I'll Be Your Strength

"Hey, I'm Ori."

A few months have passed since Bekie died, funeral has occurred etc. I didn't want to take forever on Bekie's death sorry

"Hey, I'm Ori."

Chapter 4:

-ORI'S POV- 

"So You, have a chance to hang out with us for one whole week, and go go our next concert in the front row. Just sign in to your Wanted World account, and fill out the information! Youve got an hour to register and well announce the winner in a few days. Good luck guys! Yayyyyyy!!!" 

"So in our last video, we announced the competition, and now we have a winner! Ori Zwerdling, You and 2 friends are gonna hang out with us for the week! So pack your bags and head to the airport, we have some people waiting for you!" 

Oh. My. God.  

"MOOOOOOOOOM!!!" Silence. 

"MOM MOM MOM MOM MOOOOOOOOOOOOOM" 

"Oh my god, Ori what's the big deal" she said as she walks up the steps into my room. Once she reached my door, I turned around and said. "I won." 

"You won??" 

"YES MOM I WON THEY'RE WAITING FOR US AT THE AIRPORT MOM OH MY GOD" 

She smiled and playfully chided me, "then what are you waiting for? Pack! Call Ryla and Karla! Now!!" 

I pick up my phone and call Karla and Ryla in a three way phone call. 

Once they both picked up I stated talking, "guys are you sitting because if you're not sit down now." 

"What?" Ryla replied  

"LISTEN TO ME AND SIT DOWN NOW" 

"Jeez Louise Ori, Im sitting" 

"Karla?" 

"Yup I'm on my bottom." 

"GOOD. BECAUSE I DONT WANT YOU GUYS TO HIT YOUR HEAD AND DIE WHEN I TELL YOU THAT I WON THE COMPETITION. 

"YOU WHAT?!?" Ryla screamed. 

"I WON SO PACK YOU BAGS RIGHT NOW AND COME TO MY HOUSE MY MOMS GONNA TAKE US TO THE AIRPORT." 

I hang up and took deep breaths. Calm down Ori, you don't want to scare the boys. Especially not Nathan.  

I packed my bags, sat in my room for what felt like forever and waited for them to come over.

-NATHAN'S POV-  

"You ok?" Max said as he put his hand on my shoulder.  

I broke out of my gaze and smiled a bit, "Yeah. I'm fine." 

"Good." We got in the car and headed for the airport to wait for the winner. The boys had their usual banter, but I didn't exactly feel like joining in. I wasn't wrong, nothing was the same without Bekie. I looked out the window and droned out again, thinking about everything and nothing at the same time. The car stopped, and everyone got out.  

"Okay, so you're going to stand over there and wait for the winner to come. Her name is Ori, and from what she said when she registered her two friends are er..." Mike, our competition manager, flipped through his papers before finding their names "Ryla and Karla. All around 18,19 years old. Here are pictures," he handed us all pictures before warning us to make sure the fans who came were actually them.  

"Alright," Max said, and glared at Jay for winking at him.  

"Maybe baldey can get some tonight." Jay nudged Tom and they both cracked up.

More banter, more droning out.  

Maybe 15 minutes passed before Ori came. The picture wasn't off. She was about 5'5'', hair to her shoulder, and tanned. She reminded me of Bekie, and I immediately became tense. Ryla and Karla were both around the same height, and had longer hair.

Once Ryla had started to come close, Jay started awkwardly coughing and patting Max on the back. I smiled a little bit as Max tried to ignore Jay and Siva laughed.

Ori was the first one to reach us, "Hey, I'm Ori." She shyly smiled and I looked at the ground.

"We know." I said.

"Woah that sounded a lot more stalkerish than hoped for." Jay commented. We all laughed a little, and she hugged us down the line. Siva, Tom, Max, then Jay. She finally got to me, and I hugged her for a little too long.

-JAY'S POV- 

Siva and I exchanged looks, thinking maybe Nathan was getting over Bekie, but didn't say anything. The moment was too fragile and the joking mention of Bekie could be enough to kill him. Nathan finally pulled away and stuck his hand in his pockets.  

Ryla and Karla came, same routine. Exchanged hellos, and hugs, small talk and jokes. The day passes with tours of the bus and movies and parties, but Nathan didn't say or do much. He sat there and looked around as we talked, and repeatedly stole glances at Ori. I could see why. She was the spitting image of Bekie, maybe a little shorter, and her eyes weren't blue but she was pretty damn close.  

"Ow!" Ori stuck her finger in her mouth trying to stop her cut from bleeding. 

"What happened?" Siva asked. 

"I guess I just cut my finger on some broken glass or something."

"Nathan, mate you gotta stop drinking." I said, and took the bottle from him. 

"No... Give it back." 

"No, go back to bed." 

"Why? So I can see Bekie??" He started laughing "no thanks."  

"Nath..." 

"What!? I can't drink the pain away? Why not? You do it all the time. What the bloody hell is wrong with that?!" He took an empty bottle and smashed it on the floor. The glass shattered and flew everywhere. Shards of glass cut his hand, but he didn't seem to notice. 

He buried his face in his hands are started sobbing. "What the bloody hell is wrong with that..."

She took her finger out of her mouth and it started bleeding again.  

"Shit." She muttered. Nathan started stating at her finger as the blood slowly slid down and dripped on the floor. 

His jaw tightened and I knew he was going in that mode again, where everything triggered him.  

"Uh, Nath why don't you go get the first aid kit in the bathroom."  

He snapped out of his gaze "oh, okay." He was safe from his thoughts, but I knew it was only temporary.  

A few minutes later he came back with the box and took out a band-aid and some anti-bacterial ointment. 

"Give me your hand," he gestured to Ori. She placed her left hand in his right and he gently put a little ointment on the cut, and bandaged it. 

He didn't let go her hand, instead gripped it tighter and whispered, "I'm sorry."

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Yep, this ones pretty long because I didn't like how it ended if it was shorter. And im still not happy with the ending :P oh well! Oh and keep in mind that italcized means flashabck. Oh, and if I said Ori, Ryla and Karla spent the WEEKEND with the boys I meant the week, because I decided a weekend was too short for what I have planned. Anyways, tomorrow is Christmas so if you celebrate, Merry Christmas! And if you don't, then disregard that :P 

-Ysa