Chapter 171: Bro.

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: ?Bro.

[General POV]

Las Vegas. After finishing up the last concert for his national tour, Edward walked backstage with sweat dripping down his chin. For his last tour, he was performing for 4 days in front of 80,000 people in the Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden venue, and his exit caused a lot of fans to cry from the frustrations of not getting the ticket to watch him live.

A staff member ran to give him a towel, prompting him to say his thanks before walking toward where his manager was standing.

While wiping his face and wet hair, Edward asked, "How many more are on the schedule?"

"Only one left. And congrats Ed for finishing your tour." The awkward asian man smiled brightly as he wanted to give Edward a hug, but stopped halfway considering how sweaty the singer was, and settled for a handshake instead.

Edward laughed and said, "Jim-"

"Randall...Please stop calling me Jim Halpert. I don't even get that reference." Randall Park said exasperatedly, but with a smile on his face.

He still remembers when he went for the interview, Edward hired him instantly when he saw his face. He has been called many names such as 'Jimmy Woo, Jim Halpert', and many more.

At first he thought that Edward was secretly racist, but then he figured out that he had been calling him some character's name from a show he had never watched.

"Oh, and the FBI is sending an agent today." Randall continued. Edward was confused, "For what? Why didn't they go to the company?"

"No, they said it was for your protection. I think they want to talk to you before your concert." Randall guessed.

"???" Edward was confused as he thought about it.

"Anyway...Let's go meet my super fans.. Shall we?"

"You mean, your richest fans? That you want to empty out their wallet today?" Randall joked with the truth.

Edward pouted, "It seems that you want to go to find me a nice shooting location in Antarctica."

His threat didn't work as Randall was excited instead, "And meet the penguins?!"

"..."

Edward didn't say anything and just left.

...

After finishing school, Alex, Finneas, Billy and Enid who were still in middle school went to visit the Palisades High School to support their friend.

"Hmmm....I don't think Ed can make it." Jacob said, filled with nervous energy as he was going to try out for the football team.

Elsa was a bit dissatisfied and irritated, "Didn't he promise you that he's going to try out with you? Did he forget? I'll call him-"

Before she could dial her phone, Jacob stopped her gently, "You can't really blame the guy. He's basically been working 20 hours a day non stop for almost the entire summer."

"But-"

"It's fine. I don't want him here. I'd rather let him rest for a bit. Besides, this isn't the only try outs the team is going to hold. There's going to be another one in the next season." Jacob said, hiding his sadness, but it was obvious to see when people looked into his eyes.

"Ugh!" Elsa grunted in anger. Although she understood what Jacob said, she knew that her boyfriend was very much looking forward to joining the team with Edward.

"You know, if the teacher's a fan, Edward could just waltz in everytime you guys are training." Alex said comfortingly.

Elsa and Jacob both turned towards her with an excited look on their faces. Jacob, because he imagined it, and Elsa because she found out how to motivate his boyfriend.

And then, Elsa was hit with a sudden sense of worthlessness as she turned back to look at Jacob and saw his expectant look.

"Babe. Tell me. You love Edward more than you love your own girlfriend right?" Elsa said self-deprecatingly.

"NO JACOB DON'T ANSWER IT'S A TRAP!" Abraham shouted immediately as he saw the dangerous scene in front of him.

While Abraham was arguing with Elsa and everyone was paying attention to them, Enid nudged Alex's waist slightly with her elbow.

"Hey, Edward is coming, right?" Enid asked, whispering.

"I really have no idea-"

"Liar. You'd been texting him the entire time." Enid exposed her.

"Well I don't want to break Jacob's heart before he auditions!" Alex replied defensively and pulled Enid to the back to have a private talk with her.

[Alex's commentary]

"A few days ago, my mom and my dad suddenly decided to compete to see who could run the fastest. It was the first day of school, so I didn't pay much attention to them, but then when I told Edward about it, he said, 'Let's make this interesting'."

"I picked my mom as she was the most obvious choice. She ran every day. She even participated in a half-marathon last year. So yeah, I thought I could finally win and completely wipe out my bet debt to him. You know, the one where I need to lie for him 3 times. I did it twice, but he's been dragging out the last one. I live in anxiety every single day since he won that bet, and even have nightmares about it." Alex exaggerates.

"But, the result of the race disappoints me." Alex muttered in a sad tone before she got irritated, "He even guessed that Haley would run my dad over with a car. I mean, how is that even possible!?"

[Commentary ends]

Standing a few metres away at the audience seat was Haley, Tara, and Tara's new boyfriend who's a senior football team player.

"Hey Haley, who do you like watching more? Me or Tim?" A sleazy football player tried to flirt with Haley from the ground.

"She'd rather stab her eyeball with a fork than watch either of you losers. AndFuck off Kim! Your name sounds like a girl's name." Tara chased the dumb jock away. They laughed while they walked towards their coach, and Tara said to Haley, "Are you sure you're going to wait here?"

"Yeah. Don't you have to wait here too?" Haley asked Tara in confusion. Tara looked at her boyfriend and waved him away as he went to huddle up before replying to Haley, "Nah. I'm meeting with Dan at the mall."

"Wait. You're dating both boys at once?!"

"No. Dan and I aren't dating. We're just talking and making out a little." Tara replied casually with a sly grin. "What about you? Still waiting for the prince to look your way?"

"Shut up! I'm not waiting for anything!"

Not only them, but a lot of people who were still at school started to gather around the football stadium to check out the noise. The crowd clapped as Edward safely landed on the ground and ran lightly to go to where the coach was standing.

Haley slapped Tara's arm repeatedly, causing her friend to squirm in pain. "Stop that!"

"He's here! He's finally here!"

"Yeah, but he don't know you're here-"

"HALEY!" Edward shouted from afar as he waved at Haley. The latter giggled and said to her friend, "You were saying?"

"Ugh." Tara groaned in disgust. "Now can I leave?"

"What? Oh, yeah yeah sure. You can leave." Haley said casually while blushing as she gazed in Edward's direction.

Jacob walked towards Edward and said, "I didn't believe you would come."

"That's what she said." Abraham interrupted.

Edward chuckled and gave him a thumbs up before saying, "Well, I promised didn't I?"

"Umm..." Alex looked at the duo with an excited look as her imagination ran wild. Enid was already breathing heavily beside her, and pinching her nose to make sure that she wouldn't get a nosebleed.

"I need to talk to the coach." Edward said before he turned around, but surprisingly, the fat coach with a white mustache had already walked towards him.

"Edward, right? The principal told me you'd be coming here. If you did this last year, maybe I'll send you to the principal's office, but I want to retire peacefully this year, so I'm just going to let you off with a warning. Are you here to audition for the Dolphins?"

Edward scowled in disgust, "Ugh. Dolphins. Who in their right mind would name the school team after the ocean's most prominent rapist– Yeah, I'm trying out for the team."

"Really? Are you sure? Signing up for the team will make you open to getting injured. And I figured it would be a pretty big risk for you to take considering you need all of your fingers to play your instruments."

Jacob turned pale as he realized the truth behind the coach's words. He interrupted quickly, "No coach. He's just here to root for me. He's not joining the team."

Edward scoffed and slapped the back of Jacob's helmeted head. "Calm down will ya. I already said I'm going to try to enter the team, and I'm not going back on my words. Also, I need to have a long talk with Principal Brown about changing the school's team mascot."

"But Ed-" Alex chimed in.

"Bup Bup Bup Bup Bup. I'm not doing it for Jacob. My hands have been itching to play football for a while now. So you guys don't have to convince me otherwise. Also, I'm aiming to be the team's backup. You guys know how my schedule is right?"

Edward's group of friends nodded knowingly. Finneas muttered, "The back breaking schedule."

"The GOD is dead schedule." Jenna added.

"The 'I'm a money making monster' schedule." Alex chimed in.

"Shut up all of you." Edward scolded them.

The coach smiled and before Edward could show his skills, he said, "Alright. You're on the team."

"That's easy??" Jacob muttered in confusion.

"You made the team too Green." The coach turned to Jacob and said.

"Wait what?" Elsa contorted her face in confusion.

The coach then said, "Well we lost most of the team players after the seniors all graduated. So, we need everyone that we can get. The training starts next week. See you then."

Edward grabbed the coach's shoulder before he could walk away, "That's it???"

The coach nodded casually, "Yeah. And also, between you and me, a celebrity joining our team is really good for when I want to apply for funding. So I'm not going to even try to see if you're good or not."

The coach walked away happily, leaving behind a stunned group of students.

"So I guess...I'm on the team?" Edward said in disbelief and puzzlement. Jacob was confused too, but then Elsa shouted, "YOU GUYS ARE ON THE TEAM!!"

Enid joined in, "CONGRATULATIONS YOU GUYS!!!"

"WAY TO GO!" Jenna shouted.

Alex was laughing till her stomach hurts from the incident that she missed out on the group hug later on.

...

[Edward POV]

"Haley!" I called from afar. Haley turned quickly and before she could react, I had already ran towards her and hugged her while spinning her around. She exclaimed excitedly as she hugged me back, "You're back!"

"For now-" I put Haley down, but before I could talk to her, he saw Alex and the rest of his friends looking at him in dissatisfaction.

"What?" I asked in confusion.

"Why does SHE have the special greeting? I want that too!" Abraham said.

I furrowed my brows in disgust, "I'm not hugging you."

"Sexist!" Abraham jeered.

"Don't discriminate against men!" Finneas added.

"Yeah! Or we'll talk shit about you on twitter!" Jacob joined in.

"Fuck off!" I raised my middle finger to them.

"Edward! You're back! Now, spin me too!" Enid said mockingly as she pretended Jenna was Edward. Jenna laughed and ran towards Enid before hugging her and spinning her around. She then ran her finger on Enid's side of the face before grabbing her chin, "I'm back my love."

Haley blushed and I could feel the blood rushing towards my head. I laughed with a red face and said, "Alright. Hang out at my place? Who's in?"