Chapter 20

You looked up at Bam and smiled again. He kissed your forehead lightly. Dico shoved something in his pocket quickly, but Dunn was the only one that noticed. Your mobile started ringing a few minutes later. You dug around in your pants pockets until you found it. "Hello," you say, putting it to your ear. "Bea?" A familiar voice asked. It was a man's voice. "Who is this?" There was a long silence after you asked. "Lee" The voice on the other end said finally. You nearly had a heart attack. "LEE? HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET MY PHONE NUMBER? WHY'D YOU WAIT 'TIL NOW TO CALL? WHY ARE YOU CALLING AT ALL?" Bam put a hand on your shoulder, as if to let you know that you were freaking out in the middle of a small town. Lee didn't answer for a while. Just as you were getting ready to end the call, he spoke softly. "Because. I knew you didn't wanna see me. But Lisa just gave me your phone number a few minutes ago. She called. She said you were in Switzerland. And that a bunch of jackasses were dragging you around. I wanted to make sure you were okay." You listened in disbelief at the stuff that Lisa had told him. You didn't hate Lee, you just didn't want to see him. It would be too hard to have to let go again. And you were happy with Bam anyways. "Look Lee, I don't know what the hell Lisa told you. But it's all bullshit. The 'jackasses' that Lisa told you about are my brother, boyfriend, and a few other of my friends. I have to go now. Please don't call me again. I really don't wanna have to say good-bye to you again. It sucked the first time, and now it sucks more." You hung up after that, not even waiting for him to reply.

The guys were all giving you confused looks. You pointed to a small grouping of benches nearby. Everyone followed you to the benches and took seats. You began to explain what had happened in Rome before you left. It was time to tell everyone at last.. "Alright, so Lee was my boyfriend before I left Rome. I broke up with him before I left because a long distance relationship wouldn't have worked. Everyone was pissed that I was leaving. Especially Lisa. They knew how much my music and stuff meant to me. But she didn't know how much you guys meant to me. She just told Lee that you guys were dragging me all over the place and trying to hurt me. He was worried and called to make sure I was alright. I think he may think there's still a chance for things between us since I'm back in Europe. He didn't know about Bam yet. But I told him. And he doesn't know that Raab's my only family left." Bam put a hand on your knee. "Maybe we should leave then," he suggested. "No. I'm not going to let all of them ruin everyone's vacation." Dico's face had since blanched greatly. "Dico, what's wrong," you asked him. Everyone turned their attention towards him. "I...um...Kind of... gave the hotel address to Lisa, and your phone number." You sat back in the bench. "We'll switch rooms then. I'm not leaving the hotel because of her," you told them after a moment of silence. "She isn't gonna ruin my life just because I fucking moved home. Shish." Everyone fell silent for a few moments. Dunn stood up and called Bam to walk with him. You were confused, but stayed behind. You turned towards Raab. "So we're really all we've got?" He nodded his head gravely. "Afraid so. That's why I was so happy when you came back. I finally had SOMEONE. I mean, all of you guys are great and all," he looked around to the crew, "but I'm glad I finally have the only person I have left in the world back again." He hugged you. You were slightly stunned.

This was what Raab was like growing up, before you all knew Bam really well. But after he grew up a little, he took the jackass term to a whole new level. He'd never hugged you except 3 times since you'd been back. Bam and Dunn came back as Raab pulled away from you. "Hey! Don't be cheating on me with Raab. Please! I mean gosh, having your girlfriend cheat is bad. But when she does it with her brother. Ewww," Bam said, laughing and sitting down next to you. Everyone else laughed as well. "Let's go," Bam said, standing again. "I have something I wanna do tonight." You followed Bam back in the direction of the hotel. During the walk, you asked Bam when you were leaving Switzerland. You were slightly disappointed to learn that you only had 2 more days left.