( I MISS YOU, I'M SORRY )

"UGH MY LORD, IT SMELLS IN HERE," Aaron complained the moment he walked into Rylan's room. He couldn't even see the girl with the number of blankets piled on top of her.

"Is she even here?" Katie questioned going to sit on the bed but accidentally sitting on Rylan's foot.

"Ow," Rylan spoke, her voice coming out mumbled with all the blankets over her. Katie jumped in fear when she heard the bed speak.

"Is she under there?" Aaron questioned and Katie shrugged. Ronnie moved to go take the blankets off the girl, but the moment he did he recoiled and immediately wanted to put the blankets back. "Oh, my goodness you look like hell." He frowned and Rylan didn't move, but she did like up at him.

"Thanks, Aaron, that's exactly what I need right now." Rylan deadpanned, which caused Katie and Aaron to look at each other.

"You grab her arms; I got her legs," Aaron told Katie who just nodded before grabbing her arms.

"Woah woah woah woah woah—" Rylan protested as they pulled her out of her bed and onto her desk chair.

The girl looked dead. Her eyes were bloodshot, telling her two friends that she had been constantly crying. And although she had been found in the bed, the under-eye bags that were prominent on her face showed the fact that she hadn't been sleeping. Her hair was greasy, showing them that she hadn't showered in days, but the smell in the room already given that away.

"Baby, you need to shower," Katie told her, slightly picking up her hair before putting it down in disgust and wiping her hands on her jeans.

"Yeah, dude you smell." Aaron scrunched up his face in disgust. Rylan just shot a glare at him, bringing her knees up to her chin so she can wrap her arms around her legs.

"Thanks, Aaron that's exactly what I want to hear. 'oh yeah your boyfriend broke up with you. Oh well, you smell'." She mocked and Aaron's face softened, and he let out a sigh.

"Rye you know I didn't mean it like that." He told her and the girl nodded.

"No I know, I'm sorry I shouldn't have snapped at you." She told him and Katie and Aaron looked at each other.

"Is there any particular reason you're calling me 'Aaron'? You never call me that." Ronnie questioned and Rylan just shrugged.

"I forgot." She told him and Katie shook her head.

"Alright, I'm not dealing with you sulking around anymore, we're going out, come on." Katie grabbed her arm and pulled Rylan into her bathroom.

"I don't want to go out," Rylan complained and Katie shook her head before pushing her into the bathroom.

"I don't care, you need to get out of this house and get your mind off of what happened two weeks ago," Katie demanded before closing the door. Rylan just sighed before deciding that maybe this would work, so she got into the shower.

"Call Jack and ask him how Corbyn is," Katie told Ronnie who just nodded before dialing the other boy's number.

"Hello?" Jack asked. Ronnie went to go say something, but he heard a crash behind him, and someone yell an 'ow'. "Zach leave him alone!" Jack yelled before Aaron could respond. 

"I was calling to ask how Corbyn is, but I see you're busy." Ronnie pursed his lips as he heard let out a sigh.

"Everything ticks him off, like literally everything." Jack began, "This morning Zach went to ask Corbyn if he wanted breakfast and Corbyn went off on him. And then after the show, he doesn't speak to anyone and just barricades himself in his bunk. I'm pretty sure he cries, I've heard him." Jack filled him in on how Corbyn was doing.

"My gosh, how is he with the fans?"

"Keeps a smile on his face, none of them expect a thing." Jack explained before biting his lip, "How about Rye, her phone has been dead for days."

"yeah, Katie just put it to charge right now. She hasn't showered in days, Katie just forced her in there." He told him and Jack scrunched up his face in disgust.

"We need them to make up as soon as possible, this isn't good for both of them." Jack ran his hand over his face as he looked back to Zach who was looking for Corbyn.

"When you guys get back from tour because I honestly think this time away from each other is going to be good for them," Aaron told Jack and the other boy just nodded.

"Alright, I'll talk to you later, I've got to make sure Zach stops bothering Corbyn."

"Okay, bye," Aaron said his good-byes before hanging up.

"You see, this isn't that bad," Katie reassured Rylan as they walked through the streets of LA.

"I guess it was good to get out of the house," Rylan told her, a small smile breaking on her face. "So where are we going?"

"Shopping? Out to eat?" Aaron suggested and Rylan just shrugged. The girl looked a bit better now that she showered. Her eyes were back to normal, but you could still see the sadness behind them.

"We're actually going to meet someone when we go out to eat, so let's go," Katie informed Rylan and the girl looked over to her, with furrowed eyebrows.

"I swear if you parent trap me and corbyn—"

"Well that's not really possible with Corbyn on tour right now, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happens eventually," Aaron explained.

"No, you need more friends who aren't also friends with Corbyn, so I'm going to introduce you to one of my friends," Katie told her as they approached the nearest In and Out.

"Can we go to chick-fil-a?" Rylan asked and Aaron laughed.

"We're just here to pick up Gigi, she doesn't like Chick-fil-a." He informed her and Rylan's face scrunched up in confusion.

"Who's Gigi?" She questioned as a girl with blonde hair approached them. She was gorgeous, absolutely flawless, and Rylan was immediately like who the hell is this girl.

"I'm Gigi, why are you asking?" Gigi Mae Adams raised her eyebrow, which only caused Katie to roll her eyes.

"Hey gi." She smiled and Gigi turned to Katie.

"Katie!" She exclaimed, embracing the girl. "And ugh Aaron." She feigned disgusting seeing Ronnie. Aaron rolled his eyes before pulling the girl into a hug.

"Nice to see you too Gigi." He grinned and the girl laughed breaking from the hug.

"Gi, this is Rylan, Rye, this is Gigi." Ronnie introduced the two girls. Rylan just awkwardly waved at the blonde-haired girl, with pursed lips.

"Oh, I know you, you're the girl whose, friends, with the why don't we boys. The one dating the blonde." She pointed out and Rylan bit her lip, just deciding not to respond. Aaron pinched Gigi's arm causing the blonde to turn around and slap the back of his head.

"Don't pinch me, Ron." She glared and Ronnie just shrugged.

"Actually um, we're kind of broken up right now but yeah," Rylan spoke quietly and Gigi raised her eyebrows.

"what'd he do?" She asked and Rylan looked up with furrowed eyebrows.

"What makes you think he did something?"

"You look hurt, not like the one who caused the pain. I'm good with this stuff." Gigi told her and Rylan just pursed her lips.

"Actually, it was both of us," Rylan revealed which caused Aaron to scoff.

"Yeah right, this was all his fault." He said, rolling his eyes slightly, and Katie nodded.

"Don't tell me you guys are taking sides." Rylan looked between the two of them who just nodded.

"Look rye, I know what you did, but Corbyn was way worse," Katie said and Gigi looked at the two of them.

"What did you guys do? Cheat on each other?" The blonde asked and Rylan nodded.

"that's exactly what we did." The brunette responded and Gigi's eyebrows went up.

"No no, Corbyn cheated on you, you just kissed someone after finding out that he was making out with Maeve in the other room." Aaron defended as the group walked off, on their way to the nearest Chick-fil-a.

"And the kiss only lasted like three seconds, you pushed away the moment you noticed what you were doing." Katie finished.

"Are you all taking sides now?" Rylan asked and Aaron nodded.

"Sadly." He told her.

"Ronnie hasn't spoken to Christina since we left Hawaii." Katie blurted out, which caused Ronnie to snap his head towards her.

"Katie! We promised we weren't going to say that!" He exclaimed, which caused Gigi to frown.

"You and Tina haven't spoken to each other because of a breakup between your friends? That doesn't even make sense."

"Yeah well, it does when she thinks Rylan's the one in the wrong here," Aaron explained, which caused Rylan to frown.

"I'm sorry Ronnie."

"Yeah me too."

"Look listen, we didn't take you out of your room just so we could sulk about Hawaii? Okay? We're out and we're going to have fun." Katie told Rylan, trying to change the subject. "Right after we have chick-fil-a." She said, looking to see the chick-fil-a was right there.

"Alright so let me get this straight." Gigi questioned, "This girl knows you're dating him, but she still chose to make out with him?" The group was now wandering the mall, looking for the next store to enter.

"Yup, but she's been trying to get with him since I met her." Rylan ate her frozen yogurt, picking up a gummy bear from the top.

"So when can I kill the bitch?" Gigi asked and Rylan laughed.

"I appreciate the offer, but I think I need to handle this one on my own." She told her and Gigi raised her eyebrow.

"No offense, I know I've just met you and all, but you don't seem like the type to get into a fight."

"That's because she's not," Aaron said from behind the two girls.

"I'm not going to fight Maeve; I'm just going to talk this out with her," Rylan explained, eating yet another gummy bear with her frozen yogurt.

"No, no, no. Rylan now that we're friends, I'm going to teach you the difference between the times to talk things out with someone, and then fighting someone." Gigi began, looking at Rylan when she finished eating part of her ice cream. "Someone knows it's your boyfriend, but still chose to make out with him, that's time to fight someone." Gigi explained, "Or we could at least slap the bitch." She explained and Rylan laughed lightly.

"or we do none, I like that idea better," Rylan told her and Gigi only scoffed.

"Alright fine, but if she comes up to me, and says shit, I will not hesitate to bitch slap her just saying." Gigi shrugged, taking another lick of her ice cream.

"I will pay to see that." Ronnie raised his hand which caused Katie to slap the back of his head. "Why are you slapping me? I know you've been holding back on hitting Maeve."

"Yeah but don't encourage Gigi, you know she'll actually do it." She whisper-yelled and Ronnie just shrugged.

"If I can't slap her can I slap Corbyn?" Gigi questioned and Rylan laughed as she shook her head.

"No!"

"I'll do it eventually." Gigi shrugged and Rylan just laughed again.

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