Happy Valentines Day! <3



Theme Song: Linkin Park "One Step Closer"

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Dylan



I laid in my bed, trying to solemnly enjoy my Saturday.
These days, it seems the new motto is, "No school, no worries".
We're only in half of the school year, and well let's see: Kyle and Anthony like the same girl,
Anthony's mother has died, and Flint and Asia are expecting.
What else could possibly go wrong? As a matter of fact let me not jinx myself.
I could hear my phone vibrate on my recliner across from me.


Who the hell could be calling me this early in the morning?
Geez, was it perhaps Kyle asking for some more advice about Mimi?
Or Anthony wondering if Mimi even likes him?
Oh, and then there's Flint who calls to ask me about Asia's random mood swings.
Maybe I did jinx myself. I might be freaking next.


I walked over and picked my cellphone to look at the caller ID.
Private number? I was relieved to know that it wasn't any of the three stooges calling,
but actually annoyed that is was some random person.


I answered, "Hello", I said with my voice sounding so droopy.
"Hey, is this Dylan Stewart?" asked a man from the other line.
"Yeah, why?" I asked seemingly concerned who this stranger was.
"Well, today is your lucky day kid", replied the man.

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Asia





"Hey, did you hear that slut did-" I heard Shelly whisper into
Kimberly's ear but couldn't make out the rest of the sentence.
Kimberly laughed, "No way!..Oh she's right behind you".
It's as if she said it purposely for me to hear her.


"Oh crap", Shelly said whipping her head around in my direction,
"Hey there Asia. Is that baby kicking yet?" she asked laughing.
Was that suppose to be an insult?
"No Shelly, that's after 4 months", I said correcting her.


"Hey Asia, ignore them", said Mimi smirking as she walked up putting her arm around me.
"Yeah they don't know what they're talking about", said Jenny next to her.
"Thank you, girls", I said.


"Because they got it all wrong, right Jenny?" asked Mimi.
Where was she going with this conversation? I asked myself.
"Yeah, you're not a slut. You're just not the genius we thought you were cracked up to be", Jenny said candidly.
"Sorry A, but my mom doesn't want me to hangout with you anymore", said Mimi.
"Mine too, you're a bad influence on us", Jenny complied.


My smile suddenly fell from my face. What's gotten into them? How cruel of them to say.
"Come on Mimi, let's go hang out with Taylor", Jenny said walking away.
"Yeah, at least she's smarter than this", Mimi agreed tagging along behind her.
"I..thought you guys were my friends!" I yelled at them.
"Friends? Please, we only used you to replace Taylor", Jenny said as she continued walking.
I looked down at my feet and then I looked back up, to see Noah.
The one person I knew couldn't let me down.


"Noah!" I yelled his name running towards him. He didn't reply, he just stood there looking at me.
Weird as always, I thought.


I ran up and hugged him tightly.
"Noah, you wouldn't believe the day I'm having", I said holding back tears.
Still, he didn't reply. Was he perhaps still listening to me?
I continued to speak, "Maybe I should do homeschooling instead".
Without any recognition, he shoved me off of him.


"What the? What's wrong?" I asked suddenly flustered.
"You're embarrassing me, stop making a scene", he replied so coldly.
"What are you saying? You said you'd be here for me", I said reminding him of his own words.
"I meant that when we are only at my house", he said walking past me.


"So keep your distance from me. I don't want people getting the wrong idea", he said walking away.
"Noah", I said but he didn't turn around, "Noah!" I screamed.


"Noah..Noah.....Noah", I continued to say repeatedly.
I suddenly felt flushed hands touching shoulder.


"Asia!" I heard Noah's voice as I jolted my eyes open.
It was..just a dream. A bad dream at that. It felt so surreal.
"Bad dream?" he asked bothered, "You kept repeating my name".
"Yeah, sorry", I said still startled by the nightmare I just had.
Noah's phone began to ring from his end table.


"I better get that, it's Dylan's tone", he said picking it up.
"Go ahead, I 'll wash up first", I said walking towards the bathroom.


Noah yawned then answered his phone, "Hello Dylan", he said faint.
"Flint!" his eyes split open as he heard three different voices shout his name.


"I called you three times! Are you deaf?" asked Dylan.
"Whoa, sorry. I'm a heavy sleeper. What's going on? Why are we in a conference call?" asked Flint.
"Well..." Kyle said lingering happily, "Anthony tell him, I'm too fired up".
"We got called in by some big music company", Anthony said trying to stay collected.


"What?!" Flint said raising his voice, "This is the best news I've heard. When do we go in? Today?"


"Of course that would be the best news you've heard", I whispered to myself.


"Alright, they're done. Let's sit down Jamie", said Lori getting ready to serve biscuits.
"I'm right behind you", said Jamie washing her hands clean.


"Eat up good Asia, ya' hear me. I don't want my great-grand baby coming out thin", said Lori sitting down.
It's been a month since Noah's family has allowed me to live with them.
I've learned their kind and gentle as their southern hospitality.
Noah's family is originally from Houston, Texas and moved to Newport when he was only a couple weeks old.
So he didn't get to experience an inch of Texas as much as his parents did.


Once the two sat down, the doorbell chimed.
"And we just sat down", said Jamie flustered.
"That's okay, I'll get it", I said getting up to answer the door.
"No Asia, let me!", Jamie objected chasing me to the door.
Was it because I'm pregnant? I can answer a door lady.


"I got it, it's fine", I said already opening the door.
There wasn't anyone there but a couple of boxes. UPS man?
I thought we had to sign for these kinds of things.


At least I thought so, until I saw my father driving off in his Smart Car.
So, then it's not the UPS man. It's been a month already.
Why is he just now dropping off boxes at their doorstep?


"This is why I wanted to get the door", Lori said standing behind me.
"This isn't the first time?" I questioned.
"No, he's been doing it every week", she said.
"What's his problem?" I asked disturbed.
"He's probably just hiding that he's worried about you", she replied.
That's worried? I thought.
"No sweetie, that's men", she said.

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Kyle


"Okay, this time I'm sure this is the place", I said examining the building from head to toe.
"I hope you're right, cause we're late", Flint said distressed.
"Yeah, let's just hurry", Dylan said walking ahead of me.


"Well maybe if you had just used the GPS in your phone,
we would've been here by now", Anthony said furious at me.
"Well we got here, didn't we?" I said.
"Yeah, 30 minutes late! Next time don't be a stubborn jackass", he replied.
"Don't be such a backseat driver!" I said getting agitated.
"Knock it off you two!" Dylan shouted holding the door open.


"Hello this is Hit Music Records, how can I help you?" asked the secretary.
"Hi we have a-" I said but got cut off by her.
"Oh, Ms. Skylar is already busy call back later, thank you. Hello, welcome to Hit Music Records
how can I help you?" she asked us graciously.
Everyone was silent. Was she actually asking us this time? Was probably what they were thinking.


"Yeah, we have an appointment with Ms. Skylar", answered Dylan.
"Sorry but you'll have to come back another time, Ms. Skylar is busy with her current appointment", she replied.
"Now look what you've done moron, we missed our appointment", Anthony said glaring at me.
"Shut up already, you have a GPS in your phone too", I said glaring back.
"Jackass", said Anthony.
"Say it again, I dare you", I threatened. I getting fed up with his mood swing.
"Shut up, idiots", Dylan said.
Then we heard some anonymous laughter coming from opposite side of the waiting room.


"You two are pretty funny to watch", he said cracking up into laughter trying to hold onto his cigarette.
"Dianna, this is Grey's 11 o'clock".
Wait a minute, this man is no other than...


"Keith Ledger!", Anthony gasped as we all dropped our jaws gawking at him.
"Lead guitarist of the rock band, The Exposed-", Flint randomly said.
"12 Grammy Awards, 9 Moon Men, and 15 Billboard Best", Dylan finished Flint's sentence.
"Thank you?" Keith questioned sounding insinuated as Dylan touched him.


"Father-in-law", Dylan quivered as he jumped onto Keith forcibly.
"Jenny..is this your husband?" Keith asked. You could hear the exertion in his voice as he tried to hold Dylan.
"No", Jenny answered embarrassed.
"Jenny why didn't you tell us Keith Ledger was your dad?" I asked.
"Cause I knew this would happen", she answered.


"If you're done smothering me, your appointment still stands", Keith said shoving Dylan off him.
"Wait, were you the one that called me this morning?" asked Dylan ecstatic.
"No", Keith lied. He didn't want Dylan to have his number.


"Let's go already, this woman is impatient when things don't go as planned", Keith said leading us the way.
"Sorry about Dylan. But you are his idol", I said trying to reassure him.
"Yeah, I can tell. You girls stay here as well", Keith replied.
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"That's a lot of junk on her desk", Dylan said looking at woman's desk.
"This place is no joke then", I said looking around at Platinum Albums on the wall.
"Hey Grey, the boys are here", Keith said casually.
Pretty unprofessional but I'm not surprised since it's Keith Ledger.


"What? They're late!" Grey roared. She had a strong British accent, "Bring them in", she demanded.
Her personality seemed a bit overwhelming and horrendous.


"Sit down over there boys", Keith said leaving us alone with this fearsome lady.
"Hi, my name is Flint and thanks for meeting us", Flint said walking by her desk.
"Flint? What an odd name", Grey inquired.
"Yeah it's actually my last name, my first name is-"
"Sit down already", Anthony said shoving him.


We sat down on the nifty couch in front of her desk.
Awkwardly, we sat and stared at her waiting for her to say something to us.
Dylan cleared his throat, "So are we going to discuss music?" he asked.
Still, there was no reply from Grey. Was she thinking?


"Hm, you four boys are actually quite charming. Why is it you became a rock band?" she asked.
Was she contemplating our looks this entire time?
"Well, Keith Ledger is my inspiration", Dylan replied.
"What about you three?" she asked us.
"I like to play the guitar", Anthony said.
"Yeah, I love playing the drums", Flint said.
"I..don't actually know", I said a little staggered.
These reasons are awful. Why did we want to become a rock band?
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"I'm not here for your entertainment
You don't really want to mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life" Candi sang in the recording studio.


"Something seems off about her mojo", said Mitch.
"What are you talking about? Candi girl is tearing it up", said Calvin.
"Oh really? Want to bet?" Mitch teased him.
"Fine, I get your beach house for a week", Calvin agreed.
"Then, I get to borrow your cap collection", Mitch wagered.
"My babies?" asked Calvin.
"Yeah, those babies", Mitch laughed.
"You're on", Calvin said handshaking him.


"Listen up it's just not happening
You can say what you want to your boyfriends
Just let me have my fun tonight-" Candi stopped singing.

"Hey guys, I'm not really feeling this right now. Can I take a break?" asked Candi.


"What?! No way Cans. You're doing good", said Calvin pushing on the intercom.
He didn't want to lose his bet.
"Come on, give it another go", Calvin suggested.


"Yeah right! I need a break", Candi said storming out of the room.
"Candi!" Calvin yelled through the intercom.
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