Chapter Fifteen
Everyone went straight
back to practice when they got back from LA and the pop video shoot. Lisa was determined not to miss any
practices, even though Wade had excused her.
She wanted to dance, moreover she NEEDED to dance. Even though she was still on crutches, she
could do the arm movements and get her placing.
She went over to Wade as everyone prepared for practice, “Hey, where do
you want me?” Wade looked her over,
“On the couch.”
“Oh,” She said disappointedly, “Kay.” That had to be a sign that Wade was replacing
her for sure.
“Lee, you’re injured babe.” He smiled,
“I’m a lot better.
I’ve worked through injuries before. It’s no big deal.”
“You’re on crutches hon. You
need to rest so that you’ll heal faster.
Trust me the faster you get better the sooner I can put you back in.”
“You’re really not going to replace me?”
Wade shook his head, “No, I’d be insane to replace
you.”
Lisa shrugged, “I’m a cripple, no
one would blame you.”
Wade rested his hands on her shoulders, “Lee, I
know a good dancer when I see one. I also know a hard working dancer when I see
one. I bet that if you take some time off, at least till you’re off your
crutches, within two days tops, you’ll be up to
speed. Heck I’ll even work with you on my
down time to help.”
“You’d do that for me?”
“I haven’t seen anyone who’s more dedicated and
hard working than you Lee. Everyday you
give me 210%. You put your heart and
soul into this job and to me, that’s worth more than any other dancer I could
get to replace you. So take a rest and
get better, okay?”
Lisa smiled a small smile, “Okay.”
“Good.” He
patted her shoulder before walking over to one of the guys. Lisa made her way over to the couch and
slowly sat down.
Towards the end of practice
Lee was still taking notes on everything she saw Wade doing with everyone. This was she could practice in her down
time. She happened to look at the door
and was surprised to see her brother’s face smiling back at her. She waved a little wave back and slowly made
her way over to the door. He opened the
door for her,
“Hey Lee.” He grinned,
“What are you doing here?” She said walking through the door to hug her
brother. He lifted her up off the ground
in a big bear hug.
“I had to make sure that you were okay for myself.”
She closed the door, “I told you that I was fine.”
“Yeah, because crutches are the newest
fashion fad.” He
retorted, rolling his eyes.
“Stop, I won’t need them much longer.”
“You shouldn’t need them at all.”
“Jeff,” She sighed, “Please don’t
do this.” She said and leaned against
the wall next to the door.
“I know you want to protect mom, but Lee, she lets
him do this to you! Look at
yourself! He could have ended your
life!”
“I know Jeff, but if mom calls me, I’m going to
go. What if something happened to
her? I couldn’t live with myself if it did, it’d be all my fault.”
“No, Lee, God, you don’t have to protect mom.”
“If I don’t do it, who
will?”
“The police, it’s their job.”
“Oh yeah, the police who all sit in daddy’s
pocket. Good call
Jeff.” Lisa rolled her eyes as her phone rang and she picked it up, “Hey,” She
turned away from Jeff, “…yeah, no problem mom…yeah, I’ll be right there.” She hung up and looked at her brother,
“No, you’re not fucking going.” He said crossing his arms trying to keep in
his anger,
“I have too, Jeff.
Please come with me?” She
pleaded,
He thought it over for a few moments before
screaming and slamming the wall with his fist, “FUCKING A LEE! Grab your shit and let’s go!” He exclaimed throwing his hands up into the
air.
“Okay, okay, I’ll be right back.” She said softly and slowly made her way back
into the studio. Everyone was on break
and stared at her as she entered.
Carrie went over to her, “Is everything okay out
there?”
“Yeah, Jeff’s upset and I have to go.” She said,
“Lee…” Carrie warned handing Lee her things,
“I have Jeff, I’ll be fine.” She replied and Carrie nodded,
“Call me?”
“Yeah, I will.”
She said giving Carrie a half hug before leaving.
“Off with Jeff.”
She replied,
“Oh, is everything alright?” She asked worriedly,
“I don’t know, most likely not.” She sighed with a shrug, “She’s her own
person and anything I say won’t get through to her.”
JC
was off to the side and watched the whole situation. He couldn’t understand what Lisa saw in that
huge thug, Jeff. Any time she spent time
with him, she always came back with some sort of bruise on her. He didn’t like the situation what so
ever. The other thing that JC couldn’t understand, was why Carrie let her go off with guy. It was obvious that Carrie knew, from the
worried looks that she always had on her face when Lisa went off with him. This was going to drive him crazy if he
didn’t do something about it soon.