Hey!!! It's me. Again. This is another "tweet inspired" story. This particular tweet was from Megan Joy, and if anyone follows her you know what I mean. She said she was writing with her "partner in crime." I decided to take that expression to a whole other level. Enjoy!!! I'll let you read now.
Partner In Crime
It was a month after the American Idols Live! Tour had ended. All the stars were back in their hometowns, resuming their daily lives as people of America. The 9th place finisher, Megan Joy, lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. But at this moment she happened to be in Los Angeles, California visiting her family. She had taken a day to see her best friend from American Idol, Allison Iraheta, who happens to live in LA as well. The two girls had missed each other a lot, and were excited to spend some quality time together again. And that's where we see them now.......
Megan and Allison were watching TV at Allison's when Megan's cell phone rang. She looked down, and then picked it up. Allison turned down the volume on the TV.
"Hello?" Megan answered.
"Finally! You never pick up the phone anymore," said the voice on the other end.
"I've been busy," she replied curtly.
"Whatever. Where are you?"
"Who's that?" Allison asked, still looking at the TV.
Megan covered the phone. "It's matt," she told Allison, then picked it up again."I'm at Allison's Matt," she said.
"You're with her? Good," Matt said.
"Tell him I say hey," Allison said.
"Allison says hey. I'm busy now Matt, I'll call you later," Megan told him.
"Meg, no! You've put this off long enough! Don't hang----" Click.
Megan shut the phone and turned back to the TV.
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After leaving Allison's house, Megan went back to her hotel and called Matt as she promised.
"Why the hell did you hang up on me??" he asked her incredulously.
"Because Allison was sitting right next to me. Do you want us to get caught? I'm not stupid!" she shot back.
Megan heard Matt sigh over the line.
"It's been long enough, Megan. We have to do this."
Megan bit her lip. "But why, Matt? Why does it have to be this way?"
"Listen, Meg." Matt's voice was starting to get more impatient. "We both aren't signed. We need money. You have a kid that needs to get into college, and I don't want to live alone for the rest of my life. If we kill Adam Lambert and steal his fortune, we'll be set. But you can't back out now. It's been long enough. He should have been dead three weeks ago.
Megan tried not to cry. "Okay, fine," she gave in.
"Good. Call me tomorrow. We'll work a plan." Matt hung up. Megan sat down on her bed and burst into tears.
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The next day, after a lot of hesitation, Megan picked up her cell and dialed Matt.
"Okay, I have an idea," Matt told her after he picked up.
"What?" she asked.
"Who's Adam's best friend?"
"Um, I don't know. Drake? His brother, maybe?" Megan answered.
"No, Allison, stupid," Matt said, annoyed.
"So Adam and Allison are really close. So what?" Now Megan was annoyed.
"Megan, spend lots of time with Allison. Try and find out where Adam is and where he's going to be the next few days," Matt said.
"And what will you do? Sit home and watch piano documentaries, waiting for my answer??" Megan said angrily.
"Hey! I have the hardest job of all. Who do you think is gonna get the murder weapon?" Matt asked. "And that was only one time, there was nothing else on!!"
Megan was silent for a moment. "Fine," she spit out.
"I fly to LA in two days. Don't waste time, Megan." Matt hung up.
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After collecting herself again, Megan called Allison.
"Hey girlie, what's up?" Allison asked her friend.
"Uh, nothing really," Megan said, desperately trying to sound casual.
"Wanna hang out again today?" Allison offered.
Megan exhaled silently in relief. The hard part was over. Well, mostly.
"Yeah, sure."
"Cool! Let's go shopping!"
"Okay, I'll meet you outside," Megan told her.
"See you then." The two hung up.
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Allison and Megan met and started walking towards downtown. Megan remembered what Matt had told her. Spend lots of time with Allison. Try and find out where Adam is and where he's going to be the next few days.
"So, Allison," Megan started. "Have you talked to Adam recently? I bet you miss him."
"Yeah, I miss him a lot. I actually talked to him over the phone yesterday, after you left," Allison replied, unaware of the nervous tone in Megan's voice.
"Really?? Good!" Megan said, excited she had made some headway.
Allison shot her a confused glance. Megan quickly masked it and started to talk again.
"So, where is he? How's the album going?" Megan asked her.
Allison laughed. "Why all the sudden questions about Adam?" she asked curiously.
"Um, no reason," Megan said quickly, caught off guard.
"Someone's got a crush on Adam......" Allison said in a sing song-y voice, elbowing Megan in the ribs. Megan decided to go along with it. Why not??
"Yeah, maybe I do like him a little," Megan said.
"I knew it!!" Allison shrieked, hopping up and down. "Aw, Meg, that's so cute!!"
Megan faked a laugh. "Yeah, I guess. So where is he?"
"Oh, he's at a big press conference in Washington," Allison said easily. "He'll be home in two or three days, depending on when he can get a flight."
"Perfect," Megan said, smiling wide.
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A few hours later, Megan was back in her hotel room when her cell phone rang. Megan sighed and answered. "Hello?"
"Oh, you know who it is," Matt said impatiently from the other end.
"Hi, Matt," she said, slightly annoyed.
Matt either didn't pick up on her tone or ignored it. "So, how did it go today? Did you talk to Allison?"
"Yeah, I got all the information," Megan told him.
"Good. So what's the deal?"
"Adam's in Washington now. He'll be home around the time you fly out here," Megan said.
"That works. It's a shame we can't just get the job done in Washington, but that would require us getting too much information."
"Yeah, it's kind of dangerous," Megan agreed. "Allison was already curious as to why I was asking about Adam in the first place."
"Too risky. It's a shame, there would be less witnesses around where he is now."
"Yeah, it really stinks," Megan replied, but secretly she was glad a Washington killing wasn't an option.