Insane // Colby Brock

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We got our stuff and made our way off the plane. Once we got our luggage and stuff, we went to the parking lot and got in our cars. We drove back home and jammed out to the radio.

I dropped Sam and Colby off at their house and then drove to ours. When we got there, we all grabbed our stuff before heading inside and straight to our rooms to put our stuff down.

After that, I made us all some Mac and cheese with hot dogs and baked beans. "The all American meal" my mother called it.

I'm making it because it's easy and that's what everyone wanted.

We all ate in a comfortable silence, us all just tired and wanting to sleep. After we ate, we all mumbled our good nights and then went to our rooms and got ready for sleep.

I was so tired that I skipped the unpacking and just grabbed one of Colby's hoodies that I stole from him and went into my bathroom.

I changed, washed my face, and then brushed my teeth before going back into my bedroom and plopping down onto my bed and instantly falling asleep.

I woke up the next morning to feeling my bed dip. I opened my eyes to see Colby laying down. He smiled at me and then pulled me into his chest.

"Morning sleepyhead." He whispered and played with my hair. "Morning. What are you doing here? I thought you had to film today." I said and he chuckled.

"I already did." I said and I looked up at him with my eye brows furrowed. "It's almost 3 in the afternoon." He said and my eyes went wide.

"What?!" I asked and got out of the bed. "Yeah. I came here and they said that you were passed out so I was gonna come in here and cuddle you until you got up." He said as I rummaged through my closet for an outfit.

"Why didn't anyone wake me up?!" I asked as I got dressed. "They knew you were exhausted and needed sleep." He said with a shrug.

"How was filming?" I asked as I slipped on a shirt and walked out.

"It was good." He said. "That's good." I said and made my way over to the bed. He held his arms open and I sat down next to him, and then he pulled me closer to himself. We cuddled into each other and talked about random things until Gus walked in.

"Hey..." he said and then plopped onto the bed and looked up at the ceiling. "What's wrong?" I asked with concern and then moved away from Colby and closer to Gus.

"Uh... nothing. I um... never mind forget it." He said and then made his way out of the room. I looked at Colby with concern and confusion, his face matching mine. "I'll be right back." I said and he nodded.

I got up and went to Gus's room to see him in the same position on his bed that he was mine.

I walked over to him and sat down. "What's wrong Gus?" I asked, very worried about him.

"It's nothing. I just... need some time to think." He said. "Okay..." I said and then made my way to his door. "If you need anything, you know I'm here." I said.

I heard him let out a shaky breath and I saw him tearing up but he nodded his head so I slowly closed his door. I quickly made my way towards Caleb's room and knocked on the door.

"Come in." I heard from the other side. I walked in to see Caleb and his girlfriend sitting on the bed. "Oh hey Scar." She said. "Hey... uh Cay. Can I speak to you...? Alone?" I asked and he nodded and got up.

"I'll be back." He said to Kayla and then kissed her cheek and came over to me. We walked downstairs and into the back yard. I pulled him over to the pool chairs and we sat down.

"I- has Gus been acting weird today?" I asked. "No- actually. Now that you say that, yeah he has." He said. "What do you mean?" I asked. "He was out of it. He looked sad and upset, he had tears in his eyes the whole time. I didn't realize it then but... somethings definitely wrong." He said. "Why?" He asked.

"He came into my room, like you said was very out of it, and plopped onto my bed and when I asked what was wrong, he... I don't know. It just wasn't Gus." I said and shook my head.

"You're right. Somethings off." He said. "What should we do? I already tried to talk to him but he said he just needed time to think." I said.

"We should give him that time then." Cay said and I nodded. "Yeah, okay yeah that sounds good. We can check back in with him later." I said and he nodded.

"Okay." He said and I nodded. "Alright, have fun." I said and walked to the kitchen.

"Top of the morning to you little sister." Tom said and I smiled. "Top of the mornin to ya." I said and then grabbed a water bottle out of the fridge and then sat down and took a sip.

"You know, Gus was acting really weird earlier..." Tom said and lowered his voice so no one else heard. "Yeah I know." I said and sighed. "He's going through something and just needs ti-" I said but was interrupted by Colby practically running into the room.

"Whoa whoa whoa what's wrong?" I asked with concern. "It's Gus..." he said and my heart dropped.

"He needs you."