I'm back!!! I'm supposed to be writing a Lit paper that was due well over a month ago, but I didn't want to. I started a new game of Solitaire and decided if I won that game then I could work on the next chapter…let's just say I'm too good at Solitaire for that to have been fair.

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Fans poured in on Candy, shoving things at her to be signed, taking pictures, some just reaching out to touch her. Candy struggled to keep up, signing everything that came her way, just trying to keep the girls happy. Things went from bad to worse as a group of frat boy fans made their way over to her.

"Crap," Candy said when she spotted them and the devilish looks on their faces. She tried working her way through the crowd, but was held back by the fans that surrounded her from all sides.

She felt hands wrap around her and pull her against a big, sweaty chest.

"We want some pictures too," a male voice growled into her ear.

She was whipped around into the pack of males. She was passed around. They held her up against their bodies, grabbing parts of her and taking pictures.

"Stop it, get off me," she yelled, struggling against them. But there were too many and they easily subdued her.

One guy yanked her hard to him, kissing her as his friends laughed and took pictures. She pounded her fists against his chest, but he wouldn't let go. She grabbed his shoulders and drove her knee upward, nailing him between the legs. He went down, she tried to run away, but the guys had formed an impenetrable circle around her.

"That wasn't very sweet, Candy," one guy said as he stalked towards her.

Candy looked around helpless; she was completely cut off from the rest of the fans. If only she could get one of them to notice. Candy eyed the men that were closing in around her and decided she was going to kill Jeff and Matt for being wimps. She now understood the whole fans-attacking-thing, but she was pretty sure they didn't have to worry about horny buff guys.

Candy felt her phone vibrate in her pocket and pulled it out slowly, still shooting looks at the men around her, willing them to attack, but hoping they didn't.

"Hello," she said into the phone, trying to hear over the noise around her.

"Candy! Candy where are you," Jeff panicked voice asked over the phone.

"In the crowd of fans, why? Where are you?"

"Security showed up and escorted us out. Is Shannon with you?"

"No…"

"Wait, hold on. I think this is him. Yea, security just brought him out."

Two bulky security guards walked with Shannon over to Jeff and Matt.

Shannon looked around and Jeff saw the panic register on his face.

"Jeff, where's Candy?"

"Still inside. I'm on the phone with her right now."

"Give it to me," Shannon said, pulling the phone out of Jeff's hand.

"Candy? Where are you, baby? Are you alright," Shannon asked into the phone.

"I'm stuck in the crowd of fans and Shannon…"

"Yea, what is it?"

"You were right about the fans."

Shannon stared in horror as he heard Candy's shouts of protests and then the phone click off.

"Wait, Shannon. Where are you going? What did she say," Matt called after Shannon.

But, Shannon didn't hear him as he raced back into the mall, slipping unnoticed past fans and up to the second floor. He looked down from the balcony, searching for Candy. He spotted the tell-tale sign of Candy's pale white skin against her dark hair filled with green and blue streaks. He stared closer and almost fell over the railing when he saw Candy surrounded by a group of men who obviously wanted more than just an autograph.

Shannon flew down the stairs, shoving his way through the crowd. He broke into the circle and threw a punch at the first guy he could get his hands on. He battled his way through, fighting to get to Candy. When he made his way to her, he wrapped his arms around her protectively.

"Hey Shan," she said, looking up and smiling at him.

Shannon shook his head, "once we are out of here, I'm gonna teach you the proper way to act after having been attacked by a group of angry sexually-driven men. It is sure as hell not smiling."

Candy cocked her head to the side, "and I'm all for that, however you'll have to get us out of here first."

"Come on," Shannon said taking her hand, "and this time, don't let go."

"I didn't let go! You let go. This is me letting go," Candy dropped his hand and took off through the crowd, no longer being pleasant to the fans, just forcing her way through.

Shannon laughed at Candy's stubbornness and followed after her. As Candy pushed through the personnel only doors, she was enveloped and lifted into the air by a pair of large, muscular arms.

"Oh, Candy," Matt said, spinning her around.

"I can't…breathe," Candy gasped.

Matt set her down and looked around sheepishly. He blushed at his blatant display of emotion and rubbed his neck. "So, umm, yea, grrr, manliness," Matt said before walking off.

A security guard approached them as they stood in a half circle.

"Are all your people out," he asked in a gruff voice.

Jeff nodded his head, "yea man, sorry about that."

"It's cool. I'm just supposed to ask you to not come back anymore."

"Yeaaaa," Candy said, biting her lip, "I think I'm gonna do all my shopping online from now on."

A tight pack of security guards brought them to the rental car. Candy climbed into the driver seat and drove them back to the hotel. It was dark outside as they took the elevator up to their rooms. They all got off at the second floor and Candy turned the opposite way down the halls, heading towards the room the hotel had relocated her to, while they fixed the door.

"Where do you think you're going," Matt's voice shouted down the hallway.

Candy turned around confused, thinking Matt was talking to her. Shannon was right behind her, with Matt and Jeff fifteen feet away going towards the other end of the hotel.

"I'm going with Candy, where does it look like I'm going?"

"No you're not," Matt said, closing the distance between him and Shannon.

Candy rolled her eyes, "look I'll be in my hotel room when you two get over yourselves. I'm getting really bored of the whole Shannon versus Matt thing. You guys are friends and both very important to me. Matt, I'm dating Shannon, you gotta accept that." Shannon smirked and Matt glared at him. "And Shannon, Matt's my brother, he's going to be protective, you gotta live with that." Matt smirked at Shannon now, while Shannon did the glaring at Matt. "But both of you need to realize that I do exist and have a say in these things. Now, I'm tired, I recently found out my mom is dead, and I was just attacked by fans. I want to go to bed and I'm not putting up with you two bickering. So, Jeff is gonna take the other queen in my room tonight."

Candy turned and walked down the hall to her room.

"What are we supposed to do," Shannon called after her.

"You guys can take the other room. Do each others nails, have a pillow fight, I don't care. But whatever it is, you better not bug me. And mark my words, if it's your fault, Shannon, I will break up with you."

Matt smiled devilishly.

"And if it's your fault, Matt, I promise you, I will marry Shannon."

With that, she stalked into her room. Meanwhile, Jeff had already grabbed his stuff. He brushed past Shannon and Matt.

"Have fun boys," Jeff laughed, following Candy into her room.

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So, this took a long as time. HAHAHA. I have people to thank, but I'll do that next chapter. Hopefully, I'll be able to write more now that all three of my papers are done!!!! But then again, my friend just gave me a new series to read, so we'll find out. Hope you enjoy!