"- If I couldn't see -" Joe voice lingered in the arena. It was quickly drowned out by the screams of the crowd as he kneeled down on the stage, holding a luck fan's hand. "Those -" he held it a bit longer, looking up at her pink face. "- eyes." he smiled, then kissed her hand as the crowd continued to go ballistic.

Smiling from her normal spot, Bailey watched as the girl's hands shook as she slowly slid off of the stool in the center of the stage before giving each boy a big hug.

"Aw, she's too cute." Mandy's voice came in through Bailey's headset. She could hear her smiling.

"Her shirt looks awesome. It must have taken a while." Bailey stated, admiring the studs on her black tank top that were aligned precisely in a way that showed the 'JB' logo perfectly.

"I'm in love with her hair. I wish my hair curled like that." she replied still staring at the girl who was now exiting the stage.

"Your hair does curl like that." Bailey laughed, hearing Mandy mumble a 'whatever' in the headset.

It was the fifth show since Mandy had joined them on the tour. Everyone was getting along great. Joe and Bailey didn't have as much 'private' time together as before, but it was all cool. Things were running smoothly and everyone was happy, for the most part. Not to mention things were a little hectic; it was the day before Joe's birthday.

"Hey!" Bailey exclaimed with a smile as she approached Joe who was wiping his sweaty face with a towel backstage. He nodded, letting her know that he heard her. "So, this is your last show as a 17-year-old! How does it feel?" A little annoyed, Joe shrugged his shoulders, still not saying a word. Bailey sighed, then made her way over to talk to Kevin and Nick before the meet and greet.

- - - - -

"Yeah, like when you're just walking down the hall, and then all of a sudden someone's like, 'Oh my God, it's her!" Bailey laughed at Mandy's accent as she continued telling her how crazy it's been since the boys blew up.

"At least people know you." she chuckled. "It must be nice though; knowing that there's always someone who cares out there, you know?" Bailey stated, then stood up from the plastic chair in the hallway of the venue as Joe exited the dressing room. He had changed into a pair of basketball shorts and a plain shirt with the sleeves cut off. His hair was a mess and he had bags under his eyes. Bailey hadn't thought anything of it. "Hey." she greeted softly, making her way up to him, wrapping her arm around his. "I was thinking, maybe we could have some me and you time. You know, like just the two of us?" she looked over at him; he was staring straight ahead.

He groaned.

"What? I mean, since Mandy got here, we haven't really had the chance to -" Bailey was cut off.

"Mandy's my best friend." he snapped.

"I know." she chuckled. She loved the girl. "I'm just saying, just the two of us could -"

"I'm not just going to push her aside because you want me all to yourself." Joe continued, his nasty tone made Bailey's heart drop.

"Joe, I know! That's not what I'm -" he pulled his arm away from her, looking down at her in annoyance. "What is your problem?!" Bailey stopped walking. Joe took a few more steps before turning around to stare at her.

"I don't have a problem. You have the problem!" he exclaimed, throwing his hands up.

"Are you kidding me right now? Joe, I didn't even do anything!" her voice almost cracked, not believing the screaming match they were having right there, in the middle of the hallway for no reason. She was hurt by the way he was talking down to her. But even worse, she had no idea why he was even talking to her like that at all.

"Maybe you should just back off."

A little taken aback by his statement, instead of trying to find the words to calm him down, the anger inside of her spiked. "What in the world are you talking about?" she exclaimed. "What's wrong with you? What did I even do?"

"My God, would you just shut up!?" Joe gripped his hair in frustration, then turned around back down the hallway. "You and everyone else, just shut UP!"

Leaving Bailey in the hallway with her body about to explode, Joe rushed outside of the venue, slamming the steel doors behind him. The crisp, night air felt good on his wet forehead as the moon lit up the vacant back parking-lot. Shoving his hands into his pockets, Joe started walking; his mind racing. He was so aggravated and short-tempered. Since the second consecutive tour started, waking up with the cold showers, having to eat stale cereal, Nick stealing his socks, Kevin nagging at him for no reason what-so-ever. Everything was building up and it was driving him insane. The pressure that was on him was tremendous. He had to stay in line; he was turning 18. That's supposed to show that you're growing up and becoming more mature, but with everything going on in his life, it was hard to concentrate. Not to mention he was one of the faces of Disney that didn't have room for any little slip-ups The screaming fans and the stupid, daily questions were bugging the hell out of him. Each shriek, each tear she from a thirteen-year-old girl of happiness just from his smile, each pointless interview; it was bottling up inside and he couldn't take it. He finally let everything out, except on the wrong person.

"Are you alright?" Mandy asked, concern filling her voice as Bailey rushed past her. "Bailey!" she yelled, but she was already gone, running in the opposite direction from where Joe had left.

Bailey's mind was thumping. She had no clue was Joe was being to pissy. Never ever had he spoken to her like that; she was stunned. There was no reason why he should've yelled at her like that. She knew she hadn't done anything and she knew he was a little stressed, but he didn't have the right to treat her like that. She was steamed.

After power walking through the emptying venue for about a half hour, she decided to head back to the bus. A little aggravated herself, she stepped up into the bus wishing that no one would bother looking up at her to see her puffy eyes. She hadn't been crying, but she could've easily started at any given moment. Bailey's heart jumped as she came face-to-face with Joe.

"Excuse me." he muttered, brushing past her, purposely hitting her with his shoulder.

"Would you just stop!" she yelled, making him turn around.

"Would you stop?" he replied, narrowing his eyes at her.

"Pull your head out of your ass Joe, I'm not doing anything!" she screamed, then took in the view of his shocked face. Bringing the decibel level down a bit, she began to speak calmly. "Look, let's just talk about this, alright?"

"The last thing I want to do is talk to you." he replied coldly, then exited the bus feeling a little bad. Shaking it off, he started another lap around the venue as Bailey dove into her bunk, shoving her face into her pillow. She had no idea what was going on.