Best Friends? Or Something More? (S.M.)

Chapter 29

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Alli's P.O.V.

        After I finish counting, I set off on my journey to find people.  I already know where Shawn is.  The staircase.  He used to always hide near or in the stairs when we were little, because it made him feel like Harry Potter.  I know.  He was a dork.  I actually have no idea where the stair case is.  We've only used the elevator.  I wander around the hotel for about 10 minutes, trying to find it.  I finally spot a sign that says stairs.  I make my way over to the staircase, and to my surprise, there Shawn is.

"You are so predictable, you know that?"  I ask, scaring him from behind.

"Holy shit!  You scared me.  And how'd you know I was here?"

"Shawn, name one game of hide and seek where you haven't hid in or near a staircase."

"..."

"Exactly.  Now let's go find some more people."  I turn to leave, expecting him to follow.  But instead, he grabs my wrist and turns me around.

"Or we could stay here."  He smirks.

"I am not staying with you in a dirty hotel staircase."

"Come on.  You know you want to..."

"No I really don't.  Seriously.  Let's go."

"Ugh fine."  I laugh at how ridiculous my boyfriend is.

        We both walk out of the staircase hand in hand.  I'm pretty sure Mickey's in a closet somewhere.  She always hides in small spaces where no one thinks to look.  Shawn and I walk around the hotel, looking in every single closet, but no Mickey.  After about twenty minutes, we go back to the lobby where everyone is.

"So you guys found everyone, but still let us wander around the goddamn hotel?!"  I ask.  These fuckboys...

"Well we thought you were looking for Taylor."  Aaron replies.

"No one can find him?"  Cam asks.

"No.  We looked everywhere."  Nash says.

"Did you guys check his room?"  Dillon asks, obviously annoyed.

"No."  Johnson responds.

Dillon gives everyone the look like, really nigga?  "Taylor's the type of idiot that will hide in his own room. So somebody go check!"

        Mahogany burst out laughing, which causes Hayes to laugh, casing all of us to just start laughing.  

"What are we even laughing about?"  I whisper to Shawn.

"No idea.  Just go with it."   He goes back to fake laughing, making me really laugh.

        Once the laughter dies down, everyone just chills in the lobby.  I decide to go sit next to Mickey.

"Hey."  She chrips.

"Hey.  Why so happy?"

"Oh no reason."  She sighs.

"You have to tell me something, but you wont.  Why?"

"How'd you know that?"  

"You always sigh when you're holding something in.  I'm your best friend, Mickey.  You can tell me anything."

"No I really can't."  The smile disappears from her face.

"Why not?"

"Because.  It'll just make things messy.  I don't do well with messes."

"I doubt it's as serious as you think it is."

"Oh it's serious."

"Even more reason to tell me.  Just say it!"  She takes a deep breath.

"Fine.  But Allison, you have to promise me that you will never tell anyone what I'm about to tell you."

Uh-oh.  It's about to be serious.  I think.  "I promise.  Now what's bugging you?"

"Jack and I kinda, may have, kissed.  Just a little."  She says it all in one breath.

        There are times when I wonder if Mickey tries to irritate me.  But then I realize, she doesn't try.  Sometimes it just comes natural to her.  But I can't blame her.  She's utterly gorgeous, and I'm not surprised that Jack likes her.  But Jack liked me... and now he likes Mickey... and I don't want her to get hurt.

"Oh."  Is all I manage to get out.

"Yeah.  I know.  And to be honest, I really like him."

"Does he like you?"

"I don't know.  That never really came up..."

"Are you serious?!  You just kissed Jack, and you're not even sure he likes you?"

"Woah.  Don't be getting all mad at me.  Jack told me to kiss him.  And I didn't even do that.  He kissed me.  I'm pretty sure that's a good sign that he likes me."

"But Mickey you don't know.  He could be using you to get back at me for all you know."

Her face drops to a low scowl.  

        "So that's what this is about?  It's about you.  Alli, not everything in this world is gonna be about you.  Okay?!  Guys are gonna like other people.  You aren't gonna always be the center of fucking attention.  Let someone else have the shine FOR ONCE.  There's never an 'oh Mickey, I'm so proud of you.'  It's always about what whatever I do, does for you.  So let me tell you something.  For once in your life, let someone else have the shine.  Let someone else get the guy.  Let someone else have perfect grades.  Just let someone be happy.  It's not that fucking hard."

        I'm completely shocked as she storms out of the lobby.  I look around and everyone is staring at me with their mouths open.  I try really hard to hold back the tears, but one defiantly slips out.

Don't break down, Alli.  Not in front of all these people.  Not in front of anyone.  I tell myself.  

        I pull out my phone and start to go through tumblr.  The longer I'm on my phone, the less stares I have.  When I think everyone has gone back to their conversations, I look back up.  I'm met with a pair of dark brown eyes scowling at me.  Gilinsky.

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A/N:  Hey guys!  I hope you enjoyed this chapter because it was so much fun to write.  Please don't forget to comment, vote, share, follow, etc. Thanks for reading!  Love you guys!

-SBP