shapeshift

Chapter Thirty One

"Spencer, I swear to God if you don't get up right now!" I hear. I groan.

"What?" I ask.

"It's noon!" Maddie shouts.

"God, my head" I say. I sat up in my bunk. "Where are we?".

"We're in Cincinnati. You slept for over 12 hours" She says.

"I...My head is spinning" I say.

"Yeah, probably because you drank this!" She says, holding up the empty bottle of Pink Mascato.

"Stop yelling" I say.

"Just get up. I told you not to drink that, and you did, so deal with it" She says. "Hurry up, and come to the venue. Tae is gonna start asking questions if you don't get in there".

"Where is she?" I ask.

"I lied and said you were up late and needed to sleep in. I wasn't telling her you're drinking. She'd be pissed. Do you know how protective she is over you?".

"Well, what about Morgan?" I ask.

"She told him what I told her" She explains. "Now, get up!". She yanked my blanket off of me. I groan and walk to our bus bathroom. I wipe the makeup from my eyes and wash my face. I threw on a hoddie and pair of leggings before walking out of the bathroom. Maddie was still in the bus.

"You didn't have to wait" I say.

"Well, I did" She says.

"Are you pissed?" I ask. She sighs.

"I'm not...mad, Spence. I just...I don't want you to end up doing something you'll regret. Everyone knows about your parents and past and-".

"And, I'm not my mother or my father. I'm fine" I say and push past her. I didn't want to hear anything she had to say. I was fine. One bottle of wine wasn't going to do any harm.

I walked into the venue and immediately found Tae.

"Hey! You rested up?" She asks.

"Oh, uh, yeah. I'm...good" I say.

"Where's Maddie?" She asks.

"Uh, I don't know. Have you seen Morgan?" I ask her.

"He's with Lottie somewhere" She says. "I think they're doing some interview stuff, but I'm not sure".

"Oh...well, if you see him will you tell him I'm looking for him" I ask.

"Yeah" She says. I turn to walk away, but she stops me. "Are you good, Spence?".

"What? Oh, yeah. I'm fine. I just...have to use the bathroom" I say. She nods. I frantically walk ti find the nearest bathroom and collapse in front of the toilet, hurling up what I thought was everything I'd ever eaten or drank. A couple minutes later, the door opened up. It was Maddie. I already knew she was pissed that I'd had alcohol last night, so I didn't want to hear an 'I told you so'. "Don't even say a word".

"I think I deserve to say it" She says. She handed me a hair tie off her wrist. I sat with my back against the cold wall, and threw my hair up. "Spence, this isn't you".

"I told you, I'm okay. I just...have a hang over. I already feel better" I say. She extended her hand down to me, and pulled me up.

"Spencer, I'm not kidding. You need to be careful with this. You know it can be dangerous" She says.

"Yeah, but I'm not abusing it. A drink won't hurt" I say. I begin to walk out.

"Yeah, but-".

"Stop. I'm fine. I don't want to hear it" I say. She sighed and threw her hands up. I walked out and immediately bumped into Morgan. "Baby!".

"There she is, my beautiful girl" He says before kissing me. Maddie walked out of the bathroom without acknowledging either of us. "What's up with her?".

"Oh, uh...it's that time of the month" I lie.

"Well, we'll get her some chocolate later" He says. "Right now, I wanna do this". He kissed me once more.

"I love you so much" I say, pulling away.

"I love you soo" He says. We start walking back towards the dressing rooms. "I also wanted to tell you, I don't think you'll have to worry Bout your mother anymore". My stomach turned again hearing thst word.

"Why?".

"I may have said some things I shouldn't have, and Tae might have done the same" He says. He refused to tell me what either of them said. I hated anything that had to do with her, and the thought of her knowing where I live, who I work with, and the fact that the people I work with are famous, and that I'm dating the biggest name in country music made me sick.

"Well, I love you and Tae both for that" I say. "I should probably go back and check on the girls".

"Yeah, go on" He says before kissing me goodbye. When I reached the dressing room, the girls weren't in there, but you know what was...another bottle of Pink Mascato.