Chapter 187: VMA News.

Chapter 187: Chapter 187: VMA News.

[Edward POV]

"You don't have anything to do here. Want to follow me back to LA?" I asked Max teasingly.

She played along, widened her eyes and answered excitedly, "Yes. We just need to stop by my apartment and get my stuff– which all fans fit into a small trash bag..."

Randall and Haley were alarmed when they heard about the discussion.

"Wait... WHAT!?" Haley exclaimed in disbelief while crossing her arms together. Randall said urgently, "Edward. You shouldn't do that."

"What? I'm pretty sure that she and I are brother and sister." I said convincingly.

Max placed her right arm around my neck and compared our faces, "Yes. Can't you guys see that?"

Max and I messed with Randall and Haley for a while as we waited for Pepper. We surprisingly became good friends after we talked to each other for a while.

Right now, we were still in the waiting room in Jimmy Fallon's The Late Night Show studio. It has been an hour since the recording, and I was already late to get home.

I checked my watch and said with concern, "Damn. I don't think I can make it to the team dinner."

"Again?" Haley commented.

I nodded towards her and said, "Yeah...the flight's going to take 5 hours. We'll be home around 11, and I promised them that I will be there 9.30– which was already late enough as it is."

"Wait. There's a text from Uncle Cam." Haley held her arms at me as if gesturing to me to wait a second before concluding anything.

"He said the team cannot make it to the team dinner today. Tyler, and a few others cannot make it. They didn't even come to practice today. And it's not that they are trying to protest how things have been going, but Tyler sounded really disturbed when Uncle Cam called him before."

I felt conflicted– relieved and dejected at the same time. "Why? What's going on? What happened to him?" I asked nosily. Simultaneously, I was paying attention to Max and Randall's argument about her cupcakes.

He said she couldn't even give the cupcakes to me, so she couldn't be trusted. Max replied back with if we want cupcakes so much, we should stop by her apartment because there's 4 of them left there.

And Randall retorted back with saying she's only saying that as an excuse for her to get her stuff and come with us to LA. I was pretty sure that Max is going to fuck Randall soon. Not that they were vibing or anything, but Max's standard is really low, and she would just fuck him to win the argument.

Haley continued amidst the bickering, "Uncle Cam doesn't know. And he's trying to find out."

"Let him make Jacob try to find out. Cam sniffing around a couple of highschool boys can be construed as very creepy." I advised.

Haley paused, looked at me weirdly, before her eyes lit up with realization, "You're right. It's going to seem very creepy."

Phil then came in with Alex and Luke after going sightseeing in New York City. Luke was wearing an NYC hat, while Alex was holding a couple of food bags and drinks. Alex said, "I figured you guys will be hungry."

"Starving." I said and patted her head gently, "You did good young padawan."

She rolled her eyes and brushed my hand away fiercely, "Don't pat my head Darth Prankious."

I snorted a bit and said, "That's great. I'm going to use that one all the time."

Haley was texting and she shouted in excitement, "EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING! I FOUND OUT WHY!!"

"Why what?" Phil asked while putting on his NYC hat.

I explained to him casually, "Why a few of the players didn't come to practice today."

"Ahh. High School stuff." Phil said.

"Tyler got his girlfriend pregnant!" Haley shouted. Max automatically perked up her ear and she pressed her stomach and asked herself, "I am? Oh wait. I'm not in highschool anymore. I know about protection now."

I froze for a bit and my legs automatically turned towards the door. Then, I realized that she mentioned Tyler who did that and felt relieved. Alex narrowed her eyes at my reaction but I ignored her and went to Haley. "You're being serious?" I asked.

"Look! Tara found out! Tyler and Lisa went to the pharmacy and got a pregnancy test. The pharmacist there is her neighbor." Haley explained. "Oh my god. She's going to get so fattt!!" She exclaimed subconsciously.

Haley giggled as she texted with Tara, and then slowly raised her eyes to look at the people around her as she felt their gazed. "What?" She asked.

I giggled before shaking my head disapprovingly at her while she was confused. I turned to Phil and asked him, "Phil, you don't mind Max going back with us to LA, right?"

Haley puts her phone down quickly, "YOU'RE STILL ON THAT?!"

"What? Every celebrity does it." I said while shrugging.

"Who? Who does that?... And what exactly are they doing? What insidious scheme are you planning next?" Pepper suddenly swaggered in with a paper fan on his hand.

Haley tattled quickly before I could reply, "Edward wants to bring Max with him to LA! And let her stay at his house!"

"Really? That's interesting." Pepper whispered to himself.

"You're on his side?" Haley exclaimed, aggrieved.

Max chuckled and then walked beside me, "Calm down Malibu Barbie. I can't believe you still haven't got that he was joking. Are you guys even dating?"

"W-Wh-What Joke- We're not!" Haley stammered for a while before shouting unconvincingly to Max.

"Awww. So you're not coming?" I pouted.

Max pinched my cheek and giggled, "Sorry. You're pretty awesome, but I have a friend here that means so much to me. I can't leave him behind."

"Really? You're attached to someone?" Randall commented. Max glared at him and said, "I am human you know? It's Earl from the diner. He's already 72 years old. I can't let him be there alone. He'll die early from boredom if I'm not around."

"Also. I really can't go back with you, cause I'm pretty sure this guy is giving me daddy issues I never knew I had." Max said as she pointed to Phil.

...

Max left with Randall to get me some cupcakes from her apartment. While they were gone, I had a serious talk with Pepper.

"What's going on? Why are you so late?" I asked.

Pepper fanned his face and said aggrieved, "Well. Good news and bad news. The good thing is, you can come to the VMA. But, the bad news is, our agency doesn't really have any inside connection to MTV, so you can't be nominated."

Selena rolled her eyes and said, "You already know this! He discussed it with you before he went over!"

"Yeah...But he didn't tell me what he was going to talk about." Taylor defended as to not let Selena break her delusions.

[Edward: Honestly, I....don't like being there... all that much.]

Taylor, Selena, and most of Edward's fans who were watching were a bit surprised when they heard that.

[Edward: I just think that you need a certain level of maturity to...survive in these types of events. Or maybe because it was my first time there, I don't feel quite comfortable.]

Taylor snorted and said, "Liar. He adapted in a second."

[Edward: I didn't really fit in at the event until I met with Versace. And Confession Father Jimmy?

Jimmy: Yes Child?

The crowd laughed as the duo pretended once more.

Edward: If I didn't want to get to the dance, I would've never stayed there.

The crowd gasped and then cheered explosively after that. ]

Taylor covered her mouth and her face was blushing from excitement. Selena fanned Taylor's face in understanding and said, "Calm down! Calm down! You know he's using ambiguous words on purpose! He had already told you about this! Don't tap into your suppressed insanity again."

While Selena was trying hard to persuade the heavy breathing Taylor, the fans were already going crazy all over twitter about the story. It cemented the already solid relationship speculation amongst the two of them.

In the full broadcasted interview, the story about the lint remover and also the cronut were removed, and the others were kept behind. As people saw Edward creating a new game with Jimmy, and absolutely destroying the impression of MJ singing Sesame Street theme song, the internet exploded.

@Scarlett_Johannson : Oh my god. I didn't expect it when Ed told me to watch the show today. I got goosebumps. (hugging body.emoji)

@RDJ replying to Scarlet_Johannson: What happened? I missed it!

@ConanOBrian: THAT WAS AMAZING! And what a nice tribute to our King of Pop.

@TheJackson: It sure was.

@KellyClarkson: Never has it crossed my mind a desire to see someone impressioning Stevie Wonder singing one of my songs. And now, it's all I could ever think about! Wonder if you can make it a full song? @Edward_Newgate

A lot of people missed the broadcast, but then, Jimmy released a few short clips of the interviews on Youtube. Those who wanted to see the highlight were relieved, but then they learned that they had missed the part where Edward played a song game with the crowd, and was aggrieved again.

After a thorough discussion between Jimmy and Edward's PR representative, the video was decided to be held back as it could strike people as condescending if it was taken out of context.

The interview and the performance were a set, and Jimmy couldn't get the clearance from the TV network to upload a long duration video on the internet. Still, it wouldn't be for long since there was a high demand for it, and all it was going to do was help the network's status and push Jimmy's show to the forefront compared to other late night shows. Any idiot would see that it was more beneficial for them to release it rather than keeping it for themselves.

Jimmy's name started to become widespread all over the internet. As he watched the rating graph with his director, he cried a bit and said, "I waited for so long...Everyone! Edward Newgate... will forever be... our hero!"

In California, Edward's family and friends were also having a viewing party. Claire, Ted, Gloria, Sal, Mitch and Cam, Jay and Manny, were all gathered at Ted's living room.

Mitch teased Claire, "You could've watched the show live, Claire."

Cam added with a smirk, "But instead, you HAD to indulge in your appetite. Honestly Ted. You need to watch her around Edward."

Ted smirked and piled on the teasing, "Well based on what Edward told me, I agreed with him."

Claire rolled her eyes and retorted, "I didn't do that on purpose! And please stop this 'Let's rub Claire's misery in her face' party."

Gloria chuckled and added, "But you did eat all of Phil's and Luke's donuts on purpose, yes?"

Manny shook his head to show his disappointment to Claire while he was walking by.

[Manny's commentary]

"Am I mad that all of the other kids in this family got the experience of watching the show live? I am not. Edward invited me too, but...I don't want to spend most of my days inside a plane."

[Commentary ends]

Jay finally spoke up, "Alright. She made a mistake. Let's move on. Cam, let's talk about your football team."

Cam's eyes lit up as he was finally the center of attention. He said, "Oh my god, you won't believe what happened during training today."

While Cam was gossiping at the watch party, another intense discussion was held at Jenna's new house near Jay's mansion. Enid and Jenna were comforting Elsa on the couch while Jacob was staring blankly at the ceiling.

Enid muttered, "Y-You should take the test first. Nothing is confirmed yet...right?"

...

[Edward POV]

Inside the plane. I was working on my laptop when Haley suddenly walked near me. I stopped what I was doing and turned towards her, "What is it?"

She pretended to be confused, "I...walked here, definitely not to bother you. I wanted to tell you something, but I forgot."

"Well...Then, I guess you have to stay here until you remember it." I flirted. She tried to cover up her smile, which made her seem even cuter, and said, "No. I don't want to bother you with your work."

I closed my laptop and said, "Don't worry. I'm sure that what you're going to tell me is more important than my work."

Suddenly we shuddered as we saw Phil smiling kindly at us from afar. "Umm..." Haley stammered, and then her phone chimed.

I grinned and said jokingly, "Why? Is there another girl who got pregnant today?"

Haley chuckled and said, "14 girls! All on the same day! I'm sure that it's just a mass hysteria or something."

Alex said disdainfully from afar, "Stop talking like that's your opinion. You don't even know what Mass Hysteria meant before I explained it to you!"

We ignored the pissed off middle child who was getting jet lag from the constant air travel. Haley checked her phone and then her expression froze.

"What's going on?" I asked with concern, then I suddenly got a notification on my phone. It was a private message from Enid, telling me about the situation.

"Elsa's...pregnant? WHAT THE ACTUAL FU-"