Shane closed the door of the hotel room behind him. It was dark and cold. He would never get used to the loneliness. He missed Jaclyn. He had tried to convince himself he couldn’t give her what she needed. He wanted a full relationship. But lately he missed her more than ever. He had no idea what day it was. Or even what country they were staying in. Shane had been working his ass off to make it all work. To fulfil his dream. At times likes this he hated his dream. He lost the one thing he loved because of that dream. Shane walked to the mini bar. He needed a drink and fast. Thank god Ronan understood the way things were on tour and they had all been given full access to the mini bars. He chose his drink and turned on the TV. As usual nothing was on. ‘Why don’t they all show sky or something?’ Shane tossed the remote through the room and sat on his bed. He could hear Nick and Georgina giggle. He sighed. Should he call Jaclyn to see how she was doing? ‘Don’t be silly. It’s been almost ten months since you left her. She doesn’t need you in your life again.’ Shane made a mental note to ask Ronan if talking to your self on tour was very common. Shane laid back and closed his eyes. Jaclyn had moved on. She had to. She wasn’t the girl to sit back and weep.

Jaclyn just filled the last washing machine with clothes when the bell rang. ‘God another customer.’ She quickly ran a hand through her hair and walked to the counter. ‘How may I help you?’ The woman turned around and Jaclyn’s jaw hit the counter. ‘Oh my god Nik.’ She didn’t know how fast she had to walk around the counter to hug her old friend. ‘I haven’t seen you in a long, long time.’ Nik smiled. ‘Not since we went on tour.’ Jaclyn’s face fell. ‘Oh honey. I’m sorry.’ Jaclyn shook her head. ‘Don’t be. It’s been so long. No need to cry over spilled milk.’ She wiped her eyes and looked at Nik. ‘You look fantastic. Life on the road has been good to you.’ Nik started laughing. ‘Bryan has been good to me.’ Jaclyn guided her to a bench. ‘Sit down. Do you want some tea?’ Nik looked at her watch. ‘I have a few minutes.’ Jaclyn quickly made some tea and sat beside the young woman. Nik swirled her spoon around. ‘Have you seen Shane?’ Jaclyn shook her head. ‘I don’t want to see him.’ ‘He misses you.’ Jaclyn snorted. ‘He broke up with me. He should have thought about that.’ Nik placed a hand on Jaclyn’s arm. ‘You look really tired. Are you sure you are okay?’ To Nik’s surprise Jaclyn started crying. ‘Jac?’ Jaclyn sniffled. ‘I’m sorry. I haven’t been sleeping well for a few days.’ ‘Is college stressing you out?’ Jaclyn looked at her cup of tea. ‘I dropped out.’ ‘What?’ Nik lifted Jaclyn’s chin. ‘Why on earth did you do that? You were top of the class.’ Jaclyn shrugged. ‘Something came up.’ ‘Something like what?’ ‘Come with me.’ Jaclyn walked to the back office. ‘Something like this.’ Nik saw a small crib. She peeked inside and saw a small infant. ‘You never told me you met someone new and had a child with him.’ ‘I didn’t.’ Nik turned pale. ‘I was 3 weeks pregnant when Shane broke up with me.’