Chapter 3: The concert

I woke up on Friday around 8 a.m. It was too early for me. After the failed attempts of trying to fall back asleep, I finally just gave up, got dressed, and went down to get some breakfast.

I got down to the lobby and found my way to where breakfast was. I grabbed some pancakes, hash browns, a blueberry muffin, an apple, and orange juice. I found an open table, sat down and ate.

I was only eating breakfast for 5 minutes when I saw Camille come in. We saw each other and she came and sat down in the chair next to me.

"Morning Camille."

"Morning Anna."

"You're up early."

"So are you."

"Yeah. I tried going back to sleep but it didn't work so well."

"That sucks. I have an audition to do so that's why I'm up early. Just thought I would grab something quick and go." She looks at the watch and notices the time. "Well I have to go. When I come back, us and The Jennifers are going to go shopping for the concert."

"Ok. Sounds good. Just text me when you're back."

"K. Bye."

"Bye."

What was I going to wear? Something casual yet cute or something formal but not too formal? I'll just wait and see what the others are going to wear.

As soon as I was done with breakfast, I decided to go up to my room, and try to find something to do. Right when I was about to push the elevator button to go up to my room, the doors opened and I see Kendall standing there. "Oh no" I said as I turned around, heading towards the lobby. "No Anna, wait!" I didn't want to be rude so I turned around and stood there. "What?"

"Why are you avoiding me?"

"I'm not."

"Sure looks like you are."

"Kendall, what you asked me earlier, I really don't know if I should tell you."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because…."

"Because, why?"

"Because, I don't want to get hurt like that again!" And I stormed off.


(Kendall's P.O.V) I was a little bit stunned. What did she mean by "I don't want to get hurt like that again"? Kendall, just leave her be and maybe she'll calm down. Now that that happened, don't pressure her into telling you.

After she left, Logan and Carlos came up to me.

"Hey guys."

"Sup Kendall." They noticed that I was stunned. "Dude, what happened?" Carlos questioned.

"Nothing."

"Kendall, your face says it all. Something happened." Logan said.

I sighed. "Well, I ran into Anna and I asked her why she was avoiding me. She said she wasn't but I didn't believe her. Then she told me she doesn't know if she should tell me why Jo kept her protected. Of course I asked why. She yelled "Because, I don't want to get hurt like that again!" and stormed off.

"Ohhhhh." They both said.

"Yeah. I'm not going to ask her again about it. Best to let her be. When she's ready, she'll tell us...hopefully."


I slammed the door to my apartment and ran to my room. I also slammed that door and then sat on my bed. I started to cry. Why is it so hard to tell the guys what happened? Anna seriously, why did you ask that question? You know the answer. Because 1. They're guys. 2. Wesley was nice, just like them. 3. I don't know what 3 is.

I laid on my bed for a good hour before I got a text 1st from Camille and then from, Kendall.

C: Hey I'm back.

K: Anna, I'm sorry.

A: Good. Do you want me to meet you in the lobby?

A: Kendall its fine.

C: Yeah, that would be great.

K: Are you sure?

A: Ok. Meet you down there in 5.

A: Yeah positive. (I really wasn't.)

K: (I knew she wasn't) Ok. We have to go do sound check and stuff so I'll see you at the concert.

A: K. See you later.

I went and grabbed my money and headed down to meet Camille. As I was heading down there, I got a text from James.

J: Anna, he really is sorry. He hated how he pressured you.

A: He might've a bit but not a whole lot. Don't let him beat himself up over it. I'm fine. One day, I'll tell you guys but it won't be till I get to know you guys more. You know, so I know I can trust you.

J: Ok. I'll make sure he doesn't. And I think that's totally fine how you want to get to know us more before you tell. I respect that.

A: Thanks James. It means a lot.

J: You're welcome

A: So, I'll see you later at the concert. Bye

J: Bye.

I arrived down at the lobby right when our conversation ended. I saw Camille and The Jennifers and they waved me over.

"Ready to go shopping?" Camille excitedly said.

"Yep! Let's go!"


(James P.O.V.) I had to smile. Even though my talk with Anna wasn't a normal talk, it still felt nice. Whoa James you're starting to like her. Yeah I like her, but does she like me back?

Me and the rest of the guys were on our way to do sound check when I was texting Anna. The guys were suspicious of who I was texting.

"Ssoo James. Who were you texting?" Logan asks.

Crap, I thought. "No one special."

"Lies!" Carlos exclaimed.

"It's not a lie!"

"LIAR!"

"Dude stop!"

"James, just tell us." Kendall said.

After about a minute thinking of if I should tell them, I finally said "Anna..."

"Oooooo!" They all said.

"You like her don't you?" Kendall said, with a hint of disappointment.

"NO…yeah."

"Why don't you tell her?"

"Because, I don't know if she likes me back. I don't like rejection. Plus, I don't want to pressure her into anything."

"Well, we will have to find out if she does." Logan said.

"Don't do anything stupid!" I had to laugh a little saying this.

"We won't." They replied.

"Guys we're here." Carlos said.

"Ok guys. Let's go have an amazing concert!"


We headed for the mall, spent a couple of hours shopping, and left. We all got really cute outfits. Mine was a light green strapless dress with a black bow around the middle. The bow was in the front and it was small, not huge. The only accessory I got was a shiny necklace with a silver star. And then for shoes, I just decided to wear some really cute flats. Camille and The Jennifers all got dresses too.

We arrived back at the Palm Woods and noticed that it was 4.

"Well I'm going to go get ready. I'll see you guys at 5." I said.

"Ok! See ya Anna!" All The Jennifers said.

"Bye!" As I walked towards the elevator, I was stopped by Camille.

"Hey do you mind if I get ready with you?"

"No I don't mind. Be my guest."

"Ok. I'm going to go get my stuff and then meet you at your apartment."

"K."

When we got to our respected floors, we got out and headed to our apartments. I got to mine and went straight to the bathroom so I could put my stuff on. I put on my dress and just got my necklace on when the door opened. It was Camille.

"Wow. You look even better than before." She told me.

"Well thanks! You can go in the bathroom now and change. I can go finish in my bedroom."

"Ookk."

I grabbed my stuff out of the bathroom before Camille got in and then went to my bedroom. It only took me 10 minutes to do my makeup, 10 minutes to do my hair, and not even a minute to put my shoes on. I must say, when I was fully dressed, I looked really nice.

5 minutes later, Camille came out of the bathroom.

We both said "Wow you look amazing."

"Thanks!" We both said again.

"Logan is going to be amazed by you."

"Well James is going to be amazed by you."

"Oh James" was all I could say.

"We should take a picture and send it to them."

"Ok." So Camille took out her phone, snapped the picture, and then sent it to the guys.


Logan's phone beeps. Then James', then Kendall's, and then Carlos'.

"They look amazing" Logan said dreamingly.

"Yeah they do!" Carlos exclaimed.

Carlos nudges James. "James, what do you have to say about this?"

"I...uh...they both do look amazing."

"Haha. We will see them later at the concert and see how amazing they are in person, even though we know what they look like now." Logan said.


Camille and I got down to the lobby around 4:50 and saw that Mrs. Knight and Katie were down there already.

"Hey Mrs. Knight! Hey Katie!" Camille said.

"Hey Camille!" They both said.

"This is Anna, Jo's sister, if you didn't know that already."

"She has a sister!" Mrs. Knight said.

"WHAT!" was the only thing Katie could say.

"Yeah. There's a good reason why no one knew. But I'll tell you later." I said.

"Ok. Well it's nice to meet you Anna." Mrs. Knight said.

"Nice to meet you too." The Jennifers had arrived when I said this.

"Ready?" Mrs. Knight asked.

"Yep!" Me and Camille said.

"Ready to go!" The Jennifers said.

We all headed out to Mrs. Knight's van and piled in. Along the way, I told Mrs. Knight and Katie why Jo never told anyone about me. Mrs. Knight was in tears and Katie was in shock.

"My god Anna that's horrible!"

"Yeah no kidding."

"I know. But please don't mention this to the guys."

"Promise." They both said.

We arrived at the concert venue about 10 minutes later and then found our way to the backstage area. We saw the guys but they were surrounded by a bunch of girls. Since we couldn't go talk to them, we just decided to go find our seats. They were front row which was really cool.

Half an hour went by and all we did was sit there and talked. We decided to go backstage again to see if the guys weren't surrounded. When we got back there, we saw that they weren't. They noticed us and came over quickly.

"Hey!" They all said.

"Hey guys! Having fun yet?" Mama Knight (I call her that now) said.

"Yeah. Everything is going great and the concert hasn't even started!" Kendall replied.

"We met so many new, interesting people. That made the night better." Carlos said.

All of the guys just kept looking at us, not paying much attention to Mama Knight and Katie. There was some silence for a bit before Katie broke the tension. They snapped back. "Well I'm hungry. Can we go get some snacks mom?" "Sure honey. See you guys later!" And those two left.

I looked at the time and saw that it was almost ready for the guys to start.

"Well I think we should go head back to our seats, don't you think?" I said while looking at Camille and The Jennifers.

"Good idea. We'll see you guys at the party." Camille said.

"See you guys then!" They all said.

We got back to our seats and the concert started 20 minutes later. They played every one of their songs and I loved all of them. My favorites were "Stuck" and "Halfway There." Some of the time, James looked at me when he sang.

After the concert, Mrs. Knight and Katie headed back to the Palm Woods instead of going to the party. We went and found the guys and rode with them to the party location. I sat next to James and Carlos. Me and Carlos talked about the funniest things and I started crying because it was so funny. Carlos is hilarious.

Well, we arrived at our destination. Time to party!