A/N-I DO NOT OWN THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND!

Hey guys!

Well... actually I think this story will be ending soon. Don't worry though, I've already got it written out and everything. I finished writing this story just today but I'm going to space out the posts so it lasts longer. This is NOT the last chapter but we are getting closer to the end.

But for now...

Enjoy!

The next morning I woke up to pounding on the door. At first, it was so loud I thought it was on Nat's and my bedroom door. But as I woke up, I realized it must've been the front door. I jumped up and shook Nat in his bed. "Nat, wake up! Wake up!"

He sat up and leaned on his elbow. "What's wrong?"

"Someone's pounding on the door!"

He woke up immediately and jumped off the top bunk. We both ran out of our room but slowed down when we reached the front door. Nat tip-toed over to the door and looked through the peep-hole. He looked confused as he opened the door. "What are you guys doing here?"

I walked up to stand beside him and saw the entire band standing outside our door. "What are you guys doing here?"

"Good morning to you too," Thomas joked.

"Answer the question," I said irritably, with the rude, early awakening setting in.

"We thought we could all ride to school together," Cooper answered for them.

"Yeah, you know…uh…car-pool," David spoke up.

"Car-pool?" Nat asked, obviously not buying it.

"We can save the environment too," Qaasim said.

"Trust me, I've tried that with you guys. No you can't," I said, crossing my arms.

Nat stepped aside. "C'mon in, guys."

The four of them walked inside the apartment and sat themselves around the living room.

"I'm going to go get changed…" I said, sneaking out of the room. I quickly got changed into some actual clothes and was walking back to the living room when I heard Nat and the guys talking. I stopped and stood quietly in the hallway.

"So why are you guys really here?"

"We wanted to make sure Alex was okay," Cooper said.

"Alex is fine," Nat said.

"Well we wanted to be sure that he knew we were here for him," Qaasim said.

"He knows guys, don't worry. In fact, he'll probably be upset if he finds out that's why you're here."

"Why?" Thomas asked.

"I mean, he appreciates the fact that you guys care I'm sure, but he doesn't like all the attention. And to be honest, I don't want to keep reminding him of what's going on."

"We were just trying to help," Cooper said.

"I know. But you guys don't see him after school. He looks so upset and almost miserable…just don't bring it up, okay? Don't tell him that's why you're–"

I walked into the living room and they all looked at me. "Is everything okay?" I asked, even though I knew what they were talking about.

"Yeah, everything's fine," Nat said. "The guys just needed a ride to school today."

"Well that's cool, but I hope you guys are prepared for cereal as a breakfast," I said, walking into the kitchen.

…

"Thomas, David, put a seat belt on right now."

We were all packed into Rosalina's car, which I've failed to mention until now, isn't that big. Including the driver, it's only supposed to seat five people. And yeah, I know there's only one extra person but when you're us–it's a tight fit.

"But David is practically on top of me," Thomas complained.

"Power through it, Tom," I said, attempting to pat his shoulder, but failing because David and Cooper were in the way.

"If I get pulled over because of you two, you're paying for the ticket," Rosalina threatened, looking at them in the rearview mirror.

"I have to agree, this isn't one of our best ideas," Cooper said.

"You think?" Qaasim asked, from the other side of me, glancing at our manager.

I was actually kind of enjoying this. I thought it was kind of funny.

"Shouldn't Alex be on someone's lap? He's the smallest," David asked.

"No way am I sitting on one of your guys' laps," I said, shaking my head. "Plus, you might win the award of smallest soon, David. I'm almost taller than you."

"He's got a point there dude," Thomas said.

"He's got squat," David said.

"You're squat," I shot back, remembering the conversation Thomas and David told they had.

Everyone in the car laughed.

"We should do this every morning," Nat spoke up from the passenger seat.

"If we do, you guys are going to have to learn how to squeeze together back there," Rosalina said.

"What do you call what we're doing now?" I asked.

"Luckily we're here," Rosalina said, parking the car in front of Amigos.

"Thomas, open–the–door!" I said.

"No, don't open the door!" David said, trying to grab onto something.

It was too late though as Thomas forced the door open and he and David fell out of it. Cooper, Qaasim and I got out the other side and I ran around to see David and Thomas.

"Very smooth landing guys," I laughed as Nat and Cooper helped them up.

"If anyone asks," Rosalina said, walking over to stand next to me. "This wasn't my car."

I laughed. "I'll see you guys later." I turned to walk into the middle school.

"Wait Alex," Nat said.

I turned around to face him and the rest of the band.

"Have a good day, okay?"

I nodded and smiled at all of them. "I'll be fine guys. I promise." I turned and walked into school, but I could still feel all of their eyes on me until I got into the building.

…

I was sitting at lunch that day when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and was surprised to see Juanita standing behind me. I was afraid of what she might say. "Can I talk to you after school today?"

We have practice right after school. "Uh yeah, sure."

She nodded and walked away from me, back over to where Matt and his friends were sitting.

I got that terrible feeling in my stomach again. This could be good or bad, and I was afraid to find out.

Danny must've seen what happened he sat down quickly. "What happened?"

Should I tell him? No, he'd probably find out anyway. "Nothing."

"Obviously something happened. I mean Juanita hasn't talked to you in weeks and now all of a sudden she walks over and talks to you?"

"It's nothing. Just drop it, Danny."

"But Alex–"

"I don't want to talk about it," I interrupted him.

After that Danny wouldn't leave me alone. He followed literally everywhere except–thankfully–the bathroom. And I could tell he'd been trying to bring up what happened but I would always either cut him off or walk away. I didn't want to talk about it because I still had that feeling in my stomach and I wasn't about to make it worse.

When the last bell had rung I finished putting my books away and walked towards the front doors. Juanita hadn't come talk to me so I assumed she forgot.

"Alex." I looked over my shoulder and saw Juanita run to catch up to me. "Can we talk?" I nodded as we moved to the side of the hall. "What's up?" I asked as if she hadn't been ignoring me for the past week or so.

"Look Alex, I heard you were talking about me. I heard what you said and I really don't need that right now so I–"

"Wait, so after everything I've done, after everything I've put myself through to try to tell you the truth, you still don't believe me?"

"What are you talking about?"

Now I was getting annoyed. "I've tried coming up to you in the hallway, in the classroom, at lunch and all you did was frown at me! And before I could get an answer from you or before I could even talk to you your boyfriend stepped in and spoke for you. I told you what happened! None of what you heard is true I never talked behind your back. But as for your boyfriend…he's the real backstabber."

A/N-Oooh...what do you think will happen? How do YOU guys think the story will end? Will Juanita and Alex become friends again?

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