Pretty Brown Eyes

Chapter 18

Author's Note:

I do want to apologize for a couple of things. One being the way my writing will be presented. I've read a book recently, Looking For Alaska by John Green, and since reading that, I've looked over the things I've written and noticed it's seemed along the lines of how John Green had written that story. Second being that there is a dramatic time change coming in this chapter. In the previous chapter, it could've been anywhere from August to November. Now, it is April. I couldn't think of anything significant enough to write about, so nothing significant happens. Anyways, as I say it's April, a lot of you may know what April means, and the significance of that month. I apologize in advance for any tears, or emotional reminiscence. I enjoy writing emotions in detail in hopes of my readers feeling that emotion in detail. That is all I want to apologize for. Continue.

« Kenna's Point of View »

The day is April 17th, 2014. Magcon is stopped in Nashville, Tennessee. Nash had an announcement for us, but I'm pretty sure we all knew what the announcement was, and it wasn't something to become excited about, or to look forward to hearing. Lately, Magcon had not been as fun as it used to be, not to mention the fact we all had been getting cheated out of our money. It felt more as a job, with that one special benefit.. Meeting your fans. However, I wasn't one to think of them as fans, but more as family, and I loved visiting my family. The announcement, of course, was that Magcon was drawing to an end. We gathered around Nash, all of us already in the venue, to listen to what he had to say about everything.

"Listen guys," he began, "today is gonna be an emotional day. You all should know that Magcon is coming to a close, but there's a reason behind it. Cameron, Hayes, Carter, and I have all made the decision of leaving the management, and signing under another one. My management company, 26MGMT. We all have contracts, and we all feel as a team that we would do a lot better, and become more successful, if we were under the name 26MGMT."

"Nash," I spoke up.

He's my best friend, honestly. If Madi wasn't around, Nash would be my number one best friend. However, I do prefer Madi over Nash, because I just love her more, no matter how great Nash is. Him leaving while we all continued, that will be the hardest thing to do. I didn't really talk to Carter and Hayes as much as I wish I did, but it's whatever. Madi had become closer to Carter and Matt as I did with Nash and Cameron, so this was going to be hard on the both of us.

"Kenna," he said back.

"Can we talk? Privately?" I asked.

He looked around, "Of course."

"Great," I said, taking his hand and leading him out of the ballroom, and to the stairwell.
That was probably the only private place we could talk.

"What's going on?" he asked me.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked him.

"Leaving?"

"Yes," I said, "leaving. Why are y'all doing this?"

"Bart isn't treating us fairly. Even you know that, Kenna. We aren't getting the money we were told we were getting, and we honestly are all paying more to Bart than he is paying us for being here," he said, "and I'm not putting up with it anymore."

I was tearing up. The only thing I did was wrap my arms around Nash's neck, holding him to me. His hands found their way to my hips and on my back. He nestled his head in the crook of my neck and I rested mine on his shoulder. I felt a warm tear trickle down my face.

"Don't leave," I begged, "please."

"I have to," he said back, "but I'm always gonna be here for you."