Backstage by Mandy Bee (guided reading books TXT) 📕

“You’re kidding me? He said that?” Justin is in total disbelief.

“Yup, and like he could talk in the first place. He was sneaking bimbos in after I went to bed! Oh and he broke down my door too.” I’m pouting, but I’m trying to tell him what happened without telling him a play by play which is very hard.

“He what? Why did he brake down your door?” He is laughing now, I love his laugh.

“After Chris asked about us having sex I went to my room and locked my door, he tried to come in and I wouldn’t let him. I told him to ‘go screw a slut’.” I start dying laughing, well we both do. “That’s when he kicked in the door. Don’t worry I flipped out on him, then he started telling me that he wasn’t a saint, he said all that stuff happened years ago, and that he didn’t have to explain his sex life but I had to explain mine.”

“Wow, well your day has been a lot more exciting then mine!”

“So you’re not mad at him for what he said? I mean he basically said he thought you and I were…….you know” I wish he would get a little upset about this.

“No, I’m not mad. But I wish he would have talked to me about it. I mean I would never even think about asking you out without talking to him first. It’s a respect thing, I would do the same thing if he was your dad, which in a way he kind of is.”

“So do you mean to tell me that if you ever decide to ask me out, that my brother will find out before me?” This I don’t like at all.

“I don’t know, I would hope he would let us decide what we want to do, but it doesn’t look like that now.” He sighs.

“Please change the subject I’m starting to get depressed again.” I grunt and fall back onto my bed.

“I guess I should tell you the reason I called you”

“You mean it wasn’t just to talk to me and hear my voice” I tease him.

“Yes that too, but if it is okay with you I would like to fly down a day early, maybe we could hang out or something.”

“You’re coming early?” I scream almost giddy like “That would be great! And you have to stay with us, I will not have you getting a hotel room for one silly night.” I’m bouncing on my bed I’m so happy.

“Then its settled I’ll see you around noon tomorrow. Be dressed and I’ll take you both to lunch.”

“Absolutely not, I will cook lunch and have it waiting for you.” I giggle.

“Fine by me, I need to finish packing now. I’ll see you tomorrow” I can almost hear him smiling.

“Okay, I can’t wait to see you! Bye” I start to hang up but then I hear him say something.

“Oh I so can’t wait. Mom she said yes!” He must have not realized that he had not hung up. I can hear him running, then I hear his mother’s voice.

“She did? Oh sweetie I’m so happy for you! You finally found a girl you like, and she sounds like an angel.” I hear him moving around.

“I know, oh I can’t wait to get her to New York. I’m taking her to the opera and then…” I hang up, oh my God what did I just hear? He likes me? She thinks I sound like an angel? The opera? Oh my God!

I sink to my knees on the floor, I’m shaking so bad you would think I was freezing to death. Chris finds me like this a few minutes later.

“What the….are you okay? What happened?” He pulls me up to the bed and just stares at me.

“Justin called, he’ll be here tomorrow and will be staying the night with us. I was so happy about it. Then I went to hang up but heard him talking, he forgot to hang up and I heard him talking to his mom.” All the blood has drained from my face. “He likes me, he really likes me. She was happy he finally found a girl he likes, she thinks I sound like an angel. Oh Chris what am I going to do?”

“You are going to be happy for yourself, for once in your life be a normal teenage girl and be happy that he likes you.” He smiles at me, a true ‘I’m happy for you’ smile.

“But what if this causes problems in the band?”

“It can’t, we are already used to you guys being together. Now just put a label on it, I’m happy for you. He’s a good guy, I respect him, and I trust him.”

“Are you the same brother that broke my door in because you were worried about me having sex with the same guy you are now happy about liking me?”

“Yes, I realized I was a jerk and I have been trying to think of a way to say how sorry I am but I just kept drawing a blank.”

“Well let me fix that for you, I need to go shopping. I need a new suitcase, and we need to get some food too. I’m cooking lunch for the three of us tomorrow.”

“I’ll get the keys.”

BREATHE JUST BREATHE, you have spent three months with him, this is no big deal. I’m giving myself a pep talk. Justin called and is on his way from the airport, I’m guessing he will be here any minute now. I have lunch done and I pray he likes it. I made homemade salsa to go with the pita chips we got from the store. I did a remix of chicken enchiladas, they have a spicy white cheese sauce instead of the traditional red sauce. Then dessert is something really special, I found a recipe online for a triple chocolate crumb cake, it is just like the one we had at