I don't own Lemonade Mouth.
Chapter 14
"What is it?" Mo asked, trying to sound calm. Inside, she panicked. That was not Scott's happy tone of voice, and she knew they were in for a lousy conversation.
"What is your problem with Charlie's fans?" he asked.
"I don't know what you mean."
"I think you do." She remained silent. So, he continued, "Whenever anything with girls being into Charlie comes up, you totally freak out."
"No, I don't! And they aren't 'girls into Charlie'. They're groupies. Lemonade Mouth doesn't need the rep-"
"Yeah yeah, 'the reputation that comes with groupies.' I know, Mo. I've heard your speech a thousand times. And I just don't agree with you. For one thing, there is no harm in 'groupies' or 'fan girls' or whatever you want to call them."
"But they're not into the music. They're just into the guys in the band being cute!"
"It's not your business to decide what a fan wants to like about you. If anything about the band makes a person happy – the music, the hotness of the people in it, the name, whatever – you should be happy and grateful that you get to be a positive part of their lives."
Mo scowled.
"For another thing," Scott took a breath. He was clearly angry and hurt, and he was trying to find the clearest way to say what he needed to say. "Why are you entirely focused on Charlie's fans?"
"I'm not!"
"Mo, you are. You don't get like this when there are girl fans after Wen, or me. And I'm your boyfriend."
"That's because I trust you!" she said, her voice rising in pitch.
"Then why are you so worked up about Charlie's fans?"
"What are you saying, Scott?"
"I'm saying that I wonder if you have feelings for Charlie."
"What? NO! Of course not!"
"You seem like it."
"NO!"
"Look, Mo. He clearly has a thing for you."
"Well, he said it to me once. But I only like him as a friend!"
"I'm not so sure about that."
"But I love you, Scott!" Then, she got angry. "YOU'RE one to talk about infidelity!"
"Yes, Mo, I made the biggest mistake of my life when I cheated on you. And I will keep spending all of the time we have together making it up to you. But this is a totally different thing. I don't know what it is about you and Charlie. But you have some things you need to sort out, if we have any chance of a future together."
Mo, through tears, said, "No, Scott! I don't have any feelings for him! He's just my friend! He said once that he liked me…"
Scott interrupted, "…that's obvious. He's got it bad for you."
"Used to like me! And I told him that I only like him as a friend. And he got over it."
"No, he didn't. And if you only like him as a friend, you wouldn't care about the girls who have crushes on him."
"I'm just concerned for his well-being!"
"But not so concerned for Wen's or mine, regarding the female fans?"
Mo just wept in response. She feared his next words, but she knew they were coming.
"Mo, we need to take some time off, until you figure out what's going on with you and Charlie."
"No, Scott, no!"
"I love you more than I have ever loved anyone. I hope you come back to me. But I have to know that I have all of you, and that you're not gonna freak out whenever some other girl shows interest in the guy who has a crush on you."
Scott hated having to say this to her, but it was true. He cheated on Mo with his actions, but he feared that she was also cheating on him, in a different sense. He hooked up with Jules, but he still loved Mo. Mo stayed at his side, but was her heart really with Charlie?
He sighed and drove Mo to her house, her sobbing the whole time. He walked her to her door and said, "I love you. Please come back to me. But only when it's all you."
Scott waited for Mo to enter her house, and then he left.
As usual, Mr. Banerjee was waiting for his daughter in the living room. At the sight of his weeping daughter, he said, "Monu? What is the matter?" But it was to her back; Mo ran past her father without a word, not even the usual, "I love you, Baba."
Mo didn't know what to do. She loved Scott with all her heart. What was he talking about? Feelings for Charlie? That was unbelievable!