Chapter 6
"Oh man. And its to late to call the towing service"
"I can call a cab, I
just need to
borrow your phone"
"Sure right over here." She brought him down the hallway
by the
guestroom, where the telephone was on the floor.
"Uhh, I haven't found a
table for
that yet" she said a little humiliated.
"Don't worry about it" he said
laughing. He
picked up the phone off the floor and held both the cradle and the head set in
his hands.
But finding it rather difficult to dial and hold everything at the same time, he
sat down
against the wall, and began dialing again.
"Do you want some coffee or
something?"
Rachel asked.
"That would be great.Thanks"
She ran to the kitchen, and
came
back 5 mins later with two cups of coffee. She wasn't sure how he liked it so
she brought
the cream and sugar too. He patted the empty place on the floor beside him when
he saw
her with the drinks. Alough she was wearing a tanktop and loose fitting
sweatpants, AJ
found her incredably sexy."Come sit by me," he said lightly.
She carefully
sat down
next to him, so as not to spill anything on the white carpet. "Your still trying
to order a
cab?"
"Yeah, these damn companies never have enough taxis to go around. The
earliest time I can have one pick me up so far is 2:30. Uh yeah, hi, I need to
get a cab as
soon as possible" he said, being interrupted by whoever answered his call. "Yeah
yeah,
ok of course, no you just have shitty business that's all. Well thanks for
nothing. Yeah
screw you too." he slammed down the phone.
"Wow, someone needs to go to bed"
she said, punching him playfully in the arm.
"It just makes me mad, how these
bastards at these places can treat customers. I mean, if I would have told them
know who
I really was, they would have canceled an order in a minute."
"Why didn't
you"
"
3 reasons. I hate doing it, what makes me anymore privileged to get a cab then
any other
person in Orlando. Secondly, I only let them know its me if I'm really in need
to get
somewhere for the group, say a conference or meeting or something, and lastly,
because
that's just it; I'm not a Backstreet Boy right now. I'm just AJ McLean. Me
getting home is
no more important than anybody else, and I like that feeling."
" How do they
know
its you. I mean anybody can call in, and say they are a celebrity"
"Well we
have our
names aswell as a code number, registered into their computers, in every cab
company in
Orlando, so that they know its us"
"Oh, I see. Well look, since you can't
seem to find
a cab anywhere, why don't you just stay here tonight, we're sitting right next
to the guest
room so you don't have far to go."
"Are you sure, I mean I don't want to impose" AJ said casually, but secretly
thrilled at the
thought of spending the night at her place."You shouldn't be doing this AJ, your
moving
too quickly" he thought to himself. He couldn't understand what it was about
this woman
besides her body that he was so attracted to. They certainly hadn't met on good
terms. He
pushed these thoughts aside, and resumed focusing on what Rachel was saying.
"You're not, I just wouldn't want you staying up until 2:30, waiting for
that cab, you
know?"
"Alright you got me."
"Good." She was happy with herself for
convincing him to stay, but didn't want to seem to eager, so she quickly stood
up and
acted as if it were no big deal.
They by now had both finished their coffee,
so she
picked up the two mugs and the unused cream and sugar, and brought them back
into the
kitchen.
When she returned AJ lay slumped against the wall with his eyes
closed.
"He must be so tired. Poor baby" she thought
sympathetically.
Although
she didn't want to wake him up, she also didn't want to just leave him like
that, so she
knelt down and gently shook his arm. All of a sudden he grabbed her and pulled
her on
top of him, and began kissing her roughly. When he pulled away, she was
breathless.
"You tricked me" she said, a smile playing on her lips.
"And I got what I
wanted
from it" he said slyly.
He didn't wait any longer before moving in for another kiss. This time it was
deeper,
smoother, and much longer.
Rachel's mind felt incredibly foggy,as did his,
and she
couldn't think. But something alerted her that this wasn't right, crazy as it
sounds.
"Mmmmsto..aj..stop" It sounded all blurry, her not being able to get
a word
in.She had to push him away regrettably, in order to stop his kisses.
"AJ we
can't do
this"
"Why not?" he asked, although he had expected her to say that.
"Cuz
I work
for you, its against all the rules."
"That's what makes it so much more fun"
he said
kissing her neck.
"Yeah, but I don't want to lose my job"
"Rachel, don't
worry
about it. You don't actually work for me, you kinda work with me, and that's not
against
the rules. I don't employ you, Nina does, well actually, Multi..uhhh..its too
complicated
just don't worry about it. Noone is going to get in trouble. But it would be a
good idea to
keep this quiet until tour starts."
Rachel felt better knowing she wasn't
doing
anything that would threaten her job.
"Well I'm glad to hear it. But I'm
afraid if I
continue kissing you tonight I'll end up in the guest room with you, and if I'm
in the guest
room with you we'll probably end up on the bed and I think you know where it
will go
from there."
He looked at her for a minute, waiting to see if she would
change her
mind. "No, you can't rush her into this. You shouldn't even be thinking about
it" he
thought to himself. So instead he bent down and kissed her on last time on her
soft
lips
"Goodnight Rachel"
"Night" she said, still shivering from the last
moments
his lips had been on hers.
She watched him walk into the room and close the
door
before heading to bed herself.
It would be the first time she'd slept in her
room, since
arriving in Orlando.The actual bed was huge and looked as if it could fit 5
people, but
was gorgeous, with a canopy covering and a rich cream color to it. She changed
into
some pajama bottoms and a different tank top, slid under the covers, and
wondered what
it was going to be like waking up with AJ, well not literally of course. She
also made a
note to herself to call Lauren in the morning to see what was up, since she
hadn't had the
chance to that day
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