Thank you all for the support, I have a few more chapters in this one, most of which will probably be longer ones! And I hope to start the last story of the series right after this one is finished! Review please(:
Chapter 12:
"You're live in three…two…one." Patty said as Alex and Leslie were getting ready to start the show. Juanita was still nowhere to be found and Alex's mind was wandering like crazy. But it was show time now and he needed to get his celebrity face on.
"Happy Valentine's Day America!" Leslie exclaimed with more excitement than Alex had seen from her in the past week. "I'm Leslie McCarter from Nickelodeon's new show, Only Girl (in my brothers' world.)"
"And I'm Alex Wolff, drummer of the Naked Brothers Band." Alex said. "Welcome to the Valentine's Dream Date special."
"Now we all know everyone's looking for that someone special in their life and our three contestants are no different. Today we have three boys and three girls who are no stranger to the spotlight." Leslie said. "The Sparling Brothers, who play my on screen brothers, are looking for love from our three stars today."
"And those stars are none other than the opening act from our last tour, my personal favorite girl group, State of Grace." Alex said. "Now before we head straight to the interviews, here is the world premiere of our "shortened" music video for my song, "Thump Thump Thump," starring myself, Leslie, and the Naked Brothers Band produced by none other than Cooper Pillot and Patty Scoggins."
As the show switched over to the music video, Alex and Leslie headed off screen so the crew could begin to set up for State of Grace to take the stage after the short video.
"Your girl here yet?" Leslie asked as the makeup crew touched up her face.
"Nope," Alex told her, sipping on his coffee. "As long as she's here for my surprise during the performance, it's all good."
"Ooh I got another hint on the surprise; I hope it's a good one." Leslie winked as they were shuffled back on stage. They positioned themselves back in front of the camera and got ready for the go from Patty as the music video ended.
"Hope you all enjoyed the video, it was great to get to know now one of my new favorite girls, Leslie." Alex smiled, putting his arm around Leslie's shoulder. "Now to introduce the real stars of the show, none other than the world famous, State of Grace!"
State of Grace's song, "Boys like You," started to play and the girls appeared on screen, each exchanging hugs with Leslie and Alex, then taking their seats on the left side of the fake wall barrier preventing them from seeing the boys on the other side.
"And now it's my pleasure to introduce this year's contestants, my TV brothers, Jason, Caleb, and Will Sparling!" Leslie announced as the three brothers walked on stage, hugging Alex and Leslie and sitting down on the other side of the wall. The cameras then panned over to State of Grace to introduce themselves and tell the audience what they liked in a guy. Alex and Leslie headed off screen.
"I love guys who are blond, athletic, and can be serious at times. I like the not so muscular guys though." Kylie said on screen.
"Uhh that sounds nothing like me." Thomas muttered to the band as they watched from the green room set up in their lounge.
"I'm definitely attracted to guys with dark, short hair, not like those guys with shaggy hair. And I'm not a fan of the nerd look, no glasses for me." Ellie explained on screen.
"Well that's pretty much the opposite of me." David said with anger and confusion.
"Guys with long hair are definitely a turn off. And I don't like when guys are smarter than me, it's intimidating. And they've got to be tall, at least taller than me." Emily smiled as she talked on screen.
"And that perfectly describes that idiot jock Jason." Qaasim rolled his eyes.
"Hey, the girls are describing my tool bags of fake brothers like to the tee." Leslie said as her and Alex entered the green room.
"How so?" The three boys all asked curiously, anxious to believe this was all just a set up
"Well, Will is blond, scrawny but a runner and he's planning on going to school to get his degree in communications. And Caleb has that dark and handsome look and he just got contacts a few weeks ago. Jason's kind of an airhead, I mean he's got that short, blond hair to back it up and he's the tallest of them all, always towers over me." Leslie explained. "I hate to break it to you, but your girls just described their perfect boyfriends, and they're closer to them than you are right now."
"I'm sure they don't mean all that guys," Luke assured them.
"Yeah, the girls are probably just following a script to make the show look like a success." Nat told them. "Don't stress about it, the girls care about you."
"Alright guys, you're on in 5." Cooper said about 20 minutes later. "Head down to the set and get ready for the performance."
"Hey, are you coming to watch us?" Alex asked Leslie as the band started to file out of the green room. Leslie was the only one who didn't get up. "I could use some female support with my girl not being here. It'd be nice to have my new friend there."
"Well if you need a girl to paw all over you, I'd die to be that girl." Leslie joked, following Alex out to the stage. They joined the rest of the band as they were about to go on stage. Leslie gave Alex a quick hug. "Good luck, break a leg, or whatever you're supposed to say to rock stars."
"That'll work," Alex laughed as he hugged her back. He looked up as they broke the hug and saw the person he had been waiting to see all day. "Juanita!"
"Alex, I need to talk to you." Juanita said sternly, glancing over at Leslie, who backed away slightly.
"Can it wait til after the performance? We're about to go on. God, I'm so glad you made it, I've missed you so much and…" Alex was talking a million words per minute until he was interrupted by Juanita.
"I was the one who ruined the music video last night, I cut the power." Juanita confessed. "I was jealous about your friendship with Leslie and my anger fueled me and I just did it, I know it was a mistake and I've felt awful about it all night. It's just I think I love you and I was scared you loved her and I know you're going to be pissed at me but I just feel like an idiot now."
"What?" Alex asked with confusion. Juanita was talking so fast and giving him so much information to process. But before he could ask any more questions, Cooper was grabbing his arm and pulling him toward the stage. The band took their positions with their instruments and Alex took a seat at the stool in front with his guitar, still confused about what had just happened.
"And now, here is our favorite band in the whole world, the Naked Brothers Band!" The State of Grace girls said in unison.
You're obviously the star of the class
You make all the good times last
You make all the bad hours pass
And girl you make me laugh
Your voice is raspy yeah-oh
You're always happy yeah-oh
And when the girl finally sees
The guy is on his knees
And he's begging please
Thump thump thump goes my heart again
Thump thump thump goes my heart again
No she's not just a normal friend
'Cause thump thump thump goes my heart again
Goes my heart again
When the skies are grey
You make them blue
And I know that other guy likes you too
But I promise that'll be through
Because I was meant to be with you
Your voice is raspy yeah-oh
You're always happy yeah-oh
And when the girl finally sees
The guy is on his knees
And he's begging please
Thump thump thump goes my heart again
Thump thump thump goes my heart again
No she's not just a normal friend
'Cause thump thump thump goes my heart again
Goes my heart again
Head over heels
No I can't express the way I feel
Head over heels
No I can't express the way I feel
Thump thump thump goes my heart again
"I just want to say thanks to everyone who was a part of making the video for this video, even though it was cut short. And also want to give a shout out to the girl who inspired this song, Juanita Mendez. I love you too babe." Alex smiled at the camera, causing the band to awh.