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Chapter 4.

I woke up in my bed late on Monday morning. I had been sleeping for the majority of the three days of bed rest. It was nice, but getting boring. I watched the boys performance from the show a million times over, and couldn't help but feel guilty. Kevin looked fairly distracted during and he was the first off stage. Either way, he did a great job and so did Nick and Joe.

My mom had called the school, telling them that I couldn't come in on Monday because of doctor's orders. To be honest, I couldn't wait to go back to school. Seeing Kevin. And Stella and Nick and Joe, too.

When I woke up, I looked through my phone to see two new texts. One, from Stella, wondering where I was. The second was from Kevin.

'Missed you in Bio. You okay?'

Kevin texted me!! Oh my gosh, he's so adorable. And he likes me. I know it for sure. He told...Luna. Well. The group. He probably thinks that Luna is some kind of freak for fainting seconds after he admitted to liking Macy. I mean, I'm both mes. But, he obviously doesn't know that.

It was time stamped at about thirty minutes ago. I clicked reply and started typing.

'Hey, Kev. I'm okay. A bit sick, and the doc says I couldn't go to school today, but I'll be back tomorrow if I'm feeling okay. Call me later?'

It took about five minutes for a response, but when it came, I squealed. I was doing so good infront of them, but behind the scenes, I was still completely freaking out.

'Are you okay?' Was all it said. I giggled.

'I'm fine. Just been over working myself. Too many sports, I guess.' I responded, then moving to flip through pictures of Kevin on my phone. Gosh, he's adorable. With those cute hazel eyes and his soft curly curls and his boyish features. He's a dream. It didn't take him long, though. The next response was quicker.

'Want me to call you when I'm home?' He asked, putting a smiley face at the end.

'I'd like that.' I replied and set my phone back on my nightstand, curling up in my covers and smiling, dreaming of JONAS.

He ended up calling me around four. I answered the phone quickly, knowing it was him.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Macy."

"Hey, Kevin!" I said excitedly. I still felt my body lag from all the sleep I'd gotten and I wasn't able to go into full on fangirl mode.

"How are you feeling?"

"Uh, better. I'm still pretty exhasted."

"What happened?"

"I, I was having tons of headaches and my mom decided to take me to the hospital. Nothing serious."

"Macy, that's pretty serious. Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine."

"Good."

"So, uh, I watched you on Friday night. You guys did great."

"Thanks...I-I was kinda wondering if you were. I texted you and you didn't text me back."

"Oh, Kev, I'm sorry. Lost my phone like, five minutes after I text you and my phone died. I watched you on TV and then spent like, the rest of the night looking for it."

"Oh. Okay...I just...I dunno."

"Kev, I feel kinda bad...about this weekend."

"Because you didn't go to your dads."

"No, I didnt."

"Then why didn't you want to come?"

"I wanted to, I just...I kind of had a thing. A thing I really couldn't not do that night, but it's kind of a secret thing, and so I lied. But I feel terrible for lying to you. You don't deserve that, and if you want me to step down as your Super Number One JONAS fan, I'll understand." Kevin chuckled softly.

"No, Macy. You'll always be our Super Number One JONAS fan. Nothing you do could change that. Well. I mean, I guess if you stopped liking JONAS, then, well--"

"Hah! Like that'd ever happen!"

"Yeah, I figured that would be the deal." He fell silent for a couple seconds.

"I'm really sorry, though, Kev. I really wish I could have come.

"It's okay. Sometimes you just can't get out of stuff. It's no problem. You didn't really have to lie, but..."

"I know. I'm sorry." I sighed. "So, uh, did I miss anything in Biology?"

"Yeah, actually. We've got a huge project to do."

"Oh, cool, what on?"

"The effects of polarized light on plant growth directica."

"What?" I asked, confused.

"Mr. Matelle had us draw from a hat. That's ours. I dunno what it means."

"Hm. Okay then."

"So, uh, do you maybe wanna come over to my house tomorrow after school? We can work on it."

"Cool. Sounds good." I said softly.

"Oh, whoops. Macy, I take off, my dad says I have to take out the trash. But, I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay. See you tomorrow, Kev."

"See ya."

I hung up and smiled, resting my head back on my pillow, and holding my phone to my heart.

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I met Kevin at his locker at the end of the day on Tuesday. I grinned as he approached and he smiled."Hey, Macy."

"Hey, Kevin." I said quietly. He quickly grabbed needed books from his locker then went to shut it. Before he could, I glanced inside, only to see his biology book, sitting there still. Odd. Aren't we doing a biology project today?

He and I walked out to his car and waited for Nick and Joe to get out. I took the passengers seat, him in the drivers seat. He turned up the radio and we rocked out to Metro Station. \ When they appeared, they both seemed surprised to see me.

"Macy? You're joining us?" Nick asked, climbing into the back seat with Joe.

"We're working on a biology project." Kevin explained. Joe smirked. They both glanced at each other at this comment and smirked. Yeah, that's not weird.

"Biology project? Are you sure it's not a chemistry project?" Joe joked, then bursting into and Nick rolled their eyes at the trying-to-make-an-uncomfortable-situation-not-so-uncomfortable attempt of Joe's. Then, Nick elbowed him and shook his head.

"Dude, you need to work on that." He said. I glanced at Kevin to see that we shared a blush. We drove in a somewhat comfortable silence, until we arrived at the Lucas' firehouse. Kevin lead me up to the second floor, where their room was. He sat down on one of the chairs, a blue vinyl one and motioned for me to sit down. We fell silent and he cleared his throat.

"So, uh, plants." He said, uncomfortably, shifting around. Both of us were still in our uniforms, and I must have looked fairly terrible. I couldn't help but feel strange being with Kevin outside school. Not in a bad way, but in that it felt less stress free than the school enviorment we'd usually been in. I think he's seen me in regular clothes maybe twice, ever. I mean, I've been to a million of their shows and have seen every picture ever taken of them, so I've seen him out of his uniform, but that's because I'm me. And I used to - and still kinda do - stalk them.

"Yep." I assured. We were silent for another couple seconds before I figured I'd jump in. "So, um, maybe we could go to a garden store and find some plants for the project, right?"

"Uh, yeah." He said, shifting in his seat. "Macy?"

"Yeah, Kev?"

"I lied." He said, biting his lip. I lowered my eyebrows in confusion and tilted my head to the side.

"What?"

"Theres no biology project. I made it up. I just wanted to spend time with you outside of school." He explained, throwing his notebook on the ottoman infront of us.

"Then why didn't you just ask?" I asked, feeling slightly guilty. He lied to be around me. I lied so I could be famous. This won't end well.

"I did. You turned me down..." He mumbled sadly. I covered my mouth and felt my heart sink. He wanted to be around me. I knew he did. I seemed to be too stupid to realize it, though. I wanted him around, too.

"Kevin...I-" I stopped myself. Don't get mad. Don't over-react. Go with it. "Okay. Then let's hang out."

"What? But I-"

"I lied, you lied. We both had reasons, and now we're even, okay?" Kevin smiled softly and nodded.

"Okay." He said.

An hour later, he and I sat close together on the couch, watching Ice Age, his favorite movie. A bowl of popcorn was sitting on our thighs and we were awkwardly trying to eat it without knocking out hands together. It happened around five times.

I looked to Kevin and smiled softly before laying my head on his shoulder. He glanced at me and smiled, wrapping one arm around my shoulders. I'm still in my uniform. I must look ridiculous. I pulled my skirt down slightly and shifted, leaning into him more. I guess he was too, so, it wasn't so bad. But either way, this uniform did nothing to help me.

"So, uh, do you like this movie?" Kevin asked softly. I looked up at him and nodded softly.

"Yeah. It's funny." I said back. He smiled.

"I'm glad. Even Frankie says he's too old for this movie."

"Hah. You're never to old for adorable squirrels."

"That's what I said!" He said, grinning.

"I'm glad we agree." I said smiling. I stared up at him for a couple seconds, before speaking up agai. "Kevin?"

"Yeah?" He asked, looking at me. Oh, his eyes are so pretty.

"Thanks for lying. This is much more fun than a biology project." He smiled.

And then once again, my alter ego rears it's ugly head.

My phone blasted from my bag and I looked over at it groaning. I sat up, pulling it over to me and I pulled out the silver menace.

There was a text from Miss Kathryn.

'Where are you? You have to be at the studio in a half hour!"

I groaned, slamming my phone shut. Of course this happens. It's no shock. This will always get in the way of everything in my life. Sometimes, being normal and a star isn't worth it. I could be like Kevin. Normal school, rockstar life. I looked to Kevin and bit my lip.

"What's wrong?" He asked, sounding like he knew that something happened.

"Kev, I'm sorry. I gotta go, emergency at home." I said, sighing. He nodded, his eyes sad. "I'm really sorry."

"It's okay. It was fun while it lasted."

"Kev, can we...can we go out...like, for real? I promise I'll make sure nothing interrupts it."

"I'd like that." He said, smiling.

"How about Friday?"

"Um. Yes. No problem. Well. I have to check, but I'll call you later when I'm sure."

"Okay." He nodded. I leaned over and kissed his cheek softly, then pulled back blushing. He grinned at me, the cupped my cheek in his palm and pulled me in for a soft, quick peck. I leaned away, feeling my head going blank. My lips and my cheek were burning. White hot sparkly beautiful burning. I couldn't breath.

"Oh my Jonas..." I whispered, feeling like it was the only thing to say at a time like this. Kevin chuckled and dropped his hand from my cheek.

"Don't you have to go?" He asked. I blinked.

"Go where?" I said dreamily, my head still in heaven from his kiss.

"Home...the family emergency?" He said. Oh, no, I've got to get to the studio!

"Oh! Right!" I said, turning to my bag and scrambling up, slinging it over my shoulder. "So, I'll see you Friday?"

"Well, yeah, but, you'll see me tomorrow, at school..." He reminded, smiling softly.

"Haha, Right!" I squeaked. "So, uh, yeah, see you tomorrow!" Kevin walked me to the door and opened it for me.

"Bye, Macy."

I scrambled down outside and down the sidewalk towards my house. I found my way up to my apartment and went inside. I threw my bag down, and kicked off my shoes before running to my room. I slipped out of my sweater and button up and slipped a blue long sleeve shirt over my head. I slid out of my skirt, slipping a black sundress over my head, smoothing it down. I quickly pinned up my hair, grabbing my wig and putting it on before throwing on a pair of lo-top chucks and grabbing my music notebook and running out my door, only to bump into my mom.

"Ready, hun?"

"Yeah. Let's go." I said. She lead me down the stairs to the car, and looked both ways before we left the building to make sure no paparazzi saw me leave. Within seconds, we were sitting in the limo, on the way to the studio.

I sighed, a sudden rush of inspiration hitting me. I pulled out my notebook and turned to a clean page. I put the pen tip to the first bar and started writing lyrics.

He's lightnin', sparks are flyin'
Everywhere I go he's always on my mind and
I'm going crazy about him lately
and I can't help myself from how my heart is racin'

This is going to be perfect.

So, there's chapter 4.

If you didn't know, the song lyrics at the end are from 'He Could Be The One' which is a Hannah Montana song. Let's just assume that Hannah Montana didn't write it. She exists, but, she won't be in the story. Or maybe she will. Who knows? You'll have to wait and see.

Either way, the song will be Luna's.

I'm hoping to finish this story. Like, in a normal time limit. Not five months.

Dedicated to Deni-m (best I can come up with) Annabananaa and SpaceCayc for being awesome.

HDACE for the win. (The H is silent. ;P)

-emsie.