In Your Footstep
Part 3
We were getting ready for the show which was only days
away at this point. I liked to walked around the venue by myself, to
help clear my mind, and that’s what I was doing when Abbey ran
up to me. “You lost?” She asked smiling at me like she always
did. “No, just thinking.” I replied sticking my hands in
my pockets. “About what?” She asked locking arms with me.
She was such a flirt. “Just stuff, what are you up to?”
I asked changing the topic. I wasn’t much for talking about my
personal life, I guess I was too afraid something would get out into
the press.
“It feels right.” She said softly. I looked at her confused
for a minute. “Oh, it does? What are you going to do about it?”
I asked finally realizing what she was talking about. “I am going
to tell him, you’re his friend, do you think he likes me?”
She asked resting her head against me as we walked along. “I think
he does, I just don’t know if he’ll admit it, he thinks
you’re just friends, good friends.” I said. “We’re
are, but isn’t that how good relationships start?” She asked.
“No, that is how great relationships start.” I said realizing
how lucky she was.
“Thanks J, I’ll let you know how it goes. I’m going
to tell him soon.” Abbey said then kissed me on the cheek before
running off. I loved that girl, but for once it wasn’t that kind
of love, she was like the little sister I never had. I smiled and then
went to go find my friends, I’m sure there was something I was
suppose to be doing.
Before I reached the dressing room, I bumped into Scott. “Hey,
you got a minute?” He asked. “Sure, what’s on your
mind?” I asked, knowing the others were probably waiting for me,
but I didn’t care. “I need your advice.” Scott said
sounding not so sure about something. “Ask away.” I said
crossing my arms.
“It’s about a girl. She’s absolutely amazing. I wanted
to ask her out, but I was wandering, you know with our recent success,
if it was such a good idea?” Scoot asked sincerely. “It’s
hard to be famous but you can’t put your love life on hold, just
don’t be shocked when the press gets a hold of it.” I explained.
“Would it be worth it though?” He asked. I thought for a
minute, I had a good idea who he was talking about. “The right
girl is always worth it. Just make sure it’s the right girl.”
I said patting him on the shoulder.
“Okay, that makes sense, but how do I know if it’s the right
girl?” He asked. I laughed and he looked at me funny. “I
can’t help you there, I obviously haven’t found her yet.
But if you figure it out let me know.” I said, and I meant it.
I could get almost any girl I wanted but I still hadn’t found
the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.
“Justin, get in here already. We have a ton of stuff to do.”
Lance snapped sticking his head out the door of our dressing room. “I
have to go, good luck with that though.” I said and than ran off
to get some work done.
The day of the concert finally arrived. We were at the venue wasting
time until the show started. I was in our game room playing video games
with Chris. I was wining when Lance came in and smacked me on the back
of the head. “What was that for?” I asked throwing the controller
down. I looked up at Lance, who was clearly upset.
“You’re lucky, Joey talked me out of killing you.”
Lance snapped. “What the hell did I do.” I asked rubbing
the back of my head. “Abbey and Scott, you idiot.” Lance
said walking around the room franticly. “Oh.” I said not
too sure what to say at this point. “What did you do, dude?”
Chris asked, he could tell I had really pissed off Lance. I opened my
mouth to speak but Lance beat me to it.
“I’ll tell you what he did, I just caught Abbey and Scott
kissing. When I asked them what they were doing, they told me they were
in love. They both added that it was Justin’s idea.” Lance
snapped. “They both asked me for my advice, and I told them what
I thought.” I replied knowing it would just make him madder. “The
press is going to have a hay day with this.” Lance said putting
his hand on his forehead.
“Take it easy, they were in love before Justin talked to them,
they would have done it any way. I for one support them.” Chris
said. I was glad at least he was on my side. “Shut up, Chris.
This is bad, Justin you have to tell them it was a bad idea.”
Lance said. “No, I won’t do that Lance, I think it’s
a great idea and I won’t lie to them. They are my friends.”
I snapped getting up from the couch and walking over to him.
“This could ruin their career.” Lance yelled. “But,
they’re happy and that’s more than I can say for any one
of us.” I said getting in his face. He was silent as he searched
my eyes for something. “You can’t tell me that you wouldn’t
give all of this up for the perfect girl, your soul mate. That’s
what they have and their isn’t a person on this planet that could
convince they otherwise.” I said. Lance just stepped back and
looked at me, I was passionate about this and he knew better than to
challenge me. I was stubborn and I knew I was right about this, I wasn’t
going to let him make me think I was wrong.
“Chris, help me out here.” Lance wined. “Sorry, buddy.
But I’d have agree with J on this one.” Chris said trying
to stay out of it. “Try just being their manager and not their
match maker.” I yelled putting my finger in his face. He flinched,
I didn’t realize who fierce I must have seemed. I think he was
afraid I was going to hit him, I was young and muscular, I had to think
of how much damage I could have caused had we gotten into a fight.
“I am not going to fight with you, but you need to stay out of
the middle of these things. It’s really not your place.”
Lance said finally calming down. I never meant to scare him, but it
worked. “They put me in the middle, but I can’t say I mind.
Lance they love each other and want to be together. You can’t
blame me for wanting two of my friends to be happy, and if that means
ruining their career then so be it.” I said backing away from
him. I went back to the couch and sat down. I heard Lance leave, he
slammed the door behind him. I picked up the controller and started
the game over without saying a word.
“You were right, you did screw Lance.” Chris said before
resuming our game. “It isn’t the first time and it won’t
be the last.” I said and boy was I right. After finally beating
Chris I got up. “I have to go find them before Lance brain washes
them.” I said heading for the door. “Wait I’m going
with you.” Chris said joining me at the door. We both left and
went straight to their dressing room.
When we walked in Scott was sitting on the couch with Abbey on his lap.
They were just looking lovingly into each others eyes. “Hey, J.
Thanks you so much for the advice.” Scott said turning his attention
from Abbey. “Yeah, J your pretty good at this love thing, why
don’t you have a girl?” Abbey asked. “Well, unlike
you two, I haven’t found the right girl yet, but I am still hopeful.”
I explained. “Congratulations you two, you make a cute couple.”
Chris said coming up behind me.
I moved to let him in. “I knew it was just a matter of time.”
Ann said with a big smile. “Then why didn’t you say anything?”
Abbey asked. “You know me, it’s not my place.” Ann
replied shrugging her shoulders. “The only thing you two needed
was a noisy pop star friend.” I laughed.
“Oh, and don’t worry about Lance, Justin took care of him.”
Chris added. “What did you say to him?” Roxy asked looking
up from her magazine. “A bunch of stuff, about love and what happened.”
I said not wanting to relive the whole sappy conversation. “There
was almost a fist fight.” Chris said. I could have hit him, he
was getting on my nerves. “I hope we didn’t hurt your relationship
with him, you guys are a great group.” Abbey said. “No,
are you kidding, tempers flare up every so often between us. We always
work it out.” I explained not wanting to worry the couple.
“Are you guys ready for the show?” Danny asked beating his
drum sticks on his knees. It was an interesting habit he had, he was
always beating on something. “Yeah, are you guys?” I asked
realizing this was their first headlining show. “We are so ready,
It’s going to be so much fun.” Roxy said putting her magazine
down entirely. “It’s going to rock, you guys better rest
up. We’ll get out of your way.” Chris said pulling me out
the door.
The show was awesome, it went off with out a hitch, which was unusual
for the first show. I thought things would be different now that Abbey
and Scott were a couple, but it wasn’t really. I mean Chris and
Abbey still caused trouble and continued their pranks. Scott and I almost
always found time for a game of basketball before each show. Roxy, Danny,
and Ann didn’t seem to have too much trouble realizing that they
were together, it just didn’t appear odd to any one, like we all
knew it was going to happen all a long.
The press of course was not in the dark about the relationship for very
long. It made headlines, but the fans didn’t seem so surprised.
Lance finally calmed down and came to terms with the facts. People loved
it, it was a true to heart love story and a match made in heaven.
The tour was half over and we were chilling out for a day in one of
the bigger cities. We had arrived a day early on purpose. I was sitting
on the stage talking to Scott. “So, is she the right girl?”
I asked smiling at him. “Yeah, she is the right girl.” He
had unable to hold back a smile. Abbey ran up to us, “Hey I’m
going to go see the sights with the girls, you two behave.” She
said kissing Scott softly on the lips. She smiled at me and then darted
off again.
“So, how do you know? Tell me what I should look for?” I
asked sincerely. I wanted to know I was sick of making the wrong choices.
“Well, when I am with her I feel complete and I can see everything
I’ll ever need there in her eyes.” He explained. I had to
admit they sound like words from a song. “Wow, that’s some
powerful stuff.” I said amazed. “Love is some powerful stuff,
my friend.” He replied. I liked to watch the two of the together,
it was just like that first time I had seen them on stage. They worked
well together, they were perfect together. I had no idea that things
were about to get interesting.
