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"Well, you know. The usual, babysat, went to concerts." I responded.

"What concerts?" Jess asked and noticed I already decorated my locker last week when we were allowed to come in early to do so. There were about 10 pictures of me and The Summer Set and 3 of John and me. One was from the day we met, with just his arm around me and mine around him. In another one I was sitting on his lap with his arm around my waist and the last one was of us kissing in his pool. The last picture you weren't exactly able to see it was him though. "Oh I see, how many Summer Set concerts did you go to?"

I tried to count in my head, it wasn't that hard though, "I believe like 6 or 7 times."

"Well, I do see this picture, who is the boy?" She started to pull it out a little bit to get a better view.

"Oh, just someone I met, summer romance I guess." I said and tried to pull it off, but ended up smiling and Jess noticed.

"Wait, this isn't just any guy, it's, John right? That guy?" She pointed to the picture of my and John from November.

I nodded, "Please don't tell anyone. They will find out in October." She gave me a look of confusion. "Usually we have just the pep assembly during the day for the T-NT week, but this year we're having 2 bands play during it. So it's going to be the whole day. No classes." I smiled, already excited for spirit week.

"That's awesome, what other bands?"

"Don't tell but, I got to pick. And they will be, All Time Low, The Summer Set and The Maine." Then the bell rang I said hi to people as I passed them in the hall on the way to homeroom/first period which was American History for me. I had a few friends in that class, we talked for about 20 mins in every class and before I knew it, it was time for lunch. I looked for a table with people I knew. I found a table with Katie, Jess, Catie, and Alexis L.

The day went pretty fast along with the first week. Before I knew it, it was already the weekend. A week turned into a month and it was soon spirit week. TSS was touring but this was one of their stops for the tour on the same night. I saw Jess Bowen talking to Stephen, "You have to tell her."

"Why me, I can't do that. No way. Have Brian do it." He pointed to where Brian was talking to Josh.

"You know, I don't think she'll be as mad if Josh told her."

I decided to get their attention then. I knew it wasn't good if they were all afraid of telling me something. "Tell me, what exactly?" I asked Jess and Stephen as they turned to face me.

"ALIE, I MISSED YOU!" Jess said and engulfed me into a hug.

"Yeah, we missed you a lot. When do you get to leave this hell hole?" Stephen asked, being the nice friend he always has been.

"Counting this year; 2 more years. The year has only just begun." I hugged him back and pulled away. "So, tell me what? I'd like to know." I tried not to think about anything bad that they could be keeping but I know nothing great happened either.

"It's about John."

"Okay, is he alright?" I asked.

"Yeah, but you won't be." Jess said pouting her lip at me, "He got drunk one night on tour, and we kind of caught him making out with some girl, her shirt was off. We left the bus right after and we never thought to ask him about it. Hoping he would tell us himself but he never did. You should hear his side first before you start worrying." She tried to pull me in for a comforting hug but I shoved her away.

Tears started to pour from my eyes as I sped to the bus they had. "What the fuck happened John?" I yelled as I walked in and searched for him. I didn't see or hear him so I went to the back where there was a room for video games. He was playing some racing game. He saw me standing at the door and immediately stood up.

"Alie," he held out his arms, because he was surprised to see me. He threw the controller to the game on the couch when he noticed I was crying. "Wh-what's wrong?" He asked.

"You cheated on me! I can't believe it. I'm glad I didn't tell all of my friends about you, although it would have been a hell of a story to tell people how much of a dick you are."

I started walking to the door but he grabbed my arm but I didn't turn to face him. "I didn't mean to, and it didn't even really happen. You know I love you." I pulled my arm out of his grip and slammed the door hoping he wouldn't chase after me.

My friends were there to comfort me, but because no one but Jess knew about him she was the only one who was really able to help. "It'll be okay. We can throw tomatoes at him today while he plays." She smiled and was able to make me laugh. Soon enough the first band started playing being The Maine, they played 4 songs then All Time Low went on and played 6 songs and soon it was time for The Summer Set. As Cameron started setting up the stage I thought of Alexis who missed him and hopefully he wasn't cheating either. Of course they weren't dating but he really liked her and she really liked him.

Stephen started looking around for me, probably hoping I was still going to watch, even though it was a whole school event that we were made to sit through. I was in the front row because Alexis D decided she wanted to be close to the bands as they played so it was very easy for Stephen to spot me out. He waved and blew me a kiss. I blew one back to him and noticed that half of my class was looking. And the rest of the band grabbed their instruments.

"Hey guys, how's your day so far?" Brian asked into the microphone. Like at every show you'll go to we all just screamed, well by we I meant the crowd, I just sat there and watched.

'Good I'm glad. If you are coming to see us tonight, after the game you'll hear some of these songs all over again." He began playing She's Got The Rhythm. Then the song ended. "Now, by a show of hands, who thinks it is fun to get back at the people who hurt you or your friends?" Brian asked and almost everyone raised their hands. He usually did not intro the song asking this. "Well, one of my friends has been hurt and we want her to know it's alright to get back at the one who hurt you most."

"This one is for you girl." Stephen said and pointed at me, no wonder he was looking before hand. Everyone around me gasped when they noticed me. They played The Boys You Do, people in our bleachers were bouncing up and down.

After The Boys You Do, they pulled out the acoustic guitars, which meant one of two things. Next was either Where Are You Now? or Passenger Seat.

"I'm going to let our guitarist John explain this one."

"Well, we all write songs for a reason, this one was written because Brian had a girl friend and realized how much he missed her while she was on tour and couldn't go with him. Well I'm a fuck up and did not listen to my heart; I listened to what my brain was telling me to do. And I messed up a great thing I had with an amazing girl." John began to strum the guitar. Towards the end I started to cry and Jess noticed because she put her around me, and rubbed my back as they played. "Doesn't matter where you are, doesn't matter where you are, doesn't matter if we're states apart; she loves me."

I got up from where I was sitting; I wiped away tears as I walked up to the nearest teacher. "Can I go to the bathroom?" I asked silently. He nodded and I ran out to hallway, turned and walked into the nearest stall. I slid down against the door and cried for a few mins. I finished cleaning my eyes and heard the song This Is How We Live. I walked back into the gym and next to Jess.

"You okay?" She asked right away.

"I'll be fine. But I don't want to wait around after to see them. Do you think your mom can give me a ride?"

"Of course."

They finished their last song which was Chelsea and the crew started packing up. I gave a few of my friends a hug goodbye before leaving. I pulled out my phone as I slid into the 4X4 pick up truck. "I don't feel really good. Do you think I can get a ride to my mom's work so she can take me to the doctors?" I asked Jess' mum who treated me as her own.

About 20 mins we were at my moms work and she took me to the doctors right away.

"Alexandra N." the nurse called my name, I stood up right away and felt like I was about to get sick. When we got to the room I laid on the paper bed thing.

"So what's wrong?" The doctor asked.

"Stomach hurts, and I have a really bad headache." I replied.

"Well you just got back from seeing your boyfriend. Did you guys make out too much?" My mom asked me.

"Boyfriend?" the doctor asked.

"EX boyfriend." I smiled and listened to the doctor.

"I need you to pee in this cup. Bring it out when you are done." I went into the bathroom, peed and went back out and handed her the cup. "Thank you, I'll be back in about 10 mins."