"Tara sweetie, I need to you talk to please." Laura called to her only daughter.
"Coming mother. Hang on." Tara replied as she trotted down the stairs into the living room.
"Come on and sit down." She said patting the spot next to her on the couch.
"Oh no, I'm in trouble for something, aren't I?" Tara said looking worried as she sat next to her mother.
"Of course not! I just would like to talk to you."
"Ok."
"AJ stopped by today. He told me that he wants to sign you to his label. This could be your big break."
"You met him? No! I want nothing to do with him! He is just as creepy as Robert!" she hissed instantaneously.
"Hunni, this would be a good start for making singing a real career. Also he seemed genuinely interested in getting to know you better. And if you still don't like him after you get to know him better at least you'll still have your recording contract with his company."
"I don't know… what if he is just like Robert mom?"
"I can tell you right now Robert was never as nice as this young man was. As far as I know Robert paid no more attention to AJ than he did to you. He must be different than Robert."
"I don't know, I'll think about it."
"Might I suggest you just call and maybe talk to him. He really made a point of asking me to ask you to forgive him. Tara, he is only 4 years older than you sweetie."
"Well I would but I doubt his number is listed, especially in our phone books. Seeing as he lives in Florida and he is a big star and all."
"He gave me his phone number. It's in the drawer by the phone. Go ahead and call him now if you'd like."
"Ok." She agreed wanting to know a little more about him out of curiosity. She went and dialed his number getting more and more nervous waiting for him to pick up.
"Heylo?" a raspy voice said on the other end.
"Hi."
"Who is this?"
"This is Tara."
"Tara! I'm glad you called. I've been wanting to talk to you for a while now!" he said still shocked that she had called.
"Yeah, my mom said I should call you."
"Tell her thanks. I really am serious about signing you to my new label."
"I'd like to but what happens if we turn out to hate each other."
"I doubt that, I have always wanted to have a little sister or brother. And I am not the type to not get along with people. What do you say to joining the fellas and me on the road for a little while? I mean you could get an idea of what it is like to be on tour. And since you are still in school you could have a tutor on the road with you for a while."
"I don't know," she said really wanting to go because she'd get to meet all the guys and go to all the concerts.
"Please Tara?" he begged.
"I'd miss all my friends."
"Well there is always the phone, email and I suppose you could have some friends come to a couple concerts too."
"Well if you are willing to talk to my mother about it, I would love to go!"
"Well sis, you got yourself a deal. I will talk your mother into it and you'll be out on the road with me before you know it."
"AJ! Come on Fatima is getting sick of waiting for you man!" Brian yelled from the door of the bus.
"Yeah J, come on. Get a move on!" Kevin bellowed.
"Ok, well I have to get going for now. I'll call back later to talk to your mom, I have to get to practice before these guys kill me!"
"Ok, Bye AJ."
"Later Sis." He replied enjoying being able to call her his sister.
***Later***
"Heylo, Laura this is AJ. I talked to you earlier today, and I was hoping I could make you a deal."
"What kind of deal?" she asked suspiciously.
"Well I would really like for Tara to come on the road with me and the rest of the fellas. It would give here a chance to experience what it is like to go out on tour and it'll also give us a chance to get to know each other better."
"You seem to be forgetting that she still isn't completely finished with school."
"No Mrs. Laven, I haven't forgotten. I could easily find her a tutor for when she is on tour with us. Nick, Brian and myself all had tutors during High School. I promise you I have everything covered."
"Well I suppose if she could keep up with school there is no way I can object. If Tara would like to go, she has my permission."
"Thank you so much Mrs. Laven. You have no idea how much this means to me. I know you are both still worried that I will be just like Robert, but I won't and I am not.
"I hope not. I really hope you aren't. And I hope you will make sure Tara is safe if she goes on tour with you."
"I will I promise you that. We each have our own bus so Tara will be staying on my bus with me. I have a TV, stereo, and an area to record tracks, they are pretty rough but it's in case I come up with some while touring."
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