It's Raining Benjamins (The Cheetah Girls Book 6) by Gregory Deborah

Author:Gregory, Deborah [Gregory, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781497677517
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2014-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

7

The next day at six o’clock, the five of us meet at Times Square Tabernacle Church on West Forty-third Street, to go see Derek Ulysses Hambone in the “Mad Millennium” Fashion Show.

Madrina gave us the money to pay for our tickets because she feels so bad about our “boo-boo” chokers venture. Once again, we’re wearing our Cheetah Girls chokers—but, as Bubbles jokes, “Let’s pray we don’t drop alphabets in the good house of the Lord!”

We’re all in a good mood, because of the great news about Def Duck Records. Even me. I’m still kinda nervous about talking to Bubbles about writing a new song with her. But I made a promise to myself last night, when I was lying awake in bed, that I am not going to do el pollito, and chicken out. I swear I’m going to pounce at the right moment!

I haven’t even spoken to Dorinda about this, since she just automatically sides with Bubbles when it comes to things about the group. That’s because she thinks Bubbles knows everything—which she doesn’t!

Tonight, the twins especially are in seventh heaven about the news. But for a moment at least, when I first see them, my new hairdo distracts them.

“Hey, Miss Chanel,” Aqua exclaims. “Your hair looks real nice! Can I touch it? Ain’t her hair pretty, Angie?”

“It sure is. It’s so looong, Chanel!” Angie says, surprised.

“What did you think, I was wearing a weave under my braids or something?” I tease the twins.

“No, but I guess we didn’t realize how looooong your hair really is.”

As soon as she’s through checking out my new ’do, Aqua tries to milk Bubbles for every poco detail about the phone call between Def Duck Records and Madrina. “What did they say about us?”

“They said we wuz off the hook, Snook!” Bubbles says. (She loves being the one to tell us everything.) Aqua waits for more details, but Bubbles just looks at her and says, “That’s it, really. They thought the showcase went really well, and now they want to put us in the studio to cut a demo—with a producer named Mouse Almighty. They said we should record three to five songs. Then they’ll decide if they want to give us a record deal.”

“Who is this Mouse Almighty?” Angie asks.

“They told Mom he’s worked with a few other girl groups, so that’s why they picked him to work with us. Let’s see … he’s worked with Karma’s Children, the Lollipops, the Honey Dews, and In the Dark.”

“In the Dark—who’s that?” Dorinda wonders.

“You know—that little girl with the rhinestone-studded black eye patch, and the three other girls who prance around on stage with those monkey-head walking sticks, like they’re all that,” Aqua blurts out. “They went on tour once with Jiggie Jim and the Moonpies. Um, what’s that song—oh … oh … ‘Struck with Your Love and Now I See!’ That’s it!”

“Oh, them. I don’t like them,” Angie says, making a face.

“Well, the other groups he’s worked with are dope, right?” Dorinda points out.

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