Chapter 44: Lacrosse and Trouble in Paradise

Taylor's (Swift) POV:

One afternoon Dylan just randomly tells me that he was going to teach people how to play lacrosse. So I guess today is the day for it so I came to watch him and his buddies in security teach some people how to play his favorite sport. I sit down in my chair as Isaac and Dylan bump chest, and Dylan ends up on the ground with Isaac helping him up. Frankie walks up and takes in the weird sport equipment, "Okay, I am in!"

Hunter walks up beside Frank and nods his agreement and they start to talk to Scott. I glance over in time to see Bethany come over on crutches, "I am just gonna watch."

"What happened?!" I ask concerned as she gets herself seated.

"Fans... Knocked my over to get in the bus park," She responds adjusting her leg.

Scott walks up with a look of concern etched on his face, "Beth are you sure you are okay? You should probably be home resting."

I turn my attention back as Isaac let's out a shout and I look up to see Dylan on his back, "Wasn't expecting that now were you?" Everyone laughs as Isaac tries to get him back.

Andy and Juliet walk up holding hands but looking a little messy and flushed, "Sorry we are late." I smile and roll my eyes as Taylor J comes and takes a seat.

Halsey is the next to plop down near me, "I don't do sports."

Frank laughs as he moves the stick from hand to hand, "I am ready to play!"

Hunter moves up beside him picking up a stick and examining it. "LOSER!" I hear Nova shout before she walks up laughing as Hunter sticks out his tongue at her.

Bethany smiles before shouting. "Go Scott!"

Nova laughs a little as she looks at Beth, "We are two very different people."

Beth shrugs in response as the boys all suit up and Scott's voice rings out across the field, "So do any of you know how to play?"

"Well you cheer your boyfriend on, and well I boo mine." Nova points out.

Bethany looks at her shocked, "How did you know? We haven't told anyone yet, not even Dylan."

She shrugs, "It is easy to spot."

Halsey tosses a ball at Isaac as Scott makes sure everyone has the equipment on right. He tosses a lacrosse stick at Gerard and Brendon before Gee tosses it back, "I am gonna sit this one out dude. I am not a sports person."

"He is a better cheerleader anyways," Frank remarks with a sassy wink.

Sarah moves and sits down on my right as Hunter smiles, "I have played this once."

"Hi Sarah," I lean over and smile.

"Hey Taylor," She smiles as Gee kisses Frank and walks off the field.

The boys all move in close to Scott as Frank speaks up, "So explain this thing to me." He spins the stick a bit, "the ball goes in the net and we can pass it and get it in the goal right?"

Dylan nods, "Basically it is kinda like soccer except we have these things, and the ball has to go in the net. Then once you get to the goal you just throw it in and pray the goalie misses it."

Hunter shrugs, "easy enough."

I laugh a bit, "Tougher than it sounds Hayes."

Phil walks up with a camera in hand, "I got the camera, I know someone is about to fall on their arse."

Dylan smiles and bumps Isaac, "Oh yeah, how many concussions have you had, because of this game?"

Isaac shakes his head, "I lose count."

Dylan smiles, "Yeah, you have to be quick or get tackled."

I shake my head a little before turning to look for Dan, "Hey Phil, where is your other half?"

"Good question, that I don't have the answer too." He responds as he finds a good place to film.

Scott smiles and looks at the players, "Okay, get into teams. Dylan and I will split so each team will have someone experienced on their team. Isaac, he is a goalie for one team so we need another goalie."

Sarah speaks up, "Hunter should be goalie, we do not need a repeat of kickball."

"What happened during kickball?" I ask a little confused.

"He landed on his knee wrong, since he has a bad knee he was in a lot of pain. Evidently he tore something playing baseball." Sarah explains.

I nod, "That I knew. He tore his ACL playing Baseball, but I'm glad he's okay."

Sarah nods before her eyes widen like she remembered something, "Oh! Boys take it easy okay, they need their pretty faces for the tour! Especially Bren!"

Frank laughs loudly and everyone follows before Scott quiets everyone. "Okay, Dylan you're on Frank's and Hunter's team. Brendon you are over here with Isaac and I. So there will be 2 players and one goalie, get together and get a game plan."

Dylan laughs, "Oh boy, If coach could see us now."

Isaac smiles, "he would yell at us and tell us to stop horsing around or say something entirely off subject."

Frank looks at the other team as Dylan moves him and Hunter to one side of the field. "Oh jeez they have 2 pros and we have an asthmatic and a goalie with a bum knee.. We are going to die Dylan."

"Frankie, be positive!" I say with a smile as Dylan speaks up. "They all have weak spots we just need to find them Frank."

Frank rolls his eyes, "So positive like well they are all only about a foot taller than me!"

"Frank, you are small and fast use it to your advantage." Dylan claps him on the back before they all get into position with Scott and him in the middle of the field.

One of their other friend's sets up as the ref and tosses the ball as he blows the whistle. Dylan manages to snag it and starts running down the field. Scott takes off after him and so does Frank as he shout running, "Okay Frank let's go!"

I clap as Frank runs up beside him and barely catches the ball that Dylan tosses at him, "Get to the goal and toss it!"

Frank runs to isaac and fakes a throw to the right but throws it left when Isaac dives right, making it into the goal. Gee jumps up screaming for Frankie and Frank just smiles before jogging down to the other end of the field.

After a few tackles between Scott and Dylan, and once between Frank and Brendon, the ball kept being passed. They end with a tie when Frankie had enough complaining about his lungs, but promising to play again in the future with more people.

Hunter's POV:

After a day of icing some of my sore muscles and a few hours in the recording studio I come back to spot Nova pouting in the lounge. "Um, Hunter I need to talk to you."

"Hey darlin', you okay?" I ask sitting my guitar down before walking to her wrapping my arm around her and kissing her head.

She steps back away from me and rocks on her heel, "Uh, yeah."

"Are you sure?" I ask taking a step back to look her up and down trying to make sure she isn't hurt or something.

She lets out a sigh, "I just have some….news."

I take a seat and look up at her, "Good or Bad?"

"Bad," she says with a frown. "you know how you've been talking about having kids one day?"

I nod, "Yeah, but that is going to be a while."

"Well…. I can't have kids."

My mind takes a minute to wrap around what she just said and I know I had a blank expression. I nod anyways with a simple, "Oh?"

She sits on the ground in front of me and frowns more, "Yeah."

I pull myself out of my stupor state, "Well if we decide to have kids we can figure something out..." i bite my lip, "yeah we can do some research if you want kids."

She gives a shrug, "I dunno I just figured I should tell you.."

I nod a bit, "Well Nova.. I never asked if you actually wanted children."

"I know but you're traditional."

"That's far from the truth.."

"Fine whatever it doesn't even matter," She snaps at me and stands up.

"Nova.." I say calmly and she ignore me and walks away. I stand up and walk after her, "Honey, speak to me."

"No," She snaps again. "Because you obviously don't know what this means to me!"

"Nova, we never spoke about kids.. I didn't know if you would even want them... Look I am sorry that I can't understand this the way you want me too."

"Whatever," She mutters before walking away and I turn letting out a frustrated sigh before punching the wall.

Dan's POV:

"Phil!" I shout walking from our bedroom on our bus to the living room where he is sitting on the sofa. "Who is gayer?"

"Daniel!" He says turning to face me.

I smile and fake a cough while saying, "Phil!"

"Not True," He states crossing his arms.

I roll my eyes and smile, "So true."

"Fine, Dan vs Phil, who is gayer." He challenges with a smug look.

"You," I say and he laughs with me.

"Let's take a poll then, ask the internet."

I shrug, "Okay Phil."

Phil grabs his laptop as I sit beside him shaking my head, "Here let's make a quick Vlog."

I grab the camera off the nearby table and point it at him after he fixes his hair a bit. "Hi guys," He starts and waves. "So Dan and I are having an argument."

"Phil is gayer," I say turning the camera to get a half shot of my face.

"No way Dan," he responds with a laugh and I turn the camera back on him. "So we are having an argument on who is gayer! What do you all think? Maybe comment who you think is gayer down below."

I laugh a bit, "Phil."

He smiles, "If you vote for Dan, we will make a special video!" He says trying to bribe our fans.

"If you vote for Phil, I will kiss him on camera!"

He gasps, "Oh you evil little…" He trails off not finishing the insult.

"Vote Phil!" I shout. "Vote Dan," He shouts back.

"Vote Phil," I smirk turning the camera as I move and sit on his lap.

"Hey, get off!" He shouts and starts to push me. "You are so gay!"

He manages to push me onto my ass on the floor. "Asshole."

I laugh a bit as he shouts, "Language!"

"Fight me!"

"Not on camera!"

"Why not?" I ask.

"It is bad for viewers now turn the bloody camera off."

I pout and turn the camera off after making sure it is all saved, "Don't be a meanie Phil." He laughs a bit before moving off the sofa and kisses me hard. I kiss back and when he pulls back I smirk, "Now that is better."

Phil starts to get off the floor, "Now let's upload this to see if we will make the coming out video or just a kiss one."

I smile and quickly edit and upload it onto my channel. "Which Channel did you do?" Phil asks after coming back with a bottle of water. "Mine," I answer with a shrug.

He hands me the water before moving to start the kettle, "Well you have more followers anyways."

I pout a bit after taking a sip, "Aw Phil."

"What?" He asks.

"We both have followers."

"You just have more," he shrugs. "It's no big deal."

I sigh, "I know… I just worry about you sometimes." I sit in silence holding a pillow until Phil brings me a cup of tea. "I know Dan, I love you."

Nova's POV:

After my talk with Hunter I ran to the empty stage and laid down in the middle of it. We don't have any concerts today so it is quiet and empty. "I feel bad," I say a loud to myself.

"You should," I hear Taylor swift say and I look up and she has her arms crossed walking towards me.

"The fuck does that mean?" I ask sitting up.

"Hunter? Remember him? He loves you more than anyone else in this world, so what's the issue?!"

"What do you mean 'what's the issue.' We had a disagreement and I left because I didn't want to make it worse. And I was looking for frank or Gerard to talk to" I stand up and walk off the stage.

"You do know he's locked himself in his bus, right?! He thinks you hate him." She says before I reach the edge of the stage.

I stop and turn to face her, "Well maybe that's not your business."

"It is when my bestfriend is DEPRESSED because the one person he thought cared about him left him!" She shouts.

"I didn't leave him! So Taylor maybe you should stay out of everyone's fucking business" I snap and walk off the stage only stopping when I am at the door.

"THEN WHAT DO YOU CALL WALKING AWAY FROM HIM?!" She shouts.

Right as I am about to open the door to walk away I hear Frank's voice on the stage, "What the hell is going on here?!"

"Nova and Hunter are in the middle of a very nasty quarrel." Taylor answers him.

I leave the door open as I walk out and a minute later I hear Frank calling my name so I stop and hide behind a corner. "Nova, I know you can hear me." He says not to far away stopping. "Come on out." I stay where I am and he waits a bit before speaking up again. "Fine, at least talk to me."

"Maybe I don't want to talk," I say just loud enough for him to hear me.

I hear his feet start to shuffle and I can tell he is pacing. "You know I am here for you."

I sigh and sit down staying hidden and after a while I hear frank slide to the ground too. "I want to help because honestly you are like a sister to me."

Hunter's POV:

I go back to the lounge where Nova and I had out fight once I felt okay enough to come out of my bus. I play my guitar for a bit before letting out a sigh and sitting it off to the side. I hear someone walk in and feel a hand on my shoulder, the voice I recognize as Taylor J. "Hey, how about we take the gang somewhere, get our mind off things?"

I heave a sigh, "Such as?"

"What is your favorite place to hang out?" She asks.

I sit down on the couch, "I don't know."

She quietly takes a seat on the floor and stays silent. Not long after, Taylor S comes into the room. "Hey? Everything alright? Haven't seen you in a while."

I shake my head remembering her coming to my door trying to get in and asking for answers that I would never really give. "No."

She takes a seat beside me, "Do you want to tell me what happened now?"

"Nova hates me..." I sigh covering my face with my hands.

Taylor J looks up at me, "Hey, now you don't know that."

"She does.." I mumble as I move my hands up into my hair.

"How could she hate you?" Taylor J asks.

"Go ask her," I snap.

"I am not gonna leave you all dark and gloomy like this." She responds.

"Just go, I will be fine," I say lightly.

Taylor J sighs, "Hunter you are not fine…"

"It's not the first time i have been a bit down." I sigh. "I can handle myself."

"Just because it's happened before doesn't mean it should happen again.."

"I am fine.." I repeat myself again like a broken record until Taylor S speaks up. "Why does Nova hate you?"

I sigh, I have been close with Taylor Swift since I started my music career so I felt the need to answer her. "Because I don't understand her..." I shake my head. "I am so stupid."

I hear someone walk in but never farther then the door frame behind the sofa as Taylor S speaks again. "Hunter you are not stupid."

"Only an idiot fucks up so bad he loses the only girl he has ever loved.."

Taylor J looks up, "Hunter, mistakes are inevitable. Probably what you don't want to hear. But I can put money on it she's out there and wanting you to be with her."

"Why would she... I was stupid and selfish and treated her bad." I stop when I hear someone climb on the sofa behind me and wrap their arms around me. I feel her face press against my back, "That's not true.." I hear Nova mumble.

I jump a bit startled by her voice, "Nova.."

Both Taylors back up to give us space.

"I dunno why you think I hate you cause I don't," She mumbles into my back.

"We've always talked things out.. this time you walked away and I haven't seen you since... This is not something small.. The problem we are facing isn't as silly as I tickled you to much.. this is our future..."

"Yeah I know," She mumbles again holding me still. "luckily we don't have to worry about that for a while."

I turn around and hug her tight, "We don't have to at all if you don't want.. kids are not a must for me.. if you want one we will figure it out if not then no worries at all."

She nods before yawning and laying her head on my chest. I look up and see Swift smiling, the other one already left. "I can see you two are gonna be fine. I'll let Nova get some sleep. See you love birds later."

Nova wrinkles her nose a bit, "Ew, love birds."

I chuckle a little bit and rub her side, "Let's get you to bed."

"Carry me?" She mumbles and Taylor waves before leaving.

I stand and carry her bridal style all the way to our bus. I struggle a bit with the door but eventually I lay her on our bed. "I love you, no matter what Nova."

She yawns again, "I love you too, now are you going to lay with me?"

I smile and grab some clothes, "I am going to change first." I say as I walk to the bathroom. Once I come out I see Nova laying in bed in my shirt and I crawl into bed.

"I stole your shirt," She mumbles.

"You look good, you should wear my clothes more often."

"Shut up," she says with a giggle while blushing. I smile and fall face first into a pillow. "Hunter, you can't fall asleep yet."

"We promised your little sister we would hang out with her.. We need sleep." I mumble.

Nova pokes me, "But it's only 9:30…"

I roll over and yawns, "Well then what do you want to do?"

"Talk and watch tv," She says smiling.

"Otay," I mumble.

She laughs, "Hey, that's my word."

I laugh a little, "wow we have spent too much time together."

She fake pouts before smiling as she snuggles in closer to me. "MM, can I have a kiss?"

I lean in and give her a kiss, "Hunter can I have another one?" She asks with a smile before I lean in and kiss her. "Another?" She asks with a giggle and I laugh before kissing her again. "I want all your kisses." I smile and kiss her again, "Then you can have them."

She pouts a bit, "Only on my lips?"

"Anywhere you want them honey."

She leans in and kisses me hard, "Muah."

I smile and kiss her back just as hard, "Muah."