Asher’s POV “Cheryl…How…?” I watched my world fall apart right before me on that stage. It was clear that I had made the biggest mistake by bringing my girlfriend to that concert. The man of the night, the college star, Neil had called for a girl to come do his Dirty Dance song with him and for some reason, my girlfriend had run out and donated herself for that. I had used up my savings to buy our tickets and now I was seeing what my guts had been telling me all that time. The girl I had given my whole life for was right there on the stage, rocking Neil and getting spanked like she was some whore. But to make it even worse, she seemed to be having the time of her life as the cheering of the crowd nearly made me deaf. To make it even worse, my college bullies didn't hesitate to rub it in my face at that point. Comments flew in from all sides.“She ain't your girl any more…” “Neil's got your girl on the tip of his finger, and you know where that finger will be going soon…”“You're

Asher’s POV I had been forced to sit all alone in the car while Theo went in to take the test. It felt like the longest hour I had ever spent. Just me and my restrained tears in the car. People would occasionally look at me as they walked past the car window. I had fallen for the temptation of going online to see the videos of me that had been all over the internet. And that made me even more miserable. I was still shocked at how Neil had been able to get the professor to do his bidding. It looked like anyone could do anything in the school if they became a pop star.A call disrupted the silence I had been enjoying in the car. I looked at the screen to see it was my boss at the mall I worked. At that point, I was reminded of all I had given up just for Cheryl’s birthday.From the moment I answered the call, I could tell that my day was about to go from bad to worse. “I’m so sorry, Mr. Fletcher… I got caught up in a lot last night.”“Of course you did…” he almost cut me off with hi

Asher's POV “Damn what? Where have you been?” Theo couldn't hold back his worry as he barged into the bathroom door which I thought I had locked. “You had me scared for a moment Asher with the way you took off.”I was having a hard time staying at the moment as Pheme was suddenly gone, and the entire place was back to normal like nothing had happened at all. Now I was beginning to question if that had been reality or just some wishful part of my imagination coming to life. “Asher, are you even listening to anything I'm saying?” Theo called me back impatiently as he was completely annoyed by my sudden change of behavior. “I thought I told you not to let any of these get to you and now you are letting it make you crazy.”“I'm totally fine…” I looked at my watch and I could see the timer running already and that let me know that it was actually real. Along with my phone which had the notification of the alert I couldn't doubt it anymore. “I just needed to get my feet moving a bit.”The

Asher's POV “That was some crazy stuff you pulled off there…” Theo said as we got the last bit of equipment into the car. “Neil surely didn't see that coming.” “Of course he didn't…” I hadn't felt that level of satisfaction in a while. But my satisfaction was taken away each time I remembered that I would have to work with the system while keeping it secret from Theo. That was my biggest concern at the moment. “You had to see the look on his face when he just realized that he was going to pay for the building of a new cafeteria. That's sure to dig a deep hole in his pocket.” Theo laughed as we got in the car. Getting in the car made me remember what Neil had said about his car. I was suddenly aware of how uncomfortable it was there. “How about we get a new ride?” My words made Neil freeze. I watched his smile vanish as he had his hands on his steering. He stared at me like a mannequin for the next couple of seconds.“Say what?” Theo seemed so sure of the fact he had heard me wro

Asher's POV “Congratulations player, you just completed your second mission of assembling your band. You've just earned 200 points. Your reward is ten million dollars…”A good way to start a new day… I thought to myself as I was up on my feet at once. The door opened and Theo came walking in with two of the guys. “Your next mission is to go get yourselves a uniform attire for the team… but this time, you have twenty four hours to finish your task…”“Huh…?” I had no idea when I gasped out loud. “Are you alright, Asher?” Theo asked as the two guys he walked in with made themselves comfortable in his small living room. “Yeah…” I put on my best smile, while trying to hide the crazy urgency that had been shot up in my being by Pheme's notification. “I'm just feeling a bit dizzy. Just got up…” I turned to the crew members, “What's up guys?” “By the way…” Theo said, pointing at the skinnier one of them. “This is Jack, our main producer and wizard behind the keyboard…”“Nice to meet you,