Hold on JackABoy

Chapter 27- The Panel

Jack's POV

We walked out into the hallway of our hotel.

"You guys ready for this?" Bob said a little sheepishly.

"I'm a little nervous," I said, rubbing my wrists.

"Don't worry guys, we've done this before," Mark said, shoving on his 'ass ass' glasses and smiled earning a giggle from Wade and I.

We got to the back doors and met our Uber. I went to sit with Mark, but Wade got in the middle before me.
I noticed that Wade and Mark have seen to be getting really close, it made me jealous.
'It's ok Jack, Mark loves you, you're just letting your anxiety get in the way again...breathe' I tried to calm myself down. I closed my eyes and let a deep breath out. I then got into the car and closed the door.

It was about a 15 minute drive and I spent most of it just staring out the window. When we got there we walked through the back after Bob paid the Uber driver.

Our panel was really soon and we walked by the stage door we would be going through.
I heard hundreds of people talking and I felt a sick pit feeling creep its way into my stomach.

"Don't be scared Jack!" Wade said, playfully punching my arm. I looked up at him and gave a anxious chuckle and grabbed where he had punched.
We were brought back to our room from the other day.

"Alright. You officially have 17 minutes to go to the bathroom and do what ever you wanna do, but when that comes up I need you to meet me 3 doors down on the left for your panel," Jessica said. When she finished speaking she put one hand up with her clip board as to say "shhh" and one on her ear piece.
"Ok Ned I'll be right there," she sighed as she turned on her heels and ran out.

"I'm going to pee," I said, walking down the hall. My stomach hurt so bad. I walked into the bathroom and rolled up my sleeve and closed the stall door.
I looked at the toilet and contemplated doing what I was about to do. I had just felt as if I was going to puke and I wouldn't want to do it on stage. I slowly got on to my knees and leaned over the bowl. I took my first two fingers and stuck them down my throat. An audible gasping noise was made as I remove my fingers, seeing drool dripping off them. It wasn't enough. Although my body shivered. I took my fingers again and moved them into the back of my throat and wiggled them. I gagged again and spit a little into the toilet bowl. I repeated this about 3 more times and flushed the toilet. My stomach was now empty and I felt better. I'm not gonna lie... I liked it. I wiped my fingers on my jeans and opened the door. Examining myself in the mirror just to make sure. I pulled my sleeves down and went to open the bathroom main door. When it opens in front of me.
"Ah!" I sort of yelled in fright. It was Mark.

"Hey!" he says just above talking and he seemed out of breathe. "You okay?" He asked.
"Yeah...you?" I asked, because he was out of breathe.
"Yeah we're just going be late come on lets go!" He says handing me the door and we jog down a few hallways until we see an impatient Jessica waving us to run faster, standing next to Wade and Bob.
I watch Jessica put a mic on Mark and then she proceeded to attach one to me. The wire went under our shirts and the pack attached to our belt line. Mark jogged on stage.
"HEY HEY HEY!" He yelled and the crowd started screaming.
"Alright alright," he said, using his hands to try and quiet down the crowd. When it was almost silent he said. "Now how many of you wanna see who else is here?" They began cheering again.
One by one I watched as he described Bob and Wade as the ran on and the crowd would cheer.
'Come on come in I know you're there' I say to myself, jumping from foot to foot in place.
'Happy Jack happy Jack' I kept repeating.

"You know him! You love him! He won't give you his lucky charms! He goes good with chives and sour cream! He's like 4 feet tall......" I got ready.

"JACCKKK SEPTICEYYYEEEE!!!" I jogged on with a huge smile on my face. As soon as the lights hit me I felt my heart racing. I looked off into the audience and everything turned into a haze and knew exactly what to do.
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