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I hope I didn't make too many mistakes with this chapter I took my time to look over the names and other stuff.
AN HOUR LATER when Steven felt better he packed his 3 suitcases and waited for his mom to come and help him with his luggage.
When Pauline came to her son's room she was so upset with her son for doing a reckless thing at the club and Steven was upset that Brendan had to get his mom involved with his problems.
"Hey if it weren't for Brendan getting in touch with me you would have been stuck at that club passed out all night"
"Well it shouldn't have been Brendan of all people if anything it should have been Doug. I'm friends with Doug."
"Grow up. Brendan is a good guy at least he's trying to be one. He's never bothered you ever."
"I never gave him the chance to be near me."
"I think the real reason is you're attracted to him just as much as he is to you"
"That's total bull and you know it"
"Whatever. We don't have time to fight. Let's go" said Pauline
Pauline and Steven got the suitcases and left the room. They went down the elevator and walked out to the lobby to sign out when they were done they went outside and straight into their limo and off to the airport.
WHEN STEVEN GOT to his second state of his tour he went straight to his hotel room and started to unpack his things. It took him an hour to put his things where he wanted them to go. He sat down on the bed and looked around the room he pretty much still felt like shit from the night before.
'What the hell is wrong with me, Brendan isn't so bad, he has lots of friends women and men flock to him like… well' thought Steven not knowing what the answer was.
'He never tried anything with me. Could it be so hard to be friends and stop treating him like shit.'
"I can try" said Steven out loud.
Steven shook his head to stop thinking of Brendan and reached for the remote and put the telly on, he was watching an interview with Brendan on it, which was airing live in the same state he was in.
"If you could pick out one crush, who would it be?" asked the man giving the interview
"Everyone already knows it but it's Steven Hay" said Brendan with a straight face
"Why you're total opposites?"
"Well they do say that opposites attract don't they not. But to answer your question, it's everything, the way he sings, the way he moves, it got me hooked the moment I lead my eyes on him on T.V. so many years ago. His looks got me hypnotized as well even though a bit on the skinny side, he's a very attracted young man and a smart one at that but he totally hates me, he doesn't even want us to be friends, is that too much to ask"
Steven sat back against the pillows on the bed and blushed.
'I really wish you didn't hate me so much' a voice in Steven's head said. He popped his head up and faced the screen.
"Is that what he said to me?" asked Steven softly to himself.
"Did you know that he's having a concert in a few hours right here in Tampa?"
"Yes I did, but I couldn't get a ticket"
"Is it true that you asked his manager if it was alright for Ste to do a song with you on your next album?"
"Sure is, I had the pleasure of meeting both of them yesterday for a short time before his concert last night and he's ok to do it not for my sake but for his manager."
"What's the name of the song?"
"It's called Hard"
Steven chocked up a little.
"Hard?" asked the interviewer
"It's not what you think" said Brendan laughed slightly.
"It's about having a hard life."
"Something you can relate to?"
"Oh yeah most definitely, my parents hated me, school life was tough, I just have one close friend who I hardly see anymore. By the way a shout out to my best friend Joel Dexter, miss you Scottish Foxy"
"So you made up this bad boy image like a hard wall"
"Kinda, it's just something I'm used to for many years now but I'm slowly getting better at it. I don't trust many people. I push people away so that's why people; fan's see me with someone different each night and drink too much"
"So you won't build a relationship to open you and feel anything to feel numb?"
Brendan just nodded his head.
"You can say that, but times have changed and I'm opening myself to something more, I guess it all started that morning I first saw Steven perform on MTV. Made me see that maybe I can take chances, fine out what kind of person I am, who I want to be and I guess the outcome of it all of it is the new song hard"
"That's great"
"Just one more thing before I go, it'll be my last and final album"
The audience gasped.
"Excuse me" said the interviewer in shock
"Yes, I've decided to quit the music business. I thought it would make me happy but it hasn't, don't get me wrong I love my fans and performing but I don't feel welcomed by my fellow peers so it's about time that I stopped."
"Wow" said Steven out loud in shock
'Is it me fault?' asked Steven to himself
"Well there you have it folks. Double B, Brendan Brady ex rock star, well that's all the time we have. Thank you Brendan Brady for opening up and good luck in the future"
"It was my pleasure and thank you very much."
Brendan stood up from his chair and thanked the audience and bowed.
Steven shut the television off completely shocked.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
"Come…. Come in" said Steven all chocked up
The door opened and Pauline walked in.
"You alright?" asked Pauline as she patted her son on his shoulder
"Yeah sure" lied Steven
"I know we just got in but there's a car waiting for us downstairs"
"Thanks" said Steven
Steven and Pauline left the room and went downstairs to the limo that was waiting for them, as the limo pulled away from the curb Steven kept thinking about the interview he had just saw on the telly and something in him changed as well. In his mind he too put a hard wall around Brendan and to him it wasn't right. Maybe they weren't so different after all, he too felt like he had a hard wall to knock down in his life as well. He thought about different things the whole way to the television station on his way to do an interview about his concert and new single that was just released to the public, with any hope he hoped that there would be no questions about Brendan but no one really knows what goes on inside an interviewers mind but he wished that he did.
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