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"How am I going to decide?" Lizzie groaned to Kate.
"Well, I know what I would do, but this is you, Lizzie, that we're talking about." Kate answered with just a hint of the old snobbishness creeping back into her tone.
Lizzie sat up straight. "And what is that supposed to mean?"
"It's just that you've never had an adventurous streak. You've never been popular or had a great career. To be honest, I think you're just a little bit scared of the adventure this represents, as well as the fame and fortune. And the big A." Kate said.
"The big A?" Lizzie asked wrinkling her nose in confusion.
"Attention. This contract would put you in the public eye and there would be nothing you could do about it. People would constantly be watching your every move."
"Maybe I should add that to the con list." Lizzie muttered.
"Exactly what I'm talking about. A person like me would love, and I mean absolutely love, all of that attention." Kate said as she examined her fingernails.
Lizzie sighed again and stood up. "I'm going to go talk to my parents about this. Maybe they can help."
Kate smiled and shrugged. "Maybe so. They are wiser."
A few minutes later Lizzie was standing in front of her parent's hotel room door, knocking loudly.
Mrs. McGuire opened the door. "Hey, honey, are you almost ready to leave? It's almost time to head home."
"Well, that's what I need to talk to you about." Lizzie gulped.
"What is it, honey?" Mrs. McGuire asked as Lizzie followed her into the room, where Sam was zipping up their last suitcase.
"I think you better sit down." Lizzie instructed.
"I don't like the sound of this." Mrs. McGuire said.
Mr. McGuire looked skeptical, but he sat down anyway.
"I wonder how they're going to take this?" Lizzie wondered silently.
"What is it, Lizzie?" Sam asked.
"Well, it's like this, Isabella called me a little while ago and told me that her record company wants to sign me to a recording contract."
"That's great!" Joe exclaimed.
"Well…" Lizzie said.
"Well what?" Sam asked suspiciously.
"I would have to live here, in Rome."
"Absolutely not!" Joe said fiercely.
"Now wait a minute, Joe. We need to discuss this calmly and rationally." Sam answered.
Lizzie was shocked. She figured her dad would be the one to say absolutely not first. And that her mom would tell him to think about it. But it was the other way around.
"Do you want to do this, Lizzie?" Sam asked.
"I'm not sure. I love being on stage. But I'm not sure I could live away from home all by myself. I would also love to have a c.d. and have people sing along with me and look up to me. I just don't know. I think I might want to do this." Lizzie answered.
"Why don't you head back to your room and your mom and I will talk this out." Sam instructed.
"Okay. Are you going to come and talk to me again before its time to leave?" Lizzie asked.
Toon Lizzie: Help! I am in way over my head here.
"Yes. Just go finish your packing." Joe finally spoke again.
Lizzie didn't think that sounded very promising. But non-the-less she did as she was told and went back to her hotel room.
She found Kate sitting in a chair on the balcony of their hotel room.
She was filing her nails with vigor when she noticed Lizzie standing to the right of her, looking at the scenery that was visible from where she stood.
Lizzie smiled and took in the Roman sights.
The sun was high in the sky now, but the temperature was still a moderate seventy-one.
"Something about this city is so captivating." Lizzie murmured still staring at the Italian horizon.
"I know. What did your parents say?"
"They're discussing it. They're going to come let me know what they've decided before we leave."
"Are you done packing?" Kate asked.
"Almost. Just a few odds and ends." Lizzie replied.
"Like what?"
"My dress for one. Clothes mostly, that kind of thing. I bought Miranda a mini glass model of the place where I performed."
"Nice. So, what do you think that your parents are going to say?"
"I have no clue!" Lizzie exclaimed.
Lizzie turned away from the picturesque setting that she had been engulfed in, and walked back into the hotel room, "I'd better finish."
"Me too." Kate followed her inside and slid the glass door shut.
"I have to find Gordo before I leave…if I leave." Lizzie sighed.
"You're so lucky…wait! I did NOT just say that!"
"You kinda did." Lizzie grinned.
"Ugh! Whatever." Kate strolled into the bathroom and started opening drawers.
Lizzie rolled her eyes and opened the closet.
She pulled her IMVA dress off of a coat hanger and put it into a suitcase.
Toon Lizzie:
Even if I don't get to stay in Rome, at least I got to keep my dress!
Just as she was zipping the zipper on her suitcase, she heard a knock on the door.
Sighing, she looked out of the peephole and winced when she saw her mom and dad standing outside.
When she opened the door Mrs. McGuire and Mr. McGuire stepped in quickly.
Lizzie shut the door behind them.
"Lizzie, sit down. We need to have a serious talk." Joe said.
Lizzie gulped and took a seat on the edge of her bed, "What is it?"
Joe took a deep breath and glanced at Sam, "We've decided that if you really want to stay here and sing…you can."
"Really?!" Lizzie squealed, "You'll let me stay?"
"Yes. But, if you do decide to stay here, you're not staying alone. Me, Matt, and your dad will move out here. We'll use the house in the states for our vacation home…that is if you decide that you want to do this. Lizzie, this is a very big opportunity and decision. And it is probably going to change your life, and our lives, forever."
"I know." Lizzie said.
"We'll let you think about it. We may be leaving soon so come down and tell us what you've decided, before it's time to leave." Mr. McGuire turned and left.
Mrs. McGuire gave her daughter a small smile and followed Sam.
Lizzie sighed, "This is so tough!"
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