of this had happened, and go the fuck to sleep. I walked in the door and saw none other than Nick sitting on the bed. Why did we always end up in bedrooms alone together? I turned around to walk back out, I couldn't deal with him right now.
"Ruby wait," He stood up quickly and grabbed my wrist gently. "I don't know what to do. I don't know what I can say that will make you happy."
"You should've thought about 'making me happy'," I did finger quotes. "Before you punched my friend." I was fuming. "And why the fuck do you need to 'make me happy'. This is all so fucking stupid."
"I didn't mean to. I was trying to punch Zion. For you." He seemed regretful and like he knew he'd said the wrong thing.
"Are you joking right now? I don't need you to take care of me Nick. I'm not some damsel in distress that's just waiting for the all powerful Nick Mara to come save me. Either way, there's nothing between me and Zion, and you made a big deal out of fucking nothing. You have a girlfriend Nick, and you were wrong."
Nicks POV
Ruby was right. I did have a girlfriend. I was so confused. I didn't know why I felt this way about Ruby, and because of it I was acting like an arrogant piece of shit to everyone in the group. I ran a hand through my hair for about the thousandth time that night.
"You can't be mad at me for kissing other guys when you told me that the kiss had meant nothing." My stomach dropped at how tired and stressed out she looked. Her hair was ruffled and there were dark bags underneath her eyes. Once again she was right. I was being inconsiderate. I couldn't think of anything to say.
"I'm sorry." Is what I came up with. She looked down at her feet. "Please Ruby, what can I do?" It came off as a bit desperate.
"You can leave." My heart sank even further. I had done everything wrong. By trying to protect her, I had just hurt her, and I still didn't know why every time she looked at another guy my fists would clench. I walked past her and towards the door. I was hoping she would tell me to come back and talk to me, but she didn't say a word as I dragged my feet out of the door and closed it behind me. I continued to sadly walk towards my room which was just up the hall. I could see into the living room where Austin, Edwin, Zion, and Zoe were still sitting. There was still faint music playing, but otherwise the four of them were doing nothing. Just sitting there. Zoe was buried in the crook of Zion's arm. I felt terrible for the damage I'd done to everyone selfishly. The bruise on Zion's face was prominent, and all I wanted to do was go say sorry. Based on the looks I was receiving from them that would only make things worse. I walked into my room sluggishly without saying a word and flopped onto my bed. Why did I have to be so impulsive and mess everything up? I couldn't fucking believe myself.
Ruby
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