Six
"We're here" I whisper as the door opens. On the ride over I had prepped them for this. Drew stepped out of the car and reached back for my hand. "Thank you" I said stepping out. Jason and Aly fallowed me out and we started walking. There was a group of about six people in front of us and they were getting a lot of attention, so it took people a full thirty seconds to realize I was there. Then the cameras and the screaming started. I smiled and posed with Drew. The flashes were blinding, but I was used to it; I had been doing it since I was three after all. As we walked, I smiled, waved and stopped when someone asked me a question. We quickly had caught up to the group in front of us. I still had a smile on my face as I stopped in front of one of the reporters. It was the one form vh1 so I was quickly bombarded with questions about music. I answered all the questions I was asked and noticed that one of the guys in the group ahead of us kept looking back at me.
As Aly, Drew, Jason and I were about to move on to the photo backdrop, I heard the call "Christina! Nick! Give us a pose!" I looked around confused at who this Nick was. I saw the three guys that seemed to be the center of the group in front of me look around. The two taller ones were laughing as the one in the middle who had super curly hair look at me. I smiled and shrugged my shoulders.
"Jonh! Don't do this to me!' I hollered to the photographer who had yelled at us. "Which one's Nick?"
The photographers all laughed and the two taller guys in the group pushed the shorter one forward. He shrugged his shoulders and stepped forward and held out a hand as if to say shall we? I stepped up and smiled. "Hey I'm Christina, you're Nick?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm Nick." He said and we started posing. This has always been one of the things I was good at. I didn't make small talk though; I had learned from experience that guys that were in Hollywood weren't the best. They all seemed to get into trouble and do stupid things. In the end they always hurt you and tat wasn't something I needed. I had been hurt before, and now I was a lot more careful.
"Thanks you two! Christina let's see that dress" I laughed a little and obliged posing by myself and with my friends before going inside.
"Christina good you're here. Let me take you all to your seats," a pretty woman dressed in a sleek black dress said leading us to our seats next to the boys we had seen earlier.
"Thank you," I said sliding into my seat next to a guy with a head full of straightened hair and a pair of white Ray Bans.
"Hi I'm Joe!" he said in an overly excited voice.
"Uh hi Joe, I'm Christina, nice to meet you." I said a bit taken aback by how hyper he was. After that the conversation between us flowed smoothly. I learned that he and his brothers had a song in the movie. I also learned tat they were the infamous Jonas Brothers that had been Disney's latest musical love affair. The two of us talked easily, I couldn't help but realized I was having fun with this guy. After about forty-five minuets, the lights dimmed and the movie started.
I can't tell you what was happening around me during the movie, I was to busy watching it. Movies were my one weakness, I loved watching them. I could watch the same movie a million times and still wouldn't get bored with it. I could to a movie by myself and be just fine, I would ignore anyone that with me anyway, and I'd been that way for as long as I could remember. When the lights came back on, Drew shook my shoulder and said "Well that was cool, what do we do now?"
"We try and get out as quickly as possible and go change," I said laughing. I turned around and quickly said, "Bye Joe, it was nice to meet you, maybe I'll see you later."
With that we walked through the crowed, stopping only four times to answer questions about the movie, a new personal best. As we walked we were given bags full of free stuff from the vendors. We were picked up by the limo, and as we started home, we looked in the bags. I smiled, this was always a fun part. The bag itself was a cute Timbuk2 messenger bag in two tone green with my name on it. In side it had cool grungy tee with Jumper on it. There was also a watch, some bath stuff and some jewelry. The bottom of the bag had CD with the sound track on it and "An ipod?!" wow that was a first. We all had a great time heading back to the house. When we got there, Aly and I ran to my room and started changing. "We have a half an hour before we need to leave!" I shouted behind me as I ran up the stairs behind Aly. We both stripped and changed into other dresses quickly. Pulling my hair out of the French twist it had been earlier, it fell down so that it was to my waist in long bronze colored waves. I plugged in my strengthener and started redoing my make-up as I waited for it to warm up. After quickly touching up my foundation, blush, and eye shadow, I darkened my eyeliner and put a new coat of mascara. I lightly touched my straightened and smiled as I felt the warmth. Separating my hair, I started pulling the strengthener through it until it was al straight. I then grabbed it and pulled it into a high ponytail I then wrapped a piece of hair around the hair elastic. Slipping on a pair of silver heals, and grabbing the bag that Joey had set up for me. Running quickly back into the bathroom, I slicked on some lip gloss just as Aly finished getting ready.
"Guys you ready?" I yelled as I walked calmly down the stairs.
"Yeah, wow how did you manage to get better looking in the past thirty minuets?" Drew said looking at me.
I rolled my eyes at my best friend. We had gone out a few times just to try the dating thing, but the two of us had decided that we were better as friends, but that didn't mean we couldn't flirt a little bit. "You are so full of it, let's go!"
He shrugged and the four of us got in to the awesome black Ferrari, me in the drivers seat. I sped down the hill and onto the expressway. I may not like flashy things, but I did love fast cars, and this one was probably my favorite. I got off the expressway at the right off ramp and started up the winding road. The driveway was packed with cars, but there was still a spot right in front of the house, so I parked and got out of the car with a smile in my face. I couldn't wait to see Rachel, and the sooner, the better.