ONCE IN A LIFETIME ≫ h.g

Chapter 9

Brooke's P.O.V

"Do you want to join my Instagram picture?" Madison asked, holding up her silver phone. We had just arrived at our hotel room that we would share for the night. Madison was only staying at the same hotel for one night, she was on her own tour and was going somewhere else tomorrow. "Yeah, sure", I responded and walked over to her bed where she was seated. Although we had only met an hour ago, the conversation was flowing easily and it seemed like we had known each other for quite some time. It was just natural. I put my arms around her neck and she turned to face me and we took a picture where we were looking at each other while laughing. after that we took a picture where Madison kissed my cheek. I was not going to lie, they were both amazing, so I told Madison to send me both.

I decided to post the one where we were laughing to Instagram. After posting, my obviously started blowing off immediately, which I had expected it to, considering Madison's reputation revolving the Magcon boys. However, Madison had also posted a picture of us on Twitter and captioned it: "Where have you been all my life?" I smiled, retweeted and commented: "lost". After that Madison and I chilled and listened to music while talking for a while. Although Nash was my closest friend, it felt good to be around a girl, even for just a short while. It had been a while since I'd had a proper girl talk and it felt really good. It was impossible to say for sure, but I could see Madison turning into a good friend of mine.

Hayes' P.O.V:

"Dude, just go and check up on her already man. It is so obvious that you want to go", Nash smirked at me as I paced across the hotel room, trying to make my mind up about whether or not I should go talk to her. I really wanted to see how she was doing, but I knew that Madison was there as well."Yeah, I guess", I responded. "I just don't want to ruin their bonding session or whatever". I glanced at Nash's phone which was currently on Brooke's Twitter profile and a picture of her and Madison fille the screen. I looked down when I saw Nash's judgmental look. The 'get over her look' that he had given me countless times before. I used to have the biggest crush on Madison and we had some history when it came to flirting a bit back and forth. I had never felt for any other girl the way I used to feel about Madison and those feelings hadn't disappeared, not completely at least. I liked Brooke, but I couldn't say that Madison was  out of my mind.

"Seriously! Just go for God's sake!" Cameron yelled at me from the bathroom, probably having overheard the entire our conversation. I got the point, all of the boys were probably a bit fed up with me and the slight obsession I may have had over Madison over the past year. I let out a sigh and responded with a nod that said 'I hear you, and I'll go over there'. Their room was a few floors above us so I headed into the elevator and started thinking about what I was about to do. Did I really want to go over there? What was I supposed to say? Ask her to hang out? Did this mean that I liked Brooke? Did I want to date her? I mean, I knew I wanted to but wasn't it a little bit too soon? The elevator rang to signalize I had made it to their floor  and just a few seconds later I was outside the door. The door was slightly open and right when I was about to knock I heard Madison's voice from inside the room. I knew it was bad of me to eavesdrop but I couldn't help myself.

"I have a crush on this guy named Chris", Madison's voice said. "I used to feel something for Hayes". My eyes widened. Madison used to have feelings for me? "Hayes and I kind of had a thing", she continued and I nodded to myself. We had been flirting back and forth and hanging out, but she had cut me off all of a sudden, not responding to my messages. It had been confusing. "I broke it up because there was so much hate, and I didn't really like him that much. Too much drama for too little, you know what I mean?" So that's why Madison had ended things with me. Because of the drama. That was understandable, but I still felt like she could've given me an explanation. "I'm so sorry. It must've been so hard to deal with hate for liking a person", Brooke responded and I smiled to myself. She was so understanding. And that's when I realized how much better I liked Brooke, more than I had ever liked Madison. She was the one I wanted to get with, no doubt. "What was the thing you had with Hayes?" Brooke's curious voice asked. "We made ou-". I decided it was a good time for me to interrupt and knocked on the door. 

Brooke's head popped out of the door. "Speaking of the devil", she said with a smile playing on her face. "Can I talk to you for a second?" I asked and kept my voice down while gesticulating for her to come outside. I didn't want Madison to hear. Brooke walked out in the hallway and carefully closed the door behind her. "What's up?" she asked and seemed confused. "Okay, so I was like just sitting in the hotel room with Nash and Cameron and..." I hesitated. I still hadn't figured out why I was coming over here. It was so that I could see her. Talk to her. Maybe even ask her out? I really wanted to ask her out. "And", I continued more confident. "They started talking about a bunch of shitty romantic gestures and stuff, and I was like 'that's stupid' and they were like 'yeah, but it's cute too', and then I thought that maybe you would like it. You know a date. Like, maybe you'd like to go out with me, on a date, tonight". I was a chaotic mess and realized I hadn't even really asked, I had just made a statement. I also spoke too quick and a small part of me wished she didn't catch what I said because I didn't want to suffer another rejection. But most parts of me wanted her to say yes, my entire body longed for her to say that one simple word. She looked at me for a few seconds, probably trying to comprehend what I just said. Her face then cracked up in a smile. "Sure, Hayes, I don't have any plans for tonight so why not? It'll be fun!"

I scratched my neck and bit my bottom lip. I always did that when I was nervous. "I'll just text you with more details about when we're going" I said and Brooke smiled. "Oh, and dress casually!" I said and started walking away."Bye Hayes" I heard Brooke whisper and then the door closed behind me.I slowly leaned up against the wall. I hadn't realized how sweaty my hands were. I was a mess right now. At least she said yes. I went back into the room and started planning the date.

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BROOKE'S P.O.V:

Hayes😚: We'll leave in 30 minutes😙

Me: 30 MINUTES??!!! HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO GET READY IN TIME?!!😨😨

Hayes😚: I'm sure you'll figure it out😅😉

Me: yeah, that's easy for you to say cause it is not happening to you😒 srsly Hayes, I'm gonna look like crap so be prepared. I hate you👶

Hayes😚: aww I love you too❤️❤️💦. Be there or be square.

Ew. Just ew.

I knew Hayes was joking but I was still slightly scared of what might happen if I wasn't ready in time so I quickly went into the bathroom to get a quick overview. The mascara was smudged from traveling all day and I was wearing a pair of gray sweats. I got dressed quickly by grabbing the first few items in my suitcase and put on some really light make up. I brushed my hair and decided to just leave it like that. When I was done, exactly 30 minutes was gone. It was currently 7 PM. There was a knock on the door and I quickly said goodbye to Madison before I left. When I turned around I caught her glancing at me with what seemed like despise in her eyes. However, she was fast to recover and gave me a flashing smile right away. She told me to enjoy myself but I could tell that there was something off about her. Although I was curious about Madison's odd behavior, I knew Hayes was waiting for me, so I gave her my last goodbyes and walked outside.