Two Please
Copyright 2001
"Two please." The vendor handed AJ the tickets and they walked through the doors. "Ya want anything?"
"M&M's! Honey you know that! Shame on you for asking!" Erin teased.
AJ rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He walked over to the line to wait.
Erin smiled at her best friend and sighed. Walking over to one of the benches, she sat and waited. She'd known AJ all her life, since AJ was an only child, they'd hung out a lot. When AJ left to become a Backstreet Boy, Erin missed him greatly. Fortunately the lines of communication had stayed open and they were still close. He called on tour and still asked for her advice. They told each other everything, well almost.
There was one thing that AJ didn't know, had never known. Erin was head over heels in love with him. Some where a long the way, her feelings had intensified. When he told her he was leaving, she felt an incredible ache and loss she'd not been prepared for. She of course kept up with his various girlfriends and loves, and when AJ would come to her for advice, she always tried to stay neutral, never show that it was killing her to think of someone else in his arms.
So they were friends. Nothing more and nothing less. Of course it wasn't by choice, but she'd heard of how things like that sometimes never worked and ruined the relationship. She loved her relationship with too much AJ to risk it. Good enough was just going to have to do.
"Earth to Erin...come in Erin." AJ waved a hand in front of her face.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. Was thinking about something."
"Whoa! That's a stretch for you." He smirked.
"Shut up!" She moaned, taking the bag of M&M's from him. He laughed and they headed into the theater. Making their way up the stairs, AJ stopped abruptly causing Erin to run into him. "A little notice before you break next time please!"
"Sorry, where ya wanna sit?"
"I don't care."
"How bout in the back?"
"Fine." They went all the way to the back and sat in the middle. The theater was about two thirds full. "Man, I can't believe the turn out. I guess I shouldn't be surprised."
AJ rolled his eyes again. "What I can't believe is that I let you talk me into this movie."
"You said I could pick."
"Yeah but I didn't realize this was out."
"Tough, your loss. Ya never know, you may actually like it."
AJ slumped lower in his seat. "On The Line, I can't believe it."
Erin snickerd and turned to the screen. She heard AJ munching on the popcorn and turned to him. "Here..." She grabbed some and threw it out in front of her.
"Erin!" AJ watched as the popcorn flew and landed in the hair of the couple sitting in front of them.
"Bullseye!" She chuckled.
"I can't believe you."
"What?!"
"If you're gonna throw it, you at least have to hit them hard enough so they feel it, have I not taught you anything?"
"Ohh! So sorry." She smiled, trying not to laugh at AJ's serious expression.
He grabbed some popcorn and threw it hard; it bounced off the guys' head. They watched as the guy rubbed at the spot and looked around. AJ placed the bag on the floor and looked at the screen. The guy turned to look back at them a second, and then turned back around. AJ chuckled and picked his popcorn back up and continued to eat.
A short time later, the movie started.
"If anyone catches me here at a chick flick I'll never live it down." He groaned.
"Oh deal with it! Baby!" Erin shook her head.
He cleared his throat and sunk even lower in his seat.
Erin watched as AJ continued to eat the popcorn, his tongue darting out to run over his lips. She rubbed at the back of her neck in frustration.
"Sore neck?"
She turned to look at him quickly, wincing in pain. "Yeah, now."
"Awww." AJ reached over and gently rubbed at her sore muscles. "Damn girl, you're tense. You ok?" He looked over at her, concern in his features.
She nodded. "Yeah, I'm alright."
"You're a shitty liar."
"I am not!"
"You never could lie."
She crossed her arms over her chest.
He looked at her and raised an eyebrow.
"AJ! Stop that! You know I hate when you look at me like that."
He continued to stare at her and she sighed.
"Are you sick?"
She shook her head. "No! I'm fine!"
He leaned across the seat, his head moving to the side of her face.
"What are you doing?" She managed to whisper.
"I'm checking to see if you have a fever."
She took a breath, she prayed he couldn't hear her heart right about now. He pulled away, looking into her eyes.
"You're sure you're ok?"
She could only nod.
"Alright."
He went to turn, when she stopped him, cupping his face in her hands.
"Erin?"
She should stop herself, but she couldn't. Leaning in, she brushed her lips over his lightly. He looked into her eyes for a moment, before leaning in and covering her lips with his.
It was everything she'd dreamt about and more. Always how she pictured his lips to feel on hers and it was now actually happening. She didn't want to close her eyes, if it were a dream, she didn't want to open her eyes and wake up.
His lips moved slowly over hers before pulling away. "Wow...that was..."
"Erin I'm sorry...I didn't..."
"I'm not." She looked at him and saw his eyes widen.
"You're not?"
She shook her head. Might as well just tell him. "I've been waiting for that to happen for what seems like forever." She was suddenly shy, and she was never shy or nervous around him.
He studied her for a moment, a look of amusement on his face. "Really? Why didn't you say something before?"
"Well duh AJ! Not like I really had the opportunity between girlfriends etcetera."
"You could've said something though!" He frowned.
She shrugged. "I didn't want to ruin what we have. I guess we can see what happens now that we've kissed."
He smiled then, that famous AJ McLean smile and leaned in close to her. "That's easy."
"Is it? What happens?"
"It happens again." He smiled, pressing his lips to her again. He sat up, reaching around the seat to grab at her waist. "C'mere Erin..." He whispered.
She slid out of the seat and moved over to AJ.
"Straddle me."
Her heart dropped. She'd told herself she'd never pass up the opportunity, and now that it was here, she knew she wouldn't. She realized that she was faced with another fear, would she be good enough?
"Erin?"
She wouldn't think about that, and she didn't even know if anything like that was going to happen. She moved quickly, bringing her knees on either side of him, and lowering herself on his legs. She blinked and looked into his shaded eyes.
She jumped as she felt his hands slide up and under her shirt, touching her bare skin. He gently pushed her down so that their lips met again. For some reason it just wasn't enough and she soon found out that she wanted more, much more than just friendship. She was finally ready to take that risk. Gathering her courage, she pressed her hips down, rubbing up against him. He pulled away suddenly and the fear came back. He didn't want it, she'd been right.
"Erin..." He whispered, his hands sliding out from her shirt and gripping her waist, pulling her closer to him. "I want you."
He did want her, he did. She brought her hands up to cup his face as she kissed him again. "I want you too." She felt his hands move around to the button of her jeans and open it. Her body tensed in anticipation, and she bit her lip as she felt his hand creep inside.
She looked into his eyes as his hand slipped inside her underwear and her breath caught as he ran a finger over her lightly. Her eyes widened as he pushed a finger inside. "AJ..." She whimpered.
"Shh..." He smiled, as he withdrew and pushed back into her again. She pushed her hips against his, she wanted more.
"AJ...I want you...please."
He gently removed his fingers and looked into her eyes. Her gaze never wandered and she felt her heart race at the sound of a zipper. His hands were on her waist again, pushing her jeans and underwear down. Grabbing her hips, he pulled her up and over her.
Her eyes widened as she felt him slide into her. She could feel the tears welling up and she sniffled.
"Erin? Baby what?"
She shook her head, and slowly started to move against him. She loved him so much and now she would be able to share what she'd been wanting to share with him for so long. He moved against her, his hip moving up to meet hers. She felt his hand slide down and rub her gently, her head tossed back as she moved faster and pushed harder. "AJ..." She whimpered.
He moved his hand to her waist, pushing her harder against him. "Erin...shit..." He groaned, moving his hips harder against hers.
She felt his fingers slide inside her, rubbing her gently and she moved quicker against him, trying to stifle the moans that were trying to force their way past her lips. The tears spilled over and ran down her cheeks. She fell forward, her head resting on his shoulder as they continued to move, her body already starting to tense.
His body hardened as he pushed harder into her, his breathing ragged. "Erin, I want you to cum with me baby, cum with me." He moaned as he pushed into her one last time, a moan escaping his lips.
Her body tightened around him one last time as she hit release, burying her face in his shoulder to muffle her cries. Wrapping her arms around him, she held him tightly, willing herself to fight the tears that would not be stopped. She slid away from him, quickly dressing and sitting in her seat.
"Did I hurt you? Erin?"
She shook her head, holding him tighter.
"Then what? Baby? Talk to me, tell me what's wrong." AJ gently pushed her back to look into her eyes.
She shook her head. "Nothing, everything is perfect. I never expected this to actually happen and now that it has..."
"What?"
"I...want more. I want more than just friendship AJ. I want to be with you, I'm in love with you." She admitted, biting her lip.
He reached up, taking his sunglasses off to look into her eyes. "I'm in love with you too babygirl. I have been for a long time."
"You have?"
"Yeah, just didn't know how to tell you ya know."
"Wow." She whispered.
"So?"
"So, what?"
He rolled his eyes. "So you know, you gonna be with me and all?"
"Really?"
"No, I'm just asking cause I wanna hear myself speak. Yes really."
She smiled. "Of course I'm gonna be with you, well if you're lucky."
"I just got lucky."
She smacked him. "You make me sick."
"Yeah, but you love me."
"Yeah...I do."
"We need to do this more often?"
"What? Become a couple?"
"No, go to the movies together. This was fun." AJ smirked.
"Yeah, only cause you got some."
"No, I got you." He grinned, leaning over to kiss her just as the lights in the theater came on.
