Can't Be Changed
Skeletons
"If you just take a deep breath, and pause for a moment, im sure it will help." Harvey tried reasoning with Alisa as she flew from place to place, her charity event begining that evening.
"Harvey, we don't have a moment. There is still so much that has to be done." Alisa sighed signing a stack of paper Harvey had handed her. "Is my team at the banquet site?"
Harvey nodded handing her another file in need of her approval. "Evelyn and the team is setting everything up, Lilly is assigned to the door and is taking care of seating. Everything is falling into place. They say everything looks beautiful."
"Okay, im going home to get ready. You take care of what needs to be taken care of." Alisa sighed once again and stood from her desk.
*
"Alisa!"
"Miss Beck! Over here!"
"This way, Alisa!"
"Look right here!"
Alisa was sure that in that moment she had gone completeley blind. As she stood on the red carpet to her own event with Antii Niemi, the paparazzi snapped away on their enormous apparatuses. After a few more pictures and moments of lost eyesight, she and Antii decided to head inside. As she turned to enter the building a hand caught her arm. She turned to see a pair of hazel eyes she once knew too well.
"Take a picture with me." Kevin Jonas insisted with a warm smile. Alisa rolled her eyes and pulled her arm away.
"I have to get inside." Alisa insisted.
"You're not going to deny your guest a picture?" He asked smugly.
"One picture." She said pointing a manicured finger at him, she told Antii she would meet him inside. As the photogrophers greedily clicked for the photo of the duo Alisa forced a smile standing next to Kevin.
"Oh Alisa," Kevin inturrupted as they turned to enter the banquet hall. "This is my wife, Danielle." He introduced the tan woman that had just appeared at his side.
"What a pleasure," Alisa smiled shaking Danielle's hand before quickly rushing inside to find Harvey.
*
"If i may be so bold as to point out, but you Miss Beck look stunning." Harvey complimented as Alisa approached him.
"Thank you Harvey, how is everything?" Alisa asked offering him a smile.
"Perfect, couldn't be better." He insisted scanning the room as celebrities and socialites mingled amongst the beautiful setting. Tables were strategically placed in the dining hall with elaborate and elegant table settings, the lighting the dim and candles illuminated the walls. Every single detail from Alisa's vision for a perfect evening had fallen into place as Harvey had said earlier.
"Harvey, have you seen..." She trailed off glancing in the direction of the door.
"Oh Miss Beck she looks like a wretched oaf, someone seriously downgraded." Harvey stiffled a laugh.
"Oh Harvey, you silly boy." Alisa chuckled kissing his cheek. "Thank you for everthing, enjoy yourself, will you?"
"Alisa!"
Turning Alisa searched for the source of the outburt. A group of people at a table was beckoning her over. She smiled at the hockey players and their significant other waving her over.
"You look so pretty!" Lauren Versteeg squealed, leaping to her feet to hug Alisa.
"So do you!" Alisa smiled admiring her green dress that complimented her hazel eyes.
"Come on, we've been dying to talk to you." Lauren said pulling her closer to everyone at the table.
"Hey Alisa!" Aimee, Patrick Sharp's fiance smiled as she mingled with Gillian, Brent Seabrooks red headed fire cracker of a girlfriend. After giving both the girls a hug she moved on to the other girls she didn't know too well. Ben Eager had brought a date to the event, a beautiful yet shy girl named Megan who had been his massage therapist. Andrew Ladd came with his wife of three years Julee who worked as a pastry chef. Adam Burish however was riding solo, yet trying to pick up a girl at the bar who looked less than enthused.
"Gosh I miss Patrick so much right now." Alisa said mostly to herself, yet it did not go unnoticed by Angel.
"Im sure he misses you a whole lot right now too." She comforted her friend.
"Dance with me?" Antii Niemi asked coming up to her, extending his hand. She smiled and eagerly took his hand as the benifit got into full swing and the crowd partied into the early hours of the morning.
*
"Should I call? I think i'll call her." Patrick said for the tenth time that afternoon.
"Cut it out, its like seven in the morning, she'll call you when she's good and ready." Ericka ordered shoving her brother's shoulder as they sat on their childhood couch, watching cartoons and eating cereal in their pajamas.
"But I just want to ask if she got home safely, how the event went..." Patrick sighed as his sister shoved his laptop at him.
"Look, the benefit is all over the news." Ericka explained. Taking the laptop and putting the empty cereal bowl away, Patrick began to scan the headlines for any information concerning his girlfriend. He grumbled when he saw the pictures of her and Niemi arriving together and clicked through the rest of the photoalbum. He stopped when a certain picture caught his eye. It was her fake smile that got to him first. He knew her so well. She looked beautiful, but the smile gave her away. He looked at the man by her side vaguely remembering his face. He read the caption only to be even more confused. Kevin Jonas and Alisa Beck reunited past flames? The former 'rumored' couple was seen posing together for pictures at Alisa's Chicagoan charity benefit event last night. They seemed to be all smiles, and Kevin's wife was not far behind!
"What the fuck?" Patrick exclaimed scratching his chest.
"What?" Ericka asked glancing over at the screen, milk dribbling down her chin. "Uh-oh." Ericka got up from the couch and headed over to the kitchen to put her bowl away.
"Uh-oh?" Patrick asked, "What do you mean 'uh-oh'?"
Ericka make a zipping motion across her lips and sauntered off to the bathroom.
"...the hell is going on?" Patrick asked himself, picking up his phone, finally dialing his girlfriend.
"Hello?" A sleepy voice answered, and Patrick could hear the tired smile in her voice.
"Morning, beautiful." Patrick grinned, imagining her stretching her arms over her head like she did every morning, turning to face the Chicago skyline outside her window.
"Hi baby, how are you?" She asked as he put his bowl away.
"Fine, how was the benefit?"
"Amazing, Patty we raised over two million dollars." Alisa sighed in disbelief.
"That's so great, congrats."
"Thanks."
"So...question." Patrick caustiously brought up.
"Shoot."
"What's up with you and Kevin Jonas?" He apprehensively asked. After a few seconds, Alisa had still not responded. "Did you guys....date?"
"Um, well." Alisa paused. "A litte..."
"Lis, you can tell me, its not like im going to be mad, im just curious."
"Okay," Alisa sighed begining her explaination. "Remember when Jessica turned sixteen, and you threw that huge birthday party for her?"
"Yeah, that was the night I met you." Patrick smiled.
"Do you ever wonder what i was doing there?" Alisa asked making Patrick scrunch up his face in confusion.
"I guess I never really thought about it, how did you get to that party?"
"Do you remember what band you got to surprise her?"
"The Jonas Brothers." Patrick answered.
"Exactly."
"You were with them?" Patrick wondered as Ericka walked back into the kitchen plopping herself next to her brother at the counter.
"I was sort of seeing Kevin at the time." Alisa queitly answered, fearfully anticipating his response.
As soon as Patrick put two and two together, he burst out laughing surprising his sister and girlfriend as well as himself. "You dated a Jonas Brother?"
"Okay, let's not." Alisa grummbled. "We broke up like a week later, and he's married now. The end. Let's talk about something else."
"So you were with someone when i met you? Damn." Patrick smiled. "This has got to be the funniest day of my life."
"Shut up, im going to have breakfast with Niemi. Bye Patrick." Alisa yawned.
"Wait!" Patrick exclaimed preventing her from hanging up.
"What?"
"I'm glad you dated him, otherwise, I would have never met you." Patrick smiled making his sister gag and walk away, but not before mutter cheeseballunder her breath.
Alisa rolled her eyes and tried to see the sweetness in Patrick's words even though she could sense his laughter. "Bye Patty." She chuckled hanging up the phone tossing it aside.
The way she met Patrick may be embarassing but she wouldn't change that night for anything in the world. The day she met Patrick was the best day of her life. But she would never let him know.
"Harvey, we don't have a moment. There is still so much that has to be done." Alisa sighed signing a stack of paper Harvey had handed her. "Is my team at the banquet site?"
Harvey nodded handing her another file in need of her approval. "Evelyn and the team is setting everything up, Lilly is assigned to the door and is taking care of seating. Everything is falling into place. They say everything looks beautiful."
"Okay, im going home to get ready. You take care of what needs to be taken care of." Alisa sighed once again and stood from her desk.
*
"Alisa!"
"Miss Beck! Over here!"
"This way, Alisa!"
"Look right here!"
Alisa was sure that in that moment she had gone completeley blind. As she stood on the red carpet to her own event with Antii Niemi, the paparazzi snapped away on their enormous apparatuses. After a few more pictures and moments of lost eyesight, she and Antii decided to head inside. As she turned to enter the building a hand caught her arm. She turned to see a pair of hazel eyes she once knew too well.
"Take a picture with me." Kevin Jonas insisted with a warm smile. Alisa rolled her eyes and pulled her arm away.
"I have to get inside." Alisa insisted.
"You're not going to deny your guest a picture?" He asked smugly.
"One picture." She said pointing a manicured finger at him, she told Antii she would meet him inside. As the photogrophers greedily clicked for the photo of the duo Alisa forced a smile standing next to Kevin.
"Oh Alisa," Kevin inturrupted as they turned to enter the banquet hall. "This is my wife, Danielle." He introduced the tan woman that had just appeared at his side.
"What a pleasure," Alisa smiled shaking Danielle's hand before quickly rushing inside to find Harvey.
*
"If i may be so bold as to point out, but you Miss Beck look stunning." Harvey complimented as Alisa approached him.
"Thank you Harvey, how is everything?" Alisa asked offering him a smile.
"Perfect, couldn't be better." He insisted scanning the room as celebrities and socialites mingled amongst the beautiful setting. Tables were strategically placed in the dining hall with elaborate and elegant table settings, the lighting the dim and candles illuminated the walls. Every single detail from Alisa's vision for a perfect evening had fallen into place as Harvey had said earlier.
"Harvey, have you seen..." She trailed off glancing in the direction of the door.
"Oh Miss Beck she looks like a wretched oaf, someone seriously downgraded." Harvey stiffled a laugh.
"Oh Harvey, you silly boy." Alisa chuckled kissing his cheek. "Thank you for everthing, enjoy yourself, will you?"
"Alisa!"
Turning Alisa searched for the source of the outburt. A group of people at a table was beckoning her over. She smiled at the hockey players and their significant other waving her over.
"You look so pretty!" Lauren Versteeg squealed, leaping to her feet to hug Alisa.
"So do you!" Alisa smiled admiring her green dress that complimented her hazel eyes.
"Come on, we've been dying to talk to you." Lauren said pulling her closer to everyone at the table.
"Hey Alisa!" Aimee, Patrick Sharp's fiance smiled as she mingled with Gillian, Brent Seabrooks red headed fire cracker of a girlfriend. After giving both the girls a hug she moved on to the other girls she didn't know too well. Ben Eager had brought a date to the event, a beautiful yet shy girl named Megan who had been his massage therapist. Andrew Ladd came with his wife of three years Julee who worked as a pastry chef. Adam Burish however was riding solo, yet trying to pick up a girl at the bar who looked less than enthused.
"Gosh I miss Patrick so much right now." Alisa said mostly to herself, yet it did not go unnoticed by Angel.
"Im sure he misses you a whole lot right now too." She comforted her friend.
"Dance with me?" Antii Niemi asked coming up to her, extending his hand. She smiled and eagerly took his hand as the benifit got into full swing and the crowd partied into the early hours of the morning.
*
"Should I call? I think i'll call her." Patrick said for the tenth time that afternoon.
"Cut it out, its like seven in the morning, she'll call you when she's good and ready." Ericka ordered shoving her brother's shoulder as they sat on their childhood couch, watching cartoons and eating cereal in their pajamas.
"But I just want to ask if she got home safely, how the event went..." Patrick sighed as his sister shoved his laptop at him.
"Look, the benefit is all over the news." Ericka explained. Taking the laptop and putting the empty cereal bowl away, Patrick began to scan the headlines for any information concerning his girlfriend. He grumbled when he saw the pictures of her and Niemi arriving together and clicked through the rest of the photoalbum. He stopped when a certain picture caught his eye. It was her fake smile that got to him first. He knew her so well. She looked beautiful, but the smile gave her away. He looked at the man by her side vaguely remembering his face. He read the caption only to be even more confused. Kevin Jonas and Alisa Beck reunited past flames? The former 'rumored' couple was seen posing together for pictures at Alisa's Chicagoan charity benefit event last night. They seemed to be all smiles, and Kevin's wife was not far behind!
"What the fuck?" Patrick exclaimed scratching his chest.
"What?" Ericka asked glancing over at the screen, milk dribbling down her chin. "Uh-oh." Ericka got up from the couch and headed over to the kitchen to put her bowl away.
"Uh-oh?" Patrick asked, "What do you mean 'uh-oh'?"
Ericka make a zipping motion across her lips and sauntered off to the bathroom.
"...the hell is going on?" Patrick asked himself, picking up his phone, finally dialing his girlfriend.
"Hello?" A sleepy voice answered, and Patrick could hear the tired smile in her voice.
"Morning, beautiful." Patrick grinned, imagining her stretching her arms over her head like she did every morning, turning to face the Chicago skyline outside her window.
"Hi baby, how are you?" She asked as he put his bowl away.
"Fine, how was the benefit?"
"Amazing, Patty we raised over two million dollars." Alisa sighed in disbelief.
"That's so great, congrats."
"Thanks."
"So...question." Patrick caustiously brought up.
"Shoot."
"What's up with you and Kevin Jonas?" He apprehensively asked. After a few seconds, Alisa had still not responded. "Did you guys....date?"
"Um, well." Alisa paused. "A litte..."
"Lis, you can tell me, its not like im going to be mad, im just curious."
"Okay," Alisa sighed begining her explaination. "Remember when Jessica turned sixteen, and you threw that huge birthday party for her?"
"Yeah, that was the night I met you." Patrick smiled.
"Do you ever wonder what i was doing there?" Alisa asked making Patrick scrunch up his face in confusion.
"I guess I never really thought about it, how did you get to that party?"
"Do you remember what band you got to surprise her?"
"The Jonas Brothers." Patrick answered.
"Exactly."
"You were with them?" Patrick wondered as Ericka walked back into the kitchen plopping herself next to her brother at the counter.
"I was sort of seeing Kevin at the time." Alisa queitly answered, fearfully anticipating his response.
As soon as Patrick put two and two together, he burst out laughing surprising his sister and girlfriend as well as himself. "You dated a Jonas Brother?"
"Okay, let's not." Alisa grummbled. "We broke up like a week later, and he's married now. The end. Let's talk about something else."
"So you were with someone when i met you? Damn." Patrick smiled. "This has got to be the funniest day of my life."
"Shut up, im going to have breakfast with Niemi. Bye Patrick." Alisa yawned.
"Wait!" Patrick exclaimed preventing her from hanging up.
"What?"
"I'm glad you dated him, otherwise, I would have never met you." Patrick smiled making his sister gag and walk away, but not before mutter cheeseballunder her breath.
Alisa rolled her eyes and tried to see the sweetness in Patrick's words even though she could sense his laughter. "Bye Patty." She chuckled hanging up the phone tossing it aside.
The way she met Patrick may be embarassing but she wouldn't change that night for anything in the world. The day she met Patrick was the best day of her life. But she would never let him know.
Awww wonder what's gonna happen. Are they gonna try and stay away from what seems to be coming? Can't wait for more.
1/23/14