Chapter 4 (would I let my readers down?)
"Well Eli, you sound very interested in music, but I'm afraid that this job requires more than an interest. It requires a lot of work, and a lot of hours. I'm sorry, sir, but we are looking for something a little… different," The manager of the recording studio said.
"Sir, I'll try very hard. I need this job," Eli pleaded.
"We'll call you son, okay?"
Eli shook the man's hand and left. Everywhere that he went people rejected him. Even his own mother! Was he really just a big "problem"? Probably, that's what everyone thought, anyway. Music was his life! He didn't care if it didn't pay good money (unless he was famous, of course) but who was he kidding. That wasn't going to happen. Maybe Grace could be his agent… Then if he was famous, he could take her everywhere. A big smile spread across his face. Why was this so hard? This whole stupid divorce and marriage thing was just one big mistake! The only people who are happy about this were Lily and Rick. Jessie and Zoe are about to scrape each other's faces off, his mom is lonely as hell, Grace's dad has to work with Lily's sister, Judy, in her book store, and Eli was about to go out with Grace! But can he? No! She's his stepsister! Eli just broke poor Grace's heart, three times, and his own, too.
The recording studio was only down the street from Lily's house, so he walked home. He finally reached the stone steps. Was he ready for the most humiliating moment of his life? Not really. He cringed as he opened the door.
"Eli, how did your interview go?" Lily was in the kitchen eating chips and reading People.
"Don't get your hopes up," Eli sighed.
"Oh, Eli, what happened?"
"He said I wasn't experienced enough, after I spoke to him for about two seconds," Eli grabbed a chip and sat down.
"This is impossible…" Lily mumbled.
"Yeah, now that mom will start running towards me with a butcher's knife, out of her hospital bed," Eli smiled.
"Uh, mom, could you drive me to the theater? I'm meeting Sandy, Dave, and Chris," Grace popped her head into the kitchen.
"Oh, sure honey-"
"Just drop me off about a block from "The Mega-Plex" okay?"
"Teenagers," Lily rolled her eyes.
"H-hi Grace," Eli said.
"Hi Eli, mom, we have to be there in five!"
"Okay, okay, hold on honey," Lily laughed.
Who were Dave and Chris? Were they cute? Ah! This is impossible! Eli got up from his seat.
"Oh, you know, I could drive you," Eli started, " I'm going to the café with Amanda,"
"Um, okay," Grace said quietly. Who was Amanda? She better not be pretty!
"Okay! Come on!" Eli waited for Grace in the car. Grace and Eli were sitting in silence. Eli couldn't believe that she was going out with a boy! "So, who are Darron and Chris?" Eli asked sternly.
"David and Chris- my friends, and Sandy, another friend," Grace was a little pleased that Eli was jealous. "And," Grace cleared her throat, "Who is Amanda?"
Grace was dropped off at the Mega Plex. As Grace was shutting the door, she replied "Oh yeah, I know that the barette wasn't Jessie's." She slammed the door and walked away with a very… cute boy.
"Damn!" Eli yelled as he hit the steering wheel.
"Well Eli, you sound very interested in music, but I'm afraid that this job requires more than an interest. It requires a lot of work, and a lot of hours. I'm sorry, sir, but we are looking for something a little… different," The manager of the recording studio said.
"Sir, I'll try very hard. I need this job," Eli pleaded.
"We'll call you son, okay?"
Eli shook the man's hand and left. Everywhere that he went people rejected him. Even his own mother! Was he really just a big "problem"? Probably, that's what everyone thought, anyway. Music was his life! He didn't care if it didn't pay good money (unless he was famous, of course) but who was he kidding. That wasn't going to happen. Maybe Grace could be his agent… Then if he was famous, he could take her everywhere. A big smile spread across his face. Why was this so hard? This whole stupid divorce and marriage thing was just one big mistake! The only people who are happy about this were Lily and Rick. Jessie and Zoe are about to scrape each other's faces off, his mom is lonely as hell, Grace's dad has to work with Lily's sister, Judy, in her book store, and Eli was about to go out with Grace! But can he? No! She's his stepsister! Eli just broke poor Grace's heart, three times, and his own, too.
The recording studio was only down the street from Lily's house, so he walked home. He finally reached the stone steps. Was he ready for the most humiliating moment of his life? Not really. He cringed as he opened the door.
"Eli, how did your interview go?" Lily was in the kitchen eating chips and reading People.
"Don't get your hopes up," Eli sighed.
"Oh, Eli, what happened?"
"He said I wasn't experienced enough, after I spoke to him for about two seconds," Eli grabbed a chip and sat down.
"This is impossible…" Lily mumbled.
"Yeah, now that mom will start running towards me with a butcher's knife, out of her hospital bed," Eli smiled.
"Uh, mom, could you drive me to the theater? I'm meeting Sandy, Dave, and Chris," Grace popped her head into the kitchen.
"Oh, sure honey-"
"Just drop me off about a block from "The Mega-Plex" okay?"
"Teenagers," Lily rolled her eyes.
"H-hi Grace," Eli said.
"Hi Eli, mom, we have to be there in five!"
"Okay, okay, hold on honey," Lily laughed.
Who were Dave and Chris? Were they cute? Ah! This is impossible! Eli got up from his seat.
"Oh, you know, I could drive you," Eli started, " I'm going to the café with Amanda,"
"Um, okay," Grace said quietly. Who was Amanda? She better not be pretty!
"Okay! Come on!" Eli waited for Grace in the car. Grace and Eli were sitting in silence. Eli couldn't believe that she was going out with a boy! "So, who are Darron and Chris?" Eli asked sternly.
"David and Chris- my friends, and Sandy, another friend," Grace was a little pleased that Eli was jealous. "And," Grace cleared her throat, "Who is Amanda?"
Grace was dropped off at the Mega Plex. As Grace was shutting the door, she replied "Oh yeah, I know that the barette wasn't Jessie's." She slammed the door and walked away with a very… cute boy.
"Damn!" Eli yelled as he hit the steering wheel.