Gray Area

8

Chapter 8

*Tayler Holder's POV*

I walked over to the guys, a big smile on my face. I wrapped my arms around Bryce and Josh's shoulders, clearing my throat. 

"Where were you dude?" Bryce mumbled, looking up at me. 

"Oh, um, I had to take a leak and went to find the bathroom," I smiled as Bryce looked at me suspiciously but I just smile back at him. I looked past him, seeing Jake standing around, watching Logan try to pick up a girl. "I'm gonna go home with Jake, but I'll see you guys later, alright?" I jumped, the guys just looking at me strangely as I ran over to Jake, a big smile on my face as he just looked at me strangely. 

"What'd you two do?" He laughed, crossing his arms.

 "You know?" My smile dropped as Jake nodded, laughing softly. 

"Tayler, I was one of Gray's first friends out here. I'm the one she turns to, the one she calls at 3 am when something's wrong with Ryan and she doesn't know what to do. Besides Ryan, I'm the only person she has, so she tells me everything. The day of my party, she left because Ryan called her. Later that night, she called me and asked about you. She asked about Bryce too but was interested in what made Tayler Holder Tayler Holder," Jake smirked as I laughed softly, smiling at Jake. 

"Ryan called her while we were sitting by the water and she asked me to go up to the house with her. He asked if I was the guy and she got all embarrassed. Then he told me a million stories about her," I laughed as Jake smiled back at me. 

"And?" He smirked as I laughed, shaking my head. 

"We're hanging out tomorrow," I smiled as I Jake patted my shoulder, a big smile on his face. 

"Tayler, if there is one person I want her to be with, it's you," Jake laughed as I just smiled. 

"Why?" I mumbled as Jake shrugged. 

"You're a good guy. You always have been. It's your southern charm," Jake chuckled as Bryce walked over, clearing his throat. 

"You sure you don't want a ride back to the house? I think we're gonna hang out by the pool," Bryce sighed, putting his hands on his hips as I nodded. 

"I'm good but thanks, man," I smiled softly, Bryce looking at me strangely before nodding, walking off to join the guys. "What do I do about Bryce? Gray and I want to keep this on the DL," I turned to Jake who nodded, rubbing his chin as he watched all the guys. 

"Just let everything play out. My guess is that he'll know real soon. I bet that once you guys become slightly more official, the whole TikTok community you're friends with will know and she'll be friends with them. She's not tight about that stuff, just the real public," Jake sighed, looking up at me as I nodded, watching the guys leave, all of them looking back at me before turning back around, clearly confused.