Broken Waves

The Power Outage

Taylor's pov:

"Welcome to hell. Jack." I was just in time, Jack was in the elevator. I knew that he has a fear of small spaces, so I decided to taunt him.

"What does that mean." He started to wave into the camera, "Hello?" He kept waving like his life depended on it.

"You, Jack Gilinsky, will stay in this-" What's the word,"metallic box until you fully understand what you have done." I tried to disguise my voice and tried so hard not to laugh. He put his arms down and had a blank face.

"What did I do?" Not breaking eye contact with the camera. Then I heard a door open behind me,

"Excuse me sir- what are you doing?" Shit, I'm screwed. "You're not supposed to be touching this. Is there someone in there?" The man pushed past me and looked at Jack through the screen,

"Help me." He called out. I was about to run when he grabbed my shirt,

"You- don't move. One moment sir." Still holding onto me, he pressed a few buttons and there was a faint hissing sound then Jack started moving.

"You come with me and apologize to that young man!" He yanked at me and pulled me through the doors then we stood in front of the elevator when Jack walked out.

"Are you alright sir? I found this snooper in the basement messing with the controls. Do you know him?" I looked away and Jack just stared at me.

"Yeah I'm fine and unfortunately enough I do." I was mad when I pulled myself out of the man's grip and took a step towards Gilinsky.

"Fuck you Jack. Oh and don't worry this is just the beginning." I had a plan for the rest of the trip and hopefully I had scared him. Then I walked off to see Bart standing at the frame of the entrance.

"Where have you been Taylor?"

"Just wandering around, I just needed some air." He glared at me and it made me uncomfortable so I just walked in and a young girl jumped into my arms. I took a couple pictures with her and signed her t-shirt. After she left I looked at the other guys when I noticed Matt observing me then looked away to take a picture with the same girl.

I looked away when I noticed that Jack was standing in front of me and made me stumble backwards.

"I'm sorry Taylor, did I frighten you?" He tilted his head a bit to the side and started to laugh. "Well, this is the first of many. Watch your back Caniff." He slowly backed up then walked over to Shawn.

"Fuck you Jack." I gritted my teeth and cracked my knuckles. "It's on."

Matthew's pov:

Okay so Laura is upstairs and Jack is down here, this is a great time I thought to myself. I slowly left the event and went upstairs to Laura's room. When I got there I was about to knock but didn't know what to say when she opened the door. Fuck, um, what about; Hey Laura, you left quite quickly and I just wanted to check on you. I smiled, that was pretty good.

I put my arm up to knock when I heard the elevator ding open and Jack ran out.

"Shit, um hey Jack." I slowly put my arm down and backed away from the door.

"Hey why aren't you downstairs." He grabbed out his key and stood in front of me.

"Just to see if Laura was okay, but you're here now so I'll be of no use. Bye." I was about thirty seconds away from punching him but I just quickly got into the elevator before it closed. I couldn't take my eyes off of him, just the thought of him and Laura made me sick. I hope they haven't had sex yet, they have only known each other for what- four days now?

My grip tightened at the thought of them when I walked out of the elevator to be greeted by a few fans in the lobby screaming when they saw me. I loosened my grip and smiled, even though on the inside I was still furious.

"Hey guys, how are you?" I hugged the girls when one of them asked me a question,

"Is Shawn's sister okay. That girl wasn't very nice." They all had smiles on their faces.

"Yeah she's fine, and no she wasn't."

"We love you Matthew Espinosa!" They all hugged me and they ran back into the other room.

"What the heck was that?" Nash walked past the girls and towards me.

"Just a few fans." I smiled and started walking toward the room.

"I was about to go and talk to Laura, do you wanna come?" He asked,

"No, her superhero Jack Gilinsky is there to save her, I'm going back to the group." I didn't expect that to come out,

"Fine I'll go up later." He followed me and we walked back into the room when Taylor swooshed past us.

"Have either of you seen Jack?" He looked rushed,

"Which one?" Nash replied,

"Gilinsky,"

"Yeah he's upstairs with his girlfriend." I rolled my eyes,

"What's up with you?" Taylor asked.

"I don't know, but he should be on his way back down Bart's gonna get mad." I walked away with Nash.

"What is up with you though, I've never seen you like this." I ignored him, "Matthew?" He grabbed my shoulder,

"I like Laura okay!" I stomped and saw him flinch back a bit.

"Don't we all, I know I do but she's with Gilinsky. She's with him like all the time. They're cute together though, let's be honest." He pulled me into the lobby and sat down on the big white couch.

"If we're being honest, I was face timing Shawn a while ago and I saw Laura, half naked, and I fell in love. I sent her flowers and always asked Shawn how she is and the moment she stepped into the limo, I knew she was the one."

"You've seen her half naked? Dude why didn't you tell me?" I punched him in the arm,

"It wasn't that she was half naked, it was just that- we connected I guess." I looked down at my shoes.

"You mean you connected. She seems to like you only as a friend my man." He patted my back.

"I don't want to be just friends, I want her to be mine!" I got up really quickly then slowly sat back down. "Nash what do I do?"

"Just be there for her and show her how much you care about her- wait, why am I telling you this? You're fighting against Taylor dude. You're fucked."

"I can get rid of Taylor, I did it once I can do it twice." Nash looked confused,

"Wait, were you the one that kept him behind?"

"Maybe." I looked away again,

"We've gotta get back, come on." He slapped my leg and fixed his snap back. Then I got up and we left.