"Justin." I said, and kissed him right there."I'm sorry, Zach." I said. "We can still be friends."
"Yeah." He said numbly.
I yawned. "I'm tired. I'm goin' to bed."
I slept until like ten the next morning, along with everyone else.
I was woken up by Tucker shouting, "WE'RE IN L.A., BABY!"
Everyone laughed, then quickly got ready and left the car.
"So where do we go, exactly?" Zach asked.
"DOA recording studios. " Amara said.
"That's right next to my studio!" Justin said.
"Okay, then. Lead the way."
We followed Justin and ended up at the door of DOA without a problem.
Then Justin's studio exploded.
We all screamed, thinking it was monsters.
Justin waited until the smoke cleared, then charged in with his sword.
He came back half an hour later, all smudged up and with a black eye. It was already puffy and purple.
"It's okay." He said. "I have it under control. "
He sounded different, with a hint of an accent. Florida maybe?
So after I hugged him, we started towards DOA again.
"WAIT! " Justin said. "It's a trap. I think it's that Earth lady who possessed Rachel and pretended to be Hades. DON'T GO IN THERE!"
He looked dead serious.
We believed him.
"So where do we have to go?"
"I'm-I'm not quite sure exactly…It was that Earth lady's minions who told me. I think we have to go somewhere in Florida… something about a castle or something…. The castle's blue…"
"DISNEY WORLD!" we all say. "We have to go to Disney World!"
So we got in the back of the truck and drove.
While I was in the car, Justin got all romantic- like weird romantic.
He called me hot, and stuff, and it ended with him slamming me up against the wall of the truck and kissing me.
He was NOT acting normal. Not at all.
Something weird was going on. I didn't know; maybe he was trying to impress me or something.
Who knows with boys.
So I just kinda stayed out of his way all the way to Disney.
We got to Disney. And we explored for like four hours. Then Justin said we had to blow it up.
We were like. "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Blow up DISNEY WORLD!"
"Yeah. This place is a monster beehive. All the people dressed in costume? Free monster disguises right there."
He did have a point.
But all these innocent people…..
"Justin, we have to evacuate it first." I said.
"No, we don't have to. The monsters have been killing mortals anyways…"
"JUSTIN!"
"Don't argue with me, Kopi!"
"I'm gonna argue with you! Innocent lives are at stake!"
"Kopi. I don't wanna have to ask you again."
I stood on my tiptoes so I was closer to his height. "I dare you."
"Kopi…. I'm warning you….."
"Whatever, Justin. Maybe I should have picked Zach instead of this -!"
Then he hit me across the face.
Everybody stood stunned.
I cradled my cheek in my hands.
"It doesn't matter. I've already set the bombs."
"Okay." I said quietly. "Right now, Zach, Tucker, Kyle, Amara, and Sunnie, get this place evacuated. NOW! "
"What about you?" Sunnie whimpered with a look at Justin.
We were all glowering at him. He stood, triumphant…
With a gun.
"I'll handle this – myself." I said, drawing my daggers.
My friends stood there still.
"GO!" I bellowed.
Justin put his gun back in the holster and drew his sword.
"You wanna fight old school? We got seven minutes."
I went crazy on him, and he started beating on me, not holding back.
I wasn't sure how long we fought, but suddenly he stopped.
"We have to go."
"I don't care! I'm beating your sorry- first!"
"NOW!" he yelled.
He quickly disarmed me and slung me over his shoulder.
He made a run for it, and I heard beeping.
Then he ducked and rolled with me onto the ground, and draped himself over me.
I could hear him breathing heavy in my ear, and when the explosions finally stopped, he helped me up.
"Let's find your friends."
"NO!" I screamed. "I'm DONE with you!"
Just then the other five members of our quest came running over the hill.
"KOPI!" they were screaming.
"I'm okay." I said. And then I realized; Justin maybe acting different, but he just saved my life.
I wasn't about to thank him.
We all stood there in the ruins, then the air shimmered, and Nico Di Angelo appeared.
He was gasping for breath.
"I-have-something-to-tell-you." He gasped. "That's-not-Justin."