Novocaine Hearts

Lexa's POV

I have now been in LA for one month and I had to say, it was pretty great.
Jake had me on this whole new routine. No more junk food, drinking or lazing about. It was all new to me.
I noticed that I actually had muscle tone now and felt better in general.

"Lexa, are you ready to go?" Jake called as I stood in the bathroom, tying my hair up.
"Okay, lets go" I said, pulling my runners on and following him out the door.
Every morning, Jake's routine was a half hour run and an hour dedicated to weight training. It was exhausting. My body just wasn't use to this amount of exercise.
Jake pulled ahead of me, mapping out our route for the day. I followed, but each day was a struggle. Today, all I wanted to do was crack open a beer, maybe smoke so weed and just relax. It was like my old habits grew more and more hungry as I avoided them.
Normally if we had just come off of a tour I would be in some dark dingy club, drinking vodka or in some random guys house from a party the night before. There were times I missed that life, this was one of them.
Jake lead me round his suburb, through the park, across the river and back again. At this point, I trailed 30 feet behind Jake, my breath was a rasp.
When I finally made it home, Jake had already downed a bottle of water and starting setting up for weights.
I groaned. "Can I skip the weight session today?" I whined.
"Are your abs hard as rocks?" Jake shot.
I lifted my top and slapped my stomach. "Nothing but skin."
Jake sighed. "Lex, I'm only trying to help you. Getting fit helps get out of a lot of the bad habits you had."
"I need a break!" I burst.
Jake looked taken aback.
"Look, I'm sorry, but this is so different to my lifestyle. I've been trying, but my body really isn't coping well. Besides, I haven't been inspired! Half the reason I came down here was to experience a different life!" I huffed.
"So... This is a different lifestyle, but it's not the different lifestyle you wanted?"
"Jake, you know what I mean. I just didn't think my day would consist of nothing but exercising and cooking classes. Don't you go out and see friends?" I questioned.
"We use this time to have a break from each other before we start recording again" he sighed.
"Well, I'm gonna go see Juliet today. I can't stay in this apartment the whole day" I said ripping off my shoes and socks.
Jake shook his head as he started to do his reps. I stepped past him and took a shower.

"Oh my God, Jake is driving me crazy!" I complained, sitting on the edge of her couch.
"How can Jake be driving you crazy? It's only been a month..." Juliet said, sitting on the single couch, clutching a cup of tea.
"It's not Jake... It's his lifestyle. I don't exercise and eat clean foods. That's not me. I said I would stop my drug habits and I have... mostly. But that's not the point! My point is that I have no idea what it's like to live in LA!" I complained.
"I can show you. We should go out tonight" Juliet shrugged.
"Really! Oh my God yes! I need to get out of Jake's apartment. It's literally driving me crazy. Ooo let's invite the others!" I suggested.
"Ummm, I don't think so. Kimber and Sammi are moms and Riley... Do you really want Riley judging your every move?" Juliet hinted.
"Have you not sorted your shit with Riley yet?" I scowled.
"She'll judge me as much as she does you. Besides, I'm sure she's busy preparing for the tour. I'm so glad she's not gonna be here for Halloween. Hopefully she'll be somewhere on the other side of the country."
"Oh that's right, she won't be back till Christmas" I sighed sadly.
"Don't worry, you still have me" she grinned.
I smiled back and nodded nervously. What was I getting into?

I had no memory of last night.
The last thing I remember was Juliet handing me some pills and after that, blank.
As I felt myself wake up, a headache brewed within my skull. I tried to recall last nights events, but it was like scratched DVD; it stopped working after a certain point.
I tossed in bed, but the blankets snagged.
I tried to open my eyes, but they felt glued shut.
I reached out and tried to pull the blanket across, but instead I felt skin.
My eyes seemed to fly open.
"Shit..." I whispered under my breath.
It wasn't Jake...
I carefully made my way out of bed, but the guy felt me move and awoke.
"Hey, great night last night" he rasped.
"Ummm, yeah, ummm who the fuck are you?" I said quietly.
"Mason. You drug me from the bar and made me dance with you..." He said, thinking I remembered.
"Yeah, I have no clue what the hell happened last night. I was pretty fucked up. I don't really know where I am right now..."
"We're not at my place. So probably your friends."
"Jules..."
"That's her name! I forgot for a while" he said playfully.
"It doesn't matter! Listen, you have to leave before anyone wakes up or I'm in deep shit" I stressed.
"Well I would, but I can't find my underwear..."
"Oh no..." That was when I realised that I was naked too. "We..."
"We did it."
"Oh no, oh no, oh no... How did I let this happen..."
"Why? It's not a big deal" Mason shrugged.
"I have a boyfriend."
"Oh..."
"Yeah... Oh."

Notes

I've been sick and the very sight on my laptop gives me a headache.
-Tina xx