| Chapter 6 |
| *Authors Note~ This chapter is too long for the page! :( So I'm going to split it up into parts! So instead of Chapter 7 being next, it will be Chapter 6 Part 2 :)* |
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| There was a knock on Kenzie�s door and she looked over at Jenna reassuringly, �Are you sure you�re ok with me just leaving you here?� she asked knowing Jenna wouldn�t say no. �Yes, I�m sure now go!� Jenna said throwing a pillow at Kenzie. Kenzie took a deep breath and opened the door to find Lance, Joey, JC, and Chris standing there with smiles on their faces. �Hey guys!� She said shutting the door behind her. �I see that Justin isn�t coming along?� �Oh no, he�s coming. Little Justy is just embarrassed about what happened earlier.� Chris said with a laugh. �It doesn�t help that we�ve been making fun of him about it for last hour though.� Lance said still laughing. �Guys, try to be nice to him.� Kenzie laughed. �Yes, Mommy.� Joey said teasingly. �Thanks for letting me come with you tonight, but just exactly where are we going?� Kenzie questioned. �Just out to dinner. We used to have this thing where we would go out somewhere after a performance but our schedule just won�t let us do it too much anymore.� JC said with a serious look on his face while opening the door to the black SUV they would be driving in. �Thanks. Well if this is some kind of Nsync ritual thing then I don�t want to butt in.� She stopped suddenly when she saw Justin sitting by the window in the back seat of the car. �Oh no your not getting out of this now!� Chris said pushing her in the seat next to Justin�s. A few minutes later the conversation died down and she noticed that Justin hadn�t been talking much. She wasn�t sure if she should start a conversation but she knew that Jenna would kill her if she left tonight without saying a word to Justin. �Umm�Justin?� she asked looking over at him. �Yeah?� he said slowing turning his head around to face her. She looked down at her hands and started picking at her fingernails. �I just wanted to say that I have no hard feelings about umm� before. I know the guys gave you a hard time about it but its completely forgotten.� �Is that right?� he asked She looked up from her hands and looked him in the eyes for the first time. ��Um yeah.� �So now that you�ve said that you think that we should be best friends?� he asked. �Damnit Justin!� JC said punching the seat in front of him. �No, that�s not what I�m saying at all. I just�� �Then what were you saying?� he asked angrily �I�m sorry? Maybe? I don�t want you to feel like a jackass? It didn�t matter to me that would said those things? What do you WANT me to say?� she didn�t know where this new found spunk was coming from but it felt good. Neither of them said anything and it was good that they arrived at the restaurant when they did because the tension in the car was so thick you could cut it with a knife. �Guys, maybe I should just go. I appreciate you inviting me but I don�t know if I should stay.� Kenzie said when they got out of the car. �Nonsense! You have to stay!� Chris said linking his arm around hers. �Oh yes, by all means Miss Hope please stay.� Justin said, his voice rich with sarcasm. Never in her life would Kenzie have pictured Justin this way. He was cocky, arrogant, and just plain mean. She knew that there was something wrong but what it was she didn�t know. A little while later everyone was sitting at a booth laughing over something Joey had said, except Justin. He was quiet as if he weren�t there, spacing out and not paying attention. They all told her that he wasn�t normally this way and she believed them. �Did you bring some of your stuff?� JC asked rubbing his hands together? Kenzie almost spit out the water she was drinking when he said this. �Excuse me?� �You know, some of your songs. I want to read some, if you don�t mind. Both your songs tonight were amazing!� �Oh yeah�you don�t even want to know what I thought you meant by that. Actually I do have all my songs. I always carry them around with me.� She reached into her bag a pulled out a square note book with writing on the cover. �Sorry it�s a little unorganized, no one usually reads it except me.� She opened the book and pulled out a few papers that had stars across the top of them. �These are all the songs that I wrote that are going to be on the album. The other ones in here are basically just for fun and to get my frustrations out.� �You wrote all these songs for your first album? Who�s your manager? That�s pretty risky of him to be doing! Not that that�s a bad thing its just different, not many will let their artists do�� �I know what you mean. But it was part of my contract, I wouldn�t sign unless my songs or songs that I choose would be on the record.� She answered shuffling a few papers. �That�s a pretty serious request, I�m surprised your management still signed you.� JC said looking at the papers. �Oh, I know, but it was me or no one for my manager.� �What do you mean? Who�s your manager?� he asked still focusing on the notebook. �Well�umm�he�s�uhhh � she didn�t know why but for some reason she really didn�t want to tell them who her manager is. �What was that Ms. Hope? Mr. Who? Justin asked. �Well, Jack Martins in my manager and umm�because of his uhh previous record I�m basically his last hope. If he goes wrong with me Jive will fire him and make sure that he works for no other record company. It wasn�t something that I really wanted but it was my only offer and Jive records is well JIVE and you know� Her words were cut off when Justin butt in, �So why don�t you just fire his ass already?� �He hasn�t done anything for me to fire him for, Justin. So far he�s been nothing but a great manager to me. I can�t just fire him for nothing.� She said cockily. �He�s just like Lou. If he stole money from other artists once he�s not just going to stop.� Justin said taking a drink. �Well, I don�t know. My single was just released today and I�m not just going to risk the rest of my career because you think he won�t change. Sorry Justin, I�m no super famous pop star and believe me you assured me of that today, but I�m not just going to risk something I�ve worked all my life for. I�m sorry guys, if you�ll just excuse me for a minute.� With that she left the table and quickly made her way to the bathroom. |