As he tried to guide you to the car, Kelianne came running up to offer her help.
Tayler: "I'm sorry I'm ditching you. Do you think you can give Nessa a ride home?"
Kelianne: "Yeah, of course, Tay."
He smiled apologetically to her and asked her to go find Josh and explain that they needed to leave. He could hear Josh yelling from the porch as he tried to shut the passenger door without shutting his sister's legs in it.
He yelled out to Josh: "Stop bitching and just get in the car. It's almost midnight so we would have had to leave within an hour anyway to make curfew."
*END TAYLER'S POV*
On the drive home, you leaned your face against the cold glass of Tayler's car. Your cheek is freezing but it is helping keep you from throwing up. You can feel Josh's fury from the back seat staring into the back of your head and you know that any progress you might have made the other night agreeing to give Nessa another chance is going to backslide now. Josh had to have been just as drunk as you were so you didn't understand why it was such a sin that you had too much.
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You knew why Tayler was disappointed though and you felt awful. He'd asked you not to drink and he had every reason to expect that. What no one... not even Josh knew... was that Tayler used to be the golden child right alongside you. That was until one night your ex convinced you to get drunk at the lake last summer.
The cops showed up and started busting everyone at the party for underage drinking. You panicked and took off in your parent's car even though your boyfriend had promised he would stay sober to drive you home safe. A few blocks away from home, you lost control of the car and slammed into a neighbor's fence causing several thousand dollars in damage to the property and the car. You called Tayler crying and he rushed to help you get the car home. When your parents woke up the next morning, Tayler took the blame for wrecking the car, and when your dad looked in the car and saw empty bottles, and assumed the wreck had been caused by Tayler drinking and driving.
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You gave him every penny of your savings to cover the repairs Dad made him pay, but your parents never treated him the same after that. He kept convincing you that this is what big brothers were for... protecting their sisters. The only thing he'd asked of you was that you didn't drink anymore until you were older... and you'd broken that promise tonight.
You didn't know what felt more awful, the guilt or the vomit that sat waiting in the back of your throat for one more stomach churn to come up. Tayler told Josh to peek inside and make sure no one was up before helping you inside: "Now, help me get her up the stairs before she wakes them up."
Josh: "Why should I help her? If she wasn't busy trying to show off for Bryce tonight then I'd still be at the party with my girlfriend."
You: *groaning* "I wasn't trying to show off for anyone, much less Bryce. Shut up."
Tayler: "Can you two stop for 5 minutes before they wake up?"
Tayler laid you down on your bed while Josh caught up carrying the trash can from the bathroom: "Here. She looks like she's gonna throw up before the night is over and I'm NOT cleaning up that mess."
After Josh sulked off to his room, you rolled over and faced Tayler with tears in your eyes.
You: "Why does he hate me so much?"
Tayler: *pulling your shoes off* "He doesn't hate you. He's just worked up about Bryce."
You: "Why? I could understand you being pissed if something was going on with me and Bryce, but why would Josh care?"
Tayler: "When Josh and Nessa broke up the first time, she started talking to Bryce. I don't think they were ever official or anything, but they definitely hooked up."
You: "But they were broken up? And now he has her back and he's all in love with her and stuff so why still hold a grudge?"
Tayler: *covering you up* "I don't know. It's guy logic I guess. But you should go to sleep. We can talk about this tomorrow."
You: "Tay... I'm sorry. I don't know what I was thinking-"
Tayler: *cutting you off* "Yeah, I don't know what the hell you were thinking either. Goodnight."
