I awaited anxiously for Billie to arrive. I cleaned the house from top to bottom, surely she would be proud of me. Just then I heard the door open, slowly Billie's reddish hair appeared followed by her huge smile.
'Ritchie!' she shrieked, running up to me with her bags in her hands 'Oh it so good to hug you'
'You too' I whispered softly and held her tighter. From the corner of my eye I saw Jessica come in few moments later. Billie pulled away and ran up to her to give a hand with the rest of her luggage.
'Did my girlfriend behave?' I raised my eyebrow at Billie who giggled at my comment.
'No trouble' Jessica replied, she lingered around watching Billie go into the kitchen
'Ritchie we need to talk'
'About?' I asked.
Jessica sighed loudly, she had that worried look on her face that I never liked 'Lately Bill'es been receiving a lot of trouble...if you know what I mean'
'Of course' I nodded.
'Its been hard on her, but for the pas few days she's been having a lot of lows in her daily routine.' Jessica took a deep breath, she put the loose end of her hair behind her ear and looked at me. 'There has been threats which I believe come from one person...I don't know what you could do, but do something...this isn't good for a 16 year old girl'
'Its hard when she doesn't want to talk about it' I told her, but before Jessica could reply Billie appeared from the kitchen 'Thank you Jess' she hugged her thankfully 'I'll call you tomorrow'
'No problem sweetie' Jessica replied, she gave me a doubtfully smile and left. I looked over at Billie who had her wonderful smile, I could never figure out what was going on in her head...but surely she couldn't hide it forever.
'Cheer up Abs' Izzy comforted me 'Its not the end of the world! So what? She's having lunch with her co star, its perfectly normal. Put yourself in her shoes, she's reads rumors of the band having one night stands'
'You're not helping me' I whined.
'Be a man!' Izzy exclaimed irritated 'Or be a wussy'
'Any wuss can beat YOU in Tomb Raider!'
Izzy's face went into a shock, she hated being provoked 'Don't even go there!' She yelled defensively, but she knew herself that within 10 minutes she''d be sitting in front of the tv trying to prove her point.
My mobile went off before she could make any further argument. I grinned at her before putting the phone to my ear.
'Ello? Hey Simon, I figured you can't go a day without your 5 lads' he laughed to himself 'What is it?....Smash Hits eh?....Sounds okay...a date? You mean Danielle?...I doubt she'll come all the way for that...Simon, I'm not going to beg her! Fine! Bye' I slammed the phone down and looked up at Izzy who was looking at me questionably.
'Lets go play' I told her, ignoring her look. I was not about to bring Izzy into my frustration. Plus she'd only agree with Simon about Danielle and my ego would be bruised, I would not let that happen!
'Smash hits party?' I said thoughtfully.
'Yea' Simon replied on the other end of the line 'Come to London to pick up your ticket'
'Can I bring a date?' I asked hopefully. A silence followed, it was a long shot, atleast I asked.
'Sorry Scott, too much press' Simon sighed apoligicaly 'Besides you told me yourself that you didn't want Kerry to step into the spotlight'
'I know, but I just got home and she wants to spend every minute with me' I explained.
'One night won't hurt her, and there wont be 5ive without Scott Robinson so I do expect you to show up there' I knew that was an order and I could not back out of it.
'Fine' I exasperated 'I'll be there'
'Good, come pick up your pass first' Simon replied and hanged up the phone. I put the phone down and sighed, Kerry would be so heartbroken, but Simon was right. I did not want to bring her into the spotlight...besides the Smash Hits Party was a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and new ones...