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Tough Love Part 88; Part 1
Chapter 88; Part 1 His Lucky Star (The â??Destinyâ? Album Release Party) I had fallen asleep from pure boredom and my TV was off. But I was shaken awake by Dad. â??You need to get dressed.â? â??I havenâ??t even been asleep for an hour!â? I whined. Iâ??m the TRUE grumpy person when I donâ??t get my sleep. Iâ??ve just always been that way. â??I didnâ??t think youâ??d be up here THIS long.â? â??Well what do I need to get dressed in?â? â??Something casual, thatâ??s all.â? â??Whatâ??s going on?â? Lately, stuff is ALWAYS going on. â??Lyric, would you just trust me?â? I didnâ??t care if it was disobedient or not. A lot have been going on lately, so thatâ??s why I barely trusted him now. Then I remember, and how could I forget?! But â??Destinyâ? was released today. So now it has something to do with Michael as usual. â??Lyric?â? â??Okay Dad.â? I said in an excited tone, and I jumped up from my bed. For some reason, I harbored over to the same top I wore to Michaelâ??s house when his family had that dinner party. That was the first time I saw a lot of his family. Then I picked out some shoes I could slide my feet in, my jean jacket, and some jeans with the knees ripped. Since my hair is a little different, I didnâ??t know what I wanted to do with it. The last time I wore an outfit similar to thisâ??which was the dinner partyâ??I made a Mohawkâ??but now I wasnâ??t so sure. â??Aww to hell with it, Iâ??ll spike it up some. Itâ??s short anyways.â? â??Is that what youâ??re going to wear?â? Michael asks when he sees me. â??Well what else do you think Iâ??m going to wear?â? â??Hmm,â? he mumbles. â??Follow me.â? I follow Michael to the room heâ??s staying in. â??How about this?â? he pulls out a pink Mickey Mouse pullover. I burst out laughing. â??Are you SERIOUS? No telling where weâ??re going because donâ??t think I forgot that â??Destinyâ? has been released today and wherever weâ??re going, I actually need to look serious.â? â??Well you look like death in that. Does it really kill you to dress like a GIRL sometimes? My God, you ouda be a boy the way you dress.â? I squint my eyes at him, then I shove him in the arm, HARD. Well to the point he starts laughing. â??If you think Iâ??m wearing a skirt Michael, you can go where the sun donâ??t shine.â? â??If youâ??re talking about hell, then I beg to differ.â? Which I was. â??How do you think itâ??s always so hot?â? I scoff then roll my eyes. â??Well I donâ??t KNOW what I wanna wear Michael! Who says I EVEN wanta go?! What happened to the Nineteenth Amendment and Womenâ??s Rights?â? â??Damn Lyric, Iâ??m just trying to hang.â? â??What about the party yesterday?â? I fold my arms. He pushes me out his door. â??Just wear something cute and be a girlâ?¦for ONCE may I ask?â? Oh Iâ??ve dressed up like a girl before Michael. So thatâ??s a lie. After staring long and hard, I wear a simple pink buttoned-up top. Then I fluff up my hair with California Curls. Then I call it a damn day. â??Happy?â? But he doesnâ??t say anything. â??Open my door.â? Michael looks at me crazy, but I canâ??t hold it inâ??my laughter, that is. â??Iâ??m being difficult just like you.â? â??If you say-so yourself, but you open your own door.â? I had to say, once again, Michael was prettyâ?¦fashionable. All he had on was a light-gray blazer, matching pants, and a dark yellow shirt. â??Your dad told me you hung out with that guy.â? â??Michael, itâ??s okay to say his name. Trust me, I know the difference. I know youâ??re the first â??MJâ??.â? I look out the window at the sudden rain. â??Hey, itâ??s nothing to take serious. I was only joking, but I donâ??t like to use my name for him.â? â??YOUR initials Michael. Your initials.â? â??Yeah, well I worked hard for people to know them.â? â??Whatever.â? I roll my eyes. â??This â??argumentâ?? is pointless.â? â??Yeah, well what did you do with him? I know you went to the beach.â? So is it okay if I ask him what he does with his female companions. I mean Iâ??m almost ecstatic that heâ??s asking me this because it means he cares a little. I wonder if he thinks heâ??s in competition. â??We played volleyball.â? â??You like that?â? â??A lot. But Iâ??m no champ.â? â??â?¦What else?â? I looked at him and I saw a smirk on his face. â??M.J. did push-ups over my body.â? â??Huh?â? â??Meaning I was lying on the sand as he did push-ups. I never thought I could be so creative.â? Then I laugh. â??Secretly, itâ??s kind of perverted, but itâ??s pretty sexy.â? He shakes his head and we donâ??t say much after that. As I see Hughâ??s house again, I get that feeling that thatâ??s where Michael was trying to take me all along. This time, Hugh opens the door for me. â??Darling, hi!â? â??Shouldnâ??t I be telling you that Hugh?â? He laughs and grabs my nose. â??You and your witty mouth. Come on in! Hello Michael.â? â??Hey Hugh.â? They shake hands. â??Ready to get the party started?â? â??Nope Hugh, but I keep getting invited.â? I respond. Then I look at Hughâ??s driveway. I see a few more cars parked there, so I assume his brothers are already there. As soon as Hugh closes the door, I hear a song and I assume itâ??s from their new album. â??Lyrriic!â? â??Tito! Hey.â? We hug and I hug the other brothers. When I got to Randy, I noticed of course that his bear hug is firmer. I wonder why heâ??s making himself known nowâ?¦itâ??s a little bit too late now. â??Just chill back and relax with them.â? Hugh whispers to me after he walks away. I donâ??t know why. But this other song came on. Randy took my jacket off for me, and took my hand. â??So I guess this is called â??Destinyâ??.â? I say as we sway to the song. â??That, you are right.â? Then he spins me. â??So why didnâ??t YOU ask me to be your date.â? â??Huh?â? â??On the Dating Game yesterday. Youâ??re brother did, but heâ??s four years older than me. It doesnâ??t make any sense.â? â??You didnâ??t want my brother to ask you?â? Then that familiar bass lineâ?¦â?Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)â? came on. â??No, itâ??s not that. Iâ??m just confusedâ?¦.It makes no sense.â? â??Well youâ??re with me now.â? He spins me againâ?¦.Guess he doesnâ??t want to talk about it right now. But I looked out the corner of my eye and tried ignoring the rest of the brothers as they watched us dance as the first climax of the song happenedâ??when they would thrust their hips and point their fingers in unison. Thatâ??s when I dance around him. I think we deserved to get paid SOMETHING by how much work we put in our dancing. When the song was over, Randy asked me if I wanted anything to drink, so we got some icy punch. When we walk back to where the brothers were, I knew it would be a little weird. I saw Michael try not to look at me. I sat back as I watch the boys conversate until Randy ask me if I wanted to go in the backyard. I guess I donâ??t have much a choice. So unwillingly, I do. I see that thereâ??s more privacy back here, which made me feel a little safe. â??Yâ??know when you asked me why I didnâ??t ask you on a date?â? â??Yes.â? â??I donâ??t knowâ?¦I just thought Michael had more of a chance. He knows you better. Plus Iâ??ve picked up how you feel about himâ?¦.I guess I just thought I didnâ??t have a chance. I just felt like the little brother. Sometimes people think Iâ??m in his shadow because Iâ??m the younger and youngest brother. Sometimes thatâ??s just frustrating and I know you think the same about me.â? Then Randy walks away a little. He throws his hands on his hips. â??You donâ??t even consider me, Lyric. You have Michaelâ?¦.You donâ??t have me.â? I couldnâ??t stand the guilt. OF COURSE him being the youngest brother and possible jealousy ran through my mind, but I kept forgetting time after time. I walk to him. â??Iâ??m sorry, Randy.â? I wrap my arms around his waist. â??Itâ??s okay.â? I hear him say as heâ??s still standing there. Then he turns around. â??Justâ?¦always consider meâ?¦if you and Michael donâ??t go in too deep.â? I laugh. â??Wow what a graphic mind.â? â??No I donâ??t mean it LIKE THAT! Just remember: I had you first.â? Then he leads us back in the house. Okay, other than that, other weird stuff thatâ??s letâ??s sayâ?¦out of the box happens. So while Iâ??m following Randy back in, I hear the rest of the brothers gossiping about something. â??Yeah, she held up a little better than I thought she would.â? That was Tito. â??Who woulda known?â? said Michael. â??Whatâ??cha talking about?â? Randy says. â??About when Hazel saw Jermaine dancing with her,â? Tito points at me. Instantly I look down at my feet. â??I mean we know itâ??s not a big dealâ?¦we just noticed since we werenâ??t the ones dancing with you.â? I meanâ?¦is this really a big deal? Then the doorbell rings. Hugh comes back downstairs. â??Letâ??s see who that is!â? he says with a smile. He answers it and speak of the Devil, thereâ??s Jermaine. Bobby DeBarge came along as well. His brothers greet him and I hug as wellâ??so that meant I probably didnâ??t hug him because I was the only female; rather that his brothers did before me. I didnâ??t want to stand there while they teased him, but they did a little. â??I see Hazel didnâ??t spank you enough. I guess she let you out the house.â? Jackie joked. Jermaine looked at me and rolled his eyes at his brother. â??Guys, it was only a dance. Get over yourselves.â? I wanted to say, â??Yeah, Iâ??ve danced with Michael and Randy. And Iâ??ve probably danced with yâ??all too.â? But Michael, who was standing by me, takes my hand. We go to the kitchen. â??Sorry about that.â? Michael laughs. But I start singing as I hear â??One Day in Your Lifeâ?. Hugh walks in and starts smiling. My voice dies down some, but he motions for me to continue, so I take a deep breath, and I do. So embarrassingly, I have an audience of Michael and Hugh. But I tell myself to get through it, and luckily, I say I did, well I guess okay. I wasnâ??t terrible, or horrendous. So I guess I pass forâ?¦I donâ??t know, decent. Michael takes my hand then and we go to Hughâ??s living room and just sit on the couch with his right arm around my shoulder. We were listening to â??Bless His Soulâ?, I decide to say this: â??You know Michael, those two kisses from Friday notâ?¦they were in the heat of the momentâ?¦I donâ??t think they meant anything.â? I got to thinking that maybe I WAS acting on my emotions, and not my mind. I just didn't feel what I did was somewhat right....Plus the timing was HORRIBLE! â??Thatâ??s not trueâ?¦.I know you wanted to kiss meâ?¦you even told me if we could dateâ?¦we would.â? I look over at him with tears at the corner of my eyes, then I notice his breath smells kind of funny. â??Blow.â? â??Huh?â? he asks. â??What have you been drinking Michael?â? I didnâ??t pay much attention to his cup until now. When I went to pick it up, he tried swiping my hand away, but it was empty anyway. Nevertheless, I sniffed it. Then I looked at Michael. â??Hugh gave me a little. So what?â? I only looked at him, not quite believing. But the cup and his breath matched. â??But what I said about what you said, I actually meant it. I didnâ??t say it because I was a little tipsy.â? I get up and walk away. I hope Michael didnâ??t do this from peer pressure because for me. I know he isnâ??t a drinker. â??It actually tasted good.â? I heard him say. I remembered seeing Hugh by the camera stuff from the last time he took my pictures, so thatâ??s where I go. Luckily I found him with a camera in his hands. â??Hi Hugh.â? â??What are you doing Lyric? You were just with Michael.â? â??Yeah well I decided to go look for you.â? â??Yeah, so whatâ??s up?â? â??Nothingâ?¦.â? â??Are you up to take a few pictures?â? â??I donâ??t know how Hugh. I donâ??t have any inspiration.â? â??Justâ?¦try it. Try what you feel right now. Well okay, it might be a hazard, but letâ??s try it.â? So he gets this wooden crate for me. The initial thing for me to do is sit on it, prop my hands underneath it, and smile. As I spontaneously came up with poses, Hugh snapped away. Even without the crate, I looked over my shoulder, and that made him jump with delight. He finally sits his camera down. â??Girl, you are a natural! Have you ever took this seriously?â? â??Modeling?â? â??Yeah.â? â??Wall itâ??s always been a possibility. But you know, I donâ??t want to take the usual poses. I wanna do something different. I feel if Grace Jones and other models like her are doing the same thing, then why not?â? â??Have you heard of Janice Dickinson?â? â??Iâ??ve heard OF her.â? â??Well I feel youâ??ll have success like her.â? â??Is she white?â? â??Why does it matter?â? â??Because if she isnâ??t, then I can believe youâ?¦.But if not, then things can be a lot harder for me. In case you donâ??t know, I AM black.â? â??Say what?! I never noticed!â? â??Oh Hughley.â? I laugh. â??Thatâ??s not my name.â? â??I said it out of affection.â? â??But if you feel that way, then I promise to make you one of the most famous models. It doesnâ??t matter of race.â? â??THANK YOU! Finally someone understands a chick!â? â??But if you hadnâ??t noticed, Janice isnâ??t a blonde, blue-eyed girl. She was the black sheep too because she didnâ??t have that look photographers were looking for. Now sheâ??s banking in. Thatâ??s a lesson for you too, Lyric.â? â??But I canâ??t forget about Beverly Johnson, either. She paved the way for anyone by posing on Vogue. Thatâ??s pretty neat, but modeling I feel is the easy way out for me. I want to try my hand at acting. Did you see the Dating Game yesterday?â? â??Yes I did. And Michael said you would be on it. I already knew he was picking you.â? â??Oh reallyâ?¦.â? â??But you said acting. What about singing?â? â??Thatâ??s cool too, but I donâ??t if thatâ??s number one for me. I know thatâ??s a Michael thing, but for the longest, acting was strictly number one on my list.â? â??Well not like I have discographies stashed everywhere, but I know you can express yourself with music.â? â??Hugh, I donâ??t want to get into that. Plus I donâ??t think my voice is even strong.â? â??Have you tried your hands at writing?â? â??I mean I haveâ?¦when I was gracious enough to come up with lyrics, but itâ??s all a piece of chum.â? â??Hereâ??s your homework assignment from me: I want you to write a song about how you TRULY feel about something. And it can be about ANYTHING. Youâ??ll be surprised. I decided to host a party this next Valentineâ??s Day in New York, and thatâ??s your deadline.â? â??Really, on Valentineâ??s Day?â? â??Youâ??ll be prepared then.â? â??But Hughâ?¦â? â??Just try it Lyric. Youâ??ll thank me. Call me when you finish writing a song and you feel I should hear it.â? â??But Hughâ?¦â? â??Do you just want to be a pretty girl?â? I shake my head no. â??Then write what you feel. Donâ??t hold back.â? â??Okay?â? â??Now letâ??s join the boys.â? â??Okay.â? As I was walking with him, he whispers to me to keep it a secret. â??We gonna blow them all away!â? he tells me. So we walk back to the front of the house. â??I see no JFK, Jr.â? â??I guess you were hoping he would be here.â? Michael laughs. â??No, Iâ??m still fascinated I met him. I probably shouldâ??ve gotten a picture. He would only think of me like everyone, though.â? â??No he wouldnâ??t. You didnâ??t spaz out in-front of him.â? Hugh says. â??Yeah, but I surely charaded him out.â? â??So I see you two have hit it off well.â? Michael says. â??No Iâ??m just speaking to Lyric about the future.â? Then he smiles and winks at me. *^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Keep reading...But remember that 9 out of 10 times, the when something, like an â??omenâ? is said, the story is foreshadowing some event :). I wonder if y'all go back to those parts when they were first mentioned ;)
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