Chapter 2
By: Michelle

"Benji, wake up." Joel shook his brother's body.

Benji mumbled something inchoately then sunk his head deeper into the pillow.

"Get up NOW! I'm serious." Joel screamed, but his brother didn't move. "Get your ass out of bed, because if you don't then you're going to make us late for an interview, which, where we are the interviewer."

"Go by yourself." Benji croaked.

Joel rolled his eyes. "Right, sure. Why don't I just be you and me at the same time?" the sarcasm dripped.

Benji lifted his head and look at his twin with a crooked grin. "There you go."

Joel felt like slapping Benji's grin off his face then slap himself for giving such a ludicrous idea.

"Take Billy or Paul."

Sighing, Joel sat on the chair that was across the bed. "Both Billy and Paul went out with their girlfriends and we agreed that we would do this, remember?"

Judging from the confused look on Benji's face, he didn't remember a thing.

"MTV Movie House? Ella Johnson? The gothic hot chick from that dark movie you like so much?" Joel smiled as Benji jumped out of bed.

"Fuck, yea. That's today? Damn, I better get ready." Benji began putting on clothes that were scattered on the floor.

"First, take a shower. I know you usually don't take shower, but I'm sure that Miss. Ella Johnson will not appreciate that you stink. Second, you only have 20 minutes before we're suppose to interview her." Joel grinned as Benji stared him down.

"Only 20 minutes? Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

Joel scoffed. "What do you think I was doing the past 30 minutes? Fucking all the maids?"

Benji shook his head and flipped his brother off.

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Ella picked her cuticles as she patiently waited in her seat for the interviewers to arrive. She turned her head to see two men, one with a semi-Mohawk and the other with pink cheetah spots and running mascara, come in and apologize to the people around.

Standing up from her seat, she smoothed out her jean skirt and smiled as the two men came up to her.

"Sorry we're late, my brother here couldn't decide whether his clothes were dirty or clean." The semi-Mohawk apologized as the man next to him scowled.

Ella chuckled and stuck out her right hand. "It's alright. Ella Johnson."

The man with pink cheetah spots took her hand and kissed her knuckles. "Benji, very nice to meet you. This here, sadly, is my brother, Joel." He nodded his head in Joel's direction.

Interesting.

Ella shook Joel with her left hand while Benji held onto her right hand like life support.

"Twins, I suppose?" she inquired, as both men let go of her hands and sat down in their seats.

"Yep." Joel answered, while hooking on his mini microphone.

Ella nodded and smiled. "Must be nice to have a sibling."

Benji raised his eyebrow and shrugged. "It's okay, I guess. We get on each other's cases all the time, but it's better than nothing I suppose."

"You don't have any brothers or sisters?" Joel asked, interested.

Ella shook her head. "Only child."

"Spoiled, I bet." Benji grinned.

Ella could only laugh as the producer cued them to start the interview.

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Ella unhooked her microphone and handed it to the technician. "Thanks guys, that was an. . .interesting interview."

"Nah, thank you for actually answering all those odd questions that my brother asked." Joel replied.

"Hey, she didn't HAVE to answer them, but um. . .thanks." Benji slightly blushed.

Joel gasped. "Is my tough bro blushing?"

Ella laughed as the two brothers fought with each other.

Benji pulled away from their fight and smiled. "Are you doing anything tonight because we have a show and maybe you want to come and see it? I mean you don't have too, if you don't want too. You're probably busy and stuff. . ." Benji rambled on.

Ella smiled and glanced at Joel, who was holding back his laughter. Joel winked and nodded.

"Sure, I'd love too." Ella said to stop Benji's rambling.

Benji stopped and broke into a huge smile. "Really? Cool. Its at the. . .the. . .um. . ."

Joel laughed along with Ella at Benji's forgetfulness. "How could you forget where we're performing? You sure did a number on him." He said to Ella.

"What do you mean?"

"Benji's usually not like this-all blushing and stuttering. You must be the key to unlock his evil cold, cold heart." Joel joked as Benji tried to hide his very red face and left Ella wondering what he meant.

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