Pulling on his black wife beater over his white one, Luke turned to the mirror and adjusted his baggy black jeans and grabbed his silver chain of his dresser. Clipping the chain around his neck and pulling his sunglasses down from his head he glanced quickly into the mirror adjusted his hair and walked out the door.
Climbing into his silver Envoy Luke started up the SUV and headed towards Dalton and Lucy’s apartment near the University Campus. Arriving within a couple of minutes Luke locked the door and headed up to their apartment. When the door was pulled open by a damp but dressed Dalton, Luke grinned down at the little guy.
“Where’s your mom bud?” Luke asked kneeling down to eye level.
“Right here” Lucy answered as she appeared with a knapsack slung over a shoulder and Daltons hat in her hand. “Lets go!” Grabbing the car seat from just inside the doorway Luke led the way down to his tuck. Opening the side door and belting the seat in he reached down and lifted Dalton into his seat.
“We see Mickey today?” Dalton asked as they passed the first sign informing them how to get to Disney.
“Yep we can see Mickey today” Lucy replied glancing over her shoulder to look at Dalton. Glancing quickly into his mirror as they truck hurtled down the highway Luke grinned at the site that met him. Dalton was softly mouthing the words to You’ve got a friend. Luke couldn’t help but grin. The kid sang anything and everything that Luke and the rest of his band wrote. Leaning forward Luke flipped on his car CD player and flipped to the song Dalton had been singing and started to belt out the words. Grinning when Lucy and Dalton joined in.
As they pulled into the crowded parking lot the first round of the chorus started and they got a few odd looks as the words drifted out the open windows.
Grinning over at Lucy as he pulled the truck to a stop.
“Yo, Jace what are we doing today?” Joey asked sticking his head out from the back room as the bus based a welcome to Orlando sign.
“Were doing and appearance at Disney at noon and then he have the rest of the after noon to do whatever we want.” JC answer monotonously. He sat in his now regular seat. At the small table with his head pressed to the window as he watched the scenery go by.
“You going to actually have fun today dude or are you just gonna hide out in the van?” Justin asked looking up from the video game he’d been glued to for the last couple of hours.
“Yah are you?” Chris asked as he came bouncing out of the bathroom, trying to get his other sock on.
“I don’t know” JC answered glancing up from his window. Seeing all the worried and disapproving looks JC thought for a moment. “Fine, I try and have ‘fun’ today.”
As the bus pulled to a stop Chris slipped on his shoes and the five boys clambered out of the bus and onto the pavement. Glancing around at their surroundings they were glad that the bus had pulled into the Staff entrance where the mob of fans, which they could vaguely hear in the distance, couldn’t reach them.
As they made their way through the check in building they emerged into the park through a door marked staff. Apparently security had been waiting for them because the moment they appeared there was a guard next to each of them and about a handful of extra guards near by.
One of the assistant park managers appears.
“Hi, I’m Gail. I was told to come fetch you boys and show you to the stage they have set up for you. I was informed that you’d be performing a couple of songs. Having a quick chat with the host Greg and then you’d be watching from the side of the stage the open talent contest that is being held for 1 o’clock to 3 o’clock pm, and after that you’d be free to wonder the park for a couple of hours. Am I correct?” Gail, the manger asked glancing at her clipboard.
“Uh…yah, I think so” Lance spoke up, baffled by how much the women knew about what they’d be doing today.
“Great, follow me this way” Gail said cheerily, leading the way.
“Hmmm. To bad you didn’t get Ryan and Dan to join us today, says here there will be an open talent contest from 1pm – 3pm. It also says that a group of 5 celebrity singers will be in attendance.” Lucy said stopping in front of a sign posted just inside the entrance.
“Yah, but today was supposed to be a you, me and Dalton day. Besides I didn’t even know, and they’re probably doing something else anyways.” Luke said, scooping Dalton up in his arms and bouncing the quiet boy playfully.
“Well… You know I want you to be successful, so as long as you promise that Dalton and I get you for the rest of the day I have no problem if you at least call them and see if they have that couple of hours free so that you guys can perform and look pretty….” Lucy said with a sly grin.
“You got something else planned but ok, I’ll call…I guess” grabbing his cell phone out of his pocket Luke punched in Dan and Ryan’s apartment number.
~Dan here. Speak to me!~ Dan’s voice said from the other end of the line.
“Hey, Dan you and Ryan busy?” Luke asked.
~Nothing planed today, but I though you were taking Luce and Dalton to Disney today.~
“I am, actually were here right now. But apparently theirs is going to be an open talent contest from 1-3 and there is going to be celebrities in attendance. So Lucy said that if you guys wern't busy, that she wouldn’t mind if we preformed, because and I quote ‘You know I want you to be successful’. So you guys want to come down for a bit? I promised her she could have me to her and Dalton and only them…so….”
~Naw that’s cool, sure will come down Ryan’s nodding like and idiot cause I told him while you were rambling and its fine if you ditch us after will hang out there for a bit on our own and head home. But, uhh…one thing. What on earth are we going to perform and what the hell are we supposed to wear? All our gear is at the club.~
“I’ve got our CD here, both the worded one and the not so we can do anything on the CD. As for cloths, I’m wearing black baggy jeans, and a black wife beater over a white one, so just wear whatever you think will look cool.” Luke said, grinning at Lucy when she gave him an odd look.
~K well that’s solved see you then?~
“Yah, well meet you at the main gate at 12:30, so in an hour and a half. Ill go sign us up now. Talk to you later, Bye.” Hanging up his phone Luke turned to grin at Lucy.
“Well we just have to sign up and then you guys get me until around 1:30 when we’re supposed to meet the boys here and then you get me from after our performance till the end!” Grabbing the Daltons other right seeing as his left one was in Lucy’s the trio headed off into the crowded park.
~© Drea @ Kufunk Fiction 2002-2003~
You’ve got a friend © B4-4 2002-2003