A/N-I DO NOT OWN THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND!
Hey guys!
So...this is the LAST chapter of "Wipe Your Eyes!" But I'm going to release the sequel of "Mystery Girl" ("Girl Of My Dreams") soon! (:
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Rosalina's POV
The day had finally come. The day I had to say whether or not I was going to see my dad before he was sent to a clinic to get "help." As much as I knew he tried, Nat really didn't help. I know he was trying, and he was just trying to make me feel comfortable with either choice, but that didn't help me make my decision. When I woke up, I hid in the bathroom for almost a half an hour, until Nat came knocking on the door wondering if I was okay. "I'm fine," I said, walking into his and Alex's bedroom. "Peachy."
"Look, I know today is going to be hectic, with us leaving for tour and…everything else, but since Jesse is actually coming with us again as our tutor, she said she's going to make everyone relax on our way to the first stop."
"Great," I joked, sitting on Alex's bed.
"Luckily no manners classes this time," He said, sitting next to me.
"Yeah…hopefully."
A knock came from the bedroom door and before either of us could answer, Mr. Wolff stuck his head in the room. "Rosalina, I know it's a little early, but I was wondering if you decided yet. The police station called and wanted to know if you were stopping by today."
Nat looked at me.
I sighed. "I've decided…"
…
"Are you sure about this?" Nat asked. "Because you don't have to. You don't have to do this alone."
"No…I have to," I said, pulling my backpack strap over my shoulder. I turned around to face him and he was doing the same.
"If you're not comfortable with it, you don't–"
"Nat, it's okay. Of course I'm nervous about it, but I just…I have to do it."
"Nat! Rosalina! C'mon we have to get down to the bus!" Alex shouted, running into the room.
Jesse was taking us to meet Tuffy with the bus early so we could drop off our stuff.
"We'll be right there," Nat told him, and then turned back to me when Alex ran back down the hallway. "You're positive?" He asked.
"Yes, yes, I'm positive."
We walked out of the bedroom and over to the front door where Mr. Wolff and Alex were waiting. We all walked down to the lobby where Jesse was waiting.
"I'll see you guys later, okay?" Mr. Wolff said. "I'll meet you at the bus."
"Okay, see you later, Dad," Nat said, as we walked outside to see Jesse's car waiting for us.
We got inside and Jesse drove off down the street.
"So are you guys excited?" She asked, looking at us in the rearview mirror.
"Yes!" Alex blurted out. "I've wanted to go on tour so badly."
"Dude, we just got back from our tour," Nat said, looking at his little brother.
"I know, but it's not the same."
"There won't be any manners classes will there?" Nat asked.
Jesse smiled. "You never know. Manners are useful everywhere."
He groaned. "But I know my manners! If anything, you should give Alex a private lesson because he wasn't there last time."
"What? But I'm just a little boy–"
"That was then, Alex. You're eleven now, so you can always learn manners," Jesse told him.
Alex groaned.
"Payback is sweet," Nat said, sitting back and smiling.
~NBB~
"Rosalina, if you don't want to do this, you don't have to," Nat said, for what felt like the hundredth time.
"Nat, relax. You seem like you're the one who doesn't want to do this."
"I'm fine with it. I just know that you like to hide things from me."
I shook my head. "I'm not hiding anything this time. I promise."
"Rosalina, we're here," Jesse said.
I looked at Nat. "Ready?"
"Are you ready?"
I nodded and followed him out of the car. We walked into the police station and told the officer at the front desk who we were. Instead of sitting back down, I stood next to the chair while Nat sat down.
"You okay?" He asked, looking up at me.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Then why aren't you sitting?"
I sat down on the edge of the chair.
"Rosalina, they're ready for you," An officer said.
I quickly stood up from the chair, but hesitated to move any further.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Nat asked from behind me.
I nodded.
I could hear him stand up behind me. "Rosie," He said, turning me to face him. "Tell me the truth."
I slowly shook my head.
"It's okay to be nervous, I've told you that a million times."
"Yeah, I know. I'm not nervous."
"It's okay to be a little scared too."
"I'm not scared."
"Then what's wrong?"
"I just realized…my dad's going away and I don't know how long it will be until I see him again." That hadn't been my worry all along. Nat was right, I was nervous. I'd been nervous all day. But it hadn't hit me until the officer told me I could go in, that this would be the last time I'd see my dad in who knows how long. "Usually, when he goes away, it's for business. And I know when he's coming back. But now…" I shrugged. "Who knows?"
"It's gonna be okay. This is why you're here today. You can tell him anything you want to," Nat reassured me.
I nodded, but still hesitated to go back to the questioning rooms.
"We can be here all day, Rosie. There's no time limit."
"But what about the tour?"
"The tour can wait," He said. "This is much more important."
Nat's POV
She nodded and walked back to the questioning rooms. Again, I feel like I could've helped her more, but I knew I couldn't. And I meant what I said, the tour could wait. I could care less about the tour right now. Okay, so that's kind of a lie, but either way, the tour would wait.
A half an hour later, Rosalina walked back through the door and came over to me.
"Is everything okay now?" I asked.
She nodded.
I put my arm around her as we walked out of the station. "It can only get better from here, I promise."
"Yeah, I know it will," She spoke up finally.
"Hey," I said, stopping and turning to her. "He'll be back. And until then, it'll just be you, me, the guys and Alex the whole way."
"Oh great," Rosalina joked, trying to hide a smile.
…
We drove to where Tuffy was going to meet the band with the bus and all the guys were already there with their parents. We were surprised to see Kristina there too. When we got out of the car, Rosalina took my hand.
"You okay?" I asked, looking at her.
"Why is Kristina here?" She asked quietly.
"Maybe she wanted to say goodbye too?"
She sighed and we kept walking to where the rest of the guys were. Dad came up to us first.
"Is everything settled now?" He asked.
"Yeah Dad, everything's cool," I replied.
He nodded and gave Alex and me hugs and told us goodbye and all the usual stuff.
The rest of the guys were doing the same.
It wasn't until we'd finished saying goodbye that I'd noticed Rosalina wasn't next to me anymore. I looked around and saw her sitting on a bench nearby. I was almost right behind her when I saw Kristina sit down next to her. I quickly hid behind a tree.
"Hey," Kristina said.
"Hi," Rosalina replied, looking down at her hands.
"Rosalina, look I'm really sorry for what happened. It's my fault because I convinced Nat to talk you into going to see my aunt." She stopped. "If that makes sense…anyway, it's my fault. So I'm really sorry."
Rosalina looked up at her. "I don't blame you. You were just trying to help. I'm sorry too."
"But why have you been avoiding me?"
"I haven't," Rosalina said quickly. "I've just been really…distracted lately."
"I get it. I just hope we can still be best friends," Kristina said hopefully.
"Of course we can," Rosalina said, hugging her.
"Thanks Rosalina. But I think you have a tour to go on now."
Rosalina laughed. "Yeah, but I'll call you when we get back." She stood up from the bench and walked towards the tour bus. When she passed the tree I was hiding behind she stopped, didn't even look in my direction and said, "Learning from Alex, are we?"
I came out from behind the tree, grinning sheepishly. "No. I was just wondering if you guys were going to fight or make up, so I stayed to listen."
"It's okay," She said, kissing my cheek. "I still love you."
"Phew," I joked, taking her hand.
We walked back over towards the group.
"Okay guys, finish up your goodbyes. It's time to go," Tuffy said.
I turned to Rosalina. "See, everything's fine now."
She smiled. "Yeah, thanks to my best friend."
A/N-Still can't do endings... oh well.
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