After we left breakfast I watched Justin walk out with Jenn. I headed upstairs with my mom but just kept looking at the floor. She knew something was bothering me, at this point anyone could. It was blatantly obvious.

"What's wrong Austin?" I just shrugged and looked up.

"I don't know, something is bothering Justin but I can't tell what it is. He keeps telling me nothing is wrong but it's so obvious that there is. I want to help him mom but I don't know how right now." She nodded and smiled. Whenever she smiled it made me believe everything was going to be ok. I didn't want her to leave, but I knew she didn't like being on tour and she trusted us with Jenn enough to leave.

"Everything will be ok Austin, You just have to give him time to open up. Sometimes people can't talk about what's bothering them, for any number of reasons but, as long as you remind him that you're here then he will talk to you. I don't know what's bothering him but he knows that he can trust you, just as I know you can trust him. I love seeing you this happy, and I don't know Justin as well as I would like but I am glad to see him this happy too. Once he gets over all this drama with Cody then everything will be alright" I nodded but kept quiet. My mom turned on the TV and complained about nothing being on and not knowing channels so she shut it off. She turned back to me, presumably to ask me something but I cut her off.

"What happens if he doesn't get over this drama with Cody? I mean the tour hasn't even started yet and then he will be with us for four weeks. I don't like the idea of Cody lingering around for that long, I wish Rocco and Scooter had asked us before they just set it all up. Justin doesn't deserve this, WE don't deserve this mom." She sat down and put her arm around me. I leaned over and closed my eyes trying not to cry. I hated not knowing how to help people. Least of all people I was in a relationship with. I still wasn't used to feeling this way for Justin, or any guy for that matter but I knew I did like him. And boy or not I was going to protect him and help him just as I would if I had a girlfriend instead of a boyfriend.

Mom and I went to see a movie and then we came back and went to sleep. That was the plan at least but I couldn't fall asleep. I grabbed my phone and looked to see if Justin had texted me, but he hadn't. I decided to call Jenn and see if she knew what was going on, or at the very least if she had heard from him today. Waiting for the phone to ring was like torture. Prolonged, painful torture. Finally after what seemed like an eternity, she answered. Her soft voice trailing through the phone almost caused me to break into tears.

"Hello?" She sounded like she had been sleeping.

"I'm sorry Jenn, its Austin, I can call you back tomorrow" I went to hang up the phone but she answered before I could.

"NO! Its fine Austin, is everything ok?"

"I don't know, have you heard from Justin since you dropped him off yesterday. I tried texting him but he won't answer." My voice was shaking, I was trying to hide it but I could tell it wasn't working.

"No I haven't baby I'm sorry."

"Do you know what was bothering him earlier?" She sighed and I heard her say something, probably to her boyfriend about being right back. I waited until she spoke again.

"Yes I do, but I don't know if you want to hear it right now"

"Is it me? Did I do something wrong?!" She quickly answered sensing the panic in my voice.

"NO! It isn't you at all, I promise"

"Then what is it Jenn? Please I need to know" I heard my mom groan and turn over so I grabbed my key and went into the hall so I didn't wake her up.

"OK, but Austin you need to promise me you will stay at your mother's room and talk to him when you have time to be alone. And DON'T tell him I told you" I nodded, forgetting she couldn't see me. I remembered mid nod.

"Ok Jenn, I promise" She sighed again, whatever it was I knew it couldn't be good. It took her a few seconds more to respond.

"Ok… Justin got a text from Cody yesterday morning and Cody wanted to come talk to him alone. Justin agreed, he didn't say anything to you because he knew you would get mad. I told him that he should have tried to get all three of you together to talk it out like adults. But you know Justin, he wouldn't listen to anything I had to say and essentially told me to fuck off and leave him alone. He said he would call me when Cody left. I didn't respond to him but I assumed he still would. When you called I thought it was him. The only reason I can think for him not calling is that - well - Cody's still there…" My heart broke before she even finished telling me everything. When she said that Cody might still be there I got furious. Before I could even move Jenn spoke again.

"Remember Austin you promised to wait until you could both be alone!"

"So what, I'm supposed to sit here while Justin is alone with Cody? You know how that's gone lately. And even if he doesn't hit him, how do I know they aren't fucking right now?!"

"Austin I know Justin can make some bad decisions but I don't think that would be one of them, please just get some rest and call me tomorrow. Please."

"Fine, I'll call you after I wake up…And Jenn….Thanks for telling me"

"Your welcome, I'm sorry, Goodnight" I said goodnight and hung up. I turned towards the elevator and took a step forward. I shook my head and turned back and went into my mom's room and laid down. I knew that I definitely wouldn't be sleeping tonight now.

I heard the water shut off and I got up to go in the bathroom. I took my shirt off and was about to take my pants off when I remembered Cody was still in the room.

"Do you mind?"

"No not really" He had a sly grin on his face and sat down on the toilet.

"Seriously? You know what I mean, and I told you were talking tonight, that's it" I lowered my voice to finish my sentence.

"We probably shouldn't even be doing that"

"What did you say?"

"Nothing" I took my pants and underwear off and got in the tub. I made sure to do it as quickly as possible, I didn't need to give Cody a reason to try anything. Although I knew he didn't really need one. I closed my eyes and slid under the water. I tried to imagine the water cleansing me of everything that was bothering me. I popped back up and when I opened my eyes I almost jumped out of my skin. Cody had moved off the toilet and was sitting on the edge of the tub. In his underwear.

"I already told you, NO"

"What a guy can't sit in his underwear? Jesus Justin your paranoid tonight. Why would that be?" I gathered myself and explained. Or at least I tried to the best that I could.

"I'm not paranoid, I'm being careful, you hurt me Cody, both physically and emotionally. The only person besides Jenn and Scooter I could tell was Austin. When I told Selena she laughed because she didn't believe me. Austin comforted me and kept me safe. Even after I didn't listen to his advice and went to see you -when you hit me- he still went with me to the hospital and stayed up with me all night. I told him I liked him and he didn't freak out, he listened and accepted it. He didn't push me away or ignore me. He didn't toy with me feelings or-"

"Oh my god, your dating him aren't you?!" I got red and grabbed a washcloth to hide my face.

"Oh my god! I knew it! "He was jumping around like a kid who had his first candy bar.

"Are you finished yet?" I snapped at him after he hadn't calmed down. He composed himself and sat back down on the tub.

"Yeah, sorry." I got out and put my underwear on and then I sat down by the window again.

"Well I understand why your modeling for Calvin Klein now" I shot him a look and he put up his hands in mock surrender and laughed. I laughed too, maybe just to ease the tension.

"Sorry I had to" I nodded and looked back out the window. I didn't know how long I was staring into out the window, trying to gather my thoughts but I was brought back to reality when Cody sat on my lap.

"What are you doing?" I tried pushing him off but he wouldn't move. He had his mind set on staying there.

"Getting your attention. I called you three times and you didn't answer.

"Fine what do you want?"

"I want to make sure that you don't hate me" I displayed a look of confusion and then shook my head.

"I couldn't hate you Cody. I did love you, I panicked and threw it all away and I'm sorry. And I'm sorry but I don't love you anymore, not like that anyways. I have no problem being friends with you but that's it. I can't…no I won't hurt Austin by allowing anything else to happen." He nodded and kissed my cheek then stood up. I looked back out the window and realized the sun was coming up.

"Well we stayed up the whole night again. Remember when Jenn sent us away for the weekend when she found out? We didn't sleep all weekend and then we were wrecked for the show Monday night" He laughed and nodded.

"The clerk at the hotel was so confused when we checked in and asked for one bed" We were both laughing so hard now and my stomach was starting to hurt. We were gasping for breath trying to stop laughing. But once we looked at each other we would start laughing again. After thirty minutes we finally stopped.

"Do you want to go get breakfast" He shrugged.

"I guess so" We got dressed and got in the elevator. As we were walking to the dining room I thought I saw Austin in the lobby but when I turned back around he was gone. Today was the last day he was spending with his mom, so I knew he would be up later and I would have to tell him. I was sort of dreading that. We sat down and ate but didn't say much. As we were walking out, I turned to Cody.

"Are you coming back to my room or…"

"No I have to go back to my hotel, family is staying in Sydney until we leave for Paris. I'll text you though" I nodded and gave him a hug. I headed back up to my room and laid down. I dreamt that everything worked out and the tour started flawlessly. I jumped up when I heard someone pounding on my door. I thought it was Jenn, or Cody. When I opened it Austin was standing there. I smiled immediately.

"Hey babe"

"Don't even start" My smile faded and he walked in. He looked in my bathroom, in my closet and under the bed. Then he turned back to me.

"So he's gone now then?" He knew, I panicked inside but remained calm.

"What?"

"Don't play stupid with me Justin, we both know you're not. Where is Cody?" He was shouting but keeping his distance. I knew he wouldn't hit me but I was still scared.

"How did you-"

"It doesn't matter how I know the fact of the matter is I do know. You lied to me Justin, you told me you wouldn't meet with him alone and then you did, and worse he spent the night!"

"Did Jenn tell you?"

"No, now where is he?"

"He left"

"When?" I opened my mouth to answer but I couldn't I knew he would be even more mad. Apparently it didn't matter because he screamed at me, at what I assumed was the top of his lungs.

"I SAID WHEN THE FUCK DID HE LEAVE?!" I took a step back and looked down.

"This morning" I mumbled it out. I couldn't look him in the eyes and it killed me.

"What did you say?"

"This morning" I made sure to say it clearly this time.

"So not only did you lie to me and you were alone with him, but he spent the night too?"

"It isn't like that Austin we-"

"Did you fuck him?" I started crying now. Jenn was right I never should have done this.

"I SAID DID YOU FUCK HIM?!"

"No"

"You're fucking lying. I can see the guilt on your face. I don't know why I ever thought you would change, your still manipulative and a liar." I opened my mouth to speak but he cut me off as he headed to the door.

"I don't want to see or hear from you unless it has something to do with the tour" He slammed the door shut and walked out. I dropped to my knees and cried like a baby. I had my hand stretched out towards the door as if I could hold him back and explain everything.

When I woke up in the morning I went to airport with my mom to say good bye. I didn't want her to go but I knew if I needed her I could call her. After she got on her plane I waited for it to take off and I texted Jenn.

"I'm going up when I get back to the hotel" I locked my phone and waived absent mindedly at her plane taking off, completely aware she couldn't actually see me. I played on my phone on the way back to the hotel as I walked in I saw Justin and Cody walking into the dining room. I ducked around a corner and waited a few moments then headed up to my room. I laid down and tried to fall asleep. I must have fallen asleep because when I turned back to the window it was dark. I got up and grabbed my key and my wallet. I headed towards the elevator and tried to remember what I was dreaming about. Suddenly I remembered. I dreamt that Justin and I talked, that everything was ok and life went on as it had been. I laughed to myself knowing that wasn't the case. I was so deep in thought I didn't even realize I had been in the elevator until I was standing in front of Justin's door. I knocked but no one answered. I pounded on the door as hard as I could and I heard him jump out of bed. He opened the door and smiled.

"Hey babe"

"Don't even start" I walked in and looked around the room, dreading to find Cody hiding somewhere, but he wasn't.

"So he's gone now then?"

"What?"

"Don't play stupid with me Justin, we both know you're not. Where is Cody?" I was shouting, I didn't care but I kept my distance so I wouldn't do something I'd regret again.

"How did you-"

"It doesn't matter how I know the fact of the matter is I do know. You lied to me Justin, you told me you wouldn't meet with him alone and then you did, and worse he spent the night!"

"Did Jenn tell you?" He avoided it completely still trying to find out how I knew.

"No, now where is he?" I put as much focus back on to me as I could get. He was going to explain this all away or we were done.

"He left"

"When?" I saw him open his mouth and shouted again, this time as loud as I could manage.

"I SAID WHEN THE FUCK DID HE LEAVE?!" He took a step back and looked down.

"This morning" I could tell he said something but I couldn't hear him. I was getting fed up with him dodging my questions.

"What did you say?"

"This morning" This time I heard him and I got even madder. He was only confirming what I already knew but it infuriated me.

"So not only did you lie to me and you were alone with him, but he spent the night too?" I repeated my statement from earlier hoping to get a real answer out of him.

"It isn't like that Austin we-" I wanted an answer, and he was trying to explain everything away. Nothing was going to be explained away. I had questions I needed the answers to.

"Did you fuck him?" He started crying, I felt bad but he wasn't answering me and I needed to know.

"I SAID DID YOU FUCK HIM?!"

"No" He could barely look me in the eye when he said it and I had my suspicions already. He couldn't give me a solid answer so far and that was telling a lot more than what he was verbally telling me.

"You're fucking lying. I can see the guilt on your face. I don't know why I ever thought you would change, your still manipulative and a liar." He opened his mouth but I didn't give him a chance. I walked out of the room and slammed the door. I heard him call after me but I didn't go back. I walked down the stairs right next to the elevator, so I wouldn't have to see him if he came out looking for me. I called the elevator on the next floor and waited. I was fuming. I wanted to call my mom but I knew she was on the plane, and she would be for the next sixteen hours. When I got on the elevator I hit the button for my floor, but when it got there I just stood there. The doors closed and I still hadn't moved. I pushed the button for the lobby and took out my phone. I googled for bars in the area, gay, straight, both I didn't care I just really wanted a drink. The closest one was called Tower only a few blocks from the Hotel. I considered calling for a ride but changed my mind. I walked down towards where Google maps said the bar was. I was shaking so bad I wanted to hit something. Justin tried calling me and I ignored it. Before I could even put my phone in my pocket again he tried calling again. I answered it but didn't say anything. I heard his voice squeak out through the speaker.

"Austin please just-"I didn't let him finish and I hung up. I put my phone on mute so it wouldn't bother me. And I kept walking. How could he have done this to me? He knew how I felt about him and he showed that he wasn't as different as I thought he was. After what seemed like an eternity I saw the sign for Tower. I walked up and the bouncer looked at me and smiled.

"Hey buddy, ID please" I was suddenly glad I remembered to grab my wallet. I dug out my ID and handed it to him. Honestly you'd think people would stop asking me for ID or for my name, at this point almost everyone knew who I was. He handed it back and winked at me and opened the door. I realized upon walking in that it was a gay bar. But I didn't care, I walked up to the bar and sat down. The guy behind the counter asked me what I wanted and I told him I didn't care. He looked at me for a few more seconds and then told me he had just the thing. He walked away and a few seconds later he was back. He put a drink down in front of me and smiled.

"What is it?"

"In the states you call it a Long Island Iced Tea I think, here we call it a Gold Coast Iced Tea" I nodded, thanked him and put my head down. I took a sip, noting that it wasn't that bad. A few minutes later I called him over and asked for another one he laughed and turned around. After he put my drink down someone sat down next to me. I was hoping he would just leave me alone but of course when you want to be alone, is when you never can be. I looked up at him and he smiled. He was very good looking, he had stunning blue eyes like the morning sky and dark brown hair. He had a Hollister shirt on with a gold watch. He opened his mouth to say something but I spoke first.

"I swear if you ask me my name I'm walking away" He just laughed and took a sip of his drink.

"No, I wasn't going to ask your name, I know who you are. I'm surprised anyone asks who you are." I laughed at that. Finally I didn't have to say it to someone.

"Yeah, I've been asked way to much in the past week to count, sorry if that was rude" I took a sip of my drink and looked back at him. The light coming off the bar made his eyes sparkle and his skin shine. I don't know if it was the alcohol or what happened with Justin but he looked really hot sitting there.

"Yeah I can't imagine how annoying that would be, my name is Gerick" (If you want to know who I modeled him after google Sean O'Donnell)

"That's an interesting name, I've never heard it before" I couldn't quite place his accent, but when he walked it sounded like an angel.

"Yeah I guess it's ok" he laughed.

"So not to be rude or anything, but I didn't expect to see Austin Mahone in a gay bar…In Australia" I laughed and almost fell off my stool. He reached for me and steadied me. His touch was warm and inviting.

"Oh um…yeah it's kind of complicated…I Just hope this doesn't end up in the paper or anything" I hadn't even though about that on my way here.

"Your fine, barely anyone knows you're here, and those that do don't exactly want everyone knowing they're gay…Which begs the question…are you…"

"Oh no, um that's complicated too…" He just put his hands up.

"No need to explain if you don't want to." I ordered another drink and the bartender hurried back. I mentally noted to leave him a good tip. Gerick was putting his phone away when I turned back and then he smiled. I started crying and he moved closer and put his hand on my knee.

"What's wrong?"

"I did everything I could to protect him, and he made me feel like an idiot."

"Who? Well that's not really any of my-"

"Justin, he fucking cheated on me and couldn't even tell me, he lied right to my face" Gerick didn't say anything else he just looked at me. I finished my drink and by the time the glass was down there was a fresh one there. If you didn't know me I probably would have looked like an Alcoholic. I had to have had at least ten by now. I turned back and kept talking.

"He was the first guy I ever felt this way about and he took my heart and crushed it. Now I have to be on tour with him for a year. And I have to see both of them for a month. I don't know how I'm going to handle it"

"You'll be able to handle it" I shook my head and finished another drink. "As long as you're not drinking the whole time" I shot him a look and he laughed.

"I'm not trying to be rude I'm just telling you like it is. When you drink you get over emotional, trust me I know."

"I just want to leave, but I know I'll have a lot of disappointed fans if I do. And I'm not going to turn into him because I can't handle it" The last few words came out almost in slow motion. Behind Gerick's head I saw someone walk into the bar. Someone I didn't want to see, Cody.