When they had all piled back onto the bus, everyone was silent, because no one was happy with anyone.
Louie had just gotten off his cell phone and had to make an announcement…
Louie-Um guys…Big change…The conference meeting set for tomorrow was moved up.
Greg-How far up?
Louie-Um, it’s in about 10 minutes.
Frankie-That’s not good for me.
Louie-And why not?
Greg-We’re having group technical difficulties.
Louie-Aw come on…You all seem fine. And you girls can sit in the audience…and you can even ask questions if you would like.
They arrive at the conference room, for their very first press conference.
Moderator-(The person that calls on the people who ask questions and keeps everything organized) Hello…We would all like to welcome the Dream Street boys with us today…Matt, Greg, Frankie, Chris and uh…um…the little blonde one.
Jesse-The name’s Jesse.
Moderator-Why don’t we just let everybody introduce themselves? Starting with the one on the end.
Frankie stands up-Um hello. My name’s Frank Galasso…Thanks for coming…and yeah.
Greg stands up-Wass upppp? This is the one and *only* Greg Raposo. I just want to thank all of you…from the bottom of my heart for coming out tonight…and
Moderator-Ehm, next please.
Matt stands up-I’m Matt…Matt sits back down.
Moderator-Okay…thanks for introducing yourself Matt…Next?
Chris stands up- Hey I’m Chris. (All the fans in the audience start screaming) Chris sits back down.
Moderator-And next…
Jesse-A duh…I already introduced myself.
Moderator-OKAY then…moving on…First question…um you in the pink shirt in the 4th row…
Fan #1-I just want to know…do you guys have girlfriends?
Moderator-We’ll start with Frankie and work our way down.
Frankie-Um yes, I’m happy to say I do have a girlfriend.
All of the girls in the audience sigh…
Greg-I’m dating…yes I am.
Matt-I’m single and ready to mingle.
In the audience…
Kelli stands up-WHAT?
Moderator-Um excuse me miss…Can you please sit down?
Chris-I have a girlfriend…sorry ladies.
Kristen stands up-Yup that’s right…She says pointing and glaring at the rest of the audience.
Moderator-Miss, standing next to the other miss, both of you please sit down.
Jesse-I’m extremely single.
Kayla stands up-WHAT?
Moderator-If the 3 of you do not sit down immediately, you will be asked to leave.
The 3 girls sit down.
Moderator-Next question…you over there in the yellow shirt.
Fan #2-I just like, wanted to like know, like who gets along like the best in the like group?
Matt-Well I like, just like don’t know.
Frankie-Ehm, what he means to say is, we all get along great. If I had to pick one guy, I would probably say Chris.
Greg-Dude, I thought I was your best friend?
Frankie-Well…you and Chris.
Greg-Well I was going to say Frankie…but I’m going to say Chris.
Jesse-I personally hate them all at the moment…but Chris is probably the absolute worst.
Frankie-Oh Jesse what a kidder he is…What he means to say is he loves us all and we all get along like one great big happy family.
Moderator-Ah ha. Next question…you in the front.
Fan #3-Are you all virgins?
Mrs. Raposo from the side of the stage-NEXT QUESTION.
Greg-Mom, chill…
Fan #4-Have you guys ever stole each others girlfriends before?
Greg-Let’s not answer that question.
Jesse-Actually lets…the fans deserve to know the truth.
Chris-Well Matt likes to steal girlfriends sometimes…ehm spin the bottle…
Matt-It was one kiss, chill out.
The audience oohs…
Jesse-I don’t know about Matt, but Matt’s brother David has got some problems…
David walks out on stage-I don’t have any problems…YOU’RE my problem…
Frankie-Next question.
Fan #5-Favorite celebrity superstar?
Frankie-Jessica Simpson.
Greg-Britney Spears! I LOVE THAT GIRL!
Matt-Well there’s, Britney…Shakira…Willa…Melissa from Dream…Mandy Moore…Jessica Simpson is lookin pretty hot lately…
Chris-I’d have to say Britney…She’s pretty hot.
Jesse-Britney. Next question.
Fan #6-What’s your most favorite place that you’ve visited with the group?
Frankie-We love going everywhere.
Jesse-No we don’t…Some places are boring as hell…And there are no hot girls!
Greg-What he means is, we have fun everywhere.
Fan #7-So Jesse, how’d you get your crutches?
Jesse-Well you see…Greg here pushed me down the stairs.
The audience gasps.
Greg-It was an accident! I swear! I made it up to him…I didn’t mean to do anything.
Fan #8-(Kerri) Hello guys…We meet once again.
All of the guys groan…
Kerri-Ehm, well my question is what do you think of dedicated fans like me?
Matt-Can you say freak?
Jesse-I HATE them…I mean get a life.
Frankie-WHAT they mean is, we appreciate every one of them and all of their support…He says putting on a fake smile. He rolls his eyes at Greg.
Fan #9-So tell us about an embarrassing moment you’ve had.
Frankie-Well just recently, me and my girlfriend went ice skating and a little girl pushed me into the wall and I totally blacked out.
Fan #9-Aww…How about you guys?
Greg-I’ve never had an embarrassing moment…But let me tell you one of Chris’s…Heck, let me tell you a few of Chris’s…Well this summer, we were getting off a roller coaster and Chris puked on himself.
Chris-I did NOT puke on myself…I puked on Jesse.
Greg-Oh yeah that’s right…Oh yeah and just the other night, Chris was in the middle of taking a shower, and his girlfriend walked in on him and saw wayyyyy too much. Now she’s scarred for life.
Chris-OMG Dude…Shut up.
Greg-And there was the time that…
Moderator-I think we’ve heard enough…Next question.
Fan #10-Favorite scary movie?
Frankie-What Lies Beneath…that’s a classic.
Jesse-Does Scary Movie count?
Chris-I love them all.
Matt-I love The Exorcist.
Chris-PUHLEEZE Matt! You were hugging me the whole time and practically peeing in your pants.
Matt-Was not.
Chris-Was too.
Matt-Was not.
Chris-Was too.
Moderator-Next question…
Fan #11-What’s your least favorite song that you sing?
Jesse-I hate “Someone to Hold Me Tonight.”
Chris-Dude! Why? That’s my song yo!
Jesse-That’s why.
Chris-That’s wrong…I would never say I hate “Gotta Get the Girl” even though I do.
Fan #12-(Mandy) Sooo, tell us about your ex girlfriends?
Frankie-Uh well…I’ve had a few, but I rather not discuss that issue.
Greg-Well there was Amy, Briana, Jessica, Elise, Amanda, Melissa, Ashley, Stephanie, Julie, Erin, Sarah, Janelle, Christina, Bonnie, Jill, Maria, Dorothy, Taylor, Mackenzie, Rosa, Brittni, Tiffany, Rochelle, Jennifer, Nicole, Caroline, Aly, Megan, Krissy, Melody, Liz, Chloe, Meg, Vanessa, Candice, Vicky, and that was this year…Last year there was…
Moderator-That’s enough…What about the other boys?
Greg-What can I say…I’m picky.
Matt-Well…I don’t remember.
Chris-Psh, Matt, you’ve never HAD any ex girlfriends…My friend Matt here, isn’t too experienced in the dating department.
Matt-No, there was Princess…and um…there was Princess.
Chris-I don’t remember any Princess…Your only girlfriend has been Kelli.
Audience-Ooh who’s Kelli?
Kelli stands up-Me, Kelli…I’m Kelli…K-E-L-L-I…Kelli.
Matt-Sweetheart, sit down.
Kelli-I’m Kelli…No one else here’s Kelli.
Fan-I’m Kelly too.
Kelli-Nah uh…Bitch he’s mine…back up. I’m Kelli…K-E-L-L-I…now if you don’t back up, you’re going to die.
Matt-As you can see, some of the fans get a little too into me. There’s plenty to share.
Kelli-Fan? I’m no fan. Oh and Jesse is a much better kisser than Matt. YOU HEARD ME GIRLS…JESSE KISSES BETTER THAN MATT.
Kayla stands up-WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Kristen stands up-Um both of you sit down. And Matt, shut up.
Matt-Oh you know you want me Kristen.
Chris stands up and pushes Matt-Don’t be messin with my girl.
Matt-I might have been messin with her, but she was messin with me right back.
Chris-That’s it your dead…He says jumping on top of Matt, knocking over the chair.
Greg-Um, as we said before…We love each other dearly…He says looking at Chris and Matt on the floor punching each other. Can we have an intermission?
Mandy-Ehm, my question was never answered…Ex girlfriends?
Jesse-Well my last 2 girlfriends were the biggest bitches.
Mandy and Kayla-Excuseee me?
Jesse-What hags they were…one’s a complete stupid ditz…and one chose David over me…which would also make her stupid.
Louie walks out-Intermission time…The guys will be right back.
When the guys come back out, they fixed the table and chairs and re-arranged the seating order…
Fan #13-What’s your favorite colors?
Jesse-Orange.
Frankie-Green.
Chris-Blue.
Greg-Orange.
Matt-Blue.
Moderator-Thank you sooo much for that question…Any other easy questions?
Fan #14-I vas vondering if ze next cdee, vud be out vhen?
Matt-Can you please rephrase the question?
Frankie-Um the answer’s yes…Next?
Fan #15-When’s the last time you cried?
Jesse-Yesterday…
The audience awwsss…
Frankie-Well let’s just say I’m an emotional boy.
Chris-Well my goldfish just died, so it’s been a hard week.
Greg-When I had to leave my family for the tour…
Mrs. Raposo runs out behind the stage and gives Greg a big hug.
Greg-Mom, not now…He says being strangled by her.
Matt-I don’t cry…I’m a man…YEA !
Frankie-Be quiet Matt…You were practically in tears the other day when you had to strip down during strip poker.
Everyone in the audience is shocked by what Frankie just said.
Frankie-Oops, did I say strip poker? I meant…next question?
Fan #16-Have you guys ever gotten in trouble with the law before?
Jesse-Well…Frankie broke a vending machine…knocked over a gumball machine…Chris broke a window…We stole 2 desk bells from a hotel…Frankie stole a megaphone from a lifeguard…Matt beat up a fortune telling machine…
Frankie-Hahahahaha…Jesse’s just kidding…We’re good boys…We love the law and the law loves us…He says with another fake smile.
Fan #17-Okay, so like, you guys are at the mall, and you go down the escalator, no make it the elevator, the kind you see through, and you see 5 fans…no 4…and they notice you…and they start walking towards you…and you turn the corner and oh no it’s a dead end! So you see a window, with a fire escape, and there’s only room for 4 of you to go through…so one of you goes back to be a decoy…but then they start chasing you…and the fire escape falls through…and you fall into a dumpster…and the girls are already down there because they took the clear elevator down to see you guys…and then you run to the left, no the right…and there’s a big bus…the spice girls bus…and they invite you on…and take you a few blocks and then drop you off back in front of the mall…where the girls are coming out…so what would you do, if you were put in that situation?
Frankie-Was there a question in that?
Greg-We fell in the trash?
Chris-Why didn’t we just give them an autograph?
Matt-Was Baby Spice there?!?!?
Fan #17-You’re missing the point.
Jesse-Was there a point? That was the most stupidest question I’ve ever heard.
Fan #17-It’s most stupid…not most stupidest.
Jesse-What are you? My English teacher?
Moderator-Let’s move on…thanks for your question…or your comment…whatever that was.
Fan #18-What’s your biggest fear?
Jesse-Small spaces…I’m claustrophobic.
Frankie-Spiders…definitely spiders.
Chris-SHARKS!
Matt-Nothing…I’m a man!
Greg-Oh please Matt…You’re afraid of anything and everything.
Fan #19-If you were on a deserted island, who would you eat first?
Chris-Well not Matt…He would provide no food. With a little fattening up, I would say Jesse.
Matt-Jesse.
Greg-Jesse has no common sense so he wouldn’t help us survive…so Jesse.
Frankie-I guess I’ll just have to agree with the rest of the group.
Jesse knocks over his water and stands up…
Jesse-That’s bull shit…
Moderator-Can you please watch your language? And let’s move onto the next…I mean final question.
Fan #20-Hi…um me and my little sister use to get into fights all the time, but when we use to argue, we would both listen to your cd and think about how great you guys get along. This always makes us apologize and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. How do you guys manage to stay such great friends?
Chris-Well…we’re like brothers…we do fight…but what brothers don’t…He says looking at the other guys.
Moderator-With that, I hereby declare this Dream Street press conference officially over. Have a good night and drive safe.
The guys exit the stage and go back onto the bus with the girls. There is awkward silence on the way back home, as they pull up to the lodge.
Back at the lodge…
Jesse takes his stuff from the room and leaves. He crutches with his suitcase down the hall to Kristen and Chris’s room and knocks on the door.
Chris-Who’s there?
Jesse-Jesse.
Kristen-What’s up Jesse?
Jesse-Can you let me in?
Chris-Can we not?
Jesse-I need to talk.
Chris-Greg, Matt and Frankie’s room is down the hall.
Jesse-No I want to talk to you guys.
Kristen-Aw he wants to talk to us…Let him in. He won’t be long.
They let Jesse in and he sits down.
Chris-So why are you here?
Kristen-What he means is, what’s up?
Jesse-I can’t stay in that room.
Chris-Why not?
Kristen-A duh Chris…Kayla and David?
Chris-Oh…
Jesse-Well, um, do you guys mind if I spend the night here? You do have a big comfy couch over there.
Chris-No.
Kristen-Aw Chris…Of course you can stay Jesse.
Chris-Does he havee tooo?
Kristen-Shh be quiet Chris…Go play with the kitten.
Jesse-Thanks so much. You don’t know how much this means to me…and don’t worry, because you guys won’t even know I’m here.
Chris-Let’s hope so.
A few hours later, Jesse was lying on the couch watching TV, while Chris and Kristen were talking in the kitchen. Jesse just then turns the TV on super loud and starts yelling…
Jesse-DUDE! I love this music video! He starts singing, “I just can’t get you outta my headdd…”
Chris-CAN YOU SHUT UP? Put the TV back down and go to sleep.
Jesse-God this is boring…All you people do is talk…You’re no fun…You’re like my parents.
Chris-Parents yeah…Go and stay with them.
Jesse-Nah it’s okay.
Chris-Anyway, what were we talking about again Kristen?
Kristen-We were talking about…
Jesse-You were talking about Valentine’s Day…Continue please!
Chris-Will you shut up and stop listening to our conversation.
Jesse-Well in order to do that, I have to listen to music and you won’t let me do that.
Kristen-Use your headphones.
10 minutes later, Jesse is listening to his headphones.
Kristen-Thank God he’s quiet…
Chris-And he can’t see us…He says raising his eyebrows…He leans in to kiss Kristen, when Jesse calls from the other room…
Jesse-I’m hungryyyyyy.
Chris-Ugh! Then go to the café and GET SOMETHING TO EAT!
Jesse-No come with me…I’ll be lonely.
Chris-Oh you know what I just thought of?
Jesse-What?
Chris-While you’re here…David and Kayla are alone…together…
Jesse-Oh I didn’t even realize that. That’s not good.
Chris-Right…I suggest you leave! Try to win back your women from the little Ballinger boy.
Jesse-I think I will. Thanks man!
Chris-No thank you…BYE now…
Jesse-Bye…
Chris-Don’t forget your suitcase!
Jesse-Right!
Jesse crutches down the hall and when he gets to his old room, he pushes the door open with his crutch…
Jesse-I am here to take my women back from you, little Ballinger boy.
