Seems Like Yesterday... (Keaton Stromberg) Book 2

Chapter Three- Guilty

Keaton's POV

My whole body was tingling. This tour is what all of us have been waiting for. It is going to be amazing. Today we are just travelling but i dont care because soon we will be playing. Playing to so many fans who adore us and love our music. Nearly all the shows are sold out. None of us expected that at all. Its huge. Amazing. Exhilarating. Already my adrenaline was at its peak. Wesley and Drew were also buzzing with absolute excitement. Who cares if it is only 8? We have got the rest of Emblem three with us, the atmosphere is so incredible. And this bus, this bus is so sick. Its huge!

"Yo Keats, you better text Sky, she's going to school today right?" Tyler, my best friend, chirps from the sofa across from me. Skyler.... I completely forgot about her... Wow, I'm a terrible boyfriend. Slipping my phone out my pocket, i find i have no signal. Oh well... I'm sure Skyler is fine without me. She is one strong girl. Well she used to be. Skyler will definitely be fine. Throwing my phone on the sofa next to me, i smile. All the lovely memories of Skyler and i play in my mind, my smile growing. I love her and will miss her. But to be honest i just cant wait to be travelling and doing what we love.

"Hey Wes, Drew get your guitars. Why not do a few songs? Kenny get your Bongos." Everyone assembles in the back, spreading out over the comfy sofas. Drew winks at me knowing what song i wanted to do. It was the one Sky and I love. The one they all know is our favourite... Wesley is extremely excited for this tour, like all of us, but this is everything he has ever wanted in the whole wide world. Bit side tracked there. The song we have already played before and put up on Youtube. Skyler loved the original and our version. It was one of the first songs she ever heard by us. The song: Santeria by Sublime.

Wesley started us off. In just a few seconds we were all singing our hearts out, driving along a long road. This was the life. The life all of us had dreamt of since we were kids. None of us thought we would even make it this far. Sometimes people get lucky and they have the perfect job and have the perfect girl on their arm. My life has changed because of music and i couldn't be happier. All around me are my best friends. We are always there for each other. Always encouraging, protecting, supporting. Never will we leave a man behind; we stick together no matter what. Its been that way for so many years. And now Skyler is part of that close connection that everyone here will always protect her. She seemed to enjoy hanging out with Tyler, she said he always made her laughs at random things. And that he always cheered her up when i wasn't around. He was a good mate, to all of us.

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All morning i haven't heard from Skyler once. Well i haven't texted her either because she's in school. At lunch or after school i shall. Just so she knows i still do care about her. None of us have heard anything from her. I feel so guilty leaving her there all alone, in a big house and to face school alone... Makes me feel like a coward.

By now i thought i would be missing her loads; nothing so far. Maybe distance isn't a good thing for us... Sky begged us to let her come with us; it wasn't our choice but our managers. We couldn't argue with him, so we left her behind. That made me feel ill. Never leave a man behind eh? Especially a wounded one. Over and over i tell myself she will be fine, one day i will believe it. Life is hard, it throws pretty much everything at you, still people manage to come out the other side. Skyler is strong. Always has, always will, no matter what happens to her. From the first day i saw her, i knew she was trouble. She probably thought the same thing about me. That was what made her so special, so intriguing. Never did i think that we would end up together. Friends was what i thought would happen. Or even worse, acquaintances. I am very very glad of how we turned out.

"Keaton," Drew asks sleepily. He had just woken up from a long nap. Never seen him sleep so much! I was lying in my bunk, even though it was the middle of the day, just to relax a bit more. Drew's bunk was above mine, unfortunately. Sometimes he snores so loud... "Do you think Skyler is ok? Like we have left her alone. And she's my sister. I should be there protecting her. But I'm not... I'm on a huge tour bus on my way to different countries." In the whole time i have known Drew, i have never heard him so distressed and upset. What can i say to reply? She will be fine? I dont believe it right now. Drew probably won't... Or i could say what all of us are thinking? That she couldn't even make it out the house and is curled up on the floor alone, crying her eyes out... About half an hour ago i got a text from Skyler. It was horrible to read. I couldn't even think of a reply to that. She was so upset, so confused and almost hurt. But she made it to school even if she does burst in to tears every ten minutes... I cant cope with her like this. We shouldn't have left her.

"She is fine." i lied.

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