~* BEST FRIENDS :CHAPTER 9 *~
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>  "HEY." I SAID AS JUSTIN OPENED THE DOOR OF THE
> DRESSING ROOM. "WOW!!"YOU LOOK GREAT!" JUSTIN SAID.I
> MADE MY WAY IN AND ALL THE GUYS JUST WHISTLED AT ME
> AND AGREED WITH WHAT JUSTIN SAID. I JUST SMILED AND
> SAID "SEE I TOLD YOU I WOULD BE BACK RIGHT BEFORE THE
> SOUND CHECK." WE STARTED TALKING AND THEN A GUY CAME
> IN AND SAID " OK GUYS 5 MORE MINUTES TIL THE SOUND
> CHECK PARTY.AND WE OPENED THE PLACE UP SO THE FANS ARE
> COMING IN."  "WELL I GUESS I SHOULD GO AND FIND MY
> SEAT BEFORE SOMEONE TAKES IT."I SAID AS I GOT UP.THEY
> ALL LAUGHED."YOU'RE SPECIAL YOU GET TO SIT IN VIP
> SECTION BY THE STAGE."JUSTIN EXPLAIN TO ME. :OHH
> OK,KEWL!"I SAID.SO I LEFT WITH THE GUYS AND SAT ON THE
> COUCH THEY HAD IN VIP.THEY DID 2 SONGS AND ANSWERED
> QUESTIONS FROM THE FANS.THEY READ SOME LETTERS.THEY
> REALLY WERE VERY SWEET AND NICE GUYS.THEY ARE SO SWEET
> THAT YOU COULD JUST EAT THEM UP!I THOUGHT TO MYSELF.I
> GOT UP AND HEADED BACK TO THE DRESSING ROOM WERE THEIR
> OUTFITS WERE BROUGHT IN.I JUST SAT ON THE COUCH IN
> THERE DEEP IN THOUGHT.THEN THE GUYS CAME IN A LITTLE
> WHILE LATER.JUSTIN SAT NEXT TO ME AND ASKED"WHY DID
> YOU LEAVE THE SOUND CHECK EARLY?" "I HAVE A LOT OF
> THINGS ON MY MIND AND IM KIND OF CONFUSED RIGHT NOW
> AND IM REALLY TIRED." I SAID LOOKING DOWN I COULDNT
> LIE STRAIGHT TO HIS FACE.THEN AGAIN I WASNT REALLY
> LYING,THERE WAS A LOT ON MY MIND.JUSTIN KNEW I WAS
> EITHER LYING OR KEEPING SOMETHING FROM HIM.HE LOOKED
> AT ME WITH SINCERITY AND ASKED "ARE YOU SURE? YOU KNOW
> IM HERE FOR YOU, IF YOU NEED SOMEONE IM ALWAYS HERE
> FOR YOU TO TALK TO." I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID "
> THANKS,I KNOW THAT,BUT I JUST REALLY NEED SOME TIME TO
> MYSELF." " WHATEVER." JUSTIN SAID IN AN UPSET TONE. I
> KNOW THIS WAS HURTING HIM SO BAD.HE GOT UP AND WALKED
> OUT OF THE ROOM."JUSTIN...WAIT!" I CALLED OUT BUT HE
> HAD ALREADY SHUT THE DOOR.ALL THE GUYS TURNED AND
> LOOKED AT ME.THEN LANCE CAME OVER. "WHAT HAPPENED?"
> HEASKED. "LANCE PLEASE DO ME A FAVOR AND TALK TO HIM.I
> DONT WANT HIM TO BE MAD AT ME.ITS THE LAST THING I
> NEED RIGHT NOW." I WAS ON THE VERGE OF CRYING.HE
> HUGGED ME AND SAID " DONT WORRY ILL TALK TO HIM." THEN
> HE WENT TO GO FIND HIM.I WALKED INTO A LITTLE ROOM
> WHERE I COULD HIDE FROM THE GUYS.I WAS FIGHTING BACK
> TEARS BUT IN THE END I STARTED CRYING.I FINALLY GOT MY
> FRIEND BACK AND IM PUSHING HIM AWAY BY NOT TELLING HIM
> THE TRUTH.ITS TEARNING OUR FRIENDSHIP APART.
> LANCE FINALLY FOUND JUSTIN SITTING BEHIND HEAVY,METAL
> CERATES.HE SAT NEXT TO HIM.HE NOTICED THAT JUSTIN WAS
> REALLY UPSET ABOUT WHAT HIM AND MARY ARGUED
> ABOUT.LANCE TOLD HIM THAT SHE DIDNT WANT HIM TO BE MAD
> AT HER."LOOK JUSTIN,WHATEVER SHES KEEPING FROM YOU,
> SHE WILL TELL YOU WHEN ITS THE RIGHT TIME.YOU JUST
> HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT TIL THEN."  "IM NOT MAD AT
> HER,I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHY SHE CANT TELL ME WHATS
> GOING ON.I MEAN SHE ALWAYS TOLD ME WHAT WAS HAPPENING
> IN HER LIFE.I WAS THE FIRST PERSON SHED RUN TO.AND NOW
> SHES KEEPING SOMETHING FROM ME.I JUST WANT TO KNOW
> WHY." AFTER A MINUTE, LANCE CONVINCED HIM TO COME
> BACK.WHEN THEY ENTERED THE ROOMTHEY DIDNT SEE MARY
> AROUND. "HEY GUYS WHERE DID MARY GO?'LANCE ASKED.THEY
> ALL SHRUGGED THEY WERE SO CAUGHT UP IN THERE VIDEO
> GAME THEY DIDNT NOTICE WHEN SHE LEFT.JUSTIN HAD KNOWN
> HER MOST OF HER LIFE AND THE ONE THING HE KNEW IS THAT
> WHEN SHES UPSET SHE ALWAYS HIDES IN THE PLACES YOU
> WOULDNT LOOK.AND HE WAS PRETTY SURE THAT,THATS WHERE
> SHE WAS.HE WALKED AROUND THE ROOM UNTIL HE NOTICED
> THIS LITTLE ROOM IN THE CORNER.HE LOOKED AROUND AND
> SAW SOMEONE IN THE CORNER FAR FROM WHERE HE WAS
> STANDING.HE KNEW IT WAS HER.THE WAY SHE WAS BUNDELED
> UP INTO A LITTLE BALL. HE SQUATED IN FRONT OF HER.AND
> LIFTED HER FACE WITH HIS THUMB AND FOREFINGER.WHEN HE
> LIFTED UP HER FACE HE SAW THAT SHE WAS CRYING."OH,MARY
> PLEASE DONT CRY.IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE YOU LIKE
> THIS.WHY ARE YOU CRYING?" HE LOOKED SO CONCERNED. I
> LOOKED AT HIM AND INTO HIS BLUE EYES AND SAID "YOU ARE
> THE ONLY THING LEFT IN THIS WORLD THAT I HAVE AND I
> DONT WANT TO LOSE YOU AGAIN.IT HURT TOO MUCH THE FIRST
> TIME.AND I DONT WANT YOU TO BE MAD AT ME.I CANT HANDLE
> LOSING MY BEST FRIEND TWICE!" THEN I BROE DOWN TO
> SOBBING EVEN MORE.HE PULLED ME CLOSER TO HIM AND I HAD
> MY HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER.I ALWAYS FELT BETTER WHEN I
> WAS IN HIS ARMS. THEN HE WHISPERED"YOU WILL NEVER LOSE
> MEI WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU FROM NOW ON,THAT IS
> IF YOU LET ME.AND IM NOT GOING TO LET YOU GO.JUST LIKE
> OLD TIMES." WE BOTH LET OUT A LITTLE LAUGH.AND AS I
> PULLED AWAY HE WIPED MY TEARS AND HELPED ME BACK UP TO
> MY FEET."I DO WANT YOU THERE BY MY SIDE." I SAID AS WE
> BOTH WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM.AND I COULD SEE HIM SMILE
> WHEN I SAID IT.HE TOLD ME HE HAD TO GO GET INTO
> WORDROBE AND TO GO BACK TO VIP BECUZ THE SHOW WOULD
> START SOON.THEY LEFT THE ROOM AND I WENT TO LOOK AT
> MYSELF IN THE MIRROR.I REDID MY MAKE UP AND BRUSHED MY
> HAIR. WITH THAT LONELL CAME TO FIND ME AND ESCORT ME
> TO MY SEAT.THE SHOW STARTED AND THE GUYS KEPT COMING
> TO WHERE I WAS SEATING AND SMILING AT ME.JUSTIN THREW
> HIS TOWEL AT ME DURING A SONG.IT WAS ALL WET CUZ OF
> THE SWET HE WIPED OFF WITH IH.EWWW! I THOUGHT TO
> MYSELF.I STARTED TO MAKE MY WAY BACK TO THE BUS DURING
> THERE LAST SONG.SHORTLY AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE GUYS
> CAME RUNNING ON THE BUS.THEY WERE ALL HYPED UP AND
> REALLY ENERGETIC.THE GUYS SAT ON THE COUCH OR ON THE
> FLOOR.THEY ASKED ME HOW THE CONCERT WAS.AND I SAID "IT
> WAS AWESOME!I CANT BELIEVE HOW MUCH FUN I HAD.I TOLD
> THEM IT WAS MY FIRST CONCERT. THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I
> WAS CRAZY.THEN I SAID " ITS GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO
> TOP THATCONCERT,BECUZ IT WAS SO AMAZING. THEN WE PILED
> BACK ONTO THE BUS.WE STARTED TO WATCH A MOVIE AND
> EATING JUNK FOOD.SLOWLY ALL THE GUYS STARTED TO GET
> TIRED AND 1 BY 1 THEY WENT TO THEIR BUNKS. JUSTIN
> STARTED TO DRIFT OFF AND PUT HIS HEAD ON MY SHOULDER
> AND FELL ASLEEP.I WENT TO GET UP, BUT REALIZED THAT HE
> WAS ASLEEP AND I DIDNT WANT TO WAKE HIM. JOEY WAS THE
> ONLY ONE LEFT THAT WAS AWAKE.HE WENT TO GET MY
> BLANKET. HE CAME BACK TURNED OFF THE TV AND PUT THE
> COVER OVER US.THEN HE WENT TO HIS BUNK AND WENT TO
> BED.I SLOWLY DRIFTED TO SLLEP.THE NEXT MORNING I WOKE
> UP AND ALL I SAW WAS JUSTINSD FACE LOOKING BACK AT ME.
> "GOOD MORNING SLEEPING BEAUTY." I SMILED AND SLOWLY
> SAT UP."WHAT TIME IS IT?" I ASKED AS I YAWNED."ITS
> ABOUT 1145.AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE FULLY
> AWAKE.I LOOKED AT HIMAND SAID " WELL IN THAT CASE IM
> GOING BACK TO SLEEP."I GOT BACK IN MY COMFY SPOT AND
> SMILED AT HIM.THEN I WENT BACK TO SLEEP. LATER I GOT
> ANOTHER RUDE AWAKENING.THIS TIME A FOOTBALL WAS WHAT
> WOKE ME UP.IT HAD HIT ME IN THE STOMACH.I JUMPED UP
> AND GROANED"WHAT THE HELL?' I SHOUTED.I WAS LUCKY THAT
> THE FOOTBALL WAS ONE OF THOSE CUSHIONY KIND.I STOOD UP
> AND LOOKED DOWN THE AISLE TO SEE WHO THREW IT."ALRIGHT
> WHO WAS THE SMART ONE WHO THREW THE FOOTBALL?" I ASKED
> TO ALL THE GUYS AS I WALKED DOWN TO THE OTHER END OF
> THE BUS. THEN I HEARD JOEY AND CHRIS SAY IN UNISION
> "IT WASNT ME!" JUSTIN WAS AT THE TABLE EATING CEREAL
> AND TALKING TO LANCE AND JC. I WALKED UP TI JOEY AND
> CHRISAND I HIT THEM BOTH WITH THE FOOTBALL. I WALKED
> PASTED THEM AND SAT DOWN NEXT TO JUSTIN.I PUT MY HEAD
> DOWN ON THE TABLE,SO THAT MY FOREHEAD WAS TOUCHING THE
> TABLE. THEY ALL EXCHANGED STRANGE LOOKS.JUSTIN PUT HIS
> HAND ON MY SHOULDER AND MOVED MY HEAD SLITLY SO I
> COULD SEE HIS FACE."WHAT!?" I SAID IN A WHINY VOICE.
> "WHAT HAPPENED?" HE ASKED BEING REALLY PATIENT WITH
> ME. I EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEN FROM
> THE BACK OF THE BUS YOU HEARD JOEY AND CHRIS SAY"WE
> DONT KKNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT?!" THEN I JUST
> MOANED AND PICKED MY HEAD UP AND MY FACE WAS REALLY
> PALE. JC TOLD ME TO GO WASH MY FACE,CUZ I LOOKED
> REALLY PALE. I GOT UP AND WASHED MY FACE,BRUSHED MY
> TEETH AND HAIR. BY THAT TIME WE HAD ARRIVED AT THE
> HOTEL.ON THE WAY OF GETTING OFF THE BUS AND I JUMPED
> ONTO JOEY'S BACK LIKE TO GIVE ME A PIGGY BACK RIDE.HE
> STARTED ZIGZAGING ACTING LIKE HE WAS SUPERMAN.WE WERE
> ALL LAUGHING.AND I GAVE CHRIS MY BAG TO CARRY. WE
> REACHED MY ROOMAND JOEY WALKED IN AND WENT TO MY BED
> AND FELL BACKWARDS AND SQUSHING ME IN THE PROCESS.
> "JOEY GET UP I CANT BREATHE!!" I KEPT BEGGING JOEY TO
> GET OFF OF ME.THEN JUSTIN WALKED INTO MY ROOM AND
> PULLED JOEY OFF OF ME. I JUST LET OUT A BIG SIGH AND
> THANKED JUSTIN.
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