ALL I ASK, DREW STARKEY

TWENTY

"LEMON!" madison yelled as she ran up to her in the airport that was all too familiar to her. it felt weird to be back to place she grew up, as she hadn't been there since she was 17

"i've missed you guys so much" lemon responded as she hugged all the girls

"so the plan for tonight is bars" elaine told her as maddie drove away from the airport and to the place they were living

"i can't do bars" lemon sighed

"lemon what have you been doing the past weeks we've been gone?" madison asked

"most definitely eating ice cream and crying" lilah answered for her

"lilah!"

"she's right, but she forgot listening to harry styles, falling hits different when you're heart broken" lemon frowned

"and that's exactly why we need to hit the bars!" maddie yelled out excitedly as she got a text message

"maddie! get off your phone!" elaine grabbed the wheel, keeping the wheel from swerving into the other lane

"sorry! chase just asked me to drop some food off for the boys, so we can do that then get ready"

"great 'the boys'" lemon frowned, knowing drew is included

"it'll be fine, he has a friend visiting so you might not see him" lilah tried to reassure her. elaine and madison gave her a stare that lemon couldn't decipher

"delivery!" maddie knocked on chase's trailer

"food!" he yelled as he opened the door to see lemon in front of him "you're not food" he frowned

"ouch chase. i flew all the way here just to see you" lemon joked. as they walked into the trailer she could see all the boys sitting on the couch. she said hi to all of them, except for drew, who wouldn't even look her way.

"how are you holding up?" rudy asked grabbing his food from the bag

"she's doing wonderful!" madison answered for her, wanting to get a rise out of drew. drew picked his head up and looked over to where they were standing

"yeah, guys are lined up at her door" lilah continued

"and she can speak for herself" lemon rolled her eyes "i'm okay" she lied.

"that's goo-" chase was cut off guard by someone walking into the trailer. someone lemon had never seen before.

"you must be lemon!" she exclaimed

"uh yeah" lemon furrowed her eyebrows. the group of friends all looked at each other nervously, drew's hands started to sweat

"i've heard so much about you" she noticed lemon's confused look "oh i'm sorry, i'm tatiana, drew's childhood bestfriend. you can call me tati"

lemon tried to meet drew's eyes for the first time since she got there. instead of meeting her gaze, he continued to look at the ground

"you are so pretty, no wonder he's with you!"

"oh no, we're not together!" lemon corrected her

"i swore he said-"

"well not anymore" lemon continued

"oh, i'm so sorry. how long ago?" lemon was getting annoyed

"about a month" lemon answered

"oh i hope it's not because of me" tati frowned

"what do you mean?" lemon was really confused, why would someone she had never heard about be the cause of her breakup?

"well we went out to lunch just about three months ago"

lemon's jaw dropped, as did everyone else's. no one knew about this. drew finally met lemon's gaze and he felt horrible. he could see how hurt she was.

"three months" lemon repeated quietly, she immediately turned on her heels and started to head back to the car. the girls chased after her, but not before giving drew a death stare.

"sorry drew, i didn't know she would react like that" tati fake smiled. she walked back to drew's trailer

"wait lem" madison yelled after her as the girls followed

"god, i'm so fucking dumb!" she let a few tears slip as she reached the car, getting in "just seems like everything bad happens here"

"well technically he didn't cheat on you here. it was in-" lilah started. madison quickly shut her up by hitting her on the arm, "ow" she whimpered as she rubbed her arm

the boys all turned towards drew, waiting for him to explain. when he didn't say anything, rudy grabbed him by his collar.

"you're a fucking dick!"

"rudy chill out" chase and jd tried to get him off of drew

"i know that, rudy! but-"

"no i don't think you know that. you're lucky i'm not gonna kill you" rudy seethed as he finally let go of him. but not before pushing him

"it wasn't a date!" drew continued to try to defend himself

"why don't you go explain that to lemon" austin yelled out

"or thotiana for that matter" chase added