BEFORE YOU READ THIS CHAPTER: I'm saying this now so this doesn't happen later on in the comments. If you say one word, one negative thing about Aurey, I'm deleting the comment, flagging you, and blocking you (and I really do hope you peeps will do the same if you see Aurey hate). I'm sick of some people being immature brats and hating on Aurey for no reason at all besides the fact that she hangs out with Jordan sometimes. Leave your hate at the door sweethearts, this is a place of love and acceptance. We've got no room for jerks <3
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"Hi is this-...Nick? Jordan's editor friend?" Jesus, this is awkward. It's been three hours since Jordan fell asleep, so I did what he instructed and called his editor. Nade grinned at me from across the room, and I knew he was already thinking of things to tease me with after I got done with the call. I sent him a glare that made him roll his eyes and look away from me.

"Yup that's me," a voice answered back. "May I ask who this is?"

"Uh, my names Tom. Jordan's sick and he wanted me to call you and tell you to post a video from his stream last month?" I read the exact words off a post it note so I made sure I didn't get it wrong. Nade snickered again and I drew the phone away from my lips, before hissing at him. He giggled and diverted his attention back to Grizz, who was pawing at his jeans for some attention.

"Alright I'm on it. One question though, who are you exactly to Jordan? Cuz I've known the guy for years and I've never heard of a Tom before."

Shit, what do I tell him? I could just say I was a drinking buddy to Jordan, but I don't want to embarrass the poor guy in front of somebody he's known for so long. "We're just...f-friends."

"Just f-friends?" He mimicked with a small laugh. "Come on dude, no need to lie. I'm not gonna judge whoever you are to the guy."

"We're just friends I swear! Like, it's completely platonic." Lies. I've kissed him, held hands with him, and hell he's even held my ass before. I don't know what we are. Not platonic, that's for sure. More snickers from Nade.

"I see. Well be good to him, whoever you are. He's a sweetie and he's sensitive, and if I catch another one of his boyfriends hurting him again, I'll choke a bitch. Understood Tom?"

That irritated the hell out of me for sure. But I sighed and clamped down on my bottom lip before replying. "Yeah I got it. And I'm not his boyfriend. And if I was, I'd never hurt him." I shouldn't be mad at this guy anyway. He's just looking out for Jordan right?

"I trust that. Tell J it'll be up in the next hour or two. Bye platonic friend of Jordan's!"

"Wait! Uh, I have another question if you don't mind-"

"Spit it out then, I've got at least half am hour to edit a whole video and I need a head start. Pop the question for me."

I held in my growls of annoyance and kept a straight face. I want his help and I need to be an adult about it. For Jordan's sake. Otherwise I'd be making death threats to this idiot. "Look, I'm just gonna tell you the whole truth. Jordan's been staying with me for a few days, not because he's my boyfriend, but because there was an accident at his apartment and he wanted to stay with me. Today he fell in the shower and broke his spine against the tub and I don't have a damn clue what to do because he refuses to go to the hospital in case his fans find out. What do I do?"

"Oh. That's a bit of a pickle right there. Well if his spine really is broken, then for gods sake call an ambulance. Do you know for sure that his spines broken?"

"Well I don't actually know, when I was in there I heard a huge cracking noise when his back hit the tub and I'm guessing it was his spine."

"...you were in the bathroom with him when he fell?"

Shit. "N-No I was outside, but-"

"You just said you were in the bathroom with him. "

"No I didn't." Yes I did.

"Alright fine, I'll pretend I didn't hear that part. Can I talk to him right now? Maybe I can talk some sense into him."

"He's asleep. Just tell me what to do, I know he's not gonna let me call an ambulance for him or else he'll be pissed."

"Tell you what, he's a pretty heavy sleeper so why don't you turn him over and check on his back? Tell me what it looks like, I'll do a google search and see what pops up and if he needs a hospital or not. Kay?" His casualness of the situation made me feel ten times calmer. He's not making a big deal out of it so maybe it's not that big of a deal. Right?

"Yeah yeah, that sounds fine. Give me a minute." I sat up to where I was leaning over Jordan, and then I carefully pushed him on his side so that his back was facing me. The sight nearly made me puke my guts on the bed. His back was every color of the rainbow. Right in the middle of his spine there was a huge dark purple bruise, surrounding by green and yellow swelled skin. The purple area was swelled so big, I couldn't believe he fell asleep on his back with such nasty bruises and swelling. I heard him groan softly in his sleep, and I quickly turned him over on his stomach in case I was hurting him. God, I wish there was something else I could do. He can't be comfortable at all right now.

I put the phone back up to my ear and sighed. "It's purple and green and yellow and there's swelling in the middle of his spine."

"Ouch. Poor Jordan. Well the top searches say it's just bruising, so I guess it's safe to say he doesn't necessarily need a hospital. Though if it's that bad, maybe he should stay in bed until it gets better. You're gonna be taking care of him, right? You know what to do?"

No, I have no idea how to care for him. I mean I've taken care of somebody before, but it was my grandad after he had hip surgery. I didn't even do anything really, the nurses smacked me every time I tried to help the guy. I think he liked that too, all that attention from hot women in scrubs. I miss my grandad.

"Not really..." I muttered sheepishly.

"Hm. Maybe I should send Erin down there then. You don't mind that do you? Erin's took care of him before."

Erin? Who the hell is Erin? A guys took care of Jordan before while he was sick?

"Uh...It's fine I guess."

"Okey dokey. Just text me the address and I'll send it. Bye Tom Tom!" And then he hung up. All I could think about was this Erin guy now. Is he hot? Did he and Jordan used to date? Is that why he took care of Jordan before, they used to go out?

"So?" Nade pressed as I typed in and sent the a dress to Nick. "Give me deets, don't leave me hangin'. What did he say?"

"There's a guy named Erin coming over," I said, my voice extremely tight for some reason. "And he's taken care of Jordan before." The sentence alone made me feel strangely irritated.

"Oh? So that's why you look like an angry bulldog right now?" He giggled. I payed no attention to him and his teasing. I was too busy raking over in my thought just who the hell Erin is.

"Why hasn't he told me about an Erin before? He said something about relationships before but he never mentioned an Erin..." I sat back against the wall, puzzled. Surely by now he would've told me about a good relationship he's had, and what the guys name was. We're on that level where we can share that kind of stuff, right?

Oh god, I'm turning into a teenage girl.

"Maybe he's still seeing this 'Erin'," Nade suggested slyly. I rolled my eyes and scoffed, because I already knew the answer to that.

"He's single, he told me himself the other day."

"Sure he's single but is he single in the love making compartment?"

"Shut up, he's a virgin."

"People lie Tommy. You never know~" he sang.

"You know who you remind me of? The devil on the left side of somebody's shoulder when they're trying to make decisions. You're an ass."

"Except you're not trying to make a decision, you're wondering if Jordys little friend is hotter than you."

"Oh come on, nobody's hotter than me." I grinned and he rolled his eyes, pulling Grizz into his lap and playing with his front paws.

"Well Erin might be. Might even have toned abs, a chiseled jaw, a long thick-"

"If you don't shut up, I'll lock the dog in the closet and you'll never see him again."

A small gasp escaped his mouth and he hugged Grizz against his chest in a protective manner. "You wouldn't!"

"I would." No I wouldn't. I love animals just as much as he does, but I don't let them attach to me as easily. Anyone who knows me can probably guess why. I wouldn't lock a baby puppy in a closet though, that's just cruel.

"Okay fine! I'll be quiet. But I will laugh at you when Erin comes in and totally swoops your man off his feet."

"You better hold that ball of fluff close to you. I'm about to throw the both of you in the closet."

"You leave the adorable animal out of this! He's just a puppy Tommy, he's innocent." He held up Grizz next to his face and made puppy dog eyes to match the small creature's beside him. He's such a kid.

The sound of the doorbell ringing made my heart stop, and it made Nade start giggling like a maniac. I turned to glare at him before I got up it answer it and tried to imitate death with just my eyes. I think I did a good job. He went quiet immediately.

I hurried to open it, mainly because I was so eager to point out every one of his flaws and make him look like shit in front of Jordan. I'm an awful human being. Whatever. I didn't bother to look through the peep hole before I unlocked the door and threw it open, only to be greeted by-...a woman.

She had long curly red hair and a heart shaped face to frame it perfectly, with dimples and big brown eyes as two other of her brilliantly defining features. She smiled widely when she saw me and waved at me like I was her long lost friend.

"Hi! Are you Tom?" The voice. The voice is the one flaw she has that I see so far. It's sweet and nurturing in a way, although annoying and squeaky in another. But I feel guilty instantly for even thinking about her flaws because already she's acting like a bright ray of sunshine. Like Jordan. She acts like Jordan, oh my god.

"Yeah...and I'm guessing you're Erin?" I say as calmly as possible.

She nods and smiles even wider, which I didn't even know was humanly possible. I took a second to look down at her appearance and wow. Shes wearing almost all pink, except for her jeans, which are light blue. Her gloves were the brightest pink I've ever seen and her light pink sweater dress fit her almost perfectly. Normally I'd be annoyed by an overly dressed peppy girl who looks like a pink candy cane, but...I don't feel annoyed at all. She's the epitome of happiness. If I wasn't so stupidly infatuated with Jordan, I'd be hitting on this girl hard core.

"So where's Jordan?" She's asks, breaking me out of my trance.

"He's, uh...back...back there." I pointed like an idiot behind me, and she nodded. I kept staring. She didn't move, she just kept smiling nervously and looking behind me every so often.

"You gonna let me in?" She hinted, still smiling.

"Oh! Oh yeah, sorry. Come in." I tore my eyes away from her and stepped aside so she could come in. She laughed sweetly and stepped inside, and I had the sudden urge to take her coat for her even though I've never done that for a single woman before ever. She took it off before I could ask and removed the small pink furry ear muffs from her curls.
"Which room is it again?" She asked nicely. I pointed directly at my door and she went straight to it without a second glance in my direction. She gets right to the task at hand, that's for sure. I followed her into my room and felt my cheeks heat up when I realized how messy everything must seem to her. I bet I look like a slob right now, my room looks better than I do. I should've cleaned up or something before she got here.

When we walked in, Nade was kneeling at the bedside and lifting a water bottle to Jordan's mouth. He's awake!
But he must be in a lot of pain if he still can't drink something on his own. Damn it. Nade and Jordan both angled their heads toward us when we walked in, and at the exact same time their eyes widened into planets.

"Erin?" I heard Jordan rasp. A pang of jealousy shot through my chest. He looks so happy to see her, like she's his world or something. I wish he looked at me like that.

The girl in question smiled at him in a comforting way and knelt by his bedside. "Hey, how's it going? You feeling okay?"

"Like crap, to be honest," Jordan chuckled dryly. "What are you doing here?"

"Nick sent me to check up on you. He said you fell in the shower?"

Jordan's pale green face flushed a bit at her question. "Yeah..."

She smirked, and even her smirk was innocent and sweet. "Were you dancing in the shower again?"

He smiled shyly and looked down, picking at his fingernails. "Maybe." Erin rolled her eyes at his answer. She gazed down at his fumbling hands and she moved them away without a second thought, like she'd done it a thousand times before. Jordan blushed and muttered an apology, like a child getting caught drawing on the walls with marker. She smiled, patting his left hand gently as an it's okay for the apology. Who is this girl? She knows Jordan like the back of her hand, she knows his habits and how to call him out politely on them.

"You're lucky you didn't break your spine like a toothpick, you silly." She booped his nose, and he laughed. I only stared in utter amazement at the things she was doing. She did them so effortlessly, I was jealous almost. She makes him so at ease with just the simplest things. I watched her motion for him to turn over on his side and he did, and his bare backside was there for her to see. More jealousy coursed through me. Why is he so okay with her seeing his bare ass? And why is she so okay with seeing his ass? I could practically hear Nade gloating from across he room.

She winced at the sight and lightly pressed down on the purple area, making Jordan flinch. She gently turned him back over and patted his arm before putting down her purse and digging out a first aid kit. "You should also be lucky that you're boyfriend was in the bathroom with you and you weren't alone at your apartment. You probably couldn't have gotten out of the shower by yourself."

Boyfriend? She already assumes were together? She just got here! And just how the hell did she know I was in the bathroom with Jordan when he fell?

Jordan laughed nervously and gave a nervous glance in my direction. "No no, T-Tom and I aren't together and he wasn't in the bathroom with me. He was just outside and he heard me fall."

Erin just looked disappointed by his answer. "Oh. Well I was only going by what Nick told me. He said Tom was in the bathroom with you." My throat tightened. He can't find out. I can't let him know what I was going to do in that bathroom with him.

Jordan scrunched in eyebrows up in thought, and that scared me. "No I don't think...Tom, were you in the bathroom with me?" He looked in my direction and I completely froze. The more seconds that passed the more my guilt showed. But after at least four seconds had passed, Nade spoke up.

"He went to go get a towel for me so I could get the butter off my clothes," Nade chimed in quickly. It didn't seem to convince Jordan though, he still had that look on his face like he was thinking really hard about something.

"Why didn't you just go in Tucker and Sonja's bath-"

My ringtone cut them off and I nearly dropped it when I rushed to rip it out of my pocket. It was James. Oh thank god.

"Be right back!" I called out before I practically ran out of the room. As soon as I was in the safe confines of my living room, I pressed the answer button and sighed. "You have no idea how glad I am that you called."

"Yes well I kind of sensed that you needed me to call you for some reason. What's going on in that house of yours? You've got quite a lot of cars in your driveway."

"...are you at my house right now?"

"In your driveway. You left your jacket at the bar the other day. I went to your work to give it to you, but you weren't there. Someone said you hadn't shown up for work in awhile? Is everything okay?"

Oh yeah, I just kinda quit work so I could let this rich guy take care of my every need and then this morning I tried to peek on him in the shower and he fell and broke his spine.

"I'm a mess but I can't explain right now. Can you maybe come back later?"

"Sure. And I'm not sure if this guess is correct, but Tom if you're lying to someone right now, you know you should tell the truth."

I was stunned. How the hell did he know? Is he a wizard or something? "How did you-"

"I've known you for three years sunshine. Your voice gets extra gruffy when you're covering up a lie. Don't let it get too far, okay? No matter how embarrassing it is, you should tell the truth about it anyway. Got it?"

"I'm not a damn kid. I can take care of myself without you telling me what to do."

"I know that. I just want you to know it's important that you-"

"Yeah yeah, I know mama James. Bye." I hung up on him and threw the phone down on the table, before collapsing on my couch and letting out a groan.

I can't tell him.

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"You feelin' any better?" I asked him meekly. He didn't look that much better. After Erin had to leave (to go back to her kids that I had no idea she had), his happy aura vanished. Now he was just kinda laying there on his side with an emotionless expression on his face, watching the South Park marathon that Nade begged me to turn on the TV for. He left about an hour ago, but Jordan said he didn't want me to change the channel. He shrugged his shoulders and didn't even spare a glance in my direction.

"Kinda," he lied. He was way tense, and by the way he was gripping the covers like his life depended on it, I knew he was still in a lot of pain. I don't know what Erin did to his back but it seems like it made him worse.

"Do you need anything?"

He shook his head and smiled. "I'm fine Tom. Thank you."

"You don't look fine. You look tense as hell."

"It just hurts a lot. But I'll be fine."

"Do you want some more pain pills?"

"No, Erin said not to take anymore until eight. I'll be fine, I promise."

"Are you sure there's nothing I can do?"

"...you could tell me why you lied about the bathroom thing."

Shit.

"I...can't tell you that Jordan."

He looked over to me and frowned. "You can't?" He asked, his eyes filled with hurt.

"Don't get me wrong, I want to. It's embarrassing though and I feel like you'd never speak to me again if I told you."

He rolled his eyes and chuckled tiredly. "It can't be that bad. Just tell me. I won't be mad, I swear."

"Yeah I doubt that. You may not get mad, but you will get majorly weirded out at me. I mean it'll probably mess up the whole acquaintance thing we got going on." I grinned, hoping he would laugh, and he did.

"Tom just tell me. Please? It's better to be embarrassed than have to cover up a lie for the rest of your life." He stuck out his lip and made puppy dog eyes. Of course I melted. He's adorable and I can't say no to him.

"I-...this wasn't my idea, okay? Nade pressured me into it and I-"

"Tom!" He laughed, "Just say it!"

"I went in to look at you in the shower, okay? I'm sorry, it was all Nade's idea and I didn't want to at first but then he made me and...I went in and you fell and everything went to shit and I'm sorry." I covered my face with my hands so I wouldn't have to see his reaction. I'm so stupid. Why did I think peeping on him was a good idea? I would've been caught anyway if he hadn't fallen. I can't believe I listened to Nade.

"You wanted to see me naked?" He asked slowly.

"Y-Yeah..."

"Tom...its okay."

"No it's not. It's weird and pervy."

"Well if you wanted to see me naked, you could've just...asked me."

I looked up from my hands to gape at him. "Asked you? I can't just ask to see you naked, that's worse than peeping on you in the shower!"

"Is it? I mean at least when you ask me, I can give you permission. Looking without permission seems worse to me."

I narrowed my eyes at him and scoffed. "So you would've let me seen you in shower? If I had asked?"

"Yeah I would've. I trust you, you know? You've done a lot for me Tom."

"Are you kidding? You've done too much for me! I haven't done anything for you except destroy your liver and make you feel insecure about yourself! Oh, and did I forget break your spine? Yeah, I caused you to break your spine too by not having a damn shower mat in the tub..."

"My liver is fine, you don't make me feel insecure, and my spine isn't broken nor is it your fault that I'm hurt. I was the one dancing in the shower, I've fallen before because of that. Tom you've done a lot more for me than you give yourself credit for. Now do you want to see me naked or what?"

"No." Yes. I want to see you with water dripping down every inch of your skin and I want to run my fingers through your wet matted hair while I pin you against the shower wall and-

"You're lying. Look, I didn't finish taking a shower this morning. I still need to wash my hair and I need help with it. I don't trust anyone else to do it but you. So do you want to or not?"

Yes yes yes god yes.

"If you won't let anyone else do it, fine."

He nodded and smiled. "Okay. Better go turn the shower on then."

"Alright. I will." I stood from my spot near his bed and headed towards my bathroom with fake reluctance. On the inside I was screaming my heart out.

I'm about to shower with Jordan Maron.
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THE TWEETS. DID YOU SEE THE TWEETS. UGHHGHHHHHHHH NADE AND TOM AND JORDAN WERE ALL TOGETHER AND THEY TOOK A SELFIE AND UGHHHHHHHH ITS SO CUTE!!!

I'm secretly hoping Tom and Jordan made out, but that's just the fangirl inside of me talking. Still. Don't crush my dreams, you don't know if they made out or not. :3

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