SHORT BUT SWEET, SORRY IT'S KINDA SHORT! BUT SHOUT OUT TO MY FRIEND HANNAH WHO GAVE ME AN IDEA TO CARRY ON THIS STORY! -RACHEL
The tour bus pulled up in Virginia. Great. More pressure added into my life. Everything had been going so well, then I got drunk, slept with someone and now my ex-boyfriend is practically stalking me. This is just perfect. And to add to it all, things between me and Zack were just plain awkward. I just had to carry on, I let out a sigh and went to set up the merch tent with Vinny, he seemed to sense something was wrong.
'You alright Leda?' he said as we lugged the merch boxes towards our tent.
'Yeah, I'm fine.' I said with a smile.
'You sure?' he said, his eye brows knitted together 'you seem very quiet.'
'I'm fine Vinny, seriously.' I said and we reached the tent, I really didn't want anyone to know, even if the crew was like family. We put out all the merch and I sat and waited for the guys to finish their set, that was generally when the tent got swarmed with people. I sold merch and tried to push all the thought that were pulling me down out of my head. Vinny kept glancing over at me but I didn't look over, it was the least of my worries if I was being quiet. The merch got cleared out and I let out a sigh and helped pack it all up.
JACK
There was something wrong with Leda. I didn't know what it was. For the last couple of weeks she had been quiet and sort of disconnected. She kept staring of into the distance, deep in thought then when I said her name she would snap out of it and give me a sad smile. It was killing me inside to see her unhappy. I needed to confront her about it, it was making things pretty hard between us. I hadn't seen her smile in days and I missed the funny, amazing girl who I had fallen for. I waited back on the bus until everyone left, it was our day off and people were all going to hang out and just have fun together.
'Leda bunnie?' I said as she was about to leave, she stopped and looked at me. her eyes were distant. 'Can I talk to you for a sec?' she smiled weakly and sat down on the couch next to me.
'What's up Jacky?' she said
'Nothing, it's just you've been so sad lately. Is there something bothering you?' is said and she stiffened. 'Leda, you know you can tell me anything, right?'
'I know, jack.' She said and looked at her hands.
'So what's wrong?' I said and placed mine on top of her clasped hands.
'Jack, I want to tell you so much but it'll ruin us.' She said slightly wobbly.
'You can tell me anything.' I said and rubbed her hand with my thumb.
LEDA
I took in a breath and told him what happened, the whole time he just stared. When I was done he didn't say anything.
'Jack?' I said. Nothing. 'Come on, please talk to me?'
'I…I can't even.' I stumbled and took his hand of mine quickly.
'Jack, please don't freak out, we were drunk and didn't know what we were doing. I don't even remember the night.'
'Leda, it's just, I...' he shook his head and started rubbing his temples 'I have to go.' He got up and headed to the door quickly.
'Where are you going?' I asked, he couldn't just leave me here like this.
'I don't know.' He snapped 'I just have to think this through' he left the bus, slamming the door behind him.
I broke down, this had been a mistake. I should never have opened my mouth. I ran to my bunk, tears streaming down my face and curled up, crying myself to sleep. I woke up the next morning and my eyes were red and irritated from crying so much. I wandered through into the longue where Alex and Zack were sprawled out across the couch.
'Hey guys.' I said
'Have you been crying?' Zack said abruptly.
'No.' I lied with a fake laugh 'just didn't get much sleep last night.' I walked over and poured a mug of black coffee, I needed perking up.
'Woah, black coffee?' Alex said, one eye brow raised 'What happened to your usual gallon of sugar?'
'Nothing.' I said bluntly 'just felt like it black.'
Jack walked in and everything went silent. I put the coffee down on the counter and cleared my throat. 'I'm gonna go get dressed.' I mumbled and pushed passed them.
ALEX
Jack walked over and looked at the mug she had just put down and sighed, tracing his fingers around it's rim. I looked at him and noticed something. His eyes were red. He had been crying. Jack never cries. Ever. Something had happened between us. Jack cleared his throat and wandered off down the bus. I caught sight of his face as he left and I swear I saw a tear slide down his cheek.