FTB

"That's fucked." Danielle shook her head as Holiday finished her story.

"Don't worry, Sam's mad at me too." Audrey rolled her eyes.

"What? You two are never apart." Danielle frowned.

"He won't message me back or answer my calls." Audrey sighed.

Kaylynn and Candice looked at each other. Candice shook her head. She knew exactly why Sam was mad. Aaron had a big mouth to match his big head. She took a deep breath. Just as she was about to mention what was wrong, Taylor shushed everyone. She looked at her phone and pushed two buttons before putting her phone down. She kept a finger on her lips.

"Tay?" A male's voice called.

"Hey, Morg." She sang. "What's up?"

"How do you feel about me being with someone else?" He asked.

All the girls looked around at each other. Taylor was staring at her phone in shock Obviously, she didn't want Morgan to be wth someone else. She knew that. But she also knew she was seeing him and Jack. She couldn't just tell him no.

"What do you mean, Morgan?" She questioned

"I'm seeing another girl. I'm seeing a few of them, and I'm going to continue to unless you tell me what you feel towards that." He explained.

"I mean, it isn't a great thing to hear but I ca,"

"Tell me how it makes you feel, Taylor." He cut her off.

"It pisses me off." She snapped. "I don't want anyone to have you unless it's me."

He chuckled. "I'll drop everyone for you, Tay, if you want to be with me."

"I do."

"Then you have to do the same for me." He stopped. "If you're going to be my only, I need to be your only."

"I know, Morg." She breathed. "I'll call you once I have everything figured out."

She hung up then looked at the girls. They were all acting as if they hadn't listened to the entire conversation. She rolled her eyes, standing up. All of them glanced towards her. She exhaled, rubbing her hands on her pants.

"If you'll excuse me, I have to take care of something." She explained.

Where are you going?" Candice asked.

"To break it off with Jack." Taylor took a deep breath before walking out the door.

The girls went back to chatting and watching TV for a bit. All but Audrey. She couldn't figure out why her boyfriend was ignoring her. She knew he was home. She knew he was up. She saw him playing with Mojo out back, and she could see his bedroom light on. Sam couldn't sleep without it off. She watched as "delivered" changed to "read" and then time. She growled, standing up.

"What's wrong?" Kaylynn furrowed her brows.

"Sam won't fucking reply to me so I'm going to make him talk to me." She spat as she shoved her feet into her moccasins. "I might commit murder tonight."

"He'll crack as soon as you get over there." Danielle rolled her eyes.

Audrey smirked, walking out the door. She walked full speed around the corner. She was about to rip Sam a new one. She approached his house, making sure to avoid the grass. Theresa hated it when people walked on her grass. Of course, her family never respected that. But Audrey did.

She knocked before turning the handle. The door opened and she walked in. Mojo came running over to her. She pet the dog, who flopped onto her back. Audrey heard thuds and looked to the stairs. She saw sock clad feet hopping down them. Sam ducked down to see who it was. His face hardened as he stopped on the second last stair. Audrey furrowed her brows.

"Hi?" She spoke.

"Hello." He replied.

"Why am I being ignored?" She questioned as she took off her jacket.

"Because I'm upset." He told her, watching as she tucked her shoes on the rack and hung up her jacket.

She looked back at him. "Upset about what?" She frowned.

"I'm upset because you hurt me." He crossed his arm, pouting a bit.

"I hurt you?" She scoffed. "What did I even do? You're the one ig,"

"Really, Audrey?" He boomed. She stopped. "You're trying to make me feel bad but it's not gonna work."

"How did I hurt you, Sam?" She sighed.

"I know about Nathan coming over the night before you left." He told her.

She exhaled, putting her hand to her face. "Sam, who told you about that?" She shook her head.

"Aaron."

Audrey nodded. "And what else did he say?"

"He just told me that Candice mentioned it to Kaylynn in front of him." Sam shrugged.

"So you didn't get the full story." She said to herself more than him.

"What full story?" He yelled. "The kid that's in love with you was at your house, Audrey, and you avoided telling me!"

"This is why!" She yelled back. "You're getting mad before talking to me about it! You don't even know what happened!"

"Then tell me!"

"He showed up and I didn't even let him in. He apologized, then told me he needed to see me and I told him to stop since I'm with you. Then he asked to be friends and I said yeah." She explained.

"Why would you want to be his friend?" Sam hissed.

"Because he cared enough to come over and apologize so there's obviously something decent about the guy." She argued. "Sam, I want you and only you and I have since I moved to this shithole."

He bit his lip. "You didn't need to keep it from me."

"What does it matter? I left the next day and haven't talked to him since." She huffed. "Please stop being mad at me." She pouted.

He rolled his eyes, finishing the stairs. He walked over and wrapped an arm around her as if he was about to put her in a chokehold. She smiled up at him, holding onto his arm. He shook his head at her.

"I don't know what I'm gonna do with you." He admitted.

"Love me?" She auggested.

He sighed with a shake of his head before he kissed her. She pushed up on her tip toes, smiling into it. They were distracted by Audrey's phone buzzing in her pocket. Sam pulled away, growling. She laughed as she checked it. Taylor had sent a text to the group chat saying Jack was crying.

Jack came back and sat across from her. She just frowned at him. He started shaking his head before he looked down, holding his head in his hands. She couldn't believe he was taking it so badly.

"This is all my fault." He sobbed.

"Jack, no. I just have feelings for someone else. It happens." She grabbed his hand.

"I pushed you away." He argued.

"No, I just changed." She told him. "Look, I'm still here for you no matter what, I just don't want to be in a relationship with you anymore. I don't want to keep trying to light the spark that died out a while ago."

He nodded. "Friends?"

She smiled. "Always."

Taylor finished up with Jack and headed back to Audrey's house. Audrey had returned and now there were guys over as well. Tay could hear Sam and Audrey laughing in the kitchen. Michael and Danielle were cuddled together, Aaron was cuddled with Candice, while Kaylynn was talking with Sam Bennett. She sat with Holiday.

"How'd it go?" Dani asked, sitting up against Michael.

"He cried and blamed it on himself." Taylor frowned.

"So like expected." Aaron laughed, earning a smack from Candice.

"I mean your goal was to hurt him like he hurt you, right?" Audrey called from the kitchen doorway, earning a shrug from Taylor, before Sam pulled her back in

"I reached my goals too, Taylor." Michael spoke.

"And what were your goals?" Danielle looked up at him

"You." He smiled before kissing her.

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