Alex shook his head. 'They were friends with me before I was popular. They were my oldest friends, my only really true friends. Once I got into music, I got popular, and it became addictive. Popularity is like a drug, once you feel worshipped like that, you constantly want more. Part of me wishes I'd never been found by the guys in the band.' He sighed. 'But I'm coming to my senses, gradually. I've been realising that maybe the people aren't true to me, or even themselves for that matter. I've began to think a little more logically.'