Chapter 9 - The Tell-Off
Alyson continued running down the hall, and it seemed as if, to all the others, she would never stop. She kept running until she got to the elevator, trying her very best to follow the boy at the door.
They all filed in after her, two by two like the Noah's Ark animals. They instantly bombarded her with questions.
"Aly, what the heck are you doing?" Amanda asked.
"Yeah," London said, panting between every couple of words. "You were... like... lightning!"
"Who is this dude?" Zack asked. "And why are you following him if he's after you?"
Alyson rolled her eyes and said nothing. Then Maddie shouted, "Guys! Why should she have to explain?"
"Because it's weird," London replied.
"How is it weird, London?" Maddie snapped.
London looked at her with piercing eyes and said, "You don't think it's weird that she's chasing some random guy through the hotel?"
Maddie thought for a second and couldn't think of anything to say. She stood, crossed her arms, and scowled at London. She scowled back at her.
Alyson had had enough. She looked at the two and shouted, "Please stop fighting! This is ridiculous!"
"Alyson, SHE started it!" Maddie yelled, pointing at London. "She's the one that's ridiculous!"
"I am not! And I didn't start this!" she snapped.
"You so did! You were the one that was so jealous!" Maddie snapped back.
"I was NOT jealous! You were just being selfish!" London yelled.
"Was not! It's not MY fault that you have to be such a jerk about all this!"
"I'm not being a jerk! You're just hogging them! I don't get to hang out with them that much!"
"I haven't even MET them until now! I'm like their biggest fan, and I would think that I would want to hang out with them... it's my dream come true! And I'm NOT gonna let you take that away from me!"
AJ rolled her eyes and shouted, "SHUT UP YOU TWO!" London and Maddie looked at her with frightened eyes. "Uh... sorry. But this is getting out of hand."
"I totally agree," Zack said. Everyone else nodded their heads in agreement.
"Now what happened in the first place? Maybe I can help," AJ said.
Maddie sighed and said, "Okay, I'M gonna tell you because jerko over here won't tell you the right way it went down." London glared at her but said nothing. Maddie began her story.
"Alright... so we were walking out of your room, and I stared talking about how awesome you guys were being to me. Then London just starts lashing out and goes, "Oh yeah, big deal, you wouldn't make a big deal about it if I called you Madd," and then I said, "Well, you're not famous and I like love them to death and think they're the coolest thing," and she says, "They've been ignoring me and I don't like it," and then I go, "They JUST got here and you need to make yourself more noticeable," and she says, "I AM noticeable," and I told her that apparently she wasn't because you weren't talking to her and I tried to explain to her that she'd met them before but she didn't give a rat's butt anyway so then she said, "Well, at least I don't wear the same thing every week!" and then I started crying and ran home."
Aly and Amanda turned to London in disbelief.
"Wow, London... I knew you were mean, but not THAT mean... or self-centered... or selfish!" AJ said, grabbing MAddie for a hug. Aly joined in.
"SHE was the one being selfish! She was hogging you!" London exclaimed.
"No she wasn't, London! She's our biggest fan and she's never met us until now! She's probably so psyched that she can hardly breathe!" Alyson yelled. London rolled her eyes. "You wouldn't know what it feels like, because you're a spoiled rotten brat and you get anything you want and get to meet anyone you want. But Maddie doesn't... she doesn't have a perfect life like yours or ours, not that it's perfect."
"Man, bringing you guys here was a huge mistake," London mumbled, loud enough for everyone to hear it.
Aly, AJ, and Maddie all glared at her as the elevator door opened. "You know, London? Maybe it was," Aly said. "If we weren't here, you wouldn't have hurt Maddie."
London opened her mouth, but no words came out. She couldn't think of anything to say. There WAS nothing to say. The only thing to say was impossible to come out of her mouth; that was an apology. She stared on at them as they all ran out of the elevator and down the hall after the man, leaving London alone once again.
End of Chapter 9
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