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Thanks for the comments and reviews. There wasn't very much Kacy interaction in the last chapter, but there's a little more in this one, and definitely more in those to come.
Chapter 4: Keeping it Real
If she were to be completely honest, Macy would admit that there were some biases from her JONAS site followers. They tended to love one boy more than another, and that boy wasn't always Kevin. Still, it was Kevin that Macy told Stella the fans would like an interview of, because honestly, it was Kevin she wanted to chat with most. After all, maybe if she interviewed him and found out all the things that were never written about in the magazines, she would find that they were horribly incompatible and get over this silly little crush of hers.
That would only be possible, however, if she could get out more than one question an interview, and preferably something more insightful than who his favourite member of JONAS happened to be.
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Macy decided that it be important that she be prepared. So, after her failed interview with Kevin, she got ready. She got one-hundred-and-thirty-five cue cards ready. She wasn't sure she would ever get to use them, but she would be ready should the opportunity arise. And even if it didn't, she could maybe slip her questions into conversations here in there.
If she could stop herself from fainting that is.
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Never had she wished that she did yoga more than three days later when Macy saw those three boys standing before her in her mother's shop. If there was ever a time for her to have been practiced in breathing exercises, this was the moment.
She thought perhaps she'd heard herself say hello, but she was truly blanking on what was happening, concentrating on simply staying upright and not falling over in shock. It was going to be a long visit if she had to concentrate every single second on staying conscious.
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It took her more than an hour to get herself together and build up her courage, but finally, Macy dared ask Kevin if she could continue the interview they had started earlier. She ignored the confused look on his face, simply happy that he had said yes. That was enough for her.
She worked the questions over and over again without really thinking that she would ever have a chance to finally ask them. Really, she knew them all by heart, but she didn't dare stare at Kevin the entire time they spoke; that would probably be as awkward for her as it would be for him.
And of course the questions that had been shuffled over and over again would have to start with a personal one that put her off more than it put him off. Would he ever kiss a girl on the first date? What if he said yes? Really that meant that the only thing between her and a kiss from Kevin could be one single date. Just one yes to an outing from his part and she could be on her way to finally finding out if his lips were as magical as she imagined them to be.
Maybe. She couldn't be sure because she fainted.
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Her mother insisted that she take things easy for the rest of the evening when she'd learned how many times Macy had fainted throughout the day. Mother Misa was not aware that this wasn't a rare occurrence for her daughter and Macy wasn't about to tell her. The last thing she needed was for her mother to ban her from hanging out with the boys for her own safety.
Despite her mother's worry, Macy was not excused from having to clean the store the next day. It was a long job, but Macy didn't mind when it gave her an excuse to do nothing but dream about her previous day and the adventure it had brought.
She smiled when she found her question cards on the counter where she had dropped them, pleased at her almost interview with Kevin even if once again it hadn't gone off quite as she wanted. She flipped through the cards and her lost chance, surprised when she suddenly found scribbles on them.
He'd answered the questions.
He'd answered her questions.
She completely forgot about her task and sat on the floor of her mother's store, reading every single one of those answers. She had no idea how long she was sitting there reading about Kevin before the bell over the door of the store let her know that someone had arrived.
"Hello, may I... Nick?"
"May you Nick?" he asked her, a smirk on his lips.
"No. I mean. Hello, may I help you? Hi, Nick."
"Well then, yes and hi, Macy."
There was a moment of silence between them as Nick continued to smirk and Macy waited for him to say something more.
"What are you doing here?"
"We forgot a bag," Nick said as he held up the bag in his hands.
"And you dared bring it over?"
"Big Man's outside. Besides, fans don't seem to think that we would hit the same place twice when we get attacked the first time. I should be pretty safe."
"Okay," Macy shrugged, still in too much shock to really process anything.
"The store looks pretty good."
"Yeah, I've been cleaning all morning."
"Sorry." Nick cringed.
"Oh, no. That's okay. I was going to be working here anyway. This just made it a little less boring, I guess."
"Okay, well, I'd offer to help, but you look like you're pretty much done."
She nodded.
"So I guess I'll go."
"Well, thanks for the clothes."
"Oh wait," Nick spun on his heels as he'd turned toward the door, and searched his pockets. "Kevin wanted me to give you these. There were a few questions that he wanted to think over before he answered."
"My questions."
"Your questions. He would have brought them himself, but he thought he could get around the fans two days in a row... Let's just say he's resting after a really long jog."
Macy couldn't help the smile on her face at the thought of Kevin. She tried not to think about fans attacking him.
"And how did Joe get out of this?"
"He said he didn't want to do anything that would make you fall even more in love with him when you should be heading in the other direction."
"He's delusional."
"And I think I've almost figured out why."
"What?"
"Nothing. I should go. I'll see you at school, Macy."
"Okay. Bye, Nick."
Macy shook her head at herself as he left. It should not have been that much easier to talk to a JONAS simply because Kevin wasn't around. Shame on her.
She leaned her elbows on the counter and went through the questions.
Would he kiss a fan on the first date? Where would be the surprise if he answered?
What was his favorite school subject? Lunch
What would he be if he wasn't a rock star? A high school student
Would he ever date a fan? Only the right one
Macy sighed. That was definitely not helping.
