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First impressions…

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Michael paced around his living room nervously awaiting the two people that were either going to cooperate with him or make this next week miserable. Hopefully not the last one. He felt ready but uneasy at the same time. Will I really be able to handle them? Another half hour passed before he heard the door bell ring. He almost ran to the door and swung it open forcefully. He didn't know what expression was on his face but he guessed that he looked somewhat elated seeing the reaction of his friend Elizabeth Taylor.

'Calm down Michael it's only me…are they here yet?' Michael sighed anxiously. He had almost forgotten that Liz was going to be bracing this task with him.

'No they're not.' Michael said exasperated and offered to take Liz's coat. He hung it up and turned to face her. They shared a long awkward moment when the door rang again. Michael's eye widened and Liz smiled.

'Are you scared?' Liz asked. Michael gulped and shook his head, then looked down.

'Just a little nervous…I hope I can cope well with them.' Liz nodded and then opened the door. Michael ran to her side. The chauffeur came into view and nodded them a greeting each before stepping aside to let the teens through. Trouble was they weren't there. Further away right by the car in the driveway, laid a boy, wearing a checkered shirt and jeans. He had his hands of his face shaking his head. He appeared to be in disbelief. Whereas the girl was spinning around taking in the view of the house. Eventually she wandered over to them. She wore denim shorts, a small tank top and sunglasses on top of her hair with her hair tied back in a bun. She grinned and then poked a hand out to greet them.

'Hello…Hi…' she said as she shook each of their hands. Michael had a relaxed smile on his face. King of disguises because inside he was nervous as hell!

'Hello, you must be Holly.' She nodded still smiling. Suddenly there attention diverted away from Holly to look behind her at Jacob who was in a hectic mess on the ground. 'And he must be Jacob.' Elizabeth said and walked off to go and help pull him back together. Michael followed her up to him.

'No way man, NO FREAKING WAY!' he mumbled frantically into his hands.

'Come on young man, you haven't met us yet.' Liz said and he temporarily lifted his hands from his face to see who was speaking.

'ELIZABETH TAYLOR!' his hands snapped back to his face. 'NO FREAKING WAY!'

'Come on' Liz encouraged him.

'What's all the commotion?' Michael said in his soft voice as he approached them. Jacob froze and then again very slowly lifted his hands from his face. His eyes took time to register the man standing before him.

'M-mi-mih-mic-mike-MICHAEL FREAKING JACKSON! Ugh…' the boy let his head fall limply to the side as they both tried to heave him up by one arm.

'I think he's a fan Michael…' Liz cooed and Michael smiled widely. Well that's a good start… he thought as the boy got to his feet and they guided him inside to the dining room.

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Jacob had since recovered from the shock of arriving at thee biggest star in the world's mansion, and now sat barley saying a word or taking his eyes off of Michael and Liz. His eyes snapped from one to the other, taking in every word that they said, whereas Holly slouched, folded arms on the table listening casually.

'…and now that we have gotten to know each other a little I can now get started on the rules…uh…'

'No smoking!' Liz said immediately. 'I can stand to see those little sticks of death anymore…' she said and then gestured for Michael to continue. He smiled nervously.

'Uh yeah…smoking and alcohol is forbidden in my house.' He watched as Holly sniffed and sat back then crossed her legs. All the signs of a guilty candidate. 'so if you have either cigarettes or drink, I'm giving you the chance to give them to me now…Holly?' he asked and she took a while before shaking her head slowly. She could be lying but Michael knew how much he hated accusation so he held her to her word, he asked Jacob to make it fair. 'Uh Jacob?' Jacob immediately snatched a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and dropped them on the table. Michael smiled and took them. 'Thank you…so as I was saying…no partying, what I mean by that is, no loud music late at night or raiding my fridge…' he smiled and Jacob laughed too loudly for too long.

Kiss up! Holly thought. Michael looked over at him with a worried expression on his face before continuing.

'and uh…I must say that my room is out of bounds…um…also no profanities, or bad language of any form and no fights…my last rule is that you try and have fun, I'm not here to be strict on you and I'm not out to shout at either of you so you can relax. If you have anything to tell us then don't be shy…and uh…yeah…that's it, so you two can go and get settled in now. Dinner is at 8 so feel free to make yourself at home until then, my bodyguard Tim will show you to your rooms. They nodded and Holly got up to follow the guard. Jacob sat there staring until Holly nudged him. He snapped out of his trance and jumped out of his seat.

'Coming!' he said and then followed them out of the room. Michael waited until they were gone and turned to Liz.

'So what did you think?' Michael asked and Liz smiled.

'I think you were a complete bucket of nerves!' Michael furrowed his brows.

'I wasn't that bad was I?'

'Uh…and…um…yeah…you…err…were…' Michael wrinkled his nose in response.

'Oh god…' Michael sighed.

'I think that Jacobs going to be the easy one though…Holly on the other hand.'

'Think she has them cigarettes?' Michael asked twirling Jacobs packet in his hand.

'Most definitely. But we'll catch her in the act soon enough, I should know.' Michael chuckled and then stood up, holding his hand out to Liz.

'Would you like to go for a lovely evening walk before tea madam?' Michael asked in a fake English accent.

'Why yes I would gentleman.' Liz played along and they but walked out the room linked arms.

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Liz excused herself to go to the bathroom and told Michael that she'd join them in the kitchen in a second. Michael gulped and walked into his kitchen to see both children sitting there reading the meal menu's. He sat down awkwardly with them and tapped his hands in rhythm on the table; he never really thought about it, it was just something he always did, naturally like breathing.

'Wow can you teach me that?' Jacob said enthusiastically.

'Teach you? Well…I don't really remember what I did, I just did it…'

'Oh come on please! You're my idol!' Michael bit his lip nervously.

'Just tap your hands like this…' Michael started to do it and Jacob tried to imitate. He didn't copy so well and he got frustrated when he couldn't create the same beat as Michael. Michael tilted his head at Jacob, confused at how somebody could get something so natural wrong. No you gotta get the right beat, you gotta hit that-' They practiced a few times before Holly interrupted them.

'Okay I want a hamburger with fries and a large shake…' Michael and Jacob stopped to look at her.

'Wow, just like take out.' Michael said and she nodded.

'Oooh and a chocolate ice cream to take upstairs.'

'Oh, I don't allow food upstairs.' Michael said casually.

'Why not?' Holly asked a little disappointedly.

'Well…I'd hate for anything to spill and mess up the place.'

'But don't you have like a thousand maids for that?'

'I do have maids, that could clean it, but it's much easier for everybody if we just don't take food upstairs.' Holly rolled her eyes.

'Fine, whatever…' she sad and then returned to the menu. Michael lifted one eyebrow but shook his head instead. Slight attitude but nothing to phone home about. Michael thought as he also picked up a menu from the table. Jacob followed suit and scanned his menu but waited to hear what Michael was going to have first. Soon the cook came into the kitchen dressed in an apron. She smiled at them all as she turned the stove on.

'Did I hear one hamburger and fries? Coming up.' She said cheerfully.

'Oh and ill have the fried fish with salad please.' Michael said.

'Me too!' Jacob said hastily. The cook nodded and turned back to the stove.

'..…Hey Mick can I be excused for a second?' Holly asked and Michael winced at the nickname.

'Yes… and please me Michael.' He said friendly and she hopped up with a nod.

Soon she and Liz returned to take their seats. Michael smiled at Holly. 'Hey Holly…I think I have your first task for you!' Michael said enthusiastically. 'You can be a cook for the day, and by the end you will be able to serve us dinner.' She looked up at him expressionless.

'Ha that's funny.' she said blankly and then looked down.

'I'm serious, I thought you'd like cooking more than tuning all my instruments which is what Jake will be doing.' Jacob's face lit up as he received his new nickname wholly.

'Are you serious? But I can't- I have never needed to cook a meal in my life.' Holly stressed.

'Well then, Trina will teach you!' Michael enthused and winked at the cook.

'Yeah it might be good practice for you.' Liz joined in. Holly look mortified.

'Oh come on Hol, it won't be that bad. It might even be fun.' Michael insisted and smiled. She gave him daggers as he tried to give her a nickname too.

'No thanks Mick.' Michael glanced up at her.

'Don't say no till you've tried it and please…Michael.'

'But you gave me a nickname!' Holly moaned.

'Yeah but I don't like that name. Makes me sound like Mickey mouse or something.'

'Thought you liked Mickey mouse.' She said and Michael shrugged.

'I do…but I would want to be him.' Holly rolled her eyes again. Michael watched her for a few more seconds before biting his tongue. Again, it's nothing to call him about.

'And what was that missy?' Liz asked.

'What was what?'

'The whole eye rolling thing.'

'Bad habit.'

'Well we need to nip that in the bud straight away.

'Yeah sure…' the table fell into an awkward silence.

'So uh…I'm going to be tuning instruments?' Jacobs voice sliced right through the silence.

'Yeah.' Michael cut in at the opportunity to change the subject. 'If you want I could show you my music room after dinner. In fact I could give both of you a tour.' Michael said enthusiastically.

'Hey, yeah!' Jacob said just as eagerly. Michael nodded and his eyes darted towards Holly. She just shrugged slightly and then resumed looking at the table. Killing the atmosphere completely. He coughed uncomfortably at her lack of passion.

'Okay then…' Michael said before the food arrived and they dug in.

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After a very long tour of his mansion they all retreated to their rooms. Liz had gone to her bedroom early. Michael went upstairs and knocked on Jacobs's door. Jacob answered saying that it was fine to come in and Michael just stuck his head quickly around the door and said goodnight. Jacob returned the 'goodnight' and Michael smiled then closed the door. He knocked on Holly's door next and she asked him to wait a second before coming in. he leaned on the door frame patiently until she finally told him to come in. he went inside but stood awkwardly at the corner of the room, she was sat on her bed.

'Just came up to say goodnight…' he said and she wriggled her eyebrows, uninterestedly. He didn't move but instead gave her an encouraging facial expression. She lay back on her bed not saying a word until she realized he wasn't going to leave unless she said it back.

'Goodnight.' She said and then folded her arms across her comforter. Michael leaned up properly and then tilted his head at her.

'What's the matter Holly? Don't you like it here?' she sighed.

'I didn't say that.'

'Yeah but I'm asking you.' She sighed again.

'No…I don't not like being here…'

'Then why the cold shoulder?'

'I didn't give you the cold shoulder.'

'Yeah girl, you did.'

'Well sorry.' She snapped in a defensive and sarcastic tone. Michael shook his head.

'There it goes again.' She sighed again and looked up.

'Im sorry Mr. Jackson.'

'There we go.' Michael said playfully. 'And I already told you, you can call me Michael.' He said smiling and she nodded solemnly. 'Why so serious?' she shrugged. 'You can smile around me you know, I won't bite.' She cracked a half smile which Michael settled for. 'Hey you know…I thought that you would be more excited about this experience.' Michael said and she wrapped the sheets around herself.

'And why is that?' she asked. Michael hesitated at his answer.

'Because…well you know…me being Michael Jackson and all…' he joked, clearly trying to show that it wasn't such a big deal but Holly laughed quietly.

'Oh please get over yourself. Your great, but you aint that great.' Michaels face faltered a bit not knowing how to react.

'Uh…okay…but like I was saying, I wasn't expecting Jake to be so-'

'So much of a fan?'

'Well yeah…I just thought that you would have been the one to act…differently.'

'Because I'm a girl?' Michael didn't answer. 'I may be a girl but that doesn't mean I have to be one of your little shadows.'

'Well I wasn't saying…..yeah I guess you're right. Well I learned something new today. Never judge a book by its cover.'

'Yeah? Well I learned to judge a book by its cover.' Michael raised one eyebrow.

'Judge what?'

'Well, I always pictured that you'd be sexist… Pah, I was right!' she laughed and Michael kept a stern look.

'I find that so offensive Holly, I'm not sexist at all.'

'Yeah you are, you just said that all girls have to love Michael Jackson.'

'no I didn't say t-'

'Yeah you did.' Michael stayed silent and decided to drop the argument, arguing with this teenager was getting him nowhere. He folded his arms and turned away.

'Fine your opinion is your opinion but anyway I've got to go, so goodnight again to you Holly.' She sunk down onto her side facing away from him.

'Yeah goodnight Mick.' She said, purposely ignoring Michaels wish to be called Michael. Why? He thought as he lowered his eyebrows and shut her door behind him. She seems to have a problem me asking her to do this one thing. So this was what her mother was talking about. And she won't do it unless she wants to... Right, that's gotta change, one thing to work on tomorrow…

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Coming up…

*-…it's time to go.'

'F*ck it! I'm not going! You're crazy!'

*…no but your acting like my child!'

'Oh whatever…' she said and turned to walk out but looked over her shoulder. 'Enjoy…and please, don't choke.' She said sarcastically and Michael stood up.

'Girl sit down and stop being so rude!

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