Chapter 20

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  "Click," a soft sound woke me up. My eyes attempted to open, but the light was too bright. I shoved my face into the pillows. Instead of my soft, fluffy pillow, my face was connected to a hard, firm object.
  I quickly tried to get up, but something held me in place. My eyes finally adjusted to the brightness and opened. A body was under me and it was an arm keeping me hostage. It was Braxton.
Another click made my eyes dart up. Joe stood with his phone pointed to Brax and me. I groaned, "First Patrick, now you being a stalker. It used to be the other way around, you know. I used to be the stalker and you guys were the stalkees."
"Well, that's not creepy," Joe smiled. He still held his phone in our direction.
I sighed, "Don't show Andy the pictures you're taking, but send them to me, please!"
He nodded and then walked towards the kitchen.
"Braxton!" I spoke loudly, it wasn't a scream, not even close, but Brax jumped and fell of the coach. By Brax, I mean we.
  I landed on top of him. His eyes only split open for half of a second, he gave a smile and then was out like a rock again.
  I huffed and pried his arms away. It took me a few minutes, but once I was free I took pictures of all the guys.
  I left them to sleep in peace as walked to the kitchen.

  Pancakes, oh my gee, are so good! I cooked for everyone. One person didn't join us though. If you guessed Olivia, you are correct. No surprise there.
  I asked Phil why she was being so rude lately, but he quickly changed the topic. Either he didn't know why, or he didn't want to tell.
  Everyone was joking around, except Andy, who glared at Brax. Brax sat really close next to me, which Andy apparently didn't like. I yelled at Andy across the table to calm down in order on for us all to enjoy my wonderful pancakes. He complied and gradually joined in on the joking.

  "Bye, guys!" I waved to the shrinking figures. Brax, Tom, Zack, and Jack we're going home. They waved back, Jack sent a wink and a kissy face to me.  I blew him a kiss jokingly. He caught it and put it in his pocket. The guys laughed at him, and Brax slapped the back of his head.
  "We need to talk," Andy said from behind me.
  "About...?"
  "Braxton," he bluntly stated.
  "What about him?" I urged. I was completely clueless as to what he wanted to talk about.
  "You need to be careful around him. He likes you more than a friend, I could see it in the way he looks at you," he worried.
  I rolled my eyes, "We're just friends. Nothing else is going on, but I'll be careful for you, Andy."
  I quickly ended the conversation with a hug and then ran off to my room. Andy must be mistaken, there's no way Braxton would like me. I'm so... Me.
  I pondered the possibility on my way to my room, once I got their, I came to a conclusion: Braxton didn't like me and Andy was just being protective. That made the most sense to me.
  I stopped thinking about the possibilities and went through the pictures Joe sent me. They were cute, not the clearest, but they'll do.
It took about an hour to find all the pictures I wanted to use and save them to an album. Another additional hour to convince Pete to drive me to the store. He only caved after I promised to buy him a pizza.
  Once we got to the store, I used the provided cord to plug my phone in and transfer pictures. The printing took longer than I had expected, and Pete had wandered away when we first arrived, so I found the frozen section. The cold air ran over me as I opened the door and grabbed a random pizza.
  Pete basically like any flavor and brand of pizza. This pizza should hopefully be good enough.
  I brought it back to the printing section. Perfect timing, the last one was printing. I gathered then all together and placed them in a small cardboard box, which was provided.
  The register was slow, but we finally got to leave after I payed. Then I had to find Pete.
  Once we got home, I gave Pete his pizza and went off to start on my project.
  It was just collage on my wall, but I felt it was special. It had pictures of everyone: my friends, Fall Out Boy, even Phil and Olivia. The pictures were arranged in different patterns and I left a heart shape unfilled to show my plain wall.

  It took forever to hang all of the pictures, but once they were all in their places and I could see no wall, except for the heart, I yelled for the guys and Livey. I waited right outside of my room with the door closed.
  The guys showed up one by one. We had to wait a few minutes for Olivia, but she showed. "Cover your eyes!"
  I led them into my room, making sure they didn't peak. After everyone entered, I turned them all to face my wall. "Open your eyes, now!"
  The guys walked closer for a better look and to see each picture clearly. Livey stood from her spot, rolled her eyes, and then she left. I felt a small stab in my chest, but I did my best to cover the hurt. I turned my attention back to the guys.
  Andy stared hard and long at the pictures of Brax and I, most likely thinking of how to scold me. When he had finished, he spun to me with a straight face. The look lasted for a few moments and then he broke into a smile, "This is amazing."
  I smiled as the guys pointed out different pictures. They commented on the funny ones or how cute some were. They pointed out one of Olivia and I, and my mind wandered.
  What did I do wrong? Why did she hate me?

  I haven't don an author's note in FOREVER!!! But I'm doing one now. I wanted to show my appreciation to the people who read my book or books. Thank you guys so much!!!

  Anyone wants to guess why Livey is acting that way?!

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