Just Not Sure - Chapter 11

Erica released her arm from Frankie’s grip. "So what do you need to talk to me about?" She asked impatiently. "I know what you saw back there didn’t look too good." Frankie started, walking over to the leather covered black couch. Erica looked away. "Yea, no shit, you starting to look like a player, not the ‘Sweet, caring Frankie Galasso from Dream Street’ everyone makes you out to look like." Erica retorted. Frankie sat down next to her. "I’m not a player, I’m far from that.....I don’t even know what I was thinking... I guess....I guess..." Erica shifted her body so she was facing him. "You guess what?" She asked, staring into his chocolate brown eyes. "I guess maybe if I thought that if I kissed her...." Frankie sat up and walked over to the door leading outside. "Never mind." Erica got up and walked to him. "No, tell me, you already dragged me in here, so you might as well tell me." She tried to convince him. Frankie looked away from her and back at the door. A few silent moments went by, finally he spoke up. "That if I kissed her I would forget that I even thought of having feelings for you." Erica stood there shocked. Staring at him. He had feelings for her? HER!? She never would of seen this coming. "Oh my god...Frankie I-" "Yea. I can’t blame you for not seeing it, you were so caught up witch Chris and I didn’t want to ruin anything.....that’s why I tried to get you with him....I just....wanted you to be happy..." He said, taking her hand. Erica didn’t know what to say or do. What could she say? "Frankie...I’m sorry if I got you upset and maybe I should of paid more attention to everyone than just focusing on Chris. I’m really sorry....I....I don’t know what else to say...." Frankie leaned in, and kissed her. Erica, startled, jumped back a little but proceeded to kiss him too. Finally Frankie broke free. "Did that mean anything to you?" He asked Erica, looking into her eyes seriously. Erica looked down and the caramel floor than back up at Frankie. "Actually......." Frankie looked at her, anxious to know what she was going to say next. "........It did.." Frankie sighed, relieved. Maybe Erica was wrong all along, maybe Frankie was the real person she should of been with, maybe that kiss was all she needed. Silent moments drifted by between the two when suddenly Greg bursted through the door. "Oh...oops....sorry if I was interupting anything...I just needed my coat, I’ll be out in a-" "Greg, it’s ok, nothing was happening." Erica reassured him. He smiled and walked over to the black pole which was holding various coats and grabbed his leather jacket. He walked out of the room but came back in within 3 minutes. "Oh.. by the way, your friends are looking for you Erica." He reminded her. She nodded and walked away from Frankie towards the coat rack. "What are we going to do?" She asked him, confused. He walked over to her. "Do you....still.. like Chris? HONESTLY?" Erica stood there. Did she still like him? Should she even still like him after everything that’s happened? She smiled and looked up and Frankie. "No...honestly....I don’t like him anymore....I’ve wasted too much of my time on him." She replied. Frankie smiled back and hugged her. "So what do you want to do?" She asked him back. He pulled her closer, "......I wanna be with you.." Erica leaned closer to him and kissed him. "OOOOO ERICA AND FRANKIE ARE GETTIN FUNKAY TONIGHT!" They saw Deidra yell as she strolled into the room. Erica and Frankie looked at each other and laughed. "Shut up D, you know we’re not doing that." Erica exclaimed. Deidra laughed. "Ok ok, but I just had to say that, I’ll leave you 2 lovers a lone." Deidra added as she walked out of the room closing the white door behind her. Erica walked away from Frankie and picked up her Dark blue coat, placing it around her. "Where are you going?" Frankie asked puzzled. "We’ve been in here for like..." Erica looked at her light blue Roxy watch. "1 hour." She concluded. "They’re gonna think we died or somthing." She added. Frankie laughed. "Or that we’re ‘Getting Funkay’ " He reminded her. Mocking Deidra. Erica walked out of the room and Frankie followed her. They walked down the hall where the Green Room would be and walked inside. "THEY’RE ALIVE!" Maria yelled sarcastically. Erica looked over at where Maria was sitting on a white couch with Jesse and Chris. Deidra was on Greg’s lap and Matt was watching Lindsey and Nikki exchange dirty glances. "Yea, sorry that took so long, we ended up talking more than what I planned for." Frankie informed them. "Uh huh....sure..." Greg playfully mocked. Deidra hummed "Lets Get Funky Tonight" and Erica hit her. "OW ok, ok i’ll stop!" Deidra reassured her, rubbing her arm.

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All four girls walked down the street to Erica’s house. Wind beating at their faces. "Soooooooo....." Maria started, trying to hint to Erica. " ‘soooooooo’ what?" Erica asked. "DETAILS!! I WANT DETAILS!" Maria bursted out. Lindsey stopped her. "Correction, WE want details." She said jokingly. Erica rolled her eyes. "NOTHING HAPPENED! We just talked." Erica retorted. "Yea, AND made out." Deidra added. Erica glared at Deidra. "WHAT!?" She asked confused. "OH My GREG.....your kidding me...Ahh this is exciting!!" Lindsey and Maria both had smiles on their faces. "NOOOO we did NOT make out! Don’t listen to Deidra." They all laughed. Lindsey was quiet for the rest of the way home until Erica noticed she wasn’t her happy self. "What’s wrong Lindsey?" Erica asked as she slowed down. "Do you really think that Nikki and Matt are still dating?" Lindsey asked, a tint of disappointment in her voice. "Is that what’s bothering you!?" Erica asked, suprised. "LINDZ! Matt said himself that him and Nikki were through, she’s just jealous." "Yea." Maria and Deidra agreed. Lindsey smiled. "I don’t know...... maybe your right." Erica put her arm around linsey. "Girl, I’m ALWAYS right." Everyone laughed.

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"So it’s a deal?" Erica asked Maria on the phone. They were trying to find a way for Erica to go down to New York City for winter break. The deal was that if Erica came down she wouldn’t have to go to PPAS because she was still embarassed to be seen there. Maria wanted her to go though. "Yes, Yes it’s a deal ok? But you have to come to the Manhatten Meet and Greet! They’re interviewing the guys!" "Oh great, now Greg can Deny he’s dating me again." Deidra cut in sarcastically, on 3-way. "Deidra! They Have to say that! You should understand." Maria said upset. "Chill! I was just joking! Jeez!" Erica chuckled. "Why would I not go?" She asked them. "Your right." Maria replied. "So it’s set, tomarrow you’ll come down here, stay with me, and we’ll go see the guys at 4. Right?" Deidra asked once again, to make sure. "Yep, some nights i’ll be staying with Maria though." Erica reminded her. "Yea I know that." Deidra reassured her.

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"I Haven’t seen you in awhile." Erica remarked sarcastically as she handed Frankie her poster to sign. "Yea I know! It’s been like what? 2 weeks?" He replied, playfully. They smiled at each-other. "Yo Frankie, snao out of it, she’s not the only fan here." Jesse reminded him as he hit Frankie on the arm. Frankie snapped out of his trance. "Oh yeah..haha...sorry, um.... you guys will be here after the Meet n Greet right?" He asked Erica, grabbing her arm before she walked away. "Yea, I think so, unless one of these teenies beats us down." She joked. Frankie sat back in his chair laughing to himself, and waited for the next adoring fan to come up to him.

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Maria sat behind Jesse watching him sign anonymous posters, shirts and CD’s. "God when do we get a break?" He asked Greg. "49 fans after this." Greg joked. Deidra, who was behind him, laughed. "Jess! You should be happy that your making these girls’ day!" Maria yelled. Jesse turned around and kissed her on the cheek. "And you should be happy that your making my day." He winked at her and returned to signing fan’s stuff. Deidra looked over at Greg. "How come you don’t do that to me!?" She asked him, sounding irritated. "Because if everyone saw, than me and you would both get yelled at." He said, Matter-of-factley. Deidra slumped down in her chair. "Ok, then after the meet n greet me and you will go backstage and make out ok?" Greg asked, giving her the "puppy look" Deidra smiled slightly. "Shut up Greg." She said jokingly.

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Lindsey didn’t know what to say to Matt. "Hey." She managed to say. Matt looked up from signing a poster. "Hey! I didn’t think you were coming." He sounded happy seeing her. "Yea well, nothing better to do." She joked. A few silent moments went by. "Are you and Nikki still going out?" Matt looked at her. "Lindsey.... of course not, I told you that, we’re OVER. I like.....you. I thought you knew that." Lindsey smiled. "I do know that...I just...I don’t know...." "Miss, you have to keep going." A security guard informed her, pushing lindsey slightly. "I’ll see you afterwards!" Matt yelled over to her. Lindsey shook her head yes and went to go find Erica.

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"SHHH!! THE INTERVIEW IS STARTING!!" One fan yelled to everyone. "God teenies are annoying." One girl said to Deidra. Deidra laughed. "Yea....so I take your not one then." The girl looked at Deidra. "Haha, no i’m far from one. My name’s Vicky." The girl had blonde hair and was about 5’2. Her eyes were blue and she looked skinny. She looked about 13. "I’m a friend of the guys." She told Deidra. "That’s cool, I guess you could call me that too." Deidra replied. "Yea, your Greg’s girlfriend, he told me." Vicky told her. "Oh, ok We-" "SHHHHHHHH!!!" Deidra was cut off by a fan. "WKTV here with the new up-coming Band called ‘Dream Street’ " A reporter started the interview. "So, since it is getting close to Valentines day, any special people in your life’s right now?" The reporter asked the guys. She passed the mic down the line. Jesse grabbed it first. "Actually, there is. Her name’s Maria." All the fans’s jaws dropped. "Hide Maria, Hide." Deidra said to Maria, jokingly. Maria ducked down a little. "That’s sweet, how about you Greg?" The reporter asked. "Not at the moment" Deidra pretended to be Greg as she said it. "Like Jesse, I do have someone, she’s right over there." Greg said as he pointed to Deidra in the crowd. "Are they trying to get us killed?" Maria asked sarcastically. "What time’s the funeral?" Vicky replied, laughing. "and you Frankie?" Frankie looked down, and back at Erica. "Actually....I’m not sure..." He said, confused. He looked over at Erica and she smiled. "I guess I do.." He concluded and smiled at Erica. She smiled even wider now. Chris took the mic. "Well ladies...I’m Still single!" He joked, all the fans screamed. The reporter laughed and handed the mic to Matt. "Yea, I think I have someone." He replied, looking over to Lindsey. She blushed and looked down. "Well, you heard it from us, looks like the only single one is Chris, as if that’s a bad thing right girls?" The reporter asked as the fans roared with excitment. Maria and Deidra rolled their eyes. "As if they’ll ever get him, right girls!?" Maria asked, imitating the reporter. A few fans gave her a dirty look but Erica, Lindsey, Deidra and Vicky laughed.

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The guys got up from the cream colored marble table and went backstage. The girls watched as fans were pushed back by bulky security guards. They simply walked passed all the fans and into where the guys would be. They walked into the dressing room and Deidra watched as Vicky went and sat next to Greg. She gave an annoying sigh and walked over and sat on the other side of Greg, giving Vicky a warning glance. Maria and Erica shook their heads. Lindsey glanced over at Matt and smiled at him. He smiled back, lighting up his whole face. "So Jesse, what made you finally say that you had a girlfriend?" Maria asked, she’d been waiting to ask him that since the time he confessed it. "Well, since valentines day was coming up, I figured might as well say it now." He answered, grabbing Maria and placing her on his lap. "So I’m guessing that’s the reason for you too huh?" Deidra asked, shifting her body so she was facing Greg. He shook his yes and laced his arm around her. Deidra looked over at Vicky and faked a smile. Vicky leaned over and put her head on Greg’s shoulder. He looked uneasily at Deidra. "You mind backing off?" Deidra asked Vicky. "Yea, I do, you mind shutting up?" Deidra sat up. "Do you mind having you head shoved up your ass?" Greg cut between the two. "Ok, Ok guys, stop. Deidra, Vicky is my FRIEND, nothing more, nothing less, don’t be a jealous girlfriend. I hate those. I’m not going to cheat on you or something, you should know better." Deidra looked down. "Yea it’s not you that I don’t trust. It’s HER." She said, turning her eyes in the direction of Vicky. Vicky sighed and got up. "Well, I should be going now, give me a call later Greg, bye." She gave one final glance and Deidra and walked out of the room. "Don’t come back." Deidra mumbled.

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Erica sat uneasily on her bed. Starring at her Dream Street posters. She felt a magazine hit up against her leg and looked up at Lindsey. "Hello, earth to Erica, come back to us Erica." Erica laughed. "I’m here.....I was just.......thinking....." She said, before drifting off to her daydreaming. Lindsey sighed and went back to reading her Cosmogirl magazine. "Are you thinking about Frankie?" She asked Erica, after 10 minutes of silence. Erica looked at her. "You know too much." She informed Lindsey. Lindsey laughed. "What do you expect? I’ve known you since we were.....I don’t know.....3?" Erica smiled. "Well, you could say that." "I know I could." Lindsey smirked. "No..I meant...you could say I was thinking about him.." Erica corrected Lindsey. "Oh...." Lindsey said merily. "I don’t know. I thought I liked Chris, but Frankie......I don’t know....He’s been there more for me ya’know?" Lindsey nodded her head in understanding. "Well, I think Frankie is better for you anyway." Lindsey said, trying to reassure Erica. "Chris is nice and all, but he never really paid any attention to you." She added. "Frankie even tried to help you get to him. I mean, c’mon, he didn’t have to, but he did. What does that tell you?" She continued. "Yea, your right. He didn’t need to help me but he wanted me to be happy. That actually means a lot." She now agreed with Lindsey. Lindsey grabbed the black cordless phone and thrusted it towards Erica. Erica looked at her confused. "Call him and tell him that." Erica looked down at the phone. After 5 minutes of silent thinking she took the phone. "But what am I going to say?" She asked Lindsey. "Oh Hey Frankie, I just wanted to let you know that I Love you too. Bye." She asked, sarcastically. "If you want. I don’t know. You’ll think of something! Your like that." Erica shrugged and went into the other room. ‘Here goes nothing’ she thought. and Dialed the number......