A month
into the tour you find yourself laying on the couch in one the many backstage
areas you have visited the past weeks. You are stressed, and you feel the
headache rushing over you. And as you gently massage your temples someone walks
into the quiet room and sits next to you. It is Alex. “Hi” he says and you answer.
“Are you okay?” he asks softly, it is not much a question out of interest as it
is of pure small talk, but you feel concerned about, which is nice. “Headache” you
growl into your own palms. Alex lifts your head in scoops in under it with his
thighs, so that now you are lying in his lap. He starts massaging your scalp in
the most wonderful way and you feel like you are in heaven. The two of you sit
like this for a few minutes until the door opens again. This time Jack comes
in, but since you are lying down and the back of the couch is turning towards
the door, he does not see you. He keeps in position at the door. “Dude, this
place is gonna be packed with fans tonight” he says in his typical Jack way. “I
know. Good thing we have Laura and Emily to help us out” Alex says and smiles
down at you. Jack, still not realizing that you are in the room opens his moth
and says something you did not expect to hear. “Dude, it really bad with her…
Laura. I can’t seem to get her out of my head”. Alex just realizing what his
best friend had said in front of you stiffens and gives you a look. Should you sit up and tell Jack that you are in the
room, or should you just keep still and don’t say a word?
You keep
still
You sit up
