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A Secret to Hold Close
Chapter Seven

�Now why do we have to meet this bird?� Tom asked as the band handed their instruments off to Neil, their guitar guy, and grabbed towels from the stage assistants to dry off some of the sweat from being under the hot lights and performing all night.

Lisa frowned but said, �Oh, like usual she had enough strings pulled and enough money given. All you have to do is spend ten minutes tops with the two girls and then you can go back to the tour bus.�

Dougie piped up, �Are they fit at all?�

Lisa rolled her eyes and said jokingly, �Yeah they are both pretty. If you�re lucky one of them might just look at you.�

The boys pretended to be hurt and followed her into their dressing rooms. The quickly cleaned up and threw on some clean clothes before meeting Lisa in the hall once again and then following her up to the suite. Joking around the whole time they wondered how the girls were going to act. �I bet they are going to instantly zoom in on Danny and Dougie, maybe Harry.� Tom said with a grin, �They always do.�

Danny smirked back, �Of course, everyone knows who the fittest one of the band is.�

Dougie jumped in, �Me?�

Harry playfully jumped on Dougie, �No it�s me!�

Danny then jumped on Harry, �No, you�re both wrong! It�s me of course!�

Tom just shared an eye roll with Lisa before also being swept into the dog pile. �Guys get off! Come on!� he complained loudly.

When they finally broke it up, they had arrived to the door of the private box and Lisa paused, �Oh I forgot. The blond one is the older sister, she�s 21, and her name is Jessica Larson while the younger one is called Mylie. She is 20. Now be nice ok?� All the boys placed innocent looks on their faces and nodded. Lisa sighed knowing the mischief they could get into sometimes, gave them one last behave-yourself-glare before opening the door and ushering the four guys into the room�

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Mylie had been leaning on the balcony railing with her sister again watching the lights and set people start disassembling all the equipment. All of a sudden she had to grab onto the rail as a dizzy spell shot through her body. She closed her eyes and squeezed tight to the bar to give her something stable to hold on to. �Mylie? Are you alright?� She heard her sister asked, the concern evident in her voice, as she felt her move to her elbow.

�Yeah. I�m fine. Just a little dizzy that�s all.� When she finally opened her eyes she saw the alarm in her sister�s eyes even though she tried to keep it off her face. �Jess I�m fine!� she stressed, �Dr. Blake said the medicine could sometimes cause dizziness. I�m fine now. See? All better.� She let go of the railing and showed her sister that the dizziness was gone.

Her sister hesitated, �Maybe we should go see the specialist that Dr. Blake told us about before we left home, just in case ...�

Mylie frowned and interrupted, �Jess I�m fine! Let�s just enjoy the evening, ok? I�m sure it�s just the medicine.� Mylie turned as she heard one female voice and four male ones on the other side of the door. �Come on they�re here! Please, just have fun, meet some cute guys, flirt a little,� she said this with a grin because her sister was a notorious flirt, �And we�ll figure out what to do later.�

The dark-haired sister walked back into the room as the door knob started to turn and Jess followed her, still not quite convinced but willing to do what her sister asked because this was her night. As the four boys of McFly stepped through the door, followed by Lisa who gave her an encouraging smile before saying to the boys, �Danny, Tom, Dougie and Harry this is Jessica,� she gestured to the blond sister, �And this is Mylie.�

Mylie gave them a shy smile and shook the hand that Tom was holding out. �It�s really nice to meet ya�ll. That was an amazing show!�

They gave the polite �Thanks� and Lisa smiled, �Well just hang out for a little while and boys try not to make a mess of the food bar like you did last time, please?� The McFly boys just shared mischievous grins as Lisa stepped out the door.

There was a quick moment of awkward silence and Mylie glanced to her sister who was normally so out going but her sister seemed to be shooting glances at Tom. Danny cleared his throat and said, �Ummm I think I�m going to get a beer. Does anybody want anything?� As everybody called out a drink order at the same time Danny laughed. �Whoa, whoa, whoa! A little slower this time!�

They all laughed and repeated their drinks, slower and clearer this time, and as Danny started towards the bar Mylie, who was normally shy around guys, impulsively said, �I�ll help, I don�t think you�ll have enough hands for all that.� He shot her a grateful look and as they waited for the bartender to get the drinks ready Mylie propped herself up on a bar stool.

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