“I’m sorry. It’s just when I get really nervous I take everything kind of seriously and I just start talking and talking and… that’s exactly what I’m doing right now isn’t it?” she said blushing again.
Wade smiled. He liked this girl. He had heard countless stories about her from Justin and the others, but he had never pictured her quite like this. To tell the truth, from the way the guys described the pranks Adrienne, Caitlin, and Lorelai pulled he kind of thought she would be immature. He also assumed she would be pretty from the way Justin described her, but in reality she was beyond beautiful. Justin’s words didn’t compare what he was looking at.
“Umm…Wade?” she asked. “Still with me?”
Wade turned his attention back to her. “Sorry, what did you say?”
“I was just wondering if you could show me where the meeting room is.” She said.
“Oh right, the meeting. Let’s go.” He said leading the way down the hall.
They rounded the corner and headed into a huge room.
“So who else is coming?” she asked.
“Just Adrienne and Caitlin.” He said sitting down.
Lorelai sat down on one of the chairs.
“So what other tours have you worked on?” Wade asked her.
“Well, I was an assistant on Britney’s last tour.” She said.
“Really? I worked on it as well. How come I never met you?” he asked.
“Actually, I was only on the tour for the first half. I worked on the 98 degrees tour while she did the second leg.” She explained.
“98 degrees?” he asked. “Do they even need a crew?”
Lorelai laughed. “I know what you mean. I think there was about 20 of us running the show.”
Wade chuckled. “Wow, must have been crazy.”
“You know it.” She told him.
“Do people call you anything besides Lorelai?” he asked.
“That came out of the blue.” She said.
Wade shrugged. “Inquiring minds want to know.”
“Actually no. It’s just Lorelai.” She told him.
“Oh, I thought maybe people called you Rory, like on ‘Gilmore Girls.’” He said.
Lorelai stared at him in disbelief. “You watch ‘Gilmore Girls?’”
Now it was Wade’s turn to blush. “No, my sister watches it and…”
“Liar, you know you watch it.” Adrienne said entering the room.
“Yep, aWade is a closet ‘Gilmore Girls’ fan.” Caitlin said.
“Indeed, aWade has a crush on Luke.” Adrienne said.
“The abuse I take from you people.” Wade said shaking his head.
“You know you love it aWade.” Caitlin said sitting down.
“aWade?” Lorelai asked.
Wade shot the girls a look. “That’s their nickname for me.”
“Interesting.” Lorelai said.
“It’s better than the other one.” Wade said.
“Which is?” Lorelai asked.
“The 12- year -old Nazi!” Adrienne said laughing hysterically.
Lorelai shook her head. “Do I even want to know?”
“No, you don’t.” Wade said quickly.
“Aww…aWade you’re no fun.” Caitlin said.
“Let’s get started.” Wade said.
“Right, change the subject.” Adrienne said.
They group started the meeting and Wade was very impressed by Lorelai’s ideas. She was very professional about all the business at hand, but she managed to keep up with all their jokes as well.
“Well, gang. I think that’s enough for today.” Wade said. “I say we meet again on Monday with the guys and Johnny and go from there.”
“Sounds good.” Lorelai said.
“Yea! That means it’s rehearsal time.” Caitlin said getting up and running out of the room.
“Where’s the fire?” Lorelai asked.
“She didn’t see JC yesterday.” Adrienne explained.
“Ahh, I see.” Lorelai replied.
Lorelai, Wade, and Adrienne walked through the building to the dance studio. The boys were practicing the routine for ‘Pop’ when they walked in.
“Looks good guys.” Wade said.
“Wow, a compliment from Wade. We must look good.” Chris said.
“I’m not that bad.” Wade said trying to defend himself.
“Yes you are.” Everyone, except Lorelai, said in unison.
Lorelai laughed and Wade just shook his head.
“So Lorelai, I never officially congratulated you on your new job. You deserve a hug.” Joey said walking toward Lorelai.
“Back off Joey.” Justin said putting his arm protectively around Lorelai.
“Thanks Joey.” Lorelai said. “I appreciate it.”
Caitlin shook her head. “Joey you’re a dad!”
This caused everyone to laugh.
“So are we done here?” Justin asked.
“Yeah, I think we did enough today.” Lance said.
“Don’t forget we’re meeting Monday at noon.” Wade said.
The group nodded and started gathering their things. Wade walked over to Lorelai.
“Nice to meet you.” Wade told her.
Lorelai smiled. “You too. Again, I’m sorry about earlier.”
“Don’t worry. See you later.” He said walking out.
“Ready baby?” Justin asked her.
She nodded. “I was born ready. Bye everyone.”
“See you Lorelai.” Adrienne said.
Chapter 3