Why Try? (A Jake Foushee FanFic)

Chapter Two: LA

Erin's POV:

I sat down on my suitcase trying my best to zip it shut, "Need some help?" I heard coming from my door. Kelcie and Andrew both walked into my room. Kelcie taking a seat next to me and Andrew zipping up my suitcase for me. "Thanks, you guys all packed?" I asked looking between the two of them. I was so thankful Steve was allowing me to bring them. Andrew would be my videographer, and Kelc my stylist of course. "You gonna tell her Kelc?" Andrew asked sitting on the floor in front of my bed. I looked over at Kelcie puzzled. "My parents changed their minds at the last minute...again. I can't go with you." Kelcie said looking down. "Are you serious Kelc? What am I going to do without my best friend?" I asked feeling knot form in my stomach. I couldn't tell if it was anger towards her parents or sympathy towards her. "We can facetime each other before every show I guess. I'm really sorry I can't be there for you Er." she said and I pulled her into a hug.

The next day Kelc drove Andrew and I to the airport, I sighed as Andrew began to unload our luggage from the car. I turned to Kelcie and pulled into the tightest hug, I felt tears start to slowly fall down my cheeks. "Don't cry Er, this should be the happiest day of your life!" she said pulling away only to see tears falling from her eyes too. "It won't be the same without you Kelc, I'll call you every day I promise." I said wiping my own tears. "Good because I need to check your outfits before hand." she said laughing causing me to laugh with her. "We have to go Er." Andrew said taking out his camera and turning it on. Kelcie and I had one more long hug, that Andrew got on camera before we made our way into the airport. After going through security and grabbing some food we made our way to the gate. "We are now about to board a plane to LA where Miss Erin Martin will begin her rehearsals for the Digitour. How are you feeling Er?" he asked turning the camera towards me. "Hungry..." was all I said before taking another bite of my bagel I had from Dunkin. "There you have it people, even the most beautiful of pop stars get hungry." he said into the camera before turning it off. The loud speaker announced that our flight was boarding so we began to grab all of our stuff.

We finally landed in LA six am their time nine our time, the whole time difference really messed with me for some reason. Andrew had his camera out and on me the second we got off of the plane, "So what's the plan Er?" Andrew asked and looked at me through his camera lens. "Well we have to find the guy driving us to the venue we're rehearsing at, then I have rehearsal all day." I said smiling down at the camera before grabbing my luggage. We eventually found the driver and he brought us out to the car and then to the venue. It felt kinda rushed going straight from the airport to rehearsal but I figured it was the price I'd have to pay.

Andrew and I walked through the front doors to see a club like room. It had a small stage with a bunch of amps and band equipment on it. I couldn't help but smile when I saw all of the boys running up to me. "Erin!" They all yelled at different times as a group hug formed with me in the center. I just laughed as they all began to let go of me. I looked up to seeing Jake coming in for a hug of his own. I blushed as soon as I felt his hands on my back. "How was your flight?" He asked smiling as he pulled away slowly but still keeping one hand on the small of my back. "Good, really long but good." I said smiling as we began to walk towards the stage. "Good." Jake said looking down smiling at me. Our gaze was broken by Steve calling me over to where he was standing. I walked over to see the one and only Brian Drake next to him. "Erin this is your choreographer and one of your main back up dancers Bri-" "Brian Drake, I definitely know who he is!" I said interrupting Steve who just chuckled at my response. "It's honestly an honor to meet you! You're my favorite choreographer!" I said being a bit of a fan girl in that moment. "Thank you so much! These are your other dancers.." Brian said taking the time to introduce all of them to me. Then it was time to get to work.

We went through the songs that Steve had picked for me and I picked up the choreography in no time. I had a song with each of the boys. First was Break Your Heart Right Back with Sammy, then Be My Baby, after that was Hands On Me with Skate, then came Just A Little Bit of Your Heart, which was a tough one for me, followed by Love Me Harder with Jack Gilinsky and ending with Best Mistake with Jack Johnson. Once the choreography was cleaned and perfected I started doing run throughs with the boys. Brian came up with different blocking for me to do with each boy in the different songs, each one worked perfectly except for the last one. Johnson and I were supposed to look serious but for some reason the chemistry was off, "Wait, what if Foosh gives it a shot?" Sammy asked from the edge of the stage where he was sitting. "Yeah Foosh can spit." Johnson said shrugging. Jake looked up when Brian called him over and had him take a seat across from me. He told him to just do what came natural, Jake just nodded, not taking his eyes off of me. 

The music started and I leaned forward in my seat, singing a few rifts into the mic as I did so. I rested my elbows on my crossed legs as I sang through the first verse. I kept my eyes closed for most of the time as I sang, but I could feel Jake's on me. I finally opened up my eyes just as he began rapping. I leaned back and watched him go through his verse, I never knew he could rap. He kept eye contact with me with every word he spat, once he leaned forward I did too. Then he looked down grabbing my hand and taking it in his, he made eye contact with me again as he intertwined his fingers with mine slowly. I couldn't help but blush and smile. His verse finished and he let go my hand slowly before I started singing again. This time I kept my eyes open for most of the verse, we both stayed leaning forward so we were close but not too close. The song ended and we both smiled at each other softly, "That's it Foosh is in I'm out!" I heard Johnson say chuckling. Brian nodded his head in agreement, "Now it's Erin featuring Big Foosh!" Gilinsky yelled causing all of us to laugh.

"Big Foosh?" I asked as we walked off of the stage together. "That's what the guys call me whenever I freestyle." he chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "I like it, it's cute." I said nudging him softly, "I don't think rappers are supposed to be cute..." he chuckled. "Well I know one that is." I said smiling up at him before walking over to where Andrew was. "What's up kid?" I asked sitting down next to him. "Erin that was amazing, like you two up there!" Andrew said looking up from his camera. "Me and Jake?" I asked, "If I didn't know you weren't, I would swear you two were dating!" he said seriously. "Yeah, right. Like Jake Foushee would ever want someone like me." I said quietly and rolled my eyes. "Er, just look at this video." Andrew said handing me his camera. I watched silently, it really did look like we were...the way he looked at me...the way I looked at him, it was beautiful. I smiled and handed the camera back to him, "Well?" Andrew asked, "Still doesn't prove anything." I said as he rolled his eyes which caused me to laugh.

I sat through the rest of rehearsal and watched as each of the boys went through their own sets. Jake was hosting the show and MC most of the time but was only performing with me. I was kind of honored to be with him while he performed as a rapper for the first time. I smiled to myself thinking about spending a whole tour getting to know him better. I was taken out of my thoughts by the sound of Gilinsky calling my name. "Huh?" I asked looking up at him who just chuckled. "I said, if you and Andrew want to save some money you guys can just crash at our place with the rest of the boys. I mean it's only a couple more days until the tour anyway." he said shrugging but had a smile on his face. "Are you sure you don't mind? I don't want to intrude!" I said only to hear Gilinsky chuckle "Don't worry about it baby girl, we honestly don't mind. Now come on we're heading out now." he said and I stood up following him to the door. I grabbed some of my bags and headed outside to the car, I put them down and began to lift them into the trunk. Then it was taken out of my hands and lifted over my head, I looked to see that it was Jake. He smiled down at me, "Thank you." I said as he lifted the other bag into the trunk. "Don't worry about it." he said and closed the trunk. I smiled as he opened the door for me as well, I climbed into the back and he took the seat next to me.