After the phone call with Liz, I really didnt know what to do. I wanted to go home, believe me I did. But I have never honestly felt more safe here. The weather was a bit chilly, but seeing as though its Feburary, it wasnt bad. It wasnt even.. Snowing. It was just like the weather here was more Swinter than Winter. Which is completely nice. I took a deep breath in before I reluctantly pulled the folded piece of paper out of my pocket. I opened it up. I gripped my phone in my hand so tightly I could've swarn it was going to break. I took a deep breath in. My stomach started to growl and it wasnt one of those subtle growls either. It was more.. Ehh.. Beast like. I swallowed back the urge to fight away the hunger and raised my phone up to my ear.

"Hello?" A women answered. Her voice was soft yet sweet and calming.

"Hi uhm... Is Keith there?" I asked shyly.

"Oh! Yeah. May I ask who's calling?"

"Megan, we met at the airport, he uh... Said to call if I needed him.." I felt awkward talking to a woman I didnt even know. This could've been his wife, and she could've wanted to kill me. I winced a bit at the thought and took a deep breath.

"Oh! He said you'd be calling. Do you need a ride over here?" The women asked. I pursed my lips together. Did I want a ride? Of course I did! I'm starving.. I'm cold.. Oh, lets be honest. I'm kind of lonely as well. I didnt really know what to tell her, 'no, i wanted to talk to him about something.' or 'yes, i would love a ride.' either way, I'm talking to strangers. I inhaled again before my vocie finally found it's courage.

"Yes." I said. The women on the phone asked where I was and told me someone would be there to get me soon. So, I just sat there and waited until a car pulled over. The window rolled down and a man with a black cap was sitting in the driver's seat.

"Are you Megan?" He asked kindly. I nodded a bit.

"I was here to pick you up! Get in."

I picked all my stuff up and swiftly got into the back, closing the door behind me. The man started to drive slowly. I watched as all the buildings went by, people in weird costumes went by as well. I couldnt help but to laugh a bit at them. I wasnt use to seeing stuff like this. The only time we really dressed weird was at Halloween, but even then not everyone dressed up.

"So, what brings you to Tennessee?" He said to break the silence.

"Oh!" I said half startled. "Well, I.. Uhm.. Music? My love for music." I said with a smile. The man nodded once.

"You gonna try and make it big time?" He asked again.

"Uhm.. I'll try.. but I dont think I will." I said shyly

"Dont put yourself down. Most companies want girls with pretty faces, a good attitude, and a good voice. If you have that, you're golden."

"I'm most definetly not pretty," I said with a smirk.

"You may think that, but to other people, you'r probably the most gorgeous person in their life."

I opened my mouth to say something but I couldnt really find the words. I just shook my head and giggled.

"Thanks," I said with a smile.

"No problem."

We were driving down a street with not many cars on it. The sun was just starting to set, the light was beating through the trees and shone down onto the road. It was so pretty. I rolled my window down and held my hand out of the window. The wind was soft against my skin which made me smile to myself. I took a deep breath in and unbuckled my seatbelt and crawled out of the window, but not far. Just enough to be able to sit on the top of the window thing. Kind of the racecar drivers do when they win. I held on to the railing on top of the car and kept my legs inside the car. The sun felt nice against my skin. It felt like a wave of happiness was just rushing through me. The driver slowed down a bit so that I wouldnt fall out and he was even smiling. He rolled down his window and started calling out to me.

"And to your left, we have the glorious lake!" I smiled as I looked to my left and looked at the lake. The water was glistening as kids were splashing around and playing in it. I giggled.

"What's that?" I called out as I pointed over to a huge festival.

"That's the Tennessee State Fair! They just put it up. There's a bunch of things to do there." He called back. The fair looked absolutely beautiful. I could see the ferris wheel, the drop towe.. Everything.

"It's so beautiful.."

The driver smiled and nodded. He pulled into the driveway which was long and curvy. I slid back into the car as my heart started to pound. What if they didnt like me? What if I was completely awkward and just a horrible guest? I quickly took a deep breath and closed my eyes. The car stopped a few moments later and the driver got out and opened my door. I climbed out of the car.

"I'll get your stuff, miss." Said the driver. I nodded and walked up to the front door. I raised my hand to knock on it but before I could even get to the door, it opened. What stood before me was almost a complete sign of relief.

"Megan!" Keith said as he wrapped me into a hug. "I'm so glad you decided to come." I smiled and nodded as I hugged back.

"Who's at the door, Keith?" A women called out. It was the same women whose voice was on the phone.

"Megan!" He called back. He led me into his house which was a bit overwhelming. His house was big, mansion big, and had a beautiful staircase reeling down on each side of the foyer. Pictures were hung everywhere. Some of family members, some of animals, gardens, butterflies, etc.

A slender women with brown hair and big blue eyes stepped out of the kitchen. She walked over to me and smiled.

"Hello dear, I'm Adrienne." She held out her hand and smiled warmly.

"Hi, I'm Megan.. As you.. Already know.." She let out a giggle.

"Nice to meet you. My daughter Julianna is at the lake at the moment but I figured I could reel you into helping me!" She exclaimed. I just nodded.

"With what?"

"Cooking. I need a tester. Normally Julianna does it but.." She nodded towards the door and smiled. I smiled back and nodded. She led me into an enormous kitchen filled with goodies. I breathed in the delicious scent of chicken and exhaled. Adrienne turned to me and smiled.

"Try this!" She handed me a spoon with some patatoes on it. I shoved the spoon into my mouth and no sooner did I, my lips hugged the spoon as I pulled it back out.

"This is delicious!" I groaned out. She smiled and turned back around.

As we sat in the kitchen, we just talked. It was actually quite nice. She listened nicely, didnt judge and didnt lose that smile. I felt really welcomed, and loved. Which if this is what love feels like, I dont wanna lose it. I love this feeling so much. I took a deep breath and sighed happily. Within a few hours of being there, I was comfortable. Julianna as since come in and kept talking nonstop about a guy named Troy. I couldnt help but to giggle and smile just listening to her. Adrienne set the food on the table and we gathered around.

"He's so dreamy.." Julianna giggled out. I smiled at her.

"So why not ask him out?"

"He has a girl friend.." She frowned. I frowned a bit.

"Well, does she love him?"

"I honestly dont know.. She acts like she does but when she's not with him, I see her with three other guys."

"Have you told him?"

"I dont want him to hate me.." She sank in her seat a bit.

"I'm sure he wont hate you. Prove it to him that she doesnt love him.. Then ask him out. Or kiss him. Do whatever. But try to help him, ya know?" I said with a smile.

"Yeah... I guess I can do that." She replied back, smiling. I took a sip of my water and kept slowly eating.

"So, Megan!" Keith said looking at me. I took a bite of the chicken and tried not to groan in delight. It was cooked literally perfectly.

"Mhm?"

"I see you bought yourself a guitar," He said.

"Oh! Haha.. Hah. Ha.. Yeahhh. I couldnt help it.." I said sheepishly. Keith smiled before nodding.

"Maybe you can play it for us later? My son's flight got delayed so he wont be here til morning. So the craziness wont happen until later."

I giggled a bit then shrugged. "Sure, why not.." I said.

After dinner had ended, we sat around playing the guitar and singing silly songs for hours. It was lovely. It was... Loving. I hadnt thought about Michigan at all. I didnt think about Lucy or Liz or anyone. For the first time in my life I was happy. Purely happy. No one could take this away from me.

I looked around at everyone's smiley faces before admitting I was tired. Keith had Kendall lead me up to my room. My room was big and had its own bathroom. It came complete with a balcony that overlooked the entire neighborhood. I plopped down on to the bed after getting changed then checked my Twitter and smiled a bit as I saw Nash had tweeted a picture of him and the rest of the boys in the airport, probably completely bored then pulled out my notebook. I flipped through the pages until I found what I was looking for. I had so much on my mind; Ryan (as usual), Jake, Liz, Lucy, home, my ex.. Everything suddenly came back into my head. I needed to write something before I went insane so I grabbed my pen and wrote until I couldnt anymore. My hand cramped as I put the pen down. I read over what I had writtten.

I'm so happy I'm here,

everything is going fine

nothing like home

makes me think about the time

when we said we would run away for good

now I'm here without you

I saw a picture of you hanging with some new friends

happy to see that your doing okay

and Ii like the one where your having fun

in the place where we met

oh no here I go

randomly thinking about you

and there you go

making your way into my head

even though I said I could do this without you

here I go again,

here I go again.

everyone says think about my future

don't throw it away on someone who's miles

and miles away yeah that's what they say

but I'm just human

so I got up today didn't think about you

found a new favorite place

and the sky was that color of blue

that looks best on you

yeah yeah yeah yeah

here I go

randomly thinking about you

and there you go

making your way into my head

even though I said I could do this without you

here I go again,

here I go again.

so now I know wish you were here and

nothing I do makes you disappear

what can I do about it?

what can I do about it?

I wish you were here , I wish you were here.

so now i know I wish you were here

I'm walking on a tightrope

trying not to fall into thoughts of you

here I go

randomly thinking about you

and there you go

making you way into my head

here I go

randomly thinking about you

and there you go

making your way into my head even though I said

I could do this without you

here I go again,

here I go again.

I put my notebook down on the bed beside me and curled up under the blankets and before I knew I knew it, I saw the back of my eyelids.