"I can't believe no one told me!" Darren screamed furiously as he slammed the door behind him.
     Everyone stood silently looking to one another. No one was even going to try.
     "Why didn't anyone tell me!?" He yelled again, swinging around to see the rest of the band standing there silently looking at each other almost nervously. He looked at each one of them and then stopped at Willow, "You!" he said pointing at Willow.
     Willow's jaw dropped and her eyes widened as she looked at him in disbelief, "Me?!" She asked putting her hand on her chest, "Darren, how can you even begin to believe it's my falt?"
     "You! You were in the audience! They," Darren said, waving his arms around pointing to the whole of the band, "They couldn't the front of me! You saw it didn't you?! You just sat there and laughed!"
     "Darren! You expected me to go up to the stage and point it out to you?"
     "Yes! Live, bloody well, live national tv.. Everyone! Live, Willow! You couldn't have said anything!?" He yelled in her face.
     Willow finally cut it with keeping her cool with him, "And it's my falt!? It's my damn problem your pants were too fucking tight for you?!"
     Darren looked at her disgusted. "Out now! All of you!" Darren yelled again pointing toward the door, "Get out now!"
     The 7 of them left the change room silently, waiting until the door was slammed shut before anything was said.
     "Don't listen to him Willow, it's not your falt.." Lee said first as he massaged his neck.
     Nicole looked around to make sure no one was around to have witnessed Darren's 'little' outburst. "Yeah, you couldn't have stopped it anyway."
     Willow let out a forced laugh, "I wasn't blaming myself anyway. I just don't understand how he can blame me though?"
     "Usually I'm the one at falt," Dan said looking over at Willow, "He usually blames me for most of it. The reasons he has are beyond belief. It will all blow over in a matter of hours. Tomorrow morning he'll be over it."
     "Well he may very well be over it tomorrow, but I won't be. He has serious problems.." Willow mumbled as she rested her head on Ben's chest.
     "Well you're a shrink right? Talk to him.."
     Willow gave him a quick look. Nicole looked over at him herself, "Karl! Not now.."
     Ben started laughing quietly. Everyone looked over at him.
     "Ben!"
     He laughed a bit more than looked up, "What?"
     "Why are you laughing?"
     "I was just thinking about that guy.." He chuckled again.
     "What guy?"
     "That, um, actor guy. The one in..that movie.."
     "Oh, well that REALLY narrows it down Ben.."
     "No, he was on tonights show. He's in that movie that Dan wants to see.."
     Dan stood there confused for a second then nodded, "Oh yeah, him. The guy that did the butt thing. The guy who's in my Meg movie."
     Anna looked between the two, "Men! Still doesn't help.."
     "My Meg movie. City of Angels. Alannis does that 'Not Invited' song that's on the soundtrack. The movie that everyone thought Truly was on the sound track.."
     "Ok.. But what guy?"
     "He was on this show tonight. He plays that cop guy on the show. And he's in the Angel movie. He's the one that mooned Leno like twice.." Ben laughed again, "That was funny.."
     Willow rolled her eyes shaking her head. She started walking off and looked back at Ben, "I'm tired.."
     He nodded and caught up with her.
     Anna flinched as she heard something shatter within the change room Darren was in. "I'll see you guys later. I'm going to go and try calming Darren down a bit. Bye." She opened the door cautiously and peaked in. She soon stepped in and closed the door behind her.
     "Hey! Wait up!" And the 4 left jogged up to Willow and Ben.
     Ben looked back at them, "Oh great! Two of you guys scram so we can catch a cab."
     Willow looked up at him, "Ben.."
     Nicole laughed, "Yeah, I'm up for some fresh air. Who's walking with me?"
     "Yeah, air sounds good. Later guys!" Lee said as broke apart from the four of them as they came to the street.
     Daniel hailed a cab, and him, Will, Ben, and Karl got in.

     Willow sat, toying with her dress, as she tried to watch the old flick Ben was currently engrossed in.
     He finally looked over at her, "Willow luv, what's wrong?"
     She shook her head and let the fabric drop from her fingers, "Nothing.."
     "Willow! Come one, please luv?"
     "No, it's just that you guys are going to be heading home soon..again.."
     Ben sighed and nodded his head, "Yeah, you're right. I really hadn't been thinking about it.. But I guess..well I should.. You could come home with me for a bit!"
     Willow frowned and shook her head, "No, I can't Ben.. I'm so close to getting my degree, I HAVE to go back. I have only a few days left and then I'm finished. You could come back with me?"
     "No I have to be home for a bit, I promised the family. More relatives are, were, coming in for the Easter holidays. In a few days I could head up.."
     Willow rested her head in her hands and shook her head, "Why?"
     Confused, Ben asked, "..'Why' what, Willow?"
     "Why are we even bothering? This is never going to work.. We're two totally different people.."
     "Opposites attract?"
     "If you're too opposite you retract.."
     "Ok..and you are saying?"
     "I don't know.. But I don't think this is going to work. I mean, it's just too hard. I want to get a career and be stable, you want to go out and tour the world.."
     "Well I could be stable. I could just drop this whole thing.."
     "No! Don't you even dare! This band is one of the biggest and best things you'll come across. This will do you good. This was like your dream! Don't you dare go throwing it away for some..'silly girl'.."
     "Silly?..no, not really.. Yes, being in a band was a big dream of mine.. But I'm still not IN a band..just backing, 'helping', the guys. Meeting somebody wonderful, much like yourself, was also a big dream of mine.."
     "But why me?"
     "Uh oh, the dreaded conversation.."
     "Ben.. Seriously. Why?"
     Ben shrugged, "Why not? I don't..I don't know. It was just you. You just, 'got me'."
     "But what though? What got you? We've mentioned this before, the main thing was my looks.."
     "Ok I know that does sound bad, but it was. Your image was the first thing to take me in. But talking to you totally had me. You were just 'wonderful'!"
     "But why me of all the fans?"
     "It wasn't the fact that you were a fan. I didn't know you were a fan at first. I wouldn't have care. Hell, I still would have tried 'courting' you if you were a..die hard Hanson fan! You being a fan had nothing to do with it.."
     "Well how else would you have met me?"
     "I don't know..fate. I would have run into you one day when the band was touring and we stopped in for our show in Toronto. I'd be walking around town and I'd bump into you. I'd apologize, and you'd take your earphones out and say 'pardon?' I'd say I was sorry again and you'd smile and say it was ok. Then, after faintly hearing what you were listening to I'd ask if it was this song, and when you'd smile and shake your head, I'd tell you I loved the band and we'd start talking.. And then it'd just happen.." He let out a frustrated huff, "I don't know 'what'.. It'd just happen Willow.. It'd have to.."
     "Yeah and by that time, you already have a serious relationship with some girl back home. And you wouldn't tell me because you really liked me and we'd fall for each other and then, just as you were about to leave and we were about to confesses our deepest feelings to each other, you'd tell me you had a fiancé, but it was alright, you knew I was better for you.. And I'd get mad and just break down and run from the airport racked with tears. And in my fragile state I'd latch onto the first guy who flirted with me, inevitably falling into an abusive relationship.. It can't work!"
     "No, it wouldn't be like that! It'd be different.. It WOULD work.."
     Willow forced a laugh, "Gawd, listen to us! Ben what are we doing?!"
     "I don't know Willow..I just don't.." He studied her face seriously, "Ok, back to reality. Do you want this Willow?"
     She went to answer then closed her mouth. She was positive she wanted this, yet why was she arguing the whole fact? Maybe this was just some silly week long fling, and nothing but that, they'd both go back home and fall in love with their real soul mate..
     Willow curled up and rested her head in Ben's lap, "I don't know Ben.. I really don't.."
     Ben nodded as ran his fingers through her hair as he stared off into no where.

     Willow came awake suddenly in the middle of the night and sat up. After looking around the room until she could begin to make things out, her drowsy eyes rested on Ben's sleeping figure.
     She studied him for a bit. His hair was slightly tousled, and his face remained emotionless except for the few secretive grins that sweeped his facade for a mere few seconds before disappearing again. He kept his body quite conserved, unlike most people who would simply sprawl out and sleep loudly, he had his hands neatly folded under his head and his legs stretched out as far as they would go. She watched the silent drawl of his exhaling and inhaling, exhaling and inhaling..
     "Here I am, sleeping with a man I've known for four days.." Willow commented aloud after watching Ben for a bit, "What AM I doing?"
     Willow took a few deep breaths and wrinkled her nose. The room seemed to be quite stuffy at the moment. Walking across the room, Willow opened the window and a gust of cool air sweeped by her. She inhaled the crisp night air.
     Willow quietly got back into bed beside Ben, making sure not to wake him.
     She sat against the back board and looked at him again, "Ben? Are you awake?" Willow asked quietly after seeing him flinch a bit.
     "Hmm, I hope not.. I need to talk. And it's much easier to talk to you when you're not awake.." She sighed, "I'm in serious need of help.." She brought her knees into her chest and rested her head. "Well Ben.. I don't know what to do. I like you, a lot.. Yet, I want to finish school, but at the same time I just want to be with you.. I don't know, it's confusing. I want too much.. I do want to be with you though.. I really do. You're just..I don't know..'amazing'.." She laughed suddenly, "There's no one word to describe you, sweet, funny, intelligent, caring, honest, outgoing, vibrant, cute, hot..gawd I could go on!" She laughed again, "Why am I talking to you right now? Why, when you're sleeping, do I spill my deepest thoughts? It's easier, I don't have to worry what you think of me.. I don't have to worry about your reaction when I say, 'I think I may actually love you', or 'I would give it all up just to spend a day with you..everything..'" Willow sighed and blinked back tears, "Gawd I don't know what I'm doing.. I don't want to go back home without you.."
     Willow dabbed her eyes quickly and rested her head on Ben's chest.
     Ben was almost shaking, he could barely breathe straight. He waited until he felt all the tension in Willow disappear and knew she was sleeping before he exhaled loudly. He was covered in goose bumps. "Love?" He said breathlessly, "Oh my.."