A/N: So according to Microsoft Word this chapter is 18 pages and 9,175 words long. So you'll see why this one took me awhile to update. So y'all know how anal I am about timelines and stuff. I always make sure I reference the right movies and songs in my chapters to go with the year the gang is suppose to be in. So b/c Degrassi split the school year up in season 6 and 7 technically when they did Degrassi Goes To Hollywood in Degrassi world it was December 2007 but then that doesn't make sense because Cassadee Pope from Hey Monday was introduced as the lead singer of Hey Monday in the film but technically Hey Monday wasn't even formed yet. So for once I'm gonna ask y'all not to think too hard about the timeline for this chapter or the next one. Thanks! Also instead of saying 'Next Day' like I usually do I just put a page break line to indicate a new there's NO script for Degrassi Goes to Hollywood, so not only did I have to watch this film five times to get the timeline of the week right I also had to watch it 15 more times to get down all the lines with scenes featuring Paige and I had to make sure I wrote down the right emotions. I'm so sick and tired of watching this damn movie. Anyway ENJOY part 1! =)

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or its characters. Also some of the dialouge in this chapter is from the movie and not my own =)

Sophomore year of college so far has been totally different from freshmen year of college. Number one, Beth and I are still happily together. We spent American Thanksgiving together here in Tallahassee with Alex and my grandparents. Number two, Tammy is no longer bothering me. I mean I see her every now and then on campus but I'm pretty sure she's still super pissed about last year. Number three, this year I'm rooming with Alex which has caused some problems because Alex is very messy and she doesn't know how to lock a door or warn someone. Let's just say I've had the very unhappy chances of walking in on Alex and Sage. I've told Alex to put a sock or tie on the door but she doesn't listen, so I've been scarred for life numerous times.

It's finals week here at FSU which means the past few days have consisted of studying, taking exams, and Alex having some very angry moments. The other day she almost threw her math textbook out the window. I'm currently at my desk studying for my chemistry exam that I have tomorrow and Alex is on top of her bed studying for her history exam

"Ugh, I hate History!" Alex yells. Alex throws the history textbook off her bed.

I turn around and look at her. "I'm gonna need you to calm down homie."

Alex falls backwards on her bed. "I just want this to be over with; I'm in a desperate need for a break."

"You do realize our break will consist of snow, coldness, and a crying baby right?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot aboot that." Alex grabs her pillow and places it over her face. "AHHH!" she screams into the pillow.

Yeah I'm gonna need Alex to take a break before she goes completely insane.

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous they're always complainin, always complainin

What the hell? That ringtone is only for one person and that person rarely calls. Alex quickly takes the pillow off her face and sits up. She knows whose ringtone that is as well.

"Hello?" I answer the phone.

"JJ how's it going?" Kevin Smith asks me.

I wide grin instantly appears on my face. Alex is giving me a confused and hopeful look. I put my phone on speaker.

"Kevin, dude I have to say this is quite a surprise! What's up man?"

"Oh nothing, just eating 1,000 twinkies."

"As you should be, of course. Oh by the way Alex is here."

"Hello my favorite raven haired beauty from the wrong side of tracks."

Alex rolls her eyes and laughs. "Hey Kevin."

"So what do I owe for this spontaneous surprise call from my favorite writer and director?" I ask.

"Well Jason Mewes, my home dawg as you know, is directing his first feature length film and he held an open casting call at Degrassi and I was surprised when he told me that you didn't stop by to say hi," Kevin tells us.

"Kev I'm in college now. Alex and I are in Florida at FSU."

Kevin whistles. "Florida, wow. Well what do you two have planned for your winter break?"

"Suffering in the dark and vast coldness that is known as Canada," Alex answers.

"I feel ya on that. I'm currently stuck in Winnipeg which is I why I was wondering how you two would feel about flying out to L.A. and helping my friend out? I mean JJ; he could really use your help and expertise and Alex I bet you're good at something."

Alex scoffs. "Well thanks Kevin" she says sarcastically.

I'm looking at Alex and my eyebrow is raised. "Well?" I ask.

Alex shrugs her shoulders. "Well it beats freezing our butts off this break," she says.

"Ok Kev we're in but we can only stay for about a week. Our mom just had a baby and she would be pissed if we missed his first Christmas."

"No problem kid. I'll send your tickets to you ASAP."

"Hey Kev, can you actually send us three tickets so my girlfriend can come along?"

"I don't know JJ, you're kinda killing me with three tickets here. I gotta hear the magic word."

I nudge Alex and she rolls her eyes. "Ugh, fine," she says. "Aboot!"

Kevin laughs. "Three tickets coming your way. Thanks JJ."

"No problem Kevin, talk to you later."

I close my phone. Alex and I look at each other and now we're screaming in excitement.

"We're going to Hollywood!" I yell. Hell yeah!

HOLLYWOOD!:
Los Angeles is the city where dreams are made of and sometimes come true. People come out here to start their career and hopefully one day become famous. I've only been to L.A. once in my life and that's when I was 14 and the 'rents and I were here for a family vacation. I have to say I'm pretty excited to be here with Alex and Beth now. I had to do some begging with Beth's parents for them to allow their daughter to come out here but I promised that she'd be back home by the 23rd so she wouldn't miss Christmas cause God knows her parents and my parents would kill me if any of us miss Christmas.

"Whoa," Alex says in awe.

We just got off the plane and we're currently in LAX, the sixth busiest airport in the world and probably the most famous one in America. I'm expecting to see a celebrity any moment now.

"This place is HUGE," Beth says. "Oh my God, is that Johnny Depp over there?"

I turn my head in the direction Beth is pointing to. I start laughing. Wow, this girl was way off.

"Babe that is not Johnny Depp," I tell her.

Beth's face falls. "Oh," she says disappointed.

"Don't worry; we're going to be in L.A. for a week. You'll see someone famous."

We're walking down to baggage claim to get our luggage. Once we get our bags we're going down the escalator where our driver is suppose to meet us. Kevin said that there should be a limo driver waiting for us to take us to our hotel to put our stuff up and relax.

"Ok, we're looking for a guy holding a sign with our names on it," I tell Alex and Beth.

We're all frantically looking, excited to get in a limo and explore L.A.

"There he is!" Beth yells while pointing.

I see a young looking limo driver holding up a sign that says JJ and raven haired beauty from the wrong side of tracks. Alex and I look at each other and laugh, Beth just seems confused. We approach the limo driver.

"I'm JJ," I tell him. I point at Alex. "And this is the raven haired beauty from the wrong side of the tracks."

The limo driver smiles at us. Ya know if I was straight I'd probably try to flirt with this guy, that's how good looking he is.

"Hi," the limo driver greets us. "My name is Paul and I'll be helping you ladies get around the city this week."

"Nice to meet you Paul," I shake the limo driver's hand. "My name is Jordan and I actually go by Jordan but if you want to call me JJ then go ahead. This is Alex and Beth."

Alex and Beth both wave at Paul.

"Well ladies, is this all your luggage?" Paul asks us.

"Yep," I answer. "This is it."

Paul grabs our suitcases and we follow him to the limo. After Paul puts the luggage in the trunk he opens the limo door for us. Oh my God, I feel so important.

"Thanks Paul," I say.

He smiles and nods his head. Alex and Beth get in and thank Paul for holding the car door open for them. Whoa! Now I've never been in a limo before so this is just taking my breath away. Paul pulls out of the airport and we're on our way.

Alex pretty much has her face against the window. "Whoa!" she exclaims. "We're going down Hollywood Blvd!"

I press the button that opens the sun roof. I poke my head out of the limo like I've always dreamed of doing.

"What's up Hollywood?" I yell.

"Jordan, move over!" I hear Alex say below me.

I make room for Alex and Beth to come up through the sun roof to look at the beautiful place known as Hollywood. We just drove past the Grauman's Chinese Theater, which we're definitely going to visit later.

"Look!" Beth yells excitedly pointing forward. "There's the Hollywood sign!"

Alex starts taking pictures with her camera. I just put my sunglasses on, trying to look cool.

After traveling Hollywood Blvd. we finally arrive at our hotel. Since Kevin's paying for everything I told him we didn't need a fancy hotel. I just asked for a hotel with complimentary breakfast and told him we would need two rooms. Kevin gave us the Residence Inn in Beverly Hills. I have to remind myself to see this dude more than a Christmas card this year. Paul opens the car door for us and Alex, Beth, and I get out. Beth is staring at the hotel in awe.

"I see nice hotels in Miami all the time but I've never stayed in one," she says. Beth looks at me and raises an eyebrow. "How good of friends are you and Kevin?"

"I'm his number one fan, president of his Canadian fan club and vice president of the Florida chapter of his American fan club. Plus I babysat his daughter a couple of nights when he was filming in Toronto."

"Wow, you are one devoted fan."

"You bet I am."

Paul helps us carry our bags to our room. Damn this is a really nice room.

"We've got to get Kevin something better than a Christmas card this year," Alex says.

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking," I tell her.

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous they're always complainin, always complainin.

Speaking of Kevin, I answer my phone. "Kevin, dude!"

"Hey JJ!" he greets me. "I'm glad you're safe and not somewhere in the sky falling to your doom."

"Sorry I didn't call you earlier, it's just we were amazed by the sights of Hollywood and this room. Kevin I can't thank you enough."

"It's no problem. You can take this as your payment for helping Jason. By the way I actually talk to him about ten minutes ago and he needs you at the studio ASAP."

"Sure no problem. Will I need some sort of badge or something to get on the lot?

"Your name should be on the list when you get there and then they'll give you a studio pass."

"Alright sounds good. Once again thanks man, for everything."

"No problem. Now get out there and help make a movie!"

I close my phone. I look at Alex and Beth. "Hey I have to go to work," I tell them.

A look of confusion appears on Beth's face. "Work?" she asks. "I thought this was a vacation."

I walk over to Beth and place my arms around her waist. "Babe, the agreement to Kevin paying for everything was me helping Jason with his new movie. I'm sort of like Jason's assistant and when he needs me I have to be there, which just happens to be now."

A sad look appears on Beth's face. "I thought we'd get to spend this vacation together."

"And we will. Listen last time I checked Jason is still casting people so he probably just needs help with that. I shouldn't be gone long. Hey, while I'm gone why don't you and Alex go to the pool or tour the city. Maybe you'll be able to find Mr. Johnny Depp."

"Ok, have fun at work I guess." Beth kisses me.

I turn around and look at Alex. I'm holding out my hand.

Alex raises an eyebrow. "What?"

"Give me your phone," I tell her.

"Why?"

"Because knowing you you're going to be spending this whole time texting and talking to Sage so, give me your phone."

Alex groans but she's getting her phone out of her pocket. Alex slams the phone down into my hand. Ouch, that actually kind of hurt.

"Unfair," she says.

"Hey I brought you to Hollywood," I remind her. "Now you two have a good time and I'll be back before you know it."

I leave the room with Paul following behind me.

"You know how to get to the studio, right Paul?" I ask him.

Paul chuckles. "Jordan, I know how to get everywhere in the Los Angeles County."

I'm nodding my head. "Good to know."

Studio Lot:
The only time I've ever been on a studio lot before is when Brian, Mom, and I took a tour of Universal Studios, even then I thought some of that stuff was faked and they were keeping the real studio action hidden from us. It's so surreal to be on this lot with my own studio pass. I'm currently walking to Jason's office. I feel so important and stuff right now. I'm currently grinning like an idiot as I'm walking into the building where Jason's office is.

I enter the building and walk over to the reception desk.

"Hi, how my I help you?" the receptionist asks me.

I smile. "Hi, I'm Jordan Johnson, Mr. Mewes' assistant."

The receptionist smiles back at me. "Oh, Mr. Mewes is expecting you," she tells me. "Go right on up. He's on the fourth floor, second door on your right."

"Thanks."

I get on the elevator to go to the fourth floor. I'm anxious yet excited, but if my memory is correct Jason is a pretty awesome and chill dude so I'm not too worried.

Ding!

I've reached my destination and I get off the elevator. Alright, the receptionist said the second door on my right. Oh, there it is. I knock on the door.

"Come in!" the voice on the other side yells.

I open the door. Damn! This is what I call an office. There's movie posters of every movie Jason has ever been in up on the walls and there's action figures covering the desk and TV stand.

"Well, if it isn't Kevin's favorite non-Canadian Canadian," Jason greets me.

"Jason Mewes, what's up man?"

Jason gets up from his desk chair gives me a hug which is slightly surprising.

"How have you been?" he asks.

"I've been pretty good. I'm going to school in Florida now but I still live in Canada."

Jason whistles. "Florida is nice, tons of hot babes."

I'm nodding my head. "Yes, yes it is. And yes, there are tons of hot babes."

"Well listen, I'm really glad you came all the way here to help me. I really do appreciate it."

"Dude no problem! You are my second favorite actor, after Kevin of course."

"Yeah, well Kevin is a genius."

"So what's up? What can I help you with today?"

"Well so far we have all the parts cast except for Trixie. I wanted to cast Manny Santos."

"Manny is really good. I know you liked her in Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh!"

Jason is nodding his head. "Yeah, I really envisioned her as Trixie but she totally blew her audition back in Canada but I still want her."

I place a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Well if that's who you want then that's who we have to get."

"Knock, knock."

I turn my head and see some dude standing in the doorway with a tape in his hand. Who is this guy?

"Hey Robbie," Jason greets him.

"Jason, I see you have company," Robbie says.

"This is JJ," Jason says while pointing at me. "She's a personal friend of mine and Kevin's. She's going to be here for about a week helping out."

Robbie enters the room. Now he's holding out his hand in front of me. I guess I have to shake his hand.

"Robbie Tyler, studio producer," he says while shaking my hand.

That would explain why my douche bag alert went off when I saw him. "Jordan Johnson, Jason's personal assistant and teenage guru for the week."

Robbie laughs, sounds like one of those fake Hollywood laughs. "How much are we paying you?" he asks. "I'm just kidding."

I look at Jason and give him the 'what is wrong with this guy?' look. Jason just looks back at me and shrugs his shoulders.

"So what's up Robbie?" Jason asks. "What do you got?"

"I have your Trixie," Robbie says while waving the tape.

Robbie turns on the TV and puts the tape into the VCR. Jason leans against his desk while I stand beside him. First the screen is black but then a girl appears, dressed in a weird looking outfit with a really weird looking hair-do. Oh my God. That can't be. Is that-?

"Paige?" I whisper.

"When I saw you standing there at the quick stop you had your arm around whatsername, she was even wearing that sweater I gave you," Paige says in a REALLY bad New Jersey accent. "It just hurts so bad. I can't even be in the same room as the two of you."

"Dude I know this girl," Jason says while pausing the tape. "This is the lesbian chick that got cut from Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian Eh!" Jason looks over at me. "No offense to the lesbian part."

I hold up a hand. "None taken," I tell him.

"Isn't she your friend?" he asks me.

"…Yeah," I answer in an unsure voice.

"That's great, so you already have a working relationship," Robbie says and turns back to look at the screen as if Paige's performance was Oscar worthy.

Jason is looking at Robbie like he's crazy, which he probably is.

"Dude, she's not my Trixie, alright," Jason tells Robbie. "And you already went ahead and gave her a screen test?"

"Yeah, I'm the producer and I loved her," Robbie tells Jason.

Jason has this look on his face and he's probably thinking what I'm thinking. Either Robbie is crazy or he didn't watch the same video we just watched.

"You want this project green lit or… or not?" Robbie asks.

Jason sighs and defeat and I can tell by the look on his face that he's already giving up.

"Fine," Jason says. "Tell her we start rehearsal tomorrow."

"Great!" Robbie says excitedly. "I have a very good feeling about this."

Robbie leaves the room and now Jason and I are just staring at the screen in front of us. His pausing did not flatter Paige one bit.

"Two things," I tell him while holding up two fingers. "Number one, I may not be from Jersey but I'm pretty sure that was a horrendous attempt at a Jersey accent. Number two, why is she chewing her gum like that?"

Jason is just shaking his head. "I don't know but I do know this girl is not my Trixie. What do you think?"

Jason honestly looks like he cares about my opinion. This is his first screenplay and her directing debut so I'm going to try to help him as much as I can.

"I love Paige," I tell him. "She's my friend and we've been through a lot but dude, she's not an actress."

"Robbie loves her though."

"Who pays for the movie?"

"The studio does."

I hang my head. "Damn…" This is going to be a long week.

Back at the Hotel:
I enter the suite and Alex and Beth are in the living room. Alex and Beth notice me and stand up.

"So how was it?" Alex asks right away.

"Um… We forgot about something," I tell them

"What'd you forget?" Beth asks.

"No I mean WE," I point to all of us. "Forgot about something, well someone."

"Jordan what are you talking aboot?" Alex asks.

"Guys! We forgot that Paige is in L.A. and NONE of us called her!"

A look of shock and horror appears on both of their faces.

"Well maybe we won't run into her so we won't have to tell her we came to L.A. and didn't visit," Alex says and smiles nervously.

I sigh. "Paige just got the lead for Jason's new movie."

"WHAT?"

Good morning! It's a nice beautiful morning in Los Angeles and the traffic is horrible as always.

"Turn it off," I mutter.

Beth's hand hits the alarm off. She rolls over and snuggles into me.

"Too early," she mutters.

I lift my head up and the clock reads 7 am. I groan and sit up. I run my hair through my hand. I'm tired from last night. Alex, Beth, and I decided to go out and see the Hollywood nightlife and I forgot I had to wake up bright and early to get to work because today is the first day of rehearsal. We all decided that instead of calling Paige we'd just wait since I'd see her at the studio anyway. Alex and Beth said they wanted to tag along which means they also have to get up. Good thing this suite came with two bathrooms.

"We have to get up," I tell Beth.

"I don't wanna," she mutters.

Beth sits up and starts kissing my neck. No fair, she knows that's my weakness.

"Stay in bed with me," she says. "We can stay in bed all day and enjoy each other's company."

I kiss Beth. "As much as I would love to do that we can't. Besides, Paul will be here in an hour to pick us up." I get out of the bed while Beth flops back down.

I walk through the living room over to Alex's bedroom door. I knock loudly. No response. I crack the door open. I forgot that Alex is sometimes a violent sleeper. There are pillows all over the floor and her hair is everywhere.

"Alex!" I call out her name.

I get a loud groan and grunt in response.

I grab a pillow and throw it at her. "Get up," I tell her. "We have to get ready. Paul is going to be here in an hour to take us to the studio."

Still no response. I walk over to her and begin to shake her.

"Wake up!"

Alex sits up and pushes me away. "I'm up!" she yells. "Damn."

Alex gets up and walks to her bathroom and slams the door behind her. Well at least she's up.

I walk back over to Beth and mine's room. I hear the shower running which means Beth must be taking hers. I sit down on the bed. I guess I'll wait to take mine.

"What are you doing?"

I look up and I see Beth pointing her head out the doorway of the bathroom.

"Aren't you going to join me?" she asks slyly and raises an eyebrow.

Oh what the hell, we do have an hour. I get up from the bed and take off my shirt as I walk to the bathroom.

"We do have to think about the environment," I tell her.

I love staying in a hotel with my girlfriend and no parents!

Studio Lot:
The best thing about working on a movie set is the free food. I'm currently at the food table with Jason discussing random stuff. Alex and Beth are off somewhere discovering the rest of the lot.

Bing! Bing! Bing!

I look at Jason's laptop and it says he has an incoming video message from Kevin. I press the Accept button. Kevin appears on the screen.

"Kev!" I greet him.

"Hey JJ!" Kevin greets me back. "What's up?"

"Dude you need to talk to your home boy."

"What's up?"

"Well do you remember Paige? Blonde cheerleader you gave advice to awhile back. You also cut her out of your movie."

Kevin is nodding her head. "Of course, how could I ever forget?"

"Well looks like she'll be playing Trixie."

A look of confusion appears on Kevin's face. "What? If my memory serves me correctly acting isn't really her forte, but spelling is though. Why did she get the lead?"

"Studio likes her. But Jason over here is freaking out. You just need to talk to him."

I pull Jason over to the computer.

"What's going on over there?" Kevin asks Jason.

"That lesbian chick you cut out of Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh! is playing Trixie."

I lightly hit Jason's arm. "What have we talked about?"

Jason gives me an apologetic look. "Sorry." He turns back around to talk to Kevin. "I mean, the chick you cut out of the movie a couple years back is playing Trixie."

"Why?" Kevin asks.

"Dude, Robbie, this suit, keeps saying she's adorable and whatever but sir she's not my Trixie."

"Ugh," Kevin groans. "Dude then why are you using her? I don't get it. Why would you cast her if she's not your Trixie?"

"I have no choice, he's the boss."

"Ugh, listen to you man. Just come on dude! Whose story is it right? Who wrote the screen play, a lot of misspellings but whatever, whose directing? It's you man! God, what happened to you? If I wasn't stuck here in Winnipeg I'd come down and smack the taste out of your mouth, I swear. Actually JJ smack him for me."

I give Kevin a thumbs up. "Will do Kevin," I tell him.

Kevin turns his attention back to Jason. "You're making me sick," he tells him. "I knew I should have directed this movie."

I hear someone behind us clearing her throat. Both Jason and I turn around slowly. Oh no… Paige is standing right there and I think she just heard everything.

"I just wanted to say hello," she tells Jason.

Jason continues eating his muffin awkwardly. He gives Paige an awkward smile and turns back around to the computer screen. Paige's eyes land on me.

I wave awkwardly. "Hi Paige," I greet her nervously.

"Jordan, what are you doing here?" she asks me.

"I'm here for a week to help Jason out with the movie as a favor to Kevin."

Paige looks hurt. "And you didn't even call me to tell me you were out here?"

I approach Paige and give her a hug. "I'm sorry," I tell her sincerely. "The excitement of being in L.A. and helping out on a movie took over my mind and I didn't think about anything else. But when I did remember you were out here I was going to call but it was too late at night." I'm slightly lying, but whatever.

"So you're out here by yourself?"

"Well-"

"Jordan!" I hear Beth screaming my name. "I think I just saw Michael Ray!"

I slap my hand against my forehead. Oy vey.

Paige turns around and sees Alex and Beth running toward us. They both stop in their tracks. Even from far away I can tell they're both looking surprised and slightly scared. Paige turns back around and is looking at me with angry eyes.

"They're here too?"

"Yeah," I say. "I couldn't come here without my crew."

Alex and Beth walk over to us slowly, probably scared. Paige turns around and looks at them angrily and slightly hurt. "Neither one of you thought to call me either?"

Alex puts her hands up like she's surrendering. "Jordan took my phone away," she says quickly.

"Umm…umm…" Beth is trying to come up with an excuse. "This is my first time in California and my mind was just thinking about all the Hollywood stars I would see." Now she's smiling like an idiot.

Paige groans. "I can't believe you guys!" she sort of whines. "I've been in L.A. for about three months now by myself and you guys come here and just forget about me?"

I place my hands on Paige's shoulders and turn her around to look at me. "We didn't forget," I tell her. "We were going to call you last night but it was late and I knew I'd see you on set today. So in a way we wanted to surprise you." I smile nervously.

"Surprise," both Alex and Beth sort of half shout.

"Well, where are you guys staying?" Paige asks.

"Kevin put us up in the Residence Inn in Beverly Hills," I told her.

"Oh my God, I have a mansion in Beverly Hills."

"You have a mansion?" Alex asks.

"Studio is letting me stay in it since I am the leading lady," Paige says in a smug tone. "You should stay with me, it'll be fun."

Alex and I are looking at each other, both debating whether or not it'd be a good idea. I mean the Residence Inn is nice.

"Do you guys really want to stay in a hotel for a week?" Paige asks. "I definitely have enough room, there's a nice sized kitchen, plenty of bedrooms and bathrooms, and an AMAZING pool. Oh and Marco and Ellie are coming."

"Well it would be nice to have the gang together in Hollywood," I say. "What do you two think?"

Beth shrugs her shoulders. "As long as I'm with you I don't care where we stay." Beth smiles at me.

I walk over to her and wrap an arm around her. "It's when you say stuff like that that makes my heart melt."

"Ew," Alex says. "You two need to have your own room at all times." Alex turns her attention to Paige. "Hey, if Marco and Ellie is staying with you then why the hell not, I'm in."

Paige smiles and a look of excitement and happiness is on her face. "This is going to be great!" she exclaims.

"Hey!" Jason yells. "Can we get this rehearsal on the road please?"

Later:
Alex, Beth, Paige, and I are currently on our way to LAX to pick up Ellie and Marco. We're in Paige's limo. Well the studio's limo, I'm just saying Paige's because we're currently not in the limo Kevin set me up with.

"Isn't this cool?" Paige asks. "Being in a limo makes me feel important."

"Didn't you have a limo for prom in grade ten?" Alex asks.

Paige holds up a hand. "We will not discuss grade ten prom," she says quickly.

"What happened in grade ten?" I ask Beth is a low voice.

"Jimmy, Hazel, Spinner, and Paige all arrived in a cop car," Beth whispers.

"Wow, I wouldn't want to talk about it either I guess."

We arrive at the airport and Paige leads the way to where we're suppose to meet up with Marco and Ellie. Paige and Alex are walking in front while Beth and I are sort of hanging back. It feels really good to have Beth by my side. Going to different schools is pretty hard for us but we're hanging in there.

"So I'm thinking maybe later we can check out the pool," I tell Beth.

"If you're lucky," Beth says and winks at me.

I'm laughing and shaking my head. This girl is such a tease, but I love her. I see Marco and Ellie which means I know Paige probably just saw them too.

"Marco! Eleanor!" Paige raises her arms in the air.

Marco and Ellie both get up quickly and hug Paige as they greet her.

"Sorry I'm late," Paige apologizes and takes off her sunglasses. "Lunch at the Holly with my producer. But look at who I found."

Marco and Ellie notice the rest of us and Marco screams like a girl in excitement.

"Wow Marco, you sounded more like a girl than Ellie," Alex says.

"Ha ha Alex," Marco says sarcastically.

One by one Marco hugs each of us and then Ellie hugs us.

"What are you guys doing here?" Ellie asks.

"Well Kevin asked me to help Jason with the movie so he flew us out here and ta-da!" I answer.

Marco is nodding his head. "Of course," he says.

"Well a limo awaits to show us the town," Paige says.

Later:
We toured Hollywood, going to all the historical sites and taking pictures. Marco, Ellie, and Paige stuck their heads out of the sunroof like Alex, Beth, and I had done earlier. While at the Grauman's Chinese Theater Marco thought he saw Ashton Kutcher but it had been some lady with a trucker hat on. I told him Ashton probably had broader shoulders. Then Vivica A. Fox and Kelly Carlson walked up to us and said Ashton definitely had broader shoulders and stopped wearing a trucker hat a while ago but they liked Marco's hat. That was pretty much the highlight of our day for Marco and me. Now we're all back at "Paige's" mansion chillin'.

Paige wasn't lying when she said this place was huge. Everyone has their own room, with the exception of Beth and me since we love to share, and each bedroom also has its own bathroom. The kitchen is super nice which is good since I actually know how to cook so we won't have to go out every time we want a meal. There's also this awesome balcony overlooking the pool. Overall I'll say I'm pretty glad we decided to say with Paige instead of staying at the hotel. Plus we're saving Kevin some money by staying here.

Currently Beth and I are at the pool while everyone else is inside. Beth is already in the water while I'm standing on the edge.

"Just jump in Jordan," Beth says.

"I'm gonna mess up my hair," I kind of whine.

"But it'll be worth it."

I close my eyes and jump. WHEW! Water is kind of cold, kind of cold.

"This is surreal," Beth says. "I mean, I know it's warm in Miami right now but I've never actually got into a pool in December. There's probably a blizzard going on right now back in TO."

"Probably," I say through my chattering teeth.

Beth raises an eyebrow. "Are you cold?" she asks.

"My body is just trying to get use to the water," I tell her.

Beth is swimming over to me. "I can help you warm up."

"You're in a very good mood today," I point out.

"Must be the L.A. air," she says and smiles.

Beth places her arms around my neck and we start kissing. If this is what L.A. air does to her then I think we should stay in L.A. forever. I pull her hips closer to me and start kissing her neck.

"Jordan," she moans. "Can we really do this in the pool?"

"I don't see anyone stopping us."

"You're so lucky I find you irresistibly hot right now."

I just smile my charming smile. Beth shakes her head and laughs. We start kissing again. Looks like someone's getting lucky tonight, and in a pool too! Man I love L.A.!

It's another day but I'm super happy today. I think this L.A. vacation is just what the doctor ordered for Beth and me. After the pool there was a very nice hot shower. I gotta say I'm gonna be sad when it's time to leave.

I'm currently on set helping Jason out. Marco is here as well, giving Paige his support. Alex, Beth, and Ellie are off doing something somewhere in L.A. They're probably music shopping. Here on the set we're trying to get through the same scene over and over but Paige isn't doing so well.

"Ogling? What am I, some mad scientist genius?" Michael reads as Mewesey, the young Jason Mewes in the film.

"Hello, I thought you were a brainiac," Paige says as Trixie. "I meant, stop staring at the melons."

Oo, that was really bad. Like really really bad.

"Dude," Michael says as he takes over the glasses. "She's totally screwing me up," he tells Jason as he takes off the wig.

"Look, Trixie was a classy broad," Jason tells Paige. "She would say 'boobs'."

I look at Jason and raise an eyebrow. "That's slightly classier dude, but only by a little bit."

"My script says 'melons'," Paige says and looks at her script to make sure.

"Oh no, that's the old version," Jason says.

"Blazing through the scenes?" Robbie asks, coming out of nowhere. He places his hands on Jason's shoulders like he's a champ.

"Yeah, like a well oiled machine," Michael says in a slight sarcastic tone.

"This girl you picked, dude she looks the part, somewhat, but she's not exactly an actress though," Jason tells Robbie but in a voice that's not insulting Paige.

"This is my girl," Robbie says sternly while pointing at Paige. "Try to make it work."

Jason sighs in defeat, once again. "Alright guys, let's uh let's try this again," he says. "From the top." Jason looks slightly tired and irritated.

We try going through the scene again and once again it's a train wreck. Jason groans in frustration and irritation. Now he's looking down at me.

"We have the music scene to try to get through later today," he tells me. "Take her home and please work on the script with her."

I'm nodding my head. "Will do boss."

"Alright!" Jason yells in his director voice. "That's it for this scene. We'll meet back here later to do the finale musical scene."

Michael Ray walks off, probably going to his trailer. Paige walks over to Marco and me.

"I suck," she says in a sad tone.

Marco and I are both shaking our head disagreeing with her.

"You don't suck," Marco says. "You just need to practice."

"Yeah," I say agreeing with Marco. "Let's go back to your place, go over your lines and then we'll get the vocal coach to come over to get you ready for the musical scene.

"Paige's" Mansion:
Alex, Beth, Ellie, Marco, and I are all in the kitchen with Paige right now trying to help her with her lines. Well at least Marco and I are trying to help. Ellie is reading a book with her feet on top of the counter, Alex is playing some game on her Nintendo DS, and Beth is just sitting beside me listening to Paige butcher her lines.

"How many times do I have to tell you Jason?" Paige asks as Trixie. "Stop staring at their boobs." Paige lets out a deep breath. "How was that?" she asks.

All of us are just looking at her, not really sure what to say. Ellie looks up from her book and kind of tilts her head.

"Honestly?' Ellie asks.

"Ugh," Paige groans. "We have beet at this for hours and I'm not getting any better. There goes my career as a Hollywood starlet."

"I thought Paige wanted to be a stylist or fashion designer?" Beth asks me in a whisper.

I just shrug my shoulders.

"So what?" Ellie asks. "When was the last time you acted, like grade ten?"

"Grade twelve," Paige corrects her. "Give me some credit."

"Does saying a couple of line in that Shakespeare play from grade twelve really count though?" Alex asks.

I hit Alex's arm. "Shut up," I say through clenched teeth. "You're not helping."

"Ok," Marco says, trying to calm Paige down, "They liked your screen test right? You can do this."

Oh, snap. I don't have the heart to tell them that Jason didn't like her screen test and neither did I. I was just really thrown off by the bad New Jersey accent. I kind of wish I had the tape right now so I could show everyone.

"I-I understood that scene!" Paige says. "I just- I need to calm down. Comfort food, like like back bacon and and maple syrup."

I think all of us are sort of drooling right now at the mention of back bacon and maple syrup. Man, I wouldn't mind being home right now. "

"Oh, the best stuff is at the Canadian shop," Paige says. "Get me some?"

"I'll go," Ellie says kind of quickly. "Um just run lines with everyone else until the voice coach comes."

"I'll go too," I tell them. "I could use some good old bacon right about now."

Ellie and I get up from our seats and start walking toward the door.

"Ok. I can do this," I hear Paige telling herself. "And thanks, thanks for everything you guys. I-it really means a lot to me."

Ellie and I close the door behind us and we both kind of breathe a sigh of relief when we get outside.

"I couldn't take anymore," Ellie tells me as we start walking.

"How do you think I feel?" I ask her. "I have to actually work on the set."

"Well I have a map right here so we should be able to get to the shop in no time and enjoy some good ol Canadian maple bacon."

"Oh God I hope so."

Twenty Minutes Later:
It was only suppose to take us ten minutes to get to the Canadian store, ten minutes!

"Ellie you don't even know how to read that map," I tell her. I try taking the map from her.

Ellie pushes me away. "Jordan stop," she says. "I just have it upside down." Ellie looks up and points at a sign. "See, there it is."

We go around the corner. Oh my God is that?

"Ellie Nash?" Craig asks.

"Craig?" Ellie asks surprised and shocked. "Oh my God, hi."

"Hi."

They share a hug.

"As always Jordan goes unnoticed," I say out loud.

"Hey Jordan!" Craig exclaims.

"Hey Craig," I greet him back and we share a quick hug. I'm paying less attention to Craig and more attention to the girl standing behind him.

"I-I can't believe you're in L.A.," Craig says. I think he's talking more to Ellie than the both of us.

"I can't believe you're eating ketchup chips with Pete Wentz," Ellie says.

Oh my God! I didn't even notice that was Pete Wentz. I'm trying to figure out how I know the girl standing beside him.

"What can I say? We're addicted," Pete says, referring to the chips.

Craig chuckles. "Yeah uh, this is Pete and this is Cassadee from Hey Monday."

OH MY GOD!

"Hey," Cassadee greets us.

"Hey," Ellie greets her back.

"Dude introduced us to ketchup chips and now we can't go on tour without 'em," Pete says.

"Yeah, they're so hard to find but so worth it," Cassadee agrees.

"Oh my God," I say out of nowhere. "Your band is awesome!"

"Thanks," Pete says and grins.

"Um actually Pete I was talking to Cassadee. But your band is amazing too."

Cassadee laughs while it looks like Pete just blushed from embarrassment.

I walk over to Cassadee as Craig and Ellie continue their conversation.

"I go to FSU and a friend of mine and I took a road trip down to West Palm Beach one weekend and we saw your old band Blake perform. It was an AMAZING show."

"Thanks," Cassadee says politely.

"I'm actually from Tampa and my parents use to take me to West Palm Beach all the time to visit my grandparents. Very nice place."

Cassadee laughs. "I like to think so. You want a chip?" Cassadee points the bag in my direction.

I laugh nervously. "S-sure." I take a chip out of the bag. I don't even like ketchup chips but when a cute girl from an amazing band offers you a chip, you take the chip.

"Clean and sober for a year now," I hear Craig say.

Pete and Cassadee share a look saying this moment just got a little awkward.

"Anyway, we gotta hit a sound check but um see ya tonight?"

"Yeah!" Ellie says excitedly. Yeah, if we can tear ourselves away from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood."

Pete and I are both giving Ellie a weird look while Cassadee just smiles politely.

"It was nice meeting you guys," Ellie says.

"Nice meeting you," Cassadee tells Ellie.

"Pete, Cassadee, really both of you, amazing bands," I tell them, sounding like a star struck teenager.

They both chuckle. "Thanks," Pete says.

"Bye," Cassadee says.

"B-bye," I say nervously.

Craig just chuckles and pats me on the shoulder. "Later Jordan," he says.

Now they're walking away. I think I just died and went to heaven.

"Smooth Jordan," Ellie says. "Real smooth."

I raise an eyebrow and look at her. "The hustle and bustle of Hollywood?" I shake my head at her and look at my watch. "Shit! I gotta call Paul to come pick me up. I need to be back at the studio ASAP."

Ellie is nodding her head. "Ok, see ya later tonight?"

"Yeah maybe," I say quickly.

Later, at the Studio:
Oh My God. This is like a car crash happening right in front og my eyes right now. The scene in front of me is so horrible but I can't look away, and neither can anyone else. Marco is chuckling while Alex and I are both looking with slight horror on our faces. Paige is on top of what looks like a tower of boxes in a blue prom dress and heels, trying to sing a song.

"And I was hoping that I could change you," Paige sings, badly while Michael is climbing up the stairs on his hands and knees. "Be the one to tame you but you were….You never-"

Oh my God, I think Paige is having a panic attack. I'm looking at Alex and I know she's thinking the same thing I'm thinking. Everyone else around us is either laughing or have looks of confusion on their faces. Even Marco is chuckling.

"But you never got close," Paige continues singing as she starts trying to walk down the tower of terror. "Maybe you didn't know…"

"Cut, cut, cut!" Jason yells. "Look, this is the moment I fell in love with Trixie. When I looked across the hall, my whole world changed. Alright, so when you sing this the audience has to feel that way too."

"Uh for the record I'm not, I'm not feeling this," Michael says, pointing at Paige.

It looks like Paige is having a hard time breathing and I can tell she's definitely on the verge of a panic attack up there.

"Hello!" Paige yells in a scared tone. "These stairs are gonna collapse like any second. The only thing I feel is terrified. Can someone help me down please?"

"Jason you need to get her down like right now dude," I say.

Jason sighs. "Alright, get her down please."

Two stage crew guys walk up and help Paige down. Alex runs over to Paige.

"Just breathe Paige," Alex tells Paige in a calming voice. "Breathe."

Paige gets her breathing under control and starts walking off the set. Alex, Marco and I are following her. Paige takes off the tiara angrily as Marco is laughing.

"I wish they filmed that," Marco says in between laughs. "It'd be great for the blooper reel."

"In case you didn't notice," Paige starts. She turns around and she looks really upset right now. "I had a panic attack in there and… you just laughed at me," she tells Marco. "Alex came over to calm me down and you just continued laughing. Ya know, I thought you would come to L.A. and be my friends but Ellie doesn't even want to come to the studio and you're not on my side."

"I am!" Marco exclaims. "Paige, it's going to be ok."

"No it's not, I'm gonna get and fired and I'll have to go back to picking up after Hailey's dog."

Wait, I thought Paige was her stylist not her dog sitter.

"I thought you were her stylist," Marco says, obviously a little hurt and confused that Paige lied to him. Wouldn't be the first time she lied to us about something though.

Paige is shaking her head. "I was her assistant."

Paige's phone begins to ring. Paige looks down at her phone.

"Wow, Robbie wants to see me," Paige says and starts laughing bitterly. "To fire me cause Paige fails again. Go, enjoy the pool while we still have it. Maybe Jordan will be able to get her hotel room back and you can stay with her since she's obviously doing better than I am."

Paige is now walking away from us. Someone's phone is ringing. Marco grabs his cell phone and pulls it out of his pocket. He answers his phone.

"Hi, Mrs. Nash," he says. "What's up?"

Ellie's mom is calling Marco? That's slightly weird.

"Come on, we gotta get back on set," I tell Alex.

We begin walking back over to Jason.

"Why'd you think Paige lied to us about being Hailey's assistant?" Alex asks.

"This sort of seems like the whole Banting thing all over again," I tell Alex. "Paige went off to Banting and didn't do as well as we or she thought she was going to do. Now she's moved out here to L.A. by herself hoping to succeed and she doesn't want to fail."

"But Paige knows she doesn't have to lie to us. We're her friends; we're going to continue liking her whether she's a stylist or an assistant. As long as she's happy we'll be proud of her."

I place a hand on Alex's shoulder. "That was a very caring and mature thing of you to say. Make sure you tell her that."

We reach Jason as he gets off his phone. Jason turns his attention to me.

"What was that?" he asks while pointing over to the tower or terror.

"Paige gets panic attacks sometimes," I tell him. "And you have to admit that being up that high is kind of scary."

Jason runs his hand through his hair tiredly. "This is not how I expected my first movie to go," he says.

"Hey, tomorrow's another day. Another brighter and hopefully better day," I tell him.

He's nodding his head. "You're right. I don't think I can handle anymore today anyway. Be back here tomorrow at 8 am sharp."

"No problem sir."

Jason walks away and Alex and I are walking the opposite direction to go get Marco. We walk to the limo and see Marco leaning against it. Marco sees us and stands up straight.

"I just got off the phone with Ellie's mom," he tells us.

"Why is Mrs. Nash calling you?" Alex asks.

"Apparently Ellie's dad is back from Afghanistan and he's sick. Ellie hasn't been to the hospital to see him."

I'm shocked, by both Ellie not seeing her dad and her dad being back. To be honest, I forgot Ellie had a dad. "How long has her dad been gone?" I ask.

"He left sometime early grade ten."

"Wait, Ellie's dad has been in Afghanistan for four years and he's just now getting back?"

Marco and Alex are both nodding their heads.

"No one sees anything wrong with this?"

"We need to get back to the house and talk to Ellie," Marco says.

We all get into the limo and Paul drives us the house.

"Paige's" Mansion:
Alex, Marco, and I are all in the kitchen waiting for Ellie to get back. I don't know where she is but she's been gone since we went to the Canadian shop. We hear the door open and I see Ellie running toward us excited.

"Ok, guess what!" Ellie says excitedly.

Marco turns around quickly to look at Ellie. "Your mom called me," he tells her. Ellie's face drops. "She said you weren't answering your cell. Ellie she told me your dad's back from Afghanistan."

"It's complicated," Ellie says.

"I know. Your father's sick, you haven't even been to see him yet."

"Ellie, I have an uncle who did a tour in Iraq and when he came back he wasn't his normal self and it was hard to see him at first, not only me but for the whole family but we got through it," I tell her.

"Ok, I really don't wanna talk about this," Ellie says. She pushes the Canadian Shop bag into Marco's arms and turns around and starts walking away.

"You can't just avoid it," Marco says.

"Watch me," Ellie says back as she's walking away.

Marco sighs and turns around. He's looking at me and Alex.
"I don't know dude," I tell him.

"Where is she going?" Alex asks.

Oh shit. "Um yeah," I start. "So when Ellie and I went out earlier we kind of ran into Craig Manning and he kind of invited Ellie to his show tonight." I say the last part quietly.

"And you didn't think to tell us about this?" Marco asks angrily.

"A lot has been going on today!" I yell. "I can't handle everyone's problems!"

"What's with all the shouting?" We all look up and Beth is standing there in nothing but a bathing suit.

"Oh life is just being really complicated right now," I tell her. What else can happen today?

Later:
I'm currently lying down, trying to relax. Today has been rough and the day isn't even over yet.

"Jordan," Alex says, trying to get my attention.

Ugh, what now. "What?"

"There's some limo outside that's not ours and some chick in a dress is standing outside with it."

I lean up and look at Alex confused. "What?"

Alex and I go down the stairs and we're walking outside along with Marco. Paige is outside wearing a dress and talking to the girl standing outside the limo. What the hell is going on?

"Paige!" Marco yells. "Wait!"

We all jog over to Paige.

"I'm worried about Ellie," Marco says.

"Ugh, it's not the time Marco," Paige says as she's walking toward us.

"Where are you going?" Alex asks.

"The Young Women in Hollywood Gala," Paige says in her Queen-Bee voice. "It's very important that I make an appearance there."

"Paige," Marco starts. "Her dad's sick and she's in total denial about it. She won't talk to me or any of us."

"Our red carpet time is 8 o'clock," random chick says.

Paige looks back at the girl while Alex, Marco, and I are all give her the look that's telling her to shut the hell up.

"Paige, Ellie's hurting," Marco tells her, sounding hurt.

Paige rolls her eyes. "I'll talk to her, tomorrow," Paige says. This is my first red carpet, I wanna enjoy it."

Paige turns around and begins walking back to her limo. It's like she's walking back in slow motion with a mega bitch strut. By the looks on are faces you can tell that none of us are believing what is happening right now. Paige gets in the limo and is looking at us while the limo driver closes the door. The limo is driving away.

"What the hell just happened?" I asked.

"Remember hearing aboot how big of a bitch Paige was back in grade nine and ten?" Alex asks me.

I'm nodding my head. "Yeah."

"Well that was Queen-Bitch Paige."

Oh. Shit.

A/N: So how long did it take you to get through the chapter? That long huh? Yeah I know. Well next chapter should be up soon. How much bitchier can Paige get? Oh we will see. REVIEW PLEASE! =)