As Taylor Hanson and Alyssa Ritter were stretched out on the living room floor of the Hanson house, watching MTV, Jewel's 'You Were Meant For Me' video came on, and Alyssa smiled. She loved that song. Taylor and Alyssa, since the day Alyssa was born, exactly five days after Taylor they'd been best friends (for Taylor, after his brothers, Isaac and Zac) and lived next door to each other their whole lives. Taylor and Alyssa had always gotten along extremely well, and very rarely went a day without seeing each other. The Hanson's were very into music. Taylor, Isaac and Zac had even formed a band, called Hanson, and they were very good. They recently got a record deal with Mercury Records. Soon they'd be flying out of Tulsa, Oklahoma to LA to record their debut album. Taylor and Alyssa wouldn't be seeing each other for a very long time. Mackenzie bounded into the room, noticed Alyssa and ran over to her.
"Alyssa! Alyssa!" he squealed, happy to see her.
"Hey there, Mackie! How ya been?" she asked the little blond haired boy.
"Good. Are you good too, Alyssa?" He asked sweetly in his little baby voice.
"I'm just great, Mackie!"
"Mackie, go into the other room and play with your train." Taylor said.
"Okay Tay-Tay," Mackie replied walking out of the living room.
A few moments later Tay said "Oh! Alyssa! I almost forgot! My mom said that Ike, Zac, and I could invite someone to come with us to LA, and we all wanted you to come with us. Do you want to?"
"Really!?!" Alyssa exclaimed, "You want ME to come with you guys?"
"Yeah, will you?" Tay asked.
"I'd love to, but I don't know if my mom will go for it. I really hope she says I can."
"Yeah, we're renting a house up there, and supposedly you can see the 'Hollywood' sign, and the Mann's Chinese Theater. It's gonna be awesome! Why don't you call your mom right now?" Taylor suggested.
"All right," Alyssa said dialing the number of her house. Her little sister Jennifer answered.
"Jenny, can I talk to mom?" Alyssa asked.
"Sure, just a sec," she replied, "Mommy! Alyysa's on the phone!"
"Hello?" Alyssa's mom asked.
"Hey, mom it's me. I have to ask you something. You have to promise not to say no until I tell you the whole thing. Taylor just invited me to go to LA with his family to record their album. Diana says it's okay. Can I go?"
"Honey, you know that LA is very far away and it will take approximately two months to record a CD. I don't know if I could let you go. I would have to have a talk with Walker and Diana."
"So, I can go if you talk to them?!" Alyssa asked excitedly.
"It depends. If you're good, if they have an extra room up there, and you promise to be extra polite."
"I will! I'll be soo good and sooo polite! I can ask Tay if they have an extra room." She said to her mom. "Tay, do you guys have an extra room up there?" She asked him.
"Well, there are three bedrooms, with three beds in each room, Ike, Zac, and I will be sharing a room, so you'd be with Jessie and Avie. Is that okay?"
"Yeah, it's fine. Let me just tell my mom. Mom, Taylor said I would be sharing a room with Jessica and Avery. Is that okay?"
"I suppose, but I'll still have to talk with Walker and Diana to find out how long you'll be there and everything."
"Okay, thanks mom! You're the best!"
"I know. Talk to you later! Bye." Alyssa and her mom hung up.
"Tay! She said I can go, if she talks to your parents first!"
"All right!" Tay exclaimed. The two of them started dancing around like fools, when Jessica and Avery walked into the room, both holding Barbie dolls.
"What are you two so excited about?" Jessica asked.
"I'm going to LA with you guys! I'm sharing a room with you two! Is that cool or what?!?"
"Awesome!" Avery yelled. "It's going to be so much fun!"
