Stepping Away

Explanation

Bobby's POV

I left Taylor's office, leaving her alone to think for a couple minutes as I returned to cleaning up the edge space.

I hadn't even made it to the set when both Joey and Bryan blocked my path. They stood in front of me like a wall. Their arms were crossed and they didn't look happy.

I raised an eyebrow and tilted my head. "If I could just squeeze past you guys..." I started, but they stood where they were.

"Guys?"

"Why were you kissing Taylor?" Joey said suddenly.

I blinked taken a back for a second. I opened my mouth to respond but then remembered what she had told me about wanting to keep it low. How did they know?  I shook my head.

"She's dating Gunner and you forced yourself on her." Bryan said, attacking me again with words.

I raised an eyebrow and shook my head. I knew what T wanted but I wasn't about to let them accuse me of forcing myself onto her. "Y'all are out of your mind. How the hell could you possibly think that I would do something like that?" Honestly I was a little hurt that the thought even crossed their minds. That I would do that.

Joey shook his head. "I just saw it!"

I shot him a glare. It didn't do much considering how much taller he was than me. "Taylor broke up with Gunner almost a month ago." I crossed my arms, wanting to look bigger than I was. It didn't really help my case.

"Uhh they were definitely kissing at the Halloween party." Joey put his hands on his hips.

Both of them looked down on me. Right now they saw me as a traitor, as someone who had done damage to their family.

I held my hand up to stop him. "Gunner forced himself on her. Did you not see the whole commotion after? Tanner and Matt kicked him out after that. Or were y'all to drunk to remember that scene?"

Joey swallowed as he tried to recall the memory. He shook his head. "She would have told us if they broke up. He came to visit her like thirty minutes ago."

I rolled my eyes. "Could you not tell the tension between them?" I was getting angry...maybe more upset than pissed. I shook my head and took a step back, ready to slam through them.

"What's going on y'all?" Taylor's voice piped up from behind me.

I sighed and turned around as Bryan took a step forward, shoving past me. "Where you never going to tell us that you and Gunner broke up?"

She looked taken a back for a second, then her eyes slowly fell on me. I shook my head.

Bryan held up his hand. "Joey saw you together in your office."

Taylor's POV

I swallowed and nodded. I looked at Bobby for help and he understood as he walked around Bryan and stood beside me, slipping his fingers into mine. He gave a comforting squeeze.

I shuffled my feet, unsure where to start. I think Bryan saw the uncertainty on my face because he offered we go into the loft.

We all climbed up into the loft. I sat beside Bobby and rested my elbows on my knees. I shuffled the words around my mouth several times before I actually spoke up.

"Gunner cheated on me."

Both Joey's and Bryan's faces fell, but their frown was soon replaced with anger. Joey even looked as if he were about to stand up.

"What the hell? And you never thought to tell us?" Bryan was seething. Somebody in his family had been hurting and he wasn't able to be there for them.