Locked up for Love

Chapter 3. - Locked Up.

Josca
Enraged I pressed the keys of my MacBook. With my eyes focused on the laptop screen, I tried to finalize one of my last stories. The corner of my mouth had shaped my lips into a little frustrated smile and I frowned my eyebrows.
“Are you serious!” I shouted furiously, as the laptop suddenly froze. I felt like throwing it out of the window, because I just kind of started with the last part of my story and I hadn’t saved it yet.
“So, laptop, do you want to play a game with me?” I said to the laptop and I put it back on my desk. The laptop screen didn’t respond and stayed frozen. As if it would listen to my yelling... With a sigh I turned around and bit my lip: all right, I had to deal with it. Maybe it would go back to its old state again after I left it for a little while.

Just as I arrived downstairs, a ringing noise sounded all around the room. My brother, who was around one and a half years younger than me, was sitting on the couch and took the phone. I didn’t really pay any attention at him, until I saw him frowning and looking quite confused, but also inquisitively.
“Um… I don’t know what…” He mumbled to the phone. His blonde fringe almost covered his light blue eyes as he watched me.
“For you, Josca”, he said to me and he handed me the phone. Before I took it from him, I glanced at the tiny screen: unknown number.
“H-hello?” I said insecurely.
“Hello”, a man’s voice sounded from the other side of the telephone line. “Are you Josca Nefkens, by any chance?”
“Err, yes I am. Who is this?”
“I want to congratulate you”, the man spoke, not answering my question. He had a Scottish accent and a really deep voice, but I didn’t recognize it. Still a bit confounded, I started walking and sat down in the back of the living room. The man spoke again:
“I am Aiden Dallas from Modest! Management.” My heart almost stopped beating when I heard those last two words. Modest? Reminds me of… My tongue turned dry and I didn’t say anything.
“I’m calling you with a special message”, he said and I heard him chuckling at the other side of the line. “Congratulations, you’re one of the lucky girls who’s elected to join our TV-show ‘Locked Up For Love’!” That statement almost made me fell out of my chair and my face turned red immediately, while a shriek escaped from my mouth.
“I-… but… Mister, this is a miscommunication!” Was all I could stutter.
“Excuse me?” The man from Modest! Management said surprised.
“I mean, I am really happy and…” I stuttered from disbelief and I felt like I was going to cry. “Of course this means a lot to me and I really want to participate, but… I didn’t apply. At least… Not for myself.” Aiden Dallas laughed a very loud and warm laugh.
“I know that, young lady.” Right now I was going crazy and I totally freaked out by jumping from my chair and running out of the room.
The reason why I went crazy wasn’t just the fact that One Direction’s management just rang me and told me I was going to be in their new TV-show, no: it was the fact that I did not apply for myself. I applied for someone else: my best friend, to make things clear. I remember how I spent ages on that video I sent in a few weeks ago. I had sung a song, changed the lyrics a little and added some beautiful video shots, so the boys would know they had to choose my friend, Tessa. And now I got this call. And they chose me. I felt like a betrayer.
“Hello, are you still there?” Mister Dallas reminded me.
“Yes…” I whispered and my voice broke.
“The lads saw your video and they were totally overwhelmed”, he said. I felt my eyes had gotten teary and I didn’t have any control over my breathing. Stay calm. Keep breathing, slowly…
“The boys saw your video!” Echoed in my head. That didn’t really help, cause my heart started pounding quite loud and I almost forgot to listen to mister Dallas.
“Anyway, I’m not allowed to tell you more about that. Just one more thing…” I held my breath and had to grab the nearest solid object with my left hand, otherwise I’d fall over. My hands were shaking when mister Dallas spoke:
“Your friend is elected as well.” I nearly threw the telephone in the air and screamed incredibly loud, I couldn’t help it. The tears streamed down my face now for real, but not caused by despair this time: it was happiness.
I heard the man laughing and I hastily spoke:
“Excuse me, sir. Thank you very much! You don’t know how much this means to us! I’m going to call Tessa straight away!” I said this really quickly and hoped he understood what I said. Apparently he did, because he spoke calmly to me:
“You’re very welcome, Josca. You’ll be receiving details about the show by email and even by post. Congratulations again and…have fun telling your friend.” I grinned widely and shook my head. Oh, I could exactly picture Tessa’s reaction in my head already.
“Thank you”, I replied. “I’m sure she’ll be even more surprised than I was at first…because… I haven’t told her I made her a video. She isn’t aware of anything yet!” An evil grin appeared around my lips and I chuckled.
“Even better!” Aiden Dallas said, obviously happy. “Goodbye, I’ll see you both soon.”
“Goodbye!” I said and the man hung up.
No hyper dancing around the house yet, at first I had to call Tessa!
I’d called her so many times already that I could dream her number, almost. Fortunately she immediately picked up the phone.
“Joscaaa!” She screamed. I answered with a dry sounding ‘hi’ and Tessa started to laugh. “What’s up?” She asked. I decided to act all mysteriously about this.
“Something”, I said. “It’s pretty important, if you ask me.”
“What is it then? Ah, don’t be such a tease!” I kept silent, because I knew Tessa would get really curious. I opened my mouth, took a deep breath and whispered:
“Tess… We’re going to be locked up.”

zaynmalik1D @zaynmalik                                                                          1h
So ten people are called already !! Curious to know who ? ;) x
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written by Josca