"Hiya," he walked in the room a little bit, "What's going on here homegirls?" they all shared a laugh..."No really what's going on in here?"
"Nothing you should worry about," Mandie laughed as she finally stopped crying.
"Um, can I talk to Cass for a second?" Justin asked Mandie.
"You have my permission," Mandie giggled.
"Someone's waiting outside for you, so go girl! Go talk to him!" Justin shooed her away and then turned back to Cass.
"What do you need to talk to me about Justin?" Cass asked suddenly self-conscious about what she looked like.
"Lance! Hey!" Mandie smiled and walked up to him.
"Hey what's up Mandie?" Lance replied, smiling his sweet Southern smile at her.
"Sorry we had to leave so quick," Mandie apologized, "My little sis has to be on TRL today."
"What about you? What are you doing today?"
"I'm gonna be on TRL today as well."
"Oh, that's really nice. So, what are you doing after TRL?"
"I don't know, why?"
"You possibly wanna go out?"
Mandie bit her bottom lip and looked into his amazing green eyes. "Um probably... I have to see what I'll be doing."
"Great," He said smiling his adorable smile. He usually didn't fall in love this fast but he was falling and he was falling fast. It was just the way she talked to him in that sweet gentle voice of hers, or the way her hair cascaded on her shoulders, or the way she walked�he loved everything about her.
"So, I'll see you later then, huh?" Mandie smiled again, trying to hold in the nervousness she was having right now.
"Yeah I guess so," Lance replied, feeling his hands start to lightly shake when they heard a slamming door.
"What a bitch," Justin stormed off towards his dressing room. Mandie ran into the dressing room, leaving Lance to stand out in the hallway alone.
"Cass, what happened?" Mandie asked as she saw Cass standing by the couch, clenching her fists together, trying to stay composed.
Mandie walked further into the room, "Cass I asked you a question," Cass still stood at the wall, "Cass are you gonna tell me or not?" she still stood there, "Ok I'm gonna go get a water and when I come back I expect to here everything," Mandie walked out of the dressing room and down the hall to get a Dasani.
Cass just sighed to herself and flopped down on the couch, "I still can't believe he said that. That took a lot of balls."
Lance had heard what she said from the opened door and he walked in, caring for his possible girlfriend's "little sis", "Cass, what did Justin tell you?"
Cass held her composure together since she hated to cry and told Lance calmly, "He told me he heard me talking in the hallway about my little crush on him and how I said there was no chance for us to hook up. He told me I was right."
"Oh no. Don't worry about it. Justin's stupid ego got the best of him," Lance took her into his embrace.
"He still shouldn't have said it," she cried out.
"I know but some times his 'you want me and cant have me' attitude comes in and he completely changes."
Mandie walked in the room talking to a tall guy. Lance figured he was another model "Hey guys this is my ex, Brad. We tried the dating thing but couldn't stand being away from each other so we broke it off," Mandie was smiling and he felt a tad bit jealous.
"Oh nice to meet you Brad," Lance shook Brad's hand.
"You too," Brad replied.
"So Cass, what's going on between you and Justin? And why aren't you crying about it?" Mandie asked, quickly leaving Brad's side and sitting next to Cass.
"First off Mandie, I don't cry, I am an insensitive prick," Cass replied, holding back tears, "I hate to cry."
"You are not insensitive," Mandie gave her a hug, "I'd like to see you cry for once, but not over Justin. Now, tell me what happened."
Cass told Mandie the whole story and Mandie could feel herself getting even angrier by the second. When Cass was finished, Mandie gave her a hug and jolted out of the room looking for Justin. Lance, Cass and Brad shortly followed, "Holy shit she was pissed... she wants to kick his ass," Cass yelled trying to find where Mandie went.
But Mandie was already hot on his trail, banging on his wardrobe door, "Get the fuck out here, you bastard!"
Justin calmly opened the door, "What do you want? I'm trying to get dressed here."
"I will kick your ass if you don't tell me right now why you hit her," Mandie backed him up against the wall.
"Well," Justin went into defense mode, "She shouldn't be hitting on a taken guy."
"She wasn't hitting on you as far as I know, she just told me she had a little crush on you, but I wouldn't say it was little."
"Huh you're telling me," Justin let out a laugh.
"You insensitive asshole," Mandie could feel the fire building up inside her, "Why the fuck are you such a prick...you know she looked up to you," Mandie shook her head and in one move pushed him in the dressing room, walked in herself and slammed the door behind her.
"What a bastard," she mumbled to herself as she walked over to him again, "How can you say that? She's been so fucking nice to you and you shoot her right down."
"Well, I can just do that," Justin said cockily.
"You know I think that blonde dye is finally sinking in, you're such a dumbass to treat my little sis like shit, you've got a fight in store for yourself, little man."
"Whatever, Mandie," he told himself again, taking off his shirt, reaching for the one he'd wear on the show, "I only want Britney."
"Yah you do?"
"Yup."
"Well, I got news for you, Britney only wants you for publicity and I can see it...and from now on, if you're gonna talk to Cass I suggest you talk nice or you will have me to deal with me... and that's a promise" Mandie pushed him before walking out of the room greeted by three shocked faces. Cass reached out to grab her shoulder, "Leave me the fuck alone," Mandie stormed of to the green room.