Luke is determined to breeze through his senior year and onto mega stardom (which means avoiding school, and Principal Lessa, as much as possible). That is until he's forced to work side-by-side with quiet good-girl, Julie Molina, on the big end-of...
Luke did his best to avoid Julie around school after their dismal conversation the day before. He was grateful that it wasn't all that hard to do since the next couple of days were going to be filled with meetings at Hollywood Records. Julie had sent a clear message that they were only friends, so he tried not to let his feelings for her cloud his mind or mood now that he was going after his dream. He still couldn't believe the opportunity the band had been given. In some ways, it seemed too good to be true.
"Can you guys believe this?" Luke asked Reggie and Alex after Caleb left them briefly to explore the recording studio on their own.
"Yeah, it's real great." Reggie replied sarcastically.
Luke shot him a look, "Why'd you say it like that? I thought you'd be way more excited." He turned to look at Alex to gauge his reaction, finding him just as sullen. "What's with you two?"
"I guess this would be pretty amazing if we were apart of the Luke Show." Alex offered while he aimlessly walked around the studio.
Luke balked, "We're Sunset Curve. What do you mean 'The Luke Show'?"
"Dude, all we've heard for the last two days is how they're going to feature you in this song or that song. And how they're going to put you on the cover of whatever magazine." Alex shot back, stopping to give Luke a hard look.
"I'm the lead singer!" Luke argued.
"Yeah, but we're a group. We're in this together, man." Reggie replied.
"You guys, we're about to sit down and sign a recording contract. You're telling me you're going to let a couple songs and a magazine cover change that?" Luke threw his hands up in exasperation.
"That's how it starts anyway." Reggie muttered with a roll of his eyes.
"Unbelievable!" Luke scoffed, and adjusted the beanie on his head.
Alex and Reggie stood unspeaking.
"What do you guys want? How do we make this work?" Luke asked after he stewed silently for a moment, arms folded across his chest.
They shrugged, refusing to meet his eyes.
"So boys, what do you think?" Caleb asked with a clap of his hands as he came back into the studio. The eager look he wore quickly fell from his face as he undoubtedly felt the tension in the room.
"It's great." Alex offered half-heartedly.
"Yeah, really great." Reggie agreed in the same tone.
Both boys looked pointedly at Luke. He felt completely deflated under their stare. He wasn't sure what to do here. Part of him felt like they were being unreasonably selfish jerks. The other part of him knew they wanted this just as bad as him. It had been their dream ever since they'd formed the band in sixth grade. Luke knew it wasn't fair to make them compromise.
"Feels like maybe we need to table our discussions for today." Caleb suggested, his eyes volleying between Luke, Reggie and Alex. "Why don't you boys step out and get some fresh air."
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