I sit there in shock. I knew Alex was one of my fans but truly I didn't think he would have backstage passes for the meet and greet. I grab my water and take a big gulp out of it swallowing hard.

I need to calm down. It's only going to be Alex and Elijah going I could easily hide my identity from them. It would have been a big problem if everyone was going. I take a sigh of relief. Kelly turns to Axle, "Daddy...can I get my ticket upgraded? Please...? I'll do anything, please it'll be such a fun time!" Axle gives her a look and was about to speak up and reject what she just asked for until she gave him puppy dog eyes. Axle agreed to what she wanted and she jumped for joy in her seat eating her dinner.

Soon all the littles began asking their mommy and daddy to upgrade their tickets. HUH!?!?

I thought it was just Alex being a fan...apparently not. Well, this is gonna be hard to keep a secret now. I move around my mashed potatoes on my plate a bit thinking of a plan. I'm gonna have my face fully covered up on stage and backstage for the meet and greet yes, but now I'm I gonna hide my voice?

I felt a slight push to my side and I turn to see Avery with a wide smile. "Are you going to the streaming con, Carmen?" I shake my head now. I obviously can't tell her I'll be one of the speakers there. Zane speaks up towards me, "well you have to go I'll get you a ticket so you can go with all of us, I can't leave you here by yourself" I find his voice very annoying but that's probably because I'm still mad at him from what he did. My butt is still very sore and it's actually hurting me a lot right now.

I act fake excited along with Avery so I don't look suspicious. Everyone goes back to their conversations and I go back to playing with my food. Honestly, I'm not that hungry me and Liam ate way too many snacks in my dorm. I still eat some of my food though just so Zane doesn't get suspicious on why I'm not eating.

Once I'm finished I go to the trash can and throw away whatever is leftover. I put my tray and plate where they are supposed to go and begin walking out of the dining hall. Seconds later I hear footsteps behind me. Zane is following me, I really don't want to see him or talk to him.

The fact he believed Olivia's side of the story and not mine just makes me frustrated. I'm the one telling the truth not her. I sigh softly and bite the inside of my mouth. I try walking faster than Zane, but he catches up quickly with his long walking strides. I can hear him sigh in frustration behind me.

Finally, we arrive at my dorm. The walking from the dining hall to my dorm was honestly so awkward. I grab my keys and open the door taking a step in. Before Zane could step in I turn around to face him. He stops in his tracks of walking in and gives me a look. Between confused and frustrated kind of look.

"I don't want you to come in, you walked me here already. And as you can see I am safe. So you can leave now" I tell him crossing my arms. Before talking he sighs.

"Carmen, do you really want another punishment? Just step aside so I can help you get ready for bed," I don't step aside or move. I keep my arms cross giving him a serious look that I don't want him to step in.

"I've been getting ready for bed by myself for years I think I can manage to do it on my own without your help," I shut the door on him and locked it so he wouldn't try to open it. He knocked a couple of times. Each knock getting louder and louder.

I go over to my bedroom and pick out pajamas to wear, still able to hear him knocking. I take my pajamas and head to the bathroom turning on the shower. I hop in and take a quick shower. Once I get out I dry myself and put my pajamas on. I still him knocking on the door a bit quieter but still knocking. I wrap my hair in the towel.

I walk over to my front door. I slightly touch the knob to open the door but I take my hand away. It's been 45 minutes and he's still at it. Can't he take a hint I don't want him to hear? It wasn't even a hint at that, I clearly told him I don't want him here at all.

I go back to my bedroom taking off the towel and brushing my hair out. I throw the towel into the dirty laundry hamper and grab my phone. I go over to click on a game. Right, I can't it's all locked apart from texting and calling. I stare at the ceiling. The knocking kinda gets annoying and on my nerves. I have to stream soon and the knocking will just get in the way.

I groan and get out of bed heading to the door again. As I was about to open the door, the knocking stops. I take my hand away from the knob and hear footsteps fading away from the door. I let out a tiny sigh of relief.

I go over to the closet and unlock the door walking in. I sit down on my gaming chair and start up my PC. As soon as it's on I go onto Twitch and press 'start live' and send out a notification that I am living. The chat begins to flood with messages and icons.

"What is up everybody!"

I suddenly get waken up by a shove. I quickly get up and look around. I turn to my right then to my left seeing Liam standing there. How...huh...how did he get into my dorm...?

"Why are you in here...no actually how did you get in here?" I say in a somewhat sleepy voice rubbing my eyes. He kind of gives off a chuckle and jumps onto my bed which shakes a bit after the jump.

"I picked your lock, it wasn't too hard and I'm in here because I got bored all alone in my Air BNB," He says the last part very sarcastically. I shake my head at him grabbing my phone to see it was barely 5:30 AM. I only got 6 hours of sleep, eh. That's enough for me to run all day.

"Wanna go get breakfast?" He asks scrolling down on his phone. I look at him, "It's 5:30 AM...I don't think anywhere is open it" He laughs a little.

"Do not fret my lovely friend before coming here I checked where is open and not too far from here just a 10-minute walk there is a 24-hour dinner," He said getting off my bed. How...how didn't I know this and I've been here longer than him.

"How about you go get breakfast and I stay here because I really don't want to get in trouble with Zane again. He's already mad as it is, I don't want to make it worse" I said pulling my blankets closer to me. As I said before I'm the one who should be mad and I am, but I just really don't want another punishment. Liam sighs and my rejection of his breakfast idea. He understands though.

"Anyways forgot to tell you yesterday, we have to figure out a way for me to not go to stream-con with Zane and everyone else," This caught Liam's attention. "leave that to me I got a good idea," he said with a smirk. We start talking about the most random things some serious some funnier, but it was a really good start to the morning getting my mood up.

I look at the time to see it's 7:00 AM now. Might as well start getting ready for school. I slide out of bed and Liam stays on it getting comfortable. I grab my school uniform and head to the bathroom. I take a quick shower and get dressed. I come out and see Liam is asleep on my bed, I laugh a little at this. I grab my school bag and close the door behind me. I text him, "hey headed to class, I'll be out at 3:00. Hopefully won't get into some trouble. See you in a bit!" I put my phone into my skirt pocket.

I open the door and walk out. As I'm closing I see Zane there on the floor sleeping, his head kinda falling to his left shoulder. He's definitely going to wake up with bad neck pain. I sigh and give him a small nudge with my foot to wake him up. He quickly wakes up and looks at me surprised. Maybe surprised I even decided to wake him up.

I shake my head and he quickly follows behind me as I begin to walk to the dining hall...

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