As soon as I open my eyes I get a sudden urge to throw up. I rush to the bathroom and dispose of everything that I ate from the past few days. I probably just woke everyone up, because as I've found out previous times, the tour bus has thin walls.
Mo appears in the doorway and holds my hair back. Why do I automatically become the helpless one of the band? Seriously! First, the Halloween Bash and now this. Mo urges me to get back to bed. Usually, I would argue with her.
After 10 minutes of laying in my bed, snuggled against my stuffed cat, the door opens. Mo enters with a tray of whatever, and sets in on the foot of the bed. "It's not much, I had Scott run to the store", she whispers. "Noo Mo! Who else did you wake up?", I ask. "Scott was happy to do it", she replies. I roll my eyes. Of course he was. "I'll come back in a few to see how you're feeling", Mo says, leaving my room.
Listen. I'm not one to take naps, not now, not ever. So when Mo creeps into my room, like 10 minutes after she came in last time, I sit up. "Are you feeling better?", she asks. "Not really", I reply. "Well, we're heading to go meet Shelby in a few", Mo says. "Can you send Wen and Charlie in, pretty please", I reply, before putting the blanket over my face.
A little light shows through the blanket before I take it off of myself again. Charlie puts his hand on my forehead. He pulls it and back and starts shaking it like he just burnt himself. "That bad, huh?", I whine. "I'm sure it's not that high", Wen says, coming over and putting his hand on my forehead like Charlie did.
"Wow", Wen says, pulling his hand away. I whine as I put my hand up to my forehead. Sure enough, it feels like the core of Earth at its hottest. "I'll stay if you want me to", Charlie says. I shake my head. "Go, have fun", I say. "And Wen, tell Shelby I really really wish things were different." Wen nods.
Charlie kisses my forehead before he and Wen leave my room. Now that I think about it, this was fate. Call it destiny (heh.). The fates knew that I didn't wanna meet Shelby and this is what they did. Gave me a break.
Stella comes in and tells me goodbye and to get better, and Mo couldn't help herself because she came back in right before she leaves, telling me to call her if I feel any worse. "Hey, Mo, can you do me a favor?", I ask her. She nods. "Can you report back to me on Shelby?", I ask. She nods again, but then she starts running her mouth so I have to practically push her out of my bedroom door.
I hear the car as it drives away. It feels as if a weight is lifted off my shoulders.
Mo's POV...
"God, I feel like my mother", I say, as Scott runs his fingers through my hair in the backseat. Scott, Stella, and I are in the backseats while Wen took shotgun. "An excellent mother", Scott replies. I lay my head on his shoulder. "I'm just worried about her", I sigh. "Is that normal?"
"Well, since our little venture, that we call a tour, we've become closer...like a family", Stella declares. "So...yes, it's normal." "It's just the only time I've seen her like this was the night we played at the Halloween Bash, and I guess I feel bad for her", I reply.
The next 10 minutes as we drive to the pizza place are filled with silence. We pile out of the car. Wen almost seems giddy with excitement to see Shelby. Aw, puppy-love. I remember the days when I got excited just to have Scott say "hi" to me every morning before 1st period. Ah, those were the days.
It seems like Scott can read my mind, because he looks at me with a special glint in his eyes, then he kisses the top of my head. I feel like we're finally in a good place. Even after Scott cheated on me with Jules things just didn't go back to normal.
There were so many times where I thought I was doing something wrong. Like I was the bad guy. But, the band assured me that Scott was the one to blame. I told them all about it when I wrote: "She's So Gone". They were all really understanding, even Charlie, which is kind of weird because before that I figured Charlie was just "one of the guys", you know? The kind of boys that are self-centered and think that they can get any girl. Well, anyway.
Wen practically runs into the pizza place, leaving us in the dust. I giggle. "I have never seen him like this before", I say, cracking up. "It's kinda weird", Stella replies. "Like a parallel universe." I nod as we enter the pizza place. "Speaking of parallel universe", I say, looking around.
"This is like...", I trail off. "The Los Angeles version of Dante's Pizzeria", Charlie finishes. "Yeah." Scott and Stella nod too. Wen waves us over from a nearby booth. He has his arm around a girl. Shelby, of course.
Wen lets her out so she can go on a hugging spree. Which she does. She seems more excited than Wen is. Charlie, Scott, and I slide in the booth, Charlie farthest to the wall, and Wen, Shelby, and Stella slide into the other side, Wen farthest to the wall.
"I'm really disappointed that Olivia wasn't able to come", Shelby says, looking at Wen, disappointedly. "Yeah, I know, she was really looking forward to this", Wen replies. Shelby puts a piece of her hair behind her ear.
Her hair was the first thing I noticed about her. It's kind of like a brown fading into blonde, ombre effect. It's disgusting. Why ruin your hair like that! Bleach is the top reason for damaged hair. That right there makes me have an awful opinion on here. You're welcome, Olivia.
Stella's POV...
This girl. This girl I can relate to her. Also, I love her hair! It has kind of this brown/blonde ombre effect and I'm living for it. In some ways, it's like mine, but like way longer. In conclusion, I like her and Wen made the right choice.
Charlie's POV...
Yeah, I can't figure this girl out. I'm trying to tell if she's just using Wen, or she's actually in love with him. Like how I'm really in love with Olivia. I just wish she were here. Maybe I should call her. No, she's probably sleeping. But, she might be feeling worse. But she would've called one of us by now. Wait, what was I talking about again?
Scott's POV...
This girl is smoking hot! Hot damn! I honestly don't care that Mo's right next to me. I have the right to have an opinion on her. But once again, this girl is HOT.
Stella's POV...
I don't know if Mo has noticed, but Scott is checking out Shelby. Like really checking her out. I kick Mo under the table. "Ow!", she suddenly says. I nod my head toward the bathroom. She rolls her eyes. I get up, then Mo gets up. "Can you guys just order for us?", I ask. "Yep", Charlie replies. "One slice of meat lover's right, Stella?" He cracks up. I stick my tongue out at him.
"Charlie, you know I'm a vegetarian", I reply. He rolls his eyes. "I'm kidding", Charlie replies. "Yeah, uh-huh", I say, before dragging Mo into the bathroom.
"What was that for!", she asks. "Do you see what's happening out there!", I exclaim. "Wen finally found love", she replies. "Isn't it great, now he won't be fawning over Olivia." "No", I say, shaking my head.
She gives me a confused look. "Your boyfriend is practically undressing Shelby with his eyes!", I exclaim. There's no sign of a mood change. "Mo did you hear what I just told you?", I ask, waving my hand in front of her face.
"Oh, Stella", Mo replies, putting her hand on my shoulder. "I love you, but don't you know how a teenage boy's mind works? God, you can be so oblivious." Yeah, I can be the oblivious one. "It's not like he's going to cheat on me again, we're past that", she adds. "Now, can we go back out? I'm starving." I nod, uneasily.
I slide into the booth next to Shelby. Mo slides in the booth across from me. She casually puts Scott's arm around her shoulders. Subtle.
Charlie's POV...
About 1 hour into our "meeting", heh I guess you could that, but it sounds so...I don't know, formal like I'm a businessman. Actually, I digress, I am a businessman. Anyway, back to what I was saying, it's about an hour into our "get together", I ate all of my pizza and some of Stella's, oh and some of Mo's. And I'm still hungry.
"So, my sorority is putting on a Halloween party next weekend, I know it's a little last minute but I would really like it if guys could come", Shelby says. "I don't think we have anything planned", Wen replies. He looks around at all of us and we all nod.
She smiles. "Well, it's a costume required party, so make sure to wear you're best Halloween costume", Shelby adds. Yeah, that's the only thing that's happening at this very moment.
Actually, I just lied. Wen just kissed Shelby. Talk about PDA, am I right? Speaking of PDA, Olivia doesn't even want DA. Listen, don't get me wrong, I love Olivia to death, but sometimes a guy just wants to kiss his girlfriend.
I really don't wanna go on a rant right now, but everything is pretty chill right now. Except, Stella has been giving Scott the evil eye since the food came. I don't really wanna get in the drama, but I suspect it's because of the once-over Scott's been giving Shelby ever since he laid eyes on her. Stella clears her throat.
"Sorry to end this "lovefest" short, but I think we should be heading back to Olivia", she says. Wen gives her a look as if to say "What the heck!". I kick him under the table. "Uh, yeah I guess we should", he says, through clenched teeth. Shelby pouts her lip. "I'm sorry", Wen says, going in to kiss her again. Yucky.
We're finally able to leave after a lot of goodbye kisses. I was about to just leave Wen there. "You'll see each other again", I tell Wen, patting him on the back. "I have something to tell you guys when we get into the car", Stella says. "Is Stella finally gonna reveal her deepest darkest secrets?", I ask, raising an eyebrow. "In your dreams, Delgado", Stella replies, lightly punching me in the shoulder.
Olivia's POV...
I did it. I finally took a decent nap. I honestly don't know how long, but I feel refreshed now. I don't feel 100% better, but oh well.
I hear the bus door open, so apparently they're home. Stella and Mo quietly open the door, thinking I'm still asleep. Ha, little did they know.
"Hey gang, how are we feeling?", I ask, sitting up. "Someone seems to be feeling better", Mo replies. "I took a nap", I say, shrugging. "So what happened?" "I didn't really like her", Mo replies. "I loved her", Stella says. Mo glares at her.
"In other news, Shelby's sorority is having this Halloween party next weekend and we're going", Mo says. I roll eyes. Mo, I guess, pretends not to notice.
"Oh, and in other other news, turns out our little Stellbell has a special someone too", she adds. "Oh my god! Spill! What's her name*?", I ask her. "Her name is Gina and she's 17 and I met her at a grocery store", Stella replies. I squeal. I'm so happy for her.
