#nick bean

Chapter Thirty-Nine

The air hit my face as I opened the balcony door but I was unsure of what to do next. Everything seemed so different now and looking at him, I couldn’t tell whether or not we’d ever be like we were. The pain I felt because of what he did was so real and so strong, I couldn’t bring myself to say anything.

“It wasn’t fair.” He whispered, killing the silence between us. “What you said to her; it wasn’t fair.” Letting out a laugh, I stood there in disbelief. Did he really just say that to me? “It was me, not her.”

“Did she stop you?” I asked, moving to the edge of the balcony and resting my arms on it.

“No-”

“Then it was fair.” The silence returned and I was convinced he had just come to plead his case. I had high hopes for him. He presented himself as someone who was level-headed and could actually see right from wrong but he had done what I was afraid everyone else would do; he broke me. “It wasn’t worth it, was it?”

“Reg-”

“We said we’d be friends, Noah and now I can’t even stand to look at you. In the end, we weren’t worth it.”

“We can work-”

“My parents are leaving for Italy next week.” I didn’t want to hear him out. I didn’t want to stand here and listen to excuses and reasons anymore; I just wanted to move on.

“Okay...Regan, just-”

“I’m going with them.” I saw him eyes widened from the corner of my eye and I knew it would come as a shock to him. I prefer to stay home, I always have but now, things are getting out of control and I need a break from all of it. “Have a good night, Noah.” Closing the door behind me and shutting the blinds, I cried. The tears I was fighting finally fell from my eyes once I knew he could no longer see me. 

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“Get up.” Squinting my eyes, I felt the cool air touch my legs as the covers were ripped off my body. It was sunny, which mean I had officially cried myself to sleep for what felt like the 700th time in my life. “Were you going to tell me? Or wait until I found out from someone else? Oh wait, the latter just happened!”

I knew Casey would be pissed whether she found out from me or from someone else. Obviously, I wanted to be the one to tell her and I was going to but all this Noah drama was getting in the way of my entire life.

“Casey-”

“Noah called me last night. I thought he was just going to ask me to talk to you, maybe get you to calm down but instead Noah blew up my entire life by telling me you were leaving for Italy next week!? So then I talked to Tayler, much to my surprise; he didn’t know either! You know what he said to me when I told him? He said you would never keep something like that from him so then I came here this morning and mentioned it to your parents...who didn’t even second guess what I was saying.”

“Casey, I was going to tell you,” I said, getting out of the bed. “I just...didn’t really know how.”

“Well now you don’t have to worry about it.” She spat, leaving my room before I could say anything else. 

“Why can’t I just have a normal fucking day!?” I yelled, throwing myself back onto my bed, trying to prepare myself for the rest of the day.

Prompts: 81. Don’t argue. Just do it. Fandom: Digitour Member: Bryce Hall Warnings: Swearing Word Count: 1151

*PS I don’t think NIck has been on tour with Digi but for the sake of this, he has.*

As you waited for Bryce to finish setting up the camera with Nick, you waited on the hotel’s bed with your best friend. You were all on tour for Digi and today was one of the days where you could all just relax. So you thought it would be fun to film a truth or dare video collab for your channel.

Once the camera was set up, you sat in the middle of the bed, Bryce on your right, Nick on his right and Victoria on your left and you started your intro. “What’s up guys, it’s (Y/N) here and today I am here with three special guests...” I stopped, looking at each of them, waiting for them to introduce themselves.

“Bryce Hall.”

“Nick Bean.”

“And Victoria West.”

They all introduced one by one. ”And we’re going to be playing an interesting game of truth or dare, I sent out a tweet asking you guys for some truths and dares and I had Tyler write them down on some paper and but it in a bag. But before we do, we’re currently in your with Digi and there are still tickets to some shows so go to the link in the description and cop some tickets so that I can see all of your beautiful faces and we can take pictures and have fun, okay?“ I said, waiting a few seconds before continuing. “Good. Well now that’s settled, moving on to the game. Who wants to start?” I asked, looking at the others.

When nobody replied, I looked at the camera dramatically and sighed. “I guess I’m first then.” I groaned, putting my hand into the bag of truths that Nick was holding. Taking out a small slip of paper, it read, “Who was your first crush out of the boys on the Digi Tour?” I laughed as I read it out. “Well, as most of you already know my first crush on any of the boys on this tour was in fact on Blake Gray.” I laughed and said, “Next person.” The next person to pick was Nick and he chose dare. “Switch an item of clothing with the person on your right.” He groaned as it was Victoria who was technically on his right. They both stood up and he gave her his jumper and she gave him hers, which was a bit too small for him, causing me and Bryce to burst out in a fit of laughter.

“Okay, next person.” You said as they both sat down. Victoria placed her hand in the ‘truth’ bag and pulled out a paper slip that said, “Who was your first kiss and how did it happen? Wellllll....” She prolonged, before actually beginning the story. “My first kiss was in year 9, and it was with a boy called James, who at the time I liked and for like, forever and we were at a friend’s party and we were playing spin the bottle and his landed on me so we had to kiss. So romantic.” She said, laughing at the end of her sentence as she past the bag over to Nick who was on the other end of the bed. “Pick one out Nicky boy.” She laughed as he took out a slip of paper that said ‘dare’ sprawled on it. “Great... This one says ‘Switch clothes with the person on your right’ but there’s nobody on my right soo...” He trailed off, hoping he wouldn’t have to do the dare. “No, no, no. Victoria is on your right, think of it as a circle.” You said, forcing them both up.

Sighing Nick took off his shirt that he was wearing and handed it to Victoria, who went into the bathroom to take her shirt off and hand it to Nick. “You’re lucky that’s not my favourite shirt.” Victoria said, pointing a blaming finger at Nick and you as you and Bryce laughed at how tight the shirt was on Nick. “Oh my days, I’m weak.” You laughed, falling back on the bed as Nick sat down stiffly. “Yeah, yeah, laugh it up. It’s your turn Bryce.” He said, roughly handing the bag to him. Bryce placed his hand in the bag and pulled out a slip that also said ‘dare’ written on it. “This one says ‘kiss the person to your left’. Who made these dares?” He said as he threw the paper at the camera before he quickly kissed you on the cheek causing Nick and Victoria to quickly argue with him. “No, on the lips, you know what kiss meant.” They said, pushing the two of you back together. “Dude, it just said kiss the person on your left. It didn’t specify where.” Bryce argued, throwing Nick’s hands away. “Don’t argue, boy. Just do it. Or you get another dare and we’re picking.” Nick said, pointing to him and Victoria when he had said ‘we’. “Okay, okay. Here goes.” He said, gently grabbing your face causing you to face him. Slowly, he leant in before placing his lips on yours and pulling you into a kiss that was only  supposed to last 2-3 seconds but lasted longer before you heard someone clear their throat causing the two of you to break apart. “Well, I guess we’ll conclude this video. Don’t forget to follow these guys on all of their social medias which are down below and whilst you’re their don’t forget to subscribe and like this video. Press that bell to get notified whenever I post, I’ve been (Y/N) (Y/L/N) byeee.” You said, putting you hand over the camera lens as you switched it off.

Chapter Forty

“Well look who it is!” Tayler shouted from the top of the stairs as I entered his house. Smiling at him, he came down the stairs and I was unsure if he was standing next to Casey in the line of people who were currently mad at me. “Come here.” He said, pulling me into a hug.

“I was going to tell you.” I mumbled against his shoulder.

“I know,” Pulling away, we began making our way towards the others. “but to think of this as our last week together and maybe not having known at all...I think that’s what’s getting to Casey.”

“It’s not like I’m going to be gone forever?”

“Regan, your parents go away for months at a time. I mean, this is the first time you’ve physically seen your parents this year and it’s September. So you can’t exactly blame Casey for thinking she wouldn’t see you for months.”

Tayler was right. Sure, I haven’t known about this for that long but I should have told Casey as soon as I knew; I should have told all of them. But I was scared of this happening so I tried to avoid it as much as possible. But it happened anyway...

“You’re not going because of Noah, right?” Bryce entered the conversation and I didn’t really know how to answer that. I mean, I don’t want to be one of those cliché girls that has to leave town just because a boy broke her heart but sometimes...those girls have it right.

“My parents just think it’ll be best for me, you know? Get away from LA for a bit, away from the tabloids who can’t wait to eat me alive and away from all the unnecessary drama.”

“It’s just going to be weird not having you around, Regs.” Looking over at Jaden, I couldn’t help but getting a little sad. This group of idiots are my family and to think of spending months without them, it makes me realize how much they actually mean to me.

“What did Noah say after you saw Dixie last night?”

“He pretty much just came by to defend Dixie and his actions and in so many words, I told him to fuck off, basically. If he thinks what he’s doing is right, why does he feel the need to defend himself so much? Like, I’ve never had so many conversations with someone who feels the need to explain every little detail of their actions. At the end of the day, I don’t care and-”

“You do though.” Tayler said, cutting me off. “Regs, we’re not stupid. You really liked him and you still really like him. Forgive me for saying but I think you like him a hell of a lot more than you’re letting on.”

Chapter Nineteen

I wasn’t in the party mood. Considering how my day started, a party was not how I intended it to end. However, the boys had other plans. The girls and I hadn’t moved from the couch for hours. We had used Uber Eats, one too many times to count, we had watched way too many movies and we sure as hell didn’t look “party ready”. But the boys filed in, one after another, group after group and suddenly, I was having a party.

“How you doing?” Blake asked, popping up beside me. Looking over at him, I brought the drink to my lips and avoided answering the question. The less lies I tell, the better. “Regs, come on. You know this will go away and everyone will forget it even happened.”

“I don’t think Noah falls into that category.” Looking down at the ground, I wanted to ask. I wanted to know how he was doing. I wanted to know what he had told the others. I wanted to know how much he downplayed everything to make it look like he wasn’t bothered.

“He’s just as quiet about it as you are.” Blake explained, deciding to give up on the conversation and walking away. 

Playing with the almost empty can in my hand, I could feel his eyes on me. We had done our best to pretend as though nothing had ever happened between us and I wasn’t going to break that now. Choosing to ignore the hole burning in the back of my head, I headed into my kitchen, grabbed another drink and headed towards the pool. 

“Regs! Get in!” Tayler called, as soon as he saw me. My friendship with Tayler hadn’t taken any hit from this. We were both so confident in our friendship that we didn’t need people to believe us. We knew what we were and that’s all that mattered. “Don’t worry about it.” He whispered, swimming over to me as I sat down on the edge of the pool. “Let them think it’s me.”

“Aren’t you the least bit curious?” I asked, surprised I hadn’t been bombarded with questions from him.

“No,” He explained, shaking his head. “If you wanted to tell me, you would have. Sure, we’re best friends and we tell each other everything but we don’t have to. However, when and if you ever do want to tell me who’s in the video, I’m here. But if you take it to your grave, I’m still here.” Placing my hand on his head, I let out a smile as I mentally thanked God for giving me a friend like him. He’s got my back 110% and I’ll never be able to thank him enough for that. “Now, get in!” He demanded, placing both of his hands on my waist and pulling me into the pool. Oh, did I forget to mention I was fully clothed? Yeah, I was fully clothed.

“Tayler!” I yelled, splashing him once my head popped up from under the water.

“Let’s get it!” Looking over to the door, I saw Josh running towards the pool and jumping into it, creating the biggest splash possible. 

“Fuck yeah!” Griffin joined in, jumping in after Josh and before I knew it, everyone was jumping in the pool, most of them...fully clothed.

As more and more people jumped their way into the pool, I couldn’t help but forget about everything that was going on. I didn’t think something as small as a pool party would be able to take my mind off it but somehow, it had. Climbing onto Tayler’s shoulders, I began fighting with Avani, who was sitting on Anthony’s shoulders and the chicken wars began. For a solid hour, I was happy, genuinely happy, since everything started but as I fell into the water from Avani’s push, my eyes locked onto his and that happiness I longed for...disappeared.

“Noah.” I said, once my head had popped up from under the water. Swimming towards the edge of the pool and pulling myself out from the water, I could feel everyone’s eyes on me. “Noah.” I repeated, watching as he pushed his way through the crowd and into the house. Losing sight of him, I let out a sigh as I locked eyes with the one person I had been trying to avoid all night. Deciding to continue to avoid him, I headed upstairs into my room to change out of the wet clothes I had been wearing.

“Regs-”