Chapter 30

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 -Hey lady! Can you bring me a coffee?


    I nodded as I looked into the clients face. It's not really a dream job but I have nothing else to do. All of my friends are planning on going to college and doing great things, but none of them caught my attention. I don't want to spend any more years on school doing nothing, and I prefer being at work now to save for a car and maybe other few things that I need.


    The coffee shop was a bit dead by now, no one was coming in. I looked into my phone without my boss noticing and saw a new message.

From: Phillipa
Message: They're here in two hours, do you think you can make it?

    I looked once again at my boss, who seemed nicer than he usually is. I got closer to ask him if I could leave 15 minutes earlier, in hopes that he would let me.


 -Hey, uhm. Do you think I can leave a bit earlier today? Maybe 15 minutes?
 -Why do you need to leave earlier?
 -Well, I have some friends arriving at the airport today and I wanted to go there...
 -You're lucky we don't have a lot of costumers today. Sure, go... I'll handle it alone.
 -Thank you so much!

To: Phillipa
Message: Just talked to my boss, I'll be there in an hour.

From: Phillipa
Message: Yes! Can't wait to see them!

To: Phillipa
Message: Me too!

    The rest of the time I spent cleaning the balcony, and the time actually went by fast, really fast. I had no one getting on my nerves like the usual and it was just me, my boss reading the paper and the TV on a music channel. Nothing like random music to make me relax, uh?


    As I took the towels I was using and put them in the right place, I started saying goodbye to my boss. I went for my stuff and when I was putting on my jacket to leave, I heard a song coming from the TV. A few ''Hey's'' were getting in my ears and I looked into the screen in order to see what song was it and that's when I saw them. First, I saw Luke, then Calum, then Michael and at last, Ashton. I froze completely looking to the screen. It was like seeing ghosts, but good looking ghosts, if I could say that. Oh my... They looked so good! I started laughing out loud when I saw the content of the video and people were just randomly throwing clothes at all of them. I had never seen this video, but it looked famous. Wow, that really growed as artists.


 -Didn't you have to leave early?
 -Yeah, sorry, I was just watching this video... it's uhm... interesnting.
 -Are you one of those fanatic fangirls too?
 -I guess you can say that -I smiled.


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 -Zoey! Christy!
 -Oh my god! I can't believe we're here! You two look so good!
 -Aww, thanks Zoey. You two look really good too!
 -I missed you so much! Especially you, Sophia!
 -Sorry, Christy... I kind of zoned out.
 -I understand... -we kept in silence for a while -but anyway... excited to go to their show?
 -I'm so excited! -Phillipa screamed.


    I didn't pronounced a word on that subject, not because I didn't want to go... I really did, but... I don't think it will be a good idea. I want to see them all in front of me again, but now they're recognized worldwide and they're famous. Maybe they're changed and don't even know us anymore, or even worst... Maybe they do but they will ignore us completely. I feel like I don't know them anymore.


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    Two days until the show and we're getting everything ready for our road trip. We're going to the capitol early so we can show Christy and Zoey the city and a bit of our country. The only thing we've been talking about these last few days were the fun we had in Australia, and I couldn't be a part of the conversation. There were a lot of memories that I still wanted to change, so I felt like I couldn't talk about it yet. Phillipa has confesses that she and Calum only stopped talking to each other because of the distance. It was painfull for both of them, and Phillipa knew that they were becoming more famous and girls were all after the four of them and she couldn't take it. They still connect with each other now and then, but just as friends. Zoey never talked again with Luke apparently, and I still don't know why. Christy knows all their story, but she keeps saying that Zoey isn't ready to share it. And Christy... Well, there were some rumours about Ashton and a girl. There were websites portraying Ashton's girlfriend and it wasn't her. She got mad and fought with Ashton, and they made it clear that none of them were with anyone else, but due to the distance, the amount of fans around him and the very little time they had to talk, they decided to break up.


    Even with all of this happening, they still wanted to see them live.

 -Hey, Christy! Where did you put my white T-shirt? I'm going to need it!
 -I put it on top of your bed...
 -No you didn't! It's not here!
 -Zoey, for god's sake, if I'm go there and I see it where I put it, I'm going to slap you.
 -It's not here!
 -Yeah, because you have it in your hands, you idiot!
 -Shut up! Don't make fun of me, I'm nervous...


    We've been here, listening to this kind of fight for almost 40 minutes. Me and Phillipa are tired of waiting, and when they finnaly got ready, we both sighed in relief.


 -So, let's go, alright? -Phillipa says.

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