i'm still alive! i've been super busy the past two weeks so writing was been pushed aside, plus i was having trouble continuing the story. I know where i want the story to end up, i'm just having trouble getting there! but no worries, i'm working through it. thanks for sticking with me and please review review review! i don't know whose reading if i don't get reviews!
Chapter 9: Try
"Hey guys," Alex sighed, sitting down in the lounge next to Thomas, David, and Qaasim, who were watching TV. "Thought you'd be taking advantage of the whole madness earlier to hang with your girls."
"Yeah so did we," Qaasim rolled his eyes.
"Until Wing got a hold of them, they've been talking music videos all night." David said.
"Their album isn't even done yet!" Thomas exclaimed.
"Well, maybe you want to help a brother out?" Alex asked hopefully, smiling at them.
30 minutes later, Alex and the boys were walking down the street towards Juanita's house. Alex was carrying a bouquet of flowers and a portable boom box.
"Well this is it, here goes nothing." Alex said, setting the boom box on the sidewalk and pressing play. His song, "Thump Thump Thump," started to play and he started to sing along. Thomas, David, and Qaasim all unzipped their jackets to reveal their shirts spelling out, "I LOVE YOU!" Alex sang his heart out to Juanita's open bedroom window, waiting for her to come to the window. But after the song was over, Juniata was still nowhere to be seen.
"Oh hi Alex, honey." Juanita's foster mom said, opening the front door. "Juanita's out with Mitchie, I'm sorry."
"Oh…uh thanks anyway." Alex said politely, causing Juanita's foster mom to smile and go back inside. When she shut the door, Alex threw the flowers down on the ground and started jumping on them. "I hate girls!"
The next day…
"Kristina!" Luke called down the school hallway the next morning. Kristina turned to look at him and started walking in the opposite direction. Luke ran after her and grabbed her arm. "Come on, please just talk to me."
"No, I don't wanna talk to you right now." Kristina said, pulling out of his grip on her arm and walking away.
"Well then will you listen?" Luke asked. Kristina turned around and moved a little closer to him.
"I'm listening," Kristina said.
"Okay I swear I didn't mean for this to happen. I was just telling Cooper the results of the sales report and it just so happened your shirt sold the most, not that I'm surprised or anything. And Wing asked me a little more about you so I told him the truth, that you're great girl; beautiful, funny, smart, talented, dramatic but the good kind, a damn good kisser, and someone that I never would do anything to hurt. I know how important your friendship with Rosalina is and I would never try and get in the way of that, you have to believe me. I can fix this, I promise." Luke pleaded. "Please, Kris."
"Fine, you say you can fix it, then fix it." Kristina said. "Fix it and I'll forgive you."
"Anything for you," Luke told her with a slight smile. But Kristina's face was emotionless as she turned and started walking away. Luke sighed and ran his hands through his hair, trying to think of his next move. He heard pounding against a locker and saw Rosalina standing there in distress
"Ugh I hate this locker." Rosalina groaned to herself as she struggled to get her locker open. She pounded the door a few times again to try and see if it would open.
"Need help, Rosalina?" Luke asked, leaning against the locker next to hers.
"I'm fine Luke." Rosalina said rudely, continuing to spin the lock. Luke pounded the locker in just the right place, causing it to pop open. "Thanks."
"Look Rosalina, you can't be mad at Kristina for this whole music video thing. It wasn't her fault; she had no idea about it. I accidently talked her up a bit in front of Wing and I swear I had no intention of it. I didn't mean to put this rift between you, Nat and Kristina. I love you all and this was an accident I'm going to fix. But I need you to help me by apologizing to Kristina." Luke explained.
"It's not that easy Luke! It's hard to just admit you're wrong. And who knows, maybe they're both happy about this, after all that happened after Naked Idol and before the Premiere and all." Rosalina exclaimed.
"Rosalina, just try, okay?" Luke said. "You're never gonna know unless you try."
"Whatever Luke." Rosalina said, slamming her locker shut. "See you at rehearsal after school."
"Try Rosalina, for me, for Kristina, for Nat." Luke urged one last time, earning himself an eye roll from Rosalina.
