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~*StRaNgE GiRl*~

Lauren and Nick's mouths dropped open. "What the fuck is going on here?" Nick asked, forgetting that no one else knew what had happened to Lauren because of Veronica.
"What? What's up Nicky?" Brian asked.
"Nothing, AJ, Kevin, Brian, Howie, we need to talk to you in the other room. VeronICA stay here please." Nick said making a face at her.
The five boys and Lauren walked back into the other room.
"We want to warn you about Veronica. We're just letting you know that while Lauren was dating Matt, Veronica was sleeping with him behind Lauren's back. Lauren hates Veronica and they're no longer speaking. We just wanted to warn you bec-" Nick started but Lauren cut him off.
"Because now that we know how she really is, we know she wouldn't think twice about fucking you guys over, and I don't want her to do that because you guys are my friends, and I don't want anything bad to happen to you guys cuz I love you all, you're like family already." Lauren said. She got nice warm smiles from all the guys.
"Well we love you too Lauren. Thanks for warning us. We'll work it out." Howie said, looking at Lauren with sympathetic eyes.
"Yeah, definatley." AJ said getting up to go talk to Veronica.
As AJ walked into the other room, he noticed Veronica was crying.
"Veronica what's wrong with you?" He asked.
"I thought I told you that you could call me Veron. We're friends now, right?" She asked, batting her eyes and wiping the tears away.
"I thought we were, but we're not. Not if you're treating my friends the way that you are. I don't appreciate that." He told her shaking his head.
"What are you talking about AJ? Lauren and Nick are lying! I thought you liked me enough that you'd believe me!" She screamed at him, seconds later she threw herself in his arms and started kicking and screaming and crying.
"Veronica, chill out!" AJ was yelling. 'What the hell is her problem?' He asked himself. Lauren, Nick, Brian, Howie and Kevin came rushing out of the other room to see what was going on. By that time Veronica was kicking and hitting AJ all over. It took Brian, Howie, Kevin and Nick to get her off of him and to calm her down. When they saw AJ's face he had scratches and red marks all over his face. Lauren quickly ran to his side, while the guys tried calming Veronica down. Lauren lead AJ into the bathroom.
"Gosh AJ are you allright?" She asked with her eyes full of sympathy.
"Yeah, I'll be ok." He said, still wondering what had come over her.
Lauren looked under the sink for some peroxide to put on the few cuts Veronica's nails left on his sensitive skin on his face. When she found it, she dabbed some on a cotton ball, and put it on his face.
"Oooh! That stings." He said slightly jumping back.
"Aww poor baby!" She said joking around with him.
"Do you have any Neosporin?" She asked.
"Yeah, in the medicine cabinet." He said, she opened it and pulled out the large tube. Just then, Nick and Brian came to the bathroom door.
"She's like, about to pass out on the couch." Nick said, trying to hold back his laughter at the insane girl on the couch. Lauren spread some neosporin on AJ's cuts, and told him he was free to go.
"Thanks Dr. Lauren." He said laughing and leaving the bathroom to go see if Veronica had actually calmed down.
Lauren took Nick's hand and sighed. "What a night this has turned out to be." She said with sadness written all over her face.
"Whats the matter?" He asked her, hoping she'd tell him.
"Well, I just don't want our last two weeks together to be filled with trauma like this. Ya know?" She asked him.
"Trust me, it won't be. The tour starts in two Mondays from now, if I need to get away from this hotel and this madness, if there's any madenss left after Veronica leaves, they'll understand. Trust me, we won't have anymore days like this." He promised.
Lauren rested her head on his shoulder and kissed him on the cheek. Nick took her hand and lead her into the living room.
When they reached the living room they noticed everyone's faces were white and they all had looks of concern on their faces. They looked over at Veronica who was shaking and having what LOOKED like seizures. Lauren's face went blank. Her best friend could be dying. Her eyes filled with tears. 'NO!' She thought to herself. Veronica fucked me over, she SHOULD die. Now, I can't say she SHOULD die, but I shouldn't be so concerned.' She knew she didn't really feel that way. She ran to Veronica's side.
"Veron! What's wrong? Oh my God! Someone call an abulance! Someone do something!" Lauren cried. "Veron! Holy Shit!" Lauren put her head on Veronica's stomach and cried until the ambulance got there.
Lauren sat by Veronica's side all night, and Nick sat by Lauren's side all night.
When Lauren woke up the next morning, Veronica was up and gently rubbing Lauren's head.
"Lauren?" Veronica asked.
"Yeah?"
"What happened?" Veron asked with a look of deep concern.
"They said you were ODing on something that was laced with PCP." Lauren said, her eyes filling with tears. "Tell me NOW what happened and how this happened to you." Lauren demanded.
"Well, wait, what is PCP?" Veronica asked.
"It's Angel Dust. A VERY dangerous drug. Now tell me." Lauren demanded again.
"Laur, you KNOW I don't do PCP or whatever, but I was with Matt before you came over, and he had got some weed. He told me it was laced. I didn't know what that meant, I just thought it was a nice term for "good shit", ya know?" Veronica asked.
"Yeah.." Lauren said.
"Well, I smoked two joints of it. And that's all I remember."
"Shit Veronica. You're gonna have to stay here for the rest of the week the doctor said to get treatment to keep you away from it, and they're sending you to a drug rehabilitation place, to keep you off drugs. They're worried about you and well, so am I." she told Veronica.
"I thought you hated me."
"No Veronica, I don't hate you. I was really pissed, and I don't feel that I can be so close to you, at least not for a long while, but I still love you, ya know? We just need to rebuild the trust." Lauren said.
"Ok, good. Listen, I'm tired. I want you to go back to the hotel and get some sleep, all right? Then come back and visit me tomorrow. OK? Love you Lauren. I really do, and I'm sorry for everything." Veron told her, with tears filling her eyes.
"Veron, you know I love you too. I'll see you tomorrow around four. Bye." Lauren said, kissing her forehead, and waking Nick up.
"Come on babe, let's go." Lauren said taking his hand and leading him out the door.

"what happened in there?" Nick asked when they got to his car.
"Nothing. I just told her that I still love her, but we need to rebuild the trust. And is it all right if we go visit her tomorrow at four?" Lauren asked him.
"Yeah, that's fine." He said, kissing her on the cheek and driving back to the hotel.
When they got there, Lauren's mother was on the phone talking to Brian.
"Here she is." Brian said handing her the phone. When Lauren picked up the phone her mom was laughing.
"Mom?" Lauren asked.
"Oh hello honey. That Brian fellow is very funny. Well, he told me what happened with Veronica lastnight, and I have something to tell you." She said.
"Yes mom?" Lauren asked.
"Your father and I are going away for the rest of the week, until Monday, which gives you seven days, including today, because today is Tuesday, right?" Her mom asked.
"Yes mom." She answered.
"Well that gives you seven days to be away from home, so tell me where you want to spend those seven days. Oh, and Brian said it was all right for you to stay there."
"Well then here is where I want to say. I love you mom and I'll see you on Monday night." Lauren said, hanging up the phone.

"What was that all about?" Nick asked.
"Well, I get to stay here for seven days till my mom gets back from where ever she's going!" Lauren said, jumping into Nick's arms, feeling very relieved that she didn't have to go home yet.
"What's going on in here?" Howie asked, coming into the living room.
"Lauren's staying here with us for the next week. Her parents are going out of town for a week, so she's staying here." Nick told him.
"That's great Lauren! You know we ALL love to have you around. You're like sunshine on a rainy day with that smile of yours." Howie said, smiling at Lauren. Lauren thought that was so sweet. She looked at him and said "Aww! How that was SO sweet!" She ran up to him and gave him a hug. "We'll all have so much fun this week." She said with a grin ten feet long on her face.

That night, after Nick had taken Lauren shopping for clothes for the next week she'd be there, the six of them were sprawled out on different parts of the living room. Brian and Nick were laying on the floor playing there playstation, Lauren was having a deep conversation with Kevin, and Howie and AJ were practicing a song that they couldn't seem to get right together.
The phone rang right in Lauren's ear and interrupted her's and Kevin's conversation.
"You can pick it up." Kevin told her.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Is this Miss Miller?" The woman on the other line asked.
"Yes it is." Lauren said, slightly worried.
"Veronica isn't doing too well. We're afraid that she won't make it. She wants to see you." The woman told her.
"WHAT?" Lauren asked, her eyes filling with tears.
"We're not 100% sure, but the doctors think she may not make it." She told her again.
"I'll be right there." Lauren said hanging up the phone.
"Nick, can I borrow your car?!" Lauren asked, jumping up. "Trust me Kevin, we'll finish this conversation later." She said slightly smiling. But it faded the minute she thought of Veronica again.
"Babe, what's wrong?" Nick asked.
"It's Veronica. They don't think she's gonna meke it, and she wants to see me. If you guys wanna come you can, I know she won't mind." Lauren assured them. Brian, AJ, Nick, Howie, Kevin and Lauren all piled into the van they had rented when they first came to California. When they reached the hotel, Lauren was crying. When she got to Veronica's room, the doctors were there, and she looked fine.
"Lauren!" Veron called.
"Veron! Are you ok? We rushed over here as soon as we could!" She called.
"She's fine." A male voice told her. She looked over and saw Matt.
"Ugh. Veronica what the hell? Why did you tell the nurse that you wanted to see me, yet HE is here. I don't want to see him EVER again, and you know that." Lauren said.
"I know, I know. I DIDN'T invite him here, and he WILL NOT leave." Veronica said.
Lauren ran to her side. "But that's not the point. Are you ok? We were all so worried."
"Yeah, they said whatever it was that they thought was wrong has passed and I'll be fine, so you go and take MATT and get him out of here, and come here around four tomorrow. Ok?" Veron asked.
"I will. See you tomorrow." Lauren said kissing her on the cheeck and leaving the room. When she found the doctor, she told him that there was someone in Veronica's soom that wouldn't leave, so he went to take care of it.
When they all got back to the hotel, they were pretty tired. "I'm sorry everyone for bringing all this stress into your lives. I know it can't be good for you when you have to go on tour soon. I'm really sorry." She said turning away and leaving the hotel room.
They ALL jumped up and followed her. "LAUREN!" they called.
"Huh?" She asked, turning around.
"Where are you going?" Nick said running up to her.
"I'm going to get a snack from the vending machine, and I need to take a walk. I don't know if I should stay here any longer. I feel like I've made things weird for you guys." She said, putting her head down.
"No, no. Babe, we love you here. It's not you. Trust us. We don't want you to leave." Brian assured her.
"Thanks Bri. You're such a great friend." She said. "You are all great friends and I am so lucky to have met you." She said, they all turned around and went back into the room.
Brian and Nick continued to play their game, Lauren and Kevin continued their conversation, and Howie and AJ continued singing.

That night, while Lauren was in bed, she had terrible time getting to sleep. Once she did, she had strange dreams.
Lauren was walking through a feild again, holding someone's hand. She turned to look at his face, but once again it was blurry. "Oh I wish we didn't have to sneak around like this. I wish I could stand in front of the world and kiss you. When we're with everyone else, we have to be careful how long we look at eachother, and I don't like that." She said to the man she was with.
"I know honey, I know. But you wouldn't want to do that to him, would you? That would hurt him so much. At least this way, we don't hurt anyone. We just need to wait a little longer. But trust me, I wish we could be together in front of everyone too. I love you Lauren, more than anything." The man said to her.
Lauren's head bolted up. She looked beside her, no one was there. She thought of everyone in the house being so sweet to her. AJ and Howie slept in one bed, Kevin and Brian slept in the other bed, and poor Nick decided he'd sleep on the fold out sofa so that Lauren didn't feel uncomfortable. She smiled, then her mind drifted back to her dream. What was that all about? Why do I keep having those dreams? She asked herself. She blew it off again, and fell into a sleep too deep to dream.

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