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Lucky
Lucky quickly forgotabout running for the bus once her eyes met Jude's as she slid into the seat next to Jordan. She grinned as she thought about peeking down the aisle at him but didn't want to embarrass herself in case he was looking. As Jordan made herself comfortable, she pulled out her camera and showed Lucky some shots she took of lastnight'sshow.
"You gonna tell me about you and Dylan or do I need to drag it out of you?"Luckysaid.
"We made up, not much more to say," Jordan said thenlookedaway.
"You're blushing! Mark this day folks, Jordan Blake actuallyblushes."
"Shut up!" Jordanhissed.
"I want details. I deserve to know. I spoke to him after I left you,youknow."
"Yes, I know. He said he was just trying to make me jealous because I hurt him. He thought I didn't care about him. I guess what Jude said is true, things aren't always the way theyappear."
"Wait, when did you talk to Jude?" Luckyasked.
"Last night, after the show while you werechanging."
"What did he say? I mean how did thathappen?"
"He wanted to talk to me about Dylan, that's all. I guess he felt bad for me," Jordan said with a shrug. "I must’ve lookedpathetic."
"I can't believe he spoke to you," Lucky said, her browwrinkling.
She wanted to say more and tell Jordan about what happened with Jude, but she wasn't sure what to say. She had so many questions about last night.Why was he alone? Why didn't he kiss her?But she couldn't ask. It was time for her to grow up and stop obsessing over childishquestions.
Dylan had been at the back of the bus for a while with Jude. She wanted to get a glimpse of Jude, see his tattoos peeking out of his shirt, his choppy hair perfect in an unobvious way. As she tried to think of a way to get a peek, she realized she couldn't without risking being caught, but why should she care? Tired of acting so stupid around him all the time, she summoned her courage and went to the back of the bus hoping no one else could hear the loud thumping of herheart.
"Hey, there's my lucky girl,"Rosssaid.
Forgetting that Ross and Mark were on the bus, Lucky ignored the comment, not thinking it was for her. Suddenly his hand closed around her arm, stopping her and forcing her to lookathim.
"Oh Ross, I'm sorry, hi. I need to--" Lucky stammered, feelinguncomfortable.
"Jeez, now that you have me all to yourself, you're ignoring me?"Rosssaid.
Did I ever pay much attention to you to begin with?she thought. Unsure how to answer, she laughed and hoped he would let her go. Looking towards the back of the bus, she thought Jude lookedangry.
"No, I just need to talk to Jude," she said as she tried to pull herarmaway.
"You're not telling me something," Ross said. "I came all this way for you, followed you on your tour. You're into him,aren'tyou?"
"He's in my band and we need to talk about the set list. You wanted to come on the bus, I never invited you," she said. Her anger grew and bubbled over the longer he held onto her arm. "Now let go of me before I tell Stan you shouldn'tbehere."
"Everything okay, Lucky?" Stan asked with a serious look in his eye as he peered through the rearview mirroratthem.
She yanked her arm away from Ross. "Everything's fine Stan, thank you,"shesaid.
Breathing a sigh of relief, her anger quickly left her and she felt calm and at ease for the first time. Her shoulders felt lighter and she pushed them back, feeling proud of standing up for herself as she walked the rest of the way up theaisle.
"Hey Olivia, glad you came back here. I wanted to talk to you,"Judesaid.
She still couldn't believe he was calling her Olivia. Even Jordan didn't call her that, and she knew she didn't care for Lucky. Olivia felt like a foreign name to her since no one used it, but she loved hearing his deep, husky voice when he said it. He made her name feel like something that only her and Judeshared.
"Since you're back here, I'm going to sit with my girl," Dylan said as he stood up. "See you guyslater."
