(chapter 9) UNEXPECTED!!

I was immediately paralised and my body didn´t seem to be functioning. I thought I was dreaming and at any second, I would wake up and it would all have been a gone nightmare. I tried to move my head to face to look at the expression on Justin´s face but I was terrified! I couldn´t face him. Imagine the dissapointment on his face!

“Wait, what!” I heard him say. “Was that really you? Did you run away from home? So it was really you Scooter saw in the newspaper? Why didn´t you say anything before?”

I sat up form the bed I was lying on, heavily breathing and my voice so damn shaky I couldn´t even hear myself but I tried to say something anyway.

“ I couldn´t tell you because I wanted to keep your trust in me. Am so sorry. I....I.....I ran away from home because I couldn´t stand my parents anymore. You don´t know how it feels like seeing your life being planned out for you. You can choose to do whatever you want. They want me to become a doctor or a lawyer but that´s not what I want to do. I wanna sing and be up on the stage like you.”

“You think my life is that glamorous?! I have a my life almost always planned out from the time I wake up to when I sleep. It´s not easy but I do it because of my fans. Beliebers like you. I have no right to judge you but this was a big mess you got us into."

“I´m so sorry I had to drag you into this. You don´t deserve this when all you have done is be kind and even considered me as a friend. Am deeply sorry. I just don´t know what else to say.”

“Well, have you tried calling them since you left?”

“No......I.....I was too scared to even hear their voices after all I have put them through. My mom tried calling me once but I switched off my phone, but I miss all of them so much.”

He reached over to his pocket, took out his phone and handed it to me. “Do you want us to do it together? I can be of support if you need me. That´s what friends are for right! Everybody makes a stupid and unwise decisions once in while in their lives. I have had my own share of them so I know how it feels. Talk to them and let them know that you are okey. They deserve that. Don´t you think?”

I looked at him, really surprised. "isn´t this the part where you get mad and refuse to talk to me?"
"I was a bit upset........but that isn´t going to help any of us now is it? I forgive you. Am not the kind to give others the silent treatment, too childish, in my opinion"
"Thank you and once again, Am sorry."
"No probs....."

I took the phone and dialled my mother´s number then took in a deep breathe and pressed the call button. The call was going through and I realised I couldn´t do it. What if my they start shouting and yelling at me? What would I do then? What if I go back home and it all goes back to the way it was before? Them not listening and me almost always pissed off? I didn´t want that! I handed Justin back his phone.

"What´s wrong......?" but he was cut short coz someone answered the phone.

"Hello. This is Catalia Sly speaking."

I started crying upon hearing my sister´s voice. It had been long!

"Hello, my name is Justin"
"Justin who?"
"Justin Bieber."
"Yeah right looser, you think I would believe that, am not that stupid you know. You can as well as call yourself Nicki Minaj. What do you want anyway and how did you get my mom´s number?"

"There is someone here who wants to talk to you...." Justin said politely, even after the harsh answer from my sister. he handed the phone back to me.

I held the phone to my ear and replied. 
"Caty...."
Then there was silence........

(chapter 8) GAME OVER!!

“Are you feeling okey?”

I fully opened my sleepy eyes and looked up to see who was talking to me and I noticed that the TV was also on and on the BBC channel.

“Aaaah……yeah, I guess am fine, my head hurt a bit though, like someone hit me with a baseball but or something ” I looked around, this place doesn’t look familiar at all! I thought to myself

“You are in the resting room if that is what you are wondering.” Justin said reassuringly

I had a confused expression on my face,

“what do you mean? What happened? I mean, all I can remember is that I was looking at Scooter and….. ” I couldn´t remember what had happened next.

“Beats me. You just passed out, like blank” he said sarcastically making a face and I just couldn´t help but smile.

“Can I ask you a question, it might sound weird but I really have to ask.”

“Yeah sure, go ahead, ask me whatever you want.”

“Okey. I have been giving this some really hard thinking. You basically know nothing about me, am a complete stranger, we have never known each other before. I mean, Am a big fan , wait, am not even a fan, am huge huge belieber and that´s all you know about me coz I´ve said it before. I have your posters in my room, almost everything with your name on it and most importantly I know almost all there is to know about you. So why do I feel like you trust me?”

I looked at him in hopes of getting some expression or emotion from his face from him but he just stared and shrugged his shoulders. 

So I decided to continue:

”You took me in and introduced me to very important people in your life, Scooter, your mom and other people that I would have never dreamt of meeting. I got to be on Beauty And A Beat music video, you took me to your studio where all your magic takes place apart from the stage, I think you even liked the song I wrote and you wanted to record it. 

Now you are here in the hospital with me. All this in a period of a week. Which by the way, is the best time of my life. But why? Do you trust me ? What if I was just some selfish greedy person who wanted to befriend you for your money and fame? ”

All he did after I said that was smile and the answered.

”You know,  it´s not easy having trustworthy friends for me, most people just want to befriend me for money and fame as you said but honestly, I feel like there is something different about you. You are a belieber for one and wouldn´t try to hurt me. That I know for sure."

"Daah!" i answered back.

"But to be Frank with you, my mom, Scooter and everyone else I work with asked me the same thing, why of all the beliebers did I choose for you to become my friend and I couldn´t give an answer. They like you too. My gut tells me you are a worthy friend to have and I trust my guts. Hanging out with you is just so much fun and I have not felt like that in a long while. I feel like I´ve known you all my life or something and there is just a comforting feeling around you.”

He stopped, shook his head and started laughing, “I sound really crazy and stupid right!

“As a matter of fact, yes, yes you do.” I smiled too." But you know what, who cares, everyone is crazy you know!” I said that trying to sound  comforting.

“You are also a great singer, I´ve heard you and you got star potential. If you just believe in yourself, you can go far, maybe with my help. That´s all I can say.”

My mouth was dry, I was lost of words. What does someone say after that? O I just kept quiet. What an honour.

“The search is still on for the missing 15 year old girl who ran away from home. Rockline Star, also known to friends as Rocky went missing about a week ago, she was wearing…..” The next thing I saw was my pic on the TV screen.

“Anybody with an information to as where she is, please inform the local police and notify them. Her family is really worried that something might have happened to her and they need all the help they can get from all of you. That…………”

I saw Justin stare in shock at the screen and then at me.........

(chapter 7) THE TRUTH ALMOST COMES OUT!!

I just switched my phone off and held it next to my heart. A drop of tear almost ran down my cheeck but I quickly wiped it away. It was like someone had just given me a huge blow to my face because I all of a sudden felt weak. I managed to pick myself up to the apartment.

The next day, medium sized guy walked in and immediately started off by a particularly catching sentence in my opinion.
"have you guys read the morning newspaper? A town girl of about 15 ran away from home and has been considered missing from home for about three days now. "

"Wow! I pity the parents, imagine how they are feeling right now, that is so damn inconsiderable of her. " Justin added, sounding annoyed.

I right away looked up to look at who had said those words and then looked down immediately as I stood up to go get myself a glass of water coz my throat had all of a sudden dried up and swallowing saliva wasn´t helping. But before I could turn to go away, he and Justin had already walked up to me.

"Scoot, meet....." he didn´t finish his sentence because someone had called him and he had to go,
"Watsup!"
"Nothin much, am good, what about you?"
"Am fine thank you"

Scooter nodded and that was all, I was so nervous about what he said earlier I became numb. He was carefully looking at me, it was like he was studying me or something, it felt really embarassing and weird all at the same time. There was a somewhat awkward silence before Justin came back and continued:

"she has an amazing voice, you should hear her. we were just trying out a song she wrote and it sounds really good, so cool."
I smiled in appreciation and we sat back down and Scooter went away, but then he came back!

"Wait, av seen you somewhere before, have we ever met before?"
"Nope, not as long as I can remember." I answered quickly
"am sure av seen you, like in the newspaper or something"
"Me, in the newspaper, that I would love to see"
"Hhhmm..........That is so weird, I can almost swear it was you I saw on the missing people´s page in one of the newspaper I read this morning."

At that point, my heart was beating really hard I thought the people in the room could hear it. But I had to answer quickly as not to arise suspicions.
I said in a sarcasticly and smiled,
"I guess I have a look-alike huh"
"I guess so...well then, let´s get back to business"
I hurriedly walked away to get some water, I didn´t want to face this guy again, I was very worried and I couldn´t concetrate the whole time we were in the studio. He kept glansing at me and scratching his chin(to emphasize that he was thinking hard)....talk about awkward moment!

He signalled some woman to go to him and whispered something in her ear and the woman walked away, just to return with a newspaper in her hand. I just felt like expoding and telling everyone that I ran away from home and that it was really me Scooter might have seen in the newspaper but I couldn´t, imagine the embarassment and dissapointed it would bring on Justin! that was what was bothering me the most. I could feel sweat forming on my forehead and armpits but I tried to stay cool.

Both the woman and Scooter were looking down at a certain page in the newspaper and the woman looked up at me and then at Scooter and nodded! What were they saying? I could guess they were talking about me but I wanted to know what it was. My breathing got heavy and I could feel my head spinning really fast. I wanted to pick the glass of water from the table next to me but all I could see was complete darkness and my mind just blacked out..............

(chapter 6) HAVING FUN WITH JB!!

of course she was stunned. She almost fainted but I managed to keep herself together.

"thank you. I was worried sick about it. thank you so much!" I said thankfully but humbled as I stretched my hand to recieve my phone.
"I was going to the water park to shoot Beauty And The Beat music video."
"just saying. you could come if you want. "then added quickly
"are you kidding me? me, follow you!"
"It´s your...."
"yes, yes please, I mean thank you, please....I don´t know what to say"
"it´s okey." he flashed his pretty smile at me then continued ,"then we have to go now before there is too much traffik"

"It was a pleasure meeting you. OMG. so she was telling me the truth" Angel said ,pointing at me and by "she", she meant me. they posed for a pic and Justin and I left for his car...there were a few papparazzi guys outside so we had to rush into the car.
so that was what Justin had to deal with everday! tough life!

the water park was amaizing, I had been there once before. there were lots of extras (people who appear on music videos or movies without actually getting paid) plus the dancers and Nicki Minaj, Usher and Pattie Mallette(JBs mom) were there too. My sister was a huge fan of Nicki. Justin introduced me and they gave me a hug each. My heart was beating really fast. I was speachless.
"she is the one I was telling you guys about the other day"

what was happening? wait, did he talk to them about me? It made me blush but I couldn´t let it show, Just the other day I escaped from home and here I was, having met Justin and Nicki Minaj shooting BAAB (Beauty And A Beat). talk about life changng moments.

"you could be one of the extras if you want, I mean, there isn´t much to do here anyway." Justin suggested.
my mind and heart were racing, I thought I heard wrong "wait. what? I..I...I"
"comeon, it will be fun, it always is....give it a shot. the camera will love yah!" Nicki added
Justin took my hand and draged me to the set.
"Just dance and feel the beat." was the last advice Justin gave to me .

And that was what I did as we rehearsed before the shooting started. All I had to do was bust a few free-style dance moves and that was all, pretty easy I would say, it was a one take thing right. Just go infront of the camera and record, but it wasn´t like that at all, they had to cut after small mistakes. It was tiresome and not as easy as I thought it would be but I mean, hey, who was I to complain, I was going to be in Justin´s video right.

It took the whole night before we finished and it felt pretty good, I was tired but happy. Angel had asked to pick me up but then Justin had already offered to give me a ride home. On the way home, Justin and I talked about lots of stuff, and he was truly a really cool guy, just so many people who misunderstand and misinterpretate him.

I was home five minutes later, said my  goodbyes and suddenly, from nowhere, I feel something tickle me from behind. Aah! it was my phone in my back pocket on vibration. Who could be calling at this time of the night? I was about to reach and grab it but the ringing stopped. I thought it was Angel trying to call me but i was already home. on my way up the stairs, the phone rang again.

I took it fast this time and I freezed on the spot, I could feel sweat forming on my forehead, my mouth went dry and my eyes almost dropped on seeing the name of the caller and tears were kinda forming in my eyes.
I didn´t pick up and it went directly to voicemail. then a voice I hadn´t heard in a long time came on
"Sweetie, where are you? I....."
I didn´t hear the rest of the conversation, I just..........