The Key

Meanwhile

Nash's POV

Carter told me Lily's real story right before the event started and I couldn't believe it. No wonder she ran. But being honest I don't know how to react to it. I of course don't think of her differently but I just can't imagine it or how she could feel about killing her own dad.

What was I supposed to say to her when we found her? I would have tried harder to go after her and make sure she was safe. Throughout the V.I.P I wasn't really fully there. I was thinking about Lily. I wanted to find her. Scratch that. I needed to find her.

But I couldn't do that to the fans. They could not,find out. This would make things so much worse for everyone, specifically Lily and Carter. I want to keep her safe. The V.I.P just ended and I had to apologize multiple times to girls that were talking to me and I was staring off into space thinking about Lily.

The regular meet and greet started a few minutes after and hundreds of girls came through the doors. I was at a table with Cameron, the rest of us were with whoever. It didn't really matter to the fans what order we were in unless they wanted a specific pose with certain people. Throughout the meet and greet, I got multiple comments about Lily. There was good, bad, but mostly asking where she was.

I could tell Shawn, Taylor, and Carter were the ones being the most frequently asked as well when ever I looked over at them they were very serious, said something , and then wiped it off their faces. The meet and greet ended and we all dispersed to go to the bathroom or do whatever backstage.

"Ten minutes until the show starts guys! Get back stage!"Bart yelled from behind me. I rolled my eyes not wanting to do anything but go find Lily. We all made our way towards the back while the staff and crew put up the gates. Cameron and Matt found me as I plopped down onto the floor starfishing onto the ground.

"Is he alright?"Matt asked. Cameron gave him a look and Matt looked down at me apologetically. "Sorry bro. As soon as the event is over, we'll go look for her again. It'll all be ok."Matt said flopping on top of my making me groan. "Good idea. Dog pile!"Cameron yelled following Matthew's actions.

The rest of our group turned towards us and saw what Cameron and Matt were doing. "Come on guys! Nash is sad! Time to squish some love into him."Matt said practically into my face. I looked over and saw them all shrug and run over to us except for Marie, Mahogany, and Roni just shook their heads and watched.

I felt each of them land on me and I loved that they all cared but they were going to break me before I could tell them. I also noticed that Carter wasn't anywhere to be seen either but I didn't question it. Lily's his sister, he has a right to have some time to himself. Everyone eventually got off of me and helped me up. "Feel better?"Hayes asked jumping up and clinging onto me like a koala.

Everyone laughed at his actions and I slightly nodded my head. "Come on man. She wouldn't want us moping around because we can't go look for her right now. She might even come here before the event ends."Johnson said. "I hope so."I said as Bart called my name to go out on stage.

I heard the roar of the crowd and put on a fake smile that soon turned real at the thought of our fans. They were all here supporting us and paid just to come see us do random shit. I had to do this for them. For her.

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"Question time! Lets wind this down for a bit and do this. Ask any question you want and we'll try to answer them the best we can."Gilinsky said into the mic. There were chairs and stools littered on the stage so we all took a seat. Carter showed up and the girls even came on stage with us. Taylor ran back stage and carried out one of the smaller couch seats and dropped it onto the stage taking a seat on it making everyone laugh.