Chapter 5:
"-me for Backstage Pass!" Techno said, "This week we'll be getting to know our newest staffer and computer wizard Alternative! Her favorite song of all time is "Hum Along" by Ludo. Her hero and idol is Michael J. Fox and her goal in life is to create the newest technologic discovery! You guys had some questions for Alternative and here they are!"
"Why is Michael J. Fox your idol?" Scene asked reading it off of someone's Twitter.
"He's so optimistic about life even with a fatal disease. He has a loving wife and kids that love him so much and he's always looking past Parkinson's and always on the bright side. He's not only a great actor and snappy dresser, but is also my guitar idol as well."
"What are your opinions on books?" Metal asked reading another tweet.
Alt shrugged, "they're fun to read and great for weapons when people get too close to you."
"Thoughts on Disney movies?" Techno read from a facebook comment.
Dubstep smiled and gave everyone a thumbs up, then the rest followed. Alternative laughed and gave two thumbs up, "Who doesn't love Disney movies?"
"That's a wrap guys," Metal said turning off the camera, "I'll get to editing this sucker up."
"I can do it if ya want, Metal," Alternative said.
"Naw, you're off the hook since this is your first week. Next week, now that's another story."
Alternative smiled, "Sounds good. I'm willing to do that, just remember that."
"Oh, I know that. I'm just saying that-" Alternative cut him off completely.
"I know what you're saying. I'll do it next week, promise."
Metal shrugged, "If you say so."
Alternative smiled and patted his shoulder before he walked out of the studio. Techno and Dubstep were the next ones to leave, leaving Scene and Alternative alone. Alt was putting away cables and what not so no one hurts themselves on them.
"Soooo," Scene began with a smile, "How was last night? I heard you had a date with Intern 2."
Alternative smiled and bit her bottom lip. She faced Scene and her smile broadened, "It was the best date I've ever been on!"
"Ooooh!" she squealed. She sat down on the couch and patted the seat next to her, "I want details!"
Alternative dropped the cable she was coiling and sat down next to Scene, "It was perfect! We went to Chili's for dinner, and that was utter perfect! We talked forever on anything we could think of! We have so much in common! Like bands we have in common some how, movies, books and so on from there. Simple stuff that can go a long way.
"Once we were technically forced to leave, he took me to a coffee house where this really good acoustic band was playing and we talked some more. We talked a lot and that was just perfect!
"When the band ended, he had the best way to end any date! It was just like in the movies! He took me to the beach and we walked barefoot in the sand right where the water met the sand. At one point we were having so much fun, he almost pushed me in the ocean!
"I'll never be on a more perfect first date than that."
Scene squealed again, "That sounds amazing! What did you wear? What did he wear? That's always important!"
Alternative smiled, "He wore a blue and black stripped collard shirt and a pair of dark brown khakis. He looked a bit more casual than what he'd wear to work which is a huge breakthrough! I wore a black skirt with a purple tank top and had on the cutest shoes ever!"
"Do you have pictures?" she asked with a smile.
"Of course!" Alternative got out her phone and showed her a picture of a pair of black and purple lace flats with a rhinestone heart on the top.
"Can I borrow those sometime? They are adorable!"
"Sure," she smiled, and then flipped to the next picture. It was of Intern 2 and herself on the beach.
"Awe! You two are so cute together! Did he ask you out on another date?"
"He did in fact! We're going out Friday night."
"Tomorrow night? Wow you two just can't get away from each other already!"
"It would've been tonight but I had prior plans."
"What could you be doing that's more important than going on a date with Intern 2?"
"I had tickets to see Ludo's acoustic show tonight. I've been counting down the days for at least a month now!"
"Sounds fun! Did you invite Intern 2?"
"No," she sighed, "I wish I had. I'm going with one of my best friends."
"That should still be a ton of fun though!"
"I'm looking forward to it greatly," she smiled.
"Well," Scene stood and walked to the door, "Sounds like you are one busy girl. I shall leave you to your work now. Talk to ya later!"
"Bye, Scene," Alternative smiled.
Once Scene happily skipped out of the studio, Alternative was sitting alone on the couch. Finally alone, she thought. With that in mind, she went back to her work.
Back outside in the main office space, Metal had walked up to Intern 2's area up front. He looked up from his laptop and saw Metal standing there.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Did you take my advice?"
"I did. I asked Alt out to dinner last night. We had a great time. We went to Chili's then some small coffee houses to see a acoustic band and then to the beach. It was a great night. She said it was the best date she'd ever been on, so I take that as a good sign."
"You guys goin out tonight?"
"Naw," he sighed, "I asked her if she wanted to do something and she has a concert to go to tonight, so we're going out tomorrow night. I really like her and I think she likes me the same way."
Idol had just walked by from heading out to lunch. She overheard Metal and Intern 2's conversation about his date and she clenched her fist tightly. She breezed passed the guys and almost ran into Dubstep as he was walking out from his and Techno's office. Dubstep had joined the two guys out front.
"Hey, Dubstep," Metal said.
"Bzzmp," he said, which translated into a simple 'hey'. He held a note book and flipped open to a page he had puppy dog eared.
Both guys read the message. Help, I'm stuck in the friend-zone!
"Friend zone? You mean, you and-" Metal asked, stopping before he said Techno's name aloud.
Dubstep nodded and turned to a new page in the notebook. What do I do?
"Well, you're pretty much stuck then," Metal said.
Intern 2 gave Metal a look that screamed 'don't tell him that!'.
"Well, have you told her how you feel?" Intern 2 asked.
Dubstep turned to another page. He had most responses written down in the notebook, but had a pen handy just in case. The page read, yeah right! Like I'd tell her that!
"Why don't you tell her?" Intern 2 asked.
Dubstep pulled out the pen from his pocket and scribed down another response for them. She's going to be gone all next week! Why would I tell her I like her more than a friend right before she goes away? I don't' think so.
"You have a great point," Metal said, "Will you ever tell her?"
He shook his head no.
"There's one problem," Intern 2 said, "You should tell her eventually. If you don't, things could get weird."
Dubstep scribed something else down in the notebook. Like how? I don't talk to her the same way again? I stop talking to her? I don't know how women work!
Metal patted his shoulder, "None of us do, Dubstep. No guy knows how a woman works."
Intern 2 nodded in agreement.
"Here's some advice," Metal began, "See how it is without her for a week and decide from there. If you can't bear to be away from her, tell her. If you don't notice or care that she's gone, then don't tell her. It could just be a crush ya know."
"Crushes usually blow over pretty fast. Unless it's three months. Of the crush is over three months, you love her."
Dubstep rolled his eyes and wrote something else down quickly. It's been well over three months. Does that mean I'm in love with her? I like her more than a friend and that's for damn sure.
Metal and Intern 2 exchanged looks before Metal spoke, "Well, we really don't know what to tell you then. I'm married and Intern 2 might possibly have a new girlfriend."
Dubstep gave him a look in disbelief. He held up a page in the notebook. I don't believe you.
"What's not to believe?"
Who? The page read.
"Alternative," he smiled.
Dubstep nodded approvingly before giving him a high-five. He then quickly wrote something down on the notebook. She has a great smile.
"Oh, I know," Intern 2 smiled.
"Dubstep," Metal began once more, "If you need any sort of advice, you can come write to me."
Dubstep smiled and held up a page in the notebook again. Thank you.
"You're welcome."
He added one more word to the page before showing both of them. Thank you both.
They both nodded their 'no problem' before Dubstep walked back into his office to dance with Techno. Metal nodded to Intern 2.
"We should have conversations like that more often," Metal laughed.
"I can say I've done everything at this office. Hunt for Bigfoot, been used as a human foot rest, had a conversation with someone via notebook. This job," Intern 2 laughed.
"Well, if it hadn't been for this job, you'd've never met your new girlfriend."
"She's not my girlfriend," he said. Alternative had walked out from the studio and he smiled as she walked out, checking her out from his desk. Then he added one last thing, "Yet."
Idol sat at her desk, typing away on the company facebook page. She was then drawn away from it when Alternative walked by on her way to Metal's desk to see if there was any editing she could do for him.
Idol stood and stopped Alternative. Idol was nearly three inches taller than Alt, even without heals on. Idol was glaring her down.
"Hey, Idol. What's up?"
"What's all with the buddy-buddy talk?"
"I-I don't know what you mean…" she said utterly confused on what was going on at the moment.
"You know damn well what I'm talking about," she snapped.
"I honestly don't. If I somehow did anything to make you mad, please let me know."
"You stole Intern 2 away from me!" she snapped.
"Well I'm very sorry about that? I was just trying to be nice to everyone here."
"Yeah well you did a bad job of that. You stay away from Intern 2."
"Wait, are you forbidding me to see him?"
"Yeah, I am."
"I didn't think you had control over me, or him."
"Well, I do."
"No, I don't think so," Alternative snapped back, "Listen Idol, I'm sorry that I somehow "stole" him away from you. You can't tell me what to do. Only Indie can do that. Stay out of my way, and I'll stay out of yours."
"Are you telling me off?"
"I'm getting close too."
Dubstep and Techno had walked out of their office on a quest to find their dance buddy known as Alternative. They saw her talking to Idol. Techno gave Dubstep a worried look and stayed their distance, but still watched them before anyone started to hurt the other one.
"Let me tell you off right now," Idol said, "You're not pretty, you dress like you should be going up to Canada for a hockey game or something… your hair looks like something died on your head and besides, what's most important is that you're not that pretty."
"I've had enough from you, Idol! I never spoke one word to you until now! You don't even know me and besides, you're not even that pretty. Your singing sounds like a dying cat and you're dumber than a sack of dead cactuses."
"You did not just go there."
"I'm pretty sure I did."
Idol was about to hit Alternative when Techno came up behind her and grabbed her so she wouldn't hurt Alternative. Dubstep stood in front of Alt, protecting her the best he could. He was doing a poor job because she was trying to get at Idol.
It was Metal who finally broke them up.
"Hey! What the hell is going on?"
"She has to go, now!" Idol yelled, "She has to get fired right now!"
Techno, Dubstep and Alternative shook their heads to Metal. He sighed and turned to Idol.
"Get over it, Idol. You're always going to have to work with people you don't like."
"Fine," she said. Techno released her, but Dubstep didn't move from in front of Alternative, "But I'm not being in anything that she is, and that's final."
"Idol, apologize," Metal said.
She glared at Metal, "I don't think so."
Idol finally walked off into the bathroom and locked the door. Metal turned to Alternative as she calmly walked out from behind Dubstep.
"You ok?" Metal asked.
"I could've handled myself," Alt said, then smiled, "But thank you guys."
"Zmbzzm bzzzmp zzmopzk," Dubstep smiled.
"Dubstep said 'we'd do anything for ya', which is for sure true!" Techno said.
Metal nodded in agreement, "So what did Idol freak out on you about?"
"Liking Intern 2," Alternative said.
"Whatever she told you, don't listen to her," Techno said, "You're perfect the way you are."
"Thank you, Techno. I don't let things like that get to me. I'm happy with myself and that should matter most. Besides, I'm not letting some bottle blonde tell me what to do. I do what I want."
Dubstep gave her a high five. She smiled.
"Well, come on," Techno grabbed her arm, "Let's dance!"
Alternative smiled and went off with her dance buddies. She couldn't help but think about what Idol had told her. She couldn't let lies get to her like that. Alt was pretty. She was always told that during school and into college. How she dressed was comfy according to her. Flannel shirts or tee shirts with hoodies. That's how she liked to dress. As for her hair, well, she always had it up in a pony tail or in a clip. She wasn't a morning person.
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"I'm not going to let Idol get the better of me. I'm my own person and I love who I am. As for Intern 2, I like him and he likes me back the same way. I'm happy with him and if Idol really loved him like she claims she does, then she'd let him be happy too. It's all logical," Alt said to the cameras during her one on one time.
She stood, "Now if you excuse me, I have a concert to go to."
(A/N: holy snap-berries! Idol confronted Alt about her and Intern 2! :O *gasp*! Well, let's see how things pan out from here.
How about that Techstep action? Well, it wasn't quite any Techstep, just Dubstep trying to ask some guys advice about dating. I thought it was a clever way of them to communicate with Dubstep like that.
R and R please! Thank you for all of your amazing feed back! Amazing people like you guys always motivate me to keep going with my writings! Thank you so much!)