Jess walked into her room, she quietly went into the bathroom turning on the shower. She brushed her teeth, went into the bedroom plugging in her phone to charge and pulling off her clothes before going in the shower. Carmen woke up to the sound of the shower. Jess came in 5 minutes later wrapped in her towel.

“Sorry did I wake you?” Jess asked
“It’s okay” Carmen sighed “You okay?”
“Yep…how you feeling? Do you need anything?”
“Can you help me into the bathroom?”
“Can I get dressed first and dry the floor” Jess smirked “Could be disastrous if I don’t”
Carmen smiled
Jess quickly pulled on her shorts and vest top and dried the bathroom floor before lifting Carmen into the bathroom.
She got Carmen back into bed and covered up. “You hungry?” Jess asked
“No not really, sore”
“Let me get your pain killers” Jess left the bedroom and went into her lounge area lifting the bag of medication she got what Carmen needed and lifted a bottle of water out her fridge.
“Thank” Carmen accepted the bottle of water scrunching her face as she swallowed the tablets.
Jess got into bed. “Do you want the iPad or TV on?”
“No I think I’m going back to sleep” Carmen yawned
“Okay” Jess turned the light out and lay down
“Jess?”
“Yep?”
“I’m sorry I was a bitch” Carmen apologised
“It’s fine don’t worry about it, I’m sorry you’re hurting”
“Can you cuddle me please?”
“Off course I can” Jess took Carmen into her arms and held her tight
“Jess and Caroline send their love they’re coming next week” Jess said
“That’s nice” Carmen sighed
Both girls fell asleep quickly.

The next day…

Lisa and Carmen sat on the sofa watching the interview on the TV. Bette and Tina sat on the sofa next to them and Mason sat on his beanbag.
Josh sat in the studio with Jess and the boys.
“So Jess obviously it’s been a rollercoaster for you at the minute, tonight gives you a chance to clear some of the rumours” Josh smiled “So the first one being have you and your fiancée split up?”
“No we most certainly have not, we had a bit of a rough time like most couples do, I’m not really getting into it to be fair, I’m entitled to a personal life”
“Is it true that your fiancée and Shay Cairns were together?”
Jace, Mark and Lee closed their eyes.
Bette looked at Tina.
“Carmen was at college, people do stupid things at college, and I was a complete waste of space at that time, Carmen and Shay knew each other, what happened between them is irrelevant because I wasn’t with Carmen at that time” Jess explained choosing her words very carefully
“Was this the reason you weren’t wearing your engagement ring, obviously you did a bit of work with Shay and had a number one hit with him”
“Yeah we did have a number one hit, he was very lucky to get the chance to work with me, and well done to him for his successful tour, he does work very hard and we wish him all the best” Jess said
“Again I’m sorry to push this but can we clear up the rumour, are you still engaged?”
“Yes I am” Jess answered
“Your fans have shown a lot of support over the past few months after you fiancée’s accident and you have been given a lot of unwanted attention surrounding this…”
“Yeah I mean it was a stressful time no-one wants attention and fuss when they are experiencing something like that, It was a big invasion of privacy, people were saying Carmen was dead and horrible things”
“We know that Carmen lost her parents and were extremely sorry about that, you have had a lot of negative press recently how do you deal with that?”
“I can ignore it, my family struggle to as does Carmen they’re not use to it so it does piss them off” Jess explained “Just because I can sing doesn’t mean I’m above anyone else we go through everyday struggles like everyone, were not superheroes or immune to drama”
“That’s for sure” Mark muttered
“Guys how do you deal with it?”
“Yeah like Jess says, it pisses us off when our family’s ready crap about us, but that’s what paparazzi do, they poison things and take it out of context.” Jace explained “Jess and Carmen especially don’t deserve the crap that’s been posted about them”
“Is it true that your fiancée is paralysed?”
“It’s temporary but Carmen will walk again, could be tomorrow could be next week, could be next year but she will walk again, she’s the strongest person I know” Jess said
“Again this is what bugs us, Jess’s personal life should be personal but everyone is so interested in it, which is shit, Carmen isn’t a public person especially in her job, she doesn’t need to be a public figure because she loves Jess” Lee stated
“Jess doesn’t like all the attention either for that matter” Jace added “She rolls with it because she adores her fans and wants to be honest with them”
“Yeah I mean sometimes I’m like are you serious what has this got to do with anything, I’m a singer and I write music that’s all that matters.” Jess said
“You write a lot of music about your relationship” Josh said
“Carmen is my inspiration, you write what you’re feeling at the time, I write music people can relate too”
“So on another note…when’s the new album released?”
“We’ve had to delay it for a few weeks due to personal reasons” Jace mimicked inverted commas with his fingers
“Jess is obviously out of action at the minute” Mark said
“Yeah my main priority at the minute is my fiancée and making sure she’s fine, she’s got my full attention for now and until I feel she’s okay that’s the way it will stay”
“Jess we really appreciate you being here tonight considering and answering these questions I know a lot of them are irrelevant to music and I feel like I’ve just invaded your private life” Josh said
“Technically you have, and that’s our point, were entitled to private life’s and we wanted to state that tonight” Jace answered
“I agree with you, but anyway…Jess pass on our regards to Carmen and we hope she gets better soon, we also look forward to the album release and having you guys back very soon, it’s always a pleasure.”