[Taylor]

I arrived at Hayley's house to find her door unlocked. I opened it and walked into the lounge room to find Hayley's lying on the floor surrounded by tissues. I heard her still sobbing and she slowly looked up to me with red swollen eyes. She quickly sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"I'm sorry you had to see me like this," she said, still sobbing a little. I helped her up onto the chair where she rested her head on my shoulder. I put my arm over her shoulders, her body still shaking. I felt her head move up and her kiss me on the cheek. I looked down at her, my face puzzled and she started to kiss, me. Actually kiss me. I didn't want this, not now, so I decided to hold her back.

[Hayley]

I was confused when Taylor pushed me back, he look puzzled and disappointed in me at the same time and I honestly don't know why, I thought this was what he wanted.
"Why...?" I said looking him in the eyes. He knew what the end of that question was.
"Because Hayley, you're not yourself," I knew he was being serious. I lay my head on his lap and he sat there stroking my hair. We just talked, not about anything special...just talked, about life, about what the new year was going to bring us.

[Taylor]

Time just flew by, we didn't notice that it had hit 10:30; we only did when we started to get really tired. I carried Hayley into her room when she was asleep and locked the door as I left. The first thing I saw when I stepped out of her house was Josh's car. What was he now, a serial stalker?

[Josh]

I vowed pretty much since the day she broke up with me that I would make her life miserable. Well, not really, it's just the way it turned out. And now I was here, facing Taylor, coming out of her house at 11 o'clock. I knew there was something up between them, ever since she suggested bringing him back into the band. I guess I didn't look too good sitting out here either, but I knew something was up. Taylor looked straight into my eyes, through the car window. He knew it was me and before I could drive off he was running straight for the car and punched through the window and grabbed me by the collar with the angriest of looks on his face.
"What the hell are you doing here Josh?" He questioned me, well, more like demanded me to answer.
"Look Taylor, I just wanted to see what was going on, you're the one that punched up Zac the other day anyway," I said, he tightened his grip.
"You know that you being here has nothing to do with that," he said, on the brink of growling, "now you keep the hell away from her or I'll tell Jeremy about this little incident and you know that he isn't your biggest fan anymore."
I looked into his eyes and I knew he wasn't kidding.
"Okay, we'll make a truce then, you don't mess around with Hayley, besides band stuff and it'll give me reason not to keep my eye on you both. Don't forget, she loved me long before she ever liked you," I said. Taylor let go of my collar in with what seemed like agreement.
"Fine," he said, "I won't do anything to Hayley, I won't hurt her." And with that we nodded and I started up my engine.
"Don't tell her anything about this," I warned him before driving off.

[Jeremy]

Things were getting really awkward. I was over in London with Kat while In the Mourning was released, and I liked it. But when I got back, those two friendly people on the screen weren't so friendly anymore. I wasn't sure if it was Hayley or Taylor that had done something wrong. We'd chill at someone's house and they'd either sit opposite each other or I would have to sit in between them, it made me probably the most uncomfortable person in any meet up. Finally, I had to say something.
"Seriously guys, what's up your asses?" I question, they both looked at me puzzled, "Don't tell me you don't see what's going on here? I hear the most amazing new song from you guys and you're friendly on screen and then pissed at each other when you're not?" They both looked at each other, I wasn't sure if they were exchanging glares or maybe the possibility that they were both being really bitchy.
"Oh, wait, I see, this is a practical joke right?" I laughed, they stared at me blankly and I decided it was best if I shut up.
"Well, Taylor was the one that started ignoring me, ever since the break up with Chad—" Hayley started.
"Hey, wait, what break up with Chad, no one said anything about a break up with Chad," I interrupted. I could see the tears starting to well up in Hayley's eyes, I'd hit a sensitive spot.
"We broke up a week ago Jeremy," she explained, looking down and fiddling with her fingers, "He said that with all this time being apart, there was just no point in a relationship."
I put my arm around her as tears slowly started to roll down her face.
"But then the night he did that, Taylor came over and...erm, things happened, not is a suss way, but then, the next day he was all weird," she said pushing my arm off of her and wiping away her tears. Silence filled the room before Taylor decided to speak.
"I just don't want to see you get hurt again Hayley and I especially don't want to be the one to hurt you. Do you get where I'm coming from?" He asked, his face confused, waiting for her to answer. But instead she just looked down as if she wanted to ignore him.
"Look, we've been through a lot and the only way we've been able to cope is by being together, maybe we just need a week or so apart," I suggested. No one said anything. Hayley got up and walked to the bathroom.
"Seriously, why are you acting weird?" I question Taylor as soon as Hayley had left the room.
"Look, I can't explain here, but it involves Josh," he said in a whisper.
"Fuck!" I said, maybe a bit too loudly because Hayley came racing out with a worried look on her face.
"What happened?" she asked examining my body from a safe distance.
"Just...uhh, bent my finger back a bit too far," I responded whilst waving my little finger in the air, "It'll be fine though." I tried to back that up with a smile, but Hayley didn't seem to quite believe me. She didn't need to know that Josh was involved in any way to how Taylor was acting.

About another almost silent hour passed and Taylor and I decided we'd best be off. We said our goodbyes, however awkward they were and we left. I was still kinda worried about Hayley, but she was strong. As soon as we got to Taylor's car I jumped in and started questioning him.
"What did Josh say?"
"Well, I was over late at Hayley's and he was thinking that we were doing...well..errr...stuff. He said that if I didn't leave Hayley alone then he would continue to watch our every move. But please don't do anything Jeremy, I told him I wouldn't tell you," he pleaded.
"Do you like Hayley, Taylor?" I questioned, just out of curiosity.
"Yeah, I guess I do."
"Hmm...well, we'll keep the Josh stuff to ourselves for the time being and I guess we'll, no you'll have to keep being eh with Hayley. We'll have a week apart and then we'll sort this stuff out," I promised. He started the engine and dropped me off at my place. What I really needed was sleep.