(Charlotte’s POV)
I woke up the next morning with the sun glaring on me and a huge hang over. I thought I was in my own room until I turned over and I saw Jay, his curls a mess on top of his head, a little stubble around his face and topless.
‘It’s rude to watch people sleep you know’ he said to me, his eyes still closed.
‘I wasn’t.’ I replied sticking my tongue out. Jay had one eye open my now. ‘I’m just gonna grab a shower.’ I started gathering up my clothes and went into the bathroom. I turned on the shower and stood underneath the warm water trickling over me.
I started thinking. How was this gonna leave things between me and Jay? Did he mean what he said about loving me, or was that the alcohol talking? Was this all a drunken mistake?
My thoughts were interrupted by Jay banging on the door. ‘Let me in! I need to pee!’ he shouted through.
‘One min’ I shouted back out. I got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my body. I opened the door to see Jay stood in nothing but his boxers. He smiled his wonky smile and walked towards me. I stepped to one side letting him in and I went into the bedroom.
I got dressed and sat on the bed. Jay came out of the bathroom, fully dressed this time, and sat next to me.
‘I meant what I said you know.’ He said to me.
‘What?’ I replied, very confused about what he was saying.
‘Last night at the club, when I said I love you.’
‘Jay, you were drunk.’
‘I wasn’t so drunk that I didn’t know what I was doing.’
‘I have to go Jay’ I said to him, gathered my stuff together and left the hotel room.
I leant against the wall of the corridor and slid down it until I was sitting on the floor in a ball. Why was he telling me this now? This was just going to make everything awkward on the tour bus.
And sure enough, it was just that. Luckily we were heading home today. I sat in the living area, just staring at the TV and Nathan walked in. ‘Hey Charl’
‘Hi’
‘You alright?’
‘Hmm.’
‘What’s up love?’ he came and sat beside me and wrapped his arm around my shoulders.
‘I’m just tired. That’s all.’ That and I was using it as an excuse so he wouldn’t find out about me and Jay.
Then Jay walked in and just looked at Nathan with his arm around me.
‘Nath, is it alright if I lie down on your bed for a while?’ All the boys had beds on the tour bus.
‘Yeah sure. Take as long as you need.’
So I went and found my iPod, put my earphones in and settled down to sleep. I needed to clear my head.
