Cinema vs. Hotel ch. 27

The last thing Georg thought about of Helena's family was...Helena's father.
He wondered if Mr. Lafayette would accept him. He had accepted Strify, who was lean and happy-go-lucky. But...what if Mr. Lafayette never had accepted Strify? Whta would assure him that he would accept him?!
"Dude, relax or you'll get an ulcer! Everything will be alright!" Gustav assured as Georg drove to the airport, with Gustav next to him.
"How do you know? You're not meeting a violent dad, are you?!" Georg asked, freaking out.
"As a matter of fact, I haven't. But violent or not, they're parents. You just be educated, treat Helena with respect, smile, and you'll survive!" Gustav said, rolling his eyes.
"You've got no idea..." Georg muttered as he parked. He and Helena would spend two days on France, and then Goerg would travel back to Germany while Helena would do a job on Brescia.

Meanwhile, Helena was talking on the phone with her mom, along with Sam and Lisa.
"You'll love him, mom. He's such a respectful and loving man! He's the beest thing in a long time!" Helena exclaimed, hugging herself and smiling.
"Honey, I'm so happy about you!" her mom replied from the other end of the line, "But you just be sure that he treats you correctly, don't make bad choices."
"No, mom. He's a fine man. He hasn't harmed me in any way, and he loves me. You can see it by how he acts, and in his eyes. Oh, mom! His eyes! Can you remember-" Helena had to stop, though. Georg was talking towards her. "I'll call you later."
Helena stood up and hugged Georg as he came.
"Hi baby." she purred as he hugged her back. Sam and Lisa caught a glance among themselves, a glance of excitement. They walked away silently as the couple went to the plane after saying goodbye. They holded their hands, when someone screamed,
"Hey, it's Georg Listing!"
"Run!" Georg exclaimed as a bunch of paparazzis ran behind them. He and Helena started to run, with the mob behind them, taking photos of them.

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The slideshow was ready, and with help of their 11 year old cousin, a math whiz and a prodigious hacker, they were able to enter the Cinemabizarre.com database and the private  interweb of the electric equipment that Cinema Bizarre would use on their concert that same afternoon.
"We just connect the ACPd2 on the principal scoring of the CbB data, enhance the links and redeconnect the information as wen send the files!" Arnold eclaimed. Tom wrinkled his nose.
"What?" he asked
"It means," Arnold explained patiently to his math-failed cousin, "That I'm programming the secret electronic show on the pannels to exhibit your slideshow, plus adding the video to Cinemabizarre.com."
"Oh. And uh...what's programming?" Bill asked
"Bill, everyone knows what programming is." Arnold said
"Yeah, dude. What's your problem? Programming is when you change channels on the TV!" Tom mocked his brother, although he himself didn't knew the meaning. Arnold rolled his eyes and sighed.
"You kiddies just walk away and let me work." Arnold said. Bill went to his room but Tom just rolled his eyes. After five minutes, Arnold had already helped them create a world chaos.

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"Welcome, people!" Strify greeted the fans with a smile and extended arms. The girls cheered.
"What song shall we play tonight?" he asked the public. Between the requests and the screams, they decided to sing 'Escape to the Stars'. Shin gave the beat and Luminor cracked his fingers to show that he was ready.

I'm sick and tired of your so cold lie...

But then, all the lights went off. Kiro looked around, only to find that he couldn't see a thing. Shin got up in his seat, then sat down, then stood up again. Yu turned around savagely like a scared beast, and Strify's senses were sharper. Luminor raised an eyebrow and tried to focus his eyes to the darkness. Then, from behind them, the screen lighted up, showing the slideshow of all of Cinema's embarrasing private property.
The first clip to appear made all the fans laugh and 'awww!', but made Yu want to kill himself. The photo of his school yearbook, with the braces and eyeglasses, were shown. Tom had also highlighted some acne that Yu had back then, which were located on his forehead, his chin, all of his cheeks, and some on his jaw.
"Nooo!!!" Yu howled, thowing the guitar aside. The photo had below who was it. The next photo showed Strify wearing a fedora, dark sunglasses, a button-down shirt, and boxers. No pants, just boxers. Strify had been at least 17 years old when he did that, but it was still embarrasing. He had been passionately singing Elvis Presley, but if the young Strify had been in front of him right now, the actual Strify would be glad to punch his nose and tell him to put on pants when they were taking photos. The fans laughed hard.

The third photo to be shown was of a baby Luminor...you know...NAKED baby Luminor. Luminor could only widen his eyes to an extreme and put his hands on his head. The laughter increased. Next, there was somebody reading from Kiro's journal;

"September 24th, 1989:

It's the first time I've felt this way for somebody who's so forbidden to me...dad says I can't get near Trixie because she's a tramp, but I don't think that's very fair...she may use an excess of make-up, but she's still funny and sweet. She's very good at kissing...we've kissed sometimes, and I think she's marvelous...

"No! No! That's my notebook!!!" Kiro yelled, looking at the screen as a picture of Shin with a bald head was shown. Shin was at least five, but the scissors on his hands revealed who was the author of the baldness. Shin stood up.

I wonder if I'm truly in love...people say that you get tingling on your stomach when you fall in love, and you can't stop looking or dreaming about that person. If that is true, why does Trixie chooses to be with other guys that with me? She's told me that she loves me, but doesn't act like it. I can show her that I have a lot to offer. A lot more than those stupids she hangs out with..."

Another photo that was shown was of Yu in an eating contest with his friends. He still had the braces, and now his eyeglasses had scotch tape on the center. His face was smeared with cream from a cake he and another friend were eating. Yu now was turning beet red. Strify turned to look at the public; their laughes were nearly killing them, and all the girls were pointing at the photos and laughing about them. Shin's yearbook photos were the worst ones. Shin appeared with several cuts made from a razor blade (his first shave), and with one eye closed and the other one open, along with an annoyed expression.

"May 1st, 1992:

This isn't the first time that I fall on my face in front of a girl, but this time I screwed it up.
She was a rich beaut, about my age, and I saw her when I was walking with Scheckler and Romi on our way to track practice. She was sitting on the benches, and I only saw her on all our practice. I kept tripping. The first time, it was hideous. I fell on my knees and then bounced and landed on my butt. I immediately looked at the girl and saw her giggling. I blushed, waved, and waited for her answer as she waved back. I tried to make my falls more funny to make her laugh. In the end, the coach thought I had a severe thing on my brain. But when I went to talk to her, I accidentally tripped on my own foot. And, to make matters worse, landed on top of her, pushing her to a muck puddle. She was furious and smacked me on the cheek.
I feel like a pathetic worm, and therefore, I'm not writing more."

Kiro wanted to tear appart his face as he heard the laughter of their "loyal" fans, who were by now mocking their photos and tapes. Shin was practically hiding behind his drums, and Yu had turned from beet red to snow white. Strify had to hold on with his old man cane to keep himslef from fainting.

"July 22nd, 2000:

Damn. I hate July 22nd. Mom's birthday. I'm not writing anymore today."

Kiro's tears were almost falling but he brushed them away. To steal his mother's photo, and mock about that page on his notebook was too much.

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"You sleepy?"
"Yeah." Helena moved a bit closer to Georg as he wrapped her closer towards him with his arm on her shoulder. They had been on the plane for at least half an hour, and they didn't wanted to get off it. Helena smiled for herself, thinking that no other girl would be as lucky as her to be with a man like Georg. And all the girls who rejected him? They were plain crazy and feeling guilty right now.
Georg was hidding a very special gift he wanted to give her. He knew it was a bit soon, but he and Helena were in a true romance, and he wanted to be sure if she would accept it or not. On his jacket pocket, he had an engagement ring, that he was willing to offer to Helena.