Chapter 10 - Mystery Man
"I just don't understand this," London said to herself as she walked slowly out of the elevator. "One, Alyson's chasing a random guy through the hotel. Two, Maddie is being selfish, and three, everyone hates me right now! What did I do wrong?"
Nothing answered, as she knew would happen, so she stopped talking to herself and followed the big clunking of footsteps that were within far-away earshot. Her many months of working out... in style... had paid off. She caught up with them instantly as they were still running like maniacs after Alyson.
"Alright... someone PLEASE tell me what is going on here! Why is everyone mad at me?" she yelled. No one answered, so she kept going. "I didn't do anything wrong! All I did was try to get MY friends back, but Maddie was hogging them! She started all this!"
Maddie glared at her and stopped while the others kept running. AJ stopped as well.
"I was not being selfish, London! YOU were the one being selfish!" Maddie yelled.
"That's not true! YOU stole MY friends!" London said angrily.
"Didn't we already have this discussion, you two?" AJ said, walking in between the two girls, ceasing their verbal fight.
"That's what I thought, AJ," Maddie said, glaring at London. She said nothing; all she did was cross her arms and give Maddie an evil stare.
"Alright, London... this IS your fault," AJ said.
London rolled her eyes and yelled, "HOW?"
"You were jealous and you hurt Maddie's feelings over us!" AJ said.
"What are you TALKING about?" she yelled. "If Maddie wasn't hogging you, we wouldn't be in this mess!"
"You are going over the edge, London, and you know it!" AJ replied. "You know how much she loves us! We're like idols to her! How would you feel if you were her?"
"Look, I don't give a crud about Maddie! All I care about is London! That's all I've ever cared about and that'll never change!"
"See what I mean? That's exactly what I was talking about! You're too selfish for your own good!" AJ said.
London froze when she realized the words that had come out of her mouth just now. They were right. She WAS selfish. But that didn't mean that she had to admit that. She just didn't say anything. Maddie uncrossed her arms and ran with AJ through the hallway once more after the gang that had gone after the mystery kid. London was left there once again. She gave up and took the elevator to her hotel room and watched TV with Ivana, as salty tears ran down her face.
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"Alyson!" Maddie yelled. "What the freak are you doing?"
"Trying to catch up with this guy!" she replied.
"Why? Do you know him or something?"
"I think so!" she yelled, bursting through the door that led to the roof. Then, she saw him; his perfect silhouette sitting on the ground next to the ledge. She told everyone else to stay put while she walked over to him.
He looked up at her and was scared at first, but then realized that it was her... the one he had been waiting to see for such a long time. They grabbed each other and kissed passionately and then he held her in his lap. Zack fumed and stormed over to him.
"Who are you and what are you doing with my girlfriend?" he asked angrily. Alyson and the boy looked up from their comfortable position.
"I'm not your girlfriend, Zack," she said gently. "I'm just your... girlfriend. You know, a girl who's a friend."
"But... but..." he stuttered. Aly and Raviv looked away and he held Aly some more.
AJ instantly knew who it was after hearing his voice. She gasped, rushed over to the two, and gave Raviv a huge hug. "Oh my God! I can't believe it's you! I've missed you so much!"
"Right back atcha," he said, hugging her back. She grinned and touched her sister's shoulder, sharing her gratitude.
"What the HECK is going on here?" Zack asked. Maddie and Cody nodded their heads, wanting to know too.
"Okay, ya'll," Alyson said, turning to face everyone. "Sit down and I'll tell you."
Everyone did as they were told, awaiting for their long-awaited explanation as Raviv kissed her on the cheek.
End of Chapter 10
Another cliffy! Well... sorta I guess. At least you know who it is now! Was it killing you? Good! LoL review and I'll love you forever (if I don't already, lol)!