Celebrity Cruise [COMPLETED]

Chapter 29 - "I thought I lost you."

Jules grabbed Sky's hand as she tried to make her way through the dark. This hadn't been Sky's idea but she hadn't fought that hard against it. She was suppose to be setting up for the big party after the concert but Jules, Cara and Bee had convinced her to sneak into the auditorium on their short break to watch Knox perform.

She held the door to the balcony open wide enough for the girls to sneak through. They stopped at the top of the stairs, able to see the whole stage, where countless bright lights were directed at the stage, illuminating the whole thing.

She smiled as she watched Knox moved around the stage, his movement casual and purposeful at the same time. His voice came out clear and warm as it filled the whole auditorium.

She couldn't help the flutter in her stomach and she found herself breathless as she watched him perform. Even before she had known him, watching his concert DVD she had known he was a good performing. But now that he meant something to her, it made him even better. He was personable, which seemed impossible when you are performing to a room filled with people, but someone how he pulled it off.

"He's amazing!" Jules squealed.

"He is," Sky agreed. She looked around at the crowd in the theater and wasn't surprised to see ninety percent were girls. She watched them as they moved their hips to the beat, singing out every word to every song.

She tried to get a better view of the lower level but knew she didn't need to see it to know it was the same down there. There were hundreds of people here to see Knox sing and somehow, this fact seemed to break the magic she had felt.

She looked back at the stage, trying to ignore the nervous feeling she felt washing over her. Knox finished a song and the theater erupted into cheers. Sky joined in as the girls  jumped up and down.

"Thanks so much for being here with me tonight!" Knox said. Sky watched the girls closest to her melt at his words. "This cruise has been an absolutely amazing experience. I have met some amazing people."

The words didn't sink in until Jules pinched her arm. She jumped and looked at Jules alarmed but Jules was smiling.

"I wonder who he is talking about?" Bee asked playfully.

"It has been great to be able to meet my fans," he said. "Learn about who they are and what they to do. I've been able to see amazing places and experiences them with people I now consider friends."

"And more," Cara laughed. Sky ignored the comments as she watched the girls around her melt at his words. Jules, Cara and Bee thought he was talking about her, but watching the girls around her, Sky could tell they all thought he was talking about them.

"To all those people out there who I've had the pleasure of meeting and spending time with, this song is for you." Knox signal to Patch and he started a slower beat. The audience started singing along with him without missing a word. Sky couldn't help feeling a little lost in the sea of voices.

She wasn't surprised to see that Jules, Bee and Cara knew the words and she let Jules take her arm joining as they began to sway. But at her core, she could feel something settling. Something she hadn't thought about but now was there. She knew it was inevitable.

"That was amazing!" all three girls squealed as they left the theater after a few songs. Sky barely paid attention, her mind running on a different track. She had always known the cruise would end. She wasn't naive enough to think any friendship she had with Knox would last past the cruise but somehow, it had still snuck up on her.

Knox belonged to a different world. Between the night before and the morning spent on the boat she had forgotten that. But it had easily come back to her when she was surrounded by girls singing out his songs, convinced he wrote the song for them.