La Tienda (Joel Pimentel)

26

"It's too early" I groan.
Christopher laughs loudly, "it's ten o'clock."

I glare at him.
"Too early" I whisper.

Renato walks over to our group, "están listos?"
We all nod.
"Alright there's a lot of fans out there so be careful" Renato says.

We all walk towards the van. Lina and I went first and didn't get pushed too much.
It takes a little while for the boys to get through but they do eventually.

Once inside the van they pull out their phones and record the fans banging on the car.
"Vamos a México!!!" Joel yells.

He's doing a live on Instagram.
"Digan algo" he says, pointing his camera at all of us.

"Hola CNCOwners, estamos muy emocionados de ir a México" Christopher says, blowing a kiss.

"Hasta pronto!" Richard adds.
"Los amo mucho" Erick says.

"Zabdiel está durmiendo" Joel says, laughing while pointing the camera at Zabdiel.
He has his head on my shoulder and is indeed , sleeping.

"They say hi Anitta" Joel says.
"Hola" I say, waving at the camera.

"Why aren't we sitting next to each other?" Joel asks out loud.
"It just happened that way" he replies.

After some time we finally arrive at the airport.
"Llegamos al aeropuerto entonces me tengo que ir, adiós! Los amo mucho" Joel says, then ending the live.

He looks over at me and gives me a half smile. "They were asking about us a lot" he says.
"Oh.." I say, not knowing what else to say.

"Everyone hurry up we need to be on time for this flight! Pinche tráfico" Renato says, getting out of the van.
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"México lindo y querido!" Richard says, recording a video as we arrive at the hotel.

There are a few fans outside of the hotel.
I'm so excited to be here! I'm Mexican as well but never really got to visit here as much as I visited Puerto Rico with my mom.

The boys go to chat with fans so I follow Renato inside to check in.

While Renato is talking to the lady at the front desk Lina walks over to me, "you have some nerve."

I look at her with a confused expression, "excuse me?"
"You think you can come here and take Joel away from me then you stick your claws into Zabdiel, you're such a bitch" she says.

My jaw drops.
"Listen there's a lot that happened between Joel and I that you don't know about so I'm not going to stand here and listen to you act like you know what you're talking about" I say.

She rolls her eyes, "whatever. Just watch your back.. wouldn't want everyone to find out the truth."
She smirks before walking towards Renato.

I feel my chest begin to tighten and my eyes begin to water.
Great anxiety !

I have kind of been suppressing my feelings about everything that's been happening and that just set them off.

The boys finally enter the hotel and walk over to wait with me.
"Hey you okay?" Christopher asks, noticing my expression.
"M-me tengo que ir" I repeat.

"What? Where?" he asks.
My hands begin shaking and my vision becomes blurry.
Then I burst into tears.

"I can't-can't d-do this anymore" I say.
Joel grabs my arm and pulls me away with him to a quiet corner.