Chapter One
Billie:

I walked out of the main door of my Manhattan apartment and started my everyday run. It was 5:30 in the morning, which is the normal time I start my fun. I run through Central Park, which believe it or not, isn’t that far from my small apartment. I looked up at the sky and noticed that there weren’t any stars (which you can see a little in New York, but barely). I ran for 30 minutes non-stop. It normally started getting lighter by this time and today it wasn’t. I looked up again and it was cloudy and a clap of thunder and lighting ran through the sky. With my luck it would start raining any minute now. So, I turned around and started running back towards 5th Avenue and Broadway. Before I got to my apartment building, you guessed it, it started pouring and I was soaked once I reached the main door. I opened the glass door and ran to the elevator.

The elevator brought me to the 8th floor that my apartment was on. I unlocked the four locks on the door and walked in. I got into the shower, then dressed into my cargo pants and plain white baby-tee. It was Saturday, and I didn’t have much to do, but rehearse for a little performance my friends Ali, Danica and I would put on tonight at Central Park, that is if it stops raining later o. I sat on my leather blue couch and started watching the weather channel. I thought it was supposed to be sunny and warm today, but I was obviously wrong.

Ring…Ring…

“Hello?” I asked into the phone.

“Hey Billie. Do you know that it’s raining?” Ali asked me.

“Yep, I do. I got soaked when I was on my run. Why?”

“Oh, sorry to hear about that. Anyway, I talked to Dana about where we can rehearse today and she wasn’t sure. Do you have any ideas where we can go?”

“Hmm…There’s a rundown apartment building on Central that’s been abandoned. We can practice there.”

“That sounds good, but are we allowed in there?”

“Yeah, I go there sometimes to practice dancing with Faye.”

“Ok, I’ll call Dana and tell her about it, then I’ll call you back to set a time to meet there.”

“Alright, and I’ll call Faye and tell her also.”

“Ok, talk you ya later. Bye.”

“Bye.” I hung up the phone. I dialed Faye’s number. It rang about 5 times before I got an answer.

“Hello?” Faye asked, she sounded tired.

“Hi Faye, it’s me.”

“Billie, what the hell are you calling me at 7:00 in the morning on a Saturday for crying out loud?!” “Well, we have rehearsal for the show tonight, and it’s raining. So we are going to practice at the old abandoned apartment building on Central.”

“Ok, what time?”

“That I don’t know yet. Ali has to call me back.”

“Why are you up so early?”

“You know me. I always wake up at 5:30 for my run.”

“Oh yeah, I almost forgot. How you do that is unbelievable. I can’t ever wake up that early.”

“Well, if we get signed, you’re going to have to.”

“Yeah, yeah I know. But right now I love sleeping in.”

“Oh hold on. Someone’s on the other line.”

“Ok, I will.” I clicked over to the other line.

“Hello?”

“Hi Billie. Ok, I called Danica and she said it’s fine. We’ll meet there at 9:30.”

“All right, I’ll be there. Fayes on the other line, and I’ll tell her.”

“Ok, I’ll see you in 2 ½ hours. Bye.”

“Bye.” I clicked back over to tell Faye what was going on.

“Faye, that was Ali. Danica said it’s fine and we’re meeting at 9:30.”

“Ok, I’ll be there. I’m going to start getting ready. Bye.”

“Bye.” We hung up. My stomach growled just as I put the phone down. I stood up and walked into the kitchen for some breakfast.

“Let’s see what I have?” I said to myself. I found some cereal and milk. I poured the cereal and milk into a bowl and began eating. I went back into the living room after I finished and put MTV on to see any new videos, but instead, Daria was on. I decided to watch it even though I’m not that big of a fan of the show, it was just something to watch. I got bored within five minutes of watching it, so I turned it off. I turned on the radio and listened to my favorite radio station in New York. ‘Say My Name’ by Destiny’s Child was on. I say at my computer and went online to check my email.

“That was ‘Say My Name’ by Destiny’s Chile. Ladies and gentlemen out there, who want a chance in the music business, should be in Orlando, Florida this week. Jive Records is putting auditions on for a new music group. These auditions are going on all week, they end next Saturday. So, if you want a chance, get your butts down there soon, coz the sign up ends tomorrow afternoon. And good luck to those who are in Orlando now.” The radio DJ announced.

When I heard that I almost fell over in my chair. This was Club 3’s chance for making it! I sat up straight in my chair and surfed the web for plane tickets. We were going there no matter what. I bought five plane tickets, now all I have to do it tell Ali, Danica, Faye, and Claire. I had an hour ‘til we met at the old apt. building. Man, I can’t wait!

I got changed into my Adidas pull aways, and kept my baby-tee on. I put my Adidas on and my hair in a ponytail. I finished and still had 30 minutes. Damn, why can’t time go by fast when you really want it to? But I decided to go anyway, just to get there. I hailed for a taxi to take me there. We got there and I paid my fare, got out and went inside. I couldn’t sit still. So, I did a few dances I needed work on. 30 minutes passed and they still hadn’t showed up, but it was only 9:30, so I’ll give them sometime. Around 9:35 Faye came in.

“Hey Faye. Wassup?”

“It’s too early man, that’s wassup!”

“Well, you’re gonna have to get used to waking up sooner than you think.”

“What? Are you getting signed or something?”

“I dunno yet, I’ll tell you everything once Danica and Ali get here.”

“Gee Bill; make me wait to hear whatcha got to say. Thanks.”

“Oh, you’re welcome!”

“Do Dana and Ali know where to go once they get here?”

“No, I don’t think so, they don’t know what floor we practice on.”

“Well, then let’s go outside and see if they’re out there.”

“Alright.” We went down stairs and outside to see if Ali and Danica were wondering around. And they were.

“Hey Ali, Dan. We’re here.” I said to them.

“Oh, ok. Where are we going?” Ali asked.

“The 3rd floor, it has a great atmosphere and lots of room.”

“Ok, let’s go up.” Danica said. We went up the stairs to the 3rd floor, which was huge. All the walls had been torn out. It was a great place to practice.

“Why didn’t you tell us about this place?” Ali asked.

“Because Billie and I only found it last week.” Faye answered.

“Oh, ok.” Danica responded.

“Oh, guys guess what I heard on the radio today?!”

“What?!” Faye replied.

“Jive Records I putting on auditions for a new group they want this week. That’s our perfect opportunity.”

“Wow, that’s so cool. Where are they gonna be?” Ali asked.

“Well, that’s a little problem. They’re all the way in Orlando.”

“What?! Why do they have to be down there? I just moved from there.” Danica pouted.

“Yeah, like 9 years ago, and that was from Ft. Myers which is on the other side of Florida.” Faye pointed out to her.

“Yeah, I know that. It’s still FL though!” Danica exclaimed.

“Come on, it’s out/your opportunity you’ve been looking for. You’re not going to miss it, now are you?” Faye encouraged.

“Fine, I’ll go. When is it anyway?” Danica asked.

“Next week. It’s all week long. I bought plane tickets and we’re leaving tonight after our show tonight.” I answered.

“So soon? I don’t have enough time to pack.” Ali complained.

“Oh, Ali, you’ll have all afternoon. I still gotta tell Claire about it.”

“Oh, ok. Well, I better have time to pack, and tell my boss I’m not going to be there tomorrow or the rest of the week.” Faye said.

“Yep, you will. We all gotta do that.”

“Ok, anyway, let’s start rehearsing for tonight.” Ali told us. She’s our little leader, kinda (well Claire is also, but in the group it’s Ali), and oldest in the group.

“Let’s do ‘Hearbeat’ first.” Danica said.

“Ok, Faye can you start the music?” I asked her, and she did. The music for ‘Heartbeat’ by STEPS started.

‘Here I am just longing for you once again
IF your arms would only let me in
You’ll see the mess I’m in.
I have dreamed your heart will come and
Rescue me.
Oh baby set me free
Only your love can win -Ali began

You are only a heartbeat away
Baby and my love one-day will find it will
Remind you
When it comes your way oh when it comes your way
-we all sang together

Here I am my heart in the palm of your hand
Your every wish is my command
Darling understand -Danica sang

If I live a lie
Then all my dreams are doomed to die.
Oh baby just let me try
To have my heart’s desire- I sang

You are only a heart beat away
Baby and my love one-day will find you it will Rescue you
When it comes your way, oh when it comes your way
Ooh but my feelings are in vain
Just like feelings they won’t go away
My love remains
In my heart we’ll always stay-Ali sang

You are only a hear beat away baby
And my love one-day will find you, it will
Remind you
When it comes your way, oh when it comes your way

You are always in my heart to stay baby
Love comes once in a lifetime
I think its high time
Our hearts beat as one
Our hearts beat as one. -Danica sang

“That was good, better than before. Let’s try ‘Born To Make You Happy’” Ali suggested. Right now we’re doing cover song by Steps, Britney, Christina, and Jessica. We write our own songs, just only do them a cappella, coz we don’t have music for them right now.

Danica started out first, then Ali and the chorus we all sang together. I started out on the second verse. Then Dana finished the verse. We did out dance steps. Faye helped us out, she’s somewhat a choreographer, but is also our back-up dancer.

Danica:

I sang my part to ‘Born to make you happy’ by Britney Spears, and was shocked how good I did. I guess what Billie told us helped me really belt out the notes better than before. Although I don’t want to go back to Florida, I just moved to New York 2 years ago, but Orlando’s got some great opportunities for us. So, I’m excited about that, and hope Jive likes us. I can’t wait!

“Yo, Dana, the songs over, take a break!” Billie yelled at me.

“Oh, yeah. Sorry I was just thinkin’”

“It’s ok, you’re allowed to think.” Faye told me

“You looked worried. You’re never the worried one. It’s always Billie or Claire who are the worried ones.” Ali said.

“It’s only about FL and going back that’s all. But we’re going to Orlando, and that’ll be great!”

“That’s good to know you’re excited about it, coz so are we!” Billie exclaimed.

“Let’s now work on ‘Blessed’ by Christina Aguilera.” Ali said. The music started and Ali began, then I did, then we all did the chorus, and then Billie and I did the 2nd verse.

“Ok, that was really good!” Faye exclaimed.

“YAY! I can not wait ‘til next week. It’s all so exciting.” Billie screamed. Where did she get that sudden burst of energy?! Wait, never mind I know, I have it too!

“That’s enough rehearsal. Let’s go get packed and someone call Claire to tell her the news.” Ali informed us. She normally isn’t this serious, but when it comes to our music business, she’s as serious as they come. But on the outside she’s crazy and a party maniac, like me!

“I’ll call her as soon as I get back to my apartment.” I offered.

“Thanks Danica. I can’t wait ‘til she finds out. She’ll be shocked.” Faye replied.

“Yeah, like you were when I told you?” Billie teased.

We walked outside, unfortunately it was still raining, but that didn’t bring us down. We hailed a taxi that took each of us to our separate apartments. I was the last one to be dropped off. I got on the elevator that brought me to the 10th floor. I walked to the door of my apt., unlocked the locks and went inside. First thing I had to do no matter what was call Claire. I picked up the phone and dialed her number.

“Hello?” she asked.

“Claire, it’s me Danica.”

“Hey Danica. How are you?”

“The best. I just got done rehearsing with Faye, Billie and Ali. You’ll never guess what Billie told us today!”

“What?! Come on, let me know!”

“Should I…?”

“Come on Dana, tell me please!”

“Alright, alright. Billie heard on the radio that Jive Records is putting on an audition for a new group and we’re all flying to Orlando tonight to be there. You’re going too!”

“Ohmigawd! That’s great! Why are we leaving tonight?”

“Because they start Monday, and we gotta sign up still.”

“Oh, ok. Well, I gotta pack and get your outfits ready.”

“Thanks Claire.”

“For what?”

“Just coz. Welp, gotta pack myself. Bye.”

“Bye.” I hung the phone up and rant to my room to start packing. I turned the light on and then my radio to listen to some music.

‘Oops…I did it again’ by Britney Spears was on. For her, the song was pretty good. I got my suitcase out and began packing. I packed my black flare jeans, blue jeans, cargo pants, baby tees, tank tops, my pull away pants, sweat pants and sweat shirt, my pj’s, a black satin dress, long black skirt w/a slit down the left leg, personal stuff. I was done within an hour. Now I had to call my boss.

“Yes, this is Danica Henson. I need to talk to Mr. McBryan please.”

“One minute please.” I was put on hold, which I hate, but it was worth it.

“Hi Danica, how can I help you?”

“Mr. McBryan I’m just calling to tell you that I won’t be at work for this coming week. I’m going out of town and probably won’t be back ‘til next Sunday.”

“Really, you’re going to be gone all week? That’s a long time, but I guess since it’s important. Ok, you can have off.”

“Thank you so much. Bye.”

“You’re welcome. Bye.”

I hung the phone up and jumped up for joy. I can’t wait ‘til later tonight when we’re on the plane. Our show tonight is at 5:30 and it’ll last ‘til 6:30. Then we’re on the plane. YAY! Man, I wanted to go clubbing. Oh well, I can do that some other time. I wonder who else is on Jive? Well, I know N*SYNC are, because of that stupid lawsuit w/Trans Con and Lou Pearlman, YUCK! Who else? Ok, I don’t know. Ali would, I know that for a fact. I sat at my dining table that was cluttered with papers and just thought for an hour, while I drank my lemonade and listened to the radio. Around 3:15 I went down stairs and outside to go to Central Park where we’re performing tonight. It finally stopped raining, but it was cold and it’s April. But last week we had a weird snowstorm and it’s been cold for a week. I decided to walk to CP, since it wasn’t that far away. We had to set everything up before the show. I got to the place where the show is going to be. Ali and Billie were there already. Faye showed up at the same time I did. Claire showed up 5 minutes after we did.

“Hey Claire, did Danica tell you about tonight?” Faye asked.

“Yep! I’m so excited. What time exactly are we leaving?”

“Around 7:00, right after the show.” Billie answered. “Did everyone get packed?” I asked.

“Yes!” They all said in unison.

“Let’s set things up!” Ali screamed and we all began setting things up. Our friend DC is out DJ. He’s really good; he also does some of the lighting. I don’t know how big the crowd is going to be tonight, sometimes they are really big or really small.

“Guys, I have an idea. I brought my video camera to tape tonight’s show, so that we have a tape to show Jive.” Claire told us.

“That’s a great idea Claire! You go girl!” Ali encouraged.

“Great! Now I just gotta set it up. I’ll do that now.”

“Ok, Billie, Dana you can help me set up our banner and lights. Faye, you can help Claire.” Ali bossed. Faye went over to help Claire set up the camera, while Billie and I helped Ali set the banner, lights and stage up. We had to do sound check, which for us w/bad equipment wasn’t that great, but it worked.

“Dana, do your high note.” DC told me, and I did, which made the speakers squeak, hurting everyone’s ears.

“Alright, they need some adjusting. I’ll go do that.” DC said.

“You go do that DC< thanks for telling us.” Ali joked.

“Ok, the camera is set up, everything is ready.” Claire said.

“Cool, even our outfits for tonight?” Billie asked.

“Yes, even your outfits.” Claire laughed.

“Good. Let’s go get changed.” Ali said.

We all went behind the little ‘stage’ area and got changed into out stage outfits. I had on black dance pants, with a white tank top that was tight and see-through on the stomach. Ali had black dance pants on, and a blue tight tank top that had see-through stars all over it. Billie had black dance pants on, and a red baby tee w/moon shape on the stomach that was see-through also. It was 5:30 before we knew it and there was a pretty big crowd, (ok about 100 people, but hey it’s still early!). Ali walked out on stage 1st, then I did, then Billie and Faye. We started with ‘Heart beat’, then a song called ‘Never knew loving you would hurt’ that Ali and Billie wrote together. We did it a cappella. We ended the song.

“Hey, New York’s Central Park! I just want to thank you all for coming and I hope you’re enjoying the show so far. My name is Ali Baker!” Ali introduced, the crowd cheered and clapped.

“Hello, I’m glad you’re having fun and you’re all going to have much more fun later. I’m Billie Perry. Peace!” Billie screamed into the mic.

“Hey y’all! Wassup?! I’m great and havin’ the time of my life, as I hope you all are. You want some more fun? Well we’re ready! I’m Danica Henson.” I yelled into my mic.

“And we’re Club 3!” We screamed into the mics. The crowd cheered and clapped. Then we began the 3r song, which was ‘Born to make you happy’. The song ended, and then we did a song by Steps again, called ‘Say You’ll Be Mine”

“Wait, girls before we do this next song, are we forgetting someone?” I asked Billie and Ali, and they gave me strange looks.

“Hmm…No, I don’t think so.” Billie lied.

“Oh, wait out one and only dancer! How could we have forgotten her? Faye, can you come out her?” Ali asked, and Faye walked on stage.

“Here’s a mic, go introduce yourself!” I encouraged.

“Hi New York, wassup?! I’m having a great time, aren’t these girls great?! Let’s hear it for ‘em! I’m Faye Richards, bye” Faye said, then got into her position on stage for the next song. We did 3 more songs and end the show at about 6:30.

“Ok, everyone go home, get your stuff, and we’ll meet outside of Ali’s apartment building to go to the airport.” Billie said. We all agreed, and after we got everything from the park we went our separate ways. I went back to my apartment, got changed into my sweat pants and sweatshirt. I grabbed my 2 suit cases and carry on bag. I put my cell phone in my purse. Checked everything, turned off everything, and went out. I locked the 5 locks on my door and walked towards the elevator. It brought me to the lobby; I walked outside and hailed for a taxi. I got in and had it take me to Ali’s apartment building. Ali and Claire were already waiting outside.

“Hi guys, are you getting more excited?” I asked them, setting my bags on the ground.

“Yep, more and more as every minute goes by!” Claire exclaimed.

“Same. Now where’s Billie and Faye? We leave in 20 minutes.” Ali said, worried.

“Ali, don’t worry, they’ll be here on time. Look, there’s Billie.” I said, trying to calm her down, while pointing down the road where Billie was walking towards us.

“Now we just need Faye.” Claire pointed out.

“Hi, wassup?” Billie asked us, putting her bags down also.

“Nothing, just waiting for Faye to get here now.” Ali answered.

“Oh, ok. Oh we’re staying at the Raddison Hotel.” Billie informed us.

“What?! Do you know how expensive that hotel is?” I yelled.

“Yeah, but that’s where the auditions for Jive are being held at, so we need to be as close as we can, and we can afford it, don’t worry.”

“Ok, fine. Finally Fayes’ here, now let’s get a taxi and get our butts to the airport.” Claire said. I hailed for a taxi, and we put our luggage into the truck and headed to the airport. We were a little late, and had to run to where the plane was. We gave our luggage to the lady to be put on the plane, and ran to the gate. They were about to close it, but we all yelled at the person no to close it, and gave him our tickets and ran inside. We found out seats, sat down to catch our breath. I stood up to put my carry-on bag on the shelf above me. The seat belt sign came on, so I sat back down and put my seat belt on. Billie, Faye, Ali, and Claire did the same. Ali and I had the left side, Ali had the window. Billie, Faye, and Claire had the aisle. 3 hours later we landed in Orlando. It was 10:15pm when we landed and got off the plane.

“Finally we’re here! What are we going to do tonight?” I asked them.

“First go to the hotel to check in, and then we can go clubbing if you want.” Billie replied.

“Of course we want to go clubbing! Who do you think we are?!” Faye screamed.

“Alright, we’ll go clubbing. We have to sign up for the auditions at 10 tomorrow morning.” Billie said. “Don’t worry, we’ll be there. Let’s get a cab and go to the hotel.” Ali responded.

We went outside, and got a cab. We all squeezed in, and had the driver take us to the Raddison. We got there, and that place is huge! I was shocked, and didn’t even know we could afford this, but it’s cheaper than anything in New York, so I’m happy. We walked inside and we to the main desk.

“May I help you?” the lady asked.

“Yes, reservations for Perry, Richards, Roberts, Baker, and Henson.” Billie told her.

“Oh, yes, Here are your keys. I hope you enjoy your stay. Have a great night.”

“Thank you, and we will!” Ali replied.

Faye:

We went up to the 5th floor that our rooms were on and I went into my room. I got changed into my black skirt that has shorts under it, and a dark green tank top. I put my hair up in a clip and put my make up on. I was ready around 10:40pm and went down to the lobby to wait for Danica, Ali, Billie and Claire. This hotel is really nice and it’s huge. I can’t believe we’re here and auditioning for Jive Records Monday. Well, that is if we wake up early enough tomorrow morning to sign up. Knowing Billie, she’ll be the first to wake up. I walked around the hotel just to find out where things were, and I found the room that the auditions were being held at. I just gotta tell Billie, Claire, Ali, and Danica where the room is. Speaking of which, where are they? I walked to the lobby and saw Danica and Claire sitting down. I walked to them.

“Hi, where are Billie and Ali?” I asked them.

“I don’t know. I guess still getting ready.” Danica answered.

“Well, they better get here soon. If they want to go clubbing sometime tonight.” Claire replied laughing.

“Where were you coming from?” Danica asked me.

“I was just walking around the hotel to find out where things are, and I found the room where the auditions are being held at.”

“Really? Where is the room?” Claire said.

“Down that hall over there. It has a sign that says ‘DO NOT ENTER! Set ups for auditions going on.’” I responded.

“That’s so cool. Now I really can’t wait ‘til Monday!” Danica exclaimed.

“Neither can we. Look there’s Billie and Ali. Finally now we can go have some fun!” Claire said.

“Hello, how long have you been waiting out here?” Ali asked.

“About 15 minutes, but Faye has been out here longer.” Danica answered.

“Oh, sorry. We couldn’t decide what to wear and what color make-up to wear. That’s what took us so long. But we’re ready now.” Billie said.

“Yep, there’s a cab waiting for us outside.” I told them. We walked outside and climbed into the cab. Billie, Ali, and I were in the back, and Ali, Danica, and Claire were squished up front with the driver. He took us to the club area of Orlando. We got out and paid out fare. We walked down the street and went into one club. Once we got in, all 5 of us ran to the dance floor and started dancing to the music. After about dancing to four songs, Billie, Claire, and I decided to take a break. We found a table and sat down.

“This is so much fun. I love clubbing!” I exclaimed.

“Yep, it is. Florida has some fine guys.” Billie replied.

“Yeah, but look, they all have girls to dance with.” Claire pointed out.

“Well, there have got to be at least 5 guys that don’t have girlfriends. Why would they come here then?” I tried to encourage.

“True, but where are they?” Billie asked, looking around the club.

“I don’t know, but we’re not here to look for guys, we’re here to have some fun!” Claire exclaimed.

“That’s right. Let’s go back out there. I love this song!” I told them.

We got up and went back to the dance floor. We found Danica and Ali dancing like crazy. We danced around to about 7 songs with several guys. We stayed at that club for hours. Around 3:15am we decided to go back to the hotel. Ali and Claire had a little too much to drink, and you could say they were drunk. We had a cab take us back to the hotel, and Billie, Danica, and I had to help Ali and Claire out and to their rooms. Which I can say was so much fun! Ali found everything funny and so did Claire. They were laughing at everything. Around 3:50am we finally got them to pass out and the three of us went to our separate rooms. I got changed into my pj’s, brushed my teeth, and hair, then went to bed at 4:05am.

At 9:15 there was a knock at my door. “Coming!” I yelled tired still. I opened the door and Billie was standing on the other side.

“Get dressed, we gotta go down stairs to sign up.”

“Why do I have to go? I’m just a dancer.” I asked.

“Because, I just want you to. I’m going to go get Dana, Ali and Claire. I’ll be back.”

“Ok, good luck with Ali and Claire. I’ll go get dressed.” Billie walked away and I closed the door. I took a rather quick shower, then got dressed. Billie knocked on my door again. I opened it and walked outside. Surprisingly Ali and Claire were up and dressed, everyone was dressed and ready to go sign up.

“Hey, how are you feeling?” I asked Ali and Claire.

“Could be better. I have a killer headache and I’m very tired, but I gotta be there to sign up.” Ali answered.

“I have the worse hangover. I don’t want to drink that much ever again, other than that I’m ok.” Claire replied.

“Hi Dana, how’d you sleep?” Billie asked her.

“Good, although I’m excited about everything.”

“That’s good to know.” I said. We walked to the elevator and had it take us to the lobby. We walked down the hallway where the room was and there was a small line of people standing out there. We stood inline for about half an hour. There were girls in front of us who were panicking about the auditions and I just had to laugh a little. We finally made it to the front and where we could sign up.

“Next please.” A lady about early-mid 30’s said. Billie, Danica, and Ali walked up to her. Claire and I were behind them, but not too close.

“Hi, we’re here to sign up.” Billie said fast.

“Yeah, names please and group names?” She asked.

“I’m Billie Perry.”

“I’m Danica Henson.”

“And I’m Ali Baker.”

“We’re Club 3.” They said in unison.

“Cute name, your audition tomorrow is at 1:30pm, don’t forget and good luck.”

“Thank you very much.” Ali responded. We went back out of the room, and up to our rooms. Ali’s room was the biggest than the rest of ours and we decided to go in there to talk.

“Our chance is getting close and closer!” Billie exclaimed.

“Man, I really can’t wait ‘til tomorrow!” Danica screamed.

“Hold that though!” Ali said, running to the bathroom.

“Ali you ok?” I asked, running in after her.

“I’ll be fine once everything gets out.”

“Ok, you know you shouldn’t drink that much.” She threw up for about 5 minutes, and came back out.

“Well, I feel better than I did, although I’ll feel even more better when this headache goes away.”

“I know how you feel, I want my headache to go away too.” Claire said.

“So, girls what are you going to do once you’re signed?” I asked.

“Call my brother and sister-in-law and my mom!” Billie replied.

“Call my mom, then scream up and down the halls that we did it!” Danica exclaimed.

“Call my dad and boss to tell him I quit that damn job!” Ali responded.

“You go girl!” Claire replied.

“What do you want to do today?” Billie asked all of us.

“Go to the beach, living in New York made my tan go away.” I answered.

“Um, Faye, we’re in Orlando, in Central Florida. There aren’t any beached here. You’ll have to drive to Daytona Beach to that.” Danica pointed out to me.

“Oh, ok. Then I won’t go to the beach, but how do I work on my tan?”

“Go to the pool, or we could go to Wet ‘n Wild, I really want to go there and have some fun!” Billie said.

“Alright, we’ll go to Wet ‘n Wild. Let’s go get our swim suits on.” Claire replied, standing up. She still had a headache, so she was holding her head as we walked out of Ali’s room to get dressed.

I went through my suitcase to find my bathing suit and board shorts. I found them, and went into the bathroom to get changed. I went down to the lobby. Billie, Claire, and Danica were already down there.

“Hey Faye. Did you see Ali up there?” Danica asked me.

“Nope, I didn’t. She’ll be here.” I replied.

“Speak of the devil.” Billie said. Ali walked towards us.

“Hey, did I keep you guys waiting?” she asked.

“Nope, not very. Let’s go have some fun.” Claire exclaimed.

We went outside and climber into a cab. I think that we truly need to rent a car, coz we always get squished in these little cabs. The cab driver took us to Wet ‘n Wild. We paid for out tickets to go inside.

“Ok. Where do you want to go first?” Ali asked us.

“How ‘bout that ride over there?” Billie said, pointing to one ride, with 3 huge slides.

“Ok, it looks like a lot of fun. Let’s go!” I screamed. We ran to the entrance of the ride, we had to wait a few minutes to get on the ride. We rode about 5 rides at least 10 times each, and we were soaking wet, but didn’t care.

“Now which ride?” Danica asked.

“How ‘bout that one?!” Claire said, we ran to it, go on and it was so much fun. It was a roller coaster that had a lot of drops that got us even more soaked. It ended and we got on it again and again. Around 7:00 we decided to go back to the hotel, plus that’s when the park closed. We got back and were still very much wet.

“I’m going to go take a shower and get out of these wet clothes.” Ali informed us.

“Thanks Ali for letting us know that. I think we’ll all do that.” Billie laughed.

We went into our separate rooms and took showers. At 8 I finished and went to Ali’s room.

“What do you want to do tonight?” I asked her.

“I’d say clubbing, but I don’t want to ruin tomorrow at all. We could watch movies or whatever.”

“That’d be fine." Billie, Danica, and Claire came in 15 minutes after I did.

“What is this? Party in Ali’s room or something?” Ali asked.

“You’re room is the biggest and it’s in the middle that’s why we came here.” Claire defended.

“Fine, anyway. Faye and I decided to stay in for the night and watch movies. Wanna join?”

“Sure, we’d love to. What movies?” Billie asked.

“Rage: Carrie 2, Forces of Nature, Deep Blue Sea, Ever After, and Scream 2. Which do you want to watch first?” I asked.

“Deep Blue Sea. I haven’t seen it yet.” Danica replied.

“Neither have I” Claire said.

“Alright, Deep Blue Sea it is. Pop it in the VCR Ali.” I told her. She put it in the VCR and we began watching it. Around 10:45 it ended, and we decided to watch Forces of Nature. Then at 12:30 we put in Rage: Carrie 2, and at 2:30 it ended.

“It’s late and we have a lot to do today, we can continue this tomorrow. I’m going to bed.” Billie told us and got up, walked out to the hall and into her room. Claire, Danica, and I did the same thing. Ali was already asleep by the end of Carrie 2.

I got into my pj’s and into bed, turning the light off. I fell asleep shortly after that. Around 4:30 my cell phone went off. I turned the light back on, and searched for it, then finally found it.

“Hello?!” I yelled in to the phone.

“Faye, where the hell are you?! I went to your apartment and you weren’t there, and I even called you!”

“Scott, why are you calling me so early, actually why are you calling period? We broke up 4 months ago, get over it!”

“I have to talk to you ‘bout something now. Where the hell are you?!”

“Don’t talk to me like that!”

“Faye, please as a friend.”

“I’m in Orlando. Why?”

“What?! Why are you in FL for?”

“No reason.”

“Well, I called to tell you that I got a job in France and I’m moving there in 2 weeks.”

“That’s good. And you had to tell me this at 4:30 in the morning?”

“It’s the only time I’d know I’d get you.”

“Congrats on the job. I have something to do today and need sleep.”

“Oh, ok. I’ll talk to you later. Bye.”

“Bye, and good luck in France.” I hung my phone up and went back to bed.



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