Disclaimer: this story is not true, it never happened.

*ive gotten a few comments from fans that have read this...just to let u know heather is not pregnant*

3 month later

“You sure you guys packed everything. Last check before we head out. Not coming back for 3 months.”

Benji was checking his list.

“I have my lucky blanket.” Said Billy, it was a sponge bob blanket his girlfriend made him.

“I have my lucky girlfriend.” Said Joel.

“Aww Joel.” Said Amy.

“Get a room you too.” Said Tony.

Benji gave Tony an evil look, “Tony did you bring anything lucky?”
”I brought my lucky bong.”

“No bongs on the bus remember. I told you to leave it at your house.”
”Please let me bring it, its special.”

He was holding it like it was his favorite possession.

“Let him bring it... he probably wont use it.”

“No... I won’t.” He smiled, “and i'm also hoping to get lucky.”

They all held up there middle fingers at Tony.

“Fuck off.”

Benji looked around for heather, "hey have you guys seen heather."

"She was in the house last time I saw her."

"Benji!" she called from the doorway to the bus, "Can you help me?"

Benji met heather at the doorway, to see her 2 suitcases, and 3 big bags.

"You have all your medicine right?" asked Benji as he picked up two of the bags.

"Yes, I have everything."

Benji put her medicine bag on the empty table and other bags on her bunk bed.  And her suitcases above her bunk bed.

“If I can’t use my bong I can just inhale her drugs.”
”Don’t listen to Tony; he’s always this annoying this early in the morning.”

There driver who they had met earlier, had stepped out to smoke some cigarettes.

“I hope this guy knows how to get to Pennsylvania.”
”There’s maps up there dude. Plus we talked to him on the phone earlier.”

Another male in the same bus drivers uniform drinking, before smashing a beer bottle and enters the bus. The real driver looked up to see the doors closing.

“You guys going to PA?”
”YES!”

“I thought you said he knew where we were going?” asked Billy.

“Maybe he forgot.” Said Benji.

The driver outside banged on the doors, but the bus started moving. As the bus pulled away he wrote down the license plate number. He called the police on his cell phone.

“They have my bus.”
”Sir who has your bus?”
”Some guy….I had just stepped out for a minute... some guy got on the bus!”

“Can you still see the bus?”
”No… but I got the license plate number.”
”We’ll send out DC police right away.”

The bus was moving faster then the normal freeway speed limit.

“Hey dude, you know there’s a limit on the freeway!”
Billy got out playing cards, and started playing poker on the table next to them, Paul, Chris and Tony joined.

“Joel I think I’m gonna be sick if this car doesn’t slow down.” Amy said quietly.

Amy was in the fourth month of her pregnancy, but still getting occasional morning sickness.

“You want me to walk with you to the bathroom?” Asked Joel.
”Just tell the bastard to slow down.” Said Tony.
”I’m not going up there.” Said Joel.

“I’ll go up there.” Said Benji. Heather got out of her seat to let benji pass.

Benji went up to the curtain that was pulled over. Separating the drivers area to the rest of the bus.

He peeked at the side of the curtain. He saw a gun in the guy’s pocket.

And a 6 pack on the floor besides the front seat.

Benji went back to his seat.

“He’s got a gun dude.” Said Benji.

Amy’s eyes widened, “a gun.”
”Shh…” said Joel.

“We should put them in the back room. So there safe, while we get rid of the guy.”

“Ill take them.” Said Joel.

Joel led Heather and Amy to the back room, “Its better you guys stay back here, incase something happens.”

“Joel i’m scared.” Said Amy, as she hugged Joel tightly.

“You’ll be fine.” Said Joel, as he wrapped a blanket around Amy.

He kissed her.

“I’ll lock the door too.” Said Joel. As he left the room.

The bus was going faster. Joel sat in the front lounge area again with the rest of them.

“Shit... what the fuck is wrong with this guy?”
”Do we have anything to hit him with?” asked Billy.

“We can use Tony’s bong.”
”No…nobody’s touching my nice bong.”

They crossed over the median into the other side of the road.

A car whizzed by them. Cars driving quickly left and right to get out of there way.

They saw passing trees, branches hitting the side of the bus. Then it all went dark. Cracking glass, glass flying through the bus. A loud thud. The bus had turned on its side. Half of the bus the front part was hanging off the side of a cliff area.  Underneath them…below the cliff was a river.

“Owww fuck my head.”
”Get off my you jerk.”

A commotion of ow’s and swear words were heard.

“Guys don’t move.” Said Benji in a weak soft voice.

“Benji are you alright?”

“Yea…my hand… I just have a cut on my hand.”

Joel wiped the blood off his lip and mouth.

“I’ll go up front…”Benji crawled on the floor and peaked behind the curtain. The man was slumped over the seat. Blood dripping down the steering wheel. And down the seat.

When benji returned to the dinning room area, he was able to adjust his eyes to the dark. All the cupboards were opened... dishs thrown about. Shards of glass everywhere. A breeze blowing through the bus from the broken windows.

Everything was turned on its side, including the dinning room table, where Billy and Paul were underneath. Which was laying on there legs.

“Help me move this table Benj.” Said Joel. As he brushed the glass off his shirt.

Benji helped Joel lift the table, Billy and Paul scooted away from the table.

“My leg hurts.” Said Paul.
”I think I twisted my ankle.” Said Chris.

“There’s like water below us…” said Benji.

“What water?”
”Were like hanging off a cliff dude... we gotta get out of here. This bus could tilt more to one side.”

“Grab your important shit then….there should be a window in the back room we could climb out of.” Said Joel.

“Games. I have to bring my game system.” Said Paul.
”Important shit I said... like money. Valuables.” Said Joel.

“My bong is broken.”
”Were not getting you a new one if that’s what you’re thinking.” Said Billy.

Benji grabbed a bag.

“Here put in here what you guys need.”

Benji put in his Ipod and money.

“We should have a first aid kit in the bathroom.”

The bag was soon too hard to carry to Joel had to drag it on the floor. They crawled to the door of the back room, being careful to avoid as much glass as possible.

Billy went to his bunk and grabbed his blanket. Joel grabbed Amy’s travel bag. They grabbed there suitcases which had all fallen out of there carrying spaces.

They opened the door to the back room, Amy and heather were huddled underneath the blanket on the bed.

“You both ok?”
”I’m fine… baby is fine.” Said Amy as they sat up.

“I hurt my arm.” Heathers arm had a small cut on it from a piece of glass.

Benji observed heathers arm. “We have a first aid kit. And I did grab your medicine. We need something to smash that window though.”

Joel grabbed there mtv music award that fell from the nightstand. He looked away and smashed it against the side window hard. Heather and Amy covered themselves with the blanket again.

Joel brushed the extra bits of glass out of the window.

“Joel you get out first… then you can help Amy out.”

Joel climbed out of the window. Benji handed him the bags. Joel put them on the ground far enough away from the bus. Joel went back to the bus. Benji helped Amy, since she was carrying extra weight. Joel hugged her.

“We should take you to the hospital. Just make sure your ok.”

“I’m ok Joel really.”
”No... Amy that bus flipped over. You don’t know what could have happened.”

“DUDE... don’t forget about us in here.”

“Oh sorry.” Benji lifted up the suitcases to Joel. Amy sat on one of the soft suitcases.

Billy, Paul, Chris and Tony got out.

“We should have gotten that six pack from the front seat.” Said Tony.

“Tony shut up ok.”

Heather grabbed her stuffed animal that fell off the bed. She held onto her stuffed animal as Benji helped lift her out to Joel.

The bus started to tilt. The night stand slid sideways to the opposite wall.

“Shit... hurry up dude.”

“Do we have everything?”
Heather wanted to wait and watch.

“You should go get your arm checked out.” Said Joel seeing the blood on her sleeve.
”But...”
”Heather... please.”

Benji got out of the bus. Just lifting himself out, made the bus tilt more.

As soon as heather saw that Benji was out safe, she ran over to him and hugged him.

“You’re ok.”
”Yea of course I’m ok.”

Benji and Joel hugged.

“Amy how is Amy?”
”I don’t know... she seems upset.”

Joel went over to Amy, “you ok?”
”I’m fine… I think.”

Joel got out his cell phone, but there was no reception.

“We need to get closer to the freeway. Anyone else’s cell phone works.”

They all shook there head. Billy said he left his on the bus.

“Ok everyone carry something. Ill carry you Amy.”

They carried there bags and suitcases, through the woods to the freeway. Cars passing by.
”We need to wave to like a police car or cab or something.”

They saw a cab. The cab pulled up along side them and rolled down the window.

“You guys need to go somewhere?”
”We need a hospital. Do you know if there’s a hospital around here.”

“There is one...20 minutes away. Id take you there myself but my cab only fits 4 people. I could call an ambulance for you.”

“Thank you.”

Joel set Amy on Billy’s sponge bob blanket to rest. But stayed next to her.

It started to rain. Benji helped heather put on her jacket cause her arm still hurt.

An ambulance pulled up, but close behind it was a police car.

The ambulance pulled out a wheel chair for Amy.

“Sir, we need to bring you to the station for questioning…” the police man looked at Joel, “you too.”

“Joel please come with me.” Said Amy.

“Is this your license plate number?” asked the policeman.

“Yes...”

“We got a call from your bus driver, where is the other driver?”
”He’s dead….he was in the bus, but it went off the road. Most of us are injured.”

“This wont take long, then you can go to the hospital at, I can even take you both there myself.”

“Amy ill be there as soon as I can ok. I need to do this.”

They got into the police car.

The police car drove past the ambulance, to the near by police station, near downtown PA.

“Both of you can come into this room.”

They were led to a room with a lamp, gray walls.

“This seems familiar.” Said Benji.
”Have you been in for questioning before?”
”Yes... a few months ago.”

The policeman got out a picture, “is this your bus?”
”Yes.”

”Now tell me exactly what happened.”

The guy turned on the voice recorder.

“Well…we got on the bus... our bus driver had stepped out, he was smoking. I saw him out the window.”

“Damn that guy smokes a lot.” Said Joel.

“Yea... then the bus was moving. Someone got on the bus. And was driving the bus.”
”Didn’t you know it wasn’t your driver?”
”No... We didn’t notice... until I went up there...”
”Yea... he was driving faster... and I told Benji to go check it out... so he went up there. And he said the guy had a gun and was drinking beer.”

“Did you get a good look at him?”
”No... All I noticed was the gun and the beer... and after the crash he was to bloody to figure out what he looked like.”

“Well luckily your driver saw his face... and sent us a description... we have some clues. If the bus is still in the woods we would like to inspect it.”

“Can we go now?” said Joel.
”Dude...”

“There’s something wrong with Amy, and I need to know what it is.”
”Yes you can go, that girl seems very important to you. We’ll call you if we need more questions answered. I can drive you to the hospital.”

“Thank you.”

At the hospital the doctor there hooked heather up to oxygen just as precaution.

The doctors were observing her arm to remove the small shard of glass that was embedded in her skin.

Benji and Joel arrived at the hospital that was located in downtown PA.

They gave the receptionist a list of people they were looking for.

“Heather and Amy are in the same room. The rest of the people are in the lobby. 3^rd floor.”

They got in the elevator; there were two girls in the elevator both with good charlotte shirts on.

“Hi… aren’t you Benji Madden from good charlotte?”

Benji signed her shirt.

“Can you sign it too?”

Joel looked alittle spaced out.

“Uh sure.” Joel signed it without smiling.

The girls exited the elevator, “What the hell is his problem?”

“Joel…relax. She’s gonna be fine. She said she was ok.”
”But I could sense it.”

Joel left the elevator as soon as the doors even halfway opened.

“Joel slow down.”

He walked fast down the hall. Saw the big lobby.

Chris had crutches next to him. Billy and Paul were playing there gameboy.

Tony in a wheelchair.

“What’s up with you... you weren’t hurt.” Said Benji.

“Yes. I was… remember…my leg. It was crushed.” Tony looked up and smiled at the nurse. “And it hurts so bad…she’s gonna give me a massage.”

“Fucker get out of that chair... sorry about that.” Said Benji.

“Amy... where is she?”
”She’s in that room, 225.”

“Is she ok?”
”Yea... now she is…she was saying something about pain….and the baby.”

“Shit.”

Joel entered the room, to see heather crying and Amy sleeping. There was a nurse by each of there beds.

“Benji dude, come on.”

“I’m trying to bring Tony in there…I don’t trust him out in the lobby.”

“Well tell him to hurry up.”

Benji went in and hugged heather, Tony trailing behind, “What’s up, did they take the glass out?”
”Yes…she’s fine; we put two little stitches on her arm.”
”Sweet, you still have the glass I wanna see.”

“Tony shut up…did you give her painkiller.”

“Yea. She said that wasn’t helping, I asked her if she wanted it in an IV form. She said no cause she doesn’t like needles. She’s been crying ever since.”

“No more needles.” Heather said. Frowning, teary eyed.

“Amy.”

“You should be glad she got here… we had to give her an IV of medicine to stop her contractions. We also gave her stuff to relax her, so she took a nap.”

She sat up and smiled at Joel. He hugged her, “I was so worried about you.”

A nurse rolled in a tray with an ultra sound machine.

“Who’s the pregnant one?”

“Me. Yea... I just found out this morning.” Said Tony.

“Congrats.” Said Benji.

Heather was feeling better, Benji turned on the TV on, on her side. They watched cartoons.

“Benji, come here…there’s two.”

“Two of what?”
Benji went around to the other side of the room. Where Amy was with Joel at her bedside.

“Two... see.” He pointed at the little screen.

“Does that TV come in color? One channel only that sucks.” Said Tony.
”It’s not a TV you dumbass it’s an ultra sound monitor.”

“I love you.” Said Amy.

“We should celebrate.”
”Beer.” Said Tony.
”No.”
”Ice cream, lots of it.” Said Amy with a smile.

“I can’t believe there’s two of them.”

“You need to have bed rest.” Said the nurse.  She pulled the blanket back up over her and moved the monitor out of the way.

“Can you get that on a vhs tape?” asked Joel.

“Sure.”
”Bed rest… what do you mean… I can still go with you guys right?”
”She should stay in bed. Not much walking at all.”

“We should probably take you home then.”
Amy started to cry, “You don’t love me anymore!”

“I do…. We will be busy, going to in stores, staying out late signing stuff.”

“And you don’t want some lazy fat pregnant girl staying with you.”

“Your not fat…right guys.”
”Um... fat... like whale …or pig fat...”
Benji hit Tony’s arm.

“You look perfect.”

“Yea Amy, were just looking out for you, you should be at home, we can leave Sarah’s number with you, if you need anything call her.”

“But you’ll be gone for three months.”

“You’ll be fine.”

“But what about girls flirting with you and stuff.”

“Oh they’ll all be going to Tony.”
”Cause I’m the chick magnet.”

“And if he does anything bad, ill kick his ass. I’ve kicked his ass  before…what’s more important is that your ok.” Said Benji.

There bus driver was at the doorway of the room.
”The nurse said you’d be in here... we have a new bus for you waiting outside. It’s fucking awesome.”

“sweet!” said Tony.

“We have to take Amy home first.”
”Ok, but you’ll miss the show tonight.”
”That’s ok, well schedule it another night.”

"Joel...don’t....I can just get a cab." said Amy.

"I want to go with you Amy, your in a sensitive state, I wouldn’t let you get in some cab with a stranger. It won’t take to long. And you can rest in the tour bus till we get there."

“I don’t want to inconvience you Joel.” Said Amy.

“Your not. I care about you.” Said Joel. He hugged her.

Joel helped Amy into her wheel chair that arrived. Benji was getting last minute advice on taking care of heathers wounded arm.

“Clean it every day with water, and re-apply the bandage.”

They saw there new tour bus outside, it was dark blue. Bigger then the last one.

“Sweet we got free food!” said Paul.

Everyone was still trying to get on the bus because of Chris on crutches.

“Hurry up fucker its cold out here.” Said Tony.

“I'm gonna take one of these crutches and” said Chris.

“Shut up both of you.” Said Amy.

Joel helped Amy out of her wheel chair.

“Take slow steps sweetie.”

“I’m fine Joel.” Said Amy.

Chris got on the bus, and sat down by the new game system. Billy, Paul and Tony sat with him.

Joel led Amy to the back room, "Good, and a comfortable bed for you back here."

Amy relaxed on the bed, "Can I get you anything, anything at all?"

Joel helped put blankets on her. He fluffed her pillows.

"Ice cream." she smiled.

"Ice cream now?"
Amy nodded.

"Ok... I'll go see if we have any."

"Wait Joel...can you turn on the TV?"
He noticed the remote was out of her reach.

"Yea of course."

He handed her the remote.

"Can I have a glass of water?"
"Sure."

"Joel...”

He turned around again, "Yes Amy."
"I love you."

Joel left the room to go to the kitchen.

"Hey Joel!" said Paul.

"WHAT!"

"Dude...geeze... calm down...just wanted to know if u wanted to play video games with us."

"I can’t I have to get Amy a glass of water and ice cream."

"Get her a bell so she can ring it."

"Hell no dude. That would fucking suck."

Amy had gotten out of bed, and was walking to the bathroom.

"Joel Madden. I heard what you said!"

Amy went back to her room and slammed the door.

"You guys, were gonna head out, we should be back in Maryland in two and half hours." said the bus driver.

The door closed and the bus started to move.

"Mood swing." said Tony.

Benji gave him a look. The bus got quiet.

"So you wanna play scrabble. I found some board games up front." said Benji. Heather smiled and nodded.

"Scrabble. I can’t spell well... I can spell fuck...f-u-c-k." said Tony.

"Tony we don’t have junior scrabble I don’t think...." said Benji.

Tony and Heather went up to the front of the tour bus.

Joel was just standing there.

"What do I say to her dude?"
"Just apologize." said Benji as he went up front.

"Can you get the game out for me?" said Heather, "my arm hurts."

"Sure no problem." said Benji.

He opened a cupboard, "Nope... these are the dishes."
"Damn... we need to get used to a whole new fuckin bus." said Tony.

Benji found the game cupboard.

"Here we go, scrabble.” he opened the box. Go out the board, unfolded it onto the dinning room table. Tony immediately started spelling weird words.

"Boob. B-o-o-b....hmm... BYOB.....bring your own beer." said Tony with a laugh.

"Tony come on just play the game like a normal person ok."

Heather laughed, her injured arm resting on the table. She picked out 7 letters and put them on her tray. So did Benji and tony.

"Ooh. I could...no...Hmm...wait... yea...no....that wont work."
"Tony?"
"Yea?"
"Quit talking to yourself, heather you go first."

Heather picked out "Table."

"Would you like to keep score?"
"Score. I can score, with who?"
"Tony please. Be serious just for a lil bit while we play this game."

Joel opened the fridge.

"Chocolate chunk ice cream, she'll love that." Joel got out the whole container and a big spoon. He got a bottle of water.

Joel walked back to Amy’s room, he walked past Paul, Chris and Billy playing games.

"Dude she might want that water in a glass with ice."

"If I wasn’t carrying so much shit, id give you the finger."

Joel knocked on her door, "Sweetie?"
He opened the door, to find her crying.

"I have your ice cream."

He put the tray on her lap. She didn’t look at the ice cream. He sat at her bedside.

"It's chocolate chunk. And Fuji water, your favorite."
"It’s only the fourth month and you hate me." she wiped tears from her eyes.

"I don’t hate you at all."
"What you said to them...that you don’t want me to have a bell I could ring. You don’t want to help me."

"Of course I want to help you, they were just being annoying, and I reacted without thinking about your feelings first. I’m sorry."

Joel opened the ice cream, got a spoonful. "A whole spoonful of chocolate just for you Amy."

She smiled a little. "Thank you." she took the spoon and ate the ice cream.

Joel put his arm around her, "you feel better?" Amy nodded.

"Good. And I promise ill be more sensitive to your emotions."

Benji was winning; Tony was far behind in points, only having 13 points.

Benji noticed a pile of books on the kitchen table.

"Are those yours?" asked Benji.

"Those books, hell no, you know i don’t read on my spare time."

"Go ask the driver who there for." said heather.

Tony looked at the titles, "i think these are for Amy. On there’s a note from the driver, it says they were donated by the book store in PA."

"Ill take them back there." said Benji.

Benji took the pile of books. Walked past the guys playing Mario golf on the Xbox, "Dude your expecting?"
"No dumbass, these are for Amy and Joel, donated by a bookstore. They haven’t been to parenting classes or anything, and with Joel on tour with us, i don’t think he'll have time."

"Hey you guys, book delivery." said Benji.

Joel opened the door. "What are they?"
"It’s about babies and stuff."
"I know where babies come from dumbfuck."

"Read them with Amy, it might help you be more understanding of her."

"Is there gross pictures?"
"Dude grow up. Here take them; i got to return to scrabble before Tony cheats."

Joel grabbed the pile of books and returned to the bed.

Amy put the empty ice cream container on the floor.

"Aww look Joel. A cute little baby."

Joel smiled.

"This book says the baby weighs about a half a ounce. Awww. You’ll be in the fourth month soon, so you’ll be in the second trimester."

"I’m tired." said Amy she put the book back down.

"Ill just leave the books here. You sleep. We should be at the house sometime soon. Ill wake you up when we get there."

Joel kissed her cheek. He went back into the dinning room.

"Is she ok?" asked Benji.
"Yea, she’s ok."

"We should get some stuff for Amy from toys R Us." said Paul from the other room.

"Aww yea that would be sweet." said Benji.

"We don’t have time, we need to drop off Amy, and get on the road." said Joel.

"Hey there’s always time for kids toys. Let Amy sleep more, she needs her rest. We can stop at the one in Waldorf before we drop her off." said Benji.

"Hey i just saw the welcome to Waldorf sign." said Billy.

"Ill tell the driver to get off the freeway to go to the toys R us." said Benji.

"Really, you guys we don’t have to do this." said Joel.
"Yes we do." said Paul.

The tour bus driver stopped the bus in front of the store.

"Close the door quietly so Amy doesn’t wake up." said Joel.

Tony, Billy, Paul and Chris went for the entrance door, leaving Benji, heather and Joel far behind them.

"Dudes slow down!" said Benji.

They entered the store to find Tony climbing into a dark blue shopping cart.

"Push me Billy." said Tony.

"No. Get out of there."

"I pooped my diaper." said tony. Some kid walked by and gave him a weird look.

"You’re an embarrassment Tony. seriously." said Paul.

Benji, heather and Joel entered the store, "so do you know if it’s a boy or girl yet?" asked heather.

"No. not yet." said Joel.

"Can i get a stuffed animal Benji?"
"Sure. For going through what happened with your arm." Benji, Joel and heather went to the stuffed animal area.

She picked out a fluffy teddy bear.

They saw Billy run by with Tony in the cart. Tony was eating a huge lollypop, "Faster!"

"Crazy boys." said Joel.

"Is your kid gonna be obnoxious like them?" asked Benji.

"probably." they went over to the baby section of the store.

"Aww a cute crib. With a mobile over it."

"A cute bouncy chair thing... or a stroller."

Billy went past pushing Tony in the cart. Tony gave him a baby doll.

"Hey was this in a box?"
"Yes."
"Dude. you can’t take toys out of there boxes at a store."
"Who gives a fuck? Joel hold it." said Tony.

Joel held the baby doll.

"That deserves a picture moment." said Paul.

"Yea put that on the good charlotte website." said Billy.

"Ok stop." Joel gave Tony the doll back. "Put that doll back where you got it...back in its box."

Joel picked out a crib.

Joel put the box in the shopping cart. And paid for the crib at the front counter.

"Where are those guys?"
"Probably still messin around, playing with kids toys."

Tony’s cart was moving fast down the isle.

They hit a stack of board games.

"Ok get out Tony, its my turn." said Billy.

"It’s time to go kids." said Benji.

They returned the cart where the rest were. As they walked to the tour bus with the box, Billy and Paul were carrying.

Heather was walking with Joel and Benji.

Heather suddenly stopped walking. She felt a slight pain in her tummy.

"You ok?" asked Benji.

She shook her head.

"You go ahead, help them get the box in the bus." Benji said to Joel.

"I need to talk to Amy." heather said softly.

Benji walked with heather to the bus. The crib box took whole couch.

Heather went to knock on Amy’s door.

"Heather wait let her rest." said Joel.

"I need to ask her something important."

Heather opened the door and closed it behind her.

"I want to know what was so fuckin important." said Joel.

"I won’t easdrop." said Benji.

"But Tony will. Hey Tony go listen to what there saying in the back room."

"Sure." Tony went to the door.

"Heather said she thinks she's....... ok... too much information."

Tony went into the main room where the rest were playing video games.

Joel saw the door handle turn. Heather left the room and went into the bathroom.

Benji and Joel saw Amy laying on the bed resting.

"Is she ok?"
"Yea, just girl's stuff, she’s lucky she has me here."

"Yes defiantly." said Joel.

Benji left the room to find heathers bunk curtain pulled over.

Benji went into the kitchen and made heather some hot tea.

He didn’t fill the tea cup all the way to the top since the bus was moving.

He returned to her bed.

"It’s Benji, I made you some tea, and it might help."

Heather pulled the curtain back, "Thanks."

"You know you can always talk to me and Joel."

"Not about this... it’s easier to talk to Amy or Sarah."

"I understand. You rest i'm gonna hang out with Tony and watch TV."

"Hey Benji, were at my house, go get Amy."

"You stay here." said Benji to heather.

Benji went in and helped Amy carry her overnight bag and purse.

"You sure Benji .i can get my own purse."
"No its ok."

Amy said bye to the guys, but there eyes were glued to the TV screen.

"Hey dudes get off your asses and help carry the box."

"Yes sir." said Paul.

Joel helped Amy into the house.

Amy went into there bathroom with a bag. Benji put her bags in there room.

"Hey Benji, give this to heather. She needs them more then me." Amy handed him a bag.

"Thank you." Benji hugged Amy.

"Is the temperature in the house ok?" asked Joel.

"Yes its fine." she said walking back to her bed.

He fluffed her pillows.

"Let me call Sarah tell her to stop by."

"Joel its ok... if I need her ill call her. Please you’re wasting valuable tour time."

He sat at her bedside.

"When you come back ill look alot different."
"Still beautiful to me." said Joel.

"I want you to promise me you will behave."
"Behave?"
"You know what I mean. when tons of girls are screaming for you, flashing you, wanting you, you will ignore them right?"
"You have my word, my true promise."

They kissed. Benji stood at the doorway.

"Aww. Come on joely Joel. I got word from our publicist were due at the trl studios in 4 hours."

"Keep an eye on your brother." said Amy.

"Will do; ill make sure he keeps his dick in his pants." Joel blushed.

"Bye Amy." they hugged one last time. Joel followed Benji back to the bus.

Benji went to heathers bed.

"Hey Amy gave me a bag of stuff for you."

"You didn’t look at it did you?"

"Of course not."

"Can you put the bag in the bathroom cupboard, under the sink?"

"Sure."

They arrived at trl studios. They drove by to find groups of fans waiting with posters.

There body guards met them at the entrance of there tour bus.

"Hey heather you stay here and rest. We won’t be to long." said Benji.

They waited in the side room. Damien came in.

"Hey you guys are here to premiere your new video." said Damien.

“Yes that’s what our publicist told us this morning."

"So basically you come out, talk about your new cd; hand out concert tickets and, any questions?"
"Whose here?" asked Billy.

"Hmmm...Ryan Cabrera."

"Oh shit really, can he sign my cd?" asked Paul.

"You don’t have his cd." said Chris, "besides i’m gonna get him to sign my shirt first.”

Benji and Joel laughed.

"Anyone else?" asked Benji.

"Hilary duff. She’s stopping by. You will probably see her before the show. I heard she’s dying to meet you guys." Joel smiled.

Damien left.

"Oooh Joel, its Hilary duff." said Billy.

"I thought i saw a Hilary duff poster hanging above Joel’s bed." said Chris.

"Oh joel... do me harder." said Benji in a girlie voice.

"Shut up." Joel was blushing alot.

"Were on in 5...4...3...2..." the camera guy pointed at them.

"Hey this is spankin new music week. So grab a after school snack cause trl's startin now."

Joel was all smiles.

"Thanks guys." said the camera guy.

Hilary duff all chipper and happy entered the room. Just as they were gonna introduce themselves she started talking....fast.

"Omg good charlotte. I love your new cd; i wanted to congratulate you on the vma award in 02, wow, like your style is so awesome. You must be Benji your tattoos are so cool. I was thinking about getting a tattoo. I don’t know though... so I guess ill see you guys later."

She smiled and kinda jumped up and down all hyper. Then left.

"Wow. Did you get all that?" they all looked at Joel.

"Uh... Joel?"
Joel got up, "I want to meet her."

"Dude sit down… were not on stage yet."

He followed her down the hall.

"Hilary wait up."
"Hi Joel, i’m sorry if i sounded like an idiot crazy fan back there. But I just love your band. I saw you at the 2002 vma's... I wanted to meet you. But I’m like...what do I say to Joel Madden from good charlotte."

"Would you like to hang out later?"
"With you?"

"I mean yea... two musicians can’t hang out together?"
"Sure. Look I gotta get on stage, but ill catch you later."

Joel came back to the side room, "she talked to me."
"Yea... she’s 17 Joel. Don’t forget that." said Benji, "and you’re with Amy."

"I know."
"And i’m supposed to look after you."  said Benji.

Joel watched Hilary talk about her new movie from the small TV screen they had in the corner of the room.

"Id like to say hi to good charlotte. I just met Joel madden back stage."

"And was he nice?"
"Of course." she smiled.

"Well everyone will be sure to see your new movie a Teenager's Drama Mean Girl Mall Quest." said Damien.

"What a total chick’s movie." said Tony.

Hilary left the stage. Joel and Hilary crossed paths in the hallway, with nothing more then a smile and nod to each other.

"Good charlotte is here to make an appearance, as we premiere there brand new video. They are currently on tour. To promote there new cd."

Good charlotte came out on stage. All the screaming.

"So you have the new video for S.O.S... very powerful song. Sending out a strong message and you have a surprise for the audience."
"Yea we have free tickets to tonight’s show. And we'd like to give everyone in this audience tickets. So they can come out and see us." there was loud screaming.

"I’m sure they will all love that. Thanks guys."

Joel did the peace sign again. The camera's shut off. The show was over.

"Can I ask Hilary to the show tonight?"
"I don’t think it’s a good idea." said Benji.

"Dude, she’s just gonna watch the show."

"Fine. Do whatever."

Joel picked up an extra ticket from the pile. And found Hilary in the hallway signing some pictures for fans.

"Here Hilary, a ticket. Come to our show."

"Really Joel."

"Sure."
"OMG are you like going out with Joel madden?" asked a fan.

"No way, we just met." said Hilary.

Hilary went to her bus, good charlotte went to there’s.

"Do you feel good enough to go to a show tonight?" Benji asked heather in the tour bus.

"Yes I feel a bit better."

"Here is a vip pass. You can sit on the side of the stage. Would you like to come hear sound check?"
"Sure."

Tony and heather sat at the side of the stage. Just as Joel was about to practice singing his cell phone went off.

"Hold on guys. I better take this call it’s from Amy. Hey girl, yea it went fine. I’m glad you’re feeling better."

"Joel hurry up, we have to practice."

"Ok I gotta go hun. Ill talk to you later."

The show was amazing, like any other good charlotte show, sold out crowd.

"Great show guys." said Billy.

"I got a bra thrown at me."

"I got." said Joel.

"Wait, don’t share please." said Benji.

Benji put down his guitar and gave heather a quick hug. Before the security guard told them to go to there tour bus. Before the fans exited the arena.

"You guys are meeting fans tonight."

"But its so cold outside." said Joel.

"Wear a scarf and gloves. winey biatch."

Benji looked out the window to see a crowd already forming.

"Ill go out first." said Benji. Benji put on gloves. Then just sat around.

"I wonder what there talking about." said Tony.

"Oh the fans?" asked heather.

"Yea like, wow he is so cute. I would do him. Maybe they would do me too."

"You’re not in the band."

"Who cares? Id say hey i’m best friends with good charlotte. You wanna fuck me anyway."

"Tony's always looking for someone to fuck." said Benji.

"Hey Benji, the crowd is in line. Ill stand with you as usual."

Fans stood with him took pictures, had him sign shirts, posters, cds. Some hugs from fans."

"Damn it’s so cold out there." said Benji as he returned.

Joel put on his skeleton gloves. He signed many cds, some fans confinding in him about there depression. Joel giving words of encouragement and support.

The amount of fans dissipated to just a few. He got to the end of the line.

"So who do I write this cd for?"

"Joel its me." she lowered her dark sunglasses a bit. She was wearing a hoodie with her hood pulled up.

"Hey, did you like the show?"

"Yes, it was great."

"Would you like to go get a drink?"
"I’m not old enough remember."

"Your 17?"
"Yes."

"Its cold out here." said Joel.

"Your cold, i've been standing out here for an hour."

"You want to hang out in our tour bus?"
"Seriously the other guys won’t mind?"

"Nope. They bring girls on the bus all the time."
"Ok sure."

Hilary followed Joel and his body guard. Hilary smiled at everyone. They all gave her a strange look.

She went over to heather, "are you a groupie?"
"NO!"

"She’s my friend." said Benji.

"Girlfriend?"
"No..."

"Are you the girl that tried to commit suicide?"

Joel put his arm around Hilary, "how about I show you the rest of the bus."

"No ones going to be showing any girl a bus. Joel."

"How about you back off ok. Be nice to our guest."

"Shut up Joel." said Tony.

"When heather came on the bus. You guys were nice to her." said Joel.

"Don’t bring heather into this!"

Joel led Hilary to the bunk area, “this is where we sleep. But there’s a bigger room in the back we can hang out in. there’s a TV. Small fridge."

Hilary found a book.

"Joel what’s this. A book about babies."

Shit Amy must have left that in here. Joel thought to himself.

"Billy I told him to keep his stuff on his bunk."

"Billy has a girlfriend?"

"Yea it’s pretty serious between them."

"Must be if he’s reading books like this. So... what about you Joel, you have a girlfriend?"
"Me?" his mind flashed back to the promise he made to Amy. But here was Hilary duff in the room with him. "No... No girlfriend."

"I thought you were dating Amy lee from evanescence."

"Oh... media these days. Its all rumors. Are you with someone?"
"no." she smiled.

"Can I kiss you?"
She nodded; he leaned forward and kissed her.

All common sense in Joel’s mind disappeared. Joel and Amy hadn’t been together in a long time.

His fingers found the buttons to her top.

"Joel is something about to happen; that I think is going to happen."

"Would you like to?"

"Yes, but I don’t want this to be a one night stand. Like i’m some groupie."

He kissed her neck.

"You won’t be."

"If I find out you’re lying to me. Ill tell the media or ill go to the cops. My life is to perfect to be taken advantage of."

"I’m not."

"Do you have any protection?"

He didn’t have any in his wallet. He had no reason for protection.

But he knew where the band kept a secret stash in the drawer for those unexpected groupies or girlfriends staying over.

"Here in the drawer." Joel got out one.

"Wait, Hilary, our ages. I’m 25 and your 17."

"I know."

"I’m an adult you’re..."
"Hey I am to an adult I have a stable job, make money, drive a car." she unbuttoned the rest of her shirt, "and I have the body of an adult."

"Yes...yes you do." said Joel smiling.

"I’m an adult. In so many ways. Except."

"Except what?"
"Except I’ve never been with a guy before." she got all shy.

Joel couldn’t resist her now, his cell phone went off.

"Hello?"
"Hey sweetie, Sarah’s here... were watching movies and eatin popcorn."
"Oh... cool."

"Joel you ok you sound out of breath."

"Yea. I. was out jogging."

Hilary unzipped his pants.

"What was that?" asked Amy.

"I’m...changing clothes... I was all sweaty...I........oh shit...... I… have to go. ok."

Joel turned off his cell phone.

"That’s weird, he hung up."

"You know them. After a show there out partying." said Sarah.

"I wish I had a chest like that when I was her age." said heather.

"Don’t be jealous of that." said Benji.

Billy was drawing a henna tattoo on heathers hand. The rest of them were playing cards.

"Hey where’s Joel?" asked Benji.

"This bus isn’t that big." said Paul.

They heard a banging noise coming from the backroom. They all looked down the hall to the back room. They got up from there seats and ran to the door. They heard swearing and moaning.

"Damn... I didn’t know Joel was so...vocal." said Tony.

"I should go in there and stop them." said Benji.

"Don’t you'll embarrass them." said Billy.

"Fine. He told me to back off. I will."

They went back to playing cards and the henna art.

"Don’t tell anyone about this. Especially not Amy. If she finds out. Or the media."

"We won’t tell." said Billy.

"Joel that was wonderful."

He kissed her.

"Id better let you go though."

"Wait you said this wouldn’t be a one night stand."

"I know. Ill see you again defiantly. I just don’t want the guys to get suspicious."

"Suspicious."
"You know of our age difference and all. But really though ill see you again soon."

They hugged and put there clothes back on.

Joel hid the condom in the bottom of the trash. The tour bus pulled over into a well lit area.

"Ill just call for a cap to take me to the airport."

He kissed her once more before she left.

Joel waved to everyone, "hey what’s up guys."

They didn’t look up, "ok."

Joel went to his bunk. Looked up at his Hilary duff poster.

The next day the bus was heading to Michigan.

Hilary in school that day was glowing and chipper even more then usual.

"So hil, you gotta tell me how trl was."
"Omg i met Joel madden."
"Joel madden from good charlotte."

She was in the girl’s locker room getting ready for gym class.

Some girls crowded around her wanting to hear what happened.

"We met up at trl, he gave me tickets to his show and after the show we went back to the tour bus."

The girls were waiting to hear what happened next.

"What happened, did you guys like have sex?" they laughed.

"Yes."

"You did it with Joel! He was your first. Wow."

"You are so lucky Hilary." said one girl.

"Ill tell you more later."

Hilary sat in her math class. She was bored. She decided to write a note to her girlfriend who sat in front of her. She wrote, "I met Joel last night. We hung out in his tour bus and had sex."

The teacher noticed her passing something.

"Is that a note?"
"No miss." she shoved it into her pocket.

What she didn’t realize is that she left the note in her pocket. When she gave her mom her jeans to wash. While Hilary was upstairs doing her homework her mom read the note.

She became very angry. But knew she should remain calm, if she was going to confront her daughter about it.

"Hilary sweetie we need to talk."

"Yea mom, come in."

She entered her room.

"Who’s Joel?"
"Oh... Joel madden from good charlotte."

She pointed at her poster.

"He was on trl yesterday right?"

"Yes."

"Hilary i want you to tell me the truth when i was you this."

"Sure mom, anything."
"Are you sexually active?"
"Mom! That’s gross...of course not."

"I found this note in your pocket." she showed her the note, "is there something you want to tell me?"

"Alright...fine! I met Joel yesterday. And we were in his tour bus... but....we really like each other mom. He’s not just some random guy."

"And how old is he? How long did you date this guy?"
"He’s... 25. We didn’t date mom."

"You’re grounded."
"But mom!"
Good Charlotte was just about to go on stage in Michigan, when Joel got a call on his cell.

"I can’t see you anymore."

"What why?!"

"My mom found a note in my pocket. I was telling my friends what we did."

"Hilary why would you tell people. If word gets out that i was with a 17 year old i could go to jail."

Benji walked by, "hey who are you talking to?"

"My mom."
"What?" asked Hilary.

"Nothing."

"I’m sorry we just can’t talk. I have to go i hear my mom calling me." she hung up.

"Damnit she hung up on me."

"Your mom hung up on you?"
"Shut up."
"Dude its time to get on stage hurry up!"
Hilary had slammed the phone down. She felt angry at her mother for telling her who she couldn’t date.

She looked at her good charlotte poster hanging on the wall. She hugged her pink pillow that said princess and cried.

'Maybe i should go check on her.'

She knocked on the door.

"Hilary i made popcorn, you want some?"
She took her pillow and flung it at the door.

"Leave me alone. I hate you!"
The next morning Joel checks his tour list.

"Were going to Cleveland next."

"Hey we could stop at rock hall of fame."

"Or the science center."

"No Tony, we tried that last year, we got kicked out cause you messed with one of the displays."

"I thought it was funny."

"But we could stop at heathers old house."

"No thanks, can’t we just skip Cleveland."

"Skip the fans. We can’t do that."

"Ok... can i wait on the bus?"

"What’s the big deal? It’s just Cleveland."
"She doesn’t like it, cause all the people that treated her badly is in Cleveland, "said Benji, "am i right?" heather nodded.

"You’ll be backstage. You don’t have to see the kids in the audience."

"What if someone i knew has a backstage pass?"

"As long as they don’t bug you, it’s ok. If not Benji here will protect you."

"Hey it’s the browns stadium. And tower city."
"Are there single chicks in Cleveland?" asked Tony.

"Yea. You can find lots in the flats."
"Flats?"
"The bars."
"Bars! Where?"
"Calm down. You’re not going near a bar."

They crossed a red bridge at the side of the stadium. They parked there bus. The 3 big white trucks parked behind them.

They noticed a small crowd already waiting at the corner of the street. Behind a fence.

Heather remembered one of the girls.

"Shit I know that girl. She used to tease me about liking good charlotte. And now there she is wearing a good charlotte hoodie."
"Let’s give her the finger." said Benji.

"I wouldn’t, and then all the fans around her will feel insulted."
During the opening band heather saw from the side of the stage a guy she knew.

"Hey Benji i know that guy fuckin loser. Found out he was just going to mess with me... then dump me.... he told me he wouldn’t date me. Even though we like kissed and stuff."
She pointed him out. They noticed he had a VIP pass.

"Don’t worry, i wont let him bug you."
After the opening band heather had gone to the snack table back stage. The guy approached her.

"So are you good charlottes little slut now."

"Go away."
"Good charlotte sucks, i was just here to see the opening band. So... tried to commit suicide i heard. Damn you’re still as much of a loser as you were in high school."
Heather got teary eyed.

Benji noticed a guy arguing with her, Benji stood in front of heather.

"Is this jerk bothering you?"

"Yes."
"Hey why don’t you quit bugging her?"

"And what are you going to do about it?"
Benji pushed him. Joel came over.

"Dude, don’t. Let security deal with him."
3 tall security guards came over and escorted the guy out of the arena.

Benji noticed heather was upset. She ran off towards the bus.

"Ill go deal with heather."
"Hurry up we go on stage soon."
Benji followed heather. She went to the tour bus and slammed the door and locked it.

Benji remembered he had a key to the bus in his pocket.

Benji found her in her bunk writing in her journal.
"Hey I know you hate it here."
"But you love it here of course."
"Yea cause of the fans. But I don’t like to see people that were mean to you. Were only here usually two days out of the whole year. Is there anything in Cleveland you like to do?"
"Hmm… rock bottom brewery is nice. It’s a restraunt."
"Ok, well go there after the show i promise."
Benji hugged her, "you can stay in here during the show."
"Thank you."

After the show Benji surprised the band with the plans for the evening.

"Were going to a brewery. That means there’s beer!"

"No drinking Tony. Not even a sip." said Benji.

"It’s kind of hard not to let Tony drink. Once he sees a huge metal container of it. He’ll want to drink it all."

The tour bus and trucks pulled into the parking lot in the heart of the flats.

They found a table near the back corner of the restraunt.

"Maybe Tony should sit in-between us so he doesn’t sneak off."

"What if i need the bathroom?"
"Then me or Joel will walk with you to the bathroom." said Benji.

"What would you like to drink?"
"Ill have lemonade. And he will have a coke."

Tony frowned.

"Ill have lemonade too." said Joel.

"Me too." said heather.

"Are you all ready to order?" they glanced over the menus.

"Yes ill have a veggie pizza to share."

"And ill have the salmon meal." said heather.

The waiter took the menus and went and got bread for our table.

"Is that ok if I order salmon?"
"Oh yea its fine. We eat fish sometimes." said Joel.

Joel’s cell phone went off.

"Hey Joel it’s Amy. How are you sweetie?"

"Great how you feel?"

"Alright. Gaining weight. I just wanted to tell you Sarah signed me up for a Lamaze class tomorrow."

"Sweet let me tell Benji... Sarah and Amy are going to Lamaze class tomorrow."
"That’s awesome."
"What’s Lamaze class?" asked Tony.

"It’s where they help you breath."
"They forget how or something?"
"No… it’s just harder when you have a baby." said heather.

When the food arrived Joel told Amy he had to talk to her tomorrow.

They ate there food, and talked about there tour.

"So where are we going tomorrow night?" asked heather.

"Chicago."

"Let’s go if we wanna get there by mid afternoon."

The tour bus drove till morning.

Amy was laying on a dark blue mat that next morning.

"Now have your partner hold up a focus object for you to look at."

Sarah held up a stuffed animal bunny.

"Concentrate on the object. And breathe like we just learned. Let your partner count for you."

Sarah counted quietly. "Good job."

"Now sit up. Hold your partners hand. Close your eyes. Put yourself in a peaceful calm place."

Everyone else there was with there boyfriends or husbands.

"I wish Joel was here." said Amy.

"Yea, i’m sure Joel would be here to help you and support you."

"Even though he hasn’t been gone long... I feel like he's missed out on so much."
"Think about the money he’s making on this tour though, all money for you and the baby."

"Can you call him?"
Amy gave Sarah her cell, as she continued to practice her breathing.

Sarah dialed Joel’s cell number.

"It went to voice mail. Hey Joel... its Sarah, Amy’s here doing Lamaze, she just wanted to see how you were doing."
"And that I miss him."
"And she misses you lots."
She put the phone down. Amy looked so sad.

"Hey you will see him soon."
"Soon?"
"Yea he’s in Chicago tonight right?"
"Yea."
"How about we go to the show. Check it out?"
She put her hand on her tummy.
"Tonight? What about the baby. The doctor said i need bed rest."
"Come on, you’ve had bed rest nonstop for weeks. It’s just for one night."

Amy and Sarah smiled.

"2......6... shit." Hilary was talking to her girlfriend on the phone.

"6 days... like maybe you’re stressed. School... work... your mom… could be many reasons."
"Joel."
"Yea… but you said Joel... you know like...wore protection."
"He did."

"Plus you guys like....only did it once...yea...i don’t know if you can get pregnant if you only do it once... i fell asleep in heath class yesterday."

There was a knock at the door.

"Shit, i have to go. Ill call you back."

Hilary threw her Lizzie Maguire calendar under her bed.

"Yea?!" her mom came in.

"Hilary, i appreciate the chores you’ve been doing. And with this whole being grounded thing. It’s not easy to ground you. I know things are harder for you. Growing up in the spotlight."

Hilary was becoming impatient with her mother daughter speech.

"Is there a point to all this mom?"
"Yes, just that you’re officially ungrounded."
"Thanks." she said in a monotone voice.

"Hil. i thought you would be happy...is there something wrong?"
"No mom ok."
"Is this about that Joel guy, now i thought i told you."
"I know mom i know... its just stress."

"Well i’m glad we could have a nice talk."

She called her girlfriend back.

"What was that all about?"
"My mom has ungrounded me."
"That’s awesome, now we can hang out."

"Hey… can you pick me up. I’d like to stop at the drug store."
"Sure I’m on my way."

Amy and Sarah packed up the car for the road trip to Chicago.

"It should take about... 5 hours...we've got lots of cds, and snacks." said Sarah.

"This is nice, just you and me, doing a road trip together. I really appreciate you doing this." said Amy. As she put on her seatbelt.

"We should be there around 7pm."

Hilary’s girlfriend arrived in her new jaguar her parents bought her.

"Slick new ride." said Hilary.

"Thanks, I asked for an ipod and I got a car. Just because I did well on my report card."

"I told my mom id be sleeping at your house tonight. So she wouldn’t get suspicious of me walking in after curfew."

"Why couldn’t you tell your mom you were going to a concert?"
"She'd automatically assume that it’s to see good charlotte. Then she'd defiantly not let me leave the house."

"Well we have Cvs... and rite aid."

"Pick anyone i don’t care."
"What do these tests look like?"

"There sticks. Or something."
Hilary found five, "where should i do these?"
"Not at my house, my mom would flip if she saw those in the trash."
"Gas station."
"Sure."
There was a bp next door. As Hilary got the key to the bathroom her cell phone went off. She gave it to her girlfriend.

"See who it is."
"It’s Joel. Should I answer?"
"Yea, tell him I’m busy. Make up something."
"Hey Joel."
"Hi, who’s this?"
"Stacy, Hilary’s best friend."
"Can I speak to Hilary?"
"She’s in...The bathroom. I think shell be in there for awhile. She ate something that made her feel sick."
"When she gets out tell her I heard she made the cover of sunshine girl. And congratulations."
"Ok ill tell her that." she put away the phone.

"Shit its positive."

"Yea...that compliment was positive."
She opened the door.

"No look. Plus signs on all of them."

"Omg Hil, what are you going to do?"
"Tell Joel."
"You want me to call him back?"
"And tell him on the phone… uh yea Joel its Hilary you got me pregnant, by... no I couldn’t do that."

"Well there in town tonight. You could tell him in person at the concert."
"But, our ages. What if press is there and reporters?"

"Tell him in private."
"What if he doesn’t believe me?"
"Bring the tests as proof."

Joel was practicing guitar with Benji.

"Yea, practice that a few more times."

Heather walked by, "Benji, Tony’s hogging all the snack food, and wont give me back the peanut butter jar."

"Let me go deal with this." Benji told Joel.

Benji left the room. Joel could hear him say, "Tony quit being a dumbass."

Joel looked down at his music sheet. There was a knock at the door.

"Yea I’m practicing."
"It’s Amy."
Joel smiled. And opened the door.
"Amy, Sarah... What are you doing here?"
"Sarah drove me over."
"She was doing Lamaze. She missed you so much." said Sarah.

"But the baby... Come in... sit down."
Amy sat down next to Joel. He hugged her. Sarah sat on a nearby chair.

"Sarah told me how long I’ve been in bed. And said one night out wouldn’t be bad."

"How you feel. Can I get you anything?"
"I’m fine, I’m just glad to be here."

Benji, Tony and heather walked in. Heather was carrying a sandwich.

"Amy, sweet everyone’s here." heather went over and hugged Amy.

"And me too." said Sarah.

"Thanks for bringing her."

"You’re welcome, anything for my brother." Sarah hugged Joel.

"What the fuck happened to you. Your fat."
"She’s pregnant. Sorry excuse Tony. He has a short term memory." said Joel.

"When did you get pregnant?"
Joel rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Can I put my hand on your tummy?" asked heather.

"Sure, Joel first."

Joel put his hand on her swollen tummy. He kissed her cheek. Then he held her hand.

"Heather, Benji."
"Sure."
They put there hands on her tummy.

"Aww that’s cool." said heather.

Heather sat down and continued her food.

"Joel can you give me a quick foot massage?"
"Sure." she slipped off her black shoes and rested her feet on his lap.

Joel rubbed her feet. She was wearing black socks with spider webs on them.

"Hey Joel, another girl is here to see you. She says it’s important."
"Tell her i'm busy, 30 minutes till the show dude. Ill meet her after the show."

"This girls getting bitch out here. Sign her cd or something."
"OK OK! Let her in."
Amy sat up, "thanks Joel… for that quick foot rub."
"Sorry this will just take a second."

Hilary duff walked in, dressed like a gap or Abercrombie clothing junkie.

The room went silent.

The silence only lasted seconds until a pepped up girl that acted like she drank way to many cups of coffee started talking a mile a minute.

"Amy lee, you’re from evanescence right? I totally love your new dark Goth look. Can’t you tell with my punk girl shirt? I have the black eyeliner too. I’ve been thinking about dying my hair black."
"Ok miss happy sunshine. Joel will sign your poster after ok?"
"Wait I need to talk to Joel."
"Oh wow. I need to get some more snacks." Benji stood up.

"This better be about music." said Amy.

"I’m gonna go with Benji." said heather.

"Tony come on."

"No I want to watch."
"Tony I’m sure there are girls lining up back stage to meet you."
He got up fast and went out the door.

Heather laughed, "Sure."

As they left Benji closed the door behind them.

"I need to talk to Joel alone."
"Joel is my boyfriend. So anything you have to tell him you can tell me." she held his hand.

"You....have a girlfriend! Joel you said you weren’t with anyone."
"Joel did you sleep with her while I was gone?"

"I even asked you if the rumors were true about you and her. You said no." said Hilary.

"Joel why would you do this to Amy!" said Sarah.

"I’m five months pregnant and you go and sleep with someone else!"

Well now I’m pregnant too."
"Hilary, you have some nerve coming in here making up shit like this." said Joel.

"I’m making this up… fine look!" she dumped what was in her purse onto the couch. She held up the sticks. "I couldn’t tell you over the phone."
"She’s 17 Joel. The whole idea makes me sick."
"Well you were away… a guy has needs."

"So you go and screw a teenager. That makes perfect sense Joel."
"I hate you!" Hilary screamed. She quickly grabbed her stuff and her prada purse and left making sure to slam the door.

She saw her girlfriend in the hall waiting for her.

"How did it go?"
"Just take me home. I never want to talk to him again."
"Why what happened?"
"He got another girl already pregnant."

"That bastard."

"I’m 17 and pregnant. Still in high school. My mom wanted me to grow up and get married then have kids. My moms gonna kill me if she finds out."
They got in the car.

"Have an abortion."
"I can’t do that. I’m against it."
Hilary took the good charlotte cd out of Stacy’s cd player.

"You still want this?"
"Hell no!" Hilary snapped the cd in half.

"When I get home that good charlotte poster will be ripped to shreds."

Stacy hugged Hilary.

Joel sat there, he didn’t know what to say.

"Amy. I’m sorry." Joel went to hold her hand.

"Don’t fucking touch me."

Joel tried to hug her. Amy pushed him.

"Let’s get out of here." said Sarah.

Joel sat in the room by himself.

There was a knock on the door; he was hoping it was Amy or Hilary. But it was Benji, heather and Tony.

"Joel you’re rubbing your am. What happened? Did we miss a cat fight?"
"Amy pushed me."
"Joel got beat up by a girl." Tony laughed.

"As much as I’d love to say you’re a jerk for what you did, I’m your brother and I support you through tough times like this."

"If a guy did that to me, ya know… got me pregnant then someone else… I’d push you too."

"Yea dude. What were you thinking?"
"Well you’re a guy. You understand. I think a part of it was that Amy was away, Hilary came on to me. And that I always had a crush on her."
"That’s not the way to treat women. Remember mom told us to respect women."
"Your acting like there sex objects." said heather.

"Yea you’re acting like Tony."
"hey." said Tony.

"So what should I do?"

"Well first stop thinking of women as sex objects. Give Amy a break. She’s obviously pissed at you. And if you try to call her now she'll bitch at you more. Take this time to think of a way to win her back. Do something nice for her."

"She should be a psychiatrist."
"Just trying to offer advice from a female’s point of view."

"Yea, thank you."
"Time to go on stage." Benji said after he checked his watch. That next day good charlotte was on there way to Kentucky to do a concert in a small city.

Hilary went to school that next day. Very quiet and depressed. Which everyone thought was very unusual.

She excused herself during her second class to go to the nurse. She had very bad cramps.

"Trying to get out of gym again Hilary."

"No I really don’t feel good this time."

Hilary went and laid down on the leather bed near the corner of the room.

"Do you want me to call your mom?"
"Yes please."
Hilary never felt intense pain like this.

"Miss Duff, we have Hilary in the nurse’s office resting. She has stomach pain, she wants you to come pick her up. I’d take her to get checked out by a doctor if it’s this bad. Ok. She’ll be outside waiting for you."
Hilary got her coat on.

She sat outside, her mom pulled up she crawled into the back seat and laid down.

"I’m taking you to the emergency room."
"You don’t have to."
The emergency room was packed. People in crutches.

Hilary’s mom talked to the receptionist.

"My daughter needs to be seen right away."
"We have alot of people waiting."
"My daughters a fucking movie star. Surely she can be seen immediately."
"Ok have her come with us. We need to ask her some questions first before we can take her to the emergency room."
Hilary’s mom waited in the hallway.

"Hilary how old are you?"
"17."

"What seems to be the problem?"

"I have really bad cramps."
"Ok next!"

"Please i'm serious."
"Look we have people with broken bones and knife wounds."
"Please do something. Give me something for the pain."
"Ok well give you a quick exam and some Tylenol and that’s it."
"Thank you."
She followed the nurse to the pediatric emergency room. Her mom waited out in the hall.

"The following questions will be kept confidential. But we need this information so we can find out what’s wrong with you."
Hilary nodded.

"Are you sexually active?"
"Yes… I am."
"Any chance of pregnancy?"
"Yes I took a test yesterday and it was positive."
"What you’re probably going through is a miscarriage."

Hilary felt sad even though she knew she couldn’t take care of a baby. She didn’t want to loose it like this.

Hilary went and changed into a hospital gown. She threw out her new pink thong from victorias secret. Cause she knew the stains wouldn’t come out. The nurse laid down clean towels on the stretcher before she laid back down on it.

"You’ll probably have more pain soon. That’s why were gonna give you an IV with pain medicine and stuff to make you sleepy. So you can nap."

The nurse put in the IV.

"Well let you stay in a recovery room for a day."
Her mother went with her to the recovery room.

"So what was wrong?" asked her mom.

"Nothing."

"We gave her pain medicine. She’ll sleep for awhile." said the nurse.

Hilary got out of her wheel chair to get on the recovery room bed.

Her mom slept on a couch in the room.

The next morning Hilary woke up to her mom turning on the morning news.

"Mom please let me sleep."
"You should eat something, to get your energy back. Ill go down to the cafeteria to get you some food."

Her mom left the room. Hilary turned off the TV and grabbed the phone. She dialed Joel’s number.

The phone rang and ran.

"Hold on!" Joel said. He was in black pajama pants and a made shirt.

"Who the fuck would call at 8:30 in the morning." he checked the caller ID.

It said Chicago hospital. Joel was worried that it was one of Tony’s friends.

"Hello?"
To hear Joel’s voice was a comfort to Hilary.

"It’s Hilary."
"I would appreciate it if you didn’t call here like this, this early."
"Joel… I lost the baby."
"Shit." Joel sat down on the couch in the dinning room. He didn’t know what to say at first.

"Hello?"
"Sorry. What did your mom say?"
"She doesn’t know. I don’t think ill ever tell her."
"You ok? You must feel sad."
"I feel better. I’m actually not that sad, I wouldn’t be able to keep the baby anyway. I still have high school to complete."
"And Hil, I’m sure there are many other guys out there that would love to be with you. Someone with your style. Younger."
"I guess.....I just really liked you… and I’m sorry if I messed up your relationship. Things were going good for you then I screwed everything up." she started crying.

"Hil please don’t cry, it isn’t all your fault. I lied to you."
She sniffled. "We probably can’t talk to each other anymore."
"I think that would be for the best. I think I should focus on repairing things with Amy if she'll take me back."

"I know."
"Bye Hil."

Joel felt kind of sad that Hilary went through all that.

Joel went to the bunks where they were sleeping.

"hey Benji can you help me with this whole Amy thing?"
"Dude its 9am go ask heather, I think she’s awake already."

Joel knocked on the back room door.

"Come in."
Heather was sitting on the bed writing.

"Who was that on the phone?"
"Hilary... she... lost the baby."
"I’m sorry Joel. Is there anything I can do to help?"
"I need some advice on winning Amy back."
"Sure, well what does she like?"
"Ice cream...flowers... that’s about it."
"Girls also like something that’s hand made. Maybe a letter."
"I’m not good with writing."
"Well you’re asking the right person."

Heather ripped out a blank piece of paper from her journal and gave it to Joel with her pen.

"What do you want to tell her?"

"That I’m sorry. That what I did was stupid. That I really want to be there for her and the baby. I understand that she’s mad at me. I love her so much. I miss her."

"Ok hold on...” she was still writing. She gave it to Joel.

"Sweet, nice handwriting. Thank you."
"You have to sign it."
"Do I write, Love Joel madden?"
"No don’t write love, you’ve already mentioned love. You don’t want to scare her with all this romantic feeling coming from a letter. Write sincerely Joel madden."

"Ok… now what?"
"Mail it to her...with the flowers."
"You sure this will work?"
"Defiantly." the tour bus stopped at a flower shop.

"Any bouquet of flowers that shows that i’m sorry."

"Is this for a girlfriend?"

"Yea."
"Dozen red roses work best."
"Can you send this letter with it?"
"Sure, well send this out later."
"Thank you."
He filled out the card with her address. Joel got back on the tour bus.

"What was that all about?"
"Joel’s trying to win Amy back. I think its sweet." said heather.

"The chances of Joel getting back with Amy, is the same chances I have of finding a girlfriend."

Joel smiled, "it could work. She could be completely awed by my kindness and compassion."

"You fucked a lil girl. You’ll have to try harder then that." said Tony.

"Hey… I think what Joel’s doing is great. We all know there meant to be together."

"This mushy love stuff… please." said Tony.

"Glad I could help you Joel."

Heather walked back to her bunk to relax and watch TV.

"Hey heather wait." said Benji.

He sat on her bedside.

"I really want to thank you. For helping my brother. For giving him courage and hope."

"No problem. He really does love her. I can tell."
"I was wondering. If you’re not busy tonight. If you’d like to go get something to eat."
"Um."

"Yea… I mean we don’t have a show tonight. I was just well....we haven’t gone to dinner for awhile."

"All of us?"
"No… the two of us."
"Dude you want to go to a strip club tonight?" asked Tony as he barged in on there conversation.

"Yea he mentioned it now he won’t shut up about it." said Paul.

"We were talking here." Benji smiled.

"Sorry...please can we go. Please!"

"I don’t like those places."

"Joel won’t go with us cause he thinks it’s wrong to see other girls strip. Please...they have root bear."

"Hold on." he looked at heather, "dinner yes or no?"
"I… I don’t think so Benji. I’m sorry."
"Ill have to say no to the club idea." said Benji.

"Alright we'll go." said Tony.

"I’m gonna hang out here. Play video games."
"Ok."
Benji called Sarah.

"Hey its Benji can we talk?"
"It’s not gonna work, Amy wants nothing to do with Joel."
"No this isn’t about Amy. It’s about heather. I was wondering if you think it’s a good idea to be in a relationship with her again."
"If your asking if you should sleep with her. How about you ask Joel. I’m not good with sex advice."
"I didn’t call to argue about Joel. And I wouldn’t do that to heather. I’m only asking about a relationship."
"Well I don’t know... have you talked about it with her?"
"No. I was wondering if you could talk to her. Get her opinion on it."
"You want me to talk to her. geezz what’s wrong with men these days there to scared to talk about there feelings."
"Please Sarah; you’re the only girl that’s really close to heather."
"Alright, just about how she feels about a relationship."
"And.....just ask for her opinion about making love."
"You owe me big time for this."
"Hey heather, Sarah needs to talk to you."
Heather took the phone.

"Hey heather, can we talk?"

"Sure." heather went into the back room.

"What’s your feelings about Benji?"

"Well..." She smiled.

"I won’t tell him... I was just curious."
"I do still like him. But I guess things changed after I was in the hospital for my suicide attempt. And when you walked in on us making out on the couch."

"I’m sorry about that."
"It’s alright, it’s in the past. But I think that killed the mood for us completely. Since then I’ve viewed Benji as more of a friend. A guy that takes care of me."

"But you still have a crush on him?"
"Defiantly. He’s a really sweet guy."

"What’s your opinion about an intimate relationship?"
Heather blushed.

"Um… I’d have to love the person. And they would have to love me too. Not some one night stand where the guy would leave me the next morning. I’d want the guy to plan something romantic. Rose petals, lit candles, bubble bath, fancy dinner, incense, maybe fireplace."
"Wow you have this really planned out."
"And a canopy bed with drapes, sparkling apple juice in wine glasses, and some pretty lingerie picked out for me to wear."
"Are you reading this from a book?"
"No. I’ve just had many years to think about it."

"I hope you can find a guy that’s romantic like this. There aren’t many out there. is Benji still there I need to talk to him."
"Sure."
Heather gave the phone to Benji. Who was in the kitchen, and returned to the backroom.

"So ...what did she say?" Benji sat on his bunk.

"Well… she likes you. Cares about you. As for a relationship she said things changed after I walked in on you both and her suicide situation as for an intimate relationship. Don’t