eighteen
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ELLY
I already have tears streaming down my face as I knock on the door. It swings open quickly, revealing an annoyed Madison. Her face changes quickly when she sees me.
"Elly?"
"It's about Jaden." I take a shaky breath and look around the hallway. "Can we talk for a minute?"
"Yeah." Madison lets the door close behind her as she steps out and stands facing me. "Is he alright?"
"Well, he's been cheating-"
"What?"
"-on you-"
"What?"
"-with me."
Madison faces me with a dead, blank look across her face. "Repeat all of that."
"Jaden has been cheating on you with me," I say quietly. Madison crosses her arms across her chest quickly, staring me down. I hurry on. "He told me that you guys had broken up. That he had broken up with you. I didn't know until I saw you two together earlier."
"Cheating how?"
"I mean, we were just kissing. Well, he kissed me first. And we only slept together so Josh could have a bed by himself. I promise, I really didn't know. I'm as shocked as you," I ramble before looking down at my feet, brushing the remaining tears off of my face.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," Madison groans quietly, pacing back and forth a few steps with evident stress written all over her actions.
"I've ended my part of it with him, just so you know." I sigh, starting to step back down the hall. "That's all I have to say. I'm going to go and get ready now."
Madison mutters something inaudible as she storms down the hall to my room while I start knocking on the door to Griffin's shared room. Anthony is the one that answers the door, though.
"Oh, hey, Elly. You alright?" Anthony leans against the door frame with a smile.
"Can I do my hair in here?"
"Sure. Is something going on in your room?" Anthony asks as he pulls the door open wider and leads us inside.
"Yeah. Don't want to talk about it," I mumble. I sit down on the floor in front of the mirror and start brushing through my hair, which is knotted from sleeping.
"Elly, how long should I wait for my nails to dry? I just did them," Chase calls from the table in the corner, where a black bottle of nail polish sits.
"Give them at least ten minutes," I reply. Chase just nods and begins scrolling through his phone with the pads of his fingers.
"Hey, Elly." I look at Noen through the mirror and smile. He raises a questioning eyebrow at me, but I just give him a shrug back. Noen returns a sad smile before getting back on his phone.
"Griffin, your sister is here," Anthony yells, banging on the bathroom door before walking over to the table and sitting down with Chase. I just roll my eyes as I keep brushing through my hair.
A few minutes later, Griffin comes out of the bathroom. Anthony heads in after him with a stack of clothes and closes the door with a thud. Griffin grumbles and plops down next to me before leaning back against the wall.
"What's going on with you?" he whispers, scrolling through his phone.
"I don't want to talk about it," I mumble back.
"I know you don't, but I want to hear about it from you. So spill, or I'm going to every other person on this tour until I find out," Griffin responds, not even looking up from his phone.
"You do realize that if something goes on in my life, it's not automatically your business, right?"
"Oh, I know. But I'm making it my business anyways. Spill it, little sister."
"I'll...tell you later," I mutter finally. I fluff up my bun before putting everything in a little pile next to the mirror.
"Elly and I will be back in a minute," Griffin announces before yanking me upwards by my arm and pulling me out the door. I begin to protest, but the door has already slammed shut behind us.
"I said later."
"It is later. Now get to talking."
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