Chapter 1
Jennifer Haley Foust was just another 14 year old girl in the world. Overall, she loved her life. She had amazing friends, Kelsey to be her best friend. They had known each other practically since birth because their parents had been the best of friends since college. They both danced and had amazing ability at it. The one thing that differed from them was that Jenny could sing. Kelsey had no talent at it whatsoever, but that didn't matter because Jenny didn't know she could sing. Sure she would sing in the shower and such, but she would never think of going on stage and singing a solo or some sort. Not even for a million dollars. Today was just another day in the year. April 26, 2007. Kelsey and Jenny were hanging out, like any other day. Jenny's little sister, Abbey (8) was gone at camp and wouldn't be home for hours. For fun, Kelsey and Jenny ventured into Abbey's room. Walking in the baby pink room, they found the usual. Stuffed animals and posters of whatever stars 8 year olds love. Whatever.
"Hey Jen, what's this?" said a curious Kelsey.
"Those are just those stupid magazines Abbey's obsessed with. Trust me, their oober boring." Responded a not so interested Jenny.
"Okay, whatever."
Jenny went to search for Abbey's diaries in her closet. Jenny always cracked up at what happens in an 8 year olds life. 'Oh my gosh! Today Josh asked me out, but I'm not sure if I should say yes because Olivia told me that yesterday he held hands with Katie. Gosh life is so confusing. What do you think?' That's what would be in an 8 year olds diary. Jenny found it quite entertaining. While Jenny searched through piles of clothes, Kelsey looked at some more magazines. She found some of the stars kind of hott, and well, she was bored, what else should she do?
"You know what I've always wanted to do? I've always wanted to go to California. Don't you think that would be fun?" Jenny was always one for striking up random conversations. This was obviously one of them.
"Oh my gosh! Creepy much? Right when you said that I flipped to this page." Jenny took the magazine from Kelsey's hand. The page was just a normal page in a magazine. But this page caught Jenny's eyes because lining the top of the page read the words "WIN A FREE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA!!" Slowly reading the page Jenny was more interested. She found out that included in the prize was not only free air-fare and hotel fees, but you also were able to meet all your favorite stars. Pretty cool, huh?
"Hey Kelsey, I really think we should enter this. How funny would that be if we won?" Jenny was already getting excited.
"Uh Jenny, not to burst your bubble or anything but tons of people enter those contests. It would be like 1 in 234820934832409823098 chance. But hey, give it a try if you want."
Grabbing a pen and filling out the form, Jenny pondered the thoughts of meeting her favorite stars. Who were her favorite stars anyway? She realized then that she didn't really have a favorite star. "Kelsey, who are my favorite stars?"
"I don't know-they're you're favorite stars not mine. But personally I love Channing Tatum, Justin Timberlake, pretty much anyone hott. :
"Okay! Works for me…" Jenny wrote down the names of anyone hott that she could think of. After pondering her mind for 15 minutes she had only wrote down two names- Channing Tatum and Justin Timberlake. It occurred to her then that she didn't really want to meet them. They seemed kind of boring to her. "I know who I could put down!! I should put down Abbey's favorite stars, that way if in that chance I win, she would get so jealous. Funny much? I would die just to see her face."
"Perfect!" said a satisfied Kelsey.
They looked around at all her posters on the wall. Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Emily Osment, Miley Cyrus, Cody Linley, Mitchell Musso, The Cheetah Girls, Zac Efron, etc. The list went on and on.
"Um okay, I'm going to put down Vanessa and Ashley because High School Musical was actually pretty good. And I know Abbey's favorite stars are Emily Osment and Miley Cyrus so she'll definitely get jealous at that. And Zac Efron just because he's hott. Yeah." Jenny finally decided.
"Sounds great to me." Kelsey said. "Oh shoot, Jen your sisters home…Crap! And here my mom comes to pick me up. Make sure to remember to mail that!" Kelsey ran leaving the house.
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She licked the envelope, put the stamp on and walked outside to the mailbox. Jenny kissed the envelope before sliding in the mailbox, then flipped the little flag thingy up and walked back into the house. Walking up to her room, she was still laughing at the thought of her little sister's face.
"What's so funny?" Abbey asked
"Oh nothing, you wouldn't understand." Jenny replied happily.
"Whatever. You're a butt head." Abbey retaliated.
"Thanks, I try." Jenny was not going to let Abbey ruin her moment.
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Dance Class
"Jen, did you send it in?" Kelsey asked
"Of course…how could I forget?" Jenny replied
Continuing they conversation, two of their friends cut in.
"What did you send in?" Hannah asked curiously
"Yeah, don't let us out of the group!" Erica always hated being left out.
"Oh just this stupid contest thing. We thought it would be hilarious is we won and made my sister jealous." Jenny explained.
"Yeah. You win the trip to California and you get to meet you're favorite stars.' Kelsey added.
"Sounds like a lot of fun!" Hannah said.
"GIRLS! GIRLS! SHHH!" The girls calmed down. Their teacher, Mrs. Barbara continued. "Today we're going to try something new. I paired each junior level girl with a senior level girl so the senior can critique the junior. Now-the pairs. Kendall, you're with Kelsey. Meredith, you're with Hannah. Emily, you're with Erica. Sarah, you're with Jen." (List goes on and on….).
Jen rolled her eyes when she heard she was with Sarah. Sarah was an amazing dancer and was 20 or so years old. She was normally at college studying dance, but she visited often. Sarah and Jenny had never really had a friendship because of the large age difference, but were often told to pair off in various circumstances because everyone thought the looked really similar. Everyone thought it would be, well, 'cute'. Jenny and Sarah, however, didn't find it that amusing.
"So…Jenny, what d you think you need to work on?" Sarah questioned.
"Uh, well probably all my turns. Pirouettes and Fouettes and such. I hate turns."
"Well okay, I was hoping you would say leaps because I love leaps, but that's okay. I won't really critique much though because I'm not very good at turns myself." Sarah explained.
Jenny's face brightened up. "Well I love leaps, so if you just want to work on those that would be fine with me. I can work on my turns at home."
"Perfectly fine with me!"
The two went off and worked on switch leaps, side leaps all kinds of leaps. The two got along great. Continuing to work on leaps, and talking, Sarah brought up what she had overheard of Kelsey's, Hannah's, Erica's and Jen's conversation.
"So I heard you entered some contest…?"
"Yeah, we were bored, so we though why not."
"Just curious, who did you put down as your favorite stars?" Sarah was genuinely curious.
"Uh, well I put down all my sister's favorite stars to make her jealous, so Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment and Zac Efron." Jenny replied
"That's still pretty fun. Zac Efron's pretty hott too!" Sarah and Jenny both laughed at this comment.
"GIRLS! THIS IS NOT LUNCH TIME AT SCHOOL! JEN, KEEP WORKING AND SARAH KEEP CRITIQUING! NOW. NOW, NOW! Mrs. Barbara shouted. The girls put on their most innocent face and kept working.
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On the drive home from dance, Jenny's mom seemed anxious.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Jenny asked.
"Uh, nothing honey. When we get home can you get dressed? Were going out to dinner." Her mom answered dully.
"Yeah, okay."
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Dinner
Her mom tried to keep small talk during the whole dinner.
"So, what's new in school?"
Jenny answered first. "Mom, you ask this everyday, nothing!"
"Yeah mom. School is boring, end of story." Abbey agreed.
"Okay, okay. Girls we have something important to tell you." Their dad said. Already the girls were thinking of random possibilities.
"We're not moving are we? We can't move! I have friends here! I have a life." Abbey already started to cry.
"Wait. You're not pregnant are you? I can't handle another sibling!" Jenny was getting worried.
"Girls! Get a hold of yourselves! We're not moving and I'm not pregnant." Mrs., Foust was getting very embarrassed.
"Oh my gosh! Are you getting a divorce? You can't! You barely fight! Was it because of me?" Abbey was practically sobbing,
Mrs. Foust went over to comfort Abbey. "Abbey, it's okay. The news actually has nothing to do with you…."
"Then who does it have to do with?" Jenny questioned, already knowing that it was about her.
"Honey…." Her dad started out. "Jenny, you're adopted."
Jenny was furious. "I'M WHAT?! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FREAKING KIDDING ME.!"
