piece by piece~j.d

~12~

Aubrey was confused to say the least, about a lot of things but mostly the things to do with Josh. They hadn't spoken in three days, the moment she had left his house it was if it had never happened. Not that anything had happened other then her falling asleep in his arms and a photo circulating the internet, a photos that had caused a lot of interrogation from her friends, family and most intensely, Bailey. She had texted the Dunkley boy the next day, yet for reasons that she was yet to find out, he hadn't replied to her and she was left on read. She wasn't petty about it and she wasn't going to get pissed off, it's not like they were dating or anything. If anything, she was just upset and she missed his company.

"You look like you're thinking up a storm in that head of yours." Mila pointed out as she sat down on a chair that was located on the balcony of her family home, it was pretty much Aubrey's second home as well. "What's on your mind girly?"

"Not a lot, just a certain Dunkley that I told you I didn't like." Aubrey replied quietly and mumbled a quick thanks as Mila handed her a warm cup of coffee.

"He'll come round, in fact he's probably just busy. Maybe Bailey hasn't been telling you just how much they do at training these days." Mila shrugged, hoping to put Aubrey's mind at ease. "I was thinking that we should go out tonight, get a little bit rowdy."

"Never say that again." Aubrey was a mess as she hunched over laughing at Mila who had started to wiggle her eyebrows. "We should invite Chloe and Logan and like anyone else that wants to come." Aubrey suggested.

"Alright bet. I'll make a few phone calls and then in a few hours we can start to get ready." Mila smiled. "Will Bailey be able to come?"

"I don't think so, he might be able to have some pres with us though." Aubrey said. "What is your obsession with my little brother, the one that has a girlfriend."

"Chill out, he is my little brother to, he's just fun to be around and you know it."

"He's okay."

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Chloe and Aubrey were sitting downstairs having already gotten ready, unfortunately Logan had to look after Lola and she wasn't able to go with the girls but she was instead replaced by Lara who Aubrey decided to invite quite last minute. Both Lara and Mila were still in the midst of getting ready as the other two girls sat with Pat and Bailey.

"Has training been busy?" Aubrey questioned all of a sudden and she smoothed out the hem of her dress to avoid eye contact with everyone feeling slightly embarrassed that she cared so much that Josh hadn't texted her back.

"No more then usual." Pat was the one to reply as he took a chug of his orange juice and watched the girl thoughtfully. "Why's that?"

"She's down in the dumps that a certain Ken doll hasn't been replying to her texts." Bailey was the one to speak up before Aubrey could assure Pat that it was nothing. "Sorry bubs, I know you're too embarrassed to say anything."

"I don't care that much, Mila just said that it might be the case." Aubrey tried to ignore their smirks as Chloe wrapped an arm around her shoulder in comfort. "Maybe he just decided that he doesn't like my company anymore."

"Probably, you can be kind of boring sometimes." It was Mila who spoke this time as she descended the stairs in her short black dress. "I'm kidding boo, if he doesn't then he's an idiot. You're fun to be around."

"Don't lie to her like that." Bailey laughed and got slapped over the back of the head by Mila. "You made a joke!" He retorted as a hand reached over to hold the spot that he slapped her.

"Yeah, but unlike you I'm funny." Mila said and Bailey snorted, obviously disagreeing with her.

"Come on guys, we better go." Lara laughed and motioned for all of the girls, she was aware of a sibling like argument that was bound to break out if they didn't leave. Pat and Chloe said their goodbyes and Bailey walked over to where his sister was.

"Have fun tonight Aubs, and if you need someone to cover for you if you're completely hammered when you get home. I got you." Bailey said and Aubrey nodded in appreciation, they had been covering for each other since before they were even 18, it was just a system that always had to be intact. They could be screaming at one another before one of them left, which did happen a lot more often then people would think, yet they still upheld the promise. As a lot of siblings did, they had each other's back no matter what. "Get your mind off a certain annoying piece of shit."