Chapter Three
“Hey
girl.” Carrie greeted as Lisa gently walked into rehearsal.
“Hey
babe.” She winced slightly as she pulled off her bag.
“What’s
wrong?” Carrie asked worriedly,
“Nothing,
I’m fine.” She replied waving off her friend,
“What
happened to your shoulder?” Carrie demanded,
“I
snapped it out of joint last night.” Lisa replied,
“At
home?” She inquired as Lisa bent down gently to get things out of her bag,
“Yes.”
“Girl…”
Carrie warned and Lisa stood up,
“Carrie,
really, I’ve had a long night and I don’t need a freaking lecture from you,
alright?” She said forcibly,
“Whoa,
I’m not the enemy.” Carrie hissed,
“Then
lay off.” Lisa shot at her and Carrie blocked Lisa from stalking away,
“Whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa! Excuse me Miss Pratt? I’m not some nobody who doesn’t care
about you. Do not get this attitude with me.” She said waving a finger at her,
Lisa sighed and rubbed
her temples, “I’m sorry, I’m just a little stressed, that’s all.”
Carrie rubbed her
friend’s arm comfortingly, “I see that hon. You wanna talk?”
“What’s
that going to do?” She sighed sadly, “Come on we need to stretch for practice.”
Carrie nodded giving in
to her friend's wishes, “I’m good, I’m going to grab a juice, you want
something?”
Lisa smiled a small
smile, “Water’s good.”
“Kay…,”
Carried rested a gentle hand on Lisa's good shoulder, “you know Lee, I just
want you to be okay.”
Lisa nodded, “I know and
I appreciate it.”
Carrie nodded and walked
away. Lisa picked up her bag to move to the back of the room to stretch. Lance
came up to her, “Hey Lee, you okay? You seem to be limping.”
“I’m
fine Lance, I just pulled a muscle.” She waved off,
“Okay.”
He replied, “If you need a break, let us know okay?”
“I
will, thanks.” She said moving on, but was met by Diana,
“Little
Lee the dancing machine how’s my girl?” She asked and Lisa smiled at her
friend,
“Fine.”
“That
looks like a nasty limp.” She frowned,
“Nothing
to worry about, I promise. Once I stretch I’ll be fine.”
“You
sure?”
“Totally.”
“Okay
hon.” Diana said and walked away. Lisa moved on practically meeting everyone on
her way to the back of the room and explaining her limp to everyone. All the
attention was making Lisa extremely irritable. All she wanted to do was get
ready for practice. Finally, she had made it to the back of the room and placed
her bag down on the ground.
“Hey
Lee. Is everything okay? You’re limping.” JC pointed out and Lisa turned on
him,
“YES,
I’m fine. Thank you for pointing out the fucking obvious. If you don’t mind leaving
me alone, I have to get ready for practice.” She hissed at JC before stalking
away from a stunned JC.
JC watched Lisa walk away. Before he wasn’t
sure, but now he knew that Lisa did not like him and wanted nothing to do with
him.
“Oh
I am so calling him.” Amy said later that day to the girls at rehearsal,
as she eyed JC. “I swear, by the end of the tour he will be mine.”
Carrie
looked to Lisa, who simply shrugged, “If she wants him, let her have him.”
She whispered to Carrie.
“She’ll
be wasting her time.” Carrie muttered as they watched Amy saunter over to
JC and begin flirting with him.
“Doesn’t
look like it, does it?” Lisa said and turned away,
“You’re
ten times better than she is, you know it. I think he would pick you over
her any day. At least I would.” Carrie said glaring at Amy.
“You’re
my best friend. You’re supposed to.” She teased and nudged Carrie
with her good shoulder,
“I
think he’s an idiot.” Carrie said and Lisa rolled her eyes,
“Stop,
Amy’s a pretty girl, a little too full of herself, but hey, she’s cool.”
“I
so don’t get you.” Carried sighed, “I swear, if you just walked up to the
guy, he’d practically fall into your lap.”
Lisa
shook her head, “And then I’d open my mouth and make a complete fool of
myself. No thank you.”
Carrie
rolled her eyes, “You would not.”
“Come
on Carrie, you know how I get around guys, especially guys who I have a crush
on. My tongue gets all tied up and I can barely say a word. I end
up looking like a fool.”
“You
just have to get over that. Show him how great you are, show him what I
see.”
Lisa
cocked her head to the side, “You don’t know how much I wish I could.”
She said softly.
“You
talked to Lance last night.” Carrie pointed out.
“I
had alcohol in my system and the boy practically stalked me all night
long. I really didn’t have a choice.” She grinned,
“So
all we have to do is get JC to stalk you, huh?”
“And
smack me so that I wake up from that dream world.” Lisa retorted.
Wade called the guys back to practice and the girls quieted
down as they gathered in a corner to watch them. The guys were practicing
the “Pop” Dance. All the girls thought that dance was hot.
“Damn,”
Diana whispered, “Break me off a piece of that.” She whispered as they
guys practiced humping the floor.
“Do
you think Wade’ll let me be underneath JC when they do that?” Lisa asked
and the group broke out in quiet snickers.
“Hmm,
and be in front of them when they’re thrusting?” Carried added licking
her lips as her eyes were glued to Justin,
“Yeah,
it can be like a Christmas bonus. I just want to lie there while they
practice that move over and over.” Lisa grinned,
“And
over and over and over…” Diana added,
“And
naked.” Lisa added sending the girls into a fit of giggles.
The boys stopped and Joey placed his hands on his hips,
“Wade, I can’t concentrate with the girls laughing at us.” He complained
playfully,
“Oh
Joey, we’re not laughing at you.” Carrie teased, “We’re laughing with
you, except you’re not laughing.” She teased making the girls break down
in laughter again.
“Girls
come on.” Wade sighed with a smile, “I know it’s easy to make fun of the
guys, but at least do it where they can’t hear you.”
“What
fun would that be?” Dee called out and received a tongue from Chris.
“We
could use that in our Christmas bonus.” Analisa muttered and they broke
down in giggles again.
“Alright,
alright.” Wade said interrupting them, “Lee, why don’t you take the
giggle pack into the next studio and teach them the routine?”
“Sure
Wade.” Lisa said getting up from her spot on the floor.
“Hey
Lee, can we add in the bonuses?” Carrie asked with teased,
“I
don’t know, I’ll have to try it out with the guys first.” She grinned
back at Carrie,
“What
bonuses?” Wade asked as the girls walked to the door and Lisa blushed,
“Ah,
we were, uh, just thinking of ways to make practice more, um, enjoyable.”
She said and the girls all lost it again as they left the room.
“Hey
Lee?” Wade called out to her and she poked her head back into the room,
“Yeah
Wade?”
He
jogged over, “Are the girls bored and want to change practice?”
“Oh
good Lord no. We were just messing around. Trust me it’s a good
thing to send us away right now. You, you, just it’s a good thing.”
She grinned,
“Okay,
just checking. If you need me…”
“I
know where to find you.” She said pushing up the sleeves of her shirt and
unknowingly revealing a very dark bruise on her forearm.
“Ouch
Lee, that looked like it hurt.” He nodded to her arm.
“Huh?
Oh.” She pulled down her sleeve when she saw where his gaze was aimed,
“It’s nothing.”
“It
looked like a hand.” Wade observed worriedly and Lisa shrugged,
“I
tripped and my dad caught me by catching my arm. It would have been worse
if I had actually fell.”
“Wow,
good thing he caught you, huh?”
“Yeah,
it was.” She said softly and he smiled warmly at his favorite dancer,
“Kay
Lee, I’ll be over to check in a bit.” He winked and she blushed,
“Kay.”
Amy
floated into the practice room, “Guess who has a date tonight with a certain
blue eyed singer.” She smiled like a Cheshire cat
“Aaron
Carter? Whoo hoo! Go you Ames!” Carrie shouted, making
everyone laugh and Amy rolled her eyes,
“It’s
with JC, dumb ass. He’s taking me out to dinner.” She bragged, “You
just wait girls, he’ll be parading me around on his arm soon!” She
declared and Lisa just rolled her eyes as she pulled on her pants, ignoring the
rest of Amy’s talking.