"Why does summer have to end?" Logan said as he, Kendal, James, and Carlos walked through the lobby.
"Yeah, school is going to take time away from the video." Kendal pointed out. Then they heard the familiar sound of squeaky wheels and quiet tears. They looked in the direction of the sound and saw Lavonne's family at the desk checking out and Lavonne walking from the elevator crying.
"Lavonne, what's going on?" James asked.
"My family has to go back to Oklahoma since school is starting again. My mom can't come down to California so I have to go back to my moms. Bellingham is the most unknown town in the country." She sniffed.
"You can't leave." Carlos said.
"I wish I could stay but I don't have anyone to stay with. The closest people I know live in Turlock." She wiped a tear off her cheek.
"You can stay with us." Kendal said. "There's an extra bed in Katie's room."
"Really?" she asked, her eyes wet from crying.
"Yeah, you're stuck with us." He joked.
"Thank you!" she hugged the guys and kissed them all on the cheek.
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"Thank you for letting me stay with you, Mrs. Knight." Lavonne said after putting her stuff in Katie's room.
"Oh it's no bother, we're happy to let you stay here, Lavonne."
"Please, call me Love. That's what my friends and family calls me. It's a joke my mom started."
"What's so funny about your name?" Mrs. Knight asked as she started dinner.
"Well, it's because I was born on Valentine's Day. My mom named me after my great grandmother and nicknamed me Love because on my birthday. Grade school was not fun." She sat on the couch next to Katie who was watching her cameras.
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(after a week of shooting the video)
"Carlos, Lavonne, get into hair and makeup. We start shooting in ten." The director said.
"She's starting to get on my nerves." Lavonne said as she walked to her dressing room to change into her next costume for the finale scene. She took her time changing into the dated outfit that scratched her skin.
She sighed as she walked out and walked to hair and makeup where she loathed the short time it took to get her ready. She didn't want to kiss Carlos because it was going to make things awkward.
"Lavonne." She heard a whisper. She looked around.
"Lavonne." She heard it again.
She looked at an old cardboard cutout and Stephanie and Camille's heads popped out from behind it.
"Lavonne, we're here to help!" Camille tried to whisper.
"Security!" the director called as she walked to Lavonne. "Come on, we're starting in two." She pushed Lavonne to the set and she felt the eyes on her. The late one to the set.
She got to her spot and Carlos stood next to her.
"Cue music." The director yelled. "And, action!"
"Any kind, any kind
Any kind of guy you want
You decide
It's alright
I will be there"
Then Carlos leaned in for the kiss. Lavonne forced herself to move forward, knowing what was coming.
Then…