Hey all! I'm so sorry I haven't updated, but I'm done with travel basketball, so I'm finally gonna be updating this story! Yay! Here it is, the date and the concert!
Chapter 14: Of Bistro's and Concerts
We pulled up to Campagne Restaurant in our limo, all our friends surrounding us. "Okay, guys," Heather said. "You guys need to make sure you are holding hands and smiling flirtatiously almost the whole time, okay? Maybe try ordering for each other. Annabeth, I know your probably gonna hate me for this, but your gonna need to giggle sometimes so it looks like he said something funny. Luke, whenever she giggles, make you smile wider. 'Kay? 'Kay!" …Grrr…
I sighed. "Fine. You ready for this, Luke?" He nodded. "Okay. I guess I am, too. Heather, here's a list of the songs we're doing at tonight's concert. Can you fax them to Chris for me? Thanks!"
The limo driver came and opened the door. Luke got out first, and then helped me out after him. We were surrounded by paparazzi and fans. How the hell did they find out about this? Heather…
Still hand in hand, we walked into Campagne Restaurant where we were immediately seated by a red-headed waitress. Grrr…She reminds me of Rachel Elizabeth Dare. I mentally scowled. I hope she's not serving us. I may not be able to keep myself from being too "rude".
We had a window seat and could see the pap's watching, so we made sure that we were still smiling with our hands connected. I looked over the menu and decided what I wanted. I told Luke, and he told me what he wanted as well. R.E.D. (I'm just gonna call her that from now on) came over to our table. Great. She is serving us. I internally cringed.
"Hello," she said in a voice that was way too cheerful to be genuine. I visibly cringed, as did Luke. WAY to peppy! "What would you, like, like to drink?" Ugh, I already have a headache…
"I'll have a Pepsi/coke," Luke and I said at the same time. When R.E.D. left, I scowled at him.
"Coke, Recav, really? Pepsi is way better!"
He shrugged. "I don't know. Pepsi's really sweet."
"Exactly!"
"I don't like sweet."
"Le Gasp!" He gave me a look, like; did you really just say that? I just smiled and winked, seeing R.E.D. come back with our drinks.
"Like, here you go guys. Can I, like, take you order, or do you, like, need, like, a few minutes?" It took all my self control not to burst out laughing at her exaggerated usage off the word "like". Instead I swallowed my laughter and ordered for Luke.
Smiling 'flirtatiously', I said, "Recav over there would like the Pan-Roasted Halibut, please, with no beets on the salad."
"And my girl Josie would like the Oregon Country Beef Filet Mignon, cooked medium well, with extra 'pommes frites'. Thanks." (A/N For those of you that haven't spoken a word of French in your life, pommes frites are French fries.) R.E.D. looked baffled by the fact that we ordered for each other, but recovered quickly, leaving with a smile.
"How'd you know I wanted extra fries?" I asked, looking at him with a questioning look that said 'answer me'.
"Well…. I know what you like to eat… Is that Bad?" he replied with a smirk. I couldn't help but smile back and blush a little.
"Well now I feel bad, I didn't do research." I said as I saw R.E.D. come with our food. I smiled at the extra fries. Luke laughed at my smile. I stuck out my tongue at him, and he mimicked me. She left us with our food.
We chatted about unimportant stuff, making sure to follow Heather's rules, until we were finished eating and R.E.D. came back. Ugh.
"Ready for dessert?" she asked. She looked at Luke longer than needed. Flirting with my Fake boyfriend, now that's just rude.
"No, we're fine," I said looking at her with my eyebrows up.
"Why is everybody else here old, yet you are young?" Luke asked. He was not helping with this flirty girl.
"Well, my grandfather owns the place," She said still looking at him. Luke smiled looking at her, he's flirting back. Forget about poor little Annie.
"Uh, excuse me?" I said waving my hand in front of her face. She looked at me then put on a fake smile. "We'll take the check." I said looking at her with a look that she hopefully registered in that red head brain of
hers. God I hate Red Heads. I can't believe I'm getting mad over Luke. But still to her knowledge he is mine.
"Campagne Restaurant pays for Famous people, when they make an appearance at there shop." She said looking at me with that I'm-your-biggest-fan look. What is she bi-polar?
"We'll, lets go." Luke said trying to exit the booth which she was guarding. She leaned closer to him, Luke leaned back.
"We also cater, here's the card." She said giving it to him and heading to another table with that big, fake smile that I really hate. He flipped the card over to see her handwriting on the back. It said 'Bella, her number, and then I'm your biggest fan'. Luke chuckled at the card; I guess he saw my expression, because his smile was quickly gone.
"You're not seriously jealous, right?" he said with a confused look on his face. I sighed.
"She is a slut, who hit on my 'boyfriend'. Of course I'm jealous." I said while standing up. He followed and we headed out the door. The sun was blazing like no other."We got 30 minutes to make it look like we are meant to be." I said looking at him. He nodded his head.
"Oh what's wrong?" I said punching him in the arm. He looked up.
"I can't believe that you were jealous and then I can't believe you would think so low of me to go out with an easy." He said shaking his head.
"Easy?" I asked probably already knowing the meaning to it. We kept walking.
"A slut, a girl that just wants sex. Its boy term." He said taking a deep breath and looking up at the sun. Yelp, I knew the meaning.
"I don't think low of you, she just pissed me off and the fact that she is a red head makes it worse." I mumbled the last part. He stopped in his tracks.
"Oh, you and Perce, and Rachel. I know all about it," He said stopping in front of some store. I looked up to see a cupcake, with a cherry on top spinning around in circles. It said 'Desserts and more'.
"That's a unique name." I said with a lot of sarcasm, looking up at Luke. His shaggy blonde hair threatening to cover his eyes.
"Don't look now but there is paparazzi, take my hand and use the other to point at the cupcake." He said so low I could barely hear him. I did what he said I took his hand and he wrapped his arm around my neck, still holding my hand. I pointed to the Cupcake while looking into his eyes.
"Okay, they're gone. That's gonna be a nice picture," He said letting go of my hand.
"Who said that we can't have dessert in the middle of the day?" I said about to open the door, but he did it for me.
"Such a gentleman." I chuckled. He shook his head.
"Ladies first." He said when we entered we heard the gasp around us, the waiters whispering. We just ignored it.
I looked over my shoulder to see a bodyguard standing outside the shop. Has he been here the whole time? Have I been caught up in this date that much to not notice him following us? That's like a monster appearing out of nowhere, and me not noticing it.
"Two blueberry shakes, please?" Luke said to the register guy.
"Shakes?" I asked him, I wanted cake, chocolate mocha mouse cake at that.
"Were going to the studio later so, it wouldn't be good for that in our voices, now would it?" he said while grabbing our shakes. I smiled at the register guy. We left the shop.
My phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Sin, its Heather. the limo will be there in a few minutes."
"Okay, see you at the studio."
"Bye"
I hung up. Luke gave me a questioning look.
"Limo will be here in a minute." I said looking down the street.
"Hold my hand, remember what Heather said?" I shook my head, and held out my hand. He took it. His hand was slowly becoming comfortable to me, and I don't know if that's good or bad. The limo pulled up and we heard and saw the flashes go off. We both waved a little and climbed into the limo, releasing each others hands and giving our friends a thumbs up. Damn, do I hate redheads…
***At the concert place***
I had just finished getting dressed. I was wearing something simple—just a black t-shirt that said "Clowns don't actually kill people, they just hurt people mentally and emotionally and then laugh about it" with red skinny jeans, black converse, a black fedora, and red and silver pin wrist warmers. I had just a little bit of mascara on with lots of eyeliner and some blush.
I went over to the guys. It was time again for the ritual.
"What?" Luke said, starting us off.
"You know what," Percy said.
"Do I know what?" Grover looked confused.
"You and I both know you both know what. What do we know?" I said, playing along.
"Our concerts in 2 minutes." Percy said in a flat monotonous voice.
"Oh, now I know what," Grover said.
"M-me t-t-too," Luke choked on his words from the laughter he was holding in.
"So you get it now guys?" Percy said.
"Yeah. Now they know what we knew we were trying to tell them that they knew but thought they didn't know." We all laughed uncontrollably.
Behind us, I heard some chuckling. I turned around and saw all of the bands families—mortals and gods/goddesses—standing there trying to hold in their laughter. I grinned. "Mom? Dad? Jina? Bobby and Matthew? What are you all doing here?"
They all smiled, still stifling giggles. "Well sweetheart, we wanted to see you perform. That, and we missed you." I grinned wider. Over the years, I finally started getting along with everyone better. It was great.
"Well, you came on the perfect night. I have lots of new songs we're playing tonight. We're headed to Hollywood tomorrow." They raised their eyebrows. "Oh yeah, you guys don't know. I get to guest judge on American Idol!"
Jina squealed. "Oh, I'm so proud of you, honey!"
"Thanks, Jina," I replied, happy she was proud of me.
Heather ran up to us. "You guys are on in 30 seconds. Go, go, go!"
"Gotta fly. See you after the concert." I winked at my family and joined the band onstage, where all the lights were off. We took our places and the guys started playing the music for One Girl Revolution.
I wear a disguise
I'm just your average Jane
The super doesn't stand for model
But that doesn't mean I'm plain
If what you see is how I look
you miss the super chick within
and I christen you Titanic
underestimate and swim
I've got the rifle, gonna be myself
I've got the rifle, gonna be myself
I've got the rifle, gonna be myself
I've got the rifle, gonna be myself
And I'll be everything, that I wanna be
I am confidence in insecurity
I am a voice yet waiting to be heard
I'll shoot the shot, bang, that you hear round the world.
And I'm a one girl revolution
I'm a one girl revolution
I'm a one girl revolution
Some people see the revolution
but most only see the girl
I can lose my hard earned freedom
if my fear defines my world
I declare my independence
from the critics and the stones
I can find my revolution
I can learn to stand alone
And I'll be everything, that I wanna be
I am confidence in insecurity
I am a voice yet waiting to be heard
I'll shoot the shot, bang, that you hear round the world.
And I'm a one girl revolution
I'm a one girl revolution
I'm a one girl revolution
(And I'm a one girl revolution
I'm a one girl revolution
And I'm a one girl revolution)
And I'll be everything, that I wanna be
I am confidence in insecurity
I am a voice yet waiting to be heard
I'll shoot the shot, bang, that you hear round the world
Everything, that I wanna be
I am confidence in insecurity
I am a voice yet waiting to be heard
I'll shoot the shot, bang, that you hear round the world
And I'm a one girl revolution
I'm a one girl revolution
The crowd roared. "That was One Girl Revolution. Up next, we have a bunch of new songs for you. First, we'll be playing a song called According to You. A girl named Haley from the Help-Out Foundation started writing this and asked me to finish it. Haley, congrats. Your songs gonna be famous!" I winked. The crowd cheered louder. I walked over to Percy and stole his guitar. "Sorry, Fang, but I'm gonna need this. You can just go sit over there or something." The crowd laughed. He rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue at me and the crowd laughed harder.
As I got ready to play, some numb nuts shouted out, "Wait, Josie plays guitar, too?"
I glared in the general direction and nodded. "Watch and learn, smartass!"
According to you
I'm stupid
im useless
I can't do anything right
According to you
I'm difficult
Hard to please
forever changing my mind
I'm a mess in a dress
can't show up on time
Even if it would save my life
According to you
According to you
But according to him
I'm beautiful, incredible
He can't get me out of his head
According to him
I'm funny, irresistible
everything he ever wanted
Everything is opposite
I don't feel like stopping it
so baby tell me what I got to lose
He's into me for everything I'm not
According to you
According to you
I'm boring
I'm moody
and you can't take me any place
According to you
I suck at telling jokes
'cause I always give it away
I'm the girl with the worst attention span
you're the boy who puts up with it
According to you
According to you
But according to him
I'm beautiful, incredible
He can't get me out of his head
According to him
I'm funny, irresistible
Everything he ever wanted
Everything is opposite
I don't feel like stopping it
So baby tell me what I got to lose
He's into me for everything I'm not
According to you
I need to feel appreciated
like I'm not hated
Oh, no
Why can't you see me through his eyes?
It's too bad you're making me decide
According to me
you're stupid
you're useless
you can't do anything right
But according to him
I'm beautiful, incredible
He can't get me out of his head
According to him
I'm funny, irresistible
everything he ever wanted
Everything is opposite
I don't feel like stopping it
Baby tell me what I got to lose
He's into me for everything I'm not
According to you [you, you]
According to you [you, you]
According to you
I'm stupid
I'm useless
I can't do anything right
The cheering was louder than I'd ever heard it. Sweetness. "Okay, this next song is called Water's Edge. Haley wrote this whole song, we just did the music for it."
PERCY
I'm at the water's edge
And I'm bearing closer
BOTH
This is where I will be
Where you can find me
Percy
My shadows kissing secrets
BOTH
My heart's in agony
I never meant to make you cry
Percy
Love come back to me
ANNABETH
Troubled boy I'll kiss you one
Last time and then say goodnight forever
Percy
Little girl, I'm not feeling well
These nights are long enough
Without you
Percy
Who's sending letters through the mail
ANNABETH
Stop it quit calling my name
Percy
Who's empty chair is at the table
ANNABETH
Its mine I left you alone
BOTH
Who changed the locks who took the pictures off the wall
String me along like a beautiful love song
Carolina, Carolina, Carolina, Carolina
Percy
Now that I have you may I use you as a muse
BOTH
And keep you up all night with trading stories whispers singing love
ANNABETH
Troubled boy I'll kiss you one
Last time and then say goodnight forever
Percy
Little girl, I'm not feeling well
These nights are long enough
Without you
Percy
Who's sending letters through the mail
ANNABETH
Stop it quit calling my name
Percy
Who's empty chair is at the table
ANNABETH
Its mine I left you alone
BOTH
Who changed the locks who took the pictures off the wall
String me along like a beautiful love song
BOTH
All I want, all I need
All I want, is to be yeah
Ohh
who's sending letters through the mail
who's empty chair is at the table
who changed the locks
who took the pictures off the wall
Percy
String me along like a beautiful love song
The crowd whooped and hollered. I grinned. I was getting the performing buzz. "Alright, now Fang here is gonna sing a few songs, so I'll let him take over from here." Have fun, Percy!
Ok, I know I promised the concert, but it's 2 A.M right now, and I'm way too tired to keep writing so, ya. Review!
Songs:
One Girl Revolution-Superchick