"Jasmine! Jas! Wake up dear!" Lorraine shook her until she was awake. She had fallen asleep. Jasmine turned her head towards Lorraine, and saw eight people standing behind her, watching the scene with avid interest. Jasmine's eyes widdened, and she snapped up to a sitting position and took off her headphones.
"I'm sorry. Did you want to sit?" Jasmine slid down to the end of the couch. She looked at the clock above Lorraine's head. Only eleven thirty. Oh my god! Did Isaiah leave yet?
"Lorraine! Did they leave yet?"
"Who?"
"Molly and the Rockers!"
"Yeah. The one didn't want to wake you, so he asked me for your phone number. He said he'd call you later."
"Oh thank you Lorraine! You're the best!"
"Yeah, yeah." She turned away from Jasmine and faced the guests. "You'll hav to excuse her. She's had a rough day. Your appointment will begin in twenty minutes." She went behind her desk. "Make yourselves comfortable."
"Thanks." A tall man answered. A kid with long blond hair came and sat down on the couch, then faced Jasmine.
"Hi. I'm Taylor Hanson."
"Hi. I'm Jasmine Connery."
"Do you have an appointment with Mr. Anderson?"
"No, I just visit Lorraine. I live upstairs. I just spend time down here."
"Any brothers or sisters?"
"An identical twin brother."
"Identical?!"
"Yeah. Jason. He's around Austin, somewhere."
"Jason's close to my first name."
"You mean Taylor isn't your real name?"
"No. Well, it's my middle name. Jordan'd my first name."
"It's a nice name."
"Thanks. My parents picked it."
"Hey. What a coincidence. My parents picked my name too." Another older boy came over to us.
"Introduce me to your-" A little kid tackled the older one from behind.
"Zac!! Get off me! Let go!" The older kid reached behind him, grabed the smaller kid, flipped him over his head and threw him onto the couch. Jasmine staired at them with a look of horror on her face.
"It's okay Jasmine. They do that all the time." Taylor calmly explained to her.
"Hi. I'm Zac." He leaned across Taylor to shake her hand.
"Hi Zac, I'm Jasmine."
"Jasmine...like in Aladdin?"
"Sure."
"Hey Jasmine. I'm Ike."
"Is Zac and Isaac your first names? Or do you all go by middle names?"
"Well, Zac's name is Zachary Walker, and I'm Clarke Isaac."
"So you two go by your middle names." She pointed to Taylor and Ike.
"But you can call me Tay for short."
"And you can call me Jas for short."
"Kay, Jas" Tay said, smiling at her.
"So who's in your band and what's the name of it? And where are your instrument players?"
"It's me, Zac and Ike in the band. We call ourselves Hanson, and we play our own instruments."
"You do?! What do you play?"
"I play guitar."
"And I play the drums!"
"I play the keyboards."
"You guys are very musical."
"And we're hoping we get signed by these guys." Ike added hopefully.
"Well, me too. Then we can visit a lot, if you want."
"Sounds good to us." Zac replied.
"Mr. Anderson is ready to see you now." Lorraine called.
"Good luck guys. Do good." As Lorraine escorted the three boys back to the studio, she led La Chanson out.
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