Globes and Maps - Chapter 9

Jina woke up and looked next to her to see Joel, she smiled when she thought of how great the night before had been.

"Morning baby", he stated looking up at her. Jina smiled.

"Morning",she said. Joel got up to go to the bathroom when he peered into the livingroom to see people sleeping in weird positions. Paul had fallen asleep on the kitchen counter with Allie on the floor, Benji had one foot on the couch and the other on the floor while Heather was on the couch. Billy and Ashley had fallen asleep on a chair and he saw Billy drewling a little.

"Jina come here", Joel stuck his head into the room and made her get up. Jina walked inside and began to crack up.

"ARF ARF ARF", Paul barked. Jina and Joel both looked at him as he rolled off the counter he just missed Allie by a few inches.

"Ow F*ck my arm", he complained. As Paul got himself up Joels cell phone rang.

"Hello... tonight? 3 months okay I'll tell them yeah we can be ready alright fine bye",Joel stated he was in a blank stare at everyone who started to get up.

"Who was that", Jina asked grabbing his arm.

"Guys get up", Joel said as the guys began to get up.

"Im sorry Cadee but we have to leave as soon as possable our schedule got f*cked up and now we have to leave for 3 months maybe even longer to do other things outside of NYC for a while", Joel explained. All the girls were silent.

Ashley sat on Billy's hotel room bed and watched him pack his things.

"Star you know this is like any other time we've been apart we just dont think about it, you have more people to sleep with right? I mean it's not a big deal",Billy tried to smile. He saw Ashley's eyes get glassy.

"Star why are you crying?", he questioned as he ran over to her. He watched her put her head in her hands. He began to rub her back softly.

"Talk to me please", he turned his head so it was level with hers. She looked over at him and couldn't think of anything to do but hug him. Billy sat there holding her as well confused by her reaction.

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"Benji where did this thong come from?", Heather held up a pink thong with one finger.

"Some fan gave me her thong",he told her.

"Have you been wearing thongs benjaman?",she questioned with a smirk.

"Yes Willow you taught me how to strip and ive been practicing", he joked in a gay voice. She punched him and out of nowhere just kissed him.

"Willow what was that we never randomly kiss like that".

"You didn't like?", she looked a little upset.

"It felt f*cking awesome",he said with a smile.

"Im sorry about sleeping with pierre",she stated.

"There is nothing to be sorry about Willow because well why would there be a problem? Im not supposed to worry about you with other guys I thought", he told her.

"Then why were you waiting outside of the room all night?", she folded her arms and looked at him. Benji bit his lip and fiddled with his tounge ring.

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"Did you really hurt your arm this morning?", Allie questioned as Paul was packing away his stuff. She was laying down on the bed looking up at him. She thought he looked so sexy in his black baseball cap. Paul had the same blank expression all day it was almost like his funniness (not a word) just dissapeared and the smile he always had just faded.

"A little", he stated plainley.

"Why are you so quiet, do you need my help?", Allie was asking him so many questions to try and figure out what was wrong.

"No I can do this myself".

"PAUL!", Allie grabbed her hands to stop him from packing.

"ALLIE!", he yelled back. They looked into each others eyes and she slowly took her hands away from his and he continued packing. She smiled at him then looked away.

~*~

"Here I put your tooth brush and s*it in here", Jina handed Joel a bag from the bathroom.

"Thanks", he smiled.

"Well are you all done packing then?", she questioned him.

"Yeah, I think so I just have to do one more thing before I go".

"And whats that?", she questioned holding his hand. Joel leaned in and kissed her. Jina closed her eyes so tight. Why was he leaving so soon they were supposed to be around for at least 3 weeks and now he was leaving. It never hurt this much to have him leave especially Joel. A tear fell from her eyes.

"I'll be back soon I promise", he told her.

"You can sleep with anyone you want to while im gone", he told her.

"JOEL!", she scolded him.

"Aw baby hold on I didn't mean it.. aw s*it. I didn't mean I was gonna... oh man that came out all wrong. Don't cry", he hesitated. He brought her into his grip not meaning anything he began to kiss her. She relaxed as they made their way to the bed as soon as they layed down there was a knock at the door.

"Joel it's Paul we'll meet you downstairs", an unhappy voice said.

"Alright", he responded Joel closed his eyes.

"Joel do you really like me or are you doing this to make me happy because if your not happy with me I dont want you to bother with me, so if you don't want to be with me im fine with it", she told him.

"It sounded that way didn't it", he felt so horable he loved this girl to death and he still didn't know why he said that.

"Maybe Im just confused", he stated. Jina closed her eyes.

"Yeah, maybe even tho we just got everythings straightened out, we should back off", Jina said.

"I dont want to tho", he responded. Jina got off of him and looked at him.

"Wait!", he grabbed her back.

"Im sorry, I know I sound like a jack ass but I really do want to be with you", he told her.

"Come on I'll help you with your bags", she sadly said grabbing a big duffle bag.

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"Well Benji are you going to say something", Heather stood there as Benji stared into space.

"I LIKE YOU WILLOW!",he yelled. Her eyes nearly popped out of her head. She never thought Benji would actually tell her she had been hideing her feelings from everyone Benji, and her friends.

"really?", she questioned.

"Yes really", he told her.

"Im so glad you said that first", she sighed.

"Why were you afraid to tell me?", he questioned.

"I f*cking kept it from everyone including my closest friends.. i just acted like i didn't care when i actually did", she told him. Benji smiled and gave her a kiss.

"Can you help me?", he questioned looking around at his bags.

"Yeah", she smiled.

~*~

"Hey have any of you talked to Billy or Star?", Paul asked making his way towards the bus. Jina and Joel were putting Joel's stuff away in the bus.

"No I think we should leave them alone tho", Allie told Paul.

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"Are you okay now?", Billy gave her a loving look.

"Billy I like you a lot a real lot I dunno if it's love or not becaue I can't tell I.. just f*ck I wanna know how you feel about me before you leave and go off to sleep with other girls, I wanna know Billy please tell me", Ashley closed her eyes tight and waited for a response. She felt Billy's soft hand up against her face and she let a tear roll down her cheek. She felt his breath on her face as she felt him come close and go by her ear.

"Well Star, I love you", he said and backed away. Her eyes fluttered open and a small smile appeared on her face.

"For real?", she looked at him.

"No for fake....... Yeah for real", he smiled and wiped her tears. Ashley smiled and grabbed Billy and hugged him.

~*~

"Bye Joel", Jina said as she began to walk off the bus. He wanted to go after her but he wasn't sure if he should. He watched her walk off the bus. All the other guys were coming onto the bus and Joel ran passed them almost knocking them over. He ran down the stairs of the bus and into the hotel lobby where he saw Jina go.

"CADEE!", he yelled dodging people and jumping over their luggage. He caught up to her and turned her around. Her face red and tear stained he grabbed her and kissed her.

"I wanna be with you", he whispered as he nuzzled in her neck. She smiled with pleasure and looked at him.

"You are with me now get your ass back on that bus, I'll see you in 3 months!", she yelled at him and he laughed and ran back to the bus.

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