I Gave It All

Claudia's POV~~

As the driver sped away to LA, Jake and I cuddled up on the couch while CC flailed around on the floor, screaming about how he was going to die.

"CC! Stop. You're not gonna die." Jake said. CC stopped what he was doing and layed still on the floor. He turned to look at Jake.

"You don't know that." CC said, then he pushed himself up off the floor and took a seat next to me. Andy turned on the news, which no-one other than him was watching. The bus hit a bump and my stomach churned.

"A-are we by any chance on a winding road?" I asked.

"Yeah... We will be until we reach the freeway. Why?" Jake asked.

"No reason." I said, but the whole time I was thinking: 'Don't look down, don't look down'.

"There's gotta be a reason." Jake said. I sighed.

"Whenever I'm on a winding road, I can't look down, or else.... I'll get sick." I said as I looked up at the ceiling.

"That's gotta suck." Jake said. I nodded and looked at him. The bus hit another bump and then turned. I accidentally looked down and my stomach churned again.

"God damnit." I whispered. I sat back up and looked up at the ceiling again, but that didn't help. I covered my mouth and walked to the bathroom, where I threw up. Great! I leaned up against the counter and Jake walked in.

"You okay?"

"Yeah... I'll be fine in a minute." I said. He nodded and sat next to me. After about five minutes, we both walked back out to the lounge, where everyone was talking. The bus was crowded, which wasn't very fun, especially with Danny and Ben. They had their feet up and they were laughing along with CC. I sighed and sat down next to Ashley, and Jake sat next to me. Jon walked into the lounge with a serious expression.

"GUYS! Quiet down!" He yelled. We all gave him our attention.

"So, as all of you know, there is a tornado... but once we get to LA in about an hour, we'll be fine. Danny, Ben, once we get there, your bus will be waiting for you. Any questions?" Jon asked. We all shook our heads.

"Good." And with that, Jon went back to sit with the driver. The rest of the way to LA, I stared out the window, looking at the grey sky and the rain falling on the windows. Someone trapped my shoulder and I stood up and followed everyone out of the bus. I looked at the building before me and took in its appearance. Let me just say, it's huge. That's all. Jake took my bags for me, even though I refused to let him carry them. I followed him into the house and I took a seat on the couch in the living room, taking it all in. Jake came from the hall bagless and he took a seat across from me. Everyone else entered and did something with their bags and whatnot. The crew and Jon had left with the bus, so it was just the guys and Sammi, me, Lauren, and Juliet.

"So, what do you girls think?" Ashley asked.

"This is your house?" Sammi asked. Ashley nodded and smiled.

"It's beautiful.... but look at that stack of mail on the coffee table over there." I said. We all turned to look and Ashley's eyes widened.

"Holy shit... I'll open that stuff later. By the way... My dog sitter is going to drop off Killer and Tokyo later." Ashley said. We all nodded. My phone started ringing, so I answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey Claudia... it's Jared." Oh my God. This boy cannot leave me alone.

"Hey Jared...... what's up?" I asked.

"Did you get home safely?"

"Yeah.. I'm just fine. Thanks for worrying."

"Good... so uh.."

"Look.. Jared, as much as I hate to say this... I have to go."

"Alright Claudia. goodbye." I hung up and let a breath out. I put my phone away.

"Who's Jared?" Jake asked.

"He's someone I met at Warped. He bought merch from me." I said. Jake looked at me suspiciously, but decided not to push it.

"Anywhore!!" Ashley said," let's do something guys!" We all shook our heads and headed to bed. Once Jake and I got in our room, we were over each other, but Jake ruined it by asking:

"So, wanna tell me how Jared got your number?" I sighed and sat down on the bed.

"He's an old friend from high school." I said. Jake nodded and sat next to me.

"How close were you?"

"We dated. For five years. We broke up at seventeen." Jake nodded again.

"Was he... by any chance... abusive?" I was shocked at Jake's question.

"No. Not at all. Can we not talk about Jared right now? I want to sleep." I said. Jake nodded and we both got under the covers and cuddled up to each other. It wasn't long before we were both asleep.

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