The Fault in Her Scars .

I started to stir from my drunken sleep and looked around the room, noticing I was all alone. I began to wonder why,but didn't have time to search for answers before I felt my stomach start to grumble, and I ran to the bathroom across the hall, emptying my stomach contents.
I immediately felt better and took some Tylenol to avoid any headache, thanking my strangely high alcohol tolerance for not giving me one as punishment for last night. I brushed my teeth and ran my fingers through my curls, leaving waves in their place. I finally returned to my room to find something to wear, and decided on this.
I grabbed my phone and stuffed in it my back pocket, making my way downstairs.

"Goodmorning Tay," Alan said with a smile, him being the first to notice me.
"Hey!" I said, smiling at everyone as they all turned to look at me.
"How are you so chipper, you should be dying right now?" Austin asked, staring at me with disbelief.
"Good genes, I guess."
Mike patted the seat next to him and Vic, both of them smothering me with hugs.
"Are you feeling better from what happened last night?" Alan asked, coming to sit on the floor in front of me.
"What happened last night?" Vic demanded, his eyes wide with concern. Typical overprotective sibling.
"She just started drunk crying, talking nonsense. They only thing I did understand was when she went off on a tangent about wanting to be as pretty as Tony."
I facepalmed myself as Tony laughed harder than I'd ever seen.
"At least she said I always looked pretty," a voice added in. My breath nearly caught in my throat as I looked to see Jaime standing in the living room now, giving me a small smile.

It angered me to see him. How could he not realize my feelings for him? How didn't he understand that he broke my heart when he had his mini-makeout session with Kate?

I rolled my eyes. "Can we stop talking about me from last night? I don't wanna know what I said or did, I just wanna eat breakfast." I mumbled, getting up and going to the kitchen.
I heard someone walking in after me, and turned to see Vic. He had always been good about picking up things about me, and he knew I was upset.
"What's wrong? You're never like that toward Jaime. Did he do something?" Vic asked, leaning up against the counter next to me.
"No, he didn't. I just don't want to talk about any of the stupid shit I might've said last night. I don't want to know." I said, avoiding his eyes and pulling the leftover bacon from the fridge.
I placed it in the microwave and Vic sighed, knowing he wasn't going to get anywhere.
"Okay, okay. Just know I love you and I'll be here when you're ready."
I shook my head and watched him leave from the kitchen, Erin coming in right beside him.
"I thought you'd left when I didn't see you?" I said, smiling at her.
She hugged me tightly and looked at me. "I wasn't gonna leave when I knew you were upset. Grab the bacon and let's go talk outside in the back."

I pulled my bacon from the microwave and followed her outside, sitting down next to her on the patio chairs.
"What's bothering you babe?" Erin asked, shoving a piece of bacon in her mouth.
"What's always bothering me," I answered.
"Oh, I see. Well, what do you know about Kate?" she asked.
"I know her and Jaime have a thing, that's about it."
"Yeah, they do. I asked Tony about her last night and he told me that Kate was Jaime's rebound girl, kind of like his um... His fuck buddy. He goes to her after a breakup or when he's trying to get over someone. Tony told me he's really hung up on some girl but he wouldn't tell Tony who it was.." She said.
My eyes immediately shot up and I stopped chewing the piece of bacon in my mouth. I thought back to the night he told me he loved me, and how I'd never told Erin about it.

"Do you think it's you?"
"Erin, it has to be. Two nights ago, I woke up to someone coming in my room and it was Jaime, and he told me he loved me. Like legit said that he loved me but I'd never know it. He didn't know I was awake.." I trailed off, looking to see her with a huge smile on her face.
"OH MY GOD!" she screamed.
I jumped up to hug her, but my foot got stuck on the chair and I slammed into her lap, hitting the table and sending the bacon flying.
The door flung open and I saw the boys standing there, trying to take in the scene. Bacon was littered everywhere, and I was laying down in Erin's lap with a table on top of the both of us.

We both burst into laughter, gasping for air.

"Do one of you knobheads wanna help us?" Erin said, nearly choking on her own laughs.
Mike and Vic picked up the table and moved it to the side, chuckling at us lying on the ground. Tony pulled Erin off the ground and Jaime reached his hand out to me, pulling me up as well.

"Oh my god, all my bacon is in the pool!" I groaned, wishing I still had it.
"You're getting it out," Vic said, sticking his tongue out at me. "Which reminds me, do you have your phone on you?"
"No it's insi- Victor don't you dare!" I screamed as Vic picked me up and carried me to the edge of the pool.
"Jaime! Tony! Mike! Somebody help!" I said, my voice cracking as I screamed.

Vic smiled at me and kissed my cheek before throwing me into the air. I screamed and felt my body break the surface, and sink to the bottom before I came up, taking in a deep breath.
I was mad. I was so mad.

Everyone was laughing, but they wouldn't be for long.

"Jaime please help me out, Vic made me cut my foot!" I said, pouting at him.
I watched Jaime take his phone out of his pocket and walk over to me, reaching his hand out.
I took it and started to pull myself out, but pulled him in at the last second.
Jaime let out a small scream and splashed into the water next to me, coming back up for air almost immediately.
Before I knew it, everyone had jumped in the pool with Jaime and I, and we were just swimming until Erin let out a squeal and was pushed up into the air, perched on Tony's shoulders.
"Someone play us in chicken!" Tony said, laughing to himself.
"Let's do it Hime-Time!" I yelled, and Jaime swam under me and placed my legs on his shoulders. He swam back to the top and pushed me up into the air.

I pushed the hair out of his face as Vic got out of the pool to referee.
Erin bent down and kissed Tony for good luck and I felt a little jealous. I wanted to do that with Jaime, I wanted to be his good luck charm. I was so caught up in my thoughts I hardly noticed Jaime pulling my head down and kissing me on the nose, dangerously close to my lips.

My heart skipped a beat and I felt my world come crashing down as I realized how deeply and truly in love with Jaime I was.

Notes

Okay, SOOOOOO :)

Obviously this is the eight chapter, and I obviously have to put Jaime & Taylor together at some point, and I'm thinking of doing it in the next two chapters.

SO my wonderful readers, I WANT YOU to decide how they admit their feelings for each other and get together!
SO either leave a comment or message me, and I'll pick the one I like best or the one that is the most commonly used! :)