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Unfortunately, the incident existed for Micah

He’d gone quiet ere out doing tourist stuff and I was grateful for the sullen response, and for the fans who stopped us on the street for photos and autographs,to ot back to my hotel room and hadn’t even been in there five minutes when I heard the knock on the door It was Micah And he was pissed

I could still hear hi Preston?"

It was so unfair He did this every tiroupies and I didn’t say a word, I suffered in silence, but God forbid I let another odda his hands like he wanted to wrap them around my throat "I hate that you do this to roupies, Micah?" I’d said, trying to stay calm I never wanted to be that rock star who screamed like a banshee in her hotel room and caused scenes "You whore yourself out all the time I don’t That doesn’t ht here" He pounded his chest breathlessly "Take me I’m all yours"

"Until you decide I’ve hurt your feelings and you go stick it in someone else to spite me"

His face mottled with frustration "Howto work things out, I never would have been with her I can’t even re--"

The door tohilared at Micah Austin and Brandon were right behind her "The entire hotel can hear you"

"Co" Micah shook him off

"I swear to God, man, you better let hi to fucking beat that pretty face to a pulp," Brandon warned

Micah lifted his chin defiantly "Try it"

"You think I won’t" Brandon strode over to hiotten into a serious physical fight before, he’d easily subdued Micah on the rare occasion our guitarist got a little aggressive when drunk Brandon cut er slammed back down over his expression "I hear you co end you You hear me?"

Micah’s head whipped back like Brandon had actually hit him "I would never hurt her"

Brandon snorted "You do it all the ti to rip this band apart Now get out of Skylar’s room before I physically remove you froets enough shit from the press and the fans She doesn’t need your immature ass in her face about it too"

"You need to stay out of this," Micah warned

"Enough" Gayle sighed, crossing her arms over her chest "Is this what it’s like when I’m not here?"

Austin shook his head "No, we’re fine It’s just been one of those days"

"Well, I’ed off Austin’s grip "We’re fine" He stor back at me

Brandon rubbed my shoulder affectionately "You okay?"

I was shaken but as new? "I’ll be fine"

But I wasn’t These days I never was And now I had to finish our set, like always, with the love song that I’d written about Micah A love song he knew I’d written about hi the band didn’t play with me I did it solo

I took a shaky breath, exhaled, and stru chords

"Under s

My heart has saved

A photograph of a young reen and a face of the brave

"And beneath that there’s

A case ht

That she couldn’t afford

Inside, a CD of a song

That made me realize what I was meant for

"Somehow one day, one rainy day,

This boy found himself in that box

Somehow one day, one rainy day,

He shts

"I think of those moments I’ve kept

Hidden and safe