"Alright, from the top!" Chucky said loudly. "5. 6. 5-6-7-8!" He boomed as they began the hip hop routine for Vanessa's debut. They ran through it pretty smoothly, all except for Zac and Vanessa. What the other didn't know was that they had their minds on each other. Vanessa really wanted to talk to Zac and settle things, but Zac just wanted to get done with practice so he wouldn't have to face Vanessa. Chucky felt satisfied though for that dance, he sensed something was up, so he decided to let it pass since he knew that the two knew the routine down to the last move. They ran through it perfectly the last few days, so today just made it look like they were tired, so they moved onto the waltz. After the waltz was a Cha-cha dance mixed with a little Samba and a pinch of hip hop to make it seem unique. After that, they ran through the traditional Filipino dances, and finally ended their practice.
They were doing pretty well for only practicing for three months. They had a total of five dances, all choreographed, and they knew them all by heart already. The only thing they had left to do, was practice until the big day. They're practice ended two hours later, and they were beginning to gather their things to leave. Zac of course was one of the first ones out the door. Vanessa saw this, and quickly stuffed her things into her bag, instead of neatly placing them in as she usually does, and walked out the door to see if she could catch up.
"What's up with those two?" Corbin asked. Some of them replied with shrugs, others with the cliché "I don't know."
"They're trying to figure some stuff out." Ashley said, standing next to Corbin.
"More like Nessa is trying to figure things out." Karl laughed as he stood next to Ashley.
"Yeah, and Zac's running." Julia said from the middle of the room.
"I gotta talk to Nessa." Kevin said walking out of the room.
"This is definitely going to be interesting." Falisha said, turning on her camera.
"Uh, no duh." Lyssa laughed.
"Seriously. I mean, Vanessa chasing the love of her life who she isn't with, while the love of her life is running away from her, while her boyfriend is chasing after her to talk to... definitely interesting" Tin laughed.
"So, I guess everyone sees it then." Ryne said, swinging his duffel over his shoulder, walking up to the circle of people they were starting to form.
"Well, we aren't blind." Raymund laughed.
"Seriously. Plus, Vanessa's always been like that. Never admitting it." Marc said. "I remember when I was on the phone with her, I could hear her laughing with Zac... She hasn't laughed like that in a while though." Marc sighed.
"What?" everyone said together.
"When was this?" Ashley exclaimed.
"I don't know. It was a while ago, when you were auditioning people for a new role I think." Marc shrugged as they made their way out of the dance room.
"Oh! I think that was me." Julia laughed.
"Yeah. You we're the only new role added." Chris nodded.
"Yeah, anyways, I think you guys were on a break, then I guess she and Zac were alone laughing.. really hard, she just sounded like it was, uhh, pure bliss."
"Hey, I remember that!" Ashley yelled, her face lit up. "I took pictures of them without noticing." Ashley laughed.
"Are you serious?" Falisha laughed.
"Yeah. It did look like pure bliss, and now that I think about it, Vanessa hasn't laughed like that in so long." Ashley's smile faded into a frown.
"Well, I guess all we can do it let this roll on it's own until they figure all this out on their own." Olesya said.
"Yeah." Everyone else agreed.
"Ash, you and I are sooo combining our pictures." Falisha said.
"Oh! Hey, I've got some too!" Olesya said. Everyone looked at her. She was the last one they would expect to do that. She was always the one who said not to ruin nature's course for someone's love life, unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Are you serious?" Ashley exclaimed. "What happened to 'let's see what happens on their own'?" Ashley asked.
"I had to! I just walked into the room once, and I just happened to have my camera... It just looked cute." Olesya said shyly.
"Yeah, I've got some too!" Monique laughed, and everyone looked from Olesya to her. "What? Every since you showed us those pictures you took, I've carried my camera with me everywhere." Monique looked at Ashley.
"I've got a few too." Corbin said.
"You're just saying that because you feel left out." Falisha laughed.
"No, I'm serious." Corbin looked them straight in the eye, making them believe him.
"My god, who else has pictures of Nessa and Zac all happy together?" Ashley asked. Everyone raised their hands except for everyone from San Diego since they never saw Zac and Vanessa together before Vanessa started going out with Kevin.
"Yep. I guess it seems that way." Olesya laughed.
"Hey, but I never knew any of you guys had any!" Corbin held his hands in the air in a surrendering position. "So I didn't say anything because I thought you guys would get mad and say something like 'Geez Corbin, you're violating their personal space.'" Corbin mimicked a girl's voice.
"Yeah." The guys nodded.
"Hello! It's Ash we're talking about. Since day one that we met her, we knew she liked to do this kind of stuff." Raymund laughed.
"He's got a point. Ash is a snooper." Chris said.
"Well, how come you guys didn't say anything? I showed you the ones I took." Ashley asked, turning to Falisha, Olesya, and Monique.
"I don't know." They all shrugged.
"Whatever. Well, let's change the subject before they hear us." Ashley said as they came closer to the cars.
With Zac and Vanessa
Vanessa quickly walked out of the dance room to catch up. Zac was turning the corner far down the hall from where she was, so she ran a little to catch up. She finally got closer and called out to him.
"Zac! Wait up!" She yelled, causing him to turn around at the sound of his name. He saw who had called him and sighed.
"Too late to turn around and keep walking." He mumbled and closed his eyes, preparing himself for what was going to happen.
"Uh... hi." She said nervously.
"Hey." He said.
"You're fast." She said randomly. She felt a sense of awkwardness between them.
"Huh?" He looked at her.
"I meant you, you were walking fast." She laughed softly.
"Oh, uh, yeah, I'm tired... I just uh, wanted to get to the car already." He said.
"Oh. Uhhh..." She trailed off.
"Did you want to ask me something, Vanessa?" He asked.
There it was again. He called her Vanessa, instead of her usual nicknames. What the heck! I guess it wasn't bad timing like Ash said... Vanessa thought to herself, both angry and sad at the same time.
"What did I do?" She yelled. She couldn't control it anymore.
"What?" He said softly. He was shocked at how Vanessa yelled, but confused with what she was talking about.
"Why do you call me that now? What did I do, Zac? Why are you different now? How come Ash is still Ash, but I'm Vanessa now, and not Van, or.. Nessa, or.. Ness, or whatever? Why? Just please. Tell me Zac!" She began crying. "I can't take it anymore." She sobbed.
Look what I did. Zac thought. I made her cry... I thought I'd never hurt her. His eyes began to water. Look what I did.
"I... Vanessa... I mean Nessa. Look, I.." He began, unsure what to call her. The two didn't see it, but the gang finally stepped outside. They saw Vanessa yelling, and decided that they shouldn't go any closer, but stood next to Kevin. Kevin had the same reaction and heard every word since came out a little earlier since he was chasing after Vanessa. They couldn't help but hear since there was no other way around them, and the school doors locked automatically since they were done for the day.
"You know what? Forget it. Now that I've told you, you're probably just going to start calling me Nessa or whatever since I just told you. Just forget it. Vanessa is fine. But if you really wanted to ignore me so much, you could've just told me straight forward. I'm sorry if I haven't been that great of a best friend, but now you can see that you haven't either. I thought it was just because we were busy, but I can see that there was something else." She said through her tears.
"Nessa, let me explain." He said softly, touching her arm.
"I just want to know what I did. What did I do to make you call me Vanessa? You only call me that when you're totally serious or something is wrong. And you never seem to spend time with the gang anymore, but you'll always hang out with Ash, Julia, and Karl. I'm starting to become jealous of them because they spend more time with my best friend than I do these days."
"You didn't do anything. I'm sorry." He simply said. Vanessa looked deep into his piercing blue eyes and knew that he was having trouble with what to say, and now so was she. She could see that there was more to his explanation.
"I need to go." She said, and walked past him. "I want the old Zac back...Goodbye, Zac." She said softly to herself, but he heard her anyways. Zac stood there in shock of what had just happened, and walked over to a nearby bench. As he sat down, he saw Vanessa climb into the van, leaving the door open for everyone else to get in.
"Wow." Cobin said, after they witnessed all of that.
"No shit, wow." Falisha said.
"I think things just got a little worse." Julia whispered.
"Yeah." Karl and Ashley nodded.
"Uh, I definitely need to talk to Nessa right now." Kevin said and jogged over to the car that Vanessa was waiting in.
"What's up with your brother?" Monique questioned.
"I'm not sure." Karl shook his head.
"He's been wanting to talk to Ness the whole day, I guess he never got his chance." Tin said.
"I hate couples." Lyssa laughed, along with Tin, Jen, and Jenalyn. Raymund, Karl, and Marc just rolled their eyes.
"I don't get it." Olesya said, seeing the guys reactions and the girls just laughing. "Aren't those two like two of your best friends."
"Well, I hate couples. And of course they are, but then again I hate couples.." Lyssa tried explaining.
"Uhhh." Everyone else said together.
"Lyssa, you suck at explaining things." Marc broke out into laughter with Raymund, and Karl.
"Here. I'll break it down." Jen said. "Okay, Lyssa hates couples. When she says that, or well, when any of us say that, we really mean: I hate seeing couples when we are single because it just reminds us that we have no one to fall back on."
"Except for friends of course." Jenalyn added.
"Yeah." Jen nodded. "See, when Lyssa said that after seeing Kev and Ness, she said it because she hates seeing him missing her all day, and all that cute mushy stuff." Jen finished.
"Oh!" Olesya said. "Well, I hate couples too!" Olesya giggled.
"Right on!" Lyssa said, giving her a high five while they laughed together.
"Wait, wait, wait. So you girls hate couples, but you want to be part of one?" Corbin asked.
"Hello! That's what she just said!" Monique said hitting his shoulder.
"Okay, whatever. I'm gonna go talk to Zac before you guys kill me." Corbin said.
"I'll come with." Karl said.
"I'll go check and see if Nessa is alright..." Ryne said.
"Yeah, I'll go with you, so if Kevin isn't done talking to her, then you wont be bored alone." Chris said following Ryne.
"I think I'll go with those two.." Lucas said.
"Uhh." Raymund and Marc said together.
"You guys a fine." Ashley laughed.
"Yeah, they're just scared that we'll hit them. Or well, except for Karl, he and Zac have just been talking a lot lately." Olesya laughed.
"Yeah, I think if Karl hadn't been there for Zac so much, then Zac would've blown up by now." Julia said.
"Oh." Karl and Raymund mouthed.
"But why would Zac talk to Karl, instead of Corbin or someone else he's known longer?" Tin asked.
"I think Zac just wanted to open up to someone who didn't already know what was going on. You know, a fresh opinion." Jed said. "That's how I am sometimes." He shrugged.
"I see." Tin nodded.
"Well, I'm pooped out. I think I'm gonna go to the other car so Nessa and Kev can still have a little more time talking." Jenalyn said.
"Alright. We'll see you guys back at the hotel." Ashley said to the girls, Marc, and Raymund. Falisha and Jed went over to their usual car to talk to Bryan, the driver, leaving Ashley, Monique, Olesya, and Julia.
"So, exactly what do you two know?" Monique turned to Julia and Ashley. "You two have been the closest to Zac, other than Karl."
"Yeah, what's going on with Zac and Nessa?" Olesya asked.
"We'd like to say we know, but we don't." Julia sighed.
"Yeah. I mean, I found Nessa pounding grass outside before we came back into the gym. She was basically thinking about all that stuff she was yelling about." Ashley informed them.
"Yeah. Zac won't exactly spill either. He's been solid this whole time." Julia added.
"Gosh, I really hope that they work things out. Otherwise, this movie will crash without their natural chemistry." Olesya said, looking over to the car that Vanessa had gone into.
"Yep. And if this sequel crashes and burns, it won't even live up to the first..." Monique added.
"Then there might not be a third, like they planned." Ashley frowned.
"Well, there's not much we can do..." Julia sighed.
"Oh, there's always something we can do... especially when you've got Ashley Michelle Tisdale." Monique laughed.
"So true." Olesya joined Monique, laughing.
"Whateer, let's go to the car." Julia laughed. Ashley and Julia headed towards their usual car and joined Falisha and Jed, while Monique and Olesya walked over to Ryne, Lucas,and Chris to wait for Vanessa and Kevin to finish talking.
With Corbin, Zac, and Karl.
"Haha, deng the girls have you whipped." Karl laughed.
"Ha-ha, shut up. Let's just go talk to Zac." Corbin said.
"Right." Karl nodded. They walked around the corner, and found Zac sitting on a bench.
"Hey man." Corbin greeted, pulling Zac out of his thoughts.
"Sup Zac." Karl added.
"Oh, uh, hey guys." Zac said plainly.
"Uhmm." Corbin started, unsure of what to say, or how to put the words together.
"Look man, we were walking out of the school, and we heard everything." Karl explained.
"Are you serious?" Zac looked up again at the two.
"Yeah." they nodded.
"Oh god." Zac sunk his head back into his hands.
"Look Zac, I'm not really sure on what you should do or whatever, but we're here for you man." Corbin patted his friend on the shoulder sympathetically.
"Yeah, and all I've got to say is... you definitely need to find a way to fix this, otherwise, well, you're gonna have a lot on your plate." Karl added.
"Guys, I don't even know if it's even possible anymore to fix this. I didn't even know she cared about me calling her Vanessa. Heck, I didn't even know I was calling her that!" Zac's voice started to rise as he became angrier at himself.
"Dude. Don't worry there's always a way." Corbin tried to lighten up the mood.
"The last thing she said was 'I want the old Zac back... Goodbye Zac.'" Zac said softly, apparently hurt as well.
"You're kidding me right? She's letting it all go?" Corbin said shocked.
"But... Nessa wouldn't." Karl stuttered, shocked as well. "She wouldn't just let go of a friend like that, especially you, you guys are best friends!"
"Yeah, well, I don't exactly know what she meant by that, so I don't know." Zac sighed.
"Just giver her a little space... you know how girls get sometimes." Corbin suggested.
"Yeah, just fix things little by little." Karl insisted.
"I guess. I mean, I didn't want this to happen, that's for sure. Thanks guys, I think I'm gonna head over to Bryan and them so we could get going."
"Alright. I guess I should get to my car then." Corbin said.
"and I guess, I go with Zac, since we ride in the same car." Karl laughed.
"See you guys back at the hotel then." Corbin said, turning to walk to his car.
"Hey Corbin!" Zac said.
"Yeah?" Corbin turned around.
"Make sure she's alright... I still care." Zac said since Corbin rode in the same car as her.
"No problemo Zac." Corbin smiled, then kept walking to the car.
With Vanessa.
"Are you alright Miss Hudgens?" The driver asked her as he opened the door for her to get in.
"Yes. I'm fine." She sniffled, then smiled sweetly. "Thank you." She said, entering the car, and the driver just nodded.
What the heck did I just do? She thought as she groaned. That was the first time I've ever exploded like that to Zac.. Did I just end our friendship? She asked herself, as a tear fell down her cheek.
"Hey..." Kevin said as he sat next to her. She didn't respond. He noticed the tear that had fallen.
"I, um, well everyone kinda saw what happened." Kevin started. "We didn't mean to, I mean, we just walked out.." He tried to explain.
"It's fine." Vanessa said. "I know that the doors lock automatically and there was basically no other way to go around us."
"Yeah." Kevin said. "So, you wanna talk about it?" He asked, sympathetically.
"No." She whispered and shook her head. "Not right now."
"Alright. Well, I'm always here for you." He pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head.
Chris, Ryne, Lucas,Olesya, and Monique were outside, talking about what happened. None of them knew if it was a good time to enter the car yet, so they just kept talking. Finally Kevin jumped out of the car and told them that they could come in so that they could go already. They all entered and sat in their usual seats. The ride back to the hotel was quiet. No one knew what to say. They didn't want to say sorry for what happened because they knew it would only make Vanessa think about it more when they knew she wanted to stay far from the topic at that moment. They all kept giving her looks of support that read 'we're here for you' along with a weak smile. Vanessa just nodded, understanding their choice of keeping it a quiet ride back, which she was thankful for because she didn't have the strength to speak much after what happened.
Their car arrived to the hotel last, and they all piled out onto the sidewalk, thanking the driver before walking into the hotel.
With Falisha, Jed, Zac, Karl, Julia, and Ashley in their car.
Karl and Zac were the last two to get into the car before they drove off. Zac decided to sit in the front, next to Bryan, because he really didn't want his friends to bring up what happened and explain everything to them right then. He knew that they all saw what happened and he thought that was enough for them to know right now, and the others felt the same way, which is why they decided not to talk about it unless Zac brought up the topic himself.
"So you kids are quite the quiet bunch today..." Bryan started. "Is there something wrong?" He asked looking at everyone through the rear-view mirror, then to his right to look at Zac, then turned his eyes back to the road.
"Uh, everything is fine" Ashley smiled sweetly at Bryan through the rear-view mirror. "We're all just a little.. tired." She said, her voice sounding unconvinced of herself. Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"You guys don't need to lie, especially to Bryan." Zac let out a breath.
"Uh, care to explain?" Bryan asked supportively while keeping his eyes on the road.
"Umm..." Falisha trailed off from her seat in the far back.
"We kinda don't really have the right to tell you... I mean, it's more of Zac's business, rather than ours." Julia said.
"Yeah, we just happened to... witness it without a choice." Karl said uneasy.
"Okay..." Bryan scrunched up his face a bit, even though Zac was the only one to see it.
"I'm uhh.. well..." Zac tried to begin. The six trusted Bryan with their life. He had always kept his promises to the six, and was always there for them whenever they needed to talk. He became somewhat of a grandfather figure to them, which is how they became the usual six that ride in the car that he drove for the cast members of the movie. The others usually switched drivers and groups that they rode in, but not these six.
"Girl problems, eh?" He chuckled a little.
"Uhm yeah." Zac smiled sheepishly. "How'd you know?"
"Trust me, I dealt with it a lot back in my day." Bryan glanced over to Zac, then back to the road.
"Oh, Bry the playa!" Ashley joked, as they all laughed.
"1. 2. 3." Julia counted...
"PIIIIIMP." they all said together. It was something they did whenever Bryan would talk about his old days with the ladies.
"Oh, hush." Bryan laughed. "So what's your problem Zacko. Maybe I could help you out a bit." Bryan said.
"Uh, well, I'm kinda fighting with Vanessa." Zac looked down.
"Ahh, yes, Miss Vanessa. She's quite the lovely lady, how could you possibly fight with her? I can't picture it."
"Then I guess you missed our little show we put on." Zac gave a light chuckle.
"Let me guess, she said that you've changed, but you haven't noticed?" Bryan asked.
"Bry, you are definitely scary." Ashley said.
"I told you, I've had experience. Anyways, you love her don't you?" Bryan asked.
"No.." Zac answered unconvincingly
"YES YOU DO!" Everyone else yelled together. Zac just let out a sigh.
"Only a person you love deeply can change you." Byan simply said.
"Yeah, but now she doesn't even want to speak to me." Zac mumbled.
"Then fix it." Bryan smiled.
"That's what Corbin and I said!" Karl said.
"Yeah, but how?" Zac asked.
"Do the little things. The little things that matter. Girls love it." Bryan smiled again.
"That's not true..." Jed brought a hand up to scratch his head as he began to think. "Is it?"
"You dummy! Of course we love it!" Falisha smacked the back of her boyfriend's head. "You do those kinds of things and you don't even know it?" Falisha laughed.
"I do?" He asked.
"Yes!"
"Like what?"
"Hmm, that one time... for Valentines day. Remember how you were broke? So you couldn't really buy anything big and fancy, or whatever... so you put Hershey Kisses and HUGS in a paper bag and gave it to me." Falisha said.
"Yeah..."
"And at the very bottom of the tacky brown paper bag, you put a note saying 'I love you, Happy Valentines babe.'"
"Yep."
"Well, I loved it! It was the sweetest thing anyone ever did for me on Valentines." Falisha smiled and kissed Jed on the cheek.
"Awwww." Ashley and Julia said together after hearing the short story.
"Oh, so that's what you mean by the little things?" Jed asked.
"Exactly!" Bryan said.
"Cool." Jed nodded.
"Okay... so I just do that?" Zac asked.
"Well, something like that. Hmm, you should just do a bunch of little things without her knowing it's you. You know, keep her mind running. Just keep doing the small things, and hopefully, you guys will at least be on talking terms at least." Bryan said pulling up to the curb in front of the hotel. They were the first car to arrive.
"I got it! Zac suddenly exclaimed. "Thanks Bryan!" Zac said getting out of the car, then ran down the street instead of walking into the hotel. Everyone else was still in the car since Zac practically zoomed off.
"Uh, okay, that was weird." Ashley raised her eyebrows.
"Definitely." Karl said getting out of the car.
"Where do you guys think he's going?" Jed asked.
"No idea... But I got all of that on tape!" Falisha squealed.
"Are you serious?" Julia asked.
"Yep. I started recording after you guys said 'Awwww' and all that jazz." Falisha laughed. "I got him running and everything."
"You are soo good." Ashley complimented.
"Well, thanks Bryan!" Jed said, he was the last one out of the car.
"No problem, it's my job. Anyways, make sure Zac doesn't go hurting himself doing whatever he's doing, and that he and Miss Vanessa don't ruin their friendship any further." Bryan replied before closing the door and making his way around the car to the driver's side.
"Will do, Bryan!" They all said together before walking into the hotel.
"Yeah, well you guys wanna go hang out in my room since Vanessa might want some quiet time in yours Ash?" Julia asked. She had a suite like Zac's, and had it all to herself as well since she was the latest cast member added, and there was no other girl to share it with. (The actors who play a main character only share suites together, and the extras share suites together)
"Sure." They all said together, entering the elevator.
"I'll text everyone to come up to your room." Ashley said, already beginning to text the others.
"What about Kevin?" Karl asked.
"Do you think he'll be with Vanessa?" Julia asked.
"I don't know..." Karl shrugged. "Most likely though.."
"Okay, we'll invite him later then." Ashley said, her eyes still on her phone as she texted.
"What about Zac?" Jed asked as they stepped out of the elevator, passing the security guards that guarded the elevators to make sure no fans got onto that level.
"I think he's occupied right now," Falisha laughed. "Just invite him later too."
"Alright.." Ashley said slowly. "And, done!" She squealed.
"Wow, new record or something?" Karl joked.
"Ha-ha shutup!" Ashley scoffed as they entered Julia's suite. "Anyways, should we invite Nessa later too then?"
"Uh, don't you think there might be a little tension between her and Zac?" Julia asked.
"Well, yeah, that's true, but then I'll feel bad for leaving her out." Ashley slightly frowned.
"Hm, how about we just get all the girls together like we used to and just hang out in your suite after everyone leaves here." Julia suggested.
"Ohhh! Yeah! She said she missed the old days when we used to do that!" Ashley nodded her head. "We'll tell Mo and Olesya when they get here."
"So what do you guys want to do then?" Falisha asked.
"Uh, well, maybe we should start planning out the little things for Vanessa's present." Karl suggested.
"Oh, you're right, we do need all the time we can get huh." Falisha looked at Karl.
"I think we should make two." Julia said.
"Why two videos?" Jed gave her a weird look.
"Well, even though I've only known her for like 4 months or less, I've still got a lot to say, and I KNOW for a fact that Ash could probably go on for ever with her message." Julia laughed.
"Hey!" Ashley glared at her.
"It's true. But anyways, here's my idea. I saw we talk it over with her parents while they plan out whats happening, when it's happening, and have them put 'Surprise Presentation/Performance' or whatever on the party programs so Vanessa doesn't know. Hence the name 'Surprise'. Anways, we show the video that's shorter.. you know, like a 10-15 minute video or something. It would all be like snippets and of course all the 'Happy 18th Birthday, Ness! We love you!' Then later, give her the longer version with the entire messages we leave her. That way, the guests don't get too bored, Nessa still gets to hear what we have to say, and we can leave out the stuff that isn't right for the entire party to see." Julia explained.
"What do you mean, not right for everyone to see?" Ashley asked.
"Oh, well you know, like... if someone says a bad word, or tells a quick story that would get Ness in trouble." Julia laughed.
"I get it." Ashley said. "I think that's a great idea!"
"Yeah." Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"Alright, so, we gotta see what everyone else thinks of that." Falisha said writing it down on a notepad that was on the table. "Then, we have to ask Kenny for his help. Then, ask Auntie and Uncle if it's alright. Let's see what else do we have to do?"
"Find out what Ryne has planned for the smaller gifts." Ashley reminded her.
"Find and plan out the time to do it. Oh and where too." Karl added.
"Oh, and how it's gonna look. Like the backgrounds and stuff." Julia said.
"Okay, I think that's good enough for now. We can always add more if we need to." Falisha said putting the pencil down.
"Where is everyone?" Jed asked, suddenly there was a knock on the door. Everyone who Ashley had texted walked into the suite.
"Took you guys long enough." Ashley joked.
"So, what's up?" Corbin asked.
"We're planning Nessa's present." Julia answered.
"Yeah, Julia suggested that we have two videos made. One that's shorter with small parts from the other one and it'll be shown at the party, and another one that we'll give her that'll have everything on it." Falisha explained.
"That sounds good." Monique said as everyone else agreed.
"Alright, so, what did you have in mind for the smaller gifts Ryne?" Ashley asked.
They talked for a another two hours, planning and everything. Then everyone left except for Julia, Ashley, Monique, and Olesya. They were going to see how Vanessa was holding up.
With Vanessa
Vanessa got out of the car and told everyone that she just wanted some time alone before walking up to her room. She walked into her suite that she shared with Ashley.
"Hello?" Vanessa called out. "Ash, you here?"
No answer.
"She's probably with the girls." Vanessa shrugged and walked into her bedroom, and fell back onto her bed lettinger her legs hang over the side of the bed, sighing as she thought of everything that happened. She closed her eyes as she groaned, and rolled over onto her stomach. Once she opened her eyes, her face softened at the sight. There on her pillow was a small box of chocolates (a/n: you know, one of those really really small ones that only have like four pieces in them? Yeah, that kind.) and a single white tulip, with a note tied to it's stem. Vanessa swung her legs over the bed so she was parallel to the bed, stuck her feet into the air, and propped herself up with her elbows.
"What is this?" She asked no one in particular. She opened the small box of chocolates and gave a small laugh at what she saw. There were four pieces of chocolate, each with a pouting face. Then she turned to the note attached to the tulip with a string and read it aloud to herself.
"I haven't been the best. I'm sorry." She read aloud.
There it is! Yeah, I like tulips. HAHA. But I'll explain in the next chapter why its a tulip. Anyways! REVIEW PLEASE!