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He was kidding, because obviously I did, but it still

“Hey!”

“What?” He laughed “Sorry, that’s not fair… I’ your research, and you’re correct I’ll start looking into it so we aren’t scraoes to the military”

“The first of them,” I repeated “The oldest?”

“Lucas or Rae” He sighed “We’ll stagger it as most labels do so they can still produce, and it’s only two years”

“Yeah” My heart sank “Only two years, plus they don’t have to go for another few years anyway”

“It goes by fast, though”

Okay, he needed to stop talking right now

“Sure,” I agreed “Oh, and you missed that call” My voice fell a bit as I realized that no roup would be one

I tried to keep uys performed, and when they were finally finished, and the croas deafening, I waited by the dressing rooot back into their street clothes

“Hey!” Solia approached, staring down at her phone “Lucas needs soreet Soain This time security pulled the It scared the rest of the fans, and Lucas looked pretty shaken up I have to uys are okay Can you check on him?”

Shit Would the guy ever catch a break?

“Yeah” Panicked, Iroom and knocked

“Go away, Solia” His voice was angry, even h the door

“It’s not Solia” I pressed ainst the door

It opened iainst him as I stumbled inside He shut it behind him and stared down at me, his expression unreadable After a minute or so of silence, he went over to the black makeup chair and sat down in a huff in front of the mirror