Chapter 41

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*2 Weeks Later*

I started shaking before I was about to go up on stage.

Everything that had happened recently was all coming back to me.

Out of all times why now?

Why did my emotions have to mess up now? I had been fine for the past two weeks. Not a single tear.

"Cassie are you feeling okay?" Ashton came up from behind me.

"Wha...what? Y...yeah of....of course" I stuttered.

"Cassie you don't look so good. Maybe you shouldn't go on stage today" Ashton suggested.

"No, no it's nothing. I'm fine. It's the last show so I have to go on" I looked behind Ashton and found Calum, Luke and Michael standing together, looking at me.

But I was looking at Michael.

As soon as we made eye contact he looked away and I felt my stomach churn. We'd been avoiding each other for two weeks now. He had tried to approach me a few times but I had always had either Brittany or Luke near me.

"Cass..."

"Ashton I'm fine!" I snapped.

"Jee okay" he looked hurt.

"I'm sorry. Look can I ask a favour?"

"It's okay, I'm kind of used to your mood swings now" he said with a sheepish grin, "and sure."

"Is it okay if I sing Amnesia?" I blurted out.

I don't know when I had decided I wanted to sing this but it just popped into my head all of a sudden.

"You want to perform Amnesia?" he asked.

"Yes, I want to perform Amnesia" I confirmed.

"Why?" He raised an eye brow.

"Because I just do okay. I....I need to" my throat went dry.

"Hey hey hey, it's okay. Of course you can" he rubbed my back.

I gave him a small nod.

"CASSIE YOU'RE ON STAGE IN 1 MINUTE" I heard someone yell.

"Go rock your socks off Cassie! I know you always rock it but yeah" Ashton smiled at me.

"Thanks" I mumbled as I headed on stage only to turn around again.

"Umm Ash...."

"Yeah?" he looked at me.

"I'm gonna need an acoustic guitar" I said quietly.

"Oh yeah, right ummm MICHAEL!!!!" Ashton yelled even though Michael was just a few feet away.

Michael hesitated for a while as he looked at me and then at Ashton but then he walked over to us.

"Yeah?" He looked directly at Ashton.

Not at me.

"Give Cassie your guitar please" Ashton said.

My eyes went wide.

What the heck was he doing?!

Shit!

Michael looked at me with a confused expression but I looked down at the floor straight away.

"Ummm okaaaay" he held out his guitar to Ashton.

"Not to me idiot, to her" Ashton gestured towards me.

Michael then changed the direction he was pointed his guitar and pointed it to me.

I just stood there staring at it.

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