Chapter Thirteen
Lisa
slowly made her way onto the set of the Pop video, on crutches. She was still pretty sore, but determined not
to miss any more dancing. Even if it
meant that she had to sit on the sidelines.
“Lee, the dancing machine!
I thought you were supposed to be resting all day!” Carrie cried as she
ran over to Lisa and gave her a gentle hug.
“And
miss this? No way! I wanna see what I’m getting
into too.” She said and just then Justin ran by with Chris chasing him
and she laughed,
“Not
much.” Carrie rolled her eyes, “Do you want a seat?”
Lisa
considered her options, “Hmm, not now, it’s
better if I stand.”
They
began to walk towards the set, where the dancers were hanging out. Carrie pouted, “I
missed my roommate, they flew you out late and
everything.”
Lisa
grinned at her best friend, “I’ve been Joey’s cripple buddy since he came
to the hospital. But I drew the line at
watching him get his shots.”
Carrie
laughed, “Hey pics of that would
get good money on ebay.”
She
laughed and shook her head, “Don’t even go
there.”
Carrie
was glad that Joey was there with Lisa, to make her more comfortable about
being in the hospital, “So the hospital trip went okay?”
Lisa
shrugged, “Yeah, everything’s cool.”
“How’s
the hip?”
Lisa
sighed and frowned, “The doctor said no serious dancing till it’s
completely healed. But that’s like two weeks or so.”
“No
video?” Carrie asked,
Lisa
shrugged, “I’m Joey’s cripple buddy. I’ll be hanging
with him for most of the shots, I guess. I don’t know,
that’s what he’s been saying.”
“I
can’t believe you’ve hung out with Joey and you didn’t faint.” Carrie teased Lisa and she rolled her eyes,
“Shut
up, it’s not the same with Joey, he’s not-”
“He’s
not Jace, I know.” Carrie smiled,
Lisa
smiled back, “Exactly.”
Wade
saw Lisa and grinned as he ran over to her, “Lee, my little dancing
machine! You’re back!” He greeted her and she grinned back,
“Hey
Wade, I’m not much of a dancing machine, but I’m back.” She shrugged,
“What
was the diagnosis?”
“No
serious dancing till it’s completely healed, which is about two weeks.” She replied,
Wade
grinned, “So we still have you for the tour?”
Lisa
grinned back at the choreographer, “If you still want me.”
“Hell yeah girl.
You expect me to find and train someone else to be as good as you in two
weeks? I don’t think so. Even with the hurt hip, you’re better than
anyone else I could find.”
Lisa
frowned, “I beg to differ, Wade.”
Wade
placed an arm around her shoulders, “Aw, come on my little
dance machine. I’m not giving you up for nothing. I found the
perfect part for you in the shoot.”
Lisa
gave Wade a strange look, “I’m just going to be one of the extras,
right?”
He
shook his head, “Nope, you’re the lead girl in the video.”
“What?”
Lisa and Carrie’s mouth dropped,
“Yeah,
it works out perfect. The guys didn’t like any of the girls that they
sent over from the agency, and since you can’t move too much, it works out.”
Lisa
frowned even more, “I don’t get it, what do I have to do?”
“Stand
around and dance a little bit and I mean a little bit, plus hang out with Joey
in his close ups.” Wade explained.
Lisa
realized that the part Wade was explaining was exactly what Joey had been
telling her that she was going to be doing for the past couple of days. It sounded simple enough and she didn’t mind
hanging out with Joey. “Okay,
if that’s what they want me to do.” Lisa shrugged, “I’m all for it.
Anything to help out.”
Wade
clapped his hands and grinned at his favorite dancer. He didn’t doubt that she
would be up for the part. “Awesome,
let me go tell the guys.”
Lisa
had been wondering about one thing ever since she found out about Joey, “Wait,
Wade, if Joey can’t dance, how are they going to do
the routine?” Lisa asked and he turned,
“Easy,
I’m going to be Joey.” He grinned with a nonchalant shrug,
“You’re
kidding me.” Carrie laughed and Wade placed his hands on his hips,
“Are
you saying that I can’t pull off looking like Joey?”
“Maybe if you put on twenty pounds or so.”
Carrie muttered and Lisa stifled a giggle,
“Oh
boy, I’m leaving before this gets dangerous. I’m already injured.”
She said hobbling away.
Carrie
quickly caught up to her, “Hey do you want to sit down or anything?”
Lisa
paused in her hobbling, “No, I don’t know, let me think about it.”
Carrie
giggled at her best friend’s indecision, “It’s not rocket science,
Lee.”
Lisa
let out a deep breath, “I know, I want to sit, but I’m trying to
figure out if I’m going to be able to get up again.”
“Are
you in pain?” Carrie said worriedly,
“Not
much, it’s really not that bad.” She said wincing, it did hurt, but she
wasn’t going to let on how much it did hurt.
They might make her go back to the hotel and she was not about to let
that happen.
Carrie
noticed Lisa’s wincing and knew she was lying, “Yeah, it sure
looks like it. Come on, you’re going to lie down.”
“Care…”
Lisa whined,
“Stop
whining. You don’t want to injure yourself even more.”
“I
won’t.” Lee protested as Carrie helped Lisa lie down in one of the stage
areas.
“Uh
huh, do you want ice?”
“Actually, yeah.
That’d be great.” Lisa smiled and Carrie nodded,
“Kay
babe, be back in a little bit.”
“Kay.”
Lisa nodded and Carrie ran off. Lisa slipped on her headphones to listen
to some music as she rested. She knew that she should be in bed right
now, resting, but she wanted to be here in the mix of things. Plus, here
she had a better chance of seeing JC. Not that she’d do anything about
it, but she was just content to watch him from afar.
“Lee!
You’re back!”
“Hey
“We
missed you, it was so boring.” She said sitting back and Lisa slid off
her earphones.
“Yeah
right, because I add so much excitement to this place.” She giggled,
“True, but anyways how you feeling?”
Lisa
shrugged, “Eh, it hurts a little bit, but I’ll be myself again in two weeks.”
“Wow,
two weeks without dancing? Have you ever gone that long?”
“Who
said no dancing? You can’t stop the dancing machine.” She grinned,
“Does
your doctor approve of this?”
“Yeah,
I talked things out with him and made him see my point of view.” Lisa played along with Dianna’s teasing.
“You
changed your doctor orders, didn’t you?”
Dianna joked,
“I
did not, how would I do that?” Lee laughed, “You think I have a degree in
espionage or something?”
“I
wouldn’t be surprised.”
“You’re
my angel Carrie.” Lisa said closing her eyes at the relief,
“I
know.” She grinned.
“Lisa,
you’re back! How you doing girl?” Justin
asked as he came over to her,
She
opened her eyes, “Oh, hey Jay. I’m good.” She smiled a small smile. Next to JC, Justin was someone else that made
her really nervous.
Justin
flashed Lisa his famous grin, “I heard you’re our girl for the shoot.”
She
nodded, “Yeah, Wade told me a little while ago.”
Justin
nodded in response, “Cool, do you need anything?”
“Oh,
no, I’ve got Carrie. She’s got me covered.”
“Okay
hon, but if you do need anything, let me know.”
“I
will thanks.” She said and Justin walked away,
“How about you ask him to fuck me.”
Carrie whispered as she watched him walk away.
“I
don’t think that’s what he meant Carrie.”
Lisa laughed at her friend,
“He
said, if you needed ANYTHING. Him
fucking me is something you definitely need.” Carrie pointed out.
“Why would I need that, huh Carrie? If
anything I’d ask him to fuck me, that would be more
beneficial.” Lisa grinned,
“You
can’t fuck, you have a hurt hip.” Carrie retorted crossing her arms,
“A
hurt hip hasn’t stopped me from fucking before.” Lisa countered as JC
walked up to them,
“Wow,
I came at the right time in this conversation.” He grinned and Lisa
turned bright red,
“Oh.”
She said covering her mouth and giggling nervously. Carrie broke down
laughing, more at Lisa than at JC’s comment.
“Please,
ladies, don’t stop the conversation on behalf of me.” He teased,
“Well,
you know Jace. You come near and we turn into giggling little teenies.”
“I
bet you are
“Uh,
okay.” She shrugged and tried to look anywhere but at him.
JC
noticed her look and frowned a little bit. She couldn’t even stand to
look at him, “That’s good. I’ll see you around.” He waved and
walked away, not wanted to be where he wasn’t wanted.
Carrie
looked at her best friend, “He came over here to talk to you and you basically
shooed him away.”
Lisa
shrugged, “I didn’t. I was going to make a fool of myself.”
Carrie
and Dee groaned in unison, “You so would not!”
“How
do you guys know? You don’t understand
how it is! You guys can talk to anyone
anywhere.” She pointed out. “And,” She
continued, “He was just coming over because I was injured. It would be rude if he didn’t come by to see
how I was doing.”
Carrie
rolled her eyes, “You’re impossible. You
know that?”
Lisa
shrugged, “Well, everyone has to have their talents, right?”