Light Me Up *Sequel- ON HOLD*

6

"Wow.." I breathe out when Matt turns off the tv in the bus's living area. He just looks down at his lap, not knowing what to possibly say about this situation. We just watched the news, & yup, it's surely true. Hunter Hayes is caught up in this scandal, & the world knows it.

"At least you have free publicity," Sam says with a small tight smile, trying to lighten the mood somehow. It doesn't work.

I rub my temple, just wishing it would all go away. I just got out of the studio room from talking with mom about today, & doing some certain things with Hunter, to find all this.

"I'm not sure that I want people to discover me this way," Hunter groans, sliding into the couch. Guilt sinks into my stomach as I watch him with despair. This is all my fault.

If this somehow damages his career, I don't know what I'll do. Oh my God, I would never forgive myself. It's so hard to make it in this business & if Hunter gets booted from it when he's just really begun, his whole dream would be shattered like glass. It only takes one single thing to start it.

"I'm going to the bathroom," I announce quietly as I stand up from the couch. Hunter doesn't notice, he just sits there & stares blankly into space. Oh shit, I broke him!!

Limping into the small restroom with my crutches, I start to take deep breaths in order to calm myself down. It fails.

"Wow," an all too familiar voice says, & I gasp as I look around frantically. My eyes finally go to the mirror, & I slowly creep over there in fear of what I may find.

I know I havn't been sleeping lately, but this is just ridiculous.

Looking into the mirror, I just see.. me.

"You selfish bitch!" Crap! My reflection just yelled at me! "Hunter's career is ruined because of you! You should have never let it happen!"

"But... how was I to know it would happen?" I murmur, feeling crazy for talking to the mirror.

"You don't belong in his world! Ain't that clear yet?" My green eyes start back at me, dark specks of black running all over them.

"I came from where he came from.."

"He's going to get busier & busier til Nashville will finally be his permanent home. He'll be able to get any girl he wants, so don't you dare expect to make it out." My reflection suddenly, yet gradually turns into Bailey, making me back up & hit my leg against the wall. Ow! That hurts!

"You don't know what you're talking about."

"I think I got a good idea," Bailey says, raising an eyebrow at me as if I'm stupid. "He is too good for you. & once he realizes it, you're done. But," she starts laughing. "Because his career could be ruined, he might not figure it out yet. That was your plan, wasn't it?"

"It's all your fault..."

"You had plenty of time to run," she shouts, anger shown clearly in her expression. "You wouldn't back down. He's suffering for it now."

"Shut up!" I scream as my right fist smashes into the mirror, causing it to shatter to many pieces. I take a shaky step back, looking wide eyed at the mess that I made. Pieces of glass now in my hand, blood visible in the openings of the flesh. They slowly drip out, as if to mock me for my stupidity. "Oh God.." I mutter, looking at myself in a big shard on the white tiled floor. All I see is a pale girl who looks more scared than anything before, looking alone.

*This ain't much, doesn't even feel like an actual chapter to me but I wanted this in anyway to show some of the internal struggles Lexi's starting to face. Even though it isn't that long I hope you enjoyed :b*