Bulletproof (Josh Dun)

TWELVE

"Blake, please call me back when you get this, I need to talk to you about the apartment" I pressed the red button on my phone, ending the voice mail. I had called Blake several times but he never picked up. He sent me a text to let me know he wasn't dead, but that was it. I understood why he didn't wanna talk to me, but we had some things to figure out.

It had been three days since the wedding and tomorrow we were all going home, but I had nothing to come home to. I couldn't go back to mine and Blakes apartment, but I couldn't find another apartment in just a few days.

Jenna offered their guest room for me, and honestly that was my only option so far, I couldn't afford a hotel for more than one or two nights.

I packed my things neatly in my bag, folding every piece of clothing carefully when Jenna came into my room.

"So have you decided?" she asked and sat down on my bed.

"Yeah, I'm gonna stay with you guys if it's okay" I asked shyly.

"Of course you can, I told you!" she said happy. "It's been so long since we shared an apartment"

We went downstairs to see what the others were doing.

"I can't believe we're leaving this house tomorrow, I could stay here forever" Jenna said dreamingly while walzing through the kitchen.

"I know, it's been so amazing! Thank you so so much for this!" I laughed.

We spent the last night in the house by the pool, enjoying the sunset with the others in the family, just talking and playing around. I felt so at ease with these people, like they knew me completely. Half of them already did, but Tylers family was so warm and welcoming so I felt like I'd known them for years. I wonder what they thought of his profession.

During the time me and Josh dated I only heard him talking about his mom once, but I never met her.

I bet it must be hard having a son who's a criminal. It was hard enough for me, not knowing where he were or if he was okay. It was tearing me apart.

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"Okay, so I'll see you tomorrow morning Lexie" Jenna hugged me one last time at the airport before we would go separate ways. She and Tyler were going to LA, while I was going back to Columbus to pick up some more stuff, and then I would take the midnight flight back and join them.

"Have a safe flight" I said and hugged both her and Tyler before waving them off as they disappeared through their gate and I found my way to my gate.

I was always nervous about flying, even though it was completely safe. It was just the thought of being so high up in the air that scared me, and I didn't like flying alone, but I had started to get used to it by now.

The four hour flight went faster than ever, and this time I wanted to stay in the air forever. I was really nervous about meeting Blake, he had agreed to let me in to get some stuff, but I wasn't sure how we would work this out.

I walked around at the airport for as long as I could, just passing time so I wouldn't have to stay in the apartment for too long.

I stopped by a café to get a bagel and some coffee, hopefully it would help me wake up a little. I still had twelve hours to kill in Columbus before going back to LA.

I walked outside the airport and decided to go into town to do some shopping before going to the apartment, so twenty minutes later I strolled the streets of Columbus, walking in and out of shop after shop. Every time I checked the clock I hoped to see it had been another hour already, but it was always just ten minutes later.