Hairspray – Maybe you should?

Disclaimer – I do not own Hairspray or any of its character except for my own Dotty.

Chapter Two

Walking into the stage room with Amber and Link seemed to be such a surprise that it made everyone go silent in their conversations and to stop and stare. All but one that is. She could see Tracy across the room talking loudly and animatedly to Penny who was trying to get her attention and to get her to turn around but it was to no avail.

Dotty swallowed, slightly nervous, looking up to both amber and Link for support, they continued walking through the stage. A tall man walked towards them and she knew who he was before he even got there. He had his stage smile still on and look ever the part of a handsome presenter.

"Amber, Link, who's this lovely little lady you have with you?" his smile looked so wide it had to have been hurting him to keep it up but it also looked genuine too.

"Corny, I'd like you to meet one of my old friends and the sister to someone here, Dotty Turnblad. Dotty, this is Corny Collins, although I'm pretty sure you know that." She ended it with a slight wink at her and she felt heat rise to her cheeks. She knew the other three had noticed but luckily no one pulled her up on it.

"it's really nice to meet you." She held her hand out slightly, ready to shake his, hating how quiet her voice was when his came up and bought hers to his mouth and kissed it. That bought the blush back to her face full force. She heard Amber and Link stifle their laughs and glared at them from behind her hair as Corny let's go of her hand.

"Dotty Turnblad? Tracy's sister? She's never mentioned you, do you live with someone else?" she could tell he was digging for information on whether she was married and it warmed something inside of her that this handsome man in front of her seemed a interested in little Dotty Turnblad. But him bringing up Tracy hit a spot inside of her again.

By this point people had started to talk again and she could no longer hear her sister talking quiet as loud. Leaning slightly, she caught sight of her and Penny staring at her, Penny apologetically but Tracy in shock.

"No Mr. Collins, I still live with Tracy and my Parents. I work a lot so maybe it's just never come up in conversation." She tried to downplay how she felt about it but Dotty was sure he knew when his smiles softened slightly.

"Now, none of this Mr. Collins stuff, call me Corny, darlin." He had a twinkle in his eyes as he said it and she smiled back at him feeling slightly giddy on the inside that she's on first named basis with a celebrity. She could get used to being called Darling.

"Sorry to cut this short, but Dotty came to talk to her sister and I don't want Tracy leaving without Dotty." Amber had noticed Tracey and Penny trying to make their way over and knew this couldn't or wasn't going to end very well so she was trying to get Dotty away from everyone else for when this happened.

"Sure thing doll, it was nice to meet you and I hope you can come by again." He winked at her before nodding to the two on her sides and walked off humming a tune under his breath and a skip in his step.

"Dotty, do you want us to take you somewhere you and sister can talk without other people hearing? Because by the look on her face, Tracy doesn't look very happy." Amber disgust at her sister showed through then but she didn't care. All she could see was the thunderous look on her sisters face and how she was walking towards them like she was gearing up for a fight. Penny was obviously trying to talk her down but it wasn't working.

Nodding to Amber, she shakily let go of the breath she was holding and let the blonde grab her hand and drag her to the door and the backrooms used for practising.

She never noticed Link going up to Corny and saying something or both of their eye's following the movement of the Turnblad girls out of the room.

"Dotty! What the hell are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at home helping Ma? Not out galivanting around with Amber! She needs your help with her laundry, you know that!" Tracy yelled at her sister the moment she got in range and it was something she'd never done before. Dotty had a deer in headlight look on her face not knowing what to do or say back. Penny was stood behind Tracy looking very upset and not wanting to be there.

"I… I came here to see you. I thought we should have a talk. I… I wanted to know why you and Ma been ignoring me since you started on the show." She tried to make it sound as strong as possible but by the look on everyone else's face it didn't come out very strong at all.

"I have not been ignoring you. You're just never home when I'm there. As for Ma, she's busy being my manager and doing her laundry business, which is why you should be home with her helping instead of whinging at me that I'm ignoring you when it's your fault we don't talk anymore. "

Every word made Dotty feel smaller and smaller until he felt like crying and disappearing off the face of the earth but she didn't let it show. Instead, in an act of rare bravery, she stood up straight and stared her sister in the eyes before saying, "My fault we don't talk? I would love for you to tell me how it's my fault. Since you started this show, you've done nothing but ignore me for no other reason than now you have this show, you can. Demands things of our parents that without my help and my money that I give to them for you, you wouldn't be able to have, and overall be an insufferable little know it all that thinks just because you're getting some acknowledgment and fame from dancing and singing your better than everyone else. Well you're wrong. If this is how you repay me for being there the whole time and for paying for you to get your hair done, new clothes and anything else you wanted then, I don't think I want to get to know the new you. I came here to see what I'd done that was so horrible that you started to ignore me. Now I realise it wasn't me. It was you letting the fame go to your head and thinking you're better than me because I work a 9-5 job in a car mechanics and you're here getting famous. Well let's set one thing straight. You're my sister and I love you but from now on until you shape up, I will no longer be funding everything you want. Let's see how long you can be demanding when our parents can't afford all the stuff you want."

That's probably the longest time Dotty have ever spoken for and the most authoritive too. The look on Tracy's face showed she was probably going to regret all of that and once it got back to her Mom, she was going to be in for it, but it needed to be said. Releasing her final breath, she waited a moment for Tracy to say something. What she did not expect to happen was a fist to come flying at her face. It collided with her jaw, sending her sprawling on the floor, cracking her head against the tiled flooring. Ambers scream was probably loud enough for the whole building to hear and she wasn't surprised when she heard fast footsteps.

"That was for insulting me and for saying all those nasty things about me. You're just trying to make yourself look better than me by lying and saying that you give our parents money for me when I know that's not true. Mom would have said something. And I am better than you, have you seen yourself? Your scared of shadows, your weak and not pretty and like you say, you work in a car mechanics. What girl does that? Were family so I can't just get rid of you but from now on you are not welcome anywhere near me or this studio so please get off your bony little ass and get the hell out!" by this point she was standing over Dotty, leaning and glaring like she wanted to do some more damage, nearly shouting by the time she was done. Amber had knelt next to Dotty, when she struggled to try and sit up. Her eyes weren't focusing and they were rolling slightly in her head, but she heard every word Tracy said to her. It hurt her, in her heart more than anything but knew it had to happen one way or another.

Dotty could see a crowd of people behind her sister, blurry as they were, but Tracy was too busy having a go at her she hadn't noticed yet. That was until Link knelt next to her and Corny's voice came from behind.

"Tracy, what on earth is going on here?" he didn't look his normally happy and chipper self and he could see Tracy turn nervous.

"Nothing Corny, just a sisterly disagreement." She smiled at him, trying to look as innocent as possible, but it didn't work. He looked behind her to Dotty, who was leaning her head-on Links shoulder, grimacing in pain as Amber carefully searched the back of her head. The red mark Tracy left on her jaw was slowly turning a blue colour, showing how hard she'd been hit.

"I don't think nearly knocking your sister out with a punch counts as a sisterly argument." Amber pipes up nastily before Corny could say something. His eye brows rose into his hairline with that comment. Tracy sneered at Amber but was stopped from saying anything when Corny spoke again.

"Tracy, this behaviour is something I cannot stand. She may be your sister and it may be a family matter, but it happened at the studio and for that I'm going to have to take actions against you. For a month, your suspended from the show." Immediately yelling began, mostly from Tracy, however Dotty was also saying 'no'.

"No, Corny, don't suspend her! We might be fighting but this is her dream, don't take that away from her." She might not like her sister now but also knew if she let her get suspended then her life was about to become even worse.

"Dotty, Darlin, she hurt you, quite bad. You can't let this go un punished." Link spoke up for the first time, stroking a few strands of hair away from her face.

"I know and she will be punished but just don't suspend her." They were ignoring Tracy now, whose face was going red once more but she held her tongue. If it got her back on the show, she'll accept her sister help.

"If you're sure, I won't suspend her, but she's no longer one of the lead dancer, for a while anyway." Tracy didn't like it, but she'd be Miss teenage hairspray before long and then it won't matter.

He looked to Dotty as he said this and when she nodded he did the same before looking to Tracy and telling her to please leave. She glared at everyone but stormed out with Penny following her reluctantly, apologising to Dotty with her eyes.

Kneeling next to Dotty, Corny slowly pulled her head away from Links shoulder and asked her to look into his eyes. They wouldn't focus and you could see that and Amber then pointed out the nasty little bump she had on the back of her head.

Wincing in sympathy, he told her she had a concussion and that she was going to the hospital whether she liked it or not. Link put his arm around her shoulder so she could lean again while Corny stood up. "Alright everyone, it's time for you to go home. I'll make sure Dotty is ok and I'll see you all tomorrow. I'd appreciate if this little incident didn't get around. Not for Tracy but for Dotty's sake." Nodding and murmuring agreements, people started filtering out, leaving Dotty, Link, Amber and Corny in the room.

"Dotty, close your eyes for me Ok, darling, I'm going to pick you up and it might cause a bit of a head rush." Helping him, Link managed to get Dotty situated safely in Corny's arms. Leading the way, Amber and Link opened doors for them until they got out to the hosts car, where they watched him strap the redhead in all the while talking to her to keep her awake.

"Thanks for your help. I'll make sure she's safe so don't worry, and if you could, could you keep an eye and ear out at school tomorrow for this going around? I want to make sure everyone listened to me earlier." The normally happy and chipper host was solemn and kept glancing at where Dotty was holding her head in pain.

"Don't worry Corny, we'll do our best." Nodding, a few words of goodbye were spoken before he got into his car and drove off, leaving two worried friends thinking about Dotty and what the next day could bring.

Authors note -Yayy! It's longer! I hope you like it and I hope it makes sense! If it doesn't or if there's any mistakes just let me know read and review, please! Sorry to anyone who likes Tracy, I do too but for this story she just had to be this way

Thanks again,

Kat