Prologue
"Thank You Miami!!" Griffin yelled to the audience filled with screaming fans, "I wish I could stay here forever! This tour has been such an amazing experience, but sadly I have to say goodbye! I love you Miami!!" He yelled again as he disappeared below the stage.
"You did so great tonight Buddy!" Joey said.
"Thanks Dad. I can't believe my first tour is really over, but I am excited to start school! I can't believe I got a scholarship to Quest University!" He said excitedly.
"I'm proud of you Griff! Remember we have your new name and identity, just like you wanted. I think it'll be good for you to not have to be "Griffin Macintosh" for a while, fame and fortune is great but, I want you to make some real friends."
"I agree I can't wait to take some time for myself where I don't have to pretend to be perfect all the time." Griffin said.
"And maybe you'll even meet a nice girl!" Joey said.
"Maybe, but that's not the main point of me doing this. Especially not after what happened last week." He said turning his head away from the view of his dad.
"I know she broke your heart bud, but she wasn't good enough for you! Your brother has told you that from the beginning. But I understand that we don't know all of the details but we can all tell that whatever she did really hurt you."
"It's nothing. I just want to get away and forget about her." He said turning back around. "Can we call for the lift?"
"It's already on its way." Later on back at the house. "Get settled in then I want you to start packing for school." His dad finished.
"Alright, when's my flight?"
"Tomorrow Afternoon, 3:30."
About 20 minutes later Griffin began packing, talking about his ex today brought up all the negative emotions he was feeling at that time.
"CASSIE?!?! What are you doing?!?!" Griffin yelled bursting through the door, "You're cheating on me?!"
"Griffin! You weren't supposed to be here till 3:30!" She said scrambling for her clothes.
"Why would you do this? Did I do something to hurt you?" He said turning back toward her, disregarding what she had said before.
"You neglected her until she came running to me! Should've been there when you had the chance!" He said menacingly as he pulled his pants on.
"You SHUT UP! Neglected you Cassie, really? I put my entire music career on hold so I could be there for you, I tabled my college acceptance for a year so that we could be together!" His voice started to break, "I told you that I wasn't ready the day that we met. I set up that boundary from the get go to make certain the person I was dedicating my nights to knew where I stood on that. I can't believe you did this." He said as he headed for the exit.
"Griffin wait!" She said scrambling toward him.
"How long has this been going on?" he said tears streaming down his face.
"The first time was two weeks before you left for the tour, I felt like you were leaving me behind and he was just there. It all just kind of happened, and didn't stop happening. I just didn't want to wait anymore."
"We're Done," He said shaking her arm off him, "Go run back to whoever that was. I hope I NEVER see you again."
"Griffin!" His dad said the next morning when he came in the door, "You ready to go? We want to get you to the airport early so you can grab some coffee." The clock read 11:30 A.M.
"Yeah, Let me just get ready then we can head out." Griffin said as he sat up from his bed.
About an hour later they arrived at the Miami airport, "Get there safe buddy. And call me if you need anything, your mom said she loves you and she's sorry she couldn't be here today, the baby is sick again." Joey said as he embraced him in a hug.
"Thanks Dad. I love you guys too, tell mom I hope the baby feels better." He said as he slowly walked towards his gate. "It's about time for me to board so I'm gonna get going!"
"Alright buddy! Have a great time!" Joey said waving goodbye.
'Final Boarding call for Flight 630 to Westminster.' The PA system said overhead.
"Off to a new adventure." Griffin said to himself as he entered the boarding area.
