3 n 1 (Tracob)

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Jacob watches Troye walk out the daycare doors with Bailey, feeling his heart sink.

"Who was that?" Addison asks.

"Leave."

"What?"

"I said leave!" Jacob shouts turning to face her.

Addison rolls her eyes before pushing past him out of the room. Alex races in.

"Why the hell are you shouting? Why did Troye leave with Bailey? And what the fuck was Addison doing here?" he whispers.

"She tried getting in my pants and Tyler walked in," Jacob states.

"You didn't push her away?"

"She did it before I knew what was happening and Tyler saw it before I could do anything to stop her."

" Do you wanna go try to talk to him? I can call Pete to come in?"

Jacob nods, not saying anything.

He wipes his eyes before Alex could see him crying.

"Jacob, man," Alex says softly.

He sighs, running his fingers through his hair,

"Why don't you go home? Get some rest? Give Troye some space for a couple days before you try to talk to him."

The elder nods again quietly, "Yeah."

Alex nods, "Okay. Go home, man. I'll talk to Michelle."

"Okay," Jacob mumbles.

"Thanks, Alex."

"No problem. I'll talk to you later, alright?"

"Alright."

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Staring up at his ceiling, Troye lets tears stream down his face for the third night since the incident.

Why would Jacob do that?

Was Troye not good enough for him?

Did he do something wrong?

Who was that girl?

Isn't Jacob gay?

Bisexual maybe.

Was she an ex?

Why wasn't he stopping her?

More tears pour down the blond's cheeks as he turns onto his side and pulls the blanket tighter around himself.

Thankfully Bailey was sleeping already.

He feels his phone vibrate, alerting him with a new message.

Jacob
Troye, let me explain. Please, I know you won't believe me, but give me a chance to explain what happened.

Troye rolls his eyes.

It's been three days.

When will he give it up?

Might as well listen to the same bullshit excuse Matt had.

'Oh, I thought it was you! I wasn't paying attention! I love you too much to do that to you!'

Troye sighs, remembering his asshole of an ex boyfriend.

Making a decision, he texts Jacob back finally.

Troye
I'm listening.

His phone buzzes again a few minutes later.

Jacob
Her name is Addison. She's my ex girlfriend. We haven't talked to each other in almost two years. She came to the day care today to drop off her niece and she remembered that I worked there. She asked Alex if she could see me. She came back to the medic room where I was helping one of the kids with a scraped knee. She talked to me for a minute and I started getting angry so she became her old self. She started to undo my pants and before I realized what was happening, you saw us before I could do anything to stop her. I know you probably won't want to believe me but I swear it's the truth, baby boy. I wouldn't ever lie to you.

Troye's chest aches as he reads 'baby boy' and more tears build in his eyes.

Maybe he's telling the truth.

Troye sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose.

Without replying to Jacob, he locks his phone and shuts his eyes for the night.