I woke the next morning to an empty bed and my window propped open, a small note taped to the sill.

It was from Matt and honestly his words brightened my morning immensely.

Will,
Sorry I couldn't stay with you all night. My mum got concerned as to my whereabouts and I was worried that Cookie would walk in. Can't have that now can we? Have a wonderful morning love and don't forget that Jamie will probably be asking you if you want to go on tour with us within the next day.

Cheesy fucker. He even left small hearts around his scribbled name and messy words. It made my heart swell to see his dedication to making sure I'm okay.

Something still bothered me, however, and that is the fact that Matt hasn't asked me to be his girlfriend.

It slightly stung, if we're being honest here, especially considering that we had come to close to things that weren't exactly appropriate unless we were a couple or this was a long arse one night stand.

My heart thumped painfully in my chest before I tossed the paper into my jacket that hung off a chair and removed myself from the room.

The hallway felt stuffy, suffocating even, so I took a deep breath and escaped to the kitchen. The room was empty and my mind instantly went to every bad scenario. What if something  bad happened and I didn't know about it? What if everyone left me alone and ran from a natural disaster?

My mind continued to play false scenarios whilst I shakily opened the garage door. The usually lively room was dark and cold. Every instrument was unplugged and silent.

" Jamie??? "

I continued to walk through the house until making it to the back door. I opened the door and was greeted by Jamie, the boys, and my aunt all standing there with weird looks on their faces while they discussed something silently.

They failed to notice me until I slammed the door shut. My heart was racing and tears pricked at my eyes.

" What the fuck is going on?? I looked everywhere for fucking someone in the house. You guys scared me! " I yelled.

Jamie jumped and turned around.

" Will!!! We, um, we're- " Jamie stuttered through his words before going silent and staring at me.

" What?! " I growled. They honestly scared me!

He blushed and looked down before motioning to the other guys to hold up a sign. I stared on, confused until they held up the sign.

It read, ' Will you come on tour with us?? '.

I busted out laughing, my tears of anger now turning to tears of happiness and laughter. The boys looked worried as I continued to laugh.

" Told you boys not to do it that way, " my aunt mumured while shaking her head at them.

" We wanted to make it special!! " Alex whined.

" Yeah c'mon whats wrong with trying to make it a big surprise? " Nick reitterated.

I shook my head and walked forward, pulling the stupid boys in for a hug and sighing.

" I was scared everyone left, " I whispered, almost hoping no one would hear.

" Will!! " Jamie laughed out, " no one would leave you alone in the house without telling you! "

" But- "

" C'mon weirdo lets all go to a diner for breakfast, " he chuckled out.

And with that, everyone cheered and walked into the house leaving me and my aunt to stare at each other. We rolled our eyes and followed the boys.

One thing I noticed when we were finally inside is that Matt was missing out of this whole equation. His subtle laugh and soft smile wasn't here.

" Hey, where's Matt? " I questioned the boys.

" Probably still asleep, " Nick cackled towards Al and Miles.

I frowned but ran upstairs anyway to get changed for breakfast and call George. He answered on the fourth ring in a sleepy voice.

" Will?? What's wrong, " he mumbled sleepily.

I giggled at him and sighed, " I haven't said yes yet but I'm going on tour with the boys basically and we're going out to breakfast. Do you and Matty want to come? "

At even the slightest mention on a meal, George was excited and completely awake. I told them to meet us at the diner in downtown and hung up before dressing mhyself appropriatly for the cold weather.

My heart still felt heavy, especially since Matt wasn't with us. I'm sure he would have calmed me down immediatly.

I walked back downstairs, fully dressed and ready to go.

" Okay boys let's do this. George and Matty are meeting us at the diner. "

" Okay cool, Matt is meeting us there too, " Jamie replied.

Soon we were off, all piling into Nick's van and laughing the whole way there. I of course accepted their offer to go on tour with them. Like hell would I be left at home with no one.

We arrived at the diner. George and Matty were already there and had gotten us a big table to sit at. I glanced over the menu and ordered my food once everyone else had too.

Finally Matt walked in and my stomach turned. A bird hung off his shoulder and they were talking all cute like. My face felt hot and my hands began to shake.

" Hey guys, this is my girlfriend Ella, " he murmured with a grimace.

Everyone said hi but I was too angry to say anything.

Girlfriend?
Girlfriend??

I was outraged and I felt like I was going to explode from anger at any moment. George glanced over at me with a look that said I told you so and just pushed my anger over the edge.

I clambored up, pushing my chair in harshly and leaving the diner. The cold air helped relieve the heat burning my cheeks. I took out my pack of cigs where I had hid some joints. I grabbed a joint, shoving it in my mouth with shakey hand and lighting it.

My whole body shook and anger had consumed me. Was he cheating on me or was he cheating with me on her? Either way it was fucked up.

" Will? " a voice spoke.

I looked over to see George, looking anxious and worried. Instantly tears began to pour down my face at the sight of my best friend who came to comfort me.

I fell into his open arms and gripped his shirt with one hand while my other held the joint. Sobs broke through my facade and I drowned them out with his shirt. I coughed a few times after choking on my own tears and whimpered against the boy's chest.

" Baby it's okay... " he whispered, rocking me in his arms and carefully taking the joint from my hand before I burned something.

He placed the stick in between my lips and I inhaled the sickly sweet yet bitter smoke. His hand rubbed circles into my back as sobs and sniffles still escaped me.

What am I going to do?
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Will's outfit

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Hello all! Another four months, jesus christ i'm sorry. I haven't had any motivation to write recently and my phone has been really stupid. However, i'm hopefully getting a better job soon since this one gives me too much anxiety and is too far from home so i should have more time to write. Also if i dont update many other stories or this story within the next week or two its because my 18th birthday is coming up and in celebrating with family and friends as well as trying to work and sleep in between parties.

Hope you all enjoyed the chapter and are having a  great day!

Love you all!!!

Xx ghxstlyxterrors/alex