Mess is Mine

C h a p t e r 3 5

When you got home from the Open Mic Night it was ten and you went straight to bed. You were exhausted from walking back and forth to places and not having a break for seven hours.

"Hey baby." Lauren said when you walked into the room. She was on her phone but she put it down and pulled the blanket off the empty spot in bed, waiting for you.

You undressed until your underwear and occupied the empty spot. She kissed your cheek after she cuddled to your side.

"Night, mi amor." She said in her accent which you found was really cute but also fucking sexy.

"Night, love." You basically reciprocated .

For the rest of the night, you and Lauren stayed asleep due to exhaustion for you. The next time you opened your eyes, Lauren wasn't next to you. When you realized there was music being played, you knew she was in the shower.

You groaned and got up. You checked your phone to find it only eight o'clock. You fell back onto the bed and covered your body with the blanket.

After what felt like ten minutes, Lauren appeared in the room.

"Babe?" She said to see if you were awake. You haven't slept but you kept dozing off and kept your eyes closed.

"I'm awake." You mumbled tiredly but didn't open your eyes.

"It's nine fifteen. You should get up." She said. You were surprised when she said what time it was.. It didn't even feel that long.

You sat up and looked at her with tired eyes.

"Babe you slept so long, how could you not be up? You went straight to bed last night." She said and chuckled.

"I don't know." You said tiredly before getting out of bed and going into the bathroom.

You pulled the boxers off and turned the shower onto cold water to wake you up.

After showering, you dried off and slipped your boxers back on.

You left the bathroom and walked into the bedroom to get more clothing on.

You put a grey muscle shirt on, your black bomber jacket, and some black Chachimommas.

You walked into the living room and kissed Lauren's forehead. She smiled and said goodbye.

You left the apartment and pulled your phone out since you haven't seen all the messages you got.

Message(s) 4; Nialler!!; Jade:) ; Ari 😏; T-G.

Nialler!!: Hey we should hang out again today.. Just no girlfriends.. I think we've had enough of you and Jade. Anyway i have something important to tell you.

Jade:) : can we talk? Please.

Ari 😏: ITS HERE YAY

T-G: Ay did Niall tell u?

You were kind of concerned about what Niall was gonna tell you, since Tommy asked if he told you and N said it was important

To Nialler!!:

Hey.. Yeah we should hangout.. I have work rn so 5?

To Jade:) :

Idk if that's a good idea..

To Ari 😏 :

YEEEY¡!¡

Since you were still a bit early, you stopped at J's Bakery. You haven't been there before but it looked vintage and cozy.

When you opened the door, a bell went off and a girl came out of a room to behind the counter. Her long brown locks were blocking her face so you didn't start a conversation but instead looked at all the baked goods behind the glass of the shelves.

"Would you like something?" She asked, her face was still not showing because she was behind the glass shelves.

"Yeah, hi- can I get two chocolate fudge brownies.. Please?"

"Yeah sure." She said before grabbing two brownies with tongs and putting them in a brown bag.

"That'll be-" She stopped, causing you to look away from your wallet and at her.

"Case?" You asked.

"Oh my god- is it really you?" She asked as she ran around the counter and approached you. You weren't expecting it but she hugged you. This was all so familiar.

"Yo- You live in.. Vancouver?" You asked with a frightened look on your face.

"Yeah- I moved here a few years back to get away from my dad and his business.. And I needed a distraction."

"Oh- uhm. I should go, I have to work soon and my boss wanted me to get there early." You lied. She gave you the bag of brownies from the counter to you.

"It's on me." She said smiling.

"Wha- no, no. I can pay, it's alrig-" you were telling her but she cut you off.

"No- no. Please.. Take it." She said, still smiling. You were still processing all of this and the fact that your ex girlfriend was standing in front of you, offering brownies. The girl you fell so hard for that she's the one who caused you to have trust issues and is afraid of falling in love.

Suddenly, everything went dark and your legs gave up.