CHAPTER 2

4 hours later I was in NYC. How did this happen? How did I go from a teen making youtube videos to a girl on her way to the city?
"Mom, I don't know, what if they call the COPS."
"Hun, you know that would never happen! We have police insurance!"
"Are we sure that's a thing?"
"Gee you try to give assurance..."
I laughed, although I did not want to. I was mad at my mom. She dragged me out of school, my safety net from the harsh world of internet critics. Maybe it was good to go through this change, to enter theater. I wanted to be a singer, but apparently I had the "gusto" for it. I got a text on my cell phone:
"hey gurl!"
" hey lexi!"
"Sup."
"Nuttin"
"Okay, that's uhm cool."
" kay bye."
She disconnected. Lexi was my best friend, but I didn't understand her. She was quieter than I was, which says SOMETHING. She worried me.
The cab was coming, my mom had arranged everything in the short hour I was at school. It was liked she picked me up and plopped me down in new york. Again, of all places! I was getting cold sweats. I started muttering these odd noises, DON'T ASK, I was losing my mind. Oh, nope, it's just a gas leak. Wait, EWWWW.
Three hours later, god that was a long ride, I was at the hotel. I saw Frankie in a, pig suit?
"CHICAGOOOOOO, CHICAGOOOOO!"
"Wrong play Frankie! It's THIRTEEN. Not Chicago."
"OH, pardon me! THIRTEEEEEN, THIRTEEEEEN."
I bent over laughing, Frankie was my homie. He made me laugh when Lexie couldn't and Aaron wasn't around. He warmed my heart. Frankie, wait no, MR.PIG carried mom and I's suitcases upstairs. The people inhabiting the hotel gave him THE DEATH STARE. However, he just smiled and pulled his piggy ear down. I loved him soooo much. He was so positive.
A few hours after that, I got dropped off ( Mom thought they would like it if I seemed independent) at the studio. I sang "Vienna" by Billy Joel. They all started crying. I sat with a girl named Elizabeth for a few minutes as they wrote up checks next to names on small slips of paper. They handed me my slip. I read it. I buckled down on my knees, my face turned red and I burst into tears....