Carlo & Michelle slowly pulled away from their hug and smiled at each other.

Carlo-''Wow. I can't believe you're right in front of me.''

Michelle-''I can't believe it either.''

Carlo-''I missed you, Mick.''

Michelle smiled.

Michelle-''You remembered the nickname you gave me in highschool.''

Carlo-''Of course I did. I gave it to you after all.''

Michelle-''True.''

They chuckled softly.

Michelle-''I missed you too, Carlo.''

They smiled while remaining in disbelief that they were seeing each other after all these years.

Michelle-''I'm sorry that I just came running up here.''

Carlo-''It's ok. Why did you though? You looked worried.''

AJ came back to get Carlo's bike.

Michelle-''I rushed over because I thought you weren't gonna make it.''

Carlo-''Oh.''

AJ-''Don't worry, Miss. *grabs the handles of the bike* This man has given me more heart attacks than I can count.''

Carlo & Michelle chuckled as AJ walked off with the bike.

Michelle-''I'm glad you're ok.''

Carlo-''Thanks.''

They smiled at each other.

Carlo-''Mick, I-''

Then Carlo was interrupted by a whole bunch of news reporters and cameras rushing up to him and they basically shoved Michelle out of the way.

Carlo-''Mic-''

Carlo tried to call out to her, but all the reporters were just throwing a whole bunch of questions at him and drowning out his voice.

Michelle smiled sadly and walked away as Carlo stared at her.

AJ, Xavier, Kofi & Big E got Carlo away from the reporters by taking him to the dressing room and they locked the door.

Xavier-''Damn. They get more vicious by the day.''

Kofi-''You're telling me. I think I lost two dreadlocks.''

Big E-''Not cool.''

Carlo sighed as he sat down on the couch and AJ sat down next to him on the arm of the couch.

AJ-''You ok, bro?''

Carlo-''Those damn reporters separated me from Mick.''

AJ-''Who's Mick?''

Carlo-''Michelle.''

AJ-''Oh. Seriously, they did that?''

Carlo nodded.

AJ-''Dammit. You've been wanting to talk to her for the longest time and they ruin it?!''

Carlo-''Yep.''

Carlo groaned in frustration and AJ got an idea.

AJ-''Just relax for a moment, brother. I'll be right back.''

AJ walked over to the door and heard security ordering all the reporters to leave. Then AJ quickly left the room and went to Barbed Wire's dressing room, but the door was open and the room was empty.

AJ-''Oh, damn.''

Producer-''Are you looking for the band, Sir?''

AJ-''Uh, yeah. Have they left already?''

Producer-''They were here a few minutes ago. If you hurry, I'm sure they're outside by their tour bus.''

AJ-''Thank you.''

AJ rushed outside and saw the band closing the luggage area of the bus and they were about to get on board.

AJ-''Excuse me?!''

The band looked over at AJ.

Sting-''Can we help you?''

AJ-''Hi, I'm AJ Styles. Carlo Reed's manager.''

Michelle-''Is Carlo ok? Those damn reporters surrounding him seemed relentless.''

AJ-''He's ok. Me and the Crew got him away from them.''

Michelle-''Good.''

AJ-''He's sitting in his dressing room feeling terrible that they interrupted your conversation, Michelle.''

Michelle-''Tell Carlo, it's ok. We'll probably see each other some other time.''

AJ-''Carlo really wants to see you, Michelle. He doesn't want you to go.''

Michelle was thinking about it.

AJ-''Please? He really needs to talk to you.''

Michelle looked at her band mates.

Brodie-''Go on, Mick. We'll wait for you.''

Michelle-''Really?''

Darby-''Of course. If it was one of us, we know you'd tell us to do the same thing.''

Jack-''He's right. You'd be pushing us back into that building right now.''

They all laughed.

Michelle-''Thanks, guys.''

They all bumped fists with Michelle.

Michelle-''Can you take me to Carlo, Mr. Styles?''

AJ-''Sure thing. Follow me.''

AJ & Michelle went back into the stadium and walked into the dressing room. They saw Xavier, Kofi & Big E dancing and Carlo laughing at them.

AJ-''They always know how to cheer him up, that's for sure.''

Michelle smiled.

AJ-''Guys!''

They all looked over and saw AJ & Michelle smiling at them.

Carlo was surprised to see her there, thinking that she already left.

Carlo-''*Smiles* Michelle.''

Xavier-''Wow. Is she....?''

Carlo nodded.

Xavier-''Daaaammnn!''

Michelle giggled shyly.

AJ-''Come on, guys. We gotta get everything back on the tour bus.''

Kofi-''Oh, right.''

The Crew left the room as Michelle & Carlo walked up to each other.

Carlo-''Hey.''

Michelle-''Hey.''

Carlo-''Did AJ ask you to come back here?''

Michelle-''Yeah, he did. He said you felt terrible that all of those reporters interrupted us.''

Carlo-''Yeah, I do. I should've warned you that they show up like that, but for the first time....I forgot.''

Michelle-''I guess I distracted you too much.''

Carlo smiled.

Carlo-''I'm not complaining. I'm just glad you came back.''

Michelle-''AJ really cares about you.''

Carlo-''He's more like a brother to me than a manager.''

Michelle-''That's awesome.''

Carlo-''Come on, let's sit down. Do you want anything to drink?''

Michelle-''No, I'm good. Thanks.''

Carlo & Michelle sat down on the couch facing each other.

Carlo-''So, what have you been up to these last 5 years? Other than rocking on stages with your band.''

Michelle-''Well, other than being a rock star. *chuckles* I work at my Dad's mechanic garage whenever he needs me to be there. Luckily, Barbed Wire's recording studio is in our home town. So, I can work at the garage and drive over to the studio in a matter of 20 minutes.''

Carlo-''So, you never stopped fixing cars or bikes with your Dad?''

Michelle-''Nope.''

Carlo-''Awesome.''

They smiled.

Michelle-''You know my Dad started teaching me about cars since before I could talk.''

They chuckled.

Carlo-''I know.''

Michelle-''What about you, Mr. Reed? What do you do when you're not flying through the air on your motocross bike?''

Carlo-''Motocross keeps me pretty busy. I travel with my Crew a lot doing shows all over the country. As well as motocross races and tournaments.''

Michelle-''Cool.''

Carlo-''I also collect motorcycles now. Have been doing that for a couple of years.''

Michelle-''Awesome. You always loved motorbikes.''

Carlo-''Yeah. I was actually offered to do a TV show about them, seeing as I collect them and have such a love for them.''

Michelle-''That sounds awesome.''

Carlo-''Yeah. But I just don't know if now is a good time for it.''

Michelle nodded.

Michelle-''I understand. Hey, if doing something like this doesn't feel right at this moment, then maybe it was meant to be done at a later time.''

Carlo smiled at her.

Michelle-''What?''

Carlo-''I missed you so much.''

Michelle smiled shyly.

Carlo-''I mean *clears his throat* I missed how you are the only one who understands me like no one else.''

Michelle smiled at him.

Carlo-''You never question my decisions. You never tried to convince me to do things that I was unsure about. I miss having you in my life.''

Michelle-''I feel the same way.''

They smiled.

Michelle-''Carlo-''

A message alert on Michelle's phone went off.

Michelle-''Sorry.''

Carlo-''It's ok.''

Michelle checked her phone.

Michelle-''I'm sorry, I gotta get going.''

Carlo-''Already?''

Carlo asked as they both stood up.

Michelle-''Yeah, we have a show in Houston tomorrow night.''

Carlo-''That fast?''

Michelle-''The show today was actually the kick-off to our World Tour.''

Carlo-''Oh.''

Michelle-''Yeah, after Houston, we go to Austin and then up to Dallas.''

Carlo-''How long before you leave Texas?''

Michelle-''We leave Texas two days after the Dallas show.''

Carlo nodded. Then the message alert on her phone went off again.

Michelle-''I'm sorry. I have to-''

Carlo-''Can I see you tonight?''

Michelle-''We're actually leaving right now so we can get to Houston by tonight.''

Carlo-''Can't you leave tomorrow morning? It's only a 3 hour drive.''

Michelle-''I'd love to, but-''

Michelle's phone rang.

Carlo-''It's ok. Answer it.''

Michelle-''*Answers her phone* Hey, Darby. I'm on my-''

Michelle paused.

Michelle-''What?''

Carlo looked at her with concern.

Michelle-''So, we're only leaving in the morning?''

Carlo couldn't help but smile.

Michelle-''Oh, ok. Thanks. I'll be outside in a few minutes.''

Michelle ended the call and looked at Carlo who was smiling at her.

Michelle-''I guess we can meet up tonight, Mr. Reed.''

Carlo-''What happened?''

Michelle-''Two tyres on our bus just popped out of nowhere. Changing them is gonna take a while and we don't wanna travel at night.''

Carlo-''Awesome! I mean....''

They chuckled.

Michelle-''It's fine. I'm happy about staying a little longer too.''

Carlo smiled and stepped closer to her.

Carlo-''So, where do you wanna go tonight?''

Michelle-''There's a carnival in town. We used to go every time there was one in our home town.''

Carlo-''Awesome.''

They smiled at each other.

The Carnival.
At 9pm, Michelle, Carlo, her Band and his Crew were all hanging out at the carnival together. Carlo & Michelle did eventually sneak off to ride on the ferris wheel.

Michelle-''Our brothers are gonna be looking for us.''

Carlo-''I'm sure they won't worry too much.''

They smiled.

As they were standing in line for the ferris wheel, Carlo saw somebody watching him amongst all the people that were walking through the carnival.

Carlo-''Hey, I'll be right back.''

Michelle-''Ok.''

Then Carlo rushed off as the person watching him disappeared. Carlo ran until he stopped behind a large tent where nobody could see him and the person he was looking at.

Carlo-''Why are you here?''

Carlo glared at The Devil as he stepped out of the shadow of the tent.

Devil-''Good to see you again, Mr. Reed. It's been a while.''

Carlo-''What do you want now? There's no dangerous supernatural being around here. If there was, I would know.''

Devil-''Unfortunately, you are wrong, Carlo.''

Carlo-''What?''

Devil-''There is a danger here. It's closer than you think because it's hiding in plain sight.''

Carlo-''Where is it?!''

Then this creature landed on it's feet in between Carlo & The Devil as it was facing The Devil.

The ground shook and Carlo stumbled back and looked at the large symbiote named Venom!

People in the carnival started running away after seeing Venom.

Carlo-''Whoa. What the hell?''

Devil-''My, my, my....aren't you big.''

Venom-''Big enough to be a threat to you!''

Devil-''But now, you have a threat of your own.''

Venom went at The Devil, but he just disappeared.

Host-''You can't catch him, Buddy. He's basically made of smoke.''

Venom-''What now?''

Host-''We-''

They heard someone say "HEY!"

Venom turned around and saw Carlo standing there with his fists clinched.

Venom-''What do you want? I will eat you!''

Host-''Venom, no! No eating humans, remember?!''

Then Carlo changed into Ghost Rider!

Host-''What the hell?''

Venom-''Who are you?!''

Carlo-''Ghost Rider!''

Host-''Venom, he's made of fire! Let's go!''

Venom quickly rushed off through the carnival!

Carlo-''Not so fast.''

Carlo whistled.

Carlo's bike rode up to him, he got on and rode after Venom!

To Be Continued....