Hey guys. I'm back for Chapter 2. I hope you like it. If you have ANY suggestions please PM me and I'll see what I can do. :) Also, R&R and tell me what you think! Thanks. xx Michelle
"Mom, I can explain." I started saying.
"No need to explain Malina. You were late, end of story. I told you when to be back. I even called you more than once. Do you even know how worried I've been? We JUST moved here Lina, you could've been kidnapped!"
"I know and I'm really sorry, but I have a reasonable excuse, I promise." I pleaded.
"Okay then, let's here it." my mom said sharply.
"Okay, well I was walking like 5 blocks down from here and this car drives up, I got embarrassed because I was staring at that person's house so I turned around to leave and I guess I dropped my phone. Well the guy inside the car gets off and runs after me to give it to me and you'll never guess who it was!" I rushed out.
"Who?" My mom said getting a little interested but trying not to show it.
"Josh Hutcherson! You know the actor?" I said as my mom gave a questioning look.
"Then we started walking together and I guess I lost track of time. I'm really sorry mom, but can your blame me?" I asked.
"Well...it depends, did you get me a picture?" my mom joked.
"Not this time but I promise I will soon! He's so sweet mom, and he's funny and he seems like a great guy."
"Looks like somebody has a crush." my mom teased.
"What, me? No no no, he's just a friend." I tried to explain but a smile broke out.
"Sure..."
There was a short pause and then I remembered to ask if I can go with Josh tonight.
"Oh mom, Josh and his friends are going out to eat. Josh invited me, can I go?" I asked trying not to smile.
"Oh going on a date now are you?" my mom teased again while taking her dirty dishes to the sink.
"No mom, we'll be with his friends." I reminded her.
"Okay well then, I wouldn't eat so much here or you won't be hungry once you go out."
I got dressed early and was not fixing my hair. Just as I was finishing my traditional braid pinned in my hair, the doorbell rang. I quickly put perfume on and ran downstairs to the front door.
"I've got it mom!" I yelled.
As I opened the door, I saw Josh standing on my front porch wearing a black jacket and a nice blue V-Neck top.
"Ready?" Josh asked me with a smile.
"Yeah, let me just grab my bag." I said. I waved goodbye to my mom and in return I got a thumbs up and a wink.
"So any idea where we are going to eat? I asked to start a conversation.
"Well Avan wants to go to a restaurant called The White Rose, so I think we are meeting there." Josh explained.
"Oh okay. He's also an actor right?" I asked.
"Yeah he's on Nickelodeon right now. Josh added.
"Yeah I think I've seen him on there before. Okay, so who all is going to be here?" I asked. If I was going to be hanging out with them I'd like to be prepared and know who I was going to meet.
"As far as I know, it will just be us, Avan, I think he invited Victoria, then Ben and his girlfriend Kate." Said Josh.
"Oh I like Victoria. She seems nice." I said.
"Yeah she's great." Josh smiled.
We drove up to the restaurant and as I reached down to undo my seatbelt I heard voices.
Ton's of them. All around the car. "Uh, Josh?" I said bewildered.
"Crap!, I'm so sorry Malina, we don't have to stay here. We can leave. I told as many people as I could that I was going bowling across town. I have no idea how they found us.
Josh said quickly.
"Josh it's okay, don't worry. If they ask, just say we are meeting friends to hang out. It's no big deal honestly." I said as calmly as possible. On the inside I was freaking out.
I mean I had to get used to it sometime right? If I planned on becoming an actress and actually succeeded, this is how it would be.
"Are you sure?" Josh asked. I nodded my head and gave a small smile.
"Okay then, stay in here. I'm going around." Josh opened the door and ran around the car to the passenger's door and opened it for me.
"Josh who are you with?" "What's your name ma'am?" "Are you two dating?"
"How long have you been together?" "How are you two doing?" "How was your day?"
So many questions were being thrown my way, it was overwhelming and the flashes from all of the camera's didn't help either.
"Just keep your head down, it helps you to not get blinded by the flashes." Josh told me.
By the time we got inside The White Rose, Avan, Victoria, Ben and Kate were already sitting at a reserved table. Josh introduced me to everyone and we ordered our food.
"So Malina, you just moved here from Texas?" Avan asked. "Yeah, today is my first day here." I replied.
"Well, it's a pleasure to share this day with you then." Victoria added with a smile.
"No honestly, it really is a pleasure for ME to share this day with YOU. I honestly can't believer any of this is happening." I said truthfully.
"Well, thank you." Avan said.
The rest of the night went great. I got on with Josh and his friends amazingly and we all agreed to hang out sometime soon together.
"Okay well, it looks like We're gonna head out already." Ben said and Kate stood up.
"Bye guys!" We all said to Ben and Kate. They waved goodbye, paid for their food and left. "Yeah, I think we should go to if we want to watch that movie I told you about Avan." Victoria said.
"Oh yeah, I really wanted to watch it. I think we should go so it doesn't end too late. We have an early call time for the show tomorrow." Avan added.
"Okay, well you two have fun now." Josh said with a smirk on his face.
Once they were gone, I realized it was now only Josh and I. I blushed at the thought of it and looked away to try and seem natural.
"Well that was fun." Josh said smiling at me.
"Yeah it was, thank you for inviting me Josh, honestly." I thanked him.
"No problem." Josh said. "Well, we might as well take off from here. What time do you have to be home?" Josh asked.
"Well, my mom didn't really say, but it's only 9, so I guess a couple more hours." I said.
"Okay, well we could just drive around if you want." Josh suggested.
"Sounds like fun." I said with a smile.
I started to get out my money to pay for my food but Josh held out his hand and said,
"Oh no, I've got it. Don't worry." "Josh, are you sure? I've got money, you don't have to." I said.
"No, I want to." Josh said.
"Okay, well thank you then." I said blushing.
We walked outside together and went through the same routine as we did coming in. When we were finally in our car Josh started his car and we took off.
Okay that's the second chapter! :) Sorry I know it's extremely short but I didn't have a lot of time to write this and the Next chapter is going to have some important details in it so I wanted to save all that for Chapter 3! :) Please R&R! Chapter 3 coming soon!