Immaculate Misconception

Chris's POV

I watch in amazement as Alice steps into the elevator.

“What’s going on lover boy?” Ricky asks

“Oh, fuck off!” I say.

‘I just can’t get over Alice and how pretty she is. I hope she calls me…Calm down Chris you sound like a creeper.’

“Who was that?” Ricky asks, pulling me back into reality.

“Who, her?” I ask referring to Alice

“NOO, the fucking ghost.” He says in a sarcastic tone

“Oh, his name is Joseph, and he is awesome!” I say just to fuck with him.

“You’re a fucking douche…I mean the girl, that you got the hots for.”

“Oh her! Her name is Alice…and she is pretty.”

“Oh”

I think that Ricky is lonely because Jessica isn’t here, but in a few days we will be back home in Scranton, and he will be with her. Angelo and I are the only two in the band that are single…him because he just got out of a bad break up and me because I’m picky and can’t find a girl that I get the fuzzies for.

“Fucking help us.” Ryan says as he stumbles into the ball room carrying his guitar, and Balz’ keyboard.

“Why are you carrying Balz’ keyboard?” Ricky asks him as I walk over to Ryan and grab his guitar.

“Because he is a lazy asshole and can’t carry it himself.” Angelo says. He too is carrying some of Balz’ shit, but he isn’t asking for help because all he has is his drumsticks.

“No, I’m not carrying it because they lost a bet so they have to be my personal bitch servants for the day.” Balz says as he walks into the ball room

“We only lost because you cheated.” Angelo says

“I wouldn’t do such a thing.” Balz says and puts his hand to his heart to try to look hurt.

“What bet?” I ask

“We bet him the he couldn’t drink a bottle of tabasco without drinking water.”

“But I did.” Balz says in a proud voice.

“Only because you downed a half gallon of milk afterwards.” Angelo says

“Hey! You never said anything about milk…all you said was ‘No drinking water.’ And I didn’t. So that makes you guys my bitches…all day.”

I just laugh, the Devin strolls in with a big goofy smile on his face.

“Why so happy Sola?” Angelo asks

“Because Kylie is coming today!”

“Oh yeah! So is Hanna!” Balz says

“Hey Ricky…how come Jessica isn’t coming?” I ask

“Because her grandfather is sick and she is taking care of him.” He replies sounding sad.

“Aww…I’m sorry man.” Devin says as he pats him on the back.

“It’s okay. I’ll see her when we get back to Scranton.”

“Hey, guys I would hate to break out little girl moment but we need to practice.” Angelo says.

We all walk over to the stage and set up. Angelo already has his drums down here, the brought them down last night.

We get all set up, and start to play.

“Which song first?” Angelo asks.

“Scissorhands” I say

Angelo counts off and we start to play. After Scissorhands, we play Creatures, then Undead Ahead, Santa’s Pissed, London in Terror, and Immaculate Misconception.

“Okay guys that was great, let’s take a break and practice some more in about a half an hour.” I say

“Cool with me.” Angelo says.

“Good, because I need to call Kylie, make sure she’s okay.” Devin says

Devin is such a ‘lover boy’ but he loves Kylie, we all do really like she is a sister. Devin calls Kylie and they exchange words that make me want to barf. ‘ I love you poky bear’ he says ‘I love you to muffin face.’ She says.

“I seriously feel like I’m going to barf.” I say without meaning to. Devin flips me off and walks to the other side of the room.

I get bored so I decide to go sit in the lobby and watch T.V. I’m walking into the lobby when I see a girl with purple hair at the front desk asking Hailey for help finding her friends room .

I don’t know why I know Hailey’s name, but she’s sweet so it doesn’t really matter.

I sit on one of the chairs that they have in the lobby and listen. I probably shouldn’t but I can’t help it.

“I’m looking for Alice Hilliard’s room, I’m her friend Kiegan and she isn’t expecting me for another few hours but I decided to surprise her and come early.” The girl with purple hair that I know now as Kiegan says.

“Just one moment please, I just have to make sure you’re on the list to release her room number to. I’m sure you understand.”

“Oh, yes I completely understand.” Kiegan says.

“In the meantime you may take a seat over there, while I run your name through the system. I just need your first and last name.”

“I’m Kiegan Hagengruber.”

“Could you spell your name for me please?”

“Oh sure…it’s capital K-lowercase i-e-g-a-n space uppercase H lowercase –a-g-e-n-g-r-u-b-e-r” She says I can’t help getting the feeling that she trying to be a smartass.

I hear Hailey typing on the keyboard then I hear mumbling

“I’m so sorry but the system just crashed…let me call my tech man.” Hailey says

“Ugh…okay I’ll just sit down.”

Kiegan walks over to the chairs, sees me and her mouth drops then she freezes.

“OH…MY…GOD” She says. “YOU’RE CHRIS CERULLI!”

“ Umm…yes, I am…well the last time I checked I was Chris, and you are?”

“Kiegan.” She says with a smile on her face. I hold out my hand for her to shake and she gladly excepts “I’m sorry if I’m fangirling, but I’m such a HUGEfan of MIW.”

“Well thank you, and trust me your fangirling isn’t as bad as some girls, and sometimes guys.” I say

“Well that’s good…I always thought that I would never the type of person to fangirl, but I guess I’m wrong.” She says

“So how are you here to see? I’m sorry but I couldn’t help but overhear that you’re here to see somebody.”

“I’m here to see my friend Alice.” She says and sits down “Actually I think that you met Alice.”

“Oh, Alice…yeah I met her. She’s sweet.”

‘SHIT! I did not just mean to say that! Fuck Chris!’

“Yeah she is! She called me earlier and told me that she met you and I flipped.”

“Oh yeah? What did she say?”

“Nothing really just that she met you and that you are very nice and that you’re a crazy sex kitten that fucked her in the bathroom.”

“What!?”

Kiegan starts laughing hysterically. “I’m just kidding! About the crazy sex kitten part, and the fucking in the bathroom part. Alice isn’t like that.”

“OH! Okay good.” I say in a relieved voice.

“Yeah, I’m kinda a joker.”

“I noticed” I laugh

“Yeah. So what’s it like playing in a band?” She asks

“It’s like a family really…it’s fun, but sometimes it gets kind of lonely, being around the same people all the time.”

“That’s what Alice says…she’s a ballerina so she travels a lot. The last time I saw her…in person was about six months ago.”

“Wow.” I say

“Yeah… she actually doesn’t know I’m here. I’m surprising her.”

“Is that so?” I ask

“Yes, I wish that they would HURRY THE FUCK UP and fix the computer so I can see my BEST friend that I haven’t see in SIX MONTHS.” She says, being sure to project.

I just laugh then ask “Do you think that if I asked her to dinner she would say yes? It’s not that I want a girlfriend or anything she’s just cool.”

“I’m sure she will, you guys are heroes. If you need her number I have it.”

“Yeah…please, I would love her number.” I say as I hand he my phone. “Just add her number in and name and I’ll do the rest.”

“Kay.” She says as she types in Alice’s number and hands me my phone. “Here you go. Word of advice, she has a ballet recital tonight so if you want to do the date tonight it would have to be after like nine or so.”

“Thanks.” I say “You’re pretty cool. Get my number from Alice, and maybe we can all hang sometime.”

“Yeah, that would be fun. See ya around Chris.”

“See you around Kiegan.”

I walk back into the ball room with a big goofy smile on my face.

‘I can’t believe that I have her number!’

“Dude! What are you so smiley about?” Angelo asks

“Nothing.” I say. Angelo gives me one of those ‘Dude Really?’ looks. “Okay fine, You remember the girl from this morning?”

“The one that got into the elevator?” He asks and I nod. “Okay so yeah, what about her?”

“Well this morning when I came down she was her practicing for her ballet, and we talked for a while.”

“So what’s that do with you being so fucking weird?”

“Let me finish! Anyway…we talked and I couldn’t help but feel kinda nervous around her, but I didn’t want to say anything…but I gave her my number.”

“Okay…continue.” He says wanting more information.

“So I gave her my number, and right before she got on the elevator she said that she was a HUGE fan of our music, so I was expecting her to call by now…but she hasn’t!”

“Okay. But that doesn’t explain why you are so happy.”

“The girl with the purple hair that I was just talking to was her friend, and she gave me her number.”

“OHH…so what is this mystery girl’s name?”

“Alice Hilliard.”

“Wait the Alice Hilliard?” He asks

“Yes…wait how do you know her?”

“Because she’s a world famous ballerina! Lily is OBSESED with her!”

Lily is Angelo’s younger sister and she has always loved ballet, and has always wanted to be a ballerina, but since she has scoliosis she couldn’t be one. Lily is much younger then Angelo. She was adopted when we were seniors in high school.

“My parents and I took her to one of her ballets for her birthday last year and she has loved her ever since. I knew that she looked familiar, but I couldn’t figure out where I knew her from.”

After Devin gets off of the phone with Kylie, Angelo and I quit talking and Ricky, Ryan, and Balz, come back in from whatever they were doing. We practice more.

We play City Lights, Cobwebs, Com Pt.II, Puppets (The First Show), and We Only Come Out At Night.

“Great Job Guys!” I say after we finish our last song.

“So what’s next?” Devin asks

“I don’t know. Why don’t you call Kylie and have more phone sex, so you can make me sick again.” I say in a sarcastic tone.

“OKAY you’re the boss.” He says as he gets out his phone.

“I WAS BEING SCARSTIC!” I whine

“I know but I miss her so I’m gonna call her!”

“You’re gross!”

“Oh, you’re just jealous that you don’t have a girl.” He says then walks away.

I flip him off then walk over to Angelo.

‘Hopefully I will soon’

“You’re little girlfriend and her purple haired friend were watching us when we were practicing.” He says as he fixes his drums

“THEY WERE?!” I ask a little bit too excited.

“Yess…dude, you’re like in major crush mode…I haven’t seen you like this since Michaela! Has she called you yet?”

“No…” In a kind of disappointed voice

“Then you call her!”

“I wouldn’t know what to say.”

“Ask her to dinner or something. Don’t be a pussy.”

I give him a look then realize that we are the only two still in the ball room.

“Where are the others?” I ask trying to change the subject.

“Balz, Ricky, and Ryan went to go get food, and Devin is probably having phone sex with Kylie. It’s just you and me bro.”

When he says Devin and Kylie I can’t help but picture a naked Devin.

“EWW! MIND BLEACH!” I say as I try to get the very unpleasant picture of a naked Devin out of my head. “I NEED MIND BLEACH!”

Don’t get me wrong Devin is a VERY attractive guy, and if I was a chick or gay, and he didn’t have a girlfriend, I’d probably hit that. But I’m NOT and he does so, just the thought of Devin being naked is NASTY!

“Did you picture Devin naked again?” Angelo asks

“YES! And it’s nasty!”

“Back to the subject…call her!”

“I can’t…” I say as I try to think of a reason of why I can’t call her.

“And why is that?” He asks as he raises one of his eyebrows.

“Umm…because…because I…umm… Que Pasa?”

“Quit being a fucking idiot! Call her! I’m single and I’m living vicariously through my friends relationships…that and jacking off…but that is beside the point…CALL HER!”

“I’m nervous though…You do it.”

“And say what? ‘Hey this is Angelo, Chris is too much of a pussy to call and was wondering if you want to fuck him.’ Because if that’s what you want me to say then I will.”

“You wouldn’t…”

“Oh, I would. So unless you want that I suggest growing a pair of FUCKING balls and call her.”

“FINE. But you have to dial her number for me because I’m shaking like a leaf.”

“Dude, you sound like a bitch…give me your phone.” He says.

I hand him my phone, he searches through my contacts until he finds her name and then presses call.

“Here.” He says as he hands me back my phone

I grab it and hold it to my ear. I’m so nervous.

‘What if she doesn’t pick up? Or worse what if she picks up and when I ask her she says no? I would die. WOW, I really do sound like a bitch…’

I’m about ready to hang up my phone when she answers.

“Hello?” she asks