Seething in anger the last thing I could do was think straight
"You son of a bitch!!" I yelled grabbing him off the bed and pushing him unto the wall
"I help you out and this is how you repay me!!" I yelled knocking him to the ground before starting to swing punches over and over. I couldn't stop even if I wanted to but thankfully I didn't
"Let him go James Stop this!!" She said
"SHUT UP!!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs
(Carlos)
After the festival had finally come to an end we made it back to the hotel. We rode the elevator up to the third floor. I was impatient to get to the room so My Shinning one could fulfill all the promises she had made earlier that night. However, I was doomed to the disappointment because as we exited the elevator we heard a loud 'thud' and a scream in the room we passed the person in the other rooms must have heard it too because they came running out. Surprisingly it was Sophie
"Sophie?" My Shinning one said confused
"Libbs?" She asked
"Carlos?" I said before we heard another painful scream
"Is it me or does that sound like Carl?" I asked before we heard another 'thud'. Then a feminine scream was heard. Not able to hold back our curiosity we ran into the room but shock couldn't even begin to describe how we feel
Jay was beating the animal-loving shit out of Carl while Mrs. Taylor sat on the bed naked with only the covers to cover her beautiful body
"Carlos go stop them" My Shinning one ordered. Jumping into action I immediately tried to force Jay off of Carl
"Let me go!!!" He yelled furiously trying to break free of my grip
"What the hell is going on here?!" Sophie asked getting between us and Carl
"Move out of my way" he barked as I started losing my grip
"Carlos you need to get him out of here," My Shinning one said so I started pulling him out but surprisingly just as we arrived at the door he broke free and charged toward Carl again preparing to throw another punch but immediately stopped dead in his tracks when Sophie refused to move from between them.
"DAMN IT!!!" He screamed out before I grabbed him again
While he was kicking and screaming I finally managed to force him out of the room
"Put him next door," Sophie said before I pushed him into the room quickly closing the door allowing Sophie to use the key to lock it.
"Let me the hell out!!! I'm going to kill him!!" Jay said beating the door
"Seriously what the hell's going on here?" My Shinnine One asked
"I think I can answer that," Sophie said before she started explaining
"You actually told him to see if it was true?" My Shinning One asked
"I was kind of hoping it was his dad" Sophie blurted out before putting her hands at her mouth
"His dad? Why would his dad? Unless....." I pieced together my own anger
"I can't believe this," I said sliding against the wall, "Who knew Carl had it in him?"
"Not the time for jokes Carlos?" Sophie said glaring at me
"Well, there's much we can do at this point. All we have to do is make sure Jay doesn't do something he might regret" I said before beating on the door stopped
"See he's already calming down," I said
"Sophie, there isn't another way out of that room right?" My Shinning one asked
"There is no other way except..."
"Except?" My Shinning one asked
"The balcony," Sophie said quickly trying to open the door
"We're on the third floor, what is he gonna do climb down?" I chuckled at the impossibility
"Or climb to the balcony next door," Sophie said finally opening the door. Turns out Sophie was right James was
"Good thing he convinced me to bring this," she said taking a perfume bottle from her bag
"Good all this excitement has made me all sweaty," I said taking the perfume and spraying myself
"Carlos, don't!!" She said a second too late
"Hmm smells like strawberries" I smiled before going unconscious
(Sophie)
"Oh my god your boyfriend is an idiot"
"Hey...okay yeah that's true," Libby said
"What are we gonna do now?" She asked as Taylor finally made it onto the rail
"Looks like we're going to have to do it the old fashion way," I said running into the room and out to the balcony.
"Be careful Sophie" Libbs warned as I grabbed Taylor
"Let me go" he violently tried to break my grip
"This is gonna hurt," I said before I judo flipped him off the rail and unto the floor
"Sophie!" He yelled
"Sorry about this," I said quickly punching him as hard as I could causing him to blackout
"So what now?" Libbs asked and I could only sigh
"Get him on the bed and call a doctor"
(James)
I don't remember much about that night. I just remember waking up in the hotel bed and wanting everything I saw the previous night to be some messed up nightmare...I wanted, no I needed that to be the case. Unfortunately, I wasn't so lucky. The first thing that greeted me when I opened my eyes stinging sensation on my hand reminding me that last night was all too real. My hand was bruised but someone had already dressed the wound.
Looking at my bandaged fist memories I sat there seething in anger
"Damn it" I yelled gritting my teeth
"Cool it, Taylor, you wouldn't believe how long it took to get that arm bandaged up" Sophie yawned walking into the room. Remembering what she had done I glared angrily at her but she wasn't affected
"Glare all you want. You're lucky I stopped you or who knows what might have happened if I hadn't knocked you out. I decided you just needed to calm down and take a deep breath " she said sitting at the side of the bed
So I did. I closed my eyes and took a deep deep deeeeeeep breath then opened my eyes
"Nope still pissed," I said before she sighed
"Well, it's not like you can do anything about it now. Both Carl and your mom are already back in town" she said before standing up and walking towards the door
"And where are you going?"
"Out with Libby. We'll come back when your calm and then we'll go home since the streets are clear"
"You know Mrs. Jones won't like this"
"Oh I've already spoken to her," She said closing the door behind her
(Sophie)
After leaving the room I saw Libby waiting in the hall
"Hey, Libbs how's Carlos?"
"Still unconscious"
"I swear his mother must have dropped him on his head when he was younger. No offense"
"None taken, it's probably true"
"So what are we gonna do while they rest up?" I asked
"Wanna head over to the beach?" She offered
"Sure," I said
We all left for the beach and when we arrived we found a nice group of rocks where we could sit and allow us to have our feet in the water
"I can't believe this happened," I said
"First his dad and now his mom and with one of his best friends at that"
"Yeah but at least it's not with his ex's mom"
"Who knows what would happen if James finds out about that"
"And that's why we won't tell him no matter what"
"No girl, you can't keep something like this a secret for long. Carl tried and look where it got him. You need to tell James before someone else does " she said before I sighed
We spent the rest of the morning at the beach until Libby got a call. Carlos had woken up so we went back to the hotel to find Carlos waiting for us out in the hallway
"Welcome back Shinning one," he said kissing Libby
"You okay my King?" She asked
"Fine, I just had the greatest nap of my life," he said before they started making out again
"Um...I'm gonna check on Taylor" I said
"Sure," Libby said before they went into their room hopefully to pack
I went into the room and not surprisingly I saw Taylor crying his eyes out on the bed. Going over to him I wrapped my arms around him and he leaned in and cried on my shoulder
"I don't know Sophie, I just don't know how my mom could do that. Especially to my Dad. He who had always loved her. For so many years always been faithful. I mean if there's one thing you can count on my father for is being trustworthy but she did this to him. How could she? Do you know she even had the nerve to think that Dad was having an affair?"
"Actually Tay-"
"And with my best friend no less! I really can't begin to fathom what made her do this. What could make her want to sleep with my best friend?"
"Um Taylor"
"Seriously my best friend! She could have chosen anyone and she chose him," he said getting angrier before calming again
"Sorry you were gonna say something," he said leaning off my shoulder
"Yeah actually -"
"I really hope this is good news because I don't think I can handle any more bad news. Honestly, right now I feel like I'm in a glasshouse filled with cracks waiting for that last stone to shatter it and make all come crumbling down"
And with that one sentence I lost all the courage I built up trying to convince myself to do this
"So what were you gonna say, Sophie?"
"Let's stay at the hotel for the day. You can rest up, I'll go get breakfast" I faked a smile as best I could. So we stayed the night and went home early the next morning. The ride back was made in stifling silence. None of us said anything as we were giving Taylor more time to process his thought. We stopped once or twice to get food and Carlos' regular bathroom.
"Alright I should head in I'm sure my dad is worried," Libby said as we all stood by her sidewalk
"I'll follow you up," Carlos said before they looked at Taylor
"You gonna be okay Jay?" Carlos asked
"I'll be fine," he said before they looked at me
"You coming?" Libby asked
"No, I'm gonna make sure he gets home okay"
"You really don't have to," he said
"It's non-negotiable," I said before we got back into his car and he drove.
We arrived at his house surprisingly fast.
"It's kind of early wanna come in for some breakfast?"
"Sure," I said
"Great," he said before we walked up to the door opening it to be suddenly greeted by both his parents who were waiting for him in the living room
"Hey son" Mr. Taylor smiled nervously
"Hey Dad," Taylor said before he suddenly let out a sigh of relief
"Good morning James," Trudy said unable to look him in his eyes. Not even bothering to look her way he walked past them before turning back to me
"You want eggs or cereal? Please say cereals" he asked me
"Whatever" I answered noticing the heartbroken look in Mrs. Taylor's eyes as she watched her son go into the kitchen
"Mrs. Taylor...." I wanted to say something but I couldn't
"I should probably go open the bakery," she said leaving before the flood gates could open
"I'll head out to the office too. See you when I get home" Hugh said leaving as well
"Yeah Dad see you later," he said before taking out two bowls
We sat down and ate in awkward silence once again. My guilt eating away at me for not telling him
"I'm gonna pack my bag" he suddenly said
"Oh yeah. I should probably ask Libby to pack my bag for me too" I said taking out my phone
(James)
I had just finished packing my bag and went downstairs to see Vortex hanging up her phone
"All done?" I asked
"Yeah"
"All right let's get going," I said before we left
We rode mostly in silence until I got uncomfortable and stretched for the radio and coincidentally she reached for it too and our hands touched. Normally we would have pulled them apart immediately but right now I welcomed her hand for a minute before we pulled away
"Um, you should turn on the radio?"
"No it's alright, it's your car," she said
"No, it's alright. Be my guess" I said before she turned on the radio, moved to a station and a song started
Not wanting to go back to the silence I spoke
"You know Sophie I never got to tell you thanks," I said
"For what?" she asked
"Stopping me," I said before she smiled
"Anytime," she said before the school came into view
"Looks like we're here," I said. Shortly after we stopped and got out.
Libby walked up to us with Sophie's bag in hand
"Hey, Libbs where's Carlos?" Sophie asked
"He went home after you guys left. I expected him to be here already since the class is about to start" Libby said
"I'm sure he'll turn up. We should head to class" I said
"See you later Libbs," Sophie said before we went to class and when we walked in we were semi greeted by Mrs. Jones
"It seems the royal king and queen have returned," she said head down in her lesson plan
"Um I thought you talked to her" I whispered to Sophie
"I did"
"she did"
"Okay," I said
"Take your seat" she sent us to our seats
"Okay today we will have a test based on what was taught yesterday"
"Um...how are we supposed to do this? I mean we weren't even here" Sophie said
"That's your problem," she said handing out the papers.
We both looked at each other causing Sophie to sigh. After an hour of Sophie groaning and sighing the classes ended. Sophie couldn't have handed in her paper faster before dashing out the door.
"She hates me! She did this on purpose! She really hates!!"
"Come on Soph, she doesn't hate you"
"Of course she does. Why else would she give us the hardest test of the semester?"
"Come on it wasn't that hard" I chuckled
"I don't wanna hear that you" she glared at me. As the two of us walked down the hall Betty-Ann suddenly came in front of us
"Hey James," she said looking at me before turning to Sophie
"Sophia," she said
"Turner"
"James, can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked before I looked at Sophie silently telling her to leave for a minute
"See you in class Taylor," she said before leaving me.
I simply sighed before following Betty-Ann out to the tree where Sophie and I shared a kiss the first week of school
"What do you want Betty-Ann?" I bluntly asked
"I just wanted to apologize. I didn't mean to snap at you like that. It's just my mom can be such a bitch sometimes that I had to take my anger out on someone. I'm just kinda sad it was you" she said surprised at my tone
To be honest I could relate to the bitchy mother part now and compared to those guys I wasn't even that angry at Betty-Ann. Not even being able to remember what she had said
"It's alright," I said
"So I heard you took a trip out of town," she asked
"Yeah Sophie and I did"
"Sophie and you actually went to the Art exhibit?" she said flinching a little
Normally I wouldn't tell her this but I couldn't be bothered with lying or trying to cover up anything
"Yeah I needed to clear my head," I said
"So you couldn't do that by yourself," she said
"She wanted to go and I already had the tickets. Plus she needed to clear her head after her breakup as well" I said
"Breakup? She and Nick broke up? How am I just hearing about this?"
"Not everyone showcases their lives on social media"
"And you two decide to go out of town. I can't begin to imagine what must have happened" she said. Though she said it with a smile I saw the anger in her eyes
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"Nothing really. I just think it's funny you claim to want a relationship but the first thing close to a fight we have you run out of town with Sophie"
"Are you freaking kidding me? I didn't run off with anyone. You know what I have enough shit to deal with already" I said walking away
"Wait!" She yelled grabbing unto my hand
"Owe Shit" I cursed yanking my hand out of her hold
"What happened to your hand?" She asked
"I have to go," I said before going to my next class. Unfortunately, because I was late there was only one seat left. But did it have to be beside him? I had a half mind to just walk out but the teacher had already noticed me before I did so I just sighed and took a seat
"Hey James can we talk?" he asked. But his words fell on deaf ears as I patiently trying not to get into another fight with him
The whole class was spent on him talking and me not reacting. When the class finished he was following me still trying to get me to talk
"Can we just talk?" he yelled catching everyone's attention
Anger flew over me and I lost control so I grabbed him and pushed him against the wall
"No, we can't talk! As matter of a fact don't even look or me or make eye contact. WE'RE NOT FRIENDS!!...and thanks to Sophie calming me down we're not even enemies. Don't talk to me!!" I said letting go of him
"There we talked," I said as he looked at me dumbfounded then I walked away violently pushing all the drama new reporters on their phones