Avani & Anthony

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anthony's pov

i jolt away. i breath in heavy. just a nightmare. i look at avani and see she is still asleep. i haven't gotten nightmares since i was a kid. i need some water. i slowly get out of bed and walk over to the water bubbler. i fill up my water bottle.

after i fill my water bottle, i go sit in the back lounge. everyone is asleep. i sit on the couch in the corner and watch out the window. i just sit there in complete silence. it kind of feels nice.

i look out and see stars shinning the night sky. i my vision gets blurry. tears stream down my face. i remember once when i was was really young my grandpa took me out on a camping trip for a weekend. we stayed up one night and watched for shooting stars.

i stare out at the stars. i watch as a single shooting star crosses the sky. i cry harder. i'm not the type to cry but i wasn't ready to let go. i called him last week. he seemed fine and he was excited to talk to me and told me all about how he took lucas out for a camping trip.

"hey." i hear someone whisper. it's avani. i wipe away my tears. she walks over to me. she sits next to me. "i wasn't ready to say goodbye." i cry as i explain to avani. she hugs me. i cry into her shoulder. i try to put all of the pieces together. "he seemed fine, he was talking to me last week. he was happy." i try to justify. "shhh it's okay baby." avani hugs me tighter.

"do you want to go be with your family?" avani asks me. i freeze. what do i do? do i leave my dreams and go spend sometime with my family or do i continue on and see them like as planned... i shrug. avani hugs me and kisses my cheek. "it's okay not to know." she says while rubbing her hand around my back.

i stop crying. "it's hard, i can't image my life without him. i can't imagine going home for thanksgiving and him not sitting at the head of the table and making everyone hold hands and pray." i laugh. avani holds my hand. "anthony, it's okay to be sad and to hurt. it's a part of life." avani says to me. i look at her.

i smash my lips into hers. she places her hand on my cheek. i wrap my arms around her mid upper body. the kiss continues as moments pass. our lips are in sync. i love this girl.

i pull away and smile at her. she grins back at me. "let's go back to bed." she says to me. avani stands up and grabs my hand and we go lay back down in bed.

*skipping to after they arrive in florida!*

"orlando baby!" josh yells as we all get out of the bus. we are at the venue already. it's early in the morning. it's 6am. "okay guys there are showers and dressing rooms. be ready by 8:30." matt tells us we all nod and walk off our own ways.

jaden's pov

it's to early for this bs. i go into the green room with anthony and grab one of the starbucks coffee bottles. this venue has the best snacks. after anthony and i both go into the dressing rooms to get ready.

i walk into the shower room. there are 5 showers. no one is showering yet. i start one of the showers. i get into the warm water and wash my hair and try to wake up. i wash my body as well.

i get out of the shower and get dressed in grey silk button up top and a simple pair of black pants. i just wear my pair of airforce 1s. i walk out of the shower area into the dressing room. i leave my hair curly. i brush my teeth and finish getting all ready for the show.

i walk out of the dressing room and walk into the green room. only matt is in there. "hey jaden, i have a question for you." matt stops me. "what's up?" i ask him interested to see what he is going to ask. "we know that you sing, and talent x was wondering if you wanted to have a singing bit in the show? we already talked with your manager and producer they all said if you want too. you can sing comatose, only if you want." matt asks me. i kind of flip out. "hell ya! thanks man." we bro hug.