Chapter Four
Lance looked around. Joey had left right after sound check to 'do his own thing'. Lance figured it'd be the perfect time to let the others know about the problem. He made his way through the stage hands to Chris's dressing room and let himself in.
"Chris?" Lance said as he walked in.
"Yeah Lance?" I asked, pulling on one of my FuMan shirts.
"I think we should tell them now," Lance stated.
I looked up at him.
"What about..."
"Joey's gone, he wont be back until later. Now is as good a time as any, Chris. You'll feel better once you talk about it."
I sighed and nodded. There was no use in trying to get out of it, I knew Lance wouldn't let me back out.
"Okay. Round everyone up and bring them in here."
"Alright," Lance said, turning and heading to round up the guys.
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Once the guys were all settled in my dressing room, I took a deep breath. Lance put his hand on my shoulder to let me know it was okay.
"Guys, there's something you need to know. Something about Joey. Now what I say can not leave this room, and can't get back to Joey, got it?" I said, a hint of fear in my voice. The guys nodded.
"Well, the other day, when I got my black eye... that was from Joey--"
"Joey did that? But why would he do that?" Justin cut in.
"Because he was mad, Justin. Now shush and listen," I snapped. Justin nodded.
Once I told them the rest of the story, they didn't know what to say. My leg started bouncing at an amazingly fast pace, like it usually does when I'm really nervous.
What I told them was hard to believe, I wouldn't blame them if they thought I wasn't telling the truth. But they had to believe me...
They just had to.
"Chris, we're not calling you a liar, but it is hard to believe..." Jc said. All I could do was nod.
"But it would explain both of your behavior changes," Lance stated.
"Maybe we should ask Joey..." Justin started.
My eyes went wide. "No Justin! He'll kill me... that'll be it, no more Chris..."
Lance put a hand on my shoulder to stop me from freaking out even more.
"We have to do something... We can't just let this go on," Jc said.
"We could get Johnny or a guard or something to search him..." Justin began.
"And then he'll probably be locked up. We should try to help him," Lance said.
"Are you forgetting something, Lance? He said he'll put me in the hospital, remember?" I said, getting even more nervous.
"We wont let him. Now come on, we need to get out of this room before Joey comes back or he'll know something's up before we confront him," Jc said, standing up.
I watched as they stood up and walked out. They figured it'd be easy. Just walk up and say 'Hey Joey, we know you're on drugs and we're gonna make you stop.'
"Yeah, that'll go over well..." I muttered, laying down on my cot. I closed my eyes, and even though I tried not to, I fell asleep.
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I woke up to banging on my door, and I knew right away that it was Joey. I could hear the anger in his fists as they pounded against my door. I cringed with each blow he made.
"Chris, open up! I know you told! If you don't open this door..."
I started to sweat. How come nobody was trying to stop him? Where was everybody?
I stood up slowly, and sunk down into a corner. I knew if I didn't open the door he'd break it open, and there was no other way out. I made myself as small as possible and prayed that he's just go away. Then I heard nothing.
I looked up at the door, and heard a quieter noise. I didn't realize until he had the door open that he was picking the lock. He came in, and looked down at me. I must have looked so pitiful to him, cowering in the corner.
He reached down and pulled me up, punching my jaw with his giant fist. It felt like my jaw had shattered into millions of pieces as pain shot through it.
He threw me to the side, and I landed half way out of the door. I looked around quickly, but I saw no one. I started to panic and tried to get away when I saw Joey come towards me again.
He grabbed my shoulders and pulled me back roughly. I let out a whimper as his fists pounded me, just like they had the door not to long before then.
My mind started to cloud up with pain, and I didn't even notice Lance, Justin, Jc and Lonnie as they ran towards us, yelling. A second later, my world went black.
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