"Where's Michael?" Chance asks as soon as I reach the lobby. The other three boys are waiting down there for us to go to dress rehearsal for the results show tonight. They must've been so upset when they saw Michael wasn't with me cause they're tored of waiting. I mean, I am fifteen minutes late.
"He's um... not coming to the show tonight," I state awkwardly. All three of them looked confused.
"What happened? I told you two Jell-O shots weren't a good idea," Chance starts, but I shake my head.
"It's not the Jell-O shots. There was a ton of drama that went down at three in the morning. Bella accidentally outed Michael's secret relationship. Then, she brought up Abby and referenced how she was six feet under. Then, she posted pictures of Michael snuggling with and kissing his secret girlfriend. It was a mess. Now, he's a mess," I simplify the situation as much as I can.
"Ooooh. Who's his secret girlfriend?" Sergio asks, his attention peaked.
"Kayla Miller," I say casually, but their eyes all widen.
"Damn, you go Michael," Drew laughs.
"So he's not coming tonight, especially cause Bella is going to be there, and... yeah," I trail off. "And Courtney and Alex told me they'd come later."
"Then let's get going! We're already late," Sergio cheers. The four of us take the turn to see the front desk, but we also see something else we didn't expect. Outside of the glass windows you can see a huge hoard of people. There's easily 1000 people out there.
"What the hell?" Drew murmurs. This has never happened before.
"I'm having flashbacks from the hospital," Chance looks at Sergio who nods back at him,"but I don't think it's going to be as easy to get them to go away this time. Especially since they probably don't care about us."
"Well, we have to get through them in order to get to the dress rehearsals," I sigh, grudgingly walking over to the door and opening it. The other boys hesitantly follow. When we walk out, the crowd gets even louder than it previously was. When I look closer, it clicks. These are Kayla's fans.
"Guys shut up!" this girl in the front yells. Slowly, the noise hushes into a quiet whisper.
"Where's the fifth one?" the girl asks us, scanning us for Michael.
"He has a fever and was throwing up. Poor guy," I wing it, throwing in a sigh afterwards. The girl raises her eyebrow.
"He's in there with our queen, isn't he?" she takes a step closer, and I unintentionally back up. The other guys just awkwardly stand there.
"I have no idea what you're talking about. Who exactly is your queen?" I play dumb. The crowd's leader turns to one of her friends.
"This one is Brady, right?" she clarifies.
"Yep."
"Stop playing dumb. We all know that you know about Kayla and Michael's relationship," she glares at me, standing up taller. I back up again.
"Chance, it's your turn," I jump back and push him in front of her.
"Hi, the four of us are already really late to our dress rehearsal for this show we're on, so can you guys please let us through?" he asks. She looks at him straight in the face and laughs.
"Hell no! We're here for some answers, and we're going to get them. I don't care if that means you four have to miss your stupid dress rehearsal," she sticks her tongue out. I groan.
"Kayla isn't even here! She left last night," I snap. The girl now seems taken aback. Kayla is up in the room with Michael, but they don't have to know that.
"Well your pal is, and we need answers!" she demands. The rest of the crowd cheers in response. You have to be kidding me.
"Do you want him to vomit on you?" Drew hops onto the train. She shrugs.
"We just want actual answers, and we aren't moving until we get them," she isn't giving up.
"Guys, huddle," Chance says, and all of us walk inside, shut the door, and get in a circle.
"What do we do?" Drew is the first once to say anything.
"Well, we can miss the dress rehearsals, but if none of us can get to the actual results show, we're eliminated," Sergio murmurs. At once, we all sigh.
"So the goal is just to get one of us out of the building. That can't be that hard," I shrug.
"All of us go out different exits. They can't contain all four of us, and when you get out, sprint to safety. Then, call an Uber," Chance instructs us. This can't be that hard.
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Why I was told to try to get out of the front exit is beyond me. It's going to be impossible. Once the other boys are in position, I walk back outside to the crowd who quickly quiet down.
"Did you talk to Michael?" the same girl as before asks.
"He's in quarantine," is my bland response. I didn't go back up to the floor since that would waste time.
"Come on. Just send him down here or make Kayla come back here. We know that you guys need to get to your show tonight, and we won't let you go there until we get one of them and answers," she demands sourly.
"Well, I could tell Kayla what you guys are doing to me. I will see her tonight anyways at the show," I challenge her back because I'm honestly done with this.
"We just want the details! It's not that hard," the girl tells me. I sigh.
"Can't you just wait until everything is settled. Like if they are or aren't dating, they're going to be discussing how to deal with it. They need time, and it doesn't help that Michael is sick," I announce to everyone.
"There are pictures of them kissing last night all over the internet." I'm done with this debate. I charge and try to push through, but I can't even get through three rows of people before I'm thrown back to the front.
"Good try Brady. Come back with Michael or don't come back," she sasses. I groan as walk back inside. I go and sit at our meeting spot where we were supposed to go if we didn't make it through. Relief fills my body when no one else is there yet, but then Drew walks in. Then Chance. Then Sergio. We're screwed.
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So probably the last update for a week cause I have to go to Jamaica for vacation. I'm going to be gone for the one year of the premiere of Boy Band anniversary I'm so sad
Okay, so do you know what I'm in love with? YOUNGBLOOD!!! That album is so good. My favorites have to be Lie to Me, Moving Along, If Walls Could Talk, More (agh this ones SO good), Empty Wallets, Ghost of You (this one is unbelievably good omg it made me cry it's like Amnesia's better older brother), Monster Among Men (that songs trippy I love it, Babylon, Better Man, and When You Walk Away. That's so many but they're so good. I like the others too, but I can't list all of the songs.
Thoughts on this chapter? I'm pretty sure they're going to miss dress rehearsals
Anyways, love ya homies. I wrote this wearing sunglasses inside
