Chapter 4: Early Morning Reunion
"I'll see you later." Allie called after her mom. She had just been dropped off in front of CW-11's news station. She had no idea what she was doing here. She had followed Polly's directions to come in the back and go into the first dressing room on the right. She walked in and opened the door.
"Allie!" Cooper and Qaasim shouted from the couch. They both raced each other over to her.
"Hey Qaasim, oh my god, I've missed you." Allie said, hugging him first.
"I know, too long." Qaasim said. They pulled apart and Allie hugged Cooper.
"Coop, you grew. You weren't that much taller than me last October." Allie said.
"What can I say? I'm a growing boy." Cooper laughed. Allie stepped back to examine what the two boys were wearing. Cooper was dressed in one of his suits from the show that he took at the end of filming. Qaasim was wearing a pair of jeans and a polo shirt.
"Growing boy? Heck, you guys are men now!" Allie smiled. "See, Qaasim's wearing a belt. That's a miracle right there."
"You're so mean." Qaasim said. "So, do you know why were here?"
"Beats me. You think everybody else will be here?" Cooper asked, taking a handful of peanuts from the bowl on the coffee table.
"Probably. You know what? I bet Nat and Alex are being interviewed or something." Allie said. "And maybe we'll go out there or something."
"DAVID, THAT'S NOT IT! IT'S THIS ONE!" They heard Thomas yell from outside the door.
"Guess Thomas and David are here." Qaasim said. Allie walked over to the door, opened it, and stuck her head out.
"Hey, you're both wrong. It's over here." Allie said. The boys both turned around and raced each other. David got to Allie first and hugged her. Thomas was behind him and hugged Allie as David hugged the other two guys.
"Now it's a party!" Thomas exclaimed, raising his hands in the air.
"Dude, just because you're here, doesn't mean there's a party." David said.
"Whatever, you're just jealous." Thomas muttered. "So, Allie, you dating Nat yet?"
"Thomas, what are you talking about?" Allie asked harshly.
"Allie, we all saw those videos on YouTube." David said. "You admitted you had a major crush on him."
"Whatever, I don't wanna talk about it." Allie said, turning away so they wouldn't see her blush. Someone knocked on the door.
"Is this the cast of the Naked Brothers Band?" The woman on the other side asked.
"Ummm, yeah, I guess." Qaasim answered. A middle-aged lady walked in and sat down.
"Alright, let's go over what's gonna go down."