Reality
Chapter 11

It went on like that for the next 1 and a half hours. After the show, everyone met backstage.

"That was awesome!" Paul yelled.

"You know it! Now do we have any thank you's to give out?" Chad joked.

"Yeah, thanks Deron." I said as I hugged him.

"Hey, what about me?" Chad said, pointing to him. I went up and jumped on him. We landed on the couch.

"Ouch." Keith said. Chad picked me up and carried me over to Keith.

"That didn't hurt, asshole." I joked. Chad put me down in Keith's arms and Keith and I kissed. I looked over at Paul. Before he saw me looking at him, I could see something in his eyes. Jealousy. I had seen it before in him but not as much as this time.

"Uh, Paul," I said, "can I talk to you alone for a minute?" His face brightened up.

"Yeah, sure." he replied. We walked into Deron's dressing room.

"So, what's up?"

"Paul, are you okay?" I asked.

"Um, yeah. I think." he said, trying to make his voice sound confused.

I shook my head. "Okay, lemme make this clear for you. Are you jealous of Keith?" He looked away.

"Nice room isn't it?" he said, trying to change the subject.

"Paul!"

"Okay, you really wanna know? Do you?" I nodded. "I am, okay? I'm pissed I'm so jealous. You know why? Cause I love you." he turned red and started to walk away. I grabbed his hand.

"Dude, doesn't this bring back memories?" I said. He turned to finally look me in the eye. It looked like he was trying to remember back when we were almost teens...well, he was already thirteen.

"Yeah, it does."

flashback March 4th 2005 Park w/ Keith and Eric

"Sami." Paul said.

"What?"

"There is this gay kid in my homeroom class and he was like, ha, you don't have a girlfriend! And I said, well at least I don't have a boyfriend!" The two of us laughed. I liked him so much and I could tell he liked me too. I was just too afraid to say anything.

"But, Sami. I do have a girlfriend, you know." My heart sunk when he said that. I looked away, up towards the sky. I purposley looked at the sun, to be able to change the subject.

"Ow! Fucking sun." I said, covering my eyes. I looked up and realized he was still looking at me.

"Really, I have a girlfriend." I rolled my eyes. "You." My heart started beating and I could feel the color coming to my face. I blushed and he smiled at me.

end of flashback

I snapped back to reality when I felt arms come around me. Paul was hugging me. I looked at him oddly but hugged him back.

"Umm, thanks?" I said, once he backed away. He looked over his shoulder and gave me a quick kiss on the lips. "Paul!" I exclaimed but I was really thinking, 'Wow.'

"What?" he smiled. It seemed like he could read my mind. I smiled then realized that the others were waiting. I started heading for the door. He rushed over and opened it for me. This was going to be interesting.