"Oh, God, Tom? Are you really that much out of ideas?" Derek asked, lounging comfortably on Julia's couch. Tom looked up from Julia's lap, where his head lay as Julia played with the ends of his hair. Since Bombshell, the three had gotten closer until Tom and Julia had extended their partnership to Derek. They were flat out of ideas, with nothing to do.
"I know!" Tom exclaimed. Julia rolled her eyes at Derek, who smiled dryly.
"A musical using the album Trespassing by Adam Lambert." Tom said excitedly. Derek looked surprised.
"That's not a bad idea. There's some good dance music in there." Derek mused thoughtfully. Julia also concentrated a bit.
"A boy's band of, say, four boys. Names are- Riff," Julia started. Derek cut in.
"Riff, Demetrius, Angelo and Amycus." Derek said. Tom raised his eyebrows at Julia, who stifled a giggle.
"They were boys in college I knew who tried, and failed, to form a boys band." Derek shrugged. Julia nodded and jotted down some notes on a notepad.
"And a girl. Adria?" Julia finished. Derek and Tom both nodded their assent after a quick shared look.
"Derek, why don't you call Karen? Ask her to work with us again?" Tom said. Derek grinned, his face brightening at the thought.
"I know a producer who'd be more than willing to help us." Julia said, and both she and Derek ran off, dialling numbers on their phones. Tom grinned.
"And I know some people." Tom started evilly, but Julia shushed him.
"Hi, is this Scott Nichols? Hey, it's Julia. Remember me? Yeah, how are you? I'm great. Listen, we, meaning Tom, Derek and I, have a new idea. Can you come? Okay, I'll see you in five." Julia hung up.
"Scott?" Tom asked, hanging up his own phone. Julia nodded and opened her mouth to answer him but Derek came back into the room, face beaming.
"She'll be here in five." Derek announced happily.
"As will Ivy, Sam, Jessica, Sue, Dennis, Bobby, Joy, Samantha, Joel and Jonathan." Tom ticked each name off his fingers. The three grinned at one another.
"Well, this should be interesting." Derek said, before the bell rang, almost cutting him off. They all laughed and Julia went to go get the door.
"Hi, Karen, come on in. You're first." Julia said loudly. Derek turned to Tom, flattening his messy hair down.
"Do I look alright?" Derek whispered. Tom nodded. "Okay, laugh as if I just told a joke." Tom and Derek burst out in fake laughter as the two women entered. Julia fought a smirk, and Karen chuckled.
"You're both horrible actors. No wonder you guys are part of the creative team." That shut both of the men up as the bell rang again.
"We can act, Karen." Tom said with a straight face.
"And there is no spoon." Derek added randomly. They exchanged an evil look before laughing again. Karen watched them, amused. During Bombshell, she, Julia and Eileen had set them up so that they'd been locked in a room with nothing to do but talk. They'd gotten really close and wer elike brothers, and Karen was proud of them.
Within ten minutes, everyone who was supposed to be there, and some extra people were sitting together in Julia's living room chatting and gossiping.
"Alright, guys. Can I have your attention, please?" Derek called. Everyone stopped talking and looked at him.
"Bear with us, as we make this up along the way, but if you have any ideas, let us know." Derek said, before sitting down.
"Alright. So we open to see the four boys, named Riff, Angelo, Demetrius and Amycus, standing onstage singing..." Julia looked at Tom, who looked at his computer.
"Pop That Lock. But skip songs for now." Tom said. Julia nodded.
"They're singing. when suddenly..."