"Here are the tickets, Osh," Rain said when she entered our room later that day. "Osh, what's wrong?"
"I found Lance at the beach and I tried to talk to him and explain, but he hardly spoke two words to me..."
"Hey, it's okay, O...JC is gonna talk to Lance, okay?"
"It's not gonna work, Rain," I sniffled as someone knocked on the door.
Craig was standing there. "Hey Ocean!"
"Craig, I don't wanna see you," I said.
"Why not? I thought I'd take my girlfriend to dinner," Craig offered.
His referral to me as *his* girlfriend set me off-I exploded. "I am NOT your girlfriend! How many times do I have to tell you that? I WAS going out with Lance, who is so much nicer and sweeter than YOU!"
Craig looked astonished.
"And now, because of you, Lance is breaking up with me! Do you know how much that hurts, Craig? I love Lance so much!" When I realized that I had said I loved Lance, I started crying again. "I love Lance...so much..."
As I fell to the ground sobbing, Rainbow approached the scene and said, "Craig, I think you need to leave-*now*."
Craig turned around and left without a word. Eddie appeared at the door. "Geez Osh...what's going on?"
I was sobbing too hard to answer.
"Craig thinks Osh is his girlfriend and Lance saw Craig kiss Osh and he totally blew up," Rainbow explained. "Come on, O...get up."
Eddie shut the door behind him as I sat on my bed. "Calm down, O...it's okay..."
"I love him you guys...I really love him...what am I gonna do with out him?" I cried as Eddie held me.
"It'll be okay...after JC talks to him, Lance will come to his senses," Rainbow said as the phone rang. "Hello? Hey JC...I don't know, she's like, hysterical right now...she can hardly talk, JC! Okay okay...here."
Rainbow handed the phone to me and I took it. "Hello?"
"Osh? You're coming to the show tonight, right?" JC asked.
"I doubt it, JC...I can't stop crying and to be quite frank, I don't think Lance wants to see or talk to me ever again," I said.
"Oh no, Osh, I don't believe that...you gotta come tonight," JC said.
"But *why*?"
"Just because...I think Lance *does* wanna see you again."
"Are you serious?"
"Yup."
"I don't think so..."
"Oh come on, pleeease?" JC pleaded.
"Ugh, okay okay. I'll come tonight. But if I start crying JC..."
"Don't worry about it...you won't regret this, I promise," JC said.
"Okay. You wanna talk to Rain now?"
"I do, but I have to go...we're going to get our make-up done...woo hoo!" JC said sarcastically.
"Sounds like fun," I replied.
"Oh yeah, tons. Just tell Rain I'll see her later tonight and I can't wait to see her again, okay?"
"Yeah...I'll see you later, JC."
"Later Osh."
"Eddie, JC gave us a ticket for you too," Rainbow said. "You've got a half hour to get ready-the show starts in an hour."
"It's not a concert is it?" Eddie asked warily.
"Uh uh-it's a talk show. Jay Leno I think," Rain said.
"Okay, I'll meet you guys downstairs in thirty minutes."
"Guys, I look okay, right? No streaks, no bloodshot eyes, no puffy bags right?" I asked as we drove to the studio.
"You look perfect," Rain said, glancing at me in the rear view mirror.
"Are you sure?"
"Osh, you look beautiful," Eddie assured me.
"What if he doesn't wanna see me? What if he never wants to speak to me again? What if-"
"Shh O. Be quiet...no worries," Eddie said.
"Breathe in, breathe out," Rainbow said.
"In with the good, out with the bad," I added with a smile.
"Hey check it out! Osh just smiled!" Eddie exclaimed.
"Shut up," I replied, trying to hide a smile.
We pulled up to the studio and Rainbow let Eddie and me out while she found a parking space. All around us, teenagers were squealing about how cute Justin was, how awesome JC's voice sounded or how fine Lance was.
"I remember when I was like them," I said to Eddie.
"Not too long ago for you," Eddie replied with a grin.
"Oh my *God*! There they are!" a girl screamed and the crowd ran in the direction she was pointing. Eddie and I stayed where we were, but I caught Lance's eye as he was rushed into the building along with Justin, Joey and Chris-but no JC.
"Hey Osh," someone behind me said, scaring me half to death. It was a guy dressed ina brown trenchcoat, sunglasses and a hat.
"J-"
"Shh!"
"Jason! What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Making sure you came. Where's Rain?"
"Right here," Rainbow said. "Whoa, um-"
"Jason," Eddie supplied.
"Jason, nice get up," Rainbow said, suppressing a laugh.
"Shut up," JC said with a grin and kissed Rainbow.
"Am I gonna have to insult you more often to get kisses like that?" Rainbow asked.
"Nah...just ask and you shall recieve," JC said. "I gotta go...I'll see you inside."
Some people were looking at us strangely, especially JC in his disguise. Once JC had given Rain another kiss and was walking to the backstage doors, someone yelled, "There's JC!"
JC looked behind him and began running when he saw masses of screaming girls approaching him. We stood and laughed.
"Eek Osh! They're coming on next!" Rain exclaimed.
"Wow, they're giving them longer than usual," Eddie commented. "I guess they're getting longer interview time."
The guys performed "Bye Bye Bye" and then went to talk to Jay.
"Great song, guys. So JC, I heard you were spotted in diguise out front with your girlfriend," Jay said.
"Uh, yeah, I was. All these girls started chasing me...it was kinda weird," JC replied with a laugh.
"Is your girlfriend in the audience, JC?" Jay asked. |
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