Backstage by Mandy Bee (guided reading books TXT) 📕

thought it was when we started the tour. I watch the guys line up on stage and take a bow, everyone is screaming and the guys are glowing. Yes it’s mostly from sweat but still they look so happy. My new family, and my new boyfriend.

“Hey!” Justin screams as he runs up to me and kisses me on the lips. A big wet kiss!

“No! Ew you’re all sweaty!” I giggle when he tries to hug me.

We walk back to the dressing rooms hand in hand, and I’m the happiest girl on earth. We walk into his dressing room and I go to close the door, but a woman pushes her way in then slams the door shut!

“What the hell?” Justin yells and tries to get in between us. Before I know it I’m on the ground, she punched me! She must have a ring or something on because I can feel a cut on my face. I’m dizzy, really dizzy. I can hear her and Justin fighting, then I hear other voices but I’m so dizzy. I lay my head on the cool tile floor, why am I so dizzy?

“Flower, can you hear me? Flower, wake up! Come on sis you have to wake up!” I can hear Chris, he sounds like he is crying. My brother never cries. I force my eyes to open but there is a bright light, I groan and try to move.

“She’s waking up! Get the doctor!” Justin screams, oh my head! Please no more screaming.

“Sis, can you hear me?” Chris asks me again. I groan to answer him. I try to sit up but there are two sets of hands pushing me back down.

“No, don’t try and move just yet.” Justin says and brushes my hair out of my face. I open my eyes again and I can see I’m in an all white room, and I have an IV in my hand. What the hell? My heart starts racing then I hear a loud beeping sound. I look over and I’m on a heart monitor too?

“Miss Marshall, glad you are back with us, how do you feel?” An older man comes in wearing a white jacket and holding a clip board. He must be the doctor.

“What happened?” I chock out, man my throat is dry.

“You were attacked, don’t you remember?” Justin says, he is at my right and Chris is at me left. My two boys.

“The girl in the dressing room? But why am I here? Someone tell me what is going on!” I’m starting to panic, this makes the beeping of the heart monitor louder.

“Miss Marshall please, just take a breath, everything is fine. You were only out for two hours. Your MRI, x-rays, blood work, and CT scans all look good. No damage to the brain, you do have a small fracture along your right jaw but that will heal it’s self. The bruises on your side will look worse then they are, I promise. Now that you are awake and I can see everything is okay, I just need to examine you, then I can let you go home.” He smiles at me, then makes Chris and Justin move, this I didn’t like. When he shines a light in my eyes I groan and he laughs making Chris growl.

He said I would have a headache for a few days but that everything looked good. After he left to get the papers to release me, I had Justin tell me what really happened. After the girl pushed her way in and knocked me out, she tried to kiss Justin. I gasped which sent a pain to my head and then I groaned. Scot came into the dressing room right as the chick was trying to manhandle Justin. Scot screamed for security then put her in a head lock. She is now in jail, and I hope she rots there.

“Wait, what about the tour? We were to leave right after the show, you guys have another show tomorrow night.” They can’t miss a show, how are we going to make it on time?

“We are only six hours from Burgos, we still have plenty of time to get there before the show.” Justin says and wipes my face with a cold rag.

“Okay, okay. Can we go now?” I ask with my eyes closed. I hear Chris say he is going to go check, he’ll have to sign the papers anyways. Justin wipes my face a few more times with the rag, then lets it rest on my forehead. I let out a deep sigh but keep my eyes closed.

Of course Justin had a car waiting for us at the back door of the hospital. Both him and Chris were acting like I was made of glass, if I didn’t feel so bad I would go off on them but all I want is to get into bed. I had to snap at Chris to put me down when he tried to carry me on the bus, I know he is trying to help, but come on! Dave and Scot are sitting on the couch and jump up the minute they see me.

“Oh thank God you’re okay!” Dave says and gently hugs me.

“She’ll be okay, she has a fractured jaw, and will be black and blue for a while.” Chris tells them. Scot walks up and hugs me too. I can’t believe these two, I don’t think I have ever seen them like this, so worried but yet relived at the same time.

“Bedtime!” Justin says while taking my arm and walking me to my room. I wave goodnight to Dave and Scot, while pulling on Chris’s hand so he will follow us. Once in my room I ask them to sit down for a minute.

“I need you both to promise me that you will not treat me like I’m made of glass or something. I know I’m hurt, and I’ll need help from time to time. But I don’t want to be babied, and