"I am Cecilia Howard." The blonde woman said. Shane looked over at Laila who was struck with fear, guilt and pain.
"May we help you?" Shane asked, pretending not to know who she really was.
"I need to speak to Laila," Shane didn't move so she continued, "I heard about you grandmother, I am so sorry. You must miss her."
"She does," Shane said, he looked away from Laila and stepped closer to Cecilia, "We aren't here for very long, why don't you give me your number and she will--" He stopped and turned around when he heard a thud and Cecilia's hands fly to her mouth.
"Laila!" Shane screamed, "Laila, c'mon..." He held her in his arms. "Bruce, Leslie." He yelled. "Don't just stand there, call an ambulance!" He yelled at Cecilia, who was fumbling with her phone.
He saw Leslie, Bruce and Nate run down the hill. "What the heck did you do to her?" Nate yelled at him.
"I didn't do anything," He looked up at Cecilia.
"The ambulance is on its way." Cecilia said.
"Okay then, you can leave now, you've done enough already." Shane said, "This is your doing."
"This is not my fault; I was not the one--"
"Just like Michaels death wasn't her fault!" Shane cut her off, and she fell silent. Shane had figured that Cecilia had been the one who had convinced Laila that she was responsible for Michael's death.
"Michael?" Nate looked at Shane, who ignored him and looked at the quickly turning pale Laila.
"No," They say a wide eyes Mitchie and a scared Caitlyn. Mitchie's face fell; she went back in time two years.
"Oh my God!" Mitchie said, "I look horrible Macy!" She said after looking at herself in the mirror. They were at the makeup counter and Macy was playing around with the stuff on Mitchie's face.
"Ha-ha!" Macy and Sierra burst into a fit of laugher. Macy dashed for the mall.
"Macy, stop...you should not be running." Sierra said watching out for her best friend, who had a weak heart. They chased her and tried to stop her, but she was really fast.
"Mace, you need to sto--" Mitchie stopped when she saw her best friend fall to the ground. She and Sierra ran to the girl on the floor. She was gasping for breath, the mall medical team tried the best they could to keep her breathing, but they had no luck.
"Please don't do this Macy," Mitchie said, "You are strong, you can beat this." Macy took her last breath and closed her eyes.
"Mitchie..." Leslie took her shoulders and told her to breath. The paramedics got to the park quickly, the hospital was just a few blocks down the road.
"You guys need to back away so we can help her." The medic with black hair said. Shane reluctantly put her down and Nate let go of her hand.
They all watched with fear as they pulled her onto the stretcher and strapped the oxygen mask onto her face.
"Can I go with her?" Leslie asked, the medic responded with a slight nod. Nate looked at her, a little angry that he couldn't go. But he knew that Leslie was better suited to go with her.
"Mitchie." Shane shook her shoulder, "Mitchie." Mitchie snapped out of her trance.
"Sorry," Mitchie said holding Shane's arm, "I was just...taken by surprise."
"She'll be okay, they are taking her to the hospital." Shane said, "Let's just get back on the bus, we are going to follow them." They all got onto the bus and sat silently for the five-minute drive to the hospital.
Nate was the first one to jump off the bus followed by Mitchie, Shane, Jason, Caitlyn, and Bruce. Jack had to drive the bus to the back so no one would see it.
"Laila Logan!" Nate said to the woman at the front desk, "She was brought here a little while ago, she was brought by an ambulance."
"Room 418, just down the hall." She pointed.
They rushed down the room, and they stopped when they saw the doctor walk out.
"Nate Jonas, is she okay." He said to the doctor.
"She has a slight fever...it looks like she had a panic attack, she is stressed...she needs to rest." The doctor said. "She is under sedatives, so she is still asleep...but her body is not doing very well. She is falling sick. Like I said, she needs to rest."
They all filed in the room. Shane and Mitchie sat on the couch across from her bed. Caitlyn stood with Leslie and Bruce by the window. Jason sat in the chair by the door. Nate went and sat on his knees by the bed and held Laila's hand. It was so warm.
"Laila you can't do this to me," Nate said, "I know you have been under a lot of stress but I'll help you, fight...wake up. Please, I love you." Nate let tears fall. "You can't let these problems kill you, I'll help you, I will help get you through this...and I know that everyone in this room will help you too. Please, don't leave me. You are the first person I ever loved, when I saw you trip at camp three years ago...I knew that you were perfect."
He laughed, "A clumsy, but perfect girl. Every time you sang, I felt complete, even when I knew that Shane was the one you were singing to." Shane looked down. Mitchie sniffled, watching Nate with Laila was so...no words could describe how much he loved her.
"Three years later, you are finally mine and I am not going to let you go. You are the only person I will ever love. Please, I love you. I love you. I love you." He put her hand down and covered his face. He looked up and took a deep breath.
"When you look me in the eyes and tell me that you love me...every things alright, when you're right here by my side. When I hold you in my arms, I know that it's forever...I just gotta let you know, I never wanna let you go."
He finished singing and swallowed hard. Caitlyn and Mitchie were crying now, Leslie wiped away the few tears that fell. Bruce didn't cry but his eyes were glistening. Shane caught the first and last tears right before it hit his face. Jason wasn't afraid to cry a little.
Nate laid his head next to Laila and closed his eyes. He saw Laila, she was laughing. He smiled at the perfect picture his mind had painted. He felt a warm hand on his face. He opened his eyes. He followed the arm with his eyes, up to Laila. He lifted his head and looked at her.
"I..." She struggled to say.
"Don't..." Nate hushed her, "I love you so much, I thought you were going to leave me. Don't leave me, fight this...whatever it is. I love you."
"I love you too." Laila smiled, Nate bend over and planted a soft kiss on her cheek. "You missed." She said, and received another soft kiss on the lips.
They all took turns talking to her after Nate was done. Mitchie went last.
"Laila, I forgive you for not telling me about you and Shane...You have become one of my best friends and I was so afraid today, nothing should be able to break the bond that we have. I am so glad to have found a friend like you." Mitchie said with tears in her eyes.
"I have never really had a girl friend, I have never really had friends to be to the point." Laila said, she had gained some strength, "Max and Leo were really the only friends that I have had, not to forget Jase, Nate and Shane. I am glad I can finally talk to some girls, you and Caitlyn are the best thing that has happened to me on this tour. And of course the falling in love part." They laughed.
"I need to keep you over night to make sure you are doing okay, and we need to wait for your blood tests to come in." The doctor said. Nate was the only one with Laila in the hospital room. The rest of the pack had gone across the street to the sandwich deli to get some food.
"We have a show tonight." Laila said first.
"Laila, we can cancel..." Nate said, "We have two days off until the next show, we can do our show in Rapid City then, Leslie and Bruce can arrange it."
"Miss Logan, I am afraid that even if I did let you go today, you would not be able to perform. Your body is weak, you may not be able to walk for a while." The doctor said, "I had the nurse call your mother and step father...they are on their way." The doctor left the room.
"All you care about is pleasing the fans don't you?" Nate laughed.
"Is that a problem Nathaniel?" Laila said, "I love my fans, don't you?"
"Yes, but I love you and your health is more important...if you aren't healthy then the fans wont have anything to look forward to."
"Very true." She smiled and kissed him, then the kissing turned into making out.
"Laila." She saw her mother and Marco in the doorway. Her mother, putting on the fake concerned mother act, rushed to her bed. "Oh I am so glad you are okay. With Grandma and everything with you and Shane, you must be so stressed."
"I am doing just fine mother," Laila said, "I have Nate." She smiled and squeezed his hand.
"Well, Marco and I had an ultra sound done." Stacie, of course, wanted to be in the spotlight, "You are going to have a little sister, you have to help me pick out a name, I was thinking...Vanessa, or Gabriella...maybe even Maciella."
"What about naming her Lucky?" Laila said, her mother looked at her and widened her eyes.
"I like that name," Marco said. "It has a nice ring to it, Lucky Vega." Stacie stared at her daughter with a hint of anger, Laila smiled.
"I don't like that name..." Nate and Laila both looked at her, yeah right...she didn't like that name, "I was thinking something more Hispanic, after all she is half Hispanic."
They did a little bit of talking, mostly about the baby. Laila didn't bring up the magazine and newspaper articles. Even though she knew that her mother was the one who filled the reporters in about her relationship with Shane. But, she suddenly had a bright idea.
"Hey Nate?"
"Yeah"
"Can you bring me the PopInformer magazine?" Laila asked smiling, showing Nate through her mind what she wanted to do. "Mom, I love reading those magazines, they always have the funniest stuff about me and the other celebs. The newest issue came out today. I can't wait to see what they have printed today."
"Oh Nate, don't bother..." Stacie said, "Why waste your time reading those boring magazines? None of what they post is true anyway, so why do you want to read it?"
"I just like to mother. It's always fun to see what the journalists come up with, sometimes some of it is true." Laila explained, "Please Nate, grab a few...I'll be pretty bored tonight." Nate did as instructed and left the mother, daughter and stepfather in the room.
"So, how have you been doing after, well you know?" Marco asked stupidly.
Laila wanted to say, Look at me, I am in a hospital bed! How do you think I am doing?
But instead she said, "I am doing okay, it's a little hard to cope...But I have great friends who are taking care of me. Shane has actually changed a lot, and I have a wonderful boyfriend."
"Oh well, we should get going now, we have a book signing back in New York tonight, we have to catch our flight." Stacie said, "We don't want to disappoint the fans."
Laila smiled at her mother, "No we don't." She said in a tone with slight sarcasm.
"Bye sweetie," She kissed her daughter's cheek and walked away with her husband. Laila sighed.
"Hey, I saw your mom and Marco walking out the front door." Nate said, "I got the magazines from the bus."
"Thanks Nate," Laila said, "Could you do me another favor?" This was the biggest favor she would ever ask for.
"Yeah, anything."
"When you were talking to me, you said that I would be the only person you ever loved." Nate stayed silent while listening to her talk, "Did you really think that I was going to leave you?"
"Laila, I didn't want to, but you were so..."
"Nate, you are eighteen years old...If something ever happened to me, I want you to promise me that you will find someone else."
"Have you gone crazy?" Nate looked at her, "Has your fever gone up?" He put his hand on her forehead.
"No Nate, I am not crazy!" She spat back at him, "I want you to find someone else, you are eighteen years old, you can't live your live alone. Now promise me."
"I'll have to think about this one, I'll get back to you, now read you magazine." Laila laughed. She grabbed the first magazine, the one with Nate and Laila on the cover, and then Shane and Laila on the cover.
She read aloud the article: "It looks like Laila has been having some fun behind the curtains of the stage. Weeks ago, before the start of their co-headlining tour, Laila was spotted with Nate Jonas in a dance club in Los Angeles. Along with them were Shane Gray and girlfriend Mitchie Torres, Jason Richards, and a friend of them all, Caitlyn Ghellar.
"The six of them enjoyed their time in the dance club alone, but we had some snapshots taken of them. There is no denying the chemistry between Nate and Laila, but there is no doubt there are still sparks between Laila and her ex from widely known Camp Rock, Shane.
"Photo's of Nate and Laila were taken at the dance club to confirm their relationship. The photo above was taken when the couple sneaked into a corner to steal a kiss. But yesterday, Laila and Shane were spotted alone at a lake near Omaha. The two stood in the pouring rain, holding each other's tight.
"Seems like Nate and Mitchie have a rollercoaster ride in front of them, Shane and Laila may be back in the works." Laila looked over to Nate who was staring at the ground.
"Nathaniel Jonas, if this stuff brings you down you are the biggest psycho in the entire universe!" Laila said, "I love you."
"I know, I love you too." Nate kissed her.
"So I was serious about the finding another girl..." Laila ruined the moment. Leslie walked in before Nate could say anything.
"Hey guys, okay we tried calling the venue and reschedule for tomorrow, but they said no." Leslie explained, "So we are going to have Mitchie and the boys perform, and Caitlyn and I are going to stay here with Laila."
"At least they get to see you perform." Laila smiled at Nate, who was still afraid of leaving her here.
"I am really sorry, but we were still two hours away, so you kinda have to leave now." Leslie said. "The show starts in six hours." She looked at her watch. "You guys are going to drive back after the show, so don't worry." Nate kissed Laila goodbye and left, sadly.
"You guys are so cute." Caitlyn gushed. Laila laughed.
"Am I allowed to get up, I want to walk around." Laila asked.
"Well, you probably can't walk, I'll get you a wheel chair." Leslie came back and helped Laila into her seat. "You two go, I am going to see if I can get some sleep, I have been up since five."
Caitlyn and Laila were walking down the hallway and they heard music.
"Hey that's my song!" Laila recognized her song, it was the first song that ever made it to number one on the iTunes list, and made it to number four on the charts.
She wheeled into the doorway of the room. She looked though the side where the girl sitting in the bed. She was reading PopInformer magazine, the one that Laila had just read an excerpt out of. It looked like she had been here for a while. She had poster of Laila all over the wall. She looked to the side and saw pictures of Connect 3.
She had the music on, Laila Logan's first single...Not Your Typical Love. The memories of writing this song flooded through her mind. This was the song she had written while she was still dating Shane. The song finished and the next song played, it was Shane and Mitchie's duet. She sat there for a few minutes and watched the girl mouth every single word. Then she heard Connect 3's newest single "Burnin' Up" play, yet again the girl mouthed every word.
She wheeled herself towards the front desk, Caitlyn snuck off to the bathroom.
"Hello?" She looked over the desk.
"Miss Logan," The woman at the counter looked at her, "How may I help you?"
"The girl in room 421, what is her name?"
"Tamara Pinkette..." Someone answered, it was not the receptionist. She turned around and saw a short woman with dark brown hair. "My name is Diana Pinkette, I am, her mother."
"Pinkette?" Laila asked.
"Yes"
"May I ask why she is here?" Laila was intrigued.
"She was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago, she's been staying here for her treatment." Diana said. "She and her sisters love your music, however my eldest really seems to dislike you." Laila giggled.
"I saw that she has poster of me and Connect 3, I was wondering, I have to stay here tonight. The boys and Mitchie will be returning after the show. I know it will be late, but maybe we could meet your daughter." Laila suggested.
"Hey!" Caitlyn said, "I was looking for you."
"Mrs. Pinkette, this is Caitlyn Ghellar, she is the person who mixed the music for your daughters newest favorite song." Laila smiled. They shook hands.
"I usually bring the family on Friday nights, we don't normally leave until late...I think all of my daughters would be excited to see you."
"Great, I want her to see us all together, they will probably be back around twelve, so..."
"You have no idea how much I thank you for this." Diana said.
"My pleasure." Laila went back to her room so happy. She and Caitlyn spent their time reading magazines and watching TV, with Leslie sleeping on the couch.
The rest of the pack came back around eleven thirty. They made their way to Tamara's room. Nate pushed Laila into the room first, then Shane and Mitchie, and Jason and Caitlyn followed.
Tamara was sitting on the bed with two girls across from her. Diana was sitting next to a younger daughter on the couch. The four young girls stared in awe as their favorite stars of all time filed into the room.
"Hi Tamara." Laila said, Tamara blushed a little bit when she saw the boys looking around the room to see their pictures around the wall. Diana took the initiative to introduce her daughters, who were too star struck to speak.
"Of course you know this is Tamara." She said, "Tamara, Tia and Teresa are triplets they are fifteen. This is Sara she is twelve. I am Diana Pinkette."
"Pinkette?" Jason, Shane and Nate all said, remembering that name.
"Yes" She was confused. "Oh, here comes my eldest daughter."
They all watched as the perfect black haired beauty walked in the room. She was wearing black skinny jeans with black boots, blue and green-layered tank with a net poncho over top. Her long hair was perfectly curled, and her complection was perfect. She stared at the four familiar faces standing five feet from her.
"This is my daughter, Claudia."
A/N: Wow! That was long. I know I haven't updated, sorry. Thank you so much, for the nine reviews I got. I love reviews, so get reviewing now.
Long time no see Claudia! Connect 3 and Claudia and Laila are meeting again after three years, after leaving on a very sour note. What do you guys think? Has she changed her evil ways, or is she still the same person? Review and tell me.
I need a name for Tamara's boyfriend and Claudia's boyfriend. So I need two boys' names. If you have a good one, put it in your review.
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