When all else fails... fake a smile.

Jinxx's POV

We all just stood there, seeing Andy hold Brooke. She seemed broken, a crack running so deep, that not even Leah could fix it. I felt pity coming to my lips to form words, but I stopped myself. Brooke said she HATES pity. I don't want to piss her off any more then what she is. I pull Jake and Leah to the front of the bus, just to talk, when I feel the bus stop moving. "We're here!" the bus driver yells. I look at them, "We will talk later." They nod.

*time skip*

CC's POV

We are leaving the bus to head to the stage. I hate to not be with Brooke right now, comforting her, but we have a show to put on.

Brooke's POV

The guys want to stay on the bus, longer then what's needed, but I told them to go on, that I will catch up later. They want to make it seem like the world revolves around me, but it don't. Leah is in the bathroom putting on her make-up. We have been with the guys for almost three weeks, and I like it. Believe it or not, aside from the tears and pain, I feel safe here, like I belong.

I hurry and rush Leah out of the bathroom. We both decided to go simple on the clothes. No need to look whore-ish tonight. I walk off the bus with Leah behind me when Ronnie appears in front of me. I didn't have time to slow down so I just smacked right in to him. "Hey Brooke, hey Leah," He says once he recovers. I step back. "Hey Ronnie. What are you doing here," I ask. He laughs, "I am touring with the guys too." I mentally face palm myself. Stupid. I chuckle, "Pshhh I knew that." He just laughs. I blush feeling like a retreaded elephant walking around in a store, nocking shit over. Leah comes up to me and puts her arm around mine. "Come on walk us to the stage, seeing as you are on next," She smiles. We go through the security checks and are taken back stage. I hear the guys say bye to the fans then come running off stage. I smile at them and Jake goes to try and hug Leah but she squeals and pushes him a way. "You are sweaty and stink," she say making a funny face. We just laugh. "Well I gotta go one next, "Ronnie says. "Good luck," I say trying to be nice. He smiles down at me, "I don't need luck." I roll my eyes as he walks on to thousands of screaming fans. Guys and their big egos.....

*at the signing after the concert*

I sit between Andy and Ashley, with CC next to Andy. Jinxx is on the other side of Ashley, with Leah next to him and Jake next to her. They are holding hands. I had a bad feeling about this, but I said I would be willing to "talk" to those people who liked to talk shit online, and I meant it. A group of girls are the first to come up. They are giggling and blushing. Awww that is just like me and Leah. They seem to be about 16 or 17. They get the guys to sign their stuff and turn to leave when one girl catches my eye. "OMFingG!!!! You're Brooke. Oh my god," she exclaims. The others stop and start screaming too. I smile on the outside, but am cringing on the inside. "Hey," I say as friendly as I could. "O my god, can I have my picture taken with you," one girl asks, then the others join in. "Sure I don't mind," say smiling. This went on for an hour. I started getting a head ack. I don't know how the guys do this. A lone girl came up. She wore a shirt that was way too low cut, in my opinion. She was flirting with Andy and Ashley. It started making me sick. She then turned her attention on me. "Oh you're that 'Brooke' girl everyone is talking about," she say snotty. I smile, "Yeah I guess I am." She throws her head back and laughs, "You are soooooo stupid for what you did." I feel the guys tense up next to me. I put one hand on Andy's arm, and the other on Ashley's and glance down at CC. I gain control over my self. "Well you see," I start, "you don't know what's going on in my mind..." She laughs, cutting me off, "Of honey I don't want to know." I feel anger crawling up my throat taking control over my words. "Ok listen here you hoe bag! You don't know SHIT about me! You don't know what I am going through, what I have BEEN through, or what I will go through. You can be a bitch and hid behind your words you post at home, but now, right now, they can't save you," I below. Andy reaches for my arm. I turn to ," No I am not done." Surprisingly the girl is still there and a small group has formed. She is just standing there, watching me. I stand up and walk around the table to in front of her. She smells like a French whore, she has so much perfume on. She is about my height with the shoes she has on. I can see she is keeping calm but is also breaking inside. I smile at her, "You know we are a lot a like, me and you." This takes everyone back. She hisses at me, "We are NOTHING a like." I laugh in her face. She gets even more pissed and punches me in my left cheek. Not hard enough to seriously hurt me, but it stings. I smile, "Come on princess." She swings again but I dodge it. I come back at her with a swift kick the her upper right thigh, nocking her on her ass. I clamp my foot down on her stomach. As she moves and tries to get up, I put more pressure. "You see you act with blind anger, and so do I, but I also no when to stop, you don't," I say as I look down in to her eyes. I feel hands on my shoulders. "Come on Brooke, let her go," Ashley whispers in my ear. And to my surprise I listen. The girl gets up glares at me. "You're weird and crazy," she hisses as she leaves. I smile at her back, "It just means I am one of a kind!" I hear everyone laugh. I turn around and look at them. "I was sure you were going to kick her ass," Jinxx says. I smiled at him, "Well I guess I have better control over my anger then my other feelings."

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