Ebony&Ivory-Chapter 17

Luke: *Meanwhile, he's on the way hon, listening to the radio*

*the radio is playing promotional ads of Luke's upcoming This Is It tour*

Radio: In 3 months time, Luke Oliva will unleash the ultimate tribute to the late King of Pop. After his own US tour to promite his new album, he is set to show what he can do in honor of his godfather.

*music previews were played along with the ad*

Luke: Can't wait till I can tour the world

DJ: Tht's right, folks. The promotional ad for Lucas Oliva's This Is It tour, the tour tht the King of Pop had originally planned to do, now taken the mantle ovr by his successor. Call in, everyone! Tell us wht u think of this n wht u'd like to see there

Caller 1: I think it's really honorable that Luke's taking this heavy burden on him, despite his age. I hope he does his best!

Luke: *he smiles*

Caller 2: *with a surfer dude voice* OMG, dude~! This is like totally awesome, man~! I've booked the tickets like waaaaaaaaaay in advance wen he made the press conference. Far out, dude! Lookin' forward to see ya, man! Peace out!

Luke: *snickers with happiness*

Caller 3: *A girl* He's so sweet and really amazing! I got tickets to both his summer US tour and to the the This is It tribute! He is really like his godfather!

Caller 4: *african-american* I dunno, man. Is this reli necessary? Just let the King die in peace already. This was his work. No one should touch it. I'd prefer if this Luke fellow left it as it is. The King is untouchable. To try n recreate his works is like trying to play God.

Luke: *shakes his head* I never touched his works. I left the concerts the way they were

*more n more callers came in, all with mixed reviews, some good, some bad, bt all fair*

Luke: *he arrives home*

Illust: *was already home aftr spending almost all day with Leo, n was chatting with Anita. She sees Luke enter the house n ran to him* Luke!

Luke: Hey! *picks her up

Illust: *hugs him, then smelled the sweat on him* Eew! Stinky!

Luke: Hehe ,sorry. Gotta shower

Illust: *giggled*

Luke: Excuse me. *heads to the shower room

Illust: *as usual, sat on the floor outside of Luke's bathroom n chat* How's ur day?

Luke: *washes up* Really good. We rehearsed Bad

Illust: Wow! I like tht song. Anything else?

Luke: We did HIStory

Illust: I wish I was there with u, although not tht I'm saying I didnt have fun with Leo

Luke: What did you think of him

Illust: *blushes* He's...nice

Luke: Whatcha guys do?

Illust: *told him everything tht she had been doing with Leo today*

Luke: Wait, he read you Peter Pan?

Illust: Well, we watched the cartoon first, i didnt like it, so he let me borrow the novel

Luke: Why didn't you like it? It was Michael's favorite movie

Illust: *shrugs* I dunno. Maybe I just prefer realistic adaptation of things. The cartoon was...sappy

Luke: Not sure what Michael would've said if he was here

Illust: *guilt pang in her heart* Pls dont use Papa Bubbles against me. I feel bad as it is

Luke: Sorry,

Illust: *curled with her knees hugged against her chest* Why does everyone expect me to like things Papa Bubbles does? Just because I was close to him doesn't mean... *buries her head on her knees, trying to hold bk tears*

Luke: It's not that. It's just that...well, we had something he didn't.

Illust: *looks up* Wht's tht?

Luke: A childhood

Illust: Papa Bubbles...nvr had a childhood?

Luke: No, he's been in the spotlight since he was 10

Illust: Oh...I didn't knw tht... *looks dwn*

Luke: That's why he was so close to children

Illust: *nods* I knw...bt I can't help it if I don't share the same interest as he did. I wasn't...exactly having much of a good life anyway, bt it seems no one seem to understand tht, not even Leo

Luke: He will, in time. *hugs her*

Illust: *hugs him bk*

Anita: *barges in* OMG, everyone, chk out the news!

Luke: What is it? *gets dressed*

Anita: *turns on the news n showed him one of those entertainment news channel*

Illust: *followed him to watch as well*

TV: We receive word tht there will be a film release of the King of Pop's behind the scenes of his rehearsal for his concert This Is It

Luke: Oh my God. Kenny's gonna do it!

Illust: Do wht? *looks up at him*

Luke: make the film

Anita: I thought I heard tht it couldn't be done.

Luke: Looks like they got permission

Anita: Tht is wonderful. The world will soon knw wht Mike had in store for them and knw tht they will be able to see it through you

Luke: But....does that mean I have to cancel the concerts?

Anita: I dunno. Maybe u should give Kenny a call

Illust: *nods in agreement*

*Luke goes to his home phone and calls Kenny Otega*

Kenny: *picks up the phone* Otega residence

Luke: Kenny, It's Luke.

Kenny: Ah! Luke! I was abt to call u. How're u doing?

Luke: Good. I saw the annoucement about the movie. Does that mean I have to cancel?

Kenny: Oh no, no, no. U dont have to. Tht wht I was abt to call u abt. I'm not showing the entire concert, just some of his best. We have abt 200 hours worth of footage n we're just gonna show some of the famous ones. All we need to do later for ur show is just tweak it a little bit here n there n renew some of the scenes to make it evn better. U dont want to disappoint the fans now, would u? Aftr announcing tht u would do Mike's work in his plc? I'm sure u've heard the call-ins in the radio by now

Luke: AS long as we only do the filming of Smooth Criminal

Kenny: Tht's fair enough. Just need to replace Mike's role with u in it

Luke: *sparks an idea* I got it. we'll be showing this on two different screens, right?

Kenny: Yeah, something like tht

Luke: How about we shoot it, but have different scenes with mine? And we show Michael's as well

Kenny: Oh, tht will be fantastic! I'm liking it already!

Luke: Alright ^^

Kenny: Well, I hope to see u tomorrow. We've got loads to discuss abt

Luke: Thanks Kenny *hangs up the phone*

Anita: How'd it go?

Luke: I don't have to cancel the concerts

Anita: Phew. Tht's a relief

Illust: *glad too*

Luke: We're gonna add a new sequence to Smooth Criminal without replacing michael's

Anita: Tht's nice. It wouldn't be nice to just replace him out

Illust: *listened in with interest n curiosity, being tht she nvr knew how MJ's rehearsal went*

Luke: Also, they're gonna send us a copy of the film for the home theater

Anita: Wow! Even better!

Luke: *blushes* What's worse, I'm in it. I remember when I was there...