* HoW wEiRd*
'Today is the day' Lauren Miller thought to herself. She smiled and poured herself and cup of coffee to to take to her bedroom. She set her coffee donwn on her bright blue night table and threw herself in her bed. Ever since she was 8 years old she's wanted her belly button pierced, and the law where she lived, Los Angeles California, said that you had to be 17. Today was her 17th birthday. She jumped off her bed, sipped her coffee, and put in her Len cd, and "Steal My Sunshine" came blaring through her speakers. She finished her coffee, and took a quick shower. When she got out, she opened up her window to see what the weather was like.
"Hmmm... warm enough for a t-shirt, yet cool enough for pants." She said to herself.
She opened up her closet, and pulled out her hot pink, fake leather pants, and a tight black, half shirt that said "Hott Stuff" written in hot pink "diamonds" across the chest. She quickly dressed and looked in the mirror, getting more excited as each minute passed. She blow dried her long blond hair, and brushed her teeth. She then pulled out her make up case, and took out all the necessary make up for a day out with her boyfriend, Matt. Her pink, Hard Candy, stay on lipstick, mascara and her pink eye shadow, that was some nameless brand. When she finished with her make up, she looked at the bright blue clock that was on her pink walls. '12:30' it read.
"Matt and Veronica are going to be here in 30 minutes." She said aloud. She looked out around her room, and thought about how much she was going to miss it next year when she went to college. She had painted the walls pink, and put in her own carpet. Pink of course. She had painted all of her bedroom furniture bright blue. Pink and blue were her favorite colors. People always told her, going in her room reminded them of Candy Land. She was different from alot of people, she had her own funky style, that she and her best friend, Veronica shared. Veronica and Lauren were like two peas in a pod. They were almost the same person. They didn't really look the same, considering the fact that Lauren had natural long blond hair, and Veronica, had short, bleach blond hair. But everything else was the same. She smacked herself for going off into her own world for 20 minutes, she had only 10 minutes to finish now. She walked to her closet again, and pulled out her black Doc Martins, laced them up, and looked herself over in the mirror again. She walked downstairs to her kitchen to say goodbye to her parents, who were eating breakfast.
"Bye mom. Bye dad." She called, trying to avoid having a conversation with them.
"Bye dear." They both called in unison. They had no idea she was going to get her belly button pierced, but she had saved $45.00, just for this occasion. She would just have to make sure they didn't find out right away.
"Oh Lauren..." Her mother called. Lauren cringed. Just then there was the honking of Matt's yellow mustang.
'Saved by the hoking' She thought, and quickly said "Gotta go mom, Matt and Veron are here. We'll talk later. See ya."
Walking out to the car, she noticed Veronica was sitting in the backseat, and had dyed her hair pink.
"Veron! Why didn't you tell me you were going to dye your hair?!" Lauren asked.
"Cause I didn't. My stupid brother poured his kool-aid on top of my head lastnight, and it won't come out!" She cried. Lauren and Matt couldn't stop laughing.
"Hey baby." Lauren said to her boyfriend as she jumped in the convertable mustang. Matt was the guy of every girl in their highschools' dream. No one could picture them together, but opposites attract, right? He was tall, and looked like an Abercrombie and Fitch modle. He was dressed in black, baggy Tommy Hilfiger jeans, and a wife beater. His muscles were big and beautiful. Not too big, and not too small. She noticed his flannel, Nautica T-shirt, was underneath of her. 'He must have been hot.' She thought. She looked at his face. He was so hott. He had spiky black hair, with blue eyes that would make any girl melt into a puddle on the floor. Alot of girls hated Lauren, because she dated this hott boy. He was almost 18, and everyone loved him. He was the most popular guy in school, and was just perfect in every way. He even had the cutest dimples. Lauren giggled to herself, and she thought this.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing. Just excited about my belly button." She said with a smile.
She turned around to look at Veronica. She noticed the shirt she was wearing. They were together when they bought it. They were in Sam Goody and were looking through the Cds. When Veronica screached.
"Oh my GOD! That is THE hottest guy, I have ever seen!" She said pointing to a black T-shirt with the face of some random guy on it. She ran over to buy it, because he was just "To Die for" in Veronica's words. I had thought he was nothing special. Strange looking. Not my type. There was a name under the picture. "AJ McLean" Why would they put some random guy on a T-shirt and sell it at Sam Goody? I thought. He must be from some band.
"Nice shirt." Lauren said to Veronica.
"Oh, I know. He is still my future husband." She said laughing.
"Did you ever find out who he was?" Lauren asked.
"NO, I don't want to. He's probably in one of those boy bands, and that'll ruin it for me. So I'll just leave it at this. He's HOTT as hell." She said.
Lauren laughed, turning around in her seat. She turned the radio on. And Lauren screamed. Her favorite song had just ended. "Steal My Sunshine" - by Len. But she had no worries because, Blink 182 "All the Small Things" came on, and she was happy. The smallest things made her happy.
Finally, after driving for a half hour, they were at Dragon Moon. They place where she would spend the happiest moment of her teenage life.
"Hi, I'm here to get my belly button pierced." She started. "I have an appointment." She finished with a smile.
"Ok, your name please?" The ugly young woman asked her.
"Lauren." She answered.
"Ah yes. Follow me."
"Come with me guys." Lauren saod to Matt and Veronica.
They followed her to a little room, with a bed type thing in the middle. She started getting scared. A nice looking older man walked in and told her to lay down. She did as he asked and waited for him to pull the utensils out.
"Oh my god. I'm gonna throw up." Veronica said running out of the room, to wait outside.
"Hey, my name is Jon." He said smiling at me. He seemed like a nice guy.
"Are you her boyfriend?" Jon asked Matt.
"Yeah." He answered.
"Can you get her attention, and keep it for about 5 minutes?" He asked.
"Sure." He said with a smile, leaning in a kissing her. The kiss lasted a long time. When the parted, she looked at her belly button, and it was pierced. She screamed.
"Oh my God! I didn't even feel it! Oh my god."
Suddenly, there was a scream from the waiting room.
"AJ MCLEAN!!" Veronica screamed.
Lauren quickly paid the man, and ran out to the waiting room, where Veronica was talking to the guy on her T-shirt. But he wasn't on her T-shirt. He was standing right in front of her.
"Oh god. I have NO idea who you are," She started with a laugh. "But I saw this t-shirt in Sam Goody, and thought you were the hottest guy I have ever seen. So I had to have it." She finished.
"Wow. Well, hey. Your very beautiful yourself." He said smiling.
"thanks." She said.
"Hey.." Lauren said, as she walked up, holding hands with Matt.
"Hey, I'm AJ."
"I know. I heard her scream your name. Sp what are you doing in here?" Lauren asked.
"I was actually coming to see if they could finish one of my tatts, but they can't."
"Oh. Wow, that's cool." Veronica said.
"Yeah, I'm out here with the other guys from my band, but they ditched me." He said, and stuck out his bottom lip at Veron. Matt and I could tell they were flirting, so Matt jumped in.
"Hey, today is her birthday," He said pointing at me. "and we're just kinda hanging out today. You wanna join us?"
"Sure, that would be cool." AJ answered.
'He's cuter in person. But still not cute at all.' Lauren thought. Oh well. As long as Veron is not alone.
"I gotta be back at the hotel by 9:00 though."
"Ok that's cool. We'll drop you off." Matt suggested, and they all jumped into Matt's car and headed towards the resteraunt they had reservations at. It was already 1:00, and they were having a blast.
Lauren turned the radio on to a song they had heard over and over again, that they just hated.
"I never wanna hear you say... I want it that way!" the radio blasted.
"Ewwww, quick, change it. I hate this song!" Veronica yelled.
She looked at AJ and asked him if he liked it. She really had no idea who he was.
"Oh, um.. no. I don't like it at all." He said, thinking that a) if he said he was in the band they would be really embarrassed, and b) they wouldn't like him.
"Who is it?" Lauren asked him.
"The Backstreet Boys. BSB. You know? I like to call them the . . . Big Stupid Bastards." He said trying to think of one of the names they have been called on Anti - BsB websites.
Everyone in the car laughed, and they changed the station.
When they finially reched the resteraunt, they sat down and looked through the menus. They were all talking and having a great time, when two young girls came up to the table.
"Hi AJ, my name is Jenny. can I have your autograph?" She asked.
"Sure" He answered. Veronica leaned over to see what he was writing.
To Jennny,
With Love.
AJ MCLEAN.
"Hi AJ... my name is Amy. Can I have one too?" She asked.
He wrote the same message on her napkin as he did on Jenny's.
"I love you guys. Backstreet Boys forever!" The two girls said as they walked away.
Veronica noticed what they asid and looked at him.
"AJ, why would they say Backstreet Boys forever? Aren't the Backstreet Boys the band you sid you didn't like?" She asked.
"Yeah. How weird." He said.
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