The 4th of November year 1985:Los Angeles California 

Michael's POV

I'm so very excited because I will finally go on tour for my Bad album which will start in 1987. Even though I am very excited, I'm also a bit nervous because I don't want anything bad to happen on the tour and I want everything to be just right. My manager Frank keep telling me that I need to hold audition to find the perfect guitarist for the Bad tour. So I am going to put flyers all around the city at different locations hoping that the right guitarist will actually come and played something good on their guitar. 

Michael rolled his eyes as he was listening to his manager Frank go on and on about him looking for a guitarist to played for him during the Bad tour.  

"So kid I need you to put some flyers around the different locations for the audition because you need to find a really good guitarist for this Bad tour." replied Frank as he took out a cigar and began to smoke.

"Frank I know that I must put these flyers up in different locations so that I can find the perfect guitarist who actually has potential in knowing how to played their guitar the right way. You also shouldn't smoke so much because smoking is bad for your health." replied Michael as he looked at his manager.

"You worried about finding a guitar player and I'll worried about my health." replied Frank as he smoked some more letting out a puff of smoke.

Michael let out a giggle as he took some flyers and a stapler and put them into a bag and he left to go out into the city so that he could place the flyers all around of Los Angeles.

He made his way into the city of Burbank and he put a flyer on the door of his favorite cafe where he loved to get his breakfast and something warm to drink at. Michael also handed some flyers to some of the people who were enjoying their breakfast and drinks. Before going off to his next stop, Michael decided to walked into the cafe so that he could get something to eat and drink.

"Hello may I've a plain bagel and a large order of hot chocolate with whipped cream as well as a chocolate chip cookie?" asked Michael as he smiled at the waitress. 

The waitress smiled at Michael and wrote down his order and she went into the back to grabbed Michael bagel and cookie, she placed them into bags and began to make his hot chocolate with whipped cream. As he was waiting patiently for his tasty treats, Michael began to sing Bad quietly to himself and he was also deep into his thoughts about the audition and he was so nervous about holding the audition.

The barista smiled at Michael and gave him his tasty treats and she smiled softly when Michael gave her a tip.

Michael grinned happily as he walked out of the cafe and he began to eat his bagel as he put up some more flyers on different buildings. 

***

Meanwhile Tommy was inside of a cafe sipping on a warm cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream while looking for a job and he was looking at some ads for jobs that was listing in the newspaper. Tommy was so very tired of depending on his best friend to let him borrow some money just so he could support himself. 

The blonde haired brown eyed young man was getting quite frustrated because there wasn't any good jobs out there that was right for him and he was ready to give up. 

Tommy stood up and grabbed his cup of warm hot chocolate with whipped cream and he walked out of the cafe and he made his way outside. As he left the cafe, a flyer had caught his attention. Tommy picked up the flyer and when he read the flyer, his brown eyes widen because there was going to be an audition for a guitarist for the king of pop Michael Jackson upcoming tour.

"Maybe I should audition as a guitarist for Michael Jackson" replied Tommy to himself.

Tommy went back to his apartment that he shared with his best friend Casper and he walked into the apartment and brought out his guitar and began to practice for the audition so that he could prove to Michael that he was a good guitarist.

Tommy was still practicing playing his guitar and he wanted everything to be absolutely perfect for the audition which would be held the very next morning. As he was playing his guitar, Tommy began to think about the audition and he also thought about what Michael was looking for when someone audition for the spot of being the king of pop guitarist. 

Etta who's Tommy beloved American bulldog puppy was barking happily at her daddy as she was watching him practicing. She was also enjoying the music that her daddy was playing on his guitar. She wagged her tail and barked some more as in a way for her daddy to keep playing until everything went well.

"I don't know if I can audition for the role of Michael Jackson new guitarist Etta, wbat if Michael doesn't like how I played my guitar or what if I forget how to hold my guitar." replied Tommy as he ran his finger through his blonde hair out of frustration.

Etta gave her daddy a stern look and she always hated whenever Tommy would bring himself down and it made her slightly upset when she heard her daddy doubting himself. The puppy jumped onto the couch and licked her daddy and barked at him. Tommy gave his puppy a sweet smile and rubbed her tummy. Etta barked happily loving all of the attention that her daddy was giving her.

"You always know what to do whenever I start to doubt myself or if I'm upset about something Etta" replied Tommy to his puppy as he kissed the top of her head.

Etta barked happily and licked her daddy face while wagging her tail and she was very glad that Tommy wasn't doubting himself anymore because his sad mood was making her upset and she didn't want to become upset.

Tommy began to adjust the strings on his guitar because he didn't want any of the strings to break and that would be extremely embarrassing to not only him but to Michael as well. After tightening up the strings, Tommy wiped off all of the dust that was on his guitar. He smiled softly and carefully placed his guitar back into the guitar case and went to feed Etta her dinner.

Meanwhile back at the Jackson Estate, Michael was chatting with his best friend Amara and he was also eating a bucket of KFC and he giggled loudly as he was listening to Amara talk about the awful date that she went on last night with this guy who she met at the bookstore.

"He was an idiot for not paying for your meal and he is definitely a jerk for not even opening up the door for you" replied Michael as he took a bite out of his chicken.

"I was so angry that he didn't know how to respect me and I'm a lady who deserves to be respected Mikeybear" replied Amara as she frowned a bit angrily.

When Michael saw that his best friend was close to tears, he pulled her into a tight hug and he wanted nothing more to hunt down the guy so that he could beat him up very painfully.

"You'll find your perfect man who will do nothing but love and cherish as well as treat you like a queen" replied Michael as he hugged his best friend very tightly.

"I don't know what I would do without you Mikeybear and you are the best guy friend that I could ever ask for and you always know what to say to me whenever I'm feeling sad or upset" replied Amara as she wiped away her tears.

Michael giggled happily and he smiled because he saw that a smile had appears across his best friend face and he wiped away the last of her tear using his thumb and he grinned some more as he began to sip on a bottle of water.

"I hope that you can find your special guy who will loved and treat you like a king that you see Mikey" said Amara as she looked at him.

"I hope that I can find my special someone when I hold the audition tomorrow morning for the newest guitarist" replied Michael happily.

Amara rolled her eyes and giggled softly as she was eating a slice of vegan pizza and drinking a glass of fruit juice and she removed a strand of curly hair from Michael eyes and she giggled some more as she hugged Michael.

The next morning 

Michael walked into the place where the audition would be held for the newest guitarist. When he looked around, Michael was very amaze how everything was all set up and he smiled watching everyone doing their tasks that needed to be done. Michael saw his manager Frank chatting with Michael personal assistant and he walked over to them and said 

"Hey Frank and Nicole, how are you two doing this morning?" 

"I'm doing very well kid and how are you doing?" asked Frank as he looked at Michael. 

"You look very tired Mr. Jackson and may I get something to drink or to eat?" asked Nicole as she look at Michael.

Michael yawned softly saying "I am a little tired because I was up all night long thinking about what will the new guitarist be like and will she or him like working for me." Michael yawned again before saying "Nicole I told you so many times that I don't like being called Mr. Jackson because it makes me think of my father Joseph."

"Sorry Michael and I keep forgetting that you told me that I could called you by your first name" replied Nicole as she handed Michael a warm cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream.

Michael grinned happily as he took the cup of warm hot chocolate with whipped cream from Nicole hand and he took a sip of his warm drink and he smiled happily enjoying the taste and he said "Thank you."

***

All of the guitarist were waiting outside of the lobby and they were all excited about meeting Michael, but some of them were extremely nervous because they didn't want to messed up in front of Michael. 

As they were all wanting to called on, they were either reading books or magazines, fixing the broken strings on their guitars, or getting to know one another a little bit better. One of the guitarist was bragging to another guitarist saying.

"Michael Jackson will definitely picked me because I am the greatest guitar player ever and I been to so many audition, so Michael will choose me to his next guitarist." 

The guitarist who name was Tobias said "You can keep dreaming because Michael will choose me because I've skills and the ambition to played the guitar and not messed up."  

Meanwhile Tommy was running the down of California hoping to be on time for the audition and he didn't want to be late or disappoint Michael. As he was running, Tommy was sipping on a cup of warm hot chocolate with whipped cream and trying to think of a really good song that he could played on his guitar.

Tommy POV

I hope that I won't make a complete fool of myself in front of Michael and I just want to be able to played an entire song on my guitar without going all fanboy crazy over Michael Jackson. 

Relax Tommy you're going to do an amazing job and take lot of calming breaths and you will be just fine.

After giving himself a little prep talk and taking calming breaths, Tommy felt so much better and he pushed the door of the lobby opened and walk inside and he looked around until he saw a line full of people holding their guitars. Tommy took some more calming breaths and he walk into the line and waited patiently to be called on.

***

Michael was sitting at a king table with his manger Frank, his dance choreographer as well as his personal assistant. Even though Michael was excited about choosing a guitarist, he was also so extremely nervous, but he needed to focus and make his decision very wisely.

Michael POV

I am so very excited, yet so very nervous because for the very first time in my life I am the boss and it's my time to take charge of my own life as well as mi music. I know that I should make the right decision about choosing the right guitarist and I will listened to every single person who's trying out today before making my decision.

Nicole walked out into the lobby and she called the first person into the room for the audition and she went back to her seat and said to the person.

"Please tell us your name, how long you've been playing the guitar, and what song will you be playing for us today."

The young boy who was up first for his audition fainted on the ground because he couldn't contain his excitement over Michael or the fact that he was trying out to be Michael new guitarist.

Michael called over a medical worker who there just in case anyone needed medical attention. Michael rushed over and helped the medical worker put the young boy onto the stretcher after giving him a bottle of water. Nicole called 911 and the EMT workers took the young boy to the hospital.

Michael was hoping that the boy would be ok and he said to Frank.

"I hope that the young boy will be ok because that was so scary when he had passed out." 

"That was very brave and kind of you to helped that young boy kid and you've a very kind heart," replied Frank to Michael as he looked at him.

"The fans are my family and they mean the whole world to me Frank and they're the reason why I enjoys performing" replied Michael softly as he removed a strand of curl from his eyes.

Two hour later 

Michael wanted nothing more than to screamed or run away because the audition was turning out to be very bad and not to mentioned very painful to watched. Michael began to get a massive headache and he began to looked around for an exit so that he could make his escape. 

Frank was busy smoking his cigar and he saw that Michael was growing more and more frustrated and he saw that it was only one person left who still needed to try out and he said "Kid there is only one more person who haven't try out yet and do you think that you can be able to watched him." 

Michael looked around until his brown eyes landed on a blonde haired young male with brown eyes and when Michael saw him for the very first time, he couldn't removed his eyes from him and Michael thought that the young male was very gorgeous.

Michael POV

I have never seen someone so very gorgeous in my whole life and that young male is absolutely gorgeous with his brown eyes and blonde hair. I also loved his style and the clothes that he's wearing. I wouldn't mind listening to him played his guitar for me.

Tommy walked into the room and looked around and he said softly "Hello my name is Thomas Joseph Ratliff but please called me Tommy, I've been playing the guitar since I was little. The song that I'll be playing on my guitar is called Welcome to the Jungle by Guns n Roses.

Tommy began to played the song on his guitar and he also began to sing the word of the song as he was playing his guitar. Tommy was getting lost into the music as he was playing and singing.

Michael was very memorized by Tommy singing and he actually smiled because he thought that Tommy was extremely good at playing his guitar and he really wanted Tommy to be his main guitarist for the Bad tour.

When Tommy was done, he took a bow when he heard everyone clapping and cheering and he smiled softly looking at everyone. Michael stood up and he gave Tommy a sweet smile saying.

"You are officially the newest guitarist for my Bad tour Tommy and you were extremely amazing and I loved every single moment of your performance." 

Tommy was extremely happy and shocked and he smiled happily and said "Thank you so very much Michael and I won't let you down."

Tommy packed up his guitar and he couldn't wait to shared to shared the good news to his best friend.

When Tommy arrived back at the apartment, he was so very excited because he was going to be Michael Jackson new guitarist for his Bad Tour. Tommy couldn't stop smiling at all and he said to himself "I can't believe that I'm the newest guitarist for Michael Jackson Bad Tour.”

The young blonde haired male walked into the apartment and he smiled seeing his best friend Charlie. He walked over to the table after placing his guitar case which had his guitar inside onto the couch. He was still smiling happily and he was hoping that Charlie would noticed him and asked him, why he was smiling so very much.

Charlie was busy preparing dinner for Tommy and himself, while he was cooking the dinner, Charlie began to sing softly to himself and he was listening to music off of his walkman while still preparing the dinner. Etta was by Charlie feet looking at him, she was hoping that Charlie would dropped a little food onto the floor so that she can eat the food.

"Hey Charlie" said Tommy with a happy smile on his face, he looked at his best friend and smiled some more at him.

"Hey Tommy, how did the audition go?" asked Charlie as he looked up and saw his best friend who had just walked into the apartment. Charlie could tell that Tommy had a good audition because he's smiling.

"The audition went very good, you're looking at the newest bassist guitarist for Michael Jackson" replied Tommy as he smiled happily. 

"I'm so very happy for you Tommy" replied Charlie as he smiled at his best friend. 

Tommy said as he smiled "Michael is absolutely so very gorgeous with his beautiful hazel brown eyes, he also has a beautiful smile." Tommy walked over to the couch and sat down and looked at charlie saying:

"I should have every single rent payment that I know that I owed you by the end of the month."

Charlie walked over and sat down next to Tommy on the couch and said:

"Tommy you're my best friend and you shouldn't have to worried about paying the rent, go and enjoyed your time on tour with Michael Jackson because you deserves this wonderful amazing opportunity."

Tears welled up in Tommy eyes as he was listening to his best friend talking to him. Tommy hugged his best friend very tightly while crying a little bit saying:

"Thank you so very Charlie."

The next morning 

Tommy woke up from his deep slumber with a happy smile on his face, he still couldn't believe that he was the newest bassist guitarist for Michael Jackson. Tommy finally felt that his life would finally get better and that he will be very happy. After thinking for a bit Tommy got out of the bed and made his way downstairs and into the kitchen where he saw Charlie and he said happily:

"Good morning Charlie, how are you doing this morning?"

Charlie was preparing breakfast for both himself and Tommy and he was humming softly to a Michael Jackson song which was Thriller. When he heard the happy tone of 

Tommy voice, he said:

"Good morning Tommy, I'm doing very good and thank you for asking me how I was doing. Breakfast is almost done and mind setting the table for me please."

Tommy nodded his head softly and went to set the table, as he was setting up the table Tommy saw his beloved puppy Etta and he smiled and laughed as he rubbed her belly and he just shook his head softly because his dog always want him to dropped everything that he doing to pay attention to her.

"Tommy we're having waffles, French fries, as well as hot chocolate with whipped cream and cinnamon for breakfast" said Charlie as he carefully place a plate full of French fries on the table. 

Tommy took two plates and carefully placed them onto the table, he also grabbed two glasses for their drinks as well as napkins and the silverwares. Tommy smiled softly as he began to feed his dog Etta.

Breakfast was finally ready, so Tommy and Charlie began to sit down at the table and began to eat their breakfast and chatted for a bit. 

Tommy took a sip of his glass of orange juice and ate his waffles and French fries, Charlie smiled as he drank a cup of warm hot chocolate with whipped cream. 

"I'm so happy for you Tommy because you're finally living your dream of being a guitarist" said Charlie with a smile on his face.

A blush made it way onto Tommy face and he said with a sweet smile on his face "Thank you Charlie for the sweet compliment. I'm so nervous about my very first rehearsal as Michael new guitarist for the Bad tour.

Charlie gave his best friend a stern look and said:

"Thomas Joseph Ratliff you need to stop doubting yourself, you're a wonderful amazing person with w heart of goals, Michael is proud to have you as apart of his four family."

Tears welled up in Tommy brown eyes and he hugged his best friend very tightly saying "You don't know how much I needed to hear that prep talk from you." 

***

After breakfast Tommy decided to take a little walk and he smiled listening to Michael Thriller album on his walkman.

Tommy's POV

I'm going to be okay and all I have to do is do my best and makes Michael proud of me. I want Michael to be happy to know that he made the right decision in hiring me as his new bassist guitarist.

The next morning 

Tommy woke up from his deep slumber with a happy smile on his face, he still couldn't believe that he was the newest bassist guitarist for Michael Jackson. Tommy finally felt that his life would finally get better and that he will be very happy. After thinking for a bit Tommy got out of the bed and made his way downstairs and into the kitchen where he saw Charlie and he said happily:

"Good morning Charlie, how are you doing this morning?"

Charlie was preparing breakfast for both himself and Tommy and he was humming softly to a Michael Jackson song which was Thriller. When he heard the happy tone of 

Tommy voice, he said:

"Good morning Tommy, I'm doing very good and thank you for asking me how I was doing. Breakfast is almost done and mind setting the table for me please."

Tommy nodded his head softly and went to set the table, as he was setting up the table Tommy saw his beloved puppy Etta and he smiled and laughed as he rubbed her belly and he just shook his head softly because his dog always want him to dropped everything that he doing to pay attention to her.

"Tommy we're having waffles, French fries, as well as hot chocolate with whipped cream and cinnamon for breakfast" said Charlie as he carefully place a plate full of French fries on the table. Charlie walked back into the kitchen and carefully picked up a plate that had the waffles stacked onto the plate.

Tommy had set up the table in the dining area and he smiled softly thinking about what the first rehearsal would be like when he start rehearsing for Michael Bad tour. He smiled some more as he thought about Michael and his beautiful brown eyes, as he was thinking about Michael, a blush made it across Tommy face and his own brown eyes began to sparkle.

Tommy's POV

I can't stop thinking about Michael and his beautiful brown eyes, his sweet and caring personality and of course his amazing beautiful raven curly hair. I wouldn't mind spending time with Michael and getting to know him a little bit better. My parents always told me to spend time with that special someone and get to know them a little bit before actually dating them.

So I am going to take my parents advice and spend time with Michael and get to know him a little bit better before confessing my feelings to him. I really don't want to lose my job by ruining everything. I also needs to stop thinking out loud because I tend to space out and think loudly to myself whenever something has happen in my life.

Tommy was pulled back into reality when he heard Charlie calling his name over and over again trying to get his attention.

"Tommy are you okay because you had space out again?" asked Charlie as he looked at his best friend out of concern.

"I'm okay Char and I didn't mean to spaced out on you, it just I was thinking about Michael Jackson" replied Tommy as another blush made it way onto his face.

Charlie smirked as he took a bite of his waffle and French fries while sipping on his cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream. Tommy also took a bite of his waffle and French fries while sipping on his own cup of warm hot chocolate with whipped cream.

"Don't rushed into a relationship with Michael, get to know him a little bit better and spend time with him Tommy," said Charlie as he looked at his best friend.

"I am going to spend time with Michael when it's just the two of us together and I really want to know him a little bit better before actually persuing a relationship with him" said Tommy.

Charlie gave Tommy a smile and ate some more of his breakfast as they had a serious conversation about Michael Jackson.

Later on that evening 

Tommy smiled as he was reading a book and listening music on his walkman while thinking about the conversation that Charlie and him had together earlier that morning about not rushing into anything with Michael.

"I am going take the conversation that Charlie and I had together about not rushing into anything with Michael to heart.

Michael's POV

I can't stop thinking about Tommy and his beautiful brown eyes and his fluffy blonde hair. I wouldn't mind running my fingers through his hair and just stared into his gorgeous brown eyes all day long. I would also love to spend some quality time with Tommy and get to know him a little bit better. I really don't want to rush into anything without knowing the person first. What if Tommy doesn't want to spend any quality time with me or what if he doesn't wish to be my friend? 

All I want is to get to know Tommy a little bit better, but due to my shy nature, I would absolutely be so scared to approach Tommy first to ask if he wanted to spend some time with me. Maybe I just give up on love and just focus on my music.

I shook my head when I began to think about giving up on love, I really need to stop thinking about the negative possibilities of finding my special someone. Like my mother used to always tell me "Michael never rush into finding love so quickly because that person might not the one for you sweetheart." I always love how mother give the best love advice even if Joseph doesn't treats her right half the time whenever he's cheating on her with another woman. 

If Tommy is truly my special someone who will have my heart, mind, body and soul, I promise to love, cherish and treats Tommy with so much love. A smile made it way across my face after thinking out loud about Tommy. 

I was pacing around the Hayvenhurst compound thinking about Tommy some more trying to convince myself to pick up the telephone and called Tommy and ask him if he wanted to spend some time with me so that I could know him a little bit better than I already do.

With a confidence smile on my face, I walk into the kitchen and picked up the telephone that half of my family members used at times so make an important phone calls. I took a couple of deep breaths and called Tommy home phone number and when I made the call I smile hearing the ring of the telephone.

Finally which seen like forever, I heard Tommy saying "Hello this is Tommy speaking." I took a couple of breaths and said "Hi Tommy, this is Michael Jackson and I was just wondering if you're not to busy, would you like to spend some time together?" 

I sighed in so much relief after finding my courage to ask Tommy the important question. So all I have to do now is just wait for an answer from Tommy to mh question.