Author's ramblings: Yep, it's a miracle. Chapter 2 is actually up. Fast. I'll try to add more details about Cali in this one.
Cali's eyes grew as Izzy started to wake up. "Cali… what're you doing on the guita- " Izzy stopped when she saw the boy in front of her. "Holy crap, Allerdyce! He plays exactly like you!"
The boy awkwardly stopped the sweet music to stammer, "Uh, is-is everything okay?" Cali was still gaping at the adolescent and Izzy was applying a fresh layer of lip-gloss while winking at him.
"I'm sorry… I knew I wasn't good enough to audition… I'll just leave- " "No!" Cali shouted out. "I think we just found our next lead guitarist, people!" She admitted happily. Izzy squealed and hugged her. She knew how hard it had been on Cali when Travis left. Icarus, however, stood dumbfounded. "Who?" He said, confusedly.
"Cali…" Izzy said to her on their limousine trip back to their trailer. "It's really great that you found a new lead…" She smiled and put her hand on top of Cali's. Cali smiled back and opened her mouth to say something when her cell phone vibrated.
"Ugh, that can only mean…" "Caleb?" Izzy grinned.
Caleb Scarlet. Annoying. Loud. Lactose intolerant.
"The guy who- " "Yes, Izzy, the guy who ordered cheese less pizza on our first date" Izzy laughed. While she was managing to snag one great guy after another Cali was running into everything from playboy lawyers to money-crazed flower merchants.
"So, what did he say?" Izzy said while grabbing Cali's cell phone and flipping it open with the touch of a button. "Wanna hang out tonight at Fanny's?" Cali grabbed the phone from her and stared at the text. How it was possible to read 'wna hng ot 2n8t fanii's' was decipherable, she would never know.
"What is wrong with this guy?" Cali moaned. "It's like he enjoys making people suck the milk out of everything he eats" Izzy laughed, "So are you gonna go?" "HELL N- "
"Hey Caleb" Cali smiled sweetly in front of Fanny's. Her red hair was tied into a messy ponytail; she was wearing a plain back tee and ripped jeans. She actually dared to walk out in public that night without her blue contacts, much to the annoyance of her publicist. Her green eyes stood out magnificently against her olive Greek skin. It was a beauty her fans could never see.
Caleb smiled back in all his sandy-blonde hair, I HEART NY t-shirt and jeans-wearing milk free glory. "An I HEART NY shirt in California, how very suicidal" Cali smiled sarcastically. But Caleb, oblivious to her cynicism smiled and said, "Hey, at least I'm not in Boston!" He laughed.
Cali laughed back and rolled her eyes when he wasn't looking. "This is going to be a long night," she muttered under her breath.
At the table, Caleb ordered an ice cream cone without ice cream while Cali enjoyed her banana split. "So I got these shootings tomorrow in Sierra Leone, right? So I go 'Awesome! Book the tickets for France tomorrow!' and the bastards start laughing! Seriously! I can't work with this screwed up entertain business anymore!"
For once in her life, Cali actually agreed with Caleb, but for different reasons. Just when she was on the verge of suicidal boredom, something a couple of chairs away caught her eye. It was a boy just a few years older than her eating an ice-cream cone alone.
She leaned over the table to get a good look at him. The boy had short spiky blonde hair but something about him seemed familiar. His nose had a small scratch on it, his face was rather dirty and his smile was… "So sad" Cali said to herself.
Suddenly she gasped, making Caleb jump. "Icarus?" She called out. The boy started to turn his head when he snapped it back and continued to lick his ice cream but more rapid. "Hey! Hey Ica-"
She was stopped mid-cry when a hand came down on her shoulder. She looked behind her and gasped. That crazy red hair and mischievous grin was too familiar. "Uncle John?" She cried.
Sierra Leone is located in Africa.
Author's rambling: Sorry TT This is a short one but I felt the chapter should end like this. I'll work on the next one right away. After a year of writer's block it's all coming back to me now. XD Haha. If that just brought Celine Dion into your head, review please. Thanks.
