Chapter4
�Ha ha...ahhhhhh!!! Ha, ha ha!� Perry cackled loudly as he stared at Destiny. �I don�t understand, what�s so funny.� She said looking back at him seriously. �Let me get this straight. He thought you were a famous producer. And he�s suppose to call you tomorrow?� He asked. �Yeah.� Macy answered. �Ha ha ha...ha ha ah� He chuckled to himself.
�What? What is so funny about that?� Destiny asked starting to get irritated.
�He�s so dumb, he can�t tell the difference between a famous producer and you?� Perry asked, looking at her while still giggling a little. �What? So your saying I couldn�t be a producer?� She asked as her eyes narrowed. �No, no, don�t get me wrong. You could be a great producer. In fact I already think of you as a producer. I just don�t get how he mixed you up, with a girl that lives all the way in Europe. On top of that, I think it�s kind of funny that your going to go meet him tomorrow, and when he sees you he�s going to find out your not who you say you are. I just wish I could see his reaction.� Perry smiled. �That�s not going to happen. She can pull it off, I know she can.� Macy told him.
�No...I can�t, which is why when he calls, or if he calls, I�m just going to tell him straight out who I am.� She told the both of them.
�What, what are you talking about, you can�t.� Macy blurted at her. �Yes, I can and I am. Nothing good can come of lying Macy, nothing. And I�m especially not going to start by lying to someone famous. Someone famous who I respect by the way. Besides, he might not even call. Which is fine with me.� She fell down into the couch and folded her arms.
�Destiny, listen, you really should go for this.� Macy protested as she looked down at her. �Macy, I can�t just go around pretending to be other people. That�s crazy, besides, as soon as the other guys see me there going to know I�m not her. AJ might have not seen Steffany before, but I�m sure at least one of the other guys have.� Destiny told her.
�That�s okay though. We can get around that. All we have to do is find out if the other guys have seen a picture of her before. Then we just have to keep you away from whoever knows what she looks like.� Macy explained.
�You talk as if you�ve done this before.� Perry told her raising as eyebrow. �Lets just say I had a friend back in high school that switched places with me for a while. It�s a long story. But anyway, D you have to do this. This will be your one big chance to just go for it. Who knows what might happen. At least keep up the front until they can hear your music. At least do that much.
D, You have to just leap sometimes, you know? Don�t think about where you�ll land for one time in your life. Just Leap and hope for the best.�
�But expect the worse, right?� Destiny finished.
�See that�s your problem, your always thinking about the darker side of things. You rationalize things too much. Stop trying to dissect this and just do it. For once in your life just go for something and don�t look back. I know you like to play it cool because it�s the most comfortable place to be, but it�s not always the right way to go. For once just take a risk.�
Destiny sat thinking and soaking in everything Macy had just said to her. Maybe it was time to just take a risk. But the whole thing could blow up in her face. She looked over at Perry who looked like he had something to say.
�What do you think?� She asked him. �I think it�s a bad idea. The whole thing has bad written all over it. It is a chance to get your music heard but after they find out who you are, I�m not sure they�ll care. Can�t you get in legal trouble for stealing someone�s identity? How are you suppose to pull something like that off anyway? It just sounds crazy to me.� Perry told her as he laughed again.
The phone then rang loudly, catching all their attention. All of them starred at it silently as it rang a second time. �Well, aren�t you going to pick it up?� Macy asked looking over at Destiny. She slowly picked the phone up and place it to her ear. The others watched her intensely as if the phone was about to grow a head.
�Hello?� She said, anticipating who the voice on the other end would belong to.
�Hi, is Destiny there?�
�This is her.� She answered back. �Hi, this is AJ. Remember we talked earlier today in the studio.�
�Yeah, I remember. How are you?� She asked as a smile appeared on her face.
�Well...who is it?� Macy whispered loudly, tapping her. �Is it him? What did he say?� Perry asked looking at her. �Shhh.� She told them as she pulled the phone away from her mouth for a second.
�Are you still there?� AJ asked her. �Yeah, I�m here. I just...just have this really dumb dog that keeps making noise.�
Macy then quickly flicked her ear. �Oww!� She yelled forgetting to pull the phone away from her mouth. �You okay?� AJ asked her.
�Yeah, I�m fine. It�s the dog, she just bit me.�
�Woah, not good to have a dog that bites.�
�I know. She�s old, I�m really thinking about putting her down.� Destiny said into the phone while she starred over at Macy, who flashed her an angry look back.
�So, I was thinking, maybe we could get together for lunch tomorrow. And you could also meet the guys. Kevin won�t be able to come because he�s got this business thing in Florida, but the rest of the guys will be there. Kevin says he�s met you before anyway so it won�t matter. The other guys have never seen you before, so their excited.�
�Kevin�s met me before?�
�Yeah, well he said it was over the phone on a TV show he had to do over seas. You called in and had your interview done over the phone. He told me he said hi to you. It was a while ago so he said that�s probably why you didn�t remember.�
�Oh.�
�But he told me to tell you he saw a clip of your new video for the new album and it�s awesome. He said you look really great in it. The other guys really want to know what you look like now.� He laughed.
�Oh, yeah?� She giggled as her face dropped a little. �What? What is it?� Macy asked as she slid onto the floor.
�What is he saying? Tell us something.� Perry told her, just as curious as Macy.
�Yeah, so are we on tomorrow?� He asked her, waiting for an answer. �Umm,....uh, yeah� She blurted out, unsure of her answer. She then started biting on her bottom lip wondering what he was about to say next.
�Okay then. That�s great, how about 12:00, noon, that a good time for you?�
�Un hu.�
�Okay, you want us to pick you up?�
�No, um, I�ll just meet you there.� She told him quickly.
�How about we just meet you at the studio and we can all go from there?�
�Sounds good.�
�Okay, well see you then.�
�Okay, bye.� She smiled as she hung the phone up.
�What happened? You made a date right?� Macy asked as she sat next to her on the couch. Destiny continue to look at the phone in shock. �Well...what happened?� Perry asked her. �Tomorrow, I�m going to meet the Backstreet Boys.� She said as she turned to face them.
�Hahn!� Macy screamed in glee. �Oh my God, this is so cool! This is great! I mean stuff like this never happens to us and finally something good is happening. I can�t even believe this Destiny. There going to love you, and then you�ll become rich and famous and we�ll live in a really phat house.� Macy babbled.
Destiny�s face then fell. �What�s wrong?� Macy asked her. �All of it will be built on a lie. That�s what�s wrong. This is horrible, they probably will hate my music and then after they tell me how badly I stink they�ll hate me for lying to them.�
�Destiny, girl, you have to stop this whole I�m going to get caught attitude. What is wrong with you? Something good is finally happening and your still thinking of all the bad that could happen. Oh wow! We have to pick something out for you to wear tomorrow. We have to do your hair and...we have to make you famous, come on.� Macy told her as she grabbed her arm trying to pull her off the couch.
�What about work tomorrow?� Perry asked as he looked at Macy. �I forgot about work. I have to go to work Macy.� Destiny agreed. �We�ll tell them your sick. Come on, you�ve virtually gone like a year with no sick days. One will not kill you. You are going to do this and I�m not taking no for an answer.� She announced as she pulled Destiny off the couch and into the back hall.