A/N: Why hello lovelies! It's been too long. I bring to you the re-edited version of Take You There. This is the same story just much better grammar and way less confusion. When I wrote this story I was still learning a lot about writing, I felt like the story was lacking many things, however, after working with this a little, I'd like to believe that I have improved enough to do this story justice now.
Characters remain the same with the exception of Harper, Justin and Zeke who are now Jennifer, David and Dan. I don't know why in the world I ever made them HJZ from the show to begin with, lol.
As for the ending of this story, I decided that I would play with it a little. So, the ending will remain the same as it was but, there will be a (an added) sort of choose your own ending part to this story now. It's an alternate ending, Demena may not be endgame in the alternate ending, maybe it will be, sorry can't give it away but I can't guarantee anything either.
I really hope you guys enjoy this as much as you did the first time around and give me feedback please. I love reading what you guys have to think. There will be an update daily because the story is already done.
Enjoy.
PROLOGUE
I walked into my hotel room in hopes of getting some sleep. Filming for Wizards occupied most of my time and I was really looking forward to a good night's rest. With holiday's coming up, everything was really hectic on set; everyone was doing their best to get scenes done as efficiently as possible, having in mind that our winter break was around the corner as soon as we were done. After a long day of shooting, I met with my mother and spent the rest of the day with her. It had been a while since we spent any time together, so we decided to go shopping and grab a bite. It wasn't until about nine thirty when I was finally settling down.
I tossed my purse towards the couch and made my way over to the kitchen to grab a glass of water. I leaned against the kitchen counter as I sipped on the ice water, rubbing my temple every once in a while to calm the upcoming headache I felt. I was startled by a sound coming from my bedroom. My hand immediately reached for the closest item by me which happened to be a banana. I rolled my eyes at myself, there was no way a banana would be able to defend me from a thief. I set the fruit down and just as I was about to grab something else as a weapon - I honestly believed I was seconds away from being kidnapped – I heard a faint voice.
I laughed softly as I recognized the voice as Jennifer's. I shared the hotel room with the girl; I should have assumed it was her to begin with. As I got closer to my bedroom I soon figured out that Jennifer wasn't alone. I could also hear Dan speaking with her.
"We can't let her see this! She'll be here any minute Jen." Dan said worriedly. This spiked my curiosity. I noticed the door was slightly open; I pressed my back against the wall and placed my ear close enough to the space in attempts to hear the conversation. I did my best to glance at what they were doing. Apparently Jennifer and Dan weren't alone; David was also with them, he was pacing. Something was wrong, I could tell that much, and I was beginning to worry.
"Well, she's bound to find out eventually." David said. "It's not like we can just remove something like this from the internet."
"I know, but there must be a way to sway her from seeing it, right?" Dan asked hopefully.
"Are you kidding me? I don't think so. Selena's way too smart." David remarked with a chuckle.
"I agree. Maybe we should just show her ourselves." Jennifer responded.
"Whoa! Hold on there Jen, I certainly don't want be the reason she see's it." I could hear Dan sigh dramatically in response to David.
"So, what's it going to be then?" Dan asks. I decided that moment would be a good one for me to ask them what was going on.
"I think you guys should tell me what's going on." I said with a smile. I crossed my arms defiantly and stepped in front of my friends. The room grew infinitely silent and I raised my eyebrows in anticipation as I looked from one of them to the other. David was the first to speak.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"C'mon, I've been outside of the bedroom for a while now. What are you hiding? Something I shouldn't see I believe?" I asked. Dan was glancing from side to side nervously.
"Well, well, well, will you look at the time? I better get going Long day tomorrow." Dan stood from my bed where he was sitting and tried to subtly close Jennifer's laptop but, unfortunately for him I caught the action. He was out of the room in a sprint. I narrowed my eyes at Jennifer and David before my eyes locked on the laptop. David noticed this and quickly reached for it but, I had beaten him to it.
"Shit." David groaned. He took one deep breath and shook his head. He stepped closer to me and placed his hands on my shoulders as he gave me that look he only gave when he was in 'big brother' mode. "I hope we overestimated the effect this will have on you. Don't let it get to you." He squeezed my shoulders and smiled warmly before he left the room.
"Okay Jennifer, what the hell is going on?" I asked as I took a seat on my bed with my back against the headboard. I placed the laptop on my legs. I wanted some answers before I opened it and looked at whatever was so important. Jennifer groaned and sat down next to me in bed.
"I knew they'd leave all the hard work to me." She grumbled while she adjusted her position.
"What hard work? I'm honestly kind of scared." I said with a grin. My friends were so silly sometimes. "You're making me think you've committed some sort of crime."
Jennifer smiled and shook her head. "I'm sorry; we're just worried about how you're going to take… this." She said pointing towards her laptop.
"Well what is it?" I asked expectantly. She sighed and pursed her lips.
"Alright, why don't you just go ahead and see for yourself." She responded. I nodded and opened up the laptop. The anticipation and curiosity was so big as I waited for the screen to finally turn back on. Once it did turn on, my reaction was no reaction at all. Jennifer looked at me worriedly, waiting for me to say something or do something.
After a moment of silence I finally spoke. "Why did you think this would affect me so much?" I asked curiously.
Jennifer sighed. "Because Selena, it's Demi."
There in front of me were two pictures. Both were of Demi and a group of girls posing together. It would seem innocent enough, but Demi was standing in front of one girl in particular. Said girl had her arms wrapped around her in what could only be described as an intimate manner. Demi was licking her cheek in one of the pictures and in both pictures this anonymous girl was pulling Demi's shirt down enough to see her cleavage.
I understood immediately why my friends were so worried. Jennifer, David and Dan had become real close friends of mine over the years; Jennifer more so than the boys. She knew my history with Demi well. I had told her about the way we drifted apart after I made the decision to walk away from Demi's life and shut her out completely. It was a decision I made because of the way I felt for my friend at the moment.
There were feelings harboring inside of me that were so hard to deal with. Demi was my best friend. I was scared to lose her. I felt an undeniable attraction to her, connection far greater than that of just friends. There was no doubt in my mind that I wanted her. That was the reason why I fled from her.
I pushed her away to the point of no return. She called me on a daily basis at first. Those calls soon became a weekly ordeal once she seemed to notice that I wasn't going to take any of her calls. Weekly calls became the occasional call every couple of months. Eventually there wasn't any kind of communication at all. It was in a sense what I wanted but, in the end it was the exact opposite.
I feared that voicing my feelings would scare her away from me, make her never want to speak to me again. Sadly enough for me, I had done a great job of making her resent me without ever having to say a word about the way I felt about her.
And now there are these pictures. Of course they thought I would have some sort of a mental breakdown because in all honesty I was on the verge of having one. It was the worst feeling. I felt a sense of betrayal on Demi's behalf. We were never anything more than friends and I wasn't in any kind of position to demand anything from Demi but, it still hurt to see what was in front of me.
For all I knew, Demi wasn't the least bit interested in girls. Sure, I wanted so badly to believe that she was but, there was Joe and talk of other boys so often that, ultimately I convinced myself that she was one hundred percent straight. Apparently I was oh so wrong.
I was hurt not only because of the sexual nature of the picture but also because I always believed that if Demi were to ever cross that line, she would choose me. I felt a web of things at the moment, envy, sadness, anger, jealousy.
I nodded and took a deep breath.
"Yeah, it's Demi." I replied. Leaving Jennifer concerned.
"Is that all?" She questioned. "You're not going to call her or do anything crazy?"
"I don't think so Jen." There was no way I was going to call her. I had no right to call her and randomly call her out on anything. Jennifer smiled and lay back in bed.
"What's that look on your face right?" She asked me. I smirked and shook my head slowly.
"What look?"
"That look. I know that look and it's never a good one." She said sitting up. "Oh come on Selena! You just said you weren't going to do anything crazy."
"You're right, I did just say that and I stand by it." She continued to look at me confused. "What I have in mind is far from crazy."
"Here we go…" Jennifer rolled her eyes and resumed her position.
"Yes, here we go again."
