Joe and I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. And being Joe, he was already raiding my refrigerator. "God, Joe! What the hell? We walk downstairs and you're already in the freaking fridge when we're supposed to be outside getting in the tour bus!" I yelled.
"Geez, don't have a cow! I'm hungry," he called from the fridge. "Ugh! You, my friend, are impossible."
Finally, when Joe got out of the fridge, we were outside. Jenn, Cam, Phoebe, Kevin, Michelle, Frankie, Nick, and the devil, Kimberley, were waiting for us. "Hiiii!" I sang, waving to them. I hugged Kevin and just left Nick standing there with his arms open. I hugged the rest of the girls, except Kimberley of course, and turned back towards the bus to find Nick standing there with a confused look on his face. I shrugged and just walked off to the tour busses. "Which one's ours?" I asked my manager, Sean. He's like, twenty years old. Like, old enough to date Jennifer. "I uh, actually don't know," I said, scratching his head. I giggled, "Why don't you go ask?" "That's not a bad idea!" and he left.
I looked around, observing my surroundings. Jennifer and Kevin were talking, I always thought there was something between them, and they looked like they were having a DEEP conversation. Then, I saw Phoebe chasing around Joe for tugging on her hair, sooo immature! I think Michelle was talking to Jake, my twin brother. I slouched down against the bus, onto my butt. Kimberley was giggling at something Nick said, and was playing with his curly, brown hair. She glanced over at me and, seeing me looking at them, sent me a glare. I rolled my eyes and felt Cameron slide down next to me.
"I know you like him, Steph," she whispered. I sent her a confused look. "Oh, come on. I'm your best friend, I know you," she smiled. I just looked down. "Listen, I know how hurt you are. Remember Chris? Remember what I had to go through? I know you well enough to know that that's how you're feeling now. Just listen to your own advice, turn your feelings into a song," she encouraged me. I knew there was a reason she was my best friend out of all the girls. I smiled. "I guess you're right. You're awesome." "I know!" she said, sarcastically. I rolled my eyes and gave her a hug. Oh, and FYI, Chris was her ex-best guy friend. She went through pretty much the same thing I am.
She then stood up and walked onto the bus, which I'm guessing, is ours. "Steph! I figured out which bus was yours!" Sean said breathlessly. He just ran like ten yards over to me. I laughed. "You mean that one?" I smiled, pointing to the one that Cam had just walked into. He dropped his mouth. "Yeah, how'd you know?" "Cammie just walked into it," I laughed. "So, you're telling me, I just ran like, a mile and back to figure out that you already knew?!" "Yeah, pretty much," I grinned. "Ugh!" he groaned before collapsing onto the pavement. I chuckled and walked onto the bus.
"Hey Cam, who gets which bunk?" "I don't know, just pick one," she shrugged. I chose the top bunk above Cammie's; I love them. "You're seriously choosing a top bunk? Remember last time, at camp? You totally fell off the freaking bed and landed on the floor. And you didn't even know!" I laughed at the memory. "Yea, thanks for the reminder but I don't care. I want one anyway."
Phoebe walked onto the bus with Jennifer and Michelle. "Hey guys!" she chirped cheerfully. I groaned, "Pheebs, it's too early for your perkiness!" Michelle nodded in agreement. "Sorry," Phoebe mumbled. Jennifer chuckled. "Hey guys! Come say bye to your families!" Sean yelled from outside. We all climbed out of the bus and separated. "Bye Mommy!" I said, hugging her. I pulled away and saw her crying. "Aww, Mom, it's going to be okay." She sniffed and smiled. "I know; you're old enough to take care of yourself. Just… be careful and do your best." I nodded and moved onto my twin brother. "So, I guess this is goodbye then," he said. I nodded. We just stood there, staring at each other. Then, all of a sudden I hugged him. "I'm going to miss you," I whispered to him. "I will too. I love you, sis. And if any guy hurts you, tell me and I'll kick his ass." I smiled at my brother's over protectiveness. I started to walk away. "Bye! I love you guys!" My mom and brother smiled and waved back to me as I got on the bus.
Michelle, Phoebe, and Cameron were on the bus. "Where's Jen?" I asked. Phoebe shrugged. "She's saying goodbye to her sister," Michelle said. I nodded and waited for her to come back. "Cam, you really said goodbye to your brothers that quickly, all of them?" I asked, surprised. "Yea," she nodded. After five minutes, Jennifer was back on the bus. Sean was on the bus with us for the ride to New York, to kick start our tour.
New York-8:15 A.M.
Ugh, finally we're here. After playing nonstop video games with Sean, and not to mention beating him, you get pretty tired. I got like what, three hours of sleep? Sean's like my best friend other than the girls. But, the other girls got normal sleep hours! Lucky ducks…
The buses stopped in an alley behind a hotel. We got out and walked to the front and skipped through the doors, or at least Sean and I did. Everyone else was already in the lobby, waiting for us. "Finally!" Nick yelled. Geez, what bit him in the butt this morning? Mister Grumpy Pants stormed up to us. "What the hell were you doing? You were supposed to be here to check in like, an hour ago!" I rolled my eyes. "Well, DAD, Sean and I just stayed up too late playing video games. Like you didn't know that was going to happen. Plus, it's not like we're doing anything today other than the premiere that's like, in nine hours." "Yeah Nick, she's right. You don't have to scream at her," Kevin cut in. "Thank you, Kevin. By the way, where are Shayla and Angela?" I asked. "Oh, well Shayla is meeting us here tomorrow and Angela is coming with us next week, when we're in Chicago." I nodded. "Where's Kimberley?" I asked Nick, bitterly. "She's in the bathroom."
I hopped onto the hotel bed which was right next to Cam's. Cameron and I got a room, Nick and his brothers got a room, Phoebe and Jennifer got a room, and Michelle, since she was the only girl that could tolerate Kimberley(for most of the time), shared a room with her. Poor, poor Michelle.
I seriously didn't know why Nick snapped at me this morning. It's not like I did anything wrong. Okay, well, maybe I was late this morning but, it's not like we had anything planned! Even Kevin, the organized brother, said so! Joe walked into my room. "Hey, why aren't you at breakfast with the rest of the gang?" he asked me. I shrugged. "Why aren't you?" I shot back. "Touché!" "So, what was with Nick's episode this morning?" I asked him. "I seriously don't know. I think Kimmy said something. She's such a drama queen." "Thank you!" I laughed.
Joe and I watched cartoons until about ten, when everyone else came back. We were cracking up about Spongebob's campfire song when Nick, Kimberley, and Jennifer walked in with pancakes for us. Jennifer lifted an eyebrow and then walked over to sit on the bed. "Spongebob Squarepants? Nice!" she smiled. "Spongebob? How lame!" Kimberley rolled her blue eyes. I shot her a 'whatever' look and turned my attention back to the chocolate chip cookies Jennifer gave me and Joe. I cut it in half, one half for me, the other half for Joe. Where was Nick during all of this you may ask? Just standing there, ignoring Kimberley as she dissed one of my favorite shows. "Spongebob, just happens to be the most rocking sponge in the sea!" I said with a serious face. "Amen to that, sister!" Joe said, giving me a high-five. We looked seriously at each other and then started to crack up. "Whatever," Kimberley mumbled, leaving the room. Joe rolled his eyes and Jennifer got up to take a shower.
"Geez, you don't have to be so rude," Nick snapped. I was seriously surprised. Nick's never yelled at me before! "What the hell are you talking about Nick?" "You totally embarrassed her!" "What the hell Nick, she did not!" Joe cut in. "Yea, she did. And she didn't have to give Kim dirty looks to go along with it!" "WOW…" was all that came out of my mouth before I stormed out of the room and down to the lobby.
Joe's POV-
"What's wrong with you?" I snapped at Nick. "Wrong with me? What's wrong with you and her? She just snapped at Kim and hurt her feelings!" "Nick, you're a jerk. You can't see you just really hurt Stephanie?" I shook my head and walked out of the room.
Nick's POV-
Joe's right, I am being a jerk. I can't believe I just said that. I can't believe I just yelled at my best friend either. God, I feel like an idiot. The reason I snapped at her was because Kimberley told me that she was saying bad things about me behind my back. She said that Stephanie was just jealous of her because she was dating me and not her. At first I didn't believe her. But, then I thought, 'Why would Kim lie to me?' So I got all pissed off this morning.
Stephanie's POV-
I sat down on the couch of the lobby. I sighed, looking down at my hands. Where are the girls when you need them? And on that note, in to the lobby came Michelle. "Hey Mickey," I smiled at her. "Hey!" she replied cheerfully. "What's up?" "Nothing, I just came to tell you and everyone else that we have to go get ready for the premiere of that new movie, oh F, what was it called? Oh yeah! It's called, The Ordinary Life of a Teenage Hollywood Starlet. You know, the one with Audrey, the girl with the new TV show, Rockstar?" "Yeah, I remember her. I'm gonna go and get ready."
