Ray POV
"Are you ready to go, Ray?" Joanne asks me, walking into my room. I get up from the side of the bed and grab my phone.
"Yeah. Thanks again for taking me," I say quietly, smiling and following her out of the room.
"It's not a problem," she laughs in response. She grabs her purse off of the counter and we head out the front door to her car.
  
   The ride up to Savannah takes about two hours. Joanne drives us to the small cafe near the event's location and drops me off before heading off to meet up with a few of her own friends. I head inside to wait for Noen and Chase to show up.
   After about ten minutes, they come into the cafe and look around. I get up with a smile and head over to them.
   "Ray!" Chase says excitedly when he sees me. He walks over and gives me a hug, which I return.
   "Glad to see you guys again," I say, then give Noen a hug.
   "Yeah. Well, let's go. We're on a schedule!" Noen claps his hands together with a smile and heads back out the front doors. Chase and I laugh and follow him outside.
   "So, we found another entrance to the building that isn't the front doors, which everyone comes in, or the back doors, which we come in. It's off to the side and connects to a hallway that everyone has to walk down to get to the meet and greet area where we answer questions. We'll take you in there before we have to leave to go meet up with everyone else," Chase says as we walk down the sidewalk. We reach a large building and walk off to the side of it.
   "Okay," I agree as we walk into a small side door and start walking inside the building. We get to a connecting hallway where Noen pops his head out and looks around.
   "This is where we have to leave you, Ray. People are going to start coming from the right side and walk right past this hallway. Since the line comes inside in two sections, you'll walk out right after the first group. Just join into the back of the line right after everyone walks past you," Noen says. "And then you'll be brought to the area where we are all at. When they start asking for questions, ask Payton a question."
   "Well, what should I ask him?"
   "Uhm," Chase mumbles to himself before his face lights up with a smile. "Hey, ask if he has a girlfriend yet."
   "What?" I whisper yell at him. "No!"
   "Somebody is probably going to ask that before she gets a chance to," Noen adds.
   "I'll make sure they don't. Here." Chase pulls bright green and bright pink scrunchies off his wrist. "Wear these in your hair, and I'll tell the people who pass out the microphones to give it to you first."
   "Are you sure?" I ask quietly as I take the scrunchies from him and start to wrap them around my bun.
   "Yeah. Don't worry about it. Just make sure to raise your hand all the way up and try to get off to the side," Chase tells me. I give a little shrug as I finish with my hair.
   "And make sure that Payton doesn't see you until you ask the question, alright?" Noen looks down at me.
   "Alright," I say.
   "Well, we have to go now. The first group of people will come by in about five minutes. Don't let them see you as they walk by." Chase gives me a firm nod before starting to walk down the hallway. "See you later!" he shouts over his shoulder to me.
   "Uhm, see you!" I reply nervously. I stand back against the wall and wait for the group to come.
   Just as Noen and Chase told me, they come by about five minutes later behind some security guards. After the last person passes by me, I walk into the hall and join up with the group. We go down the hall and into a large event space where a stage is set up with a Lights Out curtain behind it.
   Everyone is buzzing and chatting while we wait. I look around at the space until the second group of people come in and wait behind us. Only a few minutes after them, the guys start to walk out on stage, and everyone starts screaming like crazy. I pull in a sharp breath when I see Payton walking out with a large smile on his face.