Chapter 1: The Agent

So, I'm at drama class right, and it's over, so I'm outside waiting for my mom. So, me Ronnie and Christina were fighting about boy bands. That was a common scene after Drama on Saturdays.
"Nsync is so dumb." Ronnie said.
"Oh, I know you did not just diss Nsync." Christina yelled.
"So what if I did."
"We are so gonna kick you're a**." I laughed.
"That's if you can catch me." Just then Momma drove up in the car.
"Bye guys." I said.
"Bye." They said.
"See ya next Saturday."
We drove for about three minutes before anyone said anything.
"So, how was your class?" my mom asked.
"It was great. I had fun today. Wait, this isn't the way home."
"I know. We're not going to my house."
"Then where are we goin?"
"Well, I signed you up for an agent, and they wanted to meet you today." I just sat there with my mouth wide open for a minute.
"Did you talk to Dara and daddy about it? If you didn't they're not gonna like it."
"Relax. I asked them first."
"Oh, good. That's so cool."
"There's another thing you might like about this guy."
"What?"
"You know Jesse from Dream Street."
"How could I not?"
"Well, this guy's Jesse's agent as well."
"No way."
"Yep."
"Jesse's gonna be there when you meet the guy too. I asked him to ask Jesse to come. I thought it might be nice for you to have someone to ask for tips, you know."
"I'm gonna meet Jesse?"
"Yep."
"I think I'm gonna cry."
"Why."
"Mommy, I'm about to meet my all time crush. Jesse McCartney from Dream Street, and I'm gonna have the same agent as him. If that happened to you, wouldn't you be so excited that you would cry?"
"Good point. Here we are."
"Mommy?"
"Yea."
"Can I use your cell? I think I think I need to call one of my friends."
"Yea sure, but you can't be on for that long."
"Yea, just give me five minutes."
"Ok." I decided to call my friend Chevalia. She was always home.
"Hello?" Chevalia's sister said when she picked up the phone."
"Hey, Chevalia there?"
"Yea, wait up."
"Hello?" Chevalia said.
"Hey what's up?"
"Nuthin."
"Guess what?"
"What? You just saw Justin."
"No, better."
"What?"
"Momma got me an agent, and he's Jesse's agent. The one from Dream Street. And Jesse's gonna be there when I go meet the guy." I was totally freaking out.
There was silence on the other side of the phone, and then Chevalia exploded. "What? You're kidding."
"No, I've never been this dead serious in my whole entire life."
"Oh, my God, you're gonna meet Jesse?"
"Yea."
"When you meet Chris, get an autograph for me?"
"Yea, but I don't think I'll be meeting him for a while. But when I do, I promise I will. But right now, Jesse's standing in front of me watching me go totally crazy, and he's doing the Justin thing and lookin at me like I'm some sorta freak. I can't say I blame him though. Cuz I'm talking so fast I don't think even you can understand me."
"Girl, this isn't the first time you've freaked out like this. I totally understood everything you said."
"Good, I gotta go calm down so I can talk to Je- Holy s-t."
"What?"
"Justin just walked in."
"Justin Timberlake?"
"Don't I wish? No, worse. Justin Estavillo."
"Justin just walked in?"
"Yea. Looks like I'm not the only one tryin to get this guy."
"Well, go say something to him."
"Fine, bye."
"See ya soon. Call me as soon as you leave and tell me how it went."
"I will, I promise. How could I not?"
"Bye."
"Bye."
"Ave, I'm leaving, call me when you wanna leave." Momma said when I gave her, her cell.
"K."
"Justin, what the hell are you doin here?" I said to Justin when my mom left.
"Me, what about you?"
"My mom wants to get me an agent."
"Me too."
"This so sucks."
Then Jesse walked over and said, "Hey, I see you two have already met."
"Yea, unfortunately for me." I said, looking disgusted.
"Do you two know each other from somewhere else?"
"Yea, school." Justin said, giving me a very evil look.
"Well, I know you didn't ask for my advice, but, I think you guys should try and get along, cuz you guys will probably be doin a lot together."
I looked at Justin and said, "God, do you have to ruin everything for me?" I was almost crying now.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Justin snapped.
"First, you came to my school, and take all my favorite teachers, and brainwash 'em."
"Who are your favorite teachers?"
"Mr. Chase and Mrs. Hanley. God, sense you came, Mr. Chase doesn't laugh at me anymore, and Mrs. Hanley, who was always on my side for everything, is now always on your side. Then, you take Michael, who was my friend last year, and now I can't talk to him, cuz I want nothing to do with anyone that's your friend. So thanks to you, I lost a perfectly good friend. Then, on top of all that, the day I find out my mom's trying to get me an agent, and I get to meet my all time, hugest crush, you have to come and mess it all up. You always mess everything up for me." I screamed.
"Oh. So now you're blamin everything on me." Justin screamed back.
"Only cuz it's true."
"B****."
"Oh, ok, make me the bad guy."
"That's right. You're making me sound like a total @$$."
"Only cuz you are."
"Ho."
"Ogay uckfay ourselfyay."
"Ooh." Jesse said, making a face.
"You know Pig Latin?" I asked.
"Yea. Does he?"
"Don't think so, e'shay ootay tupidsay ootay owknay owhay. And guess what, Justin. You can't get me in trouble cuz we're not at school." Me and Jesse started laughing really hard. Justin rolled his eyes and walked away.
"You really hate him, don't you?" Jesse asked when we finally stopped laughing.
"Yea. He's a real jerk."
"Why do ya hate him so much?"
"Well, It's an extremely long story, so I'll make it short. When we were in 6th grade, I didn't know him yet, but he did the same thing to me that he did to one of my best friends. But he didn't try and get her in trouble. He doesn't know we're best friends yet. Well, this year, in 7th grade, I met him cuz he's in my P.E class, and I had a huge crush on him. A few weeks later, he asked me out. Then, he started totally ignoring me. The next day, he dumped me. Then, about a month later, he started making deals with my friends, like if they didn't get them in trouble, he'd ask me out.
"Well, he never asked me out again. That doesn't even bug me. It's the fact that he was making deals with my friends that really pissed me off. Then he started talking s-t about me, so I went to the counselor's office and made an agreement. If my friends didn't leave him alone, he could get me in trouble, and if his friends didn't leave me alone, I could get him in trouble. Well, my friends wouldn't leave him alone, so he tried to get me suspended. I didn't get suspended though. His friend Nick never left me alone, but I didn't have the heart to get him in trouble for something his stupid friend was doin. Maybe I should've gotten him in trouble. Then he probably wouldn't be ruining this perfect day for me."
Jesse didn't say anything for a minute, then, he said, "Wow. Now I see why you hate him so much. But I don't see why he hates you."
"I don't either."
Then, from across the room, he yelled, "Cuz you're a b****." Right then I jumped up and was about to slap him, when Jesse grabbed my arm.
"Don't."
"Give me one good reason."
Jesse thought for a minute, then said, "Well, if you pretend to get along, and I tell my agent that you guys hate each other, but you're trying to get along, that might increase your chances of him taking you."
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to pretend to get along."
"Ok, good. Hey, I never got your names."
"Oh, sorry, I'm Ave."
"I'm Justin." Justin said sulkily. I sat in a chair and started to cry.
"I need to call Chevalia." I said.
"You can use my cell." Jesse replied.
"Do you always call that ho for everything?" Justin asked.
"She's not a ho, she's one of my best friends, so shut your big, fat, stupid mouth so I don't have to see your ugly buck teeth." Justin just sat there with his mouth wide open, just gapping at me, there were tears streaming down my face. Justin's face was red with anger.
"Hello?" Chevalia's sister said when he picked up the phone.
"Chevalia home?"
"Wait up. Chevalia, it's your friend Ave, she's crying."
"Hello? Are you ok?" Chevalia asked.
"I think so, but I'm not sure." I said.
"What happened?"
"Justin's tryin to get same agent as me. And I just insulted him really really bad." I said, still crying.
"Girl, I feel so sorry for you."
"Oh, guess what."
"What?"
"He called you a ho."
"What a stupid @$$."
"I know. I gotta go. Bye."
"Bye."
"Hey Jesse?" I said.
"Yea?" He answered.
"Is you're agent nice?"
"Totally. He's really cool. You'll like him a lot."
"Good." Justin said.
"Don't forget, you guys have to pretend to try and get along." Jesse reminded us.
"Yea, whatever." Justin said.
"I'm serious, you guys fighting could be the one thing that keeps you from getting him."
"Justin?" I said.
"What?" He snarled.
"Truce for now? Just so we get him?"
"Fine" He said, reluctantly.
"Good, cuz I don't need you ruining this for me. You've ruined school for me, but if we have to work together, we might as well try and get along."
"So, even though were in a truce, you still gonna diss me?"
"Yea, Whatta ya gonna do about it?" He stood over me and pointed at me, then the agent we were trying to get walked in. Jesse walked over to Justin and tapped him on the shoulder.
"What?" Justin growled at him.
"He's here." Jesse said.
"Oh." Justin said.
"Tupidsay." I muttered. Jesse laughed.
"Say one more thing in that stupid language of yours and I will kick your @$$." Justin said.
"Oh, yea, when? When we're at school, or right now?"
"Right now."
"Sure, sure. I believe you." The agent cleared his throat to remind us that he was there.
"Er, they don't get along very well, but they're gonna try and work it out, right guys?" Jesse said.
"Yea, whatever." I muttered.
"Sure." Justin said reluctantly.
"Step into my office please." The agent instructed. So we walked into his office, and sat down. Jesse sat between me and Justin. The office was a small, cluttered little space in back of the waiting room. "Ok, I'm Tim Smith, and I see you've already met Jesse."
"Yea." I said, looking around the office. Tim was tall and blond. He had blue eyes that always seemed to be sparkling and laughing, not matter how serious he was being. If he wasn't so old, he would have been really cute. He was in his late 30's or early 40's.
"What are your names again, I can't seem to remember."
"I'm Avelina Presley."
"I'm Justin Estavillo."
"Ah, yes, now I remember."
"And it seems you two have a problem with each other."
"Yea, but we're gonna try and get along." I said, smiling.
"You two go to school together, right?"
"Yea." Justin said.
"Well, you'll have to try and get along at school too. Not just when I'm around. Let me think of a way to get you to be together at school. Ah, yes, I know. You two can try and bring your groups together."
"What do you mean?" I asked, confused.
"Well, on Monday, I want you two to start hanging out together. But I don't want you to leave your little group of friends, so, try to bring them together."
"That might be a problem for me." I said, looking into his sparkling eyes. They seemed to be teasing me, laughing at my pain, "My friends don't like him and his friends. And there's absolutely no way I'm gonna hang out with him."
"Avelina."
"Call me Ave."
"Ok, Ave, if you want to do this, your gonna have to."
"I can't. The people at my school, they know me. If they see me with It, they're gonna think something, that's so not true."
"You will do as I say. Jesse, since Ave seems so reluctant to be seen with him, I need someone who will make sure it happens. I'm gonna call your mother and ask her to get you into Sutter."
"Come on, you can't force two complete enemies to change their ways in one day." I said.
"I'm not. You guys'll have the same friends, and eventually you'll have to talk." Tim said.
"Will you excuse me for a minute, while I go talk to my friend about this, to see what she says." I said.
"If you're gonna call Chevalia, she's gonna say no."
"Shut up, you."
"Make me."
"Fine, I will." I started to walk over to Justin, but Jesse stood up, and pushed me out the door.
"Ave, don't start that." Jesse said.
"Fine. Can I use your cell again?" I said, rolling my eyes.
"Hello?" Chevalia said when she answered the phone.
"Hi"
"Hey. What's up Ave?"
"Tim, the agent dude, wants me and Justin to start hanging out at school, and he's making Jesse come to Sutter to make sure we do."
"No way."
"Unfortunately it's true."
"So, if you wanna get this dude, you have to be friends with Justin?"
"Yea. Can you call the others and tell 'em we're gonna have a few new additions to the group?"
"Yea, sure."
"Thanks, I gotta go back and talk to Tim."
"Ok, bye."
"Bye."
"Well?" Jesse asked.
"She's calling the others to tell 'em right now."
"Ok, good." Then, me and Jesse walking into the room.
"I'm back. Did ya miss me?" I said smiling, sitting down, and being my usual stupid self, but, as usual, Justin had to ruin it.
"No, we didn't." Justin said.
"You shut up." I said.
"Make me."
"Ok." I got up, but Jesse stood up and pushed me back down by my head, "Thanks Jesse." I said sarcastically.
"You're gonna be doin that a lot to both of us at school." Justin said.
"Jesse, I want a daily report on how they're doing, and I want the three of you back here on Saturday." Tim said.
"Fine." We all said at the same time. Then, we walked outta the room.
"Jesse, lemme call Momma on your cell?" I asked.
"K" He said.
"Hello?" Momma said when she answered her cell.
"Come pick me up. I'll be waiting outside."
"Ok. Bye."
"Bye."
"Do you want me to wait outside with you?" Jesse asked.
"Yea, if you want." I said. So we walked outside, and his cell rang.
"Hello?" Jesse said when he answered it.
"Hey dude." Said the person on the other line.
"Hey Chris."
"Chris!" I said.
"Hold on. Yea, Chris."
"Did you say my name?"
"Remember I said two people were trying to get my agent, a guy and a girl?"
"Yea."
"The girl is Ave, and the guy is Justin. And I'm standing outside with Ave, she's waiting for her mom."
"Oh, how'd it go anyway?"
"It turned out that Ave and Justin knew each other from school, and they hate each other, and they had a fight."
"Ooh, who won?"
"They both lost. Tim's making me go to their school to make sure they get along."
"That sucks. What school?"
"Sutter."
"Hey, I'm gonna ask my mom if she can let me go there with you."
"Ok."
"Wait while I ask."
"Ok."
"You told Chris about me and Justin." I half screamed.
"Yea, but to make up for that, I might have some good news."
"Well, spit it out."
"Chris is asking his mom if she'll let him come to Sutter."
"Ooh, cool."
"Jesse." Chris said when he got back on the phone.
"Yea." Jesse replied.
"She said yea."
"Oh, cool."
"What?" I asked.
"She said yea."
"Tight." Them Momma drove up. I had my back to the car, and I was looking at Jesse, so I didn't noticed, but one of my best friends, Julia, got outta the car.
"Hey Ave." I looked around, and saw Julia. I screamed and ran to hug her.
"Oh, my God! Julia!" I was so happy to see her, I was crying. I hadn't seen her in two years.
"Are you ok Ave?" Jesse asked.
"Yea. Oh, Jesse, this is Julia, Jul, this is Jesse."
"Hi." Jesse said.
"Hi," Julia said, "You look like Jesse from-"
"Dream Street?"
"Yea."
"That's cuz I am."
"Get out."
"I'm serious."
"He is." I told her.
"Ave. Get in the car." My mom said.
"Oh, hey Momma. Bye Jesse. See ya Monday." I said.
"Bye Ave."
Me and Julia started to get in the back seat of the car, and I said, "Oh, wait. Jesse, can I have your phone number, just in case, like, I wanna talk or something?" Even if I didn't really have a reason to call, I would find one.
"Oh, yea." Jesse said and he gave me his home phone, and his cell number, and I gave him my dad's number, and my mom's number.
"Your gonna see him Monday?" my mom said.
"Yea. Long story."
"We have time."
"Well, ok, if you really wanna know."
"I do."
"Ok, you know the other guy that walked in the room while I was talking to Chevalia?"
"Yea."
"That was Justin."
"Justin was there?" Julia asked. She knows Justin too. She was the one that knew Justin from 6th grade.
"Yea, and, well, we sorta got in a fight as soon as Tim walked in. And he said that he wanted us to hang out at school so that we would start to get along, and I objected."
"Oh, Ave." My mom said, in a disappointed tone.
"You got in a fight with Justin?" Julia asked in shock.
"Yea, I know. But something good came out of it."
"What good could possibly come out of that?"
"Well, now Jesse and Chris are coming to my school. Tim told Jesse to come to Sutter to make sure we got along, then Chris called and Jesse told him, and Chris asked his mom if he could go to Sutter too. And his mom said yea, oh, and we have to go back next Saturday."
"Ooh. I bet you like that."
"You have no idea." I said, with a huge smile on my face.
"Guess where we're goin today." My mom said.
"Where?"
"Palmdale."
"Cool."
"Guess where you, me and Julia are goin."
"Where?"
"Karaoke"
"No way! I thought they didn't have Karaoke there anymore."
"Sy came back."
"Yes! Jul, you finally get to meet Sam. Eew." Then I saw a white car drive past us on the free way. Guess who was in it. Just guess. It was the person I least wanted to see. The one that ruins everything for me. If you guessed Justin, you're right. And, he was on his way to ruin something else for me that day.
"What?" Julia asked.
"Justin's in the car next to us." Julia went to go look out my window.
"Ave, your seein things. Justin's not out there." I looked out again, and sure enough, the car was gone.
"Whatever."

* * *

"Carlos." Justin said to the boy sitting in the car next to him.
"What?" Carlos asked, annoyed. His favorite song was playing on the radio.
"Ave's in the white car next to us."
"Really? Where?" Carlos asked looking out the window. "You moron, she's not out there."
"I swear I saw her."
"Well I guess I missed her."
You're probably wondering who Sy is, and why I'm so excited to go to Karaoke in Palmdale. So, here's the answer. Ok, They had Karaoke in Palmdale, and me and my mom always went. Sy is the guy that runs it, and he has a really cute son named Sam, that always goes with him. Anyway, back to the story. When we finally got to Palmdale, I was smiling as me and Jul ran to where they do Karaoke.

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