What Happens In A Small Town

Chapter Three

B R A N T L E Y

We are waiting on the last two people joining the tour, I notice Luke starts smiling looking at something over my shoulder, then Thomas looks up as well and smiles and I wonder what perked them up so fast but I don't necessarily want to turn around because I can take a guess because I know Kelsey is going to be here and I also know Luke and Thomas have toured with her before.

I am proved right as I hear her voice for the first time in person in what feels like a decade then Luke pulls her over and hugs her so does Thomas.

Then I see her face and there she is beautiful and breathtaking as always she hasn't changed a bit since the last time I saw her. She gets pulls over between Luke and Thomas as Luke "Introduces" us not knowing that we already know each other and very well at that.

"Kelsey Reed, Brantley Gilbert, BG, Kelsey Reed" she gives a small smile "hi" 

I chuckle I don't really know at what but it happens "hi darlin"

Her phone rings and she answers it but I am too focused on the fact that she's actually here to actually pay attention to what she's saying. When they told me she was going to be joining the tour I was honestly surprised she agreed to it because of our history but here she is. 

After I don't know how long probably a minute or two she hangs the phone up with a smile looking at Luke "I love her" 

Luke is giving her a look "Who?" 

Kelsey just smirks at him "That's my girl she's one of my best friends"

Luke looks at "that still doesn't tell me who she is" 

Kelsey just continues to smirk at him "that's the point, to keep her out of the spotlight well more than she's already in it which isn't much just a little bit" hmm I wonder who she's talking about.

Tyler just got here and my manager walks over to us "alright guys let's hit the road the arena is being set up as we speak for the show tonight and we have about a 6-hour drive ahead of us"

We all separate to our buses and turns out Kelsey is with Thomas and me on one bus. She walks over to her manager and grabs the bags beside her and walks onto the bus she was pointed to.

This is going to be interesting, to say the least, but all we have to do is keep pretending that we met just now and everything will be good but knowing us things are not going to go that way... they never do. 

We get loaded on the bus and everyone gets settled we are in the lounge area when TR looks at Kels "okay so what's the deal with the best friend you wouldn't tell Luke about?" 

Kels laughs that beautiful angelic laugh that could always take my breath away. She has a grin on her face "Well, she's from my hometown" that piques my interest because when we were younger she didn't have a girl best friend besides Ash and her sister Kasey, it was just me and the guys. 

TR gives her a look "ohh do tell I won't tell Luke that you told us"

She shakes her head laughing slightly "How we became friends is actually kind of funny when you think about it" 

TR gives her another look "well go on then tell us?" 

She rolls her eyes but she continues "it was a shock to pretty much everyone that knows us because when we were younger the two of us did not get along at all, we are complete polar opposites, I was the more laid back kick it with the guy's type and she was a beauty queen type, pageants stuff like that, but that leads me to my point anyway so we dated the same guy, at different times obviously, uh I dated him first, we broke up and a couple of years later she dated him, they were together maybe seven months then they broke up... I was home on a break a few years back and I ran into her at the grocery store and we just sparked up a conversation and then we were best friends after that"

TR looks at her "does this friend have a name?" 

I see her smirk as she glances over at me so quickly it was unnoticed by TR "Amber... her name is Amber"

My exes are best friends? Wow, can't say I ever saw that one coming.

Oh god, I just realized that the band is going to see Kels and Ben is going to most likely be the one to expose our past to the others. Like I said these things never happen the way we want them too.

I feel my phone vibrate I check to see a text from my baby brother Kolby.

Kolbs:
Mama and I are gonna be at the show tonight like we almost always are for the first show

I send a reply back

B:
Alright Kolbs I'll see you guys tonight

TR looks at me "that your brother?" 

I nod at him "Yeah he and mama are going to be at the show tonight" with that statement I see Kelsey turn pale and get up before walking towards the back of the bus.

TR is watching her curiously then look back at me and I shrug as if to say I don't know what that was about, even though I do know it's because Mama is gonna see Kelsey tonight and she's a bit nervous about that but I don't say anything not really feeling like unloading that on him.... it'll come out eventually but ehhh not right now. 

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Well, I tried this from BGs POV not really sure how I feel about it but whatever I might just stick to Kelsey's POV.