𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 - 𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙨

regret

after another hour of conversation, we go inside and i get my phone from the kitchen. i have a couple of missed calls from jay, i call him back and he picks up almost immediately.

"jay? you good?" i ask, i hear heavy breathing on the other side of the phone.

"um dylan we have a problem girl" he says through short breaths.

"shit what's up?" i say leaning on the counter and putting my free hand on my head.

"uh i just saw tyler bro i don't know what to do"

how fucking convenient. i just spilled my heart out to george about what i went through and he's fucking here??

"the fuck did you just say?" i seriously can't believe what i'm hearing.

"he's here dylan, i went to the alley next to that diner in town and he's in there. seriously you can't leave your apartment dylan, don't let anyone come to your apartment that he knows, they could lead him straight to you." he's calmed down now, but still stuttering between sentences.

"shit jay, don't let him see you. he will do anything to know where i am and i don't wanna put you in danger. maybe you can skip town for a bit? is there anywhere you can go?" i ask frantically tapping my fingers on the counter.

by this point george is starting to walk back over to the counter with a worried expression. as soon as we meet eyes i can tell he knows exactly what's going on.

"yeah i can dip, please stay safe dylan, call me if you need anything sis" he says, george is now next to me, i can tell he doesn't know what to do.

"you too jay, love you" in the back of my mind i can't help thinking something bad is going to happen. nothing good happens around tyler.

"love you too sis, stay safe" he says and ends the call.

i take the phone away from my ear and place it on the counter, then turn to face george.

"somethings wrong" he says and i nod.

"tyler's here, he found me" i say, biting the skin on my lip.

how the fuck did he find me? i changed my name, my appearance, moved fucking countries.

wait, diner?

i pick up my phone again and go onto twitter, i find the picture that the stan accounts had been sharing around and show george.

"i think this is how he found me, jay said he saw tyler in a diner and i think it's the same one we went to" i say, screenshotting the picture and sending it to jay. "you can see alex clearly in the picture, he can't leave the house until we know he's gone george. you're fine because your face wasn't in the picture, but you and alex are at risk here. you need to seriously watch your back george, and tell alex to do the same. fuck" i say as my heart race increases.

"shit, i'm so sorry dylan, if we hadn't have had that meal with you, you wouldn't be in this position." he says, scratching his neck.

"no george don't apologise, i should've thought more carefully and not dragged you guys into this, i wasn't gonna speak to anyone when i was here for that reason. shit" i put my head in my hands.

george tilts my face up and cups it with his hands and fuck i think i stopped breathing for a second.

"we can go through this together, okay? you don't have to do this alone anymore. you can stay at mine and alex's if you don't feel comfortable being alone, look it's gonna be okay, i've got you" he says, and pulls me into a hug.

if it was any other man saying that to me it would be too much for me to handle, but george? he makes me feel a way i've never felt before.

he makes me feel so safe, i don't understand. i've known this guy for like a week, and i'm already more attached to him than anyone else. i hate it. i feel so claustrophobic. but its also addicting as fuck.

"okay, thankyou george" i say, my voice is muffled as my head is against his chest.

if any other boy tried to move this fast with me i would freak out. but george just makes sense. we make sense.

"you want me to help you get some stuff together?" he asks.

"no it's okay, i'll be like 10 minutes, can you wait on the couch for me?" i don't want to spend another second alone.

"of course" he heads to the couch and pulls out his phone. i head to my room to gather my small collection of things.

this is gonna be so tricky, i feel so fucking guilty for bringing alex and george into it too. and i have to explain everything to alex. fuck.

i seriously don't know how much more i can take.