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Lance laughed. "You never told me you had a crush on me in high school."
"They told you about that?"
"Yup- posters of me all over the place�"
"Oh no! You weren't supposed to know that!" I blushed.
"So, do you still have a crush on me?"
"Hmm, what do you think?"
"You tell me."
"I have a huge crush on you-"
Lance kissed me. "Good, cuz I've got an even bigger one on you."
"Thanks Lance."
"For what?"
"Talking to my parents. Being here for me�"
"You don't have to thank me for that�I'd do anything for you," Lance said. "I love you, Osh."
JC and Rainbow came into the room. "Hey, you two- what are you two still doing up?"
"Same question could go for you guys," I said. "So, what are we doing today?"
"Um, FANatic and then we have pretty much a free day up until about six tonight�we're going to a party- huge thing. Famous people left and right," Lance said.
"And, um, it's kinda a formal thing," JC added, his eyes on the ground.
"JC! You know I hate dressing up, especially in dresses!" Rainbow exclaimed.
"I know. I'm sorry, Rain�I should've told you about it," JC said quietly.
"Oh come on, Rain, it wouldn't kill you to wear a dress for once in your life, would it?" I said.
Rainbow was silent for a minute. Then shook her head. "No, but I didn't bring any dresses."
"We'll go shopping tomorrow," Lance said. "We've gotta buy stuff too."
"I guess we better get to sleep then so we look ravishing for the party," I joked.
Lance laughed. "Okay, sweetie. I'll come and wake you up in the morning."
I nodded and Lance kissed me goodnight, then left.
There was a knock on my door at precisely six that morning.
I groaned and rolled out of bed to answer the door. Lance stood there in his boxers and a gray t-shirt with his hair looking especially cute, yawning.
"Morning," I mumbled.
"Morning, baby," Lance replied and kissed me.
"Hmm�this day is starting out pretty well," I said with a grin.
"I know�not every morning I get a wake-up kiss," Lance replied with a grin.
An hour later, we were all dressed and heading down to Times Square to start taping FANatic.
"I am really hoping this chick doesn't come on to us like the last one did," JC said.
"I wouldn't mind," Joey objected.
"Of course you wouldn't, Joe," Justin said.
"Here, you two will need these," Lonnie said, handing Rain and me MTV FANatic passes to wear around our necks.
The fan's name was Gina, and she turned out to be a very sweet girl- Joey was the one who started the flirting.
"Okay, I've got a question for you, Rainbow and Ocean," Gina said.
The cameras turned to a startled Rainbow and me.
"What's it like going out with JC and Lance?" Gina asked.
"Oh�well, um, JC is really sweet and being with him is the greatest feeling in the world�being apart is only a small obstacle to overcome," Rainbow said with a smile.
"What about you, Ocean?"
"Lance is one of the sweetest, most caring guys I have ever met and I am so lucky to have him in my life and like Rain said, being apart is only a small obstacle to overcome," I replied. "Being apart isn't even an obstacle really- absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?"
Gina smiled. "Right."
"So, where do you wanna go to select your evening wear?" Chris asked in the car after fanatic was done.
"A mall," Rainbow said.
"Which mall? There are lots of malls," Justin replied.
"Just pick a mall- you know where everything is," I said.
Joey, who was driving, shrugged. "Alrighty then�do you guys have the disguises?"
Lance tossed hats at the other guys and plopped a baseball cap on his head. "Yup."
"Hats? That's your disguise?" Rainbow asked as JC put a baseball cap on and slipped on a pair of Ray-bans.
"Works really well most of the time," Justin said, stuffing his curly hair under a dark blue beanie.
"And no one recognizes you?" I asked.
"Only the smart ones," Chris replied, pulling into a parking lot.
Once inside the mall, we split up and agreed to meet back at the food court at three. Chris and Joey went to check out some video game shops. Justin, Lance, JC, Rainbow and I went to several stores looking for dresses and suits.
Justin decided on a black and white tux and Lance and JC finally opted for the same thing. Rainbow and I still hadn't found our dresses.
"Come on, you two�it's just a dress," JC groaned.
"Shush up if you want me to go to this thing," Rainbow said as she entered the dressing room with a stack of dresses. I followed with a stack of dresses as well.
After a few dresses, I stepped out of my stall wearing a light blue spaghetti strap ankle length dress. "Rain- how about this one?"
Rainbow emerged from her stall wearing a simple black spaghetti strap dress that barely touched the ground. "Osh, that dress is perfect on you�what about this dress?"
I nodded. "I think that's the one�JC's gonna be drooling all night."
Rain laughed.
"Osh, Rain, hurry up�it's almost three," Lance called.
"Okay!" we both said and dashed back inside the stalls to change into our regular clothes. We came out five minutes later holding the dresses we were going to buy.
"Do we get to see the dresses?" JC asked hopefully.
"No," I said. "You'll have to wait until tonight." |
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