Jenifer's View
I woke up this morning with one thing on my mind. Seeing my bestest friend in the whole wide world. I showered, got dressed, dried my hair in record time (10 minutes) and I ran out into the hall. For getting ready in a rush I looked really good. I was wearing a blue sundress, black flip flops and my favorite head band. I banged on the door of 2J and shrieked "JAMES!" a second later Logan opened the door "Hey Jay want some pancakes and bacon?" I nodded and he offered me his arm and we walked into their apartment. I sat down next to my brother and Kendal.
"Hey guys what's up?" I said grabbing some pancakes. James ruffled my hair and said "Good morning little sis ready to go out to LAX?" I nodded and stuffed some bacon into my mouth. "Why are you going to LAX?" Carlos asked. I smiled at him through a mouth full of food and said "We are going to go pick up my friend." The boys burst out laughing and Kendal said "What was that I don't think we understood you?" Frowning I poked him in the side.
James finished eating and said "We are picking up Jay's friend. She's going to be staying with us for the two weeks." Carlos shrugged and said "Can we go with you?" I exchanged a glance with my twin who shrugged and I nodded. Carlos grinned I motioned for us to leave.
We walked out to the lobby when James said "We are taking our car." Carlos grinned and shouted "SHOT GUN!" The two raced over to a really sweet looking car and hopped in. I slowly walked over to them staring at the car. "Holey cheese who did you have to kill to get this?" I said grinning. My brother grinned and said "Our boss bought it for us. " I hopped into the back and sat in the middle saying "This car is awesome!" I leaned forward and pressed play on the CD player, and start singing along. After a second Carlos and James join in.
Me: Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now
James and Carlos: Ya, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion
And all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
And when you starin' at that phone in your lap
And you hopin' but them people never call you back
But that's just how the story unfolds
You get another hand soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand
What would you wish for if you had one chance?
So we're playin' airplane, sorry I'm late
I'm on my way so don't close that gate
If I don't make that then I'll switch my flight
And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night
Me/James: Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
James: Ya, ya, somebody take me back to the days
Befo' this was a job, befo' I got paid
Befo' it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Ya, back when I was tryin' to get a tip at Subway
And back when I was rappin' for the hell of it
But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
I'm guessin' that if we can make some wishes outta' airplanes
Carlos: Then maybe oh maybe I'll back to the days
Befo' the politics that we call the rap game
And back when ain't nobody listen to my mixtape
And back befo' I tried to cover up my slang
But this is fo' the hater, what's up Bobby Ray?
So can I get a wish
To end the politics
And get back to the music
That started this shit?
So here I stand and then again I say
I'm hopin' we can make some wishes outta' airplanes
Me/Carlos: Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
James and Carlos: I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
I-I-I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
Like, like, like shootin' stars
(Like shootin' stars)
I-I-I-I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
A wish, a wish right now
(A wish right now)
Laughing we drive up to the airport. I hop out to go search for my friend and when I get to her gate I see the airplane just arrived. Nervously I wait for her to come out of the tunnel thing, when a hand clamps down on my shoulder. Stifling a yell I turn to see James standing to my left with an apologetic grin. I grin back and he leads me over to where Carlos was sitting. I sat down and watched as people walked out of the tunnel thing. Suddenly I saw my bestest friend in the whole wide world! She was wearing her classic high tops and smile.
"AUDRA MY LOVAH!" I shrieked as I ran over to the shorter girl. We hugged and I tugged her strawberry blond hair and said "I thought you said you were letting it grow out? You chopped it all off!" Audra grinned and played with her hair "It's not that short, it's just a little above my shoulders."
Her blue-grey eyes sparkled with happiness "You and I need to have a heart to heart and whoa Hottie's with some major bodies whose this?" she said spying my brother and Carlos as they sat watching us. "Uhh that's my brother James, he's my twin, and the other guy is Carlos." Audra looked at me and said "Wait, you have a TWIN? And you didn't tell me?"
I hip bumped my friend and said "I found out a couple days ago." Audra shrugged and we walked over to my brother and Carlos. "This is my best friend Audra. Audra these are the guys you will be staying with cause my mother doesn't want any of my friends from NY to come here."
Audra shrugged checking out my brother, and Carlos. Sighing I hip bumped my friend and said "Hey lets grab your stuff and go." Audra nodded and we all started walking to the baggage claim. After getting both of her HUGE bags we hopped into the car and blasted the music.
Me/Audra - Yeeeeeyeeeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine,
I'm loving cloud nine, my head's in the sky,
I'm solo, I'm riding solo,
I'm riding solo, I'm ridin solo, sooloooo.
Me- Yeah, I'm feeling good tonight, finally doing me and it feels so right, oh,
Time to do the things I like,
going to the club everything's alright, oh,
Audra- No one to answer to,
no one that's gonna argue, no,
And since I got the hold off me,
I'm living life now that I'm free, yeah,
Me/Audra-Telling me to get my shit together
now I got my shit together, yeah,
Now I made it through the weather
better days are gonna get better
Audra-I'm so sorry that it didn't work out I'm moving on,
I'm so sorry but it's over now,
the pain is goooone,
Me-I'm putting on my shades
to cover up my eyes,
I'm jumpin' in my ride,
I'm heading out tonight,
I'm solo, I'm riding solo,
I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, sooloooo.
I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine,
I'm loving cloud nine, my head's in the sky.
I'm solo, I'm riding solo,
I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, sooloooo.
Audra- Now I'm feeling how I should,
never knew single could feel this good, oh,
Stop playing miss understood,
back in the game, who knew I would, oh,
So flex how I spread my wings, loving myself makes me wanna sing, oh,
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Me- Telling me to get my shit together
now I got my shit together, yeah,
Now I made it through the weather
better days are gonna get better
Me/Audra-I'm so sorry that it didn't work out I'm moving on,
I'm so sorry but it's over now,
the pain is goooone,
Both-I'm putting on my shades
to cover up my eyes,
I'm jumpin' in my ride,
I'm heading out tonight,
I'm solo, I'm riding solo,
I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, sooloooo.
I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine,
I'm loving cloud nine, my head's in the sky.
I'm solo, I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, sooloooo.
I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, sooloooo
Carlos-yeah it's like S... O... L... O...
S... O... L... O... S... O... L... O...
Living my life and got stress no more,
James-I'm putting on my shades
to cover up my eyes,
I'm jumpin' in my ride,
I'm heading out tonight,
I'm solo, I'm riding solo,
I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, sooloooo.
I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine,
I'm loving cloud nine, my head's in the sky.
All-I'm solo, I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, sooloooo.
I'm riding solo, I'm riding solo, sooloooo
I'm riding solo, sooloooo,
I'm riding solo, sooloooo.
We pulled up to the palm woods singing. Logan and Kendal were standing waiting for us. Audra and I hopped out of the car. "Loogie, Kendal this is my best friend ever, Audra!" I said as we walked up to the boys. Kendal and Logan nodded and waved. I glanced over at Carlos and James, who were struggling with Audra's bags. "Uhh can you guys help us?" Carlos shouted, as he fell to the ground.
Kendal and Logan ran over to my brother and Carlos. Audra and I shrugged and started walking. We walked up to 2J.
"So how's the team?" I asked looking at the ground. I felt my friend shrug and say "We're doing ok, it's not like we're gonna win the State Championship again this year." I nudged my friend and said "Well maybe I can come out to watch a couple of games."
Audra laughed and said "You better." I grinned as my friend went on "Ohh you'll never guess who I saw on the plane." I rolled my eyes and said "I don't know who, Derek Jeter?" Audra punched me in the shoulder and said "Shay-Shay the Green!"
I stared at my friend and said "Shay-Shay is here?" Shay was my catcher and one of my best friends. Audra nodded and said "She's visiting her cousin Riley, and wants to hang out on the beach sometime in the next two weeks." I rolled my eyes and said "Ohh I don't know, maybe I mean the beach, come on." We high fived and I knocked 2J, Mama Knight answered and said "Hurry your mom just called wondering where you were." Audra and I bolted in to the room. Audra stared at the room and said "Sweet room!" I nodded and we fist bumped.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Mama Knight glanced at us and pointed to a room. We bolted into the room and saw two beds. "Eww it smells." Audra whispered. I nodded and glanced around the messy room trying to figure out whose it was. I saw a textbooks on one side of the room and on the other hockey equipment. Plus a stand with a sign that said "For helmet only." Carlos and Logan's room.
"So really how did you and James meet?" Audra said as we gingerly sat on Logan's bed. I grinned and said "I thought he was hitting on me so I told him to bugger off, I didn't find out until the next day that we were related."
Audra grinned and said "Well, did you guys talk yet?" I raised my eyebrow and said "about what?" Audra pushed me and said "About everything, you guys have a lot of catching up to do." I shook my head and all of a sudden the door opened. "Uhh what are you two doing in our room?" Logan asked. Audra and I laughed and said "We were hiding from somebody at the door." Logan shrugged and said "Ok, James wants us all to go to the beach this week. Gustavo is going to New York for a producers meeting and gave us the two weeks off." Grinning I hug Logan "YES I LOVE THE BEACH!" Audra shouted. We skip into the TV room and I stop "Hey we can even see Shay-Shay the Green!" We high fived again.
"Shay-Shay the Green?" Kendal asked. I grinned at him as we flopped onto the couch. "Yeah Shay –Shay the Green. She is one of my best friends. We ran into each other one day and became best friends." I said grinning. Audra smirked and hit me with a pillow. "Yeah she means that literally." James leaned over to where Audra and I were sprawled and said "Really? Tell us."
I struggled to sit up and said " it was in 8th grade and well I was going to Chorus and I walked into the door. I—well I stopped to tie my shoe. I didn't think anybody was going to walk into class, I was early seeing as how I got out of math early, my teachers loved me. Anyways Shay ran into me, literally she ran into me, she thought she was late. She fell down and tumbled down the three stairs going into the room and landed on the cutest guy in the whole wide world. Uhh sorry" I said sheepishly glancing at Audra who flicked me behind the ear, and I went on. "Well we kinda froze for a second then looked at each other and burst out laughing. Instantly we became best friends."
Audra and I chuckled at the memories of the terrible trio as our teachers called us. They meant it nicely, we were never separate, always doing something, and were never being malicious or doing bad things. We just were the biggest goofballs in the school and everybody, we think, liked us.
"Yeah but how did you and Audra meet?" Carlos asked. i sighed and said "We met playing T-Ball, and our mothers are best friends, like since high school. We met, become friends, defended each other and become sisters."
Carlos shrugged and said "Wow, I met these guys when I was four, I was just learning to play hockey." The boys chuckled and suddenly James jumped up "Dudes we gotta pack for the beach. We have to get there by tomorrow."
I jumped up to "got to tell my mom I'm leaving for the week. Then I have to pack. See you later Audra Text Shay to tell her." Audra nodded and I ran out of the apartment and into mine. I found my mom sitting at the table and I said "Hey the guys want to go to the beach for the week and they invited me, I'm gonna go kay?" My mom nodded and said "No sex, drugs, alcohol or anything that could ruin you." I rolled my eyes and nodded running into my room I started packing.
Twenty minutes later we were shoving all of our stuff into three cars. James and I had a huge jeep and it was filled with our stuff. The rest of the stuff was divided between the others. I climbed into the car and buckled up. "Hey James?" my brother grunted at me while he was driving. "Umm why did our mom give me up?" James swore under his breath, and glanced at me. He looked uncomfortable while he said "I—I..uhh…." he looked back at the road and kept driving.
I blinked and said "James?" "She didn't want to ok?" James exploded. "Our dad was fine with us until he lost his job." James pulled up to a gas station. The other cars pulled in too. Kendal got out and James yelled over to him "Dude just go ahead. We need to get some stuff." Kendal nodded and they all drove off. James and I got out of the car and walked into the gas station where we got all sorts of junk food and sodas.
Once back into the car James spoke again "Sorry, I should start at the beginning. Our mom kept you for three years. We were a "Happy Family"" James sounded bitter and upset "Then our dad got fired, and money became a little tight. You got sick, which drove Dad over the edge." I nodded, my mom told me that when I was three I got really sick, like I could have died. "Dad was planning on just getting rid of you or...giving you up to somebody he doesn't know so he would never see you again. But mom gave you to her friend, who just lost her child. She told Dad you died in the hospital. The rest is your history. look Mom divorced Dad years ago, she wanted to see you again, but she didn't want to ruin anything that you and your mom had. She still loved you...loves you."
I looked out the window, I didn't know what to think. I stared at the ocean as it rolled onto the beach. I didn't even blink, i barely even breathed
A/N ok this was written before and After my surgery that's why there are a couple of blah parts. I'd like to thank those of you who reviewed…Soooo THANK YOU!
Disclaimer—I own only Jay. I don't own BTR I am Barrowing Audra from Penafan915….oh and another soon to be included Character that I am barrowing is Shay-Shay the Green, Actually called Shay Green but she was created by Readerwriterthinker.
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