The only thing I did mind was Kiera being so busy. Where we used to talk multiple times throughout the day, Kiera and I only seemed to talk late at night now. It freaked me out a little, but I tried really hard not to let that show. I didn’t want Jenny thinking anything was wrong, because I didn’t want Kiera thinking anything was wrong.

“I feel like she’s pulling away from me,” I said, finally confessing my fears to someone. I glanced around the bus, but no one was really paying attention to me. Rachel and Matt were having a quiet conversation. Jenny and Evan were playing cards, laughing.

Hailey sighed in my ear. “Why don’t you just tell her then?” I’d recently told Hailey about the secret I was keeping from Kiera, about how I wasn’t mentioning Hailey or Gavin to her. It was another thing Hailey constantly bugged me about.

I worried my lip. “I don’t think that’s why she’s pulling away. Something’s…going on with her.”

“Have you asked her about it?” she said. From her voice, it was quite clear she wanted me to start communicating with my girlfriend. And I had. Sort of.

Remembering that dreaded conversation, when I’d asked Kiera about what she was keeping from me, made me close my eyes as pain and doubt ripped through me. You’re just going to have to believe in me. Okay. Shaking my head, I told Hailey, “I don’t want to think about it anymore. Tell me something good. Something funny.”

She thought for a moment. “Hmmm…oh, I’ve got it.”

She instantly started laughing, and I found myself chuckling too, my mood lightening. “What?”

She snorted; it was adorable. “Okay…one of my friends is seriously obsessed with you. Like, I might need to stage an intervention obsessed.”

I started laughing. “What? How? Why? From that one picture on your phone?”

Hailey giggled. “No…from your website. Have you seen it? You’re half-naked in almost every single picture. Seriously, Kellan…have you not heard of T-shirts?”

I laughed so hard I had to swipe my eyes. Jenny lifted an eyebrow at me, but I just shook my head at her. “Oh God, no…I haven’t seen the website yet. Doesn’t surprise me though. Matt’s always been obsessed with my body.”

I knew that sounded bad, and I let it sound bad. Served him right. Matt would make me walk around shirtless with D-Bags spray-painted on my chest if he could, and I was 100 percent certain he was the reason I was so exposed on our website. Hmmm…Kiera had to have noticed the same thing Hailey had, but she’d never mentioned anything about it. Was she okay with me being “sold” like that?

Hailey made a shocked noise. “Oh. Does he want you? Is that awkward since you’re bandmates?”