"Are you feeling any better?" I asked Mike softly as he woke up, "You've been out for three hours."

"Ugh, yeah," Mike mumbled sleepily, rubbing his eyes, "I feel fine."

I crawled onto the bed with him, hugging him tightly. "The show's started already. We were supposed to go on first, but I had them re-arrange the sets, so Sum 41 is on now. We'll be on after them. I just wanted to stay with you until you woke up," I told him, looking up as Chester came into the room.

"Hey Noda.. feeling any better?" he asked, sitting on the chair beside the bed. Mike nodded. "I'm fine," he replied, "Just confused."

"Oh yeah, Benj, Joel told me to summon you, 'cause you guys are up now to perform," Chester said, "I'll stay with Mike for now. We're up last tonight."

"Alright," I nodded, kissing Mike's forehead softly, "Are you sure you don't need me to stay here?"

"Benji, I'm fine," Mike smiled at me, "Go perform. Chester will make sure I don't die."

"THAT'S real reassuring," I laughed softly, standing up, "But okay. Chester, if he dies, it's your ass that's gonna be sorry!"

"Oooh I'm sooo scared," Chester laughed, pushing me towards the door, "Go perform dude. You fans will pitch a riot if you don't."

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*Mike*

"Alright Mike, spill," Chester smiled at me, "Have you gone bulimic?"

"What the hell Chester," I laughed, fixing my hair in the mirror, "No I'm not. I'm happy the way I am, thank you. I really don't know what happened. One minute I was fine, and the next minute I had to empty my stomach out. Maybe I had heart burn or something. Maybe something I ate didn't agree with me."

"Well, what did you eat?" Chester asked.

"Leftover pizza," I shrugged.

"And you had it cold?" Chester grimaced as I nodded, "Gross man! No wonder you barfed."

"Funny," I smirked, "And that's not why. I eat it all the time."

"Good point," Chester said thoughtfully, "Did you and Benji do anything...?

"Like what?" I laughed, "Have sex?"

"Pretty much," Chester grinned at me. I laughed and rolled my eyes. "Yeah, we did," I admitted, "Are you satisfied now?"

"Very much," Chester grinned, "Joel and I did too."

"What?" I gasped, turning to face him, "Since when are you and Joel dating?"

"We're not," Chester admitted, looking at his hands, "It was kind of a, just to get off thing. But... after we did it... I felt like I really WANTED it to be more. I can't explain it. It felt like I LOVED him."

"And you don't know if he'd feel the same," I confirmed.

"Basically," Chester sighed, "How'd you and Benji know you liked each other so much?"

"Well... we just knew, I guess," I said thoughtfully, "We kinda, clicked really well. and he just asked me out one night. I honestly didn't know he liked me back... I thought I just had a crush on him."

Chester nodded, thinking. "I guess I could ask him," he said slowly, "I mean, it's not like he'll murder me or something."

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*Joel*

"That was awesome!" Benji grinned at me as we ran offstage after our performance, "Man I'm so wired!"

I laughed as his enthusiasm, before I spotted Mike, Chester and the rest of Linkin Park. They were last up, right after our set. Benji hugged Mike tightly, asking him how he was feeling. Benji had told me about his vomitting episode before. I'm glad he was okay.

"Heeeeey JO-EL!" Chester grinned, throwing his arm around my shoulder, "How's the pitt?"

"Wild and insane," I laughed, "We have to go on the buses after this show, right?"

"Yep," Chester rolled his eyes, "Another day of hearing Mike whine about missing Benji."

"Same," I nodded, "It's kinda cute though."

"Yeah," Chester flashed me a smile that made my heart melt, "I best be off. I'll be seeing you guys... after tomarrow in Virginia."

"Sure thing," I smiled, hugging him before he ran off with his band. I couldn't explain what I felt for him. I felt like I LOVED him.

"So Joel," Benji smiled, "Spill the beans. You and Chester seem close."

"Right," I laughed, "He's just my friend. But if you must know, I kinda... like him as more."

"Awww Joely's all grown up!" Benji teased, "That's sweet. C'mon, the others are already in the bus. We must hurry up if we wanna shower tonight."

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