It Started With A Song Writeing Contest

Ch 23

Me and Ross walked downstairs. Marcus runs to me "Sissy!" I bend down to his height and smile, while holding back tears. "Hey bub. You ready to go on tour?" I ask. "What do you do on tour?" "Well, Ross, Rocky, Riker, Rydel, and Ellington are gonna perform at their concerts as R5, and im gonna perform a song with them at some shows. And we get to go explore new places, meet new people, and best part, in some nights you'll get to sleep on a bus." I say. "We can sleep on the bus? I've always wanted to be in a bus like that!" Marcus says getting excited. "I know. So I better go eat so we can go." I say standing up and go eat. Ross sits beside me. I'm smileing but Ross knows it fake, he can tell when I'm upset. No one else here can though, thankfully. "How do you do that?" "Do what?" "Put on such a convincing smile when you see Marcus. I could never do that with Ryland as kids. Even when we were young, if I was upset I couldn't hide it to protect Ryland. I'd try but always fail." "I don't know. I feel like I'm responsible to keep him happy, so if I can keep him from worrying about me being sad then I'm doing my job. Yes 7, he doesn't need a life like mine." "I still don't understand how though." Stormie walks in. "It's a mothers's instinct dear. Good parents that care about their kids learn to do it, she's just learned early." "You heard?" "Yes i heard. And I understand the stress. But I don't know how it feels at 16." "Can we just not talk about this. We're going on tour, and i want to enjoys it." I say getting up and washing my plate. Ross follows doing the same. "Let's go wait for the bus. It should be here any minute" Ross says. "Yeah. But I gotta grab Marcus's stuff, and pack my last minute essentials. Be back in a minute" I say walking upstairs. I throw my brush, make-up, and toothbrush and toothpaste in my bag, and takes Marcus's bag down. I out it by mine, and sit down beside Ross. "You okay princess?" Ross said putting his arm around me. "I will be" I say resting my head on his shoulder. "I love you" "I love you too" Ross says kissing my forehead. "THE BUS IS HERE" Riker yells from outside. I get up and yell for Marcus and he come into the living room. We load our stuff on the bus and get going.