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Chapter 4
"So V, what's you last name?" Nick seemed to be looking for me to goof up. Too bad I've been doing this for 8 years or it just might have worked.
"Hadge. I'm Veronica Lynn Hadge." I smiled at my victory.
"Ok." Nick sat back in his chair, probubly contomplating his next question.
"So who's your fave band? You don't have to say us…just who's your fave?" Brian took a bite of his pizza.
I giggled.
"What?" He looked at me with confussion.
I pointed to the corner of my mouth signiling to him that he had something on his face. He took the hint and grabbed a napkin. He smiled and thanked me.
"What did you ask me?" I can't believe I could get so side tracked.
"Who's your favorite band?" Brian repeated.
"Oh umm… I think it's Santana and you guys and…umm…I have one more, let me think…oh I like JC."
"You mean you like *NSYNC." Kevin corrected me.
"No, I mean I like JC. He sang a song with Blaque. He's got a great voice. I swear if he went solo I'd buy all his CDs! He's really good. I don't really like anyone else…Lance is ok, but no offense, but I have a nickname for Justin...actually a couple." I smiled sheepishly.
"Why would we care? Tell us." Aj laughed.
"Well, there's 'Light Bulb Boy' © and then there's 'Fro Puff Boy' ©."
Author's Note: (These are actually nicknames made up by yours truly. They are © (Copyright) me. Don't be stealin' them! Sorry, to all you *NSYNC/Justin or *NSYNC/Chris or just plain old *NSYNC lovers…I'm not a fan of theirs. Actually, I'm not an *NSYNC fan. But if I had to choose… Lance, JC, and Joey are OK in my book.)
The guys broke out into a fit of laughter.
"That was good!" Aj gave me a high five.
"I personally find Justin rather attractive." Mandy spoke up.
I was silent. I can't believe I could actually contain my thoughts for once. I couldn't help but stare.
"What? You look like you want to say something." She questioned me.
"Well…nevermind." I shook my head and sipped my drink. Self control Maranda.
"What?"
"No, it's not my place."
"Come on, just say it." Michelle insisted.
Hey I tried, but if she's going to insist…I'm gonna tell her. Besides, right now I'm Veronica not Maranda. He He.
"Ok…why on earth would you even think of Justin when you've got Kevin? I mean Kevin is a WHOLE lot hotter than he is! I mean look at him…you've got a Man and Justin is well…a boy. No more no less." I shut up and let it soak in. "I'm sorry, it was stupid I know. Me and my voiced opinions. I should have kept my mouth closed." Great going, Maranda! The look on Mandy's face told me that it was a shock to say the least.
"Thank you, V. that's got to be the nicest compliment anyone, besides Mandy, has given me in a long time." Kevin smiled.
"I never looked at it that way." Mandy was stuck in her own world.
"Hello, Mandy." Nick, who was siting beside her, waved his hand in her face.
"Nick, stop that." Mandy smacked his hand away. It made me jump.
"Did that scare you?" Brian grinned.
"Startled is more like it. I wasn't expecting it." I don't get scared thank you very much. "What's your favorite horror flick?"
"Horror? I don't watch to many. When ever we see one it scares the crap out of Nick." Nick stuck his tongue out at Brian. In response, Brian just laughed.
"Oh, ok." I looked down at my watch. "Shoot!"
"What's wrong?" Brian looked at me with sweet concern in his eyes.
"I forgot to call my boss." Well it's actually true this time. "I hope he's still up…what am I say the man never sleeps." I laughed and dialed his number. "Excuse me." I walked over to the jute box and waited for an answer. "Come on, come on."
"Hello?" My boss had a groggy voice.
"It's me…Maranda." I lowered my voice at, Maranda so the guys wouldn't hear.
"Where are you?" He sounded more awake now.
"At Papa's Pizza Joint."
"At 3:45 in the morning?"
"We were clubbing and got hungry."
"We? You're not getting close to these guys are you?"
"No! Of course not! Won't you ever trust me?"
"We at the government trust NO ONE! Not even the Pope! You get attached and you get cut…permanately!" He hung up.
"Why does my life suck so much?" I push the power button on my cell.
"Cuz you let it." I whipped around only to find Nick staring me in the face.
"Geez Nick, are you trying to kill me?" I put my hand over my heart.
"Oh man, you don't have some sort of condition do you?" He put his hand on my shoulder.
"No…you just scared me." For once I was startled beyond belief.
He let out a breath. "You scared me!" He laughed. "We gotta get up early tomorrow so do you think you could take Brian back? We really can't take him with Mandy being in there."
"Sure. If my car wasn't so messy I would take more, but I'm a slob when it comes to work."
"You know my lap top is screwing up do you think you could look at it? I'll pay you so you can tell your boss it was a job."
"You know…never mind. That just sounded a little funny to me." I shook my head. You know I can be really sick sometimes and I'm really not like that. "Sure Nick, I'd be glad to help. When do you want me to come?"
"How about tomorrow around 10? We just have a radio thing, it shouldn't last to long and then you can look at it."
I nodded. "Sounds good." Yes! I get to sleep in. All I gotta do is turn on the radio and push record! Oh joy, at least something is going good!
"Great. See yeah at the hotel." Nick waved and left.
Nick
I get her with fixing my laptop. I'll get someone to send me a virus so bad she won't have a clue what to do! This will prove that she's lying! I know…it's an evil thing to do, but she's lying and I'm going to figure out what it is! Even if she hates me forever.
Maranda as Veronica
"Say it aint so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home." Brian and me were singing along to Blink 182. "Hold you head still, I'll be your thrill…" Brian turned down the radio.
"Sup Bri?" He told me I didn't have to call him Brian all the time, and that he preferred if I didn't do it all the time.
"I just wanted to carry on a conversation."
"That's cool. What should we talk about…besides me." I laughed and turned the corner.
"Ok…umm…can I ask you questions?"
"Hun…ya just did."
He sat quite for a moment then laughed. "Cute. No really though."
"Sure Bri…what's tickin' in that brain of yours?"
"Well…umm…I was kind of wondering…if…well."
"Brian we'll be there before you spit it out if you don't hurry up. Just say it."
"Ok, well…"
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