Chapter One
Lisa stretched out
on the stage next to Dee and watched the Nsync boys as they talked to their
manager. It was the first week of
practice for Nsync’s Pop Odyssey Tour.
Everyone was there to learn the new choreography for the songs.
“If you stare any harder, your eyes will fall out.” Dee teased. Lisa groaned and flopped onto her back.
“I can’t help it, he
is SO fine.” She draped her arm over
her eyes. Dee rolled over on her
stomach and smiled at the tall brunette laid out next to her.
“Please, he’s just
JC, just like any other guy. If you
like him so much, why don’t you do something about it?” Lisa lifted her head slightly to look at
Dee,
“Yeah, okay, let’s
step BACK into reality, Dee. I’m just a
lowly peon dancer. Why the hell would
he even take a second glance at me?”
Dee sat up and began to count off things on her fingers,
“Well, one you’re a
great dancer.”
Lisa rolled her
eyes, “We’re all great dancers, that’s why we’re here.”
“Two, you’re got a
great body, not too muscular, not too skinny.”
“Once again, I
repeat, we’re all like that, then again they’ve been surrounded by women who
fit that type.” Lisa replied and Dee
simply ignored her comment and went on,
“Three, you’ve got
long, gorgeous brunette hair, which he dies for, long legs that go on for
miles, big, huge violet blue eyes, tan, clear, smooth, soft, skin and that’s
just your physical attributes. You’re
smart, funny, loyal, honest, nice-”
Lisa interrupted
her, “I get it Dee.”
“All I’m saying is
that you’d be crazy to think that he wouldn’t go for you. All you gotta do is go for it.”
Lisa eyed JC again,
“I swear if I talked to him, I’d probably puke.”
“You’d at least be
rememberable.” Dee teased and Lisa
laughed,
“Okay Dee.” She said shaking her head,
“You met him and you
didn’t puke.” Dee pointed out and Lisa
groaned,
“No, I stuttered
like a damn fool and looked like an imbecile.”
“You did not.”
“I couldn’t put a
sentence together! All I could do was
smile and nod. He took one look at me
and went, BIG DORK.” She sighed and went back to stretching.
“Okay guys that was
great, take five.” Wade yelled and
everyone hopped off the stage, breaking up into groups. Lisa sat down with Carrie, her best friend
and roommate out of the dancers and Diana.
They were her closest friends.
Out of the corner of
her eye she kept watch of JC as he talked with a couple of the other
dancers. They were obviously flirting
with him and she rolled her eyes. Deep
down though, she wished that she could be like them and have to courage to just
go up to him and start talking.
“Hey Lee! Lisa!”
Carrie waved a hand over her face,
Lisa turned to her
best friend, “Huh, what?”
“Oh boy, she’s in
Jaceland again.” Dee teased,
“Shut up Dee. I can’t help it.” She said leaning back into her seat,
“Uh huh sure.” They all burst out laughing.
JC looked over at the laughing group of girls and smiled. They were always together, having a good
time. He had noticed the prettiest one of
the group, Lisa, when they were all introduced. But since then, she hadn’t said a word to him. It was almost like she was avoiding him for
some reason. He turned to one of the
dancers next to him,
“Hey Analisa, what’s
with Lisa and the crew? How come they
don’t hang out with anyone?”
Analisa looked at
him, “They do, they hang out with us all the time. They’re an absolute blast, especially Lee.”
“Really? They never even try to hang out with
us.” JC said with slight disappointment
in his voice.
Analisa laughed,
“Probably because Lee’s a hard core dancer.
When she’s in the dancing zone, that’s all she sees. Carrie and Dee are the same way, but Lee’s a
devoted one. I’ve never seen such a
great dancer, but she’s had worked really hard to be that good, you know?”
“Yeah, wow, that’s
really cool. I think I learned more
about Lisa in the last two minutes then I have all week.” He chuckled and Analisa laughed,
“Well if you want to
know more, talk to the girl. It’s just
a suggestion, Jace.”
“Okay Analisa,
thanks for the help.”
“If you’re
interested, we’re all going out on the town tonight, including Lee and the
gang, if you want to get to know them better.”
“Yeah, that sounds
great.”