Chapter 3
"Yea, they are. Austin knows Chris from college," Rose answered.
"So, you've met 'NSync?" I asked.
"Yea. I'm good friends with them. Do you guys wanna meet them?"
"Yea!" said Alyse, Erica, and I.
"Okay," said Nadine.
"No!" said Yasmine. "They are such Backstreet Boy posers! I want nothing to do with them!"
"Suit yourself," said Rose and the five of us walked over to the guys.
"Hey, Rose," said JC when we got there.
"Hi, JC. Guys, this is my roomate Natalie, and these are her friends Alyse, Erica, and Nadine," said Rose.
"Hi, I'm Justin."
"I'm JC."
"My name's Joey."
"Hey, I'm Chris."
"And I'm Lance," he said in a deep voice that make my heart melt.
"Who's that over there?" asked Joey pointing to Yasmine.
"Oh, that's Yasmine," I said. "She's a huge Backstreet Boy fan, and she refuses to meet you guys."
"Oh," said Joey sounding dissappointed.
"Joey got a crush on Yasmine," teased Chris.
"Well, she is kinda cute," said Joey with a blush. We could all tell that Joey had a major crush on Yasmine.
"Hey, Joey, why don't you go do your favorite hobby and flirt with her?" asked Justin.
"Okay!" said Joey and ran in Yasmine's direction. We watched them for a few seconds. We couldn't hear what either Joey was saying, but Yasmine didn't look too happy about it.
"Everyone, could you please take a seat?" asked a tall man with dark hair who looked to be an employee of the mansion. "My name is Kennith McDan, and I'm the director of the murder mystery weeks."
He also explained some other stuff, but I didn't feel like listening, so I talked to Lance whom I had strategically arranged to sit next to.
"So what brings you guys to the mansion?" I asked.
"We're here to make out new music video," he said.
"What song?"
"'Everything I Own.'"
"In this old place?"
"No, In the flower gardens."
"Oh. That sounds pretty."
"Yea."
"Now I'd like everyone to introduce themselves," said Kennith interrupting our conversation. "Employees go first."
"I'm Nate Colden, the chef."
"I'm Irene, the maid," said a woman with a French accent.
"I'm Josh Jellison, the lifeguard," said a boy about my age. I could see Nadine's face get a dreamy look on it and I knew she had a crush on him.
"I'm Dianne, the horseback riding instructor."
"Cool, they have horses!" I whispered to Lance.
"You like horses too?" he asked.
"I love them! So does Erica."
"Hey, cool. We should go riding tomorrow."
"Okay!"
"I'm Soren, the grounds keeper," said a man with a Norwegian accent.
"I'n Tiffany. I'm the receptionist. I just wanted to point out that we have a celeberty among us today."
"Oh no, I didn't think we'd get recognized in a place like this," Lance whispered to me.
"She means me."
"But you're not a celeberty, are you?"
"No, but she thinks I am because my name's Natalie Merchant."
"But you're blonde."
"Her name's Tiffany. Doesn't that say it all?"
"You're right."
"I'm Allison. I'm a bishop, and I'm the religious leader of this place," said a twelve-year-old girl.
"I thought you had to be a boy to be a bishop," said Nadine.
"No comment," said Allison.
"And I thought you had to be older than twelve," Nadine continued.
"No comment."
"Allie, you're not really a bishop!"
"But I have the hat!"
"It's a bandana, Allie!"
"So?"
"I'll tell Mom about this!"
"She already knows."
"Oh."
"Well, I have no idea what that was about, but let's get on with the guests introducing themselves," said Kennith.
"I'm Natalie Merchant."
"Told ya!" said Tiffany.
"Whatever."
"I'm Alyse."
"Erica."
"Nadine."
"Yasmine."
"Lance."
"Justin."
"Chris."
"JC."
"Joey."
"Rose."
"Austin."
That ended the people I had met already. Next was a 30-something man in a business suit who was with his much younger girlfriend.
"I'm Chase Kraft, ahd this is my girlfriend Lauryn Mead."
"I'm Ray Powder. I'm a mystery writer, and I can't think of a plot for my next novel so I'm hoping to come up with something here."
"I'm Joseph Kahn. I'm going to be directing the new 'NSync video," said a scary looking man.
"I'm Bette, and this is my husband Shane," said a middle aged woman.
"I'm Sydney. I'm going to be in the new 'NSync video," said a tall blackhaired girl with the slimmest figure you've ever seen. I also noticed that she was wearing way too many bracelets.
"I'm Jackie. I'm in the video too."
"Marie. Ditto."
"Charity. Same here."
"Darya."
I notices that all thest girls were tall, thin, and drop dead beautiful. "What'd ya do, hire models for the video?" I asked Lance jokingly.
"Acutally, yea," he answered.
"Oh," I said a tiny bit embarrased.
"I'm Fredrick Larson," said an elderly man.
"And I'm Gertie," said an elderly woman who appeared to be his wife.
"I'm Richard. I'm in charge of the camera in the video."
"I'm Jack Dawson. I'm in charge of set design," said a young man with sandy blonde hair that kinda resembeled Leonardo DiCaprio. I saw Rose blush and I knew that she liked him. What Rose did next surprised me.
"Jack, will you go out with me?" she asked.
"Okay," he answered.
"Hey," I started, "wasn't there a couple named Jack and Rose in some movie?"
"I dunno. If there was, it was one of those short, low budget films that no one ever sees and never gets nominated for any awards or anything," said Chris.
"Yea, and there's not any totally annoying romantic somg by Celiene Deion or anyone," I said.
"Anyway, I'm Sarah, and I'm in charge of the lighting in the video," said an eleven-year-old girl.
"Wait. Now I know they don't hire eleven-year-olds to do important jobs like lighting," said Alyse.
"You did," said Sarah.
"No comment," said Alyse.
"I'm Margo. I'm in charge of make-up and wardrobe."
"Is that everyone?" asked Kennith.
No one said anything.
"Okay then. Enjoy your stay. Is there any questions?"
No one answered.
"Okay. You're dismissed."
Everyone started getting up and Lance and I went over to Erica.
"Erica, why don't we go riding tomorrow?" I asked.
"Can Chris come?" she asked.
"Who said Chris wanted to come?" asked Chris.
"Please, Chris, for me?" asled Erica and in that moment I knew they were going out.
"Well, okay," said Chris. "But, I have to warn you, I've never ridden before."
"I'll teach you," said Erica.
"Okay."
Chris and Erica left. I saw Justin and Alyse leave together too. Before we knew it, Lance and I were the only ones left in the room.
"Well," I started, "a lot of people sure have crushes on each other."
"Yea," he said. "Erica and Chris sure seem to like each other."
"Yea, I think they're going out."
"Justin and Alyse too."
"And I think Nadine had a crush on Josh the lifeguard."
"And I think JC likes Nadine."
"And Joey definately likes Yasmine, but she would never go out with him because she has a major crush on Nick from the Backstreet Boys."
"And Jack and Rose are hooked up."
"What about you? Who do you like?"
"What makes you think I like someone?"
"Well, everyone else does, so I figured you must."
"She'd never go out with me anyways."
"How do you know?"
"I dunno."
"Well, next time you see her, why don't you give her a kiss and see how she reacts?"
"Well, okay," he said and leaned over and kissed me.
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