Luna's eyes were widened with excitement as she waited for Criss to answer
"Uhh…I don't know. What?" Criss responded while pulling out his headphones.
"Remember how Milo's brother Jim wanted me to submit some of my writing to their company??" Luna asked dancing from foot to foot. Criss nodded in response. He didn't mind being supportive of Luna, but it was hard for him to constantly hear Milo's name.
"Well, he just called me about a book I sent in, and…" she paused for dramatic effect. "It's going to be in stores next week!!" she screeched. "I can't believe it happened this fast, I mean usually this sort of thing takes years, but it'll be out next week. He wants me to go on a book-signing/lecture tour!! Isn't that amazing?" She exclaimed. Criss smiled at Luna and pulled her in to a hug.
"That's amazing Luna!" Criss responded trying to sound supportive, although in truth he was wondering how long a book-signing/lecture tour would take. Things between Luna and him were just starting to get good, and now she had to leave? He had to admit that this was kind of disappointing news.
"I know!" she squeaked, and then skipped off to the kitchen. Criss headed in to the bathroom to take a shower of his own. Soon after, he'd have to meet with the Mindfreak Production Crew to discuss a stunt that was rapidly approaching. He walked in to the bathroom, listening to Luna's joyful humming echo through the suite.
"Criss you can't be serious," JD shouted at his brother as they were walking back up to Criss's suite. "There is no way it's safe to be locked in a mailbag, in a truck of explosives, as it races toward the edge of a cliff. I don't care how much preparation you do, that's insane!" The older sibling reprimanded.
Criss however, didn't want to hear it, being the stubborn person he is. JD sighed in defeat, tired of the silence his brother was giving him as a response. They approached Criss's room, and before they entered, Criss paused and knocked. JD looked up puzzled wondering why his brother would knock before entering his own room. Criss opened the door and stuck his head inside.
"Luna, I have company here!" he shouted just to be sure she was decent. JD turned the questioning look still on his face.
"Who's Luna?" he asked while entering the main room. Criss nodded his head to the side hoping to find Luna so he could properly introduce her to his brother. The two headed in to the bedroom where Luna sat on the bed in front of her laptop typing furiously. She popped her head up from whatever she was working on and looked from Criss to JD who she recognized as one of the men from the club.
"Hey Loon, this is my brother JD- JD this is Luna," Criss said stepping back and allowing the two to awkwardly shake hands.
JD turned to his brother. "By "this is Luna", do you mean this is your new girlfriend that you were daydreaming about during the entire first half of the production meeting today?" he teased. Luna looked at Criss her cheeks growing pink, but with a wide smile on her face.
Criss hit his brother in the arm, but nodded. Luna was relieved to hear this, since they hadn't exactly clearly discussed whether or not they were boyfriend-girlfriend yet. "Ah, well in that case, Luna," JD began while turning towards her. "Will you please try to convince your boyfriend here that he is a stubborn bull and needs to think about the consequences of his actions?"
Luna looked to Criss confused. "Uh, Did I miss something?" she asked. Criss nodded towards the side. He was anxious about telling Luna about his escape, because the danger often scared away his past girlfriends. JD must have sensed this, because before Criss could elaborate he excused himself and left. Criss walked over to his dresser and began fiddling with random things while mustering up the right way to phrase it. Luna walked behind him and placed her hand on the small of his back which caused him to twist his neck and look at her.
"Care to fill me in?" she requested. Criss turned so he was completely facing her. He took her hands and led her over to sit next to him on the bed.
"Okay, well you know how I've talked about some of the illusions and escapes that I do?" he asked. Luna nodded carefully. "Well, we're shooting some more footage, and it'll be a tricky escape. JD is just a little worried that's all, but I promise you that we do everything we can to make sure I'm safe. Trust me," he added. Luna looked in to his eyes, and Criss returned her gaze.
"Okay."
"Okay?" Criss repeated in awe.
"Yes, 'okay'. You said to trust you, and I do. I don't know why you were so worried about telling me. I mean sure I'll be nervous about it once you're doing the trick, but I'm not going to leave you because of it," she said as if reading Criss's mind. He breathed out a sigh of relief, and wrapped Luna in to a tight hug.
"Bella?" Luna called from her bedroom. "Have you seen my red turtleneck? I need to pack it!" Bella walked in to the room and pointed to the cell phone attached to her cheek as a way of silencing Luna.
"Yeah, that sounds great!" Bella said in to the phone. "Okay….Yeah. Alright, I'll see you then Amadi!" she exclaimed before hanging up the phone. Luna's ears perked at hearing the unusual name once again.
"So, still seeing that guy from the club?" Luna asked playfully. Bella smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, we're seeing a lot more of each other. He's really nice Luna, I hope you meet him soon," Bella said while picturing Amadi in her head.
"Well, you know I'd love you Bella, but you also know that I'm going on a book tour for a month starting tomorrow, so it may be a while," Luna said.
Bella sat on the bed and smiled at her friend. "You're so lucky Luna. You know that right? You're succeeding at the job of your dreams, you have a supportive-not to mention sexy-boyfriend, and now you're going to travel around and speak to people who look up to you!" Bella placed her hand to her heart and pretended to cry. "You're so inspiring Luna," she teased. Luna picked a pillow off her bed and chucked it at Bella. Her friend laughed and walked out of the room only to return with a red turtleneck in hand. Luna smiled and tossed it in her suitcase with all of her other stuff.
"So how does Criss feel about you going away for a little while?" Bella asked while playing with a thread on the bedspread.
"He's fine with it," Luna replied. Bella raised one eyebrow as if to say Is that so?. Luna understood what her friend was implying so she continued. "No really Belle! I support him and his career so he does the same for me. The only unfortunate thing is that we can't be there while we each work. Like Criss's next stunt is the day after tomorrow, so he can't come with me to lectures, and I can't watch him escape death." Bella laughed at how normal a tone Luna's voice was when talking about escaping death.
"Wow, I have to respect your courage Luna. If Criss were my boyfriend, I'd be freaking out about this stunt," Bella said. Luna pushed away the doubts that were trying to creep in to her mind.
"Not me. Criss said it would be okay, and he told me to trust him. He hasn't given me any reason not to," she said, and zipped up her suitcase ending the discussion.