ONCE IN A LIFETIME ≫ h.g

Chapter 10

BROOKE'S P.O.V:

Hayes had been awfully quiet and mysterious ever since picking me up from the hotel room. We had walked for about fifteen minutes when he interlocked his hands with mine, still keeping his "not telling you a single word" act on. It was a heated summer day and I could already feel myself starting to sweat. I knew that walking much further probably would have me soaking and mess up my make up, so I decided to ask him. "Where are you taking me, Hayes?" I looked over at him. "Is it far or are we almost there?" He smirked at me and adjusted our hands. They were all sweaty but neither of us seemed to mind. "Wait and see", he answered. "We're almost there, I swear".

We walked down a street I definitely didn't recognize, not that I had been in New York City all too often. I was a Cali-girl born and bred, but I couldn't deny that this city held some sort of magic that I didn't get to experience back in L.A. Soon enough I recognized the Mets from Gossip Girl and before I knew it we were at the foot of Central Park. The scenery was beautiful, but I had this feeling that someone was watching us from behind. I turned around but couldn't see anything suspicious, so I decided to shrug it off. "You okay?" Hayes asked, his blue eyes piercing into mine with a look of concern. I nodded and shifted my focus to Hayes, Central Park and our "date". 

Hayes pulled out a blanket from a backpack I hadn't even noticed he wore, and we got seated for a picnic. "This is amazing, Hayes", I said as he pulled out salads, berries and chocolate from his backpack, as well as lemonades. The fact that I hadn't noticed his huge backpack was a sign that I had been too preoccupied in my own thoughts and I vowed thank him for all of this a million of times. While we ate our chicken and pasta salad, which Hayes had gotten at an amazing deli, conversation flowed easily. We were simply enjoying our time and talking about what we expected for the weeks to come. Hayes was so excited for Magcon and couldn't wait to meet fans. His overwhelming excitement made me laugh when I suddenly heard someone approaching us. I turned around, expecting a fan of Hayes asking for a picture, and was surprised to see Madison standing there with a smile playing around her mouth.

"Hayes", she yelled and he turned around as well, confused. He opened his mouth but before he got a word out Madison cut him off. "Of course I will be your girlfriend!"

What?

MADISON'S P.O.V:

The door slammed behind Brooke as she walked out of the hotel room for her date with Hayes. I was furious, Hayes had always been into me and now he didn't like me anymore? How did Brooke get him so fast? There was nothing special about her, she was nice and very pretty but that was about it. I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that I had been replaced so easily. Although I wasn't really into Hayes it felt good getting the attention that he gave me. I decided that I had to come up with something to stop the date the two of them were on. Therefore I sent two messages to my own number. After a bit of editing and changing the contact name, my phone now displayed this:

Hayes Grier: Hi! I know that I have this thing with Brooke now, but when I saw you at the airport, all these memories came flooding back. I realized how much I love you and miss you. It sucks doing this over txt, but can you please be my girlfriend? Pretty Please?❤️

Me: don't walk too fast! I'll try 2 catch up with ya, xx

It had been awhile since Hayes and Brooke left but luckily Hayes had snapmap on and I saw that he was last in Central Park ten minutes ago. It was a huge park but hopefully finding them wouldn't be too difficult.

HAYES' P.O.V:

"Of course I will be your girlfriend!" I instantly got up from the blanket, knocking over one of the strawberry baskets on the way. "What the hell, Madison?" I asked but also yelled, super confused. Where was this coming from? I quickly glanced over at Brooke for support but she looked just as confused. "I have the messages here, Hayes" Madison responded, waving her phone in my face. "Don't even try to deny it". Brooke had also gotten up and walked over, grabbing the phone Madison reached out. I couldn't see what was on it other than that there were some messages, supposedly from me. Brooke's eyes went shut and she tossed the phone to me.

"I promise, it's not true", I begged after reading the messages, but Brooke just looked at me disappointed. "I don't even have any of these messages on my ph-". Brooke cut me off. "Save yourself, Grier", she spat out. "I'm not interested. We aren't even a thing yet anyway, this was basically our first date. I was just foolish, I know you don't like me like that". Her last sentence came out more as a whisper and I could tell she was hurt. "I just wish you could've been  honest with me from the start. I know you like Madison and I can't compete with her. Just please stop toying with me". Brooke walked away and I didn't go after her. I just stood there in complete and utter shock, having no idea what had just happened.

BROOKE'S P.O.V:

Ouch. It literally felt like my heart just shattered. Back there with Hayes a few tears escaped my eyes, but now that I was all alone with no one to comfort me I broke. I sat down on the ground and started sobbing. I couldn't see anyone around. All the things I told him was true. We didn't know each other at all. We didn't care for each other, I liked him but I didn't really know him. But if I didn't, why did it hurt like hell? I wasn't the most experienced at dating but I was pretty sure this was not how it was like to 'not care'. I tried to tell myself to suck it up but it only made me cry harder. How did things get so messed up. I grabbed my phone and called Nash.

"Nash, please come and get me please" I said and hung up. I realized that I never told him where I was so I quickly sent a message saying I was by the Met before I laid down, and let all of my emotions out.