Chapter 2
The following day at the theater, Ash was in her rehearsal space strumming her guitar. She was having a hard time thinking of a song to sing for the show. All the others were already working on their routines.
Johnny was going to sing "Lovely Day", Meena was singing "You are my Sunshine", and Rosita and Gunter were singing and dancing to "Roar". She knew she could think of a song, she just needed some inspiration.
She looked at the clock, and saw it was almost noon.
"Well, just about time for lunch." said Ash.
It was good thing to, because her stomach started growling. When she walked out of the room, she saw that the others had gotten the idea to take a lunch break too.
"Hey, where you guys going?" asked Buster.
"We're taking a short break for lunch, Mr. Moon." explained Johnny.
"There'll be no need for that, because lunch is coming to us."
"What do you mean?" wondered Rosita.
"I figured you guys would get hungry while you're here rehearsing, so I hired a catering company to bring us food." explained Buster.
"Wunderbar." replied Gunter.
"Mr. Moon, the van is here." Ms. Crawly informed, coming downstairs.
"And that's them now."
There was a knock on the stage door, and he answered it. Outside stood a bull, crocodile, zebra, and porcupine wearing blue shirts, black pants, and black shoes, and the last three animals were carrying boxes.
"Mr. Moon you ordered this food?" asked the bull.
"Yes, come on in, you're right on time." Buster said, letting them in.
When they walked in, Ash noticed that the porcupine was Michael, and Michael noticed Ash.
"Where do you want these, Mr. Moon?"
"Right over here." instructed Buster, referring to some tables.
"So what do we got?" Johnny questioned, as the contestants walked over to the tables.
"For you we're prepared tofu sandwiches, fruit salad, Cesar salad, and fruit punch." said a crocodile, as Michael and the zebra opened the boxes and set the food out.
"It looks delicious." complimented Meena.
"Thank you. Well go ahead and try it." urged the bull.
As they took some food and tried it, Ash walked up to Michael.
"Micheal you're a caterer too?" she asked.
"Yeah, Monday and Wednesday I'm a waiter, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday I'm a caterer." Michael explained.
"Interesting jobs."
"Yeah, so you work at Moon Theater?" asked Michael.
"Well, I do performances here sometimes and get paid, so I guess you could say that." Ash explained.
"So...how's the food?"
Ash took a bite out of a tofu sandwich, and ate it.
"Good."
"Glad you like it."
"Mr. Bullard, this food is delicious." Buster told the bull.
"Thank you, Mr. Moon." replied Mr. Bullard.
"We'll definitely be using you again."
"Great, well since you're all taken care of, we'll be going now. Let's go."
The crocodile and zebra followed, but Michael lagged behind.
"Michael, let's go." Mr. Bullard called.
"Coming, sir. See you around, Ash." said Michael, and he left.
"Bye."
After everyone finished eating, they went back to their rehearsal areas. Ash strummed her guitar trying to think of a song, when she heard the door opened. She looked up, and in the doorway was Rosita and Meena.
"Oh hi guys, shouldn't you be practicing?" she asked.
"We came to a good stopping point." explained Meena.
"How's your song going?" wondered Rosita.
"Not so good, I can't think of a song to play."
"I'm sure you'll come up with something soon. By the way, who was that you were talking to earlier?" Meena wanted to know.
"Michael, oh he's a waiter at a restaurant I was eating at the other day."
"How'd you meet him?" Rosita questioned.
"His little sister came up to me at the restaurant, apparently she's a fan. Why do you ask?"
"It's just that we couldn't help noticing that he seemed like a nice guy, and you've kicked Lance to the curb..." Meena dragged on.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Michael is just an acquaintance. I'm not just gonna jump up and say I want him to be my boyfriend, I barely know him." Ash protested.
"Hey, we're not saying you should just jump up and date him, but we just meant he seems nice." Rosita told her.
The two left, and that made Ash think Michael was a nice guy, and she would like to get to know him better.
In the van Mr. Bullard's workers rode in, Michael seemed distracted.
"Earth to Michael." said the crocodile.
"Huh, what is it, Hector?" asked Michael.
"Something on your mind?" Hector questioned.
"No, not really."
"Yeah right." replied Ricky, the zebra.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"We saw you talking to that lady porcupine." Hector told him.
"Tell us you got her digits." Ricky wanted to know.
"No I did not. I barely know Ash." Michael protested.
"Ha, so you do know her name." sneered Hector.
"So what? She was at the restaurant I was working at, and Brianna was talking to her, and I had to get her back to her seat." explained Michael.
"Well, are you just gonna stay strangers or are you gonna get to know her better?" Ricky wondered.
Michael rolled his eyes at his friends, but thought about it, it couldn't hurt to get to know Ash better.
That's chapter 2, plz review and comment. A/N: If you're wondering where Mike is, I'll explain that in another story, and if you have an idea on what song Ash should sing, pm me your suggestion