On Tour With BTR & Austin Mahone

Chapter 12

During the ride, Austin, his mom and I talked all the time. We just talked about normal things, like favorite food and stuff. It was some kind of popquiz where we just had to answer questions about ourselves. I know a lot more about Austin right now. And about his mom too. About 5 minutes before we got to the hotel, I started recognizing the environment. It made me panic, because I'd have to face my brother. I really did not want to talk to him.

"- Are you nervous?" Austin asked. Like he could read my mind.

"- Yeah.

- Why? He's your brother...

- I know. But I never yelled at him before. I never screamed 'I hate you' at him before. And today I did. But the point is I didn't mean it. I was just really angry..." I sighed.

"- Than tell him.

- But what if he thinks I'm lying? What if he doesn't want me to live with him anymore?" I was breathing very heavily at that moment.

"- Hey... Calm down. It'll be alright." He pulled me closer to him, so that I could rest my head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around me, to comfort. Even though I know him only for a couple of days, I didn't mind. He has this vibe, that makes me feel comfortable around him all the time. I hate to admit it, but... it feels like butterflies.

"- He'll understand why you are mad. He loves you. You're his little sister. I mean... how can't he love you?" That last part he whispered. Like he didn't want me to hear it.

"- I'm scared Austin. I can't have my brother hate me too. Than there's nobody left..." A tear rolled over my cheek. Probably the hundredth time today. Does it ever stop?

"- That's not true. He won't hate you. You're the one that's mad right? And there's always someone left. You still have your best friend.

- I don't. The other day she didn't even let me finish. I couldn't tell her I hate it here, just because she was getting all dirty-minded about Logan sleeping in the same bedroom as me.

- Oh... So she wouldn't listen.

- Yes. So I have nobody left if James hates me." My voice broke.

"- First of all: he won't hate you. And second: you'll always have me. Look, I know we only know each other for a couple of days, but we have a connection. I feel comfortable around you. You're a nice and sweet girl. Maybe a little bit shy, but a quiet person is always nice in this madness. You give me my peace. You'll always can come back to me. After these 5 months, I'm pretty sure that we'll have a good friendship or..." He didn't finish his sentence.

"- Or what?" I asked him while sniffing.

"- Nothing. Never mind." It was quiet for a second.

"- Thank you Austin.

- You're welcome." The bus stopped. His mom came back in the living room of the bus. She napped shortly in the bunks.

"- We're back at the hotel. Are you guys ready? The bodyguards will guide us in. We'll have 2 hours to shower and have lunch before we have to go back for the meet and greets.

- Okay." We said in sync. I let go of Austin and walk out of the bus in front of him. A bodyguard took me by my arm and led me to the elevators. I shared one with my bus buddies and went to my own bedroom. Logan was already there, cause his bus was driving in front of ours.

"- Hey, do you know if James is already showering? I really need to talk to him.

- No, I don't. Maybe you should check his room.

- Okay. You shower first. I'll go talk to him. I hope in the meanwhile our lunch is brought.

- Sure." I went back into the hallway and walked over to James's room. Right on the moment I wanted to knock, the door opened. My brother.

"- Can we talk?" We both said at the same time.

"- Come in." He invited me in his room. I could hear Austin was under the shower.

"- James, I'm so sorry. I don't hate you. I was mad, I didn't mean it..." I started to cry again.

"- Chloe, stop. I understand you were mad. I shouldn't have done this. You woke me up with saying 'I hate you'.

- But I didn't mean it...

- I know. It just made me realize I was acting the way mom and dad do. And I don't want to make you go trough that hell again for the coming five months. You did it to get away from it, but I'm getting you back in this way. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean too. I was jealous. I had the feeling I was loosing you too Austin. You hang around with him all the time. But than again, I get it. He's about your age and it's probably easier to talk to him than to me. But you have to know that you can always come to me. After tour, you'll be seeing Austin less and maybe even no more, cause he lives in Miami and we live in L.A. I want to be the one for you when you have problems you want to talk about. Especially when you're living under my roof and when I'm your guardian.

- Wait... you're taking custody over me?

- Yes. I made up my mind, and I decided that I can't let you go trough hell any longer. You, Fox and Halston mean everything to me and I don't want to lose any of you.

- Thank you James. Thank you so much." I jumped up and hugged him.

"- Everything for my little sister. What makes you think I won't take custody?

- Because I told you I hate you. Even though I didn't mean it.

- And I knew that... So are we cool?

- We're cool." I let go of the hug and gave him a high five.

"- There is something I want to talk about with you." I first walked to the bathroom door to hear if the shower was still on. When I heard the sound of water floating, I decided to go on. I walked back to the bed where my brother was sitting on.

"- Before I go on, you have to promise you won't be mad or do what you did earlier.

- I promise.

- I think I'm falling for Austin.

- Oh. Oh... Oh... Oh.... ...

- Are you going to say something?" He didn't he just pointed behind me with a face that didn't need words. I turned around and saw Austin standing there.

"- Oh my God, this is so embarrassing." I ran out of the room, back to mine. I slammed the door and sat down on the ground. Right on that moment, Logan came out of the bathroom, drying his hair with a towel.

"- Wow-ow-ow... why the slamming?" He said on his typical way.

"- I cleared everything with James, than I told him that I'm falling for Austin, but when I turn around he's standing there.

- Ohohohohohohohohoh.... You're in trouble miss...

- Really? That's all you can say?