Kelly walked to the Palm Woods pool and found Kendal James and Logan hanging out by the edge of the pool.
"Where's Carlos and Lavonne?" she asked.
"Underwater, they made a bet to see you can hold their breath the longest." Logan said.
"How long have they been down there?" she asked.
"One, two minutes tops." Suddenly Carlos came to the top gasping for air.
"And Lavonne is the winner!" Kendal said when Lavonne popped up next to Carlos.
"I told you I would beat you." She swam over to the edge of the pool and pulled herself out.
"You only beat me because you were making faces." He pouted like a little kid.
"I was trying to hold my breath, not make you laugh." Lavonne replied. Kelly cleared her throat.
"Gustavo and Griffin need you at Rocque Records; they have a big announcement about the band. Be ready in ten minutes." Carlos grumpily walked into the Palm Woods.
"Does he always act like a little kid?" Lavonne asked, since she had only really known the band for almost a month, and thought Carlos was just adjusting to there being a girl in the band.
"Yeah." the guys and Kelly replied.
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The band walked into Gustavo's office and found Gustavo sitting at his desk and Griffin standing next to him.
"Hello, Dogs," Gustavo said. "Lavonne."
The guys looked at her; Gustavo didn't call her a dog.
"So what the announcement?" Kendal asked.
"You boys are going to rerecord some of the song on the CD." Griffin said. "With lyrics for Lavonne to sing." Then he turned to Gustavo. "And, reshoot the video for 'Any Kind of Guy'"
Gustavo looked like he was going to implode. "Here's the check." Griffin handed him the check and his expression turned pleasant. "Can't wait to see the video." And he left.
"Time to find a director."
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"What's the idea?" Gustavo asked the director.
"Okay, it starts out in vintage fifties," she started. "Lavonne is the classic poodle skirt fifties girl and the guys are the greasers, they sing to her as she sits on the back of a 1950 Cadillac. Then to the time of castles and dragons, Lavonne is a princess in a tower and the guys are the knights in shining armor to save her, fighting the guards and save her from her entrapment."
"Wait," Gustavo interrupted. "Does it have to be a 1950's Cadillac?"
"No," she answered.
"Continue,"
"Then to a Bonnie and Clyde setting, Lavonne is Bonnie, Carlos is Clyde, Logan is the escape driver, and James and Kendal are the cops. After a short shoot out, James and Kendal take away Carlos and Logan makes his move and comforts her."
"Wait," Logan interrupted. "That's not what I would do."
"Dog," Gustavo yelled.
"Sorry," Logan squeaked.
"Then in the black and white setting of Casablanca, a twist on the classic ending, Carlos is Rick Blaine and Lavonne is Ilsa Lund, and after Carlos convinces her to get on the plane they kiss and she gets on the plane and it ends as he watches her fly into the sky."
"WHAT!" Carlos and Lavonne screamed.
"Dog, Lavonne." Gustavo yelled. He turned to the director. "Interesting concept, you're hired."
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Lavonne was pacing in her living room.
"She cannot expect Carlos and me to kiss, they just can't!" she complained to Camille, Jo, and Stephanie.
"Why, you told us you liked him." Jo said.
"But not like that, I like him as a friend, maybe even a brother, like Hunter or Vance." She kept pacing in front of her friends as she tried to figure out her feelings in her head.
"That's not how it sounded. You were all giggly and bubbly." Stephanie said.
"I was not giggly." She plopped onto the couch.
"Yes you were." They all said at the same time.
"I don't like like him, okay maybe," she thought for a moment. "Okay yes." She threw her head onto the back of the couch and groaned.
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"She can't expect Lavonne and I to kiss, they just can't!" Carlos was pacing in the living room of the guys apartment.
"Why, you said you liked her." Kendal said.
"But not like that, I like her like a friend, or even a little sister, like… like…"
"You don't have a little sister." Logan said.
"But if I did that's how I feel about Lavonne."
"Well that's not how it sounded," James said. "You were all like 'I think I'm in love.'"
"I didn't say that." He said as he plopped onto the couch.
"Yes you did." The guys said at the same time.
"I don't like like her, okay maybe," he thought for a moment. "Okay yes." He threw his head on the back of the couch and groaned.
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Bold = Lavonne
Normal = Kendal
Italic = Logan
Underlined: James
Bold/italic = Carlos
All = everyone
"Here I am
There you are
Why does it seem so far
Next to you is where I should be (where I wanna be)
Something I
Want so bad Want sooo bad
Know what's inside your head inside my head
Maybe I could see what you see (tell me what you see)
Gotta keep on believing
That everything takes time
I'll make up any reason
To make you mine
If you're staying or leaving
I'll follow your lead My lead
So why keep pretending
Open your eyes
I can be what you need
Any kind of guy you want, girl
That's the guy I'll be
Turn myself upside down (yes I will, yes I will)
Any kind of guy you want, girl
You know I'll agree
Turn your whole world around (yes I will, yes I will)
Any kind, any kind
Any kind of guy you want
You decide
Change your mind
I will be there
Won't you try
One more try
Be my any kind of girl
You decide
It's alright
I will be there
You seem so hard to know
Say goodbye, say hello
Then you say that it's time to go (now it's time to go)
Changing my point of view
Everyday something new
Anything to get next to you (gonna get to you)
Gotta keep on believing I believe in you
That everything takes time
I'll make up any reason Any reason
To make you mine
If you're staying or leaving
I'll follow your lead My lead
So why keep pretending
Open your eyes
I can be what you need
Any kind of guy you want, girl
That's the guy I'll be (that's the guy I'll be)
Turn myself upside down (yes I will, yes I will)
Any kind of guy you want, girl
You know I'll agree (you know I'll agree)
Turn your whole world around (yes I will, yes I will)
Any kind, any kind
Any kind of guy you want
You decide
Change your mind
I will be there (I'll be there)
Won't you try
One more try
Be my any kind of girl
You decide
It's alright
I will be there
Let me know if I'm getting through
Making you understand
If it's wrong I'll try something new (try something
New)
Don't look away
Cause I'm here to stay
If it's a game
Then I'm gonna play
Any kind of guy you want, girl
That's the guy I'll be
Turn myself upside down (yes I will, yes I will)
Any kind of guy you want, girl
You know I'll agree (you know I'll agree)
Turn your whole world around (yes I will, yes I will)
Any kind, any kind
Any kind of guy you want
You decide
Change your mind
I will be there (I'll be there)
Won't you try
One more try
Be my any kind of girl
You decide
It's alright
I will be there
Bring it back
Any kind, any kind
Any kind of guy you want
You decide
It's alright
I will be there"
The band surrounded the microphone in the recording studio.
"That was perfect, we start shooting tomorrow." Gustavo said through the mic.
They started walking out when half way there Carlos stopped Lavonne.
"Can we talk?" he asked.
"Yeah, what's up?" Lavonne replied.
"About the video,"
"Oh, the video."
"Yeah, I mean it won't make things awkward."
"Of course not, I mean it's just a kiss." Lavonne said as sincerely as she could.
"Yeah, just a kiss." He said with a half hearted smile. There was an awkward silence and Lavonne bit her lip.
"Um, we should catch up with the others." She said.
"We should, yeah."
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Camille, Stephanie, Jo, and Lavonne sat by the pool and talked about the video.
"I mean it shouldn't be that awkward, I've had on screen kisses and it hasn't messed up any of my friendships." Camille said.
"Yeah, it's not that big of a deal really." Jo said.
"Yeah, I mean my first kiss can't be that bad." Lavonne told them.
"Wait, it's your first kiss?"
"Yeah, so?"
"That changes everything." Stephanie said.
"Why? It's just a kiss."
"Yeah, just a first kiss!" Camille squealed.
"It's setting the standards for all the other guys you kiss." Jo told her.
"And it's going to be so romantic; the kissing scene is a Casablanca setting right?" Stephanie asked.
"Yeah."
"This is sooo a big deal!" Camille practically yelled.