A/N Hey guys. Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Was it me or did Nick look extra smoking this morning on GMA??? Woo I forgot about Joe for a second when I saw him haha. Anyways I'm really glad I'm over my writers block and can write again!
Chapter 14
"AJ, wow, hi, how are you?"
"I was fantastic, until I saw you with this goon. And why are you with him?"
Joe shot me a look from the chair he was sitting in, I knew what I had to do.
"How about we go outside and talk about it. It's a little too noisy in here."
She and I walked outside into the somewhat brisk cold of night; I had had a long day and really did not want to deal with this right now. But I couldn't let this go on any longer, not that a day was that long to start with, but Joe really wanted me to.
"Okay AJ, I consider you one of my friends so I'm going to just honestly tell you what's happening." I paused for a moment, thinking of a last minute lie. But lying wouldn't even be worth it.
"Joe and I are dating."
"Hahaha oh Mel, I always knew you were funny, but now that's just too much."
"AJ, please, I'm being serious."
"So you lied to me the other night when we saw him at the club."
"I didn't lie, I just didn't tell the whole truth."
"Well then Mel, you know what happens when you lie to AJ Michalka?"
"You forgive me and we live happily ever after?"
"No, your life becomes a living hell." And with that she turned on her heel and walked back inside.
"Oh my." I softly whispered to myself. I just stood outside for a while watching the cars and people go by. Maybe I wasn't cut out for this lifestyle.
"Hey, are you okay?" Joe said and gave me a hug from behind.
"Yeah, I just want to go home." I said in a weak and barley audible voice.
He silently took my hand and led me to the car. The ride home was silent; I was lost in my own little world of questions. I didn't know what AJ had in store for me but it was worrying me to death.
Joe parked in his driveway and turned off the car. He looked at me with pity on his face, he didn't know what she said but he knew it hadn't gone well with AJ. I tried to smile and said "See you tomorrow?" He nodded.
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"Hey, what's with the long face?" My mom said when I walked in the door.
"Long story. Is Talia around?"
"Yeah she's upstairs in her room."
I knocked on her door, but she couldn't hear me since her music was too loud, so I just walked in.
"Hey, longtime no see. What's up?" She said, closing her laptop.
"I just ran into AJ at Ketchup." I took a seat on her bed and she joined me soon after.
"Oh really, did you guys eat together?"
"No, I was with Joe, and I told her how we were dating."
"You did? How'd she take it?"
"Not to well. She said she was going to make my life a living hell."
"Aw baby." She said giving me a hug.
"Well things are about to get a lot more interesting." All the sudden I felt her cell vibrate in her pocket.
"Who is it?" I asked
"Kevin."
"Oh my gosh, I've been so caught up in my own stuff that I forgot to ask how your date went." She gave me the 'I don't want to talk about it' look.
"Uh oh, that bad?" she silently nodded her head while replying to the text she had received. "What happened? Was he a jerk?"
"No, no, Kevin's a complete sweetheart, and we got along really well. It's just that the whole night he talked about some girl he was in love with."
"Who?"
"I don't know, he wouldn't tell me. All I know is that she had brown hair, sparkling brown eyes, and he just met her a few days ago." I stared at her dumbfounded.
"What?" She said.
"Talia, you totally fit that description."
"Yeah, I thought that too, but I don't have brown hair, its black."
"Yeah but it's a very light black that could be mistaken for dark brown. He's a boy, there's a high chance he made that mistake."
"No no, he said her hair was very light brown. And he said that she was already taken. Last time I checked I was single."
"Aw I'm sorry hun, but hey, we're in Hollywood, there's PLENTY of guys out there."
"You're right." I got up and headed for the door, I had a long tiring day. "And don't worry too much about AJ; with the boys, me, and Miley, you have a pretty strong team behind you."
"I know, I'm lucky to have you guys." I yawned. "Goodnight."
"Sweet dreams."
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Thankfully Nadine hadn't scheduled anything for me in the morning. Actually if I can remember correctly the only thing I had today was to go listen to the finished version of "A Whole New World" and to hang out with Vanessa Anne Hudgens.
I finally got my butt out of bed around 11 and made my way to the kitchen and poured a bowl of Mini Wheats. The house was unusually quiet for this late in the morning. When I went to go get the milk I saw a note taped to the fridge.
Mel
Talia and I went out shopping for the afternoon. Vanessa called this morning and said she'd pick you up at the house around 12. Also Nadine called and said to be at the studio around four. If Talia and I aren't home yet, then you can get a ride with Joe. Call my cell if you need anything!
Love,
Mom
Okay, so I had an hour before Vanessa would get here, plenty of time. I took a shower and put on a simple jeans and t-shirt. But I made sure to spruce it up with a cool pair of heels and plenty of funky accessories. That was something I would never wear back at school, but in Hollywood, stuff like that was pretty normal.
My doorbell rang at exactly 12. I answered it and saw Vanessa standing there. Now you should probably know that I never liked Vanessa, ever. Mainly because I was in love with Zac Efron and she stole my man, but I thought I'd be nice and give her a chance.
"Hey Melody, are you ready to go out for lunch?"
"Yeah sure, where are we going?"
"It's a surprise." She seemed nice enough, that is until we got into the limo. I think she didn't want to be mean to me when I answered the door in fear that someone else would hear.
"Now listen bitch, don't try to think that you can steal AJs' boyfriend and get away with it."
"Huh? But I didn't steal him, they were already broken up."
"Oh really? Because as far as the tabloids are concerned, Joe was cheating on AJ with you the whole time they were dating."
"Excuse me? The tabloids?" She tossed me a stack of magazines such as i US Weekly /i and on most of the covers were the headline "Joe Pure No More."
"Vanessa, how could you?" The tears were welling up in my eyes.
"You better put your happy face on, we're here." I quickly wiped away the tears and opened my car door. We had arrived at a small café over looking the Hollywood sign. Somebody, aka Vanessa, had told the paparazzi that we we're going to be there because we were nearly ambushed just trying to get in the door.
The waiter seated us right away at a table outside, perfect for privacy, not.
Vanessa ordered a milkshake and I got a diet coke. She was silent until our drinks came.
"You know what Melody, I'm feeling a little sick, I think I'm going to go home. But before I go AJ wanted me to give this to you." She stood up and poured her milkshake on my head. "Welcome to the Disney Channel family." She said, voice dripping with venom.
She walked away content with herself. Of course the photographers only got pictures of me crying with strawberry ice cream all over my head, but they didn't get any pictures of Vanessa doing it, since she was so sweet and innocent and all.
So there I stood, dripping wet, alone, cold, and with no ride home. I knew Joe was at a hair appointment since he called before he left, and Nick couldn't drive. That left me with Kevin.
"Hello?" He said when he answered his phone.
"Kevin, it's Melody."
"Mel. Are you okay." He could tell I was crying.
"Yeah I'm fine, do you think you could pick me up?"
"Of course where are you?"
By the time he had gotten there the photographers had left and I was pretty sure I had gotten pneumonia.
"Oh my God, Melody, what happened?"
"Haha can I tell you after I shower?" I said realizing how ridiculously funny I must look.
"Of course." He said and gave me a smile.
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"I can't believe she did that. What a little-"
"It's okay I can handle it."
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Ryan Seacrest said a little too enthusiastically.
If I could then I would
Take you away from here tonight
You're the air I breath
My phone started going off, it was Amanda, my publicist.
"Hello?"
"MELODY?! HAVE YOU SEEN THE TABLOIDS?! THIS IS A MESS?! HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN SO EARLY IN YOUR CAREER?! YOU ALREADY HAVE A BAD REP, AND ITS GIVING JOE A BAD REP!"
"Amanda, please just listen, I didn't do anything, it was all AJ."
"WELL YOU BETTER FIX THINGS WITH HER ASAP OR ELSE YOUR NOT SO BIG CAREER WILL BE STOPPED SHORT."
"I will try my best." I said and hung up before she could yell anymore.
"Oh Kevin." I said and broke down into sobs. He held me close and kept telling me everything was going to be okay. I pulled away and he wiped my tears. Then he did something I never expected, he kissed me. And I kissed him back.
We kept on kissing passionately. It was so bad of us but it felt so right. I was so sick of being the good girl. Always having to tell the truth, always giving people chances, and always making things right. Sometimes I just needed to be bad to remind myself that I was actually capable of breaking the rules
Plus, every girl is entitled to a secret. Or two.
A/N I have to give a BIG thank you to Ashley [iflya for the Kevin/Mel idea, I would have never thought of it. Melody's ringtone was Starlite Addiction by Push Play. If you haven't listened to them yet then go do it I don't really have anything else to say except REVIEW!