All Fun & Games Until Someone Gets Hurt.
Chapter 14. Kim:
"Alright, guys, here's how it's gonna go down," Scooter started. I sat next to Justin on the couch in the main room of our suite. He squeezed my hand and wrapped his arm around me, "There's no concert tonight but there is one tomorrow night. So, Justin; I'm gonna need you back here no later than 11. Your curfew is 11. Not 11:01, not 11 and five seconds. Also, all day tomorrow I'm gonna need you on intense Bieber mode. We won't have too much time for goofing off, we'll be at rehearsal for most of the day." Justin nodded, intently.
"What about me? Is there stuff I can help with, during rehearsal, or anything?" I asked.
"We pretty much have our whole crew scheduled so I mean, you can just chill there or I can get you a body guard and you can take a grand tour of San Francisco." Scooter directed.
Once he dove into the rest of tomorrow's "game plan" I let my mind wander around, I decided I'd get a body guard and go see some stuff. But I'd stay close to the concert venue, so I could occasionally go see Justin, maybe sneak a quick make out in between changing. I smiled at my thoughts. I was zoned back in when someone coughed and Justin squeezed my arm,
"What're you thinking about, Smiley?" He joked, I blushed, realizing my random smiling probably looked awkward.
"I was just thinking about what I'd do tomorrow."
"Oh yeah?" Scooter said, "What's the plan for the Lady Bieber?" Everyone laughed at the name, making me blush more,
"I'll take your offer on the body guard, I wanna go see stuff. Maybe shop." Kenny hopped up off his seat and dialed a number on his phone, I faintly heard him ask for a second guard, when Scooter snapped me back to his conversation,
"Alright, you can even meet some fans, do some promo stuff? Just, ask people if they're going, get them interested. Most people know who you are, so it'll be good."
"Hey! Why doesn't Kim do some give back?" Justin suggested,
"Not a bad idea... Kim, would you be willing to go around and pass out some tickets? You know how we do--"
"Giving back!" I interrupted, "I saw you guys doing that. Sure, I'd love to."
"Good! Okay, so I'll get you some extra tickets. We only have like 25 so I'll give you 10 and we'll do 15 tomorrow before the concert."
I smiled, my first job on Team Bieber!
"Okay, okay, enough of the talking nonsense," Mama Jan interrupted, "Justin, I need you to do some vocal warm ups real quick, then you're free to go." He nodded, I faithfully sat beside him as he did his thing. During one of the exercises I found my self humming the harmony, Justin stopped and looked at me,
"I didn't know you sang!" He exclaimed.
"Oh, I--I don't. Not like, in front of anybody. It was just something I'd do when I was bored..."
"Mama! Can Kim sing with me?" Justin jumped in his seat,
"What?! No. No, no, no, no. I don't sing in public. I'm not that type of person. I can't. No." I protested.
"Please, please, please, oh pretty pleeeeeeeease." Justin begged, relentlessly.
"Um. No."
"It wouldn't be like, a solo or anything. But just like, do Overboard with me! We weren't planning on doing that song but now we can!" Justin stood up, "Scooter! Come here!"
"No, Justin. I can't sing in public. Last time I tried, I ended up throwing up all over the stage then Slipping. In. It. I can't... Never again," While I tried to ramble on and on, Justin cupped the sides of my face in his hands and stroked my cheek with his thumb, looking right in my eyes.
"Kim. Never say never. You can do anything you want. If there's not one ounce in your body that wants to sing, I can't make you. But I know, if you're anything like me, there will always be a part of you that wants to live it up, try outrageous things, act stupid, be daring, challenge anything and everything. I think you're like that, Kim. And I know you can sing." I felt my cheeks get incredibly hot,
"What's going on?" Scooter sat down.
"Oh, neverm--"
"I'm going to sing Overboard with Justin tomorrow night."