Christina's POV

I was finally in LA. It was so weird. I had dreamed of this my whole life. And here I stood, finally. It was so beautiful. I had lived in New York all my life, and don't get me wrong it was nice too, but this was what I always wanted. Hot weather, every day. This was heaven. I hated cold and snow and all that stuff. I loved warm weather and beaches. I would really love Australia, but I shouldn't be thinking about that. It was too late for all of that. And he was in this city. But that really shouldn't be going through my mind. Still, I couldn't shake the feeling of knowing he was so close, but so far away. 

Walking along the beach I could see all the people just enjoying life. I would soon be one of them. Alongside Sarah and Rachel. We would be so happy here. I just knew it. I took in the sunlight and just watched out over the sea. It was getting late and I should be getting to my place, but I didn't even know where it was. I texted Sarah to ask her where she was and if she could come and get me. She had been here for a while so she knew where to go. She said she'd get me in 10. So I just stood there some more. I hadn't texted Will yet. He didn't know I was here yet. I was going to text him soon. I just had one more show tonight and I was done with dancing. I had to say goodbye to that part of life for now. And it had been a great part. We had had so many privileges. I kind of liked it. Really much. And I was going to miss the people. Jaimy.. And the whole crew that was behind Conor. They were awesome. I loved them like friends. But they had to go to Europe. He was doing that side of the tour next. 

Sarah finally found me and we walked home. 

"You're going to love it!" she told me with a big smile. "We can actually see the sea from our apartment!"

"I'm so happy to be here!" I yelled. I was even clapping my hands and jumping up and down. 

People were staring at us but we just laughed. That's the kind of friends we are. We laugh with everything. And we know each other so well. It was nice to be with her again. 

"Ehm, you know. Calum is at our place.. But he can vanish if you want!" she said with a guilty look in her eyes. 

"No, let him stay!  He has done nothing wrong to me!" I gaveher a little smile. 

I knew why she said that he would go away if I wanted to. He brought back memories of another time. A time I liked to forget. But I couldn't. I had to face this head on. And that meant Calum staying.

We got to the aparment in a few minutes. It didn't take too long. I could've done this myself. But yeah, I didn't know the city yet. We had the top floor. It wasn't a real tall building. It was 3 stories high and beautiful. I was in love with it. We walked inside and went up. 

Calum already opened the door and took me in to his arms. 

"I've missed you Chris," he said into my hair. 

"I've missed you too Cal," I told him against his chest. 

My heart hurt. I longed for someone else's arms. But he wasn't here. He wasn't mine. Not anymore. 

"So how've you been?" he asked me while he lead us inside. 

I took in my surroundings. It was so cozy in here. Sarah had done an amazing job. She knew what I wanted. She even did my room, but that was for later. Stella came running at me. I picked the little girl up and hugged her. I had missed that little creature so much. 

"I've been okay.. You?" I asked him, perfectly knowing how they had been. 

Mikey had given me so many updates about what they had done during the summer. 

"Yeah I've been good! I've had my girl here, so I'm happy!" And Sarah slapped him. 

"What?" he whispered. 

"First of all, I'm not your 'girl', second don't say that when she's here because of you know.." she whispered back. 

I could fully understand them, but chose to ignore it. "I think I'm gonna check out my room now!" I told them to escape. 

I could not be there while they were talking about it like that. It was like someone had died. Damn, I wasn't that fragile. Okay, I had loved and lost, but life went on. Geez, I was not a little girl. I was getting very upset. I knew they only meant well, but this was going to far. I decided to text Will. I was goint to prove to them that I was on the right track now. 

'Hi! I'm in LA. Wanna meet up tomorrow?' I texted.

'I'd love to! Wanna go to the beach?' he asked me. 

I thought about it for a while. I liked the idea of just lying there and not doing anything. 

'Beach it is then!' I texted back with a smile. 

'Tomorrow at noon?' 

'Yes! Where?' 

'Venice. Car park!' 

'See ya tomorrow Will.'

'Tomorrow Chris!' 

I was happy again. But I had a performance to do. So I had to get ready and get to the venue. They would probably be waiting. I stormed out the apartment and said a quick goodbye to Calum and Sarah. They were just staring at me. 

When I got there everyone was ready to go. I had been really late. I put everything where it needed to be and just went to my group. 

"Hey, you guys!" I yelled. "You ready for this?" 

They all cheered. 

"You have been amazing! I swear. I wouldn't have wanted to this with anyone else! I love you and you are all great! You've been the best and I know you'll make it big! It has been an honour." 

They all said their oohs and aahs. 

"So, I'm staying too", Jaimy told me. 

"What? Why?" I asked with a shocked face.

"I have a spot at the dance academy. I really want to do this. And this way we can keep practising?" he asked me with puppy eyes. "You're really my one and only dance partner.." 

I suddenly hugged him and kissed his cheek. "You're really too cute! I'm so happy for you! And yes we will still be doing that!" 

"I'm so happy! You get to pick the song!" He told me with a big smile. He held my hand and squeezed it a bit. He really was my big brother. I loved him for that. 

"Wait, what about your girlfriend?" I asked, rolling my eyes. 

"Dumped her. Anyone who acts that way towards you doesn't deserve to be with someone as awesome as me!" he said gesturing at his body. 

I snorted and we started laughing just because I did that. My tummy hurt because we had been laughing really hard. I really loved this. Just no worries. 

"Come on, let's do this one last time.." I told him, taking his hand and smiling at him. 

He smiled back and we on we went. Our last night here. I couldn't believe it already was the last. It was the last time I was going to do this, for a very long time. But this was how it was supposed to be. I was happy I had the opportunity to do this in the first place. Life had given me lemons and man, did I squeeze them! 

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After we got off stage we were all sweaty and laughing. But then Conor yelled at us to come back. 

"I want to say thanks to my friends here. They have been really great this whole tour. They're amazing. And to think I found them somewhere in New York, not even big yet! Please give it up for my dance crew! And a special thanks to Christina Henderson for making this all happen! Her choreography was amazing and she's a dear friend!" Conor told his fans. He gestured me to come over. He grabbed my hand and put it in the air. The crowd exploded. They were going crazy. I loved the way it felt. I looked to my right and saw Conor smiling too. He knew what this did to me. I was going crazy too. This crowd was cheering for US! 

"Thanks so much!" I told them through the mic. "This meant so much for all of us! We love you for being such a great audience. We're so happy to have had this chance! Thank you and goodbye! I hope I'll see you all again! Give it up for my amazing dancers!" 

They applauded one more time and then we got off stage. I felt such a rush. The adrenaline was so amazing. We decided to get a shower and meet up for a drink. We went out and it was the best night of my life (if you don't count in the night I had my first date with Luke). They were amazing. It was our last time. So we got drunk, hung out in bars and just went crazy. It was such a night out of those pictures. And man, we took a lot of those. So we could remember all of this. This was a once in a lifetime experience. And I was happy to have shared it with these beautiful people. They were one of a kind. And I loved every single one of their pretty faces. 

How I got home was a mystery. But when I walked in Sarah and Calum were waiting for me. It must've been 5 a.m. or something. They waited up for me? 

"If I knew you were going to wait up for me I would've called, mom!" I told them, laughing, clearly drunk. 

"Oh, god. She's drunk. That's amazing", Sarah rolled her eyes. 

Calum just stared at me. I wondered what his deal was. Drunk me was sassy as fuck. And I was going to ask him what his deal was. 

"I don't have any puke hanging anywhere do I?" I asked him, searching for some left over puke from one of the girls. 

"I have never seen you like this", he told me while searching for something in my face. 

"What? Drunk?" I retorted. 

"No, so, teenager!" he laughed. 

"Oh, wow, yeah, I'm a drunk teenager!" I clapped my hands. I tried jumping up and down. "I shouldn't have done that!" I ran to the bathroom. 

Sarah was already in there preparing for bed. I just rushed by her and puked my guts out. She held my hair, like a good friend. Like any good friend would do she judged me and I laughed when I wasn't puking. 

"When did you start getting drunk without me?" she asked me, a little laugh in her eyes. 

"Well, on tour.. It was nice and I forgot about him.. I felt free again!" I yelled.

"SSHHHTT, you'll wake up our neighbours!" she told me. 

"Okay", I whispered, really loud. 

"What am I going to do with you?" she sighed.

"Leave me here. I'm good. Just wake me up at like, 10! I have a beach date!" I winked.

"A beach date? Please, don't tell me it's with a random dude you met tonight?" 

"Nope, met him in Miami.. But he lives here. He's really cute.." I told her without thinking.

"OH! I'm sorry! Yeah, okay!" 

I stayed there, the bathroom being my pillow. She put a towel under my head, but it always shifted when I turned. So I decided to use the floor. And man, did it feel good..