"Yeah."
"When do we get to meet him?"
"I don't know yet...maybe I'll have him talk to you guys on the phone sometime...I have to go-it's almost one here."
"Okay, bye Ocean."
"Bye." I hung up the phone and began crying. I heard a knock on the door and I quickly composed myself, wiping tears from my eyes as I opened the door.
"Hey Osh-I just came to say good night...what's wrong?"
I shook my head. "Nothing."
"Have you been *crying*, Osh?"
"No..."
"Yes you have-what happened?"
"It's just my dad...he-" I burst into tears and Lance came into my room, shutting the door behind him.
"Sit down, sweetie...calm down...what happened?"
I took a deep breath. "I called my mom and dad to tell them what was up...I told them about you and Mad TV...my dad doesn't believe me about you."
"Why not?" Lance asked.
"I don't know...maybe cuz you're famous and I'm not...then he asked me all these stupid questions..."
"Like?"
"Like am I sleeping with you, am I dropping out of school..."
Lance laughed. "Why did he ask stuff like that?"
"I don't know..Lance he always makes me feel like a reject, no matter what-like I'm not good enough to be going out with you, and just cuz I'm on Mad means I'm dropping out of school...what's wrong with me?" I started crying again.
Lance took me in his arms. "Nothing, Osh. There is nothing wrong with you...I'm sure your dad doesn't mean to make you feel like that."
"Sure," I said.
"No, really, sweetie...there is absolutely nothing wrong with you...don't let stuff like that get to you, okay?" Lance replied, stroking my hair. "It's okay, don't cry. Do you want me to talk to your parents on the phone or anything?"
I sat up. "Would you?"
"Of course."
"Oh that would help so much Lance..."
"Well pick up the phone and dial the number first," Lance said with a grin.
I laughed. "Right...hi mom, it's me again."
"Hi Ocean, why'd you call again?"
"Well, I thought you and dad might want to talk to Lance and he came to my room to tell me good night, so I thought you all could talk."
"That sounds great, honey. Why don't you put him on?"
"Okay, here he is...Lance, it's my mom," I whispered as I handed him the phone.
Lance nodded. "Hello? Hi Mrs. Griggs, this is Lance Bass...yes Ocean is my girlfriend...and I'm from N Sync...no I didn't know that...I'm in New York right now...she's not missing anything, it's just for the weekend...okay, nice talking to you Mrs. Griggs...Hi Mr. Griggs, how are you this evening?...I'm fine, thank you...Yes I'm Lance Bass...from N Sync...yes, I'm dating your daughter-she's a wonderful person..." Lance bit back a laugh. "No sir...we've talked aobut that and decided to save that for when we're married...that's okay...your wife told me that a minute ago but Ocean never mentioned it...*haha* did she really?...well okay, Mr. Griggs, it was nice talking to you...would you rather I come and meet you during spring break or have Ocean meet my family...are you sure?...okay, maybe during Thanksgiving...sooner I hope...have a nice night...goodbye." Lance hung up the phone.
I looked at him hopefully. "So-how'd it go?"
Lance grinned. "They believe you now..and your dad asked me if we were sleeping together."
I groaned. "He didn't."
"Don't worry, I told him exactly what we had said-we're waiting til we're married, right, hon?"
I nodded. "What else happened?" |
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