Authors Note: Okay to the person who said they couldn't view chapter 5, I don't know what to say, it comes up on my computer even if I'm logged out, so maybe just try again? Lol Sorry I re-uploaded it just in case but I cant really do a anything else. So anyway, I wrote this really fast honestly and I kind of left out some things so I had to go back and add things but it still didn't make complete sense so I have notes in the middle to explain it, it's not the best but I really wanted to upload this so, yeah, here it is.

Chapter 6

Alex P.O.V

I was just hanging out in my room listening to music, when my phone started to ring. I picked it up from where it was sitting on my bed, and looked at the caller ID. It said Jack. I smiled and pressed the talk button.

"Hello?" I asked even though I knew who it was.

" Hey Alex, it's Jack. I just wanted to ask you if you would like to go on a date tonight?"

"Yeah, Sure that would be great. What time?" I asked. But before I could get an answer I heard an crashing noise and suddenly a lot of swearing and fighting. I got scared thinking Jack might be hurt. I listened to what they were saying. Suddenly I heard the other voice yell out the F shot along with some other words and recognized the voice to b Masons!

All my worries about Jack faded away when i realized that Mason could be getting hurt. I felt a little bad about that but it was pushed to the back of my mind. I hung up the phone and sat down. I didn't know what to do. Why would Mason be fighting him? Why was Mason even with Jack? Where were they? What were they fighting about? I've never heard Mason use that kind of language before.

I heard my phone go off again but this time it was a text. It was from Harper. I clicked on read.

Alex! Where are you? Jack and Mason are in a huge fight in the middle of the street! People are calling the cops!

I texted her back asking where she was. I was already getting my shoes and heading out the door when I got a reply. She told me the address and I ran to the bus stop taking the one i usually take to go to work.

I took my seat at the front of the bus instead of the back like usual.

The whole way there I was taping my foot on the ground impatiently. Finally it was my stop. I ran out the door and could already see the mob of people surrounding what I guessed was Mason and Jack. I could see cop cars and also could hear the cops trying to break them apart.

I ran to the front of the people and saw something that frightened me more then the two of them fighting. I saw Mason and Jack being dragged apart and the handcuffed. The cops put them in the back of the cruiser and were driving away with them.

The crowd started to disappear, it was just me left in about five minutes. I was about to start crying when I saw something shine in the light. O looked over to the middle of the road. I walked over and bent down. It was a cell phone. I recognized it as Masons. I picked it up and turned it over to see the screen to make sure it was his. What I saw on the screen, put me over the edge and I started to cry.

It was a picture of jack and another girl kissing. I could tell it was taken right about here.

So that's why Mason and Jack were fighting. Mason saw this and took a picture. Probably to show me.

I wasn't heart broken really like some other teenage girl might say. I didn't love Jack. I knew that the whole time. But I did like him. A lot. So it still hurt really bad, enough to make me cry. I put the phone in my bag and walked home.

When I finally got home I was really tired, my feet felt like they were going to fall off. I decided to skip dinner, feeling to upset to eat, and going straight to bed. I can figure out what to do next in the morning.

Morning

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I thought about ignoring it, but decided not to in case it was Mason or something. I looked at the caller ID and it read Incoming call : Adam.

I was confused about why he was calling me. He rarely ever did, and never this early. I picked it up and

answered it.

"Hello?" I asked into the receiver.

" Hi, Alex?" Adam asked me.

"Yes, what's up Adam?"

" Hi, Sorry to call you so early but I need a big favour. Mr. Richie is coming in today to make sure everything is going well here and he is insisting that all staff work today. I know you aren't scheduled for today but I can't argue with him."

Mr. Richie was the "big boss" we called him. He was the one who paid for everything and owned the building. I had to go, he fired the last person who chose not to come in to work when he asked.

" Yeah, Sure. What time should I come?" I asked thinking it shouldn't be to hard to find a way to get there.

" 10:00 am." he replied.

"What? We don't even open until 7:00pm." I shot back at him a little rude. So much for easy.

" I know but it's sort of a training day. He wants to watch the performances and make sure the waiter are doing their jobs right. Y'know stuff like that."

I paused for a minute, trying to think of how I was going to play this.

"Alex?"

"Yes, sorry I was distracted. Yeah I'll be there, I have to go. See you."

"Alright, Bye."

I hung up before him. I checked to see what time it was. My phone read 8:15am. I should have been getting ready for school already. Hmm, I thought. What can I do to get out of school. I looked out the window and saw that the window was frosted. I walked over to the window and opened it up just enough so I could stick my head out.

It was pretty cold out this morning. I probably looked like an idiot with my head sticking out but oh well. After about 10 minutes I pulled my head back inside and shut the window quietly. Just as I had hoped my nose was all red and was starting to run. Next I went to the bathroom and got a face cloth. I put hot water on it, then laid it on my forehead. I went back to my room, and climbed back into bed just as my Mom was coming upstairs calling for me.

"Alex! Hurry up, you're going to be late for school!" My Mom yelled while walking into my room. I closed my eyes just as she came in. I re-opened them slowly to make it seem I had just woken up.

"Alex are you alright?" My Mom asked concerned when she saw me.

"No, I don't feel very good." I lied.

" What's wrong?" She asked me sitting on the side of my bed.

" I have a head ache and- * sniff* my nose is stuffed up." I said

She felt my forehead that was still hot.

" Your a little warm. You can stay home today if you would like but unfortunately your father and I cant stay. We have that meeting for making new sandwiches or whatever. Your father is insisting we go. I don't have to though I can stay if you want me to."

"No it's okay I will be fine. I'll probably just stay in bed anyway. What time will you be getting home?" I asked innocently.

"Not until tomorrow morning. It's out of town and we don't want to drive when it's late. Are you sure you will be okay?" She asked me.

" Yes, I'm sure."

"Alright, well I'm off, just call me or your father if you need us." She said as she was walking out the door. I just nodded my head. I waited until I heard the door shut downstairs before hopping out of bed and going straight to the bathroom to take a shower.

20 minutes later

I decided to wear just some plain blue jeans and a black shirt. I brushed my hair and teeth, put some light makeup on. I grabbed my black converse and headed downstairs to eat something. I ransacked the cupboards and fridge, trying to find something to eat. I chose a blueberry yogurt.

I still had lots of time so I sat on the couch and ate my yogurt. I flipped through the channels looking for something to watch. I couldn't find anything interesting, so i settled on watching Uptown Girl. I had only seen it once, when Harper had forced me to watch it with her.

The movie was about an hour in when I noticed that I should be leaving. So I grabbed my keys and bag, locked the door, and was on my way. I got to the bus stop earlier than usual, so I went inside the coffee shop across the road and bought a cappachino. I headed back over to the stop, and got there right as the bus was driving up.

I scanned my bus card and took my seat at the back. There wasn't as many people I noticed riding the bus as usual. Maybe because its only quarter to nine. I put my headphones in and turned some music on to listen to for the ride.

The song Star ships by Nicki Minaj was playing when the bus got to my stop. I stood up quickly to get off, and then continued my way just a little down the street. I got to the club with 2 minutes to spare. I walked in the front door since it was open and went to find Adam. As usual he was backstage talking to Mr. Richie. I wasn't sure if I should interrupt so I decided to just keep walking on by. I was just going past them when Adam stopped me.

"Alex, Would you come here for a minute?" He asked me.

Mr. Richie's back was turned to me. I had never actually met him. I had seen pictures of him and heard a lot about him. He doesn't come here much, maybe once a year, and since I haven't worked here that long I never met him, so I was a little intimidated in meeting him.

"Yeah, Sure." I said as I waled over to them.

"Sir, this is our newest dancer, her name is Alex." Adam introduced me to Mr. Richie.

" Hello, Sir" I greeted him with a smile.

"Alex is it? It's nice to meet you. Adam tells me you are very talented."

I didn't expect him o be so...nice. And what does he mean talented? I mean I can dance I guess but so can every other girl in here.

"I told Mr. Richie here about you singing voice Alex, I hope you don't mind" Adam explained.

I had only ever sung a few times here. And only to myself when I was getting ready. Adam had overheard me once and had complemented me on it.

"Oh, not at all, and thank you." I said putting my smile back on my face.

" Your welcome. I look forward to hearing it." He said and then walked away.

"Hearing in?" I asked Adam confused, turning to him.

He smiled sheepishly. " After I told him about your singing, he suggested you sing a song for tomorrow nights show. I said you would love to. He will be coming here to see you himself. He said he was curious. You can sing whatever song you would like."

"Wait, What? I have to sing? Tomorrow? Don't I get a say in this.?" I asked.

"No." Adam said lamely. "I have to go."

With that I was left standing by myself in the middle of all the chaos going on backstage as people tried to impress Mr. Richie.

Justin POV

I over heard Alex and Mom talking and I knew right away that Alex was lying Well I also saw her run into the bathroom to put a hot cloth on her head and heard her on the phone. But anyway, I knew what Alex was really doing. I thought about telling Mom and Dad but decided not to. Honestly I was curious about what my sister did. Obviously she loved doing it. And as her older brother I felt obligated to know what she was doing. So I left to go to school, but instead of going I went to find out where Alex was going. I hung out outside for a while until Alex left. I saw her walking and followed her. I followed her all the was to the bus stop and waited to see where she would go. I saw her go into the coffee shop and the hid behind a bench when she came back. I waited to see what bus she got on. She got on number 7. i sat on the bench and waited for the next 7, the buses run every 15 minutes.

Finally, it came and I sat in a seat by the front.

I sat impatiently until we arrived downtown. I saw lots of buildings and bars. The bus was about to stop when I realized I had no idea where Alex got off. I was about to scold myself for being so stupid when I saw her in the distance, walking down the street. I got off the bus as soon as it stopped and jogged towards her to keep up. I saw her turn into a building. I slowed down so she wouldn't see me. She went inside and I could tell it was closed. I looked around to see if anybody was looking and walked in the door. I looked around and saw people running around. I searched the room for Alex and saw her talking to 2 people. I took a seat in the far back corner, hopefully no one will see me. I sat there for what seemed like forever when suddenly the 2 men that Alex was talking to, took a seat at one of the tables and the curtains closed. I knew Alex job was dancing, but this was a burlesque club, I didn't know much about it but I did know it wasn't really something I wanted my little sister doing. When the curtains opened I recognized Alex as the girl in the front. I was shocked to see her wearing a blue sparkly dress. I could never imagine Alex ever putting that on, but here she was wearing it, with a big smile on her face. Music came on from somewhere, and Alex and the other girls started dancing. Yeah, still not liking this. After the fifth song I saw that this wasn't really going to get much better. I sighed to myself. If Alex really really loves to do this, and by judging by her smiling face, she does I guess I cant really do anything about it. It's not that bad, I guess. If I'm going to be honest with myself I'm happy that Alex is happy. The song ended and I took this as my opportunity to leave without being seen. As soon as the curtains closed I got up from my chair and sneaked back out the door and headed back home.

Alex POV

The rest of the day was a blur. We had to practice every number a thousand times before we could go home. I was exhausted when i got home and just wanted to sleep, but there was another thing I had to do today that couldn't wait. I sighed and went to go get my bag from upstairs. I walked up the stairs and saw Justin standing in the hall.

"Justin? What are you doing here?" I asked surprised. Justin never skips school. Ever.

"Alex, I want to talk to you.."

"About what?" I asked confused.

" I sort of, followed you this morning-"

"WHAT? What are you talking about?"

"Let me finish. I followed you to your work. I went inside and was sitting in the back while you were dancing."

"Why!" I almost screamed.

"Calm down. I was curious. I wanted to know what you did and, if I'm not telling Mom and Dad then I want to at least know exactly what it is that I am not telling them."

"But wha-. Wait your not going to tell Mom and Dad?"

"Nope" He told me popping the P.

"Why?" I asked suspiciously.

"Because, its your choice to tell them, and I can tell you really do love doing this, so I don't want to be the one to ruin this by telling Mom and Dad about it. Even though I think you should tell them."

I was shocked at what I was hearing. My brother of all people was being really cool about this. He wasn't going to tell Mom and Dad.

"Thank you!" I said excitedly jumping up and down. I hugged him for a second and then ran in my room, grabbed my bag and was running downstairs.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Justin yelled.

"Bank!" I hollered back.

I got a cab and went to the bank. I told the driver to wait for me. I went inside and cashed my cheque. The banker gave me my money and I went back out to the cab and asked him to drive to the police station. Once we got there I through some money at the driver and went inside. ( AN: I have no idea how this works so just bare with me on this.) I went up the window to where a cop was standing.

"Um, Hi, I'm looking to bail someone out." I said awkwardly to the man.

"Name" He said not looking up from his papers.

"Uh, Mason Greyback" I told him.

He looked away from his papers and motioned fro m to wait. I saw him walk into some office looking room. I waited a few minutes until he came back with a folder.

"Mason Greyback. Arrested yesterday for assault."

"Yes that's him." I told him.

"Alright, are you paying in cash or..?" He asked me.

"Cash." I told him.

After that was all sorted out I was taken to the jail cells with a different officer. (AN: Mason didn't tell anybody he was in jail. So that;s why he is still here and his parents didn't come get him. Forgot to mention that) She unlocked the door, I looked in and saw Mason sitting on the floor with his head in his hands. "Mason." He looked up from his hands. He had a black eye I noticed. "Your free to go" She said. His face looked surprised as he got up. He saw me, and his face got even more surprised. The officer escorted us to the door. We walked outside and got about 10 feet from the building when Mason stopped walking.

"Why did you get me out? Don't you hate me?" He asked.

"Of course not." I told him truthfully.

"Then why did you do it?" He asked confused.

I went in my bag and pulled out his cell phone that I had brought with me. I opened it to the picture of Jack and the other girl kissing, and gave it to Mason.

"I found this on the road after you got arrested." I told him handing it back to him.

He took it from me and looked at the screen. "So you know about that, but still why would you get me out? After what I called you, and how I was the biggest jerk ever."

"I forgive you for everything."

"Really? I'm so sorry for all that Alex! I didn't mean it! I should have said sorry a long time ago. Actually I shouldn't have ever said it in the first place. It's not true at all and I'm so sorry! I-"

"Mason! It's okay! I forgive you." I told him again.

He smiled and took my hand as we walked back to his house.