DISCLAIMER: They aren't mine. If they were, the show would still be running, never to cancel.

CHAPTER TWO

"Here we are, Deej!" Jesse said, unusually happy. Seeing his darling niece trying to make it in the music world, just like him, was just beautiful.

"I can't do this." Said DJ, feeling jittery.

"Don't talk like that! Come on. Your audition is in..." Jesse looked at his watch thoughtfully.

"2 ½ days." DJ said ruefully.

"Oh. Right. Well, still. Get a move on!" He cried. "Here are your tent and camping supplies." He then handed her a particularly heavy bundle of survival necessities.

DJ looked down at the pile. "Um, Uncle Jesse." She said. "Was the Elvis poster really necessary?"

"Well, the king always gives me luck!" Jesse said proudly. "Oh, and Deej, do you mind asking Simon to listen to some of my—"

"UNCLE JESSE!"

"Ok, ok, I'm sorry. Good luck, DJ. We will be thinking of you."

"I promise I'll call!"

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At the house...

"It's a good thing auditions are in the summer." Muttered Danny Tanner. "My daughter's education is much more important than this."

"More important than music?" Jesse asked, astonished. "You can't be serious."

"I agree with Danny." Joey said with a playful grin. "Unless it was comedy. Then, it would be excusable."

"Bullwinkle brain!" cried Jesse.

"Dippity doo head!" cried Joey.

"Guys, guys!" Danny cried, laughing with them. "Let's try to set an example for the girls, please."

Just, then, the door opened, and, none other then the Tanners favorite guest strutted in.

"Hola, Mr. T!" Cooed cheerful Kimmy Gibbler.

"Kimmy?" Jesse groaned. "Why are you here?"

"To spend time with my favorite family!" she cried. "And to support my best friend. Where is she? She must be so nervous."

"She left this morning, Kimmy." Danny said, irritated.

"OH MY GOSH!" Kimmy shrieked, completely forgetting about DJ. "SIMON IS SO FINE."

"He's in his late twenties!" Jesse said incredulously.

"Well, Elvis is so old, he's dead!" cried Kimmy. Jesse jumped for Kimmy, but she ran out the door. Jesse then locked it.

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At the audition, 3 days later

"Your audition will be in around 15 minutes." Announced Ryan Seacrest, the host. "The cameras about to start rolling, so please do something overly dramatic. We need to top The O.C., so please make things interesting."

"But—but—"stuttered DJ.

"WELCOME back to American Idol!" boomed Ryan as the camera started rolling. "This young contestant here has suffered a lifetime of hardships. Her father neglected her as a child. Now, only 16, she is trying to make a living from singing. She has gone from audition to audition, and has been left heartbroken after each one. It's hard to sing well when your Uncle George is having open heart surgery."

DJ stared at Ryan, so shocked she could barely move. "I don't have an Uncle Geor—"

"Yes, we know it must be hard admitting all this to the public." Ryan said loudly, glaring at DJ. "But here on American Idol, we tell our viewers everything."

"But that's not true!" Cried DJ.

"Poor DJ." Ryan said sympathetically. "Unable to face her past..." Ryan gave a dramatically sad look. "Its stories like these that make us here at American Idol glad we are making a difference."

"NO!" DJ said weakly. "That's not-"

"And we'll be back after THIS COMMERCIAL BREAK here on...American Idol!" Ryan boomed, cueing the theme music.

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A/N: I had a lot of interesting reviews on the first chapter. I may go back to One Wild Night, but right now I'm writing this one. Thank you all for commenting, I really do appreciate it. I'm sorry this chapter wasn't up sooner, but wasn't working. i'd click it, but it wouldnt load...not sure why. did any of you have this problem? oh well.

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