| Chapter 28 |
| Mackenzie walked slowly around the huge house and finally making it to her room. She had her hand on the doorknob when she remembered Sam being in there earlier. It was a surprise to see her at Johnny's much less in her room. But all that was forgotten as she opened her bedroom door. She look around her room in shock, she tried to scream but no voice came out. She looked down the hall to see if any one was coming and was happy to see Nick on his way. "Kenzie? What's wrong? Honey what happened?" he said running toward her. "Oh, no, not again." he said when he saw the state of her room. "HOW could this happen?" he immediately as he pulled out his cell phone. Mackenzie got up and started stumbling in the other direction. "Kenzie? Where are you going. Stay here." she looked back at him and he saw the scared look on her face. He then knew she was going to see Justin. "I'll get him over here, Kenz. Just stay here." Jeremy, Brian, Sean and Johnny were now there wondering what had happened. Sean quickly went to get Justin and the guys with Brian. They were all told they had 10 minutes to back up a few basic things and then they were leaving. By the time Mackenzie could get up and walk to Justin's room she was taken from the house before everyone else and brought to the police station. "I don't want to be here. Why can't I go to a hotel with the guys?" Mackenzie repeated as she sat in chair in one of the officer's office. Just then the officer in charge came in. "Mackenzie, you will be leaving soon, I just need to ask you a few questions." Mackenzie nodded her head. "Do you know any one who would want to do this to you?" she shook her head no, "Have you seen any kind of fan in more than one location?" "Not...not that I can think of." "Ok, and was anyone in your room earlier?" It was then that Mackenzie thought of Sam being in her room. Sam would never do anything like this, she thought. But she did seem pretty nervous when Mackenzie found her there. If she told them, then Sam would be a suspect and be put through numerous interviews. Sam would never do this to Mackenzie. Would she? "Nn...no...no one was in my room but me." By the time Mackenzie had arrived at the hotel, Justin was the only one there while the rest of the guys were forced to go to the charity event. "Kenzie!" Justin yelled as he paced in the room when she opened the door. Mackenzie dropped her bag and ran over to hug him as she sobbed. "I...I thought this was over..." she cried. "Shh Kenzie. It's going to be ok. I promise, you know I do." he began to hum a tune that was still unfamilar to Mackenzie, but was very pretty. "What are you humming?" she asked a few minutes later as she controlled her tears. "It doesn't matter." he said as they continued to hug and sway to his soft music that only he knew the words to. Chapter 29 Losing Hope Story Page Losing Reality Fan Fiction |
| The next day Mackenzie sighed as she walked into the Johnny's Compound. All of the guys must have gone to the arena where the stage had been set up. She had just had a busy day of radio interviews and concerts to promote her album, which would hopefully come out a week after the trial. It was only the afternoon and her nerves were over powering her thoughts, so she knew she wasn't tired enough to sleep. She decided to head back to her room, change clothes and go out for a jog. Of course it wouldn't be a 'real' jog because one of the security people were sure to follow behind her in their car, but it didn't matter. She needed to clear her thoughts and she needed to do it now. As she walked to her room she thought about what could happen in the next few days. In two days her fate would be decided. If the judge ordered Jive to drop her from their label she would have to start from scratch, but if he decided that Martins was to blame she would be touring with Nsync for the next 3 and a half months. She opened her bedroom door with out much thought and was shocked to see Sam in there searching through Mackenzie's closet. "Sam! What are you doing here?" she asked surprised to see her. "I was...umm...I was just ya know looking for...umm...something...." she stammered "Looking for what?" Kenzie asked turning on the lights. "Umm...you know...my uhhh...my favorite brush. I lost it and I can't find it anywhere. Doing hair isn't the same with out it. " She said quickly. "Oh, well I haven't seen it. You can keep looking if you want. I'm going to go change in the bathroom and go for a jog." She grabbed her clothes and was about to leave when she turned to Sam and said, "What are you doing here any way? At Johnny's I mean. I didn't know you'd be here." "The...uhhh...the guys didn't tell you? They...umm...hired me to do make-up and hair for the tour. But don't worry I'll still be doing yours. " "Oh, ok." Mackenzie said before shutting the door behind her, "That was weird." she thought to herself. Mackenzie's jog didn't take as long as she wanted it to. It had started to rain and if she was going to be opening for the guys, she didn't need to be sick. She quietly entered the compound again with Jeremy this time seeing Nick sitting on the couch nearby. "I was wondering when you would get back. The guys got back from rehearsals about a half-hour ago. They should be getting ready for a charity event they have tonight. I forget what it's called though. What are you planning for tonight, Mackenzie?" he said all in one breath. "I think I'm just going to hang out here for tonight." She said walking to her room. "I'll be in my room for now, I'm going to shower." |