(CC’s POV)
Meadow and I were on our way back when we spotted Ashley with Midnight and another girl.
“Wait…so you’re telling me I’ll be like Jinxx then?” Ashley asked.
“Yes, and so will--oh speaking of which, there he is.” The girl said as she spotted me. “Hi, I’m Angel.” she added as she ran up to me.
“Nice to meet you, I’m--”
“I know, you’re CC.” Angel said. “I also know that Jinxx had told you about us.” She added as she took my hand to shake.
“Us as in you and him or what you are?”
“Both.” She then laughed. “you’re silly.”
I laughed. “Den and I were just heading back to the tent. So I could get ready for our performance.”
Ashley made a noise, like you would if someone just fell. “Jinxx is talking to Jake about what he told us.”
“Oh…so then should we go find Andy?” I asked.
“Yeah, they’ll probably be done by the time we find him.” Ashley agreed.

(Ashley’s POV)
We found Andy easily enough. He was backstage with Juliet, talking about something that involved Jinxx’s strange behavior and so called lies.
“Just give him some time, sweetheart,…” Juliet said. “I’m sure he’ll tell you when he’s ready.”
“But what do you think he’s lying about?” Andy asked her.
“I don’t have the slightest idea; if he lied about what happened in Mexico, then who knows what else he had lied about.”
“It’s the only thing he lies about though-is the weird things that happen around him.”
“Andy, baby, relax. I’m sure this will be cleared soon.” Juliet told him. “Go and get ready for your performance. It’ll be all right.” Juliet added. “I assure you, you’ll find out soon.” She continued. “Go on, Ash and CC are waiting for you.” She added as she spotted us.

(Andy’s POV)
I turn to see Ashley and CC with the two girls they had earlier, but this time they had another girl. I looked back at Juliet and kissed her.
“Knock ‘em dead out there baby Jules.” I whispered.
She smiled. “I will; you do the same.”
“You know I will.”
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
I then sighed as I turned to Ashley and the others. When I got to them, I looked right at Ashley. Surely, the new girl was one he picked up on their way over here to get me.
“So where did you find her?” I asked pointing to the new girl.
Ashley shrugged. So he doesn’t remember, that nothing new. “ I didn’t find her. Jinxx did.”
Wait…what? “Jinxx?” I asked in disbelief. “Picking girls up at random isn’t his thing. It’s yours.” I added as I started to walk away.
“Excuse me, sir.” a soft sweet voice said.
I turned and looked at the girls, it must’ve been one of them that spoke.
“It was Jinxx and I’m not random. He and I are acquaintances. We meet two weeks ago.” it was the new girl that spoke.
I was shocked that she was defending Ashley. Though I was even more shocked that Jinxx hadn’t mention her to me. May be he was afraid of my reaction. Has he been dating her for the two weeks?…No, that can’t be. He never was on his phone a lot during the last of the tour…tour…I stopped in my tracks. Then I turned around.
“Jinxx wasn’t seeing anyone while we were on tour.” I said.
They all looked at me like I lost my mind.
“Andy, she didn’t say they were dating.” Ashley said. “She said they were acquaintances as in someone they know for a short amount of time.” he explained.
Great, now I feel embarrassed by my remark.

(Angel’s POV)
We walked the rest of the way in silence, after Andy turned around out of embarrassment.
Ashley, CC, their girls, and I looked at each other. We all had the same question on our minds: Was Jinxx and Jake finished with their talk?
“Jinxx?” Andy called, when we got to their tent.
There was silence. No one dared to move towards the entrance of the tent.
“Jinxx, you in there man?” Andy asked.
“Hey guys,” Ashley said. “May be we should try the stage.” he stated.
“Yeah, may be he’s there with Jake.” CC said.
Andy sighed.
I got a bad feeling that something horrible was about to happen. As they walked off towards the stage, I went inside their tent. Nothing was out of the ordinary, but that feeling didn’t go away.

(Jinxx’s POV)
“So Andy is the only one that doesn’t know now then right?” Jake asked, as we picked up our instruments for sound check and tuning.
“Yeah,” I answered, as I took my violin off the big speaker. “I’m going to tell him after we preform.”
“Why don’t you tell him when he gets here? Just in case you have to stop Reign from getting to Angel.”
I pondered over what he said as I bit my lip. I then placed my violin on my shoulder and started to strum it like a guitar to tune it. Just as I was tuning the last note, I heard Andy calling my name. I looked away from my violin and into where our fans would soon be standing. My heart jumped when I saw Angel. I wanted to run to her and twirl her around, like I had done with Sammi…but I barely know her…though I felt like I do. Anyway, I set my violin down and jumped down from the stage then went over to Andy. Tsk, why does he have to be so tall? I’m older…guess height doesn’t matter to mortals. I then looked over at Jake, who joined shortly after I got to Andy, he nodded.
“Andy…” I started to say, but trailed off.
“Jinxx…” Andy said. “Is there something you wanted to tell me?” he asked.
“Yes,…but I don’t think you’ll believe me.” I answered weakly.
Andy’s eyes narrowed. “Try me.”
I sighed, knowing this wasn’t going to go the way he thinks it will go. “You know the nickname you guys gave me for the ‘Wretched and Divine’ album?”
Andy nodded. “The mystic--but what does that have to do with what you want to tell me?”
Really? No, shock or surprise or confusion…nothing? That’s it? “It’s not a nickname.” I told him.
Andy’s expression got confused. There it was…I just had to answer him.
“You know what happened in Mexico with that blonde hair boy?” I asked.
Andy nodded.
“The weather and all that within that moment?” I said. “that was me. What CC had said about my eyes-that’s true. The pulsing light from my necklace- it heals my injuries that other mystics give me.”

(Andy’s POV)
I stared at him in disbelief. Jinxx laughed.
“I knew you wouldn’t believe me.” he said, he then turned around and went back to tuning his instruments.
“He’s telling you the truth, Andy.” Ashley said.
“How could you tell?”
“I was the first to know. I would’ve found the lies if there were any.” Ashley answered. “He knows what he’s talking about. Trust me, Andy, he’s a lot older than we thought he is.” he added.
“What do you mean by that?” I asked, confused.
“Mystics live a lot longer than us. He’s seen majority of our history-lived through it even. I would listen to him.” Ashley answered.
I sighed.
“We know it’s a lot to take in, Andy, but it’s his truth…and it needs to be kept between us.” Jake said. “If his community leaders know that we know, then it’ll be death of us and him.” he added.

I sighed again. “Fine. Whatever.” I huffed. “let’s get this show on the road.”

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