* CHAPTER 13 * I WAS DAZED LOOKING OUT THE LITTLE WINDOW BY THE TABLE IN THE KITCHEN.THE NEXT THING I KNEW THE GUYS HAD PILED UP ON TOP OF ME.IT WAS ONE GIGANTIC DOGGY PILE."WHAT THE HELL- GET OFF OF ME!!" I PRACTIACCLLY HAD TO SHOUT FOR THEM TO HEAR ME. SLOWLY ONE BY ONE THEY GOT UP AND ONCE AGAIN WAS ABLE TO BREATHE. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?' I ASKED. THEY ALL SAID " YOU MISSED US AND YOU ACTUALLY LIKE US!" I JUST SMILED AND LAUGHED."WE ARE ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU!" JOEY SAID AS HE PICKED ME UP OFF THE SEAT AND STARTED SPINNING ME AROUND AND AROUND HE KEPTDOING IT FOR AWHILE.I WAS SURPRISED THAT I DIDNT GET SICK OR SOMETHING.THEN WHEN HE PUT ME DOWN AND I WAS STANDING ON MY OWN.SINCE JC AND JUSTIN WERE THE ONLY ONES CLOSE TO ME I GRABBED ON TO BOTH OF THEIR ARMS.I FELT THE ROOM SPINNING AND I COULDNT STAND UP STRAIGHT AND ON MY OWN.I FELT MY BODY FALL BACKWARDS BUT LUCKLIY LANCE WAS BEHIND ME AND HE CAUGHT ME BEFORE I WOULD LAND ON MY BUTT."THANKS." I SAID. "HOW ABOUT WE GO TO THE COUCH WHERE YOU CAN SIT DOWN TIL THE DIZZINESS GOES AWAY?" "SURE LANCE THAT WOULD BE GREAT,IF ONLY I KNEW HOW TO GET THERE.IM NOT SEEING STRAIGHT AT THE MOMENT."I SAID. WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE COUCH WERE JUSTIN, JC, JOEY,AND CHRIS WERE WATCHING TV. THERE WAS NO ROOM ON THE COUCH FOR ME TO SIT DOWN." UMMM.. WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO SIT YOU?" LANCE SAID AS HE LOOKED AROUND THE ROOM. "OH JUST SIT ME DOWN ON THE ARMREST NEXT TO JUSTIN." I SAID AS I SMILED AT HIM. I WAS FINE ON MY OWN FOR A SECOND, THEN THE ROOM STARTED TO SPIN AGAIN AND I PUT MY ARM ON JUSTINS SHOULDER TO HANGON.HE LOKED AT ME AND SAW I WAS A LITTLE SICK FROM THE SPINING. "ARE YOU OK?" HE LOKED CONCERNED LIKE USUAL.ACTUALLY IM NOT AND I FEEL LIKE IM GOING TO FALL." HE THEN WRAPED ONE OF HIS ARMS AROUND MY WAIST AND PULLED ME ONTO HIS LAP. "NOW YOU WONT FALL BECUZ I WONT LET YOU." HE SAID WITH A SMILE.I LEANED MY BACK AGAINST THE ARMREST AND LAID MY HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER AND CLOSED MY EYES. THE FEELING WAS STARTING TO SUBSIDE AND I WAS FEELING A LITTLE BETTER. I OPENED MY EYES AND PULLED MYSELF UP OFF OF HIS LAP. "YOU FEELING BETTER?" JUSTIN ASKED. "YEAH SEE I CAN STAND-WHAO." I SAID AS I TRIED GETTING UP I JUST FELL RIGHT BACK DOWN ONTO HIS LAP. "OK I THOUGHT I WAS BETTER."I SAID AS I SAW HIM SMILE. "HERE WHY DONT I HELP YOU." "FINE." I SAID. I FELT LIKE I WAS A BABY AND COULDNT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT HIS HELP.AS I WALKED THROUGH THE BUS,JUSTIN KEPT HIS ARM AROUND MY WAIST MAKING SURE I WOULDNT FALL AND BUST MY BUTT. I WENT TO REACH THE FRIDGE AND JUSTIN SAID " OH NO YOU DONT,FIRST YOU SIT DOWN AND ILL GET YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT." I JUST GAVE A POUT AND HE GAVE ME HIS FAMOUS PUPPY EYES.I COULD NEVER REFUSE HIM WHEN HE GAVE THAT LOOK. I SAT DOWN AND A SMILE CREPT UP ON HIS FACE. I STUCK OUT MY TONGUE AND HE LAUGHED. " YOU KNOW IM NOT A LITTLE GIRL ANYMORE.I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF." " I KNOW THAT BUT I GUESS I STILL HAVE THAT OLD HABIT OF TAKING CARE OF YOU." I LOOKED AT HIM AND I KNEW HE WAS ONLY BEING THE BIG BROTHER HE ALWAYS BEEN TO ME. " I GUESS ITS JUST THAT IVE BEEN LIVING ON MY OWN FOR SO LONG, THAT IM USED TO TAKING CARE OF MYSELF.BUT IM GLAD THAT I HAVE YOU TO LOOK AFTER ME." I SAID TO HIM AS I REACHED OVER THE TBALE AND TOOK HIS HAND IN MINE.HE SMILED."DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY TYLENOL OR SOMETHING BECUZ I HAVE THE BIGGEST HEADACHE, AND IM NOT FEELING THAT GOOD." I SAID AS I RESTED MY HEAD IN MY HANDS. HE PUT HIS HAND ON MY SHOULDER AND THEN WENT LOOKING IN THE BATHROOM.AFTER A MINUTE HE CAME BACK AND HANDED ME THE BOTTLE OF TYLENOL AND MY WATER BOTTLE.HE SAT DOWN NEXT TO ME AND KEPT RUBBING MY BACK WITH HIS HAND."JUSTIN I REALLY DONT FEEL GOOD." "WHY DONT WE GET YOU BACK TO YOUR BUNK?' I JUST NODDED.AS HE HELPED ME UP AND WALKED THROUGHT THE BUS I STOPPED AND HELD ONTO THE WALL."JUSTIN, IM JUST GETTING WORSE IM BETTER OFF SITTING DOWN." WE WERE RIGHT BY THE COUCH SO HE SLOWLY SAT ME DOWN.I DIDNT SEE WHERE THE OTHER GUYS WERE.JC AND LANCE WERE TALKING OVER SOME SONG THEY WERE WRITTING IN THE FRONT OF THE BUS BY THE OTHER LOUGE AREA. CHRIS WAS IN HIS BUNK TALKING ON THE PHONE, AND JOEY WAS SLEEPING. JUSTIN TOOK ONE OF THE PILLOWS AND LAID IT IN HIS LAP. THEN I LAID OUT ON THE COUCH PLACING MY HEAD ON THE PILLOW.JUSTIN KEPT RUNNING HIS FINGERS THROUGH MY HAIR.AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR THE BUS STOPPED FOR SOME GAS AND THE GUYS WENT TO GET FOOD. JC CAME TO US TO ASK IF E WANTED ANYTHING. "JUST GET US SOME FOOD AND SOME EXTRA STRENGTH TYLNOL." JUSTIN SAID.I JUST SMILED. I CLOSED MY EYES AND I HEARD JUSTIN SAY "ARE YOU FEELING ANY BETTER?" I SHOOK MY HEAD NO. HE SAW JOEY GETTING OUT OF HIS BUNK FOR FOOD AND HE MOTIONED FOR HIM TO COME. JUSTIN WHISPERED SOMETHING IN HIS EAR. JOEY CAME BACK WITH MY BLANKET AND CHARLIE.( YOU DO REMEMBER WHO HE IS RIGHT??)THEN JOEY LEFT AGAIN AND CAME BACK WITH A SMALL WET CLOTH AND JUSTIN PUT IT ON MY HEAD TO HELP MY HEADACHE. I JUST SMILED AT HIM AND SAID "THANK YOU!" I WRAPPED CHARLIE IN MY ARMS AND JUSTIN WRAPPED ME IN MY BLANKET. "ARE YOU FEELING ANY BETTER NOW?" I JUST PLACED A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE AND NODDED SEVERAL TIMES.HE HAD A GRIN ON HIS FACE AND SAID "GOOD!" JC AND LANCE CAME BACK A LITTLE LATER AND HAD MADE ME SOME SOUP, SINCE I WAS A LITTLE SCARED THAT I MIGHT THROW UP IF I ATE SOMETHING BIG. JUSTIN HELPED ME SIT UP AND HE SAT THERE WATCHING ME EAT. AFTER I WAS DONE HE GOT UP AND WENT TO THROW AWAY THE SOUP CONTAINER. I SAW MY CELL PHONE ON THE END OF THE COUCH SO I PICKED IT UP AND DIALED MONIKAS # BUT NOONE WAS HOME,SO I CALLED MY OTHER FRIEND PAM.IT RANG AND RANG, THEN THE MACHINE PICKED UP. " HEY PAM ITS ME ,MARY, I JUST CALLED TO SAY HI AND I KNOW YOURE PROBABLY WONDERING WHERE I AM.RIGHT NOW IM ON THE ROAD.I DONT KNOW WHERE WE ARE HEADING.WELL REMEMBER NMY OLD FRIEND JUSTIN,WELL HE CAME BY THE OTHER DAY AND NOW IM WITH HIM AND THE OTHER GUYS.ILL EXPALIN THE LONG STORY LATER.CALL ME BACK SOON!!! LOVE YAS,BAI! " I HUNG UP THE PHONE AND PUT IT BACK WHERE IT WAS. JUSTIN WALKED IN A FEW MINUTES LATER AND I GAVE HIM MY SAD PUPPY DOG FACE."WHAT WRONG?" HE ASKED AS HE SAT NEXT TO ME AND PLACED HIS ARM AROUND MY SHOULDER.I PLACED MY HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER AND SAID" MONIKA AND PAM WERENT HOME." THEN HE GAVE A POUT AND SAID " WHAT HANGING OUT WITH US GUYS ISNT FUN?" I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID " ITS NOT THE SAME YEAH IM HAVING A GREAT TIME AND ALL BUT,BUTBUT" I TRAILED OFF. " I MISS MY MONIKA AND MY PAMMI!!!" I WHINED. I COULD TELL JUSTIN REALLY WANTED ME TO BE HAPPY BUT HE COULD UNDERSTAND WHERE I WAS COMING FROM. " I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN." HE SAID "YOU DO?" I WAS SURPRISED AT WHAT HE SAID."YEAH, I WAS THE SAME WAY WHEN I WAS IN ORLANDO.I WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME BUT I MISSD YOU SOOO MUCH AND IT WASNT THE SAME WITHOUT HAVING YOU THERE." HE LIGHTLY SQUEEZED ME AS HE SAID IT. I LAID BACK DOWN AND JUSTIN WRAPPED ME IN MY BLANKET. HE STARTED TELLING ME SOME STORIES OF WHEN HE WAS IN ORLANDO AND HOW HE LIKED THIS ONE GIRL NAMED BRITTNEY.I STARTED TO DRIFT OFF AND SOON I WAS SOUND ASLEEP. |
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