new identity

Chapter 9 - Everything comes crashing down

We arrive back at our hotel and I can't believe my eyes, there must have been hundreds, even thousands of girls crowding around.

"Oh shit" the boys say in low voices.
"Here take these" Tyrone says giving us black hoodies and black glasses.
It must be a type of disguise they use but not a very good one.
"Why are they here tonight?" I ask confused.
"They always do this after a concert, somehow they find out where we are staying and crowd around our hotel." Luke explains.
"Yeah it's so annoying" Calum complains.
"Because we are so tired and they are so loud" Michael adds.
"Oh great" I say sarcastically.

We have absolutely no other way to get inside the hotel but through the massive crowd of girls. I feel a knot of anxiety strike through me and I suddenly feel light headed. Just the thought of pushing though all those girls is really unnerving. What if I get crushed?

I sit down for a moment trying to listen to Tyrone's plan but I can't concentrate with all this pressure. I'm exhausted and I can't handle this right now.
Ashton could tell too and came over to comfort me.
"Everything's gonna be alright. I promise"
(A/N: ugh cliché)
The car parks around the corner of the hotel. We exit the car and walk over to the crowd surrounding our hotel.

Bodyguards appear from nowhere and make a path for us to get through.

Ashton and Michael stay close to me so I feel safer, Ashton intertwining his fingers with mine and Michael placing his hand on my back to guide me.

Michael has been really edgy lately and it's a little strange but I'm close with him and he tells me everything so I don't think anything is wrong, I hope.

Girls scream and put out their hands in hope to touch 5 seconds of summer. Some actually grab hold of me and boy it hurts. We finally get though and safely into our hotel. The receptionist lady at the desk has her mouth wide open in shock and eyes popping out of her head.
"Out of all the years I've worked here, that has never happened before!" she exclaims in a wisely tone.
"We must be pretty special then" Michael says jokingly.

As we enter our rooms, I look out the window. There are so many girls its crazy. Even some parents are standing up the very back looking quite bored. I show the others before closing the window to make it a little quieter.

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I woke up at 2am and could still hear a few screaming girls. I creep towards the window and slyly peer outside. There aren't many girls out there, only 100 and that's not a lot compared to before.

Inside our room it feels like it's a sauna and I need some fresh air. I sneak out of the room trying not to wake anyone. There is no other door to exit the hotel so I decide not to go fully outside and just stay in the lobby.

I relax there in a chair for a while just daydreaming in the peaceful silence. Nobody else is there and the night is beautiful. Most girls have silenced down and gone home or camped out outside and gone to sleep, but I could still hear a group or two.

I close my eyes and hear footsteps getting louder and louder. I open my eyes to see who it is and let out a relieved breath when it was just Michael.
"You couldn't sleep either?" he asks, sitting down on the chair next to me.
"Yeah it's so hot in the room, I needed air."
"So um I really need to talk to you about something..." he trails off.
"Um okay what is it?" he's getting edgy again and I'm nervous but trying not to show it.
"Well you see, Tyrone came up to Ashton and I one day before you were moved here and asked us to be your personal security protector from identity leakers. We were meant to fly over to London but then things got worse and they found out personal things about you. We couldn't fly over because our band had just gotten big from our new single. It just wouldn't work out so you had to move here to Australia. I'm sorry you had to move with no notice or anything. I'm sorry, I really am." He finishes and looks down in sorrow and guilt.