#PrayForParis
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Three years later...
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Scott's POV

"Ok guys, this next song is called 'Standing By'!" I tell to the crowd.

Right before Avi takes his place for the song, I go up to him.

"Don't fuck this song up Avi. I know you have heroin in your system right now. You can fool the others, but you will not fool me.  Remember you said you would quit. You promised, Avi."

Avi completely ignored everything that I just said and walked to the center of the stage up to his mic. Dope always made him like this. He refused to listen to anything we would talk about unless it involved food or dragons.

We started singing and Avi was doing well....until he stopped singing in the middle of the second chorus. I could tell something bad was fixing to happen. Me, Kirstie, Mitch, and Kevin all exchanged looks while we kept going with our parts of the song. I look back at Avi as he turns a sickly green color. Oh no, this really can't be good.

He startes to run off the stage with his hands over his mouth.

"Why does he always do this to himself? I'm wondering if he does this on purpose or not. When this song is done, I'm gonna talk to him" I think to myself.

We finish the song without Avi and we can see all the confused looks on the faces of our audience.

"Hey guys! We're gonna take a quick break. We'll be back shortly" I tell the crowd. 

We all run backstage to hear Avi throwing up in his dressing room's bathroom.

"Avi? Can I come in?" Mitch asks as he knocks on the door.

We hear the toilet flush and the door unlock.

"No. I'll be out in a minute. Just give me a second

"Ok. But you do know that we need to talk about this situation, understand?" Kirstie says.

"Yeah. I understand."

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Avi walks out of the bathroom and he can feel all of our cold stares towards him.

"Avi, you do realize that this is the fourth show we had to cancel due to your little 'problem'." Kevin says lowly.

"Yes I do, but I really need to say something (by a Great Big World. Sorry had to do it.). It's important" Avi interrupts.

"Ok. What do you want to say Avi?" I ask.

"Yeah, the floor is all yours Avi" replied Mitch.

"Ok. I've been thinking about this for a few weeks now, and umm...."

"And what?" Kirstie interupts.

Avi takes in a deep breath and sighs. "I really want to try and get clean permanently. I'll be completely serious this time. I'm getting sick and tired of waking up with a terrible headache; constantly throwing up everyday; and disappointing, not only the fans, but you guys. What I'm getting at is that I need your help. I can't do this on my own like the last few times I tried to get clean. It didn't last long. So will you guys please help me?"

Me and the rest of the group looked at each other trying to register what Avi just told us. Finally, I broke the silence.

"Ok. I'll help."

"Me too!"

"Count me in!"

"Absolutely yes."

Avi's face lights up when he sees us, his best friends, agreeing to help him. He walks over to each of us and gives us a big hug.

"Thank you guys! You don't know how much this means to me. I promise I'll stay clean for good this time" Avi whispers.

"You better or you'll feel my wrath!" Mitch sasses.

"Oh yeah? What'll you do?" Avi jokes back.

"I'll give you a swift kick in the ass Kaplan. And if that doesn't help...I'll take you shopping with me.....FOR A WHOLE WEEK!!" Mitch smiles.

"Ok ok! Keep your cool Mitchie. Don't do anything that drastic!" Avi laughs.

We all have a good laugh before Kevin speaks up.

"So...where should we start?" Kevin ponders.

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