Come on guys, you can do better than this. Only 5 reviews? (Btw, thanks to all the four people that reviewed :D) It makes me feel like my work is not appreciated. :( How about for the next chapter you give me at least... 10 reviews? There's enough of you on alert and favorites! Plus the 1st chapter got like... 18 reviews :) Kay, I'm gonna stop sounding whiny now.

Here's chapter 3 of Welcome to Hollywood!

Btw, the last part of this chappy is Alex's POV. It wouldn't really... make sense if it wasn't. You'll see why. :)


Welcome to Hollywood: A Nalex Story

by xScribbles819

Chapter 3

(Nate's POV)

It's weird how Alex turned out to be in pretty much all my classes. No, I'm not joking. Yes, I'm serious. The only class she's not in is... my cooking and sewing class. Don't ask me why I picked that class when I could've picked so many better choices. It's Shane's fault for telling me that it was the most exciting class ever and I should pick it.

I really shouldn't listen to my older brothers anymore.

So after the last period, which I happened to have with Alex, I actually got brave enough to ask her if she wanted to hang out after school.

"So, erm... Alex?" I said, my voice rising at the end to make it sound kind of like a question.

"Yeah?" She asked, picking up her bag. Her bangs fell into her eyes, making her look cuter than ever. She sighed as she realized this and shoved the strand of hair behind her ears, which didn't really make any success.

"Uh... do you want to maybe come over after school? Everyone lives really near, so we could all hang out together."

"Sure," Alex said, smiling. "Oh, I have to call my parents, you know, to let them know that--"

"Yeah, sure," I said, smiling back. "I'll wait for you outside."

"Kay," She pulled out her cellphone and wandered away, dialing random numbers. I watched her as she went, completely mesmerized by her long dark hair.

"Dude," Someone said behind me, clapping my back. "You're falling for the new girl."

I jumped, surprised by both the clap and the information he just gave me. "What? Who-- what-- who said that?"

It was Shane, smirking at me. "No one. You just told me yourself."

"No I didn't!" I said, blushing. I probably blushed about 20 times during the whole school day. And maybe, just maybe it was because Alex was near me.

"You know I'm kidding." Shane said, punching me in the arm, still smirking. Mitchie loved that smirk, probably because they liked each other, but I didn't like it. Not one bit. Maybe it was because he was always smirking at me, but still... it's a good enough reason, right?

"Hey," Caitlyn said, walking up to us. "What are you two doing? Standing here and gossiping like old women?"

"No!" Shane said, smirking at me again. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"Hey guys," Alex said, running up to us. "So what are we doing? I told my parents but I gotta leave at like... 5. Family commitment thing." She shrugged, "Happens every Thursday."

"You guys actually have family commitments? In my family, the most family-ist thing we do is like... eat dinner together." Ella said, catching up to them.

"Sounds fun," Alex said, nodding. She turned around and scanned the school. "Where's Mitchie?"

"Oh she's coming after school." Caitlyn replied, "She has to help her mom cook."

"Yep," Shane agreed, sighing.

"Aww, is the poor Shane said that Mitchie isn't coming?" Alex asked, making her face like a baby.

Shane laughed and nodded. "Yeah, I'm poor and I'm sad that Mitchie isn't coming."

"They like each other." I whispered to Alex.

"Yeah, wasn't that hard to figure out," Alex said, laughing. Then she looked around the school again. "So... how exactly do you guys live here and not get mobbed by people?"

"Long story." Shane said. "Where's Jason?"

"Here I am!" Jason shouted behind us. "Are you happy to see me?"

"Yeah, yeah," We all muttered, except Alex.

"I'm happy to see you." She said, hooking arms with Jason. He smiled his little boy smile and showed his white teeth. Then after a second, he let go of Alex and hooked arms with Ella. They grinned at each other and skipped off, yelling to us that they would meet us at our house.

"So tell me the story." Alex said, walking closer to me. My breath got caught in my throat and I choked. Alex looked at me with concern. "Are you okay? You don't have to tell me the story if you don't want to--"

"No, no, they want to tell you the story." Caitlyn said.

"Where to begin?" Shane wondered, mocking a wise old guy by putting his hands behind his back and walking really slowly, his head stretched out and looking at the ground. The he suddenly jumped up and said, "Ah ha! I know where we shall begin!"

"Dude, stop talking like that." I said, laughing at his immatureness.

"Alright, alright! Stop telling your older brother what to do." Shane said. Then he began the 'story'. "A long time ago... in a far away land... lived 3 brothers named Shane, Nate and Jason Gray. They had magical powers..."

I snuck a look at Alex. She was looking so weirdly at Shane that I had to laugh out loud.

Caitlyn rolled her eyes. "Shane, just get to the real story. You guys don't have 'magical powers'"

Shane pouted, crossing his arms. "It'll make it boring."

"Yeah, but it'll make me less scared of you." Alex pointed out.

"Hah!" I said. "Anyway, it's just that our lastest album hadn't sold much, so no one's really paying attention."

"And the only person who actually bought our album was the principal." Shane added in, sulking.

Alex shuddered. "Doesn't it make you feel weird that the principal listens to your music? I mean, it would make me feel weird."

We were almost at our house, so it was time to wrap up our story. "Sorta. I mean... I know there's other people that buy or albums, like Caitlyn." I flashed a smile at her, and she smiled back.

"And Mitchie!" Shane said. "And Ella."

"But I guess that's pretty much all the people we know." I said.

"Wow. Have you guys tried standing by the store and telling people to buy your album?" Alex asked.

"You know... we never thought of that." Shane said thoughtfully. Then there was an evil glint in his eye. "Let's do it!"

"This plan doesn't involve me, right?" Caitlyn said hopefully.

"Well," I said, throwing an arm around her, "We're probably going to need your awesome dance moves to attract people."

Caitlyn sighed. "If you put it that way, then I guess I'm going to have to help."


"Get your Connect 3 album today!" Shane said in a deep voice. Caitlyn added a dance move, which made a few people wander over, but no one actually took a copy of the CD.

We were dressed in disguise. Really, who would actually be that low to go to a store and advertise their own CD? Alex had looked through our attic (which she had to add, was quite disgusting) and found a couple of wigs. I think they were Jason's.

Caitlyn was forced to go the thrift store with Shane and they bought some old, cheap clothing. Mitchie, at that point, had decided to show up, and liked the idea that Alex had thought up of, which was ripping some old ties and making headbands for us, the boys. They thought it would be pretty funny to see us wear headbands.

Jason and Ella didn't show up and probably went off to who-knows-where. So far, this idea wasn't working very well.

"Guys I don't think this is working." Mitchie informed us, as if we didn't know that already.

"You mean I got into this for nothing?!" Caitlyn said.

"Come on guys, quit whining." Alex said. "Let's get at least 3 people to buy our album before I have to go. Hey look, customers!"

"Come get your Connect 3 album today." I tried in a girly voice. The old couple that had walked up to us looked at me with fear and ran into the store.

"Nate? I think you just scared them away." Alex said, sighing. "You guys are right. This isn't working."

"Really?" Caitlyn said sarcastically.

Alex took off her wig and threw it at Mitchie. "I have to go. See you guys tomorrow!" With that, she walked away.

"Come buy some CDs." Shane said half-heartedly. "Come buy some Connect 3 CDs." He marched up to a woman and got down on his knees. "Buy some Connect 3 CDs, I'm begging you!"

The woman's eyes got wide and she ignored him, walking straight past us.


(Alex's POV)

"You're late." My dad said flatly. He pointed at his watch.

"Oh who cares? It's not like there's a special spell to get people to buy Connect 3's CDs."

"You got yourself involved with the popstars, eh?" Justin asked smugly, sitting on our couch. Apparently, our new house also had a 'lair', so mom and dad had moved all our wizardry stuff to this room.

"Who's Connect 3?" Max asked. Then his eyes got wide and he grinned. "Are they secretly werewolves in disguise? I have to meet them. AROOOOOOOOO!!" He howled, imitating a wolf.

"That's a stereotype." Justin pointed out. "Not all werewolves howl."

"You would know." Max snapped back. "Your girlfriend was one."

"Alright, alright guys. Quiet down." Dad said, "Today's lesson," He pointed at the mini chalkboard, "Making People do what you want."

Making people do what you want. Making people do what you want. If I could use that spell, I could make people buy Nate, Shane and Jason's CD! Plus, if people bought their CD, they would be popular in school instead of couch potatoes like they seem.

And they would finally stop whining about people not buying their album.

I sat forward, listening intently. This lesson was worth tuning into.


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