Demi opened her eyes. She looked around the room, quickly remembering how she ended up there in the first place. Slowly sitting up, she wondered where her dad had gone.
She needed to find him because she was ready to tell him what he wanted to know. As she got off the bed, she started to hear talking coming from the connecting room, which was her dads room. Thinking maybe he was on the phone talking to her mom or something, she walked up to the door and knocked. She heard her dad yell to come in, so she opened the door. She found both her dad and uncle talking on the couch. They had a bunch of papers scattered out on the coffee table. "Hey honey, feeling any better?" Eddie asked her. Demi nodded and did a little "mhmm". "Im ready to tell you now."She said quietly. "Thats great! Come on over here." Demi sat in between her dad and her uncle. She gave her uncle a hug and he gave her a kiss on the forehead. "You okay?" He asked. She nodded. "Where do you want me to start?" she asked. "Well start from the day everything started, and up till now. Try to give every detail ok? So we have a lot of evidence." She took a deep breath and then started talking. "Well when we first got here to South America, Joe brought Ashley. And it made me feel like he doesnt care about like, our friendship anymore. And it made me feel bad because he broke up with me because we were to "public" apparently, but still he decides its a good idea to let her come on tour with us." "Hmmhmm keep going." They were writing all this down for later. "And then there was..." Her voice got quieter. "There was what honey?" "Ummm..." Eddie and Jason started getting suspicious. "Sweetie remember I said you can tell us anything right?" "Yeah..but..its embarassing.." Eddie and Jason both looked at eachother. "Demi..? Please tell us." Jason said. All of a sudden Demi slowly lifted her shirt to reveal only her stomach. There were words written on her in marker. Eddie and Jason read what had been written on her. "What the heck! Who wrote this?" Demi was crying again. "Shorty and Dani held me down while Ashley scribbled it on me...I couldnt move they were to strong!" "When did they do this?" They were both angry now. "When..you guys were having that meeting with management..." They looked at eachother and tried to figure out when that was. "You mean 3 weeks ago?" Demi nodded. "And its been on you that long?" "It wont come off..." She cried. "Ok. Is there anything else honey?" He was hoping it couldnt have gotten any worse than this. Demi nodded. "Ashley keeps talking to people at lunch about me really loud...and I cant eat because of it.." "How do you know its about you?" "Because..I just know it is! If you heard it you would know..." "Like, what does she say?" "She talks about how I eat and that she hates people who laugh too loud...
and how some people shouldnt eat at all because theyre really fat. And today I was having ham and cheese and she said how she doesnt eat ham because it makes you really obese." "Did you finish eating?" "No...thats when I came up here.." "Who do you sit with at lunch?" "I sit with Nick, and-" "Jonas? Nick Jonas?" "Yeah." "Ok just checking."
"And I sit in between Jordin and Tallie...and thats it. But Alyson sits with us too sometimes but today she couldnt because she was rehearsing late." "But she usually sits with you?" "Mmhmm." "And dad?" "Yes?" "Today I walked passed Ashley in the hall and I accidently walked into her only because Joe and her were standing in the middle, and then she pushed me and called me a baby." He looked at her. "All this has been going on and you havent told either of us?" "Well, I didnt want them to find out I told you..." "But you know what their doing to you is totally wrong right?" Demi nodded. "And you also know that you shouldnt be getting panic attacks because of them right?" "Yeah..." She began to sniffle. "Touring should be fun sweetheart. Not torture, right?" said Jason. Demi nodded. She thought about what happened before. "I love you." Eddie said. "Love you too." Jason patted her on the back and she gave him a hug. "We'll get this all straightened out dont you worry."
She needed to find him because she was ready to tell him what he wanted to know. As she got off the bed, she started to hear talking coming from the connecting room, which was her dads room. Thinking maybe he was on the phone talking to her mom or something, she walked up to the door and knocked. She heard her dad yell to come in, so she opened the door. She found both her dad and uncle talking on the couch. They had a bunch of papers scattered out on the coffee table. "Hey honey, feeling any better?" Eddie asked her. Demi nodded and did a little "mhmm". "Im ready to tell you now."She said quietly. "Thats great! Come on over here." Demi sat in between her dad and her uncle. She gave her uncle a hug and he gave her a kiss on the forehead. "You okay?" He asked. She nodded. "Where do you want me to start?" she asked. "Well start from the day everything started, and up till now. Try to give every detail ok? So we have a lot of evidence." She took a deep breath and then started talking. "Well when we first got here to South America, Joe brought Ashley. And it made me feel like he doesnt care about like, our friendship anymore. And it made me feel bad because he broke up with me because we were to "public" apparently, but still he decides its a good idea to let her come on tour with us." "Hmmhmm keep going." They were writing all this down for later. "And then there was..." Her voice got quieter. "There was what honey?" "Ummm..." Eddie and Jason started getting suspicious. "Sweetie remember I said you can tell us anything right?" "Yeah..but..its embarassing.." Eddie and Jason both looked at eachother. "Demi..? Please tell us." Jason said. All of a sudden Demi slowly lifted her shirt to reveal only her stomach. There were words written on her in marker. Eddie and Jason read what had been written on her. "What the heck! Who wrote this?" Demi was crying again. "Shorty and Dani held me down while Ashley scribbled it on me...I couldnt move they were to strong!" "When did they do this?" They were both angry now. "When..you guys were having that meeting with management..." They looked at eachother and tried to figure out when that was. "You mean 3 weeks ago?" Demi nodded. "And its been on you that long?" "It wont come off..." She cried. "Ok. Is there anything else honey?" He was hoping it couldnt have gotten any worse than this. Demi nodded. "Ashley keeps talking to people at lunch about me really loud...and I cant eat because of it.." "How do you know its about you?" "Because..I just know it is! If you heard it you would know..." "Like, what does she say?" "She talks about how I eat and that she hates people who laugh too loud...
and how some people shouldnt eat at all because theyre really fat. And today I was having ham and cheese and she said how she doesnt eat ham because it makes you really obese." "Did you finish eating?" "No...thats when I came up here.." "Who do you sit with at lunch?" "I sit with Nick, and-" "Jonas? Nick Jonas?" "Yeah." "Ok just checking."
"And I sit in between Jordin and Tallie...and thats it. But Alyson sits with us too sometimes but today she couldnt because she was rehearsing late." "But she usually sits with you?" "Mmhmm." "And dad?" "Yes?" "Today I walked passed Ashley in the hall and I accidently walked into her only because Joe and her were standing in the middle, and then she pushed me and called me a baby." He looked at her. "All this has been going on and you havent told either of us?" "Well, I didnt want them to find out I told you..." "But you know what their doing to you is totally wrong right?" Demi nodded. "And you also know that you shouldnt be getting panic attacks because of them right?" "Yeah..." She began to sniffle. "Touring should be fun sweetheart. Not torture, right?" said Jason. Demi nodded. She thought about what happened before. "I love you." Eddie said. "Love you too." Jason patted her on the back and she gave him a hug. "We'll get this all straightened out dont you worry."