~*~One Week Later~*~
"Said you'd always be there for me
Said that you would always care
Said that you loved me baby
You said that you couldn't live without me
But baby you were just an illusion."
"Oh look guys, guess who's video is playing on MTV," I said as the other girls gathered in my room. We watched ourselves in the video we'd shot before the tour started, half-amused, half-embarassed for some reason. It was just weird.
"Oh god, I look so bad," Karen said as one of the two group shots was shown.
"No you don't! Look at me!" I protested.
We continued this conversation, laughing throughout the entire video, as if to ease the strangeness of watching ourselves. After our video was shown, MTV played the "...Baby One More Time" video, by that new girl named Britney Spears. *AN: Remember peeps...this is very early 1999....yes I've been writing this that long lol. ---Kris:)* At the site of her, we snorted in amusement.
"My god, she can even make a Catholic school girl outfit trampy!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, well from the looks of it she can make anything trampy," Alta agreed.
"God, she's such a slut," Kori said, watching the television with a smirk on her face.
"Yeah, like you're any better," I muttered under my breath. Alright, that was cold. But I didn't mean it seriously. I wasn't even intending on her hearing it. Oops.
"Excuse me?" she replied, whipping her head around. "And who the fuck do you think you are, KRISTEN?"
I laughed. "Ooo, call me by my full name. Real creative, Korin."
"Shut the fuck up, bitch."
"Why the hell should I?"
"Cause I fucking said so."
"And when the fuck did that ever make a difference?"
"Never, but I honestly don't give a fuck."
"Good for you!"
"You guys! Calm down!" Elissa interjected.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Kori and I screamed in unison.
"Hey, leave her alone! She didn't do anything!" Karen exclaimed.
"Yes she did, she needs to learn to mind her own fucking business!" I yelled.
"Yeah, this is between me and Kristy, so STAY OUT!" Kori said angrily.
"No, you're wrong! It's affecting the rest of us so we have a right to join in!" Karen argued.
"No you don't!" I yelled.
"Yes we do!" Lissa yelled in reply.
"You guys, chill!" Alta interrupted.
"NO!!!!" Kori, Lissa, Karen, and I yelled in unison.
Sure enough, Alta joined in, and the five of us spent the next several minutes screaming at each other. We all stopped when Elissa screamed at the top of her lungs for us to shut up. When she realized she had our attention, she went on.
"You guys, I hate this. I mean it. I quit."
Our mouths dropped to the floor as she turned on her heel and walked out the door towards her room. For several minutes, there was nothing but silence. Then Karen spoke.
"I have to agree. Bye," were her only words as she also turned and went back to her room.
Staring after Karen, Alta nodded and agreement and walked away towards her own room, leaving Korin and I staring at each other in utter silence. After a few moments, we both simultanous turned our backs to each other and Kori walked out of my room.
Illusion was over.
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After sulking in my room for awhile, I decided to go talk to Brian. I told him everything and broke down crying when I was finished. He held me and comforted me until I fell asleep.
Later that night, the guys met up and devised a plan to get Illusion back together. The next morning, they locked us all into AJ's room and left us there. They refused to let us out until we had made up.
After what must have been at least an hour, Karen took a deep breath and spoke.
"You guys, do you realize how incredibly pathetic we're acting right now?" she asked.
At first there was only several moments of silence. Then the laughter started. I was first. I couldn't hold it in anymore - seriously, we WERE acting pathetic. I started snickering, and as Elissa joined in, the snickering turned to laughter. Karen started laughing, then Kori, and finally Alta. Our laughter became out of control, and we must have been making the other people on our floor upset. Finally, we settled down and I spoke.
"All right guys, come on. This whole thing really is stupid. Can we get back together?" I asked, looking around the room at the girls.
They exchanged looks and nodded in agreement, and we then proceeded to talk about how stupid we had acted. Then we begged the guys to let us out of the room after explaining that we'd gotten back together. After torturing us for a few minutes, they let us out, and we attempted to murder them.
But what else is new?
Chapter 24 - The Final Concert