falling to pieces; m.c

Chapter 11

Luke's POV
I couldn't find Michael anywhere. He texted me and told me he was going to sneakily go to After The Sunset's practice to see if they were any good since the only one who's even heard them before was Jaiden, but I was walking around the halls of this building and still couldn't find him.

"Where the fuck are you, dipshit," I mumble walking through the maze-like hallways. 

Finally I start hearing the sweet melody of someone's music. Assuming this was the place I'm looking for, I follow the sound.

I finally find the room they're in (still no sign of Michael) and sit in the back of the room to listen.

"Who are you, you're looking like a stranger
You were once my love and my savior
Now I'm left with nothing but your makeup on my pillow
And I can't sleep, the pills have never helped
Tried counting sheep; still hurts like hell
I can't believe this rose has lost its red, and its petals
Who put that rock in your chest? Won't you tell me?
If I said I wished you the best, I was lying.
Waking up just brings me down, down
Cuz every morning you are nowhere to be found, nowhere to be found.
And my bed is half empty, not half full
I'd rather live with broken bones than lay here all on my own
Like a lovesick fool"

My focus gets interrupted from a loud bang coming from the hallway behind me. I look back up, seeing they were still continuing with the song, but I get up from my seat to go find out what the heck the noise was.

After closing the door to the hallway, I look to my left to find Michael laying on the floor.
"What the fuck are you doing man?" I ask, walking towards him to help him off the ground.

"Well, I was hiding and listening from up there," he paused and pointed to a spot above the doors, like a mini room, "and then I fell."

"Why were you hiding?" I ask suspiciously.

"I just didn't want them to feel pressure..." he trails off, looking like he didn't even believe himself.

Even though I didn't believe him, I also didn't think it was important enough to bug him about it. "Okay, so are you gonna come back out there with me, or hide in the back here?" I ask, already starting to head back into the room.

"I'm actually gonna leave now." I give him a thumbs up and walk through the doors once more. They were gathering all their instruments together and looked up when they heard the doors close.

 "Oh, hey Luke," Tyler calls out and gives me a bro hug when I reach him.

"Hey mate. That was a really good song there, did you write the lyrics?" I compliment him.

"Nah, dude. Zoe does all the lyrics. That girl's deep as hell." I look behind him to smile at her, and she just looks down and blushes.

"Good job." I go up to her and hug her. To write a song as depressing as that, she's had to gone through some serious shit, just as I have.

She only hugs me briefly, before letting go. "Are you the only one here?" she questions, looking quite nervous.

"Yeah, why?"

"No reason." She looks away, with a look of...disappointment..?

"You can tell me ya know. I'm not as big and tough as I look."

She laughs at that. "Really? Because you actually look like a teddy bear."

Tyler interrupts mine and Zoe's conversation, almost protectively, and puts his arm around me, walking the other direction. "Hey, bro, listen. Don't get anywhere near Zoe alright?"

"Don't worry man, I have a girlfriend." I say, trying to make him forget about his unnecessary worries.

"So do I, but that doesn't stop me." What the actual hell? Hypocrite. "Anyways, I was gonna ask you guys if you want to come with us on a trip to Lake Havasu in Arizona for spring break. Just a fun little weekend before touring starts."

"Sure, I'll have to make sure it's alright with the lads and my girl." I think about how our spring break got interrupted last year, and I'm sure they'd love to finish it.

"Sweet man." He gets quieter again for a second. "Also, tell your pals to stay away from Zoe too, you got it?"

"Sure. See ya," I say, walking away from Tyler as I look back at Zoe joking around with the other guy, Tommy. I thought Tyler was cool at first, but he's definitely an asshole.

- -

"Hi baby." I come up behind Jaiden and hug her. She jumps, but then realizes it's me and melts into my hug. You'd think that by now I should know not to sneak up on her.

"Where were you?" she asks, typing something on her phone.

"I went to go to see if that band was as good as you said; they were amazing. I'm really happy to have them opening up for us. Oh, and they want us to go to some Lake for a couple days for spring break." I smile at her, but she looks uneasy. 

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I just don't think that Zoe is a good person for Ashton to be around. It seems like he likes her, and she's just gonna hurt him. He's already been through enough..." she trails off.

"Jaiden, Ashton's a big kid, he can defend himself if it comes to it. Plus, I'm pretty sure that Tyler guy is dating Zoe." She looks deep in thought for a minute, then looks up at me and smiles.

"You're right. We need to finish our spring break from last year." She leans in to kiss me, and I kind of push her backwards onto the couch in the hotel room.

"We need to finish this first," I say as I begin to remove her clothes.
- -
Michael's POV

Fuck.

I always thought that I was a pretty decent guy. Even though I didn't get too good of grades, and I was kind of a disappointment to my parents for that reason, I always promised myself I'd be a genuine person, and I thought I had done a pretty good job keeping that promise.

Then Jaiden had to go and fuck me up last year. Even though things between us were fine now, at the time I was pretty sure I was in love with her, and I thought that since she had hurt my feelings that it would be okay to go and hurt someone else's.

That was the fucking stupidest decision I've ever made.

When me and that innocent fan got a hotel room together, I thought it would be making her life, not breaking it.

And then me making Zoe think that I don't remember her is probably a more evil thing; wait, no. Having sex with her best friend is probably the worst.

I thought she was okay. And then that song...Tyler said she's the one who wrote it. It had to be about me, there was no way that was all coincidence. I need to talk to her, and it needs to be as soon as possible.
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Hi :) okay so it took me a long time to update, but not as long as I thought.
In other news, I'm graduating high school in 11 days. No big deal.
This chapter is dedicated to Zoe5SOS for talking to me on twitter (@jaidenprice) about the update. I also gave her a spoiler. Also: anyone who tweets the hashtag #fallingtopiecesFF will get a hint about the next chapter.
I will dedicate the next chapter to the first one to comment "kat is fab and luke needs to marry her" k? k
Will double update if reaches 150 votes before bedtime.
LOVE YOU ALL
-kat x