All She Wants (COMPLETE) - BSB Fanfiction

Chapter 3

"So Kevin, are you going to come out with us tonight?" Kevin had been unusually quiet on the ride back to the hotel and Howie was growing concerned for his friend. "Kevin? Yo Kev? Hello?"

Kevin turned from the window to look at Howie. "Um... what?"

"Where have you been? I asked you a question three times."

"Oh. Sorry. What did you want?" Kevin ran his hand through his hair and sighed. His mind had been on the scene back at the record store. He couldn't figure out what he had done to upset Ellena, or what he said to make the little girl cry the way she did. No matter what he tried to tell himself, he couldn't get rid of the guilty feeling in the pit of his stomach. The look of pain and heartache that was on the Lacey's face replayed over and over in his mind. He tried to tell himself that she was just another fan and that many fans did strange things when he was around but it was no use.

Slowly, he reached his hand into his pocket and ran his finger down the smooth leather of the wallet inside. He could have just as easily left the wallet with the record store manager to return to Ellena. He could have handed over the wallet and forgotten all about her. He knew himself better than that though. Even if he had left the wallet at the record store, he would never have forgotten about her. He couldn't explain it but he felt a strange sense of urgency to see her again. He needed to see her again to apologize. He needed to see her again simply to set the record straight. At least that's what his head was telling him.

"Um...no. I've got some things I need to do tonight. Where are you going?"

"We're going to the peelers! Woo hoo!" Nick exclaimed from the back of the van.

"Oh gee. As exciting as that sounds, I'm still going to pass." Kevin replied sarcastically.

"Stop being such a puthay Kevin and come out with us." Nick joked.

Kevin remained sullen and shook his head. "I'm not being a puthay. I told you. I have something I gotta do tonight."

"Are you sulking about getting burned by that chick at the signing?" Nick donned a mischievous grin and laughed. Kevin rolled his eyes. Howie and AJ turned their attention to Nick in the backseat.

"Kevin got burned by a chick? Oh do tell!" AJ clapped his hands together and waited for Nick to relay the story.

"Oh dude! She was hot....."

Kevin tuned out Nick's chatter, rolled his eyes and turned away from them to stare out the window again.

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"Lala, do you hafta work tonight?" Lacey had been sitting at the kitchen counter eating grilled cheese. She had breadcrumbs in her hair and cheddar stripes on her cheeks.

"Nope! I'm staying home tonight." Ellena smiled at the mess of a child sitting beside her.

"Yay! Can we watch Aladdin?"

"Sure. You got get washed up and I'll pop some popcorn." Ellena helped Lacey off the high stool and set her on the floor. Lacey raced down the hall to the bathroom. Ellena cleared the plates off the counter and wiped the top. "Popcorn hmmmm. If I were popcorn, where would I be?" She mumbled to herself while opening and closing several cupboard doors. "Oh yes, in the very farthest back part of the pantry – of course." She groaned and opened the pantry. Four tin cans came tumbling out as soon as she swung the door open. She managed to catch three but the fourth fell on her foot. "Ouch!" She yelped in pain and hopped around the kitchen on one foot.

Lacey turned on the water and splashed around in the sink for a while. Once she had managed to get water on every square inch of the bathroom counter, she turned off the tap and dried herself off, leaving the towel in a crumpled heap on the floor. She heard a faint knock at the door and decided that she would answer it for Lala. She opened the door after struggling with the doorknob. Her eyes grew wide as she looked up at Kevin standing in the hallway of the apartment building.