| Chapter 2:Okay,Alright,I'm Going To Be Fine................ Lana woke up to the beeping of her answering machine.She was afraid to press the receive button.But she said it was just probably her mom.She pressed the button. "Hey,Lana!Uh, it's Chris......................sorry I didn't call before.It is 2:00 in the morning,and I know you are sleeping.I was just.................tired.To repay you for calling me,I was wonderin' if you want to go to a movie with me.Or maybe dinner sometime.I should have called you and I'm sorry.I was just so tired and I had lots of things on my mind.If you only knew what I was thinking.So,um, call me back !And this time I will call you back.Thanks......Bye.",Chris' voice said through the speaker.Lana smiled and grabbed the phone.She held it for a second then dialed his number.She was expecting to talk to the machine,but a voice answered.She was in shock and stood there frozen. "Hello?Hello?Is there somone there?Hello?,a woman's voice spoke through the line.Lana had to talk to Chris.She faced the fear of humiliation and asked. "Hello.........may I please speak to Chris.",she asked shakily.There was silence for about a second . "Sure!Hold on!",the voice answered .Lana sighed happily but felt this tingly feeling in her stomach.She knew it was "the buttterflies". "Hello?Who is this?",Chris' voice asked as Lana smiled and replied,"It's me..........the girl you stood up last night.".She heard him laugh and she felt that tingly feeling grow. "Hey, sorry about that.I was just so tired that night.",Chris replied. "That's okay................I kinda fell asleep .I usually pull all-nighters,but last night.Mmm.............last night I wasn't into it.It's not completely your fault.",Lana said to him.She smiled wishing she could be with him. "Whatever.....let's not talk about that.",Chris said laughing,"Let's talk about you......so where do you live?".Lana felt that tingly feeling once more.She laughed. "I'm a true Queens girl.I'm also a True Mets Girl." "Why do you like the Mets?" "Yankees don't give the game much adventure to the game,they just win and win.Now,the Mets.You actually have something to look for.You see a real rush.The Mets have their ups and downs.The Yankees,well,ALWAYS have the ups.And to me..........that's really boring.I'm sorry if you are a Yankees fan,but you did ask why I liked the Mets.",She answered.Then she looked at her clock on the wall 7:40.She gasped. "Chris,I have to go................I have school.But promise me you'll call me back later!?!" "I promise..........you can count on me!Later,babe!",Chris replied and waited for her response and wishing she didn't have to go.He heard her laugh and took that as a good sign. "Okay.............hear from you soon!Bye!",Lana said sadly wishing she didn't have to go.They both didn't realize they were thinking the same exact thing. ********************************************************* Lana put down the phone and sighed.She thought of Chris,as she walked to her bathroom.She washed her face and then she heard her doorbell ring.Her parents weren't home because the always left for work early.She dried her face and walked down the stairs.It was Lily.She hadn't seen her since yesterday afternoon.She opened up the door and saw Lily's smiling face. "Hey!How's it going?",she asked to Lana. "I'm okay,I'm still so freaked that I fainted when Chris called out to me. God,he is SO cute.",Lily replied.Lana felt to tense up.She knew Chris called out to her and not Lily.But she didn't want to upset her friend. "Yeah................",Lanasaid slowly,"I just woke up and we're going to be late if I don't change soon." "Okay,I'll wait down here.",Lily answered.Lana nodded and ran up the stairs.She quickly washed up and put on some new clothes.She saw yesterday's schedule with Chris' number on it.She smiled and thought happily of the conversation she had with him earlier.But, she didn't want to keep Lily waiting.She ran back down the stairs and the girls headed to school. ********************************************************* "Someone's not exactly into it today.........",Claudia said as Chris trippedover himself.Chris ignored her for a minute and thought about Lana.He knew she was younger than him.But he thought to himself,"When you are in love,age is the last thing on your mind.".He laughed and started to focus on his dancing. "1....2....3.....4and 1....2....3.....4and 1.....2.....3......4..........",Claudia repeated as the guys danced to their latest single,"It Happens Everytime".Claudia looked at each and every one of them.Claudia smiled and told the guys to take a break.All the guys accepted her offer except for Chris.He knew he was the one that was slacking and holding them back.So he continued to practice. "Don't push yourself to hard, Chris!Go on, take a break.",Claudia said to Chris as she walked toward the focused dancer. "Don't worry.............I was slacking.I'm going to make up for it.",Chris said in return.Claudia just smiled and admired his determination.She gave him a pat on the back and left to get coffee. Chris continued to dance when the guys talked about stuff.Claudia was getting her coffee when she remembered she forgot to tell the guys some goods news.Shegot her coffee and walked back towards the guys. "Guys, if you could stop what you are doing and listen up........I have great news for you all.In the month of August,Dream Street will be VERY busy.Most of it will be in Cali.I hope you're all physched! Because I am!",she announced to the guys.Chrishad stopped dancing,and rejoiced with the other guys.Then Chris took one look at the picture on the wall from yesterdays signing.He sighed and thought of Lana,then he realized if they did hit it off they would never get to see each other.This thought made Chris' heart ache.He pushed the thought away and thought again that if they did hit it off,Lana has to realize that he won't always be there.The guys looked at him with frowns on their faces. "You're not happy about this...... are you ,Chris?",Greg asked as Chris looked up to to Greg.Chris sat down on a stool. "No way! I'm totally physched! I can't wait!",Chris said trying to be convincing even though he did sound like he was forcing the words out of him.Matt,Jesse and Frankie just nodded and left to call their parents.Greg was still unconvinced.He looked at Chris. "No,you're not...........what's wrong?",Greg asked as he sat down next to him. "It's just that I only met Lana yesterday and if we hit it off..................I'm always going to be somewhere else than by her side.",Chris started but faded away thinking of Lana. "But,what if you don't!Then there's nothing to worry about............",Greg stated.Chris looked at his friend and shook his head.He couldn't believe that he was hearing this from his best bud.Chris did realize that might happen and he knew he would be hurt once again.Greg looked at his friend and patted him on the back.Then he stood up and walked away leaving Chris alone. |