Mutual

Chapter thirty

I wake up still curled into Brook. I gently shift off of the bed in an attempt to not wake him up and it goes so well until I end up tripping over air and falling flat on my face. Groaning, I turn over to see Brook with an extended arm. I take it and pull myself up.

Me: "Sorry I didn't mean to wake you. I'll let you go back to sleep."
Brooklyn: "No it's okay, I won't be able to go back to sleep anyway. Do you fancy some breakfast?" He offers me a small smile but the air is still quite tense between us.
Me: "I'm good, thanks though."

I return his smile and walk into the bathroom. Andy's sat on the toilet lid with his head in his hands.

Me: "You okay?"
Andy: "As if I forgot to lock the door. Why do you care? You should hate me."
Me: "I don't hate you. I could never hate you. I didn't even hate you after you told Brook. A petty little argument isn't going to make me hate you."
Andy: "I made you uncomfortable. I made Sonny hate me."
Me: "He doesn't hate you. He's mad, yes. Mad and hate are two very different things. We all did something wrong and made it worse in our own way. Jack caught feelings and did things he maybe shouldn't have, you told Brooklyn, I ran away and left you guys with the problem and Sonny got involved*."
Andy: "As cliche as this sounds, can we all kiss and makeup?"
Me: "I'd love that, Andy."
Andy: "I think I need to speak to Sonny."
Me: "That you do. He had good intentions, he was tryna stick up for me."
Andy: "I'll keep that in mind. Anyway, I noticed you crawled into Brook's room last night, what's that about?"
Me: "Err so I ran into a room so I could ya know, have a panic attack in peace and didn't realise it was his room until he came in. We cuddled which comforted me but we haven't really spoken."
Andy: "How do you want to play this? Are you ready to speak to him?"
Me: "I definitely need to speak to him, to be honest. Not sure I'm ready to forgive but I'll for sure try."
Andy: "I for one don't know how you do it."
Me: "Do what?
Andy: "You're always so positive even when you're feeling down, you put others' emotions and needs before your own and are always willing to forgive or at least try to when someone does you wrong, no matter who they are." I don't know how to respond so I embrace him instead.
Me: "Okay, you've got two options. You can either come with me and brave the day or you can stay on the toilet all day."
Andy: "I think I'll choose the latter, to be honest." I laugh and pull him up.
Me: "Come oooonnnnn."

I attach our hands together and we walk into the living room swinging arms, laughing. Rye and Sonny are in there watching something on the TV and I feel Andy hesitate before I push him onto the sofa next to Rye and sit on him.

Me: "Hey guys!"
Rye: "Err hey." Sonny throws me a weak smile. 
Me: "So what's the plan for today?"
Sonny: "I think we were gonna film that cover, right?" The atmosphere is so awkward.
Me: "Right okay but first, you've gotta sort your problems out. Not just for your sake but the roadies will definitely notice if somethings up and cause more trouble for yourself. We all fucked up."
Sonny: "But-"
Me: "But whatever. We're humans we all make mistakes. Rye can you get the others, please?" He nods and types a few words on his phone, my phone buzzing in my back pocket almost instantly after. I shoot him a glare.
Rye: "What? You didn't say how."
Me: "But you know I meant to get them physically, not text the group chat. They might not even see it." At that moment both Brook and Jack walk into the room.
Rye: "That was a good point, nevertheless, they did."
Brooklyn: "Wassup?" He says, straddling the arm of the settee.
Jack: "Guys, look. I don't want another argument."
Me: "Great because neither do we. First of all, I'd like to apologise for not even trying to make it right as soon as it went tits up, and for running away from my problems. Andy, your turn."
Andy: "And I apologise for going straight to Brooklyn and telling him without the full story." Sonny throws him a glare. "And for even spreading it at all."
Sonny: "I guess I'll go next. I'm sorry for getting involved and blaming Andy. I still don't think he did the right thing but Y/N is right - we're not perfect as we all make mistakes."
Jack: "I'm sorry for catching feelings, attempting to kiss Y/N and for causing drama."
Brooklyn: "And I'm sorry for not trusting my girlfriend." I eye him, questioning his sincerity.
Me: "Girlfriend?"
Brooklyn: "That's what you are, right?"
Me: "Yes."
Brooklyn: "Good. Anyone else or is that it?"
Rye: "I'm sorry."
Andy: "For what? You're literally like the only one who hasn't done anything."
Rye: "I wasn't finished. I'm sorry for eating Brook's pringles."
Brooklyn: "WHAT!" He roars. "You owe me pringles!" We all watch and laugh as Brook tries to push Rye onto the ground and pin him. Rye flips them over and they play fight for a while until Brooklyn ends up pinning Rye for a while with the latter unable to get up.
Andy: "I'm sorry but how the fuck did you win that, Brook?"
Brooklyn: "To be honest, I have no idea."
Rye: "I only let him win because I ate his pringles."
Me: "Now we all know that's a lie." The room is filled with laughter. I catch Brook's eye. "Brooklyn? Can I speak to you for a moment?"