Max loved me. Max loved me. I should have seen that coming earlier, but I was pretty sure that I chose to ignore it. I wanted to do my best to act surprised by the revelation, even though in retrospect, it was a little bit obvious.

"Wait did you just say that you're in love with me?" I asked in shock. I hoped that I was selling it.

"Yeah, I did." Max replied. "I can understand if you never want to see me again."

Did she really think that I wouldn't want to see her again just because she loved me? That was more shocking than learning that she did love me. I would need to reflect on my own feelings for her.

"Max, I traveled across the country and across the Atlantic Ocean just to see you." I responded. I wasn't sure how she even came to that conclusion. "Why on Earth would I never want to see you again? I'm a little confused and overwhelmed. So, you left because you were in love with me? That makes no sense."

"I left because I couldn't bear to see you with someone else. You and James were so happy together." Max remarked. That did make sense. It was not a good decision, but it at least made sense. I was going to let her know it wasn't a good decision, however. "I didn't want to tear you apart. But I guess I did anyway. And I wanted to get over you."

"Max, with all due respect, that was the stupidest possible thing that you could have done." I pointed out. I was able to tell that she was surprised by my response. Maybe I shouldn't have used such strong language, but I needed to get my point across. "You can't just run away from your problems. Sometimes you have to face them."

"But how could I have done that when you didn't love me back?" She challenged. She could have at least tried. Just running away didn't solve anything. "You don't know what it's like to want to be with somebody who is currently with somebody else. You don't know how hard it is."

"Actually, I do." I replied. She underestimated the number of girls I had been with. I was pretty sure that I didn't know the number of girls that I had been with. "There were a few times that I liked girls that already had boyfriends."

"What did you do?" She asked.

"I had to prove that I was better than their boyfriends. I had to break them up." I declared. Though, I probably wouldn't have wanted her to do that to me and James.

"But that's not really fair to the boyfriend." Max commented.

"Haven't you ever heard the phrase all's fair in love and war?" I asked.

"I don't believe that." She responded as she looked down. I probably would have been mad at her initially, but I was pretty sure that I would have gotten over it eventually. I supposed thinking about it didn't matter because it was irrelevant. "To compare love to war is wrong. I wouldn't want to try to break the two of you up because nothing hurts more than hurting the one that you love."

"Well, I'm not dating James now, so what should we do?" I asked. "I'm putting all of this up to you."

"Well, I can't go back to Boston. That's not an option. We're about to start a tour." She pointed out. That really wasn't the question that I was asking there.

"That's not quite what I was talking about." I answered. I didn't need her to come back to Boston. I wanted to talk about us. "I think that we should take a shot to see if there can ever be an us. Max, you falling in love with me happened for a reason. Maybe me and James weren't meant to be together because I was always supposed to be with you whether I'm a girl or not so maybe we should go on a date."

"But where are we going to go?" Max asked. I would have to think about that some more.

"I'm not sure." I answered before there was a knock on the door.

"Sorry to interrupt but you've been in here for a while." Janice declared. I looked over at the clock and it was almost time for her to perform. I couldn't believe how long we had been talking for.

"We're going to be performing in a few minutes." Jessica added.

"Go ahead, we can finish talking after the concert. I should probably be getting ready too." I said to Max as I began to look for an outfit that would look good on stage. I ended up just deciding to put a leather jacket over my dress.

I went out to hear Max and the twins perform and they sounded pretty good live. They might have been even better live than on the CD. After Girls Aloud took the stage, I went out to get on the elevator. Uncle Chris took the stage.

"So, we've got one more performance for you." He announced "It's time to reveal the identity of your special surprise guest. She's a big star over in the States and her music is starting to take off here. She also happens to be my niece. Singing 'You Can't Always Get What You Want', please welcome Zoey Martin!"

As I was raised on the stage, the crowd started to cheer and began to sing.

I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was, footloose man

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, well you might find
You get what you need

Oh yea-ay (hey-hey-hey, oooh)

And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singin', 'We're gonna vent our frustration
If we don't, we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse'
Sing it to me, now

(You can't always get what you want)
(You can't always get what you want)
(You can't always get what you want)
But if you try sometimes, well you just might find
You get what you need
Ooh baby, yeah, ooh

As I was singing the song, I couldn't help but realize what it meant to me. It represented my love life in a nutshell. The analogies were easy to comprehend. James was who I wanted to be with, but I couldn't and if I tried hard enough, I could be with Max, who was always what I needed, starting from the moment that I was turned into a girl. I wanted to be with her before I started dating James so why couldn't I be with her now? Maybe this was my happily ever after.

"Thank you very much for coming." I said to the crowd as I took a bow. "I would like to speak on behalf of Coldplay, Fergie, McFly and all of the other great artists here tonight and say that I had a blast performing these songs for you. Also, if you haven't bought my album, The Girl in the Mirror, it's out right now."

The lights went out and I stepped backstage and grabbed a bottle of water.

"That was really good." Jessica told me.

"Really really good." Janice repeated as Jessica glared at her.

"So Max, I was thinking the two of us could go to McDonalds and then maybe head to your place." I suggested, hoping that she would see it as me asking her out on a date since that was exactly what I was doing. I guess you could say that I was a little nervous despite the fact that I didn't need to be because I already knew that Max loved me.

"Okay sure." Max agreed. I wasn't sure if she knew that it was a date, but I would make sure that she knew.

We both changed into some more casual clothes before the two of us went to McDonald's and ordered our food before we sat down at our table.

"Max, are you aware that this is date?" I asked.

"It is?" She replied. I supposed that she hadn't seen it. I personally thought it was obvious, but I supposed it wasn't to her. "No, I guess I didn't know that. I didn't figure that McDonald's would be your ideal first date."

"Well, I don't really know my way around this city or this country for that matter. I've only been here for a month, and I haven't exactly been dating in that timeframe." I explained. I did like it, but I was still getting used to everything. "So, you'll have to cut me some slack."

"Well, us being here gives Jess and Jan some time to do some quick shopping. I have to call them as soon as we're done so we can all get on the jet." She replied. I couldn't help but wonder what would be open at this time of night. "Home's actually over three hours driving time from here."

"Why did you get a place so far away?" I asked.

"It's actually where the twins came from and where their boyfriends live." She stated as the food came to our table.

"I think I remember something about that from a few years ago. I think their names were Donald and Roy." I replied. They had mentioned it before, but I wasn't sure if I got the names right.

"Close, their names are Ronald and Troy." Max responded with a laugh. Well at least the two of them hadn't heard me say that. "So, what is touring like?"

"It was kind of fun, going to see all of those different places. Though I don't know how my dad was able to sleep in his tour bus. I tried it and it was the worse night of sleep I've ever got. Ever since, I spent my nights at hotels which I was much more accustomed to, except for the few days that I spent with Miley before the American Music Awards." I explained. I was mostly paying for them myself because I didn't want to make the record company mad at me. Of course, they would probably be okay with it now considering all of the money that I had made them.

"Yeah, I would imagine that sleeping in a hotel would be easy for you. So, what are we doing when I go on tour?" Max asked.

"Is anyone going on the tour with you?" I retorted. It would probably involve some negotiation, but I was thinking that I could be there opening act.

"Not at the moment." Max answered.

"Well maybe I could be your opening act. My CD is just being released in Europe and I would do it for a relatively cheap price." I replied. "I don't really care how much money that I make, I have enough of that already. I just wanna go on tour with you."

"Wow I really think that I could kiss you right now." Max stated as she wiped a tear from her eye. It was good to know that I still had that still had that effect on women.

"Then how about you come over to my side and we can do just that." I suggested as she scooted next to me in the booth.

"So how should I do this?" Max questioned as she took a sip of her soda. Well now I would have to deal with the taste of Mello Yello in her mouth, but I could do that.

"Are you actually how to you should kiss me?" I asked in frustration. "I don't care. Just kiss me. I just want us to be connected to each other by the mouth."

Max didn't take my time to press her lips against mine. In a short number of seconds, we were making out with each or snogging as the Brits called it. All I knew was I had never felt any happier than I did right now when I was kissing someone. I began to move my hands around her body and rubbed her in a sensual way which caused her to moan into our opened mouth kiss. We didn't notice that it seemed like most of the restaurant was staring at us. Suddenly our kissing was broken up by a loud ahem.

"Excuse me ladies. It seems that you are causing a ruckus. I would like to remind you that this is a family restaurant and I'm going to have to ask you to leave." The manager of the McDonald's remarked. After the two of us left the restaurant, we couldn't help but giggle.

"Have you ever been kicked out of a McDonald's before?" I asked Max.

"I can't say that I have." Max replied. "I've been kicked out of a Subway before."

"How do you get kicked off of a train?" I asked as I held onto her hand. "Are there even trains in Boston?"

"No, I mean a Subway restaurant." Max replied. "The sandwich place with the guy that used to be really fat but now he's just ugly."

"Yeah, I get it." I giggled. "You should probably call them now."

"Call who…oh. Yeah, I probably should." Max agreed as she took out her phone which was definitely new, so it made sense that she wasn't answering my calls. Then again even if she had the same phone making international calls was always a bitch. I probably wouldn't answer a call from the US right now because my cell phone plan didn't cover it.

We drove to the runway where we met Jessica and Janice.

"So, you're going to be sleeping over tonight?" Jessica asked.

"I was thinking that. That's why I'm getting on the plane." I replied, probably coming off ruder than I meant to be. I was kind of angry at them, not specifically for taking Max away. Actually, yeah, I was angry about that.

"Well then need to know that I always get the first shower." She added. "We set an order to prevent us from fighting over stuff."

"It's worked pretty well in all of the time that we have been living together." Janice added.

"So, what was with you two not telling me that you were moving back to England?" I asked somewhat angrily. "It would have been nice to know beforehand so I could have replaced you."

"Well, we had only made the decision a few days before we left." Jessica stated.

"Which means you would have had to tell me at Max's party." I commented. I couldn't blame them because Max was probably going to go somewhere else if she didn't go with them.

"Okay we're sorry." Jessica apologized. "Cheerleading wasn't really something that we were thinking of at the time."

"I can't help but wonder what ever happened with the cheerleading squad." I mused. "They probably had to hold an all-new set of tryouts. So did Max tell you that I'm going to joining your tour?"

"That sounds splendid." Janice stated. "Can you just do that?"

"Well technically she would have to talk to the label." Max pointed out. I didn't think they would say no to it. "We're on Geffen."

"That's under Universal so we're on the same label." I responded. I had studied all of the smaller labels because I had gone to a Christmas party for Universal artists. "I think that makes it even more likely."

"So, since there's going to be more than just three of us do you know what the first thing that we need to when we got back is?" Janice asked.

"What?" Both Max and I asked.

"We need to play a game that is very popular at sleepovers." Jessica suggested.

"I think the name you're familiar with is Truth or Dare." Janice remarked.

So Max and Zoey are finally together and Zoey's going to be going on tour with them. What's going to happen with the girls? Please don't forget to review.