Not now, Not ever
By: Cara L.
       Britney pressed record and said, " Hey this is Brit.  I'm not here right now so leave a message after the beep and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible.  That is if your cool!"
        Britney pressed the stop and rewind button then.  She hated how her voice sounded on the machine, but thought it was necessary to have an answering machine with her busy life.  Britney sat up on her bed and then began checking her things to do list and put the word done next to #4.  She looked at #5 then and stared at it.


                                                             Things to do:

                        1.  Get luggage packed and ready to go to California.  DONE
                        2.  Call Jessy up and tell her the good 'news'.  DONE
                        3.  Get cell phone charged.  DONE
                       4.  Get an answering machine/record a message. DONE
                       5.  Why hasn't Mark-Paul called me?  Are we over?  Why is he so selfish?  Can't he understand?
I HATE HIM NOW!!


  
      The #5 thing to do wasn't really anyting she had to do, but it was more like what was going through her mind the whole day.  She really didn't hate him, she was just angry at him.  Britney had told him that the agency had picked her to model for a new Gap ad in California.  She thought he would be happy for her, but she was wrong.  Mark-Paul got angry and even questioned her love for him.  This hurt her very deeply since they had been going out for two years.  Trying to put him out of her mind Britney put on her headphones and turned the volume up on her stereo.

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          Mark-Paul looked at the phone, he  wanted to call Britney and apologize for his rude behavior.  He didn't want to lose her, not now, not ever.  He couldn't tell her the news he recieved yesterday because he was angry that she was leaving him at this time.  He couldn't tell her now, not when her career was at stake.  Just end the relationship he thought, she would never find out about the news he got yesterday and wouldn't get hurt.  Tears rolled down his face as he moaned I love you.

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Days later in California.................

         Britney sat in her hotel room looking at a picture of Mark-Paul.  Holding it, she slowly teared the photo and threw it into the garbage.  He had called her last night saying he had meet someone new who was a whole lot better then her.  It was a shock because she didn't expect it and his voice sounded so cold to her.  He seemed to have changed so much and sounded like he hated her.  Why she thought, why me?  What have I done to deserve such hate?  Oh dear Lord please save me!  I feel so lost now and weak.  What must I do?  What can I do?

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At Mark's home.............

         Mark-Paul could feel the pain in his body, it hurt a lot.  Opening a box he took out a bottle of medication and gulped down two pills without taking any water.  His hands were still shaking then as he tried to calm himself down.

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Chapter 1