Beautiful Minds (NG)

Chapter Eleven

*Nashs POV*

My phone beeps and I pause the TV. It's a text from El. I smile and open it up.

El: Our new house was broken into and deystroyed. I can't stay in Cali this summer.

The smile instantly drops from my face. She can't stay in Cali. Our perfect summer is ruined.

I can't believe this. I pull up El's contact and call her.

"Hello?" I smile at the sound of her voice, despite the situation.

"Hey El, I got your message. I'm really really sorry. I was looking forward to spending all summer together."

"I know Nash, me too. I can try to come out for a few weeks and stay in a hotel or something."

'El I'm not going to let you stay in a hotel. You can stay with me and the guys."

Me and the guys! That's it!

"Nash you do-"

"YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS CAN JUST STAY WITH US ALL SUMMER!" I yell into the speaker, cutting her off.

"Nash theres no way theres enough room for all of us."

"But there is, Hannah and Isabella can share one of the guest rooms, and Grace and Kelsie can share the other" I say into the phone.

"What about me?"

"I uh.. I kinda thought that.. If you wanted to, you could just stay in my room with me." I finally spit out.

There's a moment of pause.

My hands get clammy, afraid she's going to reject me.

And then finally she speaks.

"NASH THAT'S AMAZING! IM SO GLAD I CAN COME!"

I smile and lay back on the bed. I can't wait to see her again.

"Great, so we'll facetime before bed tonight?"

"Yeah. Gotta go finish fitness testing."

"You can do it, you gotta be ready for me" I say wiggling my eyebrows, even though she can't see me.

She laughs nevously and says bye. I smile and go back into the kitchen. Just as I'm about to turn on the tv, my phone rings again. I assume it's El, so I just pick it up.

"Hey babe, you alright?"

"Nash! I missed you so much!"

I feel the color drain out of my face.

"Rose?" I say, my voice shaking.

"Yeah! Are you home? I'm gonna come over! We really need some time to catch up!"

"Wait, Rose, you can't come over right now.. Or anytime soon, maybe we can talk sometime but nows not a good time." I say, trying to be as nice as possible.

"Why?"

"Bye Rose, talk to you some time."

I hang up my phone and throw it across the room onto the couch. I have to get rid of her as soon as possible. I sigh and walk outside. I need some time to just think about everything.

I start walking to the local park, when I hear loud footsteps behind me. I turn around to see Rose running towards me. Before I can stop her, she jumps onto me, wrapping her legs around my waist. I remove her legs and push her off me.

"Nash, I thought you liked me" she says looking up at me, sticking out her bottom lip.

I roll my eyes at her. Shes the one who liked me. Likes, me.