Over the next few weeks Lexi’s video for slight obsession started getting played on The Box Music Network and on MTV’s Hot Zone as Spankin’ New Music. Finally, by mid-March, Lexi’s video made a TRL debut at #10 and stayed in the #6 area for quite a while.
It was now Thursday, March 21st, and Lexi was taking her trash barrels down to the curb before she headed out to rehearsal. She saw a little, white car coming down the street and didn’t think anything of it until she saw it curve out of control heading right towards her. The car stopped just in time, and a peppy blonde hopped out of the car.
“Oh-mi-gawd!!! Are you ok?!” the blonde asked hysterically.
“Yeah, I’m fine.” Lexi answered shaken.
“Like I can’t believe that I did that! I’m seriously soooo sorry. I mean, I was talking to my boyfriend on the phone and just like wasn’t paying attention!” She paused. “You look really familiar. Do I know you?”
She was talking so rapidly that that Lexi could barely understand what she was saying. “Really? Do you live around here? Maybe I’ve seen you at the supermarket.”
“No, that’s not it…” She was thinking extremely hard. “Omigawd!!! I know who you are! I’ve seen your video on MTV like a million times. Lexi Morrow, right?”
Lexi wasn’t sure how she was supposed to respond to this. “Um, yeah…that’s me.”
“Omigawd! My boyfriend will never believe this! Can I have your autograph? Oh! My name is Shelli by the way."
“Hi, Shelli, it’s nice to meet you,” she said shaking her hand.
Shelli ran to her white Miata and grabbed a pen and pad from her bag and ran back. “Here!”
“Ok,” Lexi laughed. “Dear Shelli,” she wrote while she read aloud. “It was a pleasure meeting you. Next time try not to hit me with your car! XOXO, Lexi Morrow.” This was the first time she had ever signed an autograph, so she was internally ecstatic. She handed Shelli the autograph.
“Thanks!”
She just stood there smiling ear to ear. “So…” Lexi began, “Do you go to school around here?”
“Yeah! I’m taking a few classes at Valencia Community College. You know where that is?”
“Yeah it’s right by UCF. That’s great! Well, I have to go to rehearsal. I’ll see ya around.”
“Ok. Bye, Lexi!”
“Bye…”
Shelli got back in her car and drove to her boyfriend’s place. She walked in the apartment peppy as usual.
“Guess what, Pookie? I just met…”
“What the hell happened to you? One minute I’m talking to you on the phone, the next minute nothing,” he said angrily.
“Uh, I dropped the phone because I almost hit a famous singer with my car!”
“Famous singer? Who? Christina Aguilera? That bitch deserves it anyway.”
“No, Lexi Morrow!”
“Who?”
“Lexi Morrow! Haven’t you seen her video on MTV? She like sooo awesome!”
He thought for a second. “Where did you almost hit her?”
“Like right outside her condo. I was visiting my parents, and I just wasn’t paying attention. I can’t believe I almost killed Lexi Morrow! Omigawd…Do you think she hates me because I almost hit her? Sweetie? Hello, Matt! Matt Evens!”
Matt snapped out of his daze. “No, she doesn’t hate you.”
“How would you know? You don’t even know who she is.”
“I just know.”
“Whatever. Maybe I should like buy her a present or something to make it up to her.”
“That’s a good idea, Shelli.” He kissed her passionately imagining that it was Lexi.
Chapter Thirteen
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