A/N: Took out the second chrous in this it was getting a little long and had to progress time a little. Rewrote this twice changed it dramatically from the first draft. So I hope you like it. Second last chapter. Don't own Decoy the song used at the start by Paramore or Nick only Katie and her career oh and the reporter, and hair stlist and make up artist and the whole photoshoot thingy! Wow I do own something. LISTEN TO THE SONG!


Pressure

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"Close your eyes and make believe this is where you wanna be forgetting all the memories try to forget love cause love's forgotten me Well hey hey baby it's never to late pretty soon you won't remember a thing and I'll be distant the stars reminiscing your heart's been wasted on me" Katie sang into the microphone during her soundcheck, adjusting her sound piece in her ear as the chrous came up

"Oh------Oh----Oh Oh You've never been so used as I'm using you, abusing you, My Little Decoy! don't look so blue, you should've seen right through, I'm using you, My little Decoy! My little Decoy!" she grabbed the microphone as she went into the second chrous repeating the words from memory.

"Living life inside a dream, time is changing everything, forgetting all the memories and I'm forced into you just cuz' your into me, Well Hey Hey Baby it's never to late, when I'm gone you won't remember a thing, but I can't stay and you know I won't wait, I was gone from the very first day." Her manager walked back into her line of view as she went into the chrous again, getting the thumbs up she continued with the rest of her song.

"Oh----Oh---- I'm not sorry at all, Not sorry at all, not sorry I won't be sorry at all, Not sorry at all, not sorry No, I'd do it over again... Don't look so blue, My little Decoy! You should've seen right through, My little Decoy! You've never been so used, My little Decoy! As I'm using you, My little Decoy..."

"That's absolutely great opening with a new song, it'll throw the crowd for a loop" she looked up to the speaker, smiling and nodding her head she got down off the stage grabbing a water bottle.

"Thanks everyone we'll see you later" her manager told them as she was ushered out of the building, she'd already done the other songs saving the new one for last but still there were a few things she would have liked to tweek.

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"So what's it like being you?" the reporter asked over lunch, she was forced to order a salad even though she thought the grilled burger special sounded awesome, she'd order a to go back for her "manager" later.

"At the moment or in general?"

"Whichever you want to answer"

"Well at the moment it's been pretty shitty, oh sorry can I say shitty in your magazine?"

"Yes"

"I did something I regret and am now living the consequences and I wish I could change it but I can't"

"Care to elaborate?"

"No but my life in general has been amazing, like I couldn't ask for anything more, I have fans whom I adore, chart topping singles and cd's like there's not much more I could dream of having" she said with a smile that she'd gotten used to in the last month or so.

"So that house our sister magazine published last month care to share on who's house it was?"

"Just a friend with a great daughter"

"I want to thank you for giving us the opporunity to get an interview and on a personal note can I have your autograph?"

"Of course absolutely" she took the paper and pen that was shoved across the table and smiled

"You have the date of the photoshoot and everything?" the young woman asked smiling because she got an autograph

"Oh ya its next Wednesday at 10 in the morning, got it"

"Thanks so much Katie" the woman got up already having taken care of the bill leaving Katie alone, the waiter began to clear the plates.

"Could I get the burger special to go please on a new bill?"

"Sure not a problem"

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If she had to pout one more time she was going to loose it, the camera lights almost blinded her and she listened to the poses they called out but she just wanted to strangle all of them although she loved the punk rock purple grunge dress they had on her she'd have to ask wardrobe where they got it.

"Just like that don't move just look upt to the left that's it don't move" what was she three? "mouth open a little more perfect!" the camera went off three times "change the wardrobe" and she was being pulled off to change for the final outfit thank god, another minute here and she would surely kill somene.

While she sat in a chair, they were changing her hair to match the next outfit her phone that hadnt gone off in over a day rang. A minimal amount of people knew this number so it was a life or death family emergency or Nick or Hayley. Even the celebs she knew the numbers too had a different phone.

"Hello?"

"Katie?"

"Hey Hayley what's up?"

"Oh nothing it's just the twenty-third and I my play's tonight, sorry for the late notice but the practices have been getting longer and longer"

"Did you have the dress rehersal yet?" Katie was truly smiling and not the fake one she plastered on for everyone to see.

"Ya it was yesterday, and the kiss wow is all I can say"

"I'm happy for you, listen Hayley"

"Oh sorry I gotta go see you tonight!" she hung up before Katie could tell her she wouldn't be making it tonight. If she finished up the shoot in the next hour she still had time to make the two hour drive to see Hayley in her play but it required a favour from the hairstylist and makeup artist who was done fixing her up.

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Fearing she wouldn't make it in time, she'd done some above legal speed limits to get there and thankfully both the hairstylist and makeup artist were more than happy to redo her makeup and hair when they were done so it sat pin straight sweeped over to the side and her make applied minimal so she actually looked like a normal person like a parent going to their child's performance, dressed in all black from her top to her stiletto's heels she got their with five minutes to spare. Not looking anyone directly in the eye she stepped into the almost full auditorium taking the program that was offered to her. Not sure whether to find Nick and sit with him or be a loner in the back. Wanting pictures to remember this night she started searching for Nick whom she found third row center with one seat open beside him. Slipping in beside him, it took a minute or two for him to realize who she was.

"What are you doing here?"

"I made a promise and she hung up the phone before I could tell her I couldn't make it" she whispered not wanting the other parents to hear the conversation.

"She called you?"

"About four hours ago"

"That little bugger"

The lits dimmed as the spotlights lights came on

"We need to talk after this" she said as her phone starting ringing, everyone looking around to see to whom the disturbance belong to. Digging in her purse she noticed it was a call from her mangaer and pressed ignored and turned it off, which she knew Nick noticed and dug in her purse for the others turning them all off she sat back ready to watch the show.

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As the cast bowed the crowd stood, Katie had forgotten what it was like to do a play and not get paid for acting. The smile was from ear to ear as Hayley saw who was sitting beside her dad, and a small frown because her mother wasn't there but the grin returned full force as the crowd continued clapping. The lights came on, and people started ushering out, now Katie kept her head down hoping to god that no one recognized her. It took her breath away as Nick grabbed her hand ushering her towards the stage where the cast members stood, she stared at their joined hands and nearly collided with his backside as he stopped in front of Hayley.

"Oh my god Kat-" Katie's head shaking stopped her from finishing

"You came!" Hayley finished hugging the woman

"Of course I did, I promised I would come didn't I?"

"I'm glad you did, anyways I better go a bunch of us are going out for pizza. Bye" without warning Hayley turned on heel and marched over to a group of waiting girls.

"It looks like it's just the two of us" Katie hoped now would be as good as time as any to tell him what she'd been meaning to tell him since the moment the words slipped out of her mouth.