I'm Only Me When I'm With You (Raura) *EXTREME EDITING*

Chapter 33

Ross P.O.V.

No one has spoken to me since everything happened, with Laura and now Maia. She calls every day just to fight with me even more about cheating on Laura when she's so amazing. It's been three days. Laura and Maia are friends now, they probably bond over how much they hate me. I've lost everything, tour got cancelled, Laura broke up with me, Maia yells at me all the time, and no one in my family will even talk to me.

"Man, I fucked up." Rydel just glared at me. I waited for a response, but nothing came. "So you're not speaking to me either now?" Still no response. I didn't expect her to speak to me though. She's so close to Laura, she probably hates me just as much as Laura does. Forget all that shit about the fact that family can never hate you because mine does. My dad just gives me disapproving looks whenever he sees me. Even mom won't speak to me. That's never happened before. I've disappointed the people in life that have gotten me to where I am today. I think the band is broken up now. All the fans do is tweet us and ask us what's wrong, but no one ever responds or even tweets for that matter. They probably all think we disappeared off the face of the earth.

"You yelled at Laura, punched her, cheated on her, what's next Ross?" She slammed down her hand on the counter. "Rydel," I tried to explain. Rydel just held her hand up and turned her face away. "I don't want to hear it Ross, you're an awful human being and I can't believe that you would treat a woman that way, that you would treat a woman you supposedly love that way, that you would even treat anyone that way." I couldn't even argue with her. I knew she was right, she was totally and completely right.

I've been thinking about leaving, everyone would be better off without me. Maybe I could convince Maia to let me stay with her. I don't know, but what I do know is that anywhere's better than here. I used my phone to dial Maia's number. She answered with an attitude and also with her cute Australian accent, "Hello, Ross." I stood up and walked outside the bus. "Maia, it's good to hear your voice." I had nothing else to say, I had basically cheated on my girlfriend with her. "Oh, cut the crap, Ross. What's the real reason you called?" I took a deep breath and spoke from the heart. "To apologize." To my surprise, she didn't hang up the phone. She waited on the line.

"I'm sorry, for making you seem like the bad guy here. I'm sorry I never told you that Laura and I were dating. And, most of all, I'm sorry I hurt you. I really do care about you and I didn't mean to put you through all of this." Maia didn't respond right away. I took a deep breath and prayed that she would forgive me. "I forgive you, but that doesn't mean that everything's fine. You hurt Laura and she's the one you should be apologizing to. Just talk to her, you both love each other. True love can overcome all obstacles." I could hear the sadness in her voice as she spoke. "Thing is, I don't love her. I finally realize what love is. Truth is, I thought I loved her, but I don't. I never really knew what love was until.. until I met you."