It All Started With Hello [Book One In The Hello Series]

Chapter 67- Sick Day

"If she wants to perform, let her perform. You won't have to sit backstage with her. Kenneth, Walter, and I will." Keisha said before hanging up.

I guess she'll be performing tonight.

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Artemis

We just finished performing our set and I felt like shit.

"How you feeling, Artty?" Isis asked me. I glared at her as I walked into our dressing room.

"Shit." I answered her. I changed and went to get on the bus.

"Artemis, you have fans backstage with VIP passes, you can't leave yet." Keisha said. I nodded and blew my nose on some tissue.

"Are you sick, Princess?" A little girl asked.

"Yeah. Just a little bit. I'll be okay soon though." I smiled.

"Hello handsome." Brittany smiled at a fan who was our age and a guy.

"Hi. I'm such a big fan of you girls." The boy smiled. Good thing is he wasn't gay.

"We don't really get to meet any guy fans." Jari said as she gave him a hug. Isis and Brittany followed her example.

"Why is Princess being so mean?" The boy asked.

"She's sick." Isis said.

"Oh. I'm sorry. Feel better, Princess. To say you're sick you look good." The boy smiled.

"Thank you." I whispered. "Do you have any guy friends that like UR?"

"Yeah. All of my friends like you girls. Especially the boys. They all daydream about you. We have fights over who will marry who." The boy laughed. We laughed with him before talking to other fans. I didn't really hug or talk to them because I didn't want them to get sick.

"Hey girls." Ray huffed as he and the boys got off stage.

"Oh my God! It's Mindless Behavior!" Some of the girls shouted.

"I got mad respect for these dudes. They getting money and girls. Things all guys want." The boy said as he shook the boys' hands.

"Thanks man." Prod nodded.

"How are you feeling, mi amor?" Prince asked me after they took pictures.

"I'm fine." I lied. I felt like I was going to throw up.

"Go to the bathroom. You look bad." Prince said. I shook my head and he wrapped his arm around me. "Forget it. I'll get sick for you."

He kissed my cheek as he made me lean on him.

"Dude, she's sick." Roc said after the fans left and we went to the buses.

"I know." Prince kissed me before I sneezed.

"Eww!" Isis squealed. "She sneezed in your face! Eww!"

"I guess I'm getting sick next." Prince sighed as he wiped his face on my shirt. I pushed his head back. We did our normal routine of standing together as one group in the middle of all of the buses. We usually talk or sing or dance.

"Who's wants to sing something tonight?" Prod asked.

"Normally you, Jari, or Jacob sings. So sing." Star said.

"My throat kinda hurts." Prod said. Jacob nodded and so did Jari.

"I'll sing." I said when it got quiet.

"Artemis." Everyone sighed.

"You'll hurt yourself even more." Isis said with concern. I rolled my eyes and opened my mouth to sing.

"And I am telling you I'm not going

You're the best man I'll ever know

There's no way I can ever go

No, no, there's no way

No, no, no, no way I'm living without you

I'm not living without you I don't wanna be free I'm staying I'm staying And you, and you

You're gonna love me, oh ooh mm mm

You're gonna love me

And I am telling you I'm not going

Even though the rough times are showing There's just no way, there's no way

We're part of the same place

We're part of the same time

We both share the same blood

We both have the same mind

And time and time, we've had so much to see and No, no, no, no, no, no way

I'm not waking up tomorrow morning and finding that there's nobody there

Darling there's no way No, no, no, no way

I'm living without you

I'm not living without you

You see there's just no way, there's no way

Please don't go away from me

Stay with me stay with me

Stay, stay and hold me

Stay, stay and hold me

Please stay and hold me, Mr. Man,

Try it mister, try it mister

I know, I know, I know you can

Tear down the mountains

Yell, scream and shout like you can say what you want

I'm not walking out

Stop all the rivers, push, strike and kill

I'm not gonna leave you

There's no way I will

And I am telling you I'm not going

You're the best man I'll ever know

There's no way I could ever, ever go

No, no, no, no way

No, no, no, no way I'm living without you

Oh, I'm not living without you,

Not living without you I don't wanna be free

I'm staying, I'm staying

And you, and you, and you

You're gonna love me

You're gonna love me, yes you are

Ooh ooh love me, ooh ooh ooh love me

Love me, love me, love me, love me

You're gonna love me"

I sang just like Jennifer Hudson did in Dreamgirls as Efie White. It was so quiet when I finished that snapping your fingers would sound like a gun shot.

"Artemis, that was...that was...wow." Beauty gasped.

"Artty, I have never heard you sing like that before. You sounded just like Jennifer Hudson." Brittany whispered. I just looked down as everyone said a little something.

"Where did that voice come from, Artemis?" Keisha asked as she came out of nowhere.

"I don't know, Keisha. It just...came out. I don't know why I even sang that song. It was just in my head at the moment and wanted to come out." I answered her.

"Well that was amazing. You sounded just like Jennifer." Keisha smiled. "Y'all should get on y'all buses. Who's staying on the bus with Artemis?"

Prince instantly raised his hand as everyone else looked ready to run to a bus.

"Alright. I see how y'all is." I rolled my eyes.

"Okay. Girls, go get your things off that bus and find some bus to stay." Keisha said before going on her bus. Brittany, Jari, Isis, and Juno got a few of their things off our bus and went on different buses. Prince and I got on the bus then passed out sleep in different bunks.