When I woke up, I felt someone's arm around me.
I turned over and found Justin, laid out one the other side of the bed.
"Justin?" I whispered, still tired.
He opened his eyes. "Yes? Are you okay?" He asked, sitting up.
"Yeah I'm fine. Go back to sleep it's…" I looked at the clock on the nightstand on my side of the bed. "It's midnight."
"Wow, we've been asleep for a long time." Justin said, sleep taking over him as he lay back down against the bed.
I looked over to Sher's bed, and I didn't see her.
"Where's Sher?" I asked, totally about to collapse again, due to being so tired.
I didn't get an answer. I looked back over at Justin, and he was out cold.
I smiled and got out of bed, and walked into the living room. Sheridan and Chaz were glued together on the couch, sleeping. They left the television on, so I turned it off, and went back to bed.
I still wasn't feeling very well.
-Next day-
"Shelby, wake up."
My eyes fluttered, and I saw Justin looming over top of me.
"Shelby, I have some things to do today. I just wanted to tell you so you'd know where I was."
I smiled and nodded. "Okay, good luck."
He kissed me on the cheek, and then walked out.
I just laid on the bed for a while.
I don't know what this sickness was all about, but I really wanted it
to go away.
"Hey Shelby." I heard Sher walk into the room and sit down next to me. Chaz was right behind her.
I nodded. "Yeah, I'm feeling just a little bit better."
"That's good. Chaz and I were going to go out, but we decided against it. We didn't want you to be here all by yourself." She said.
"Go ahead, I'll probably be sleeping the whole time anyway."
The two of them looked at each other. "Are you sure?" Chaz asked, putting his arm around Sheridan.
I nodded again. "Yeah. Go ahead."
"…Alright. Just call if you need something!" Sher said, as she and Chaz slowly walked out of the room, and left.
As soon as they were gone, there was an instant knock on the door.
"Oh my gosh." I groaned. I just got comfortable.
I slowly got up and started walking to the door. "I'm coming."
I looked through the peek-hole and saw the same butler guy that packed up me and Sheridan's things the first day we got here.
I smiled and opened the door. "Hey."
"Hello." He said, smiling. "I just wanted to check to see if everything is alright."
I nodded. "Yeah, everything's fine."
"That's good. Well, um, I was going to ask you, did you want to hang out today? I couldn't ask a few days ago, because that Bieber guy was giving me pretty cold glares."
I laughed and said, "Yeah, I noticed. I'd love to…although I'm not really feeling all that well today."
Concern washed over his face. "Do you have a cold?" He asked.
I nodded again. "Yeah, I think so. That's what it feels like. And I have a serious headache." I placed my hand onto my forehead and rubbed it.
"I'm sorry. We don't have to go anywhere…I could just stay here…"
I considered it. "Well, I guess that's alright. What do you want to do? Watch TV?"
He shrugged and said, "Alright. I'm Mike by the way."
"Nice to finally learn your name Mike. I'm Shelby."
"Pretty name."
I blushed. "Oh, it's nothing special."
We sat down on the couch and I turned on the TV.
"What do you want to watch?" I asked him.
He shrugged. "Anything."
So I turned to some crazy Lifetime movie. We ended up talking through the whole thing. Just about summer things and the plans that we had made.
"I'm working here part time this summer so I can spare some extra cash for next year." Mike said.
"That's a really good idea." I stated.
"So how do you know that Bieber guy?" He asked.
"Oh, it's complicated."
"Are you dating him?" He asked.
I looked at him. "No. Why?"
"Just wondering."
I heard something buzz. "That's my pager. I gotta get back to work. I'll see you around." Mike said, as he got up and walked over to the door.
"Okay, see you!"
I watched as he closed the door behind him.
Now I was by myself again.
I decided to watch some more TV, since I had nothing else to do.
-Later-
"Shelby, are you awake?" I heard someone say.
I slowly opened my eyes and looked at the person who was talking to me.
"Yeah, now I am." I said to Justin, as he sat down on the couch next to me.
"Have you been sleeping this whole time?" he asked.
I shook my head. "No, a couple of hours ago I watched some TV with Mike."
I closed my eyes and rested my head back against the arm of the chair.
"Who's Mike?" he asked, his voice firm.
"The butler guy. He's really nice."
I opened my eyes and looked over at Justin again. He didn't look too happy.
"Justin, are you upset about me hanging out with Mike?" I asked.
"Well, yeah. I mean, I don't know."
I rolled my eyes. "Well, it was one time, and he's just really nice. I didn't say anything else about anything."
He nodded. "Alright. That's good to know. Where are Sher and Chaz?"
"They left a while ago to go hang out somewhere."
"They left you here by yourself?" he asked.
"Yeah, only because I told them I wouldn't mind."
"Okay, as long as you were okay with it."
I nodded. "What did you have to do today?"
"Just some interviews and a photo-shoot. I'm really tired."
"I'm sure you are. You should go to sleep."
He thought about it, and then got up.
"Nah, I'll just go take a shower."
"Alright."
After he left the room, I thought about Mike.
