Samantha woke up the next morning to find Janelle had already showered, dressed, and was ready to go.  She was putting her earrings on, and looked over when she heard Samantha sit up.
"Well good morning sleepy-head!"  She said cheerfully.  Samantha wasn't sure she could deal with this much chipperness so early.  She was used to easing into her days ( Read more... )

Casey and Samantha had decided to go downstairs to get some food and see if they could find Tyler or Janelle.  Casey'd told Tyler he'd meet him down there partially because he wanted to have even just a few minutes alone with Samantha, he knew those would be hard to get this week, and partially because he wanted to wash up...he felt, as he called ( Read more... )

Samantha looked at the crowds of people around her.  She kept expecting to see Casey's smiling face in the midst, but remembered that his flight didn't land for another hour.  3 weeks had past since they'd met at their auditions, and during that time, Samantha's feelings for him had grown much stronger.  They'd texted back and forth on a daily ( Read more... )

Samantha was feeling kind of funny.  Since the incident with her blackberry, she hadn't been quite sure what to say or how to act towards Casey.  She was embarassed, but not sure that she should be.  Luckily, Casey didn't seem to notice her awkwardness.  He was just as happy to talk about his Mom and his brother and about being married to a girl ( Read more... )

***DISCLAIMER***  I don't pretend to know the exact process of the idol auditions...how many people you have to audition for before you get to the judges, how long it takes, etc.  I'm using my own timeline and making this stuff up as I go, I KNOW it's not accurate, so don't bother correcting me kthnxbye :)

6 hours later, it felt like Samantha and ( Read more... )

The line was impossibly long.  It seemed to wind in and around and up and down every possible inch of the parking lot.  Sam looked at her watch and sighed.  She'd made it in with about 10 minutes to spare.  She knew there were people who spent the entire night in that parking lot, sleeping on the concrete, braving the elements, just for their shot ( Read more... )