Support Act // z.h

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Stephanie's POV

The nurse was a bitch. Jordan could tell I was getting frustrated and gave me gum. I stopped paying attention to their conversation and focused on blowing bubbles. They talked for about twenty more minutes before I was allowed to leave. I followed the boys back into a private waiting room. Everyone looked up at my entrance and smiled and then I noticed Matt and ran up and hugged him. Matt was 6'4 and towered over me easily. "I've missed you so much" Matt says "I missed you too, probably not the best situation to come and see me in but hi" I say hugging him back. Jack comes up behind me to introduce himself. "Hey man, I'm Jack, Stephanie's full brother" He seemed worried about Matts reaction but I was sure it would be fine. Matts eyes lit up when Jack shook his hand. "Nice to meet you bro" He replies. Jack let out a breath and we all began to head back to the cars. Matt introduced himself to the rest of the boys and Kayla on the way. Hollywood Fix were in the car park, Jordan walks infront of me in an attempt to stop them from talking to me. Majority of us got into the cars besides Jack and Zach, they got stopped and felt bad if they turned away. I roll the window down slightly to listen to the questions they got asked.

"Hello boys, can we have a few words please" It was the same guy who interviewed me as we were heading back to our photo shoot. "Firstly, can you inform us of what happened to Miss Avery Carter?" I cringed at being called 'Miss', it just makes me uncomfortable. I watched as Zach hesitated to answer. "It was nothing serious, she just needed some stitches" Zach explained. The interviewer nodded is head at the answer. "You both and the rest of your band haven't been seen since heading to her apartment complex after a photo shoot until today, why is that?" He asked in a slightly pushy tone. "Stephanie and Jordan were nice enough to invite us back to their apartment to get to know each other more, by the time we were done it was too late in the night so we all stayed the night there and then the storm prevented us from leaving, we pushed it by coming here" Jack explained. I really didn't see why it was necessary to ask about me, they are their own people and have a life outside of knowing me, and a pretty good one, too. "That's nice of them, Jack, you posted about being related to Stephanie not to long ago, how did you find that out?" He asked. That was the one thing I didn't want to talk about at all, let alone having it go public. "Unfortunately that side of both of our lives is very personal and I'm pretty sure I speak for both of us when I say we don't want to talk about it yet" Jack boldly stated, walking away from the man and heading towards the car, Zach following close behind. "Thank you" I say to Jack as he opens the door. He gives me a soft smile as Zach enters from the other door. The second he sat down I shuffled closer to him. Matt looked back to see me cradled in Zachs arms, he shoots me a smirk and I look away, trying very hard to hide my red cheeks. "Did anyone happen to bring my phone?" I asked, shifting the focus from Zach and I, however Matt wasn't buying it. "You blush easy" He replies. I hear Zach suppress a laugh from beside me. I let out an exhausted sigh as Jack hands me my phone. I see a variety of texts asking if I was okay, but one stood out to me in particular. "How do people know I was like dying?" I ask, melodramatically. Jack and Jordan exchanged looks through the rear view mirror. "Hollywood Fix" the answer, in almost perfect sync. "They need to leave me alone, I'm so over them, they've gotten so more pushy and frequent" I reply, pouting. Jordan shoots me a questioning look then let's out a sigh "Sorry you're famous" he says. I death stare him and pull myself even closer to Zach and start to doze off. "You're not allowed to sleep" Jack says, causing me to jump, and the rest of the boys to laugh. "Why not? I'm so tired" I replied. Zach begins to fiddle with my hair, not really helping my cause of being tired. "You have to stay awake for 12 hours at least, and someone needs to watch you all night" Matt mumbles. I curse under my breath and go back on my phone to see many messages from Cassie and Lily.

Cassie: are you okay?

Cassie: I knew those boys were trouble