Love In Lyrics
Chapter Sixteen

       
          ...How do you love someone That hurts you oh so bad
                           With intentions good Was all he ever had...



Anabella was lying on her bed, poetry book propped up on her lap, pencil in hand.  Her

cat-eye glasses perched on her nose she scanned line after line, adding notations,

quotes, underlining certain words.  To her side lay an open notebook where she

scribbled even more thoughts out and formed lines and stanzas.  She practically jumped

out of her skin when her door swung open. 

"GOD! AJ, don't do this to me! How the hell did you get in here?" she exclaimed.

He smiled, " I have my ways."  He flopped across her bed. "Whatcha doing?"

She sighed, "Well, I was working on some new lyrics for my one song, I just don't like

the flow."

"Why don't you have Brian look them over, he's a whiz with that stuff." he said.

She sighed and looked away. "No, that's all right." she said softly.

"Ana, did something, happen between you and Brian last night?" AJ asked cautiously.

He had a feeling that Anabella didn't "feel bad" last night. He saw the way they were

looking at one another.  And something just told him that he was right.

She looked away; she didn't know whether to spill her guts to AJ or to keep quiet.

Deciding she would burst if she didn't confide in someone, she chose the latter. "Yes,

something did happen. AJ can you keep this between us?"

"Of course honey," he sat across from her on the bed, "I'm all ears."

"Well, it all started during the concert when..."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Brian, you can't mean this." Leighanne’s voice was barely above a whisper. "Brian

don't throw everything we have away because of this one thing. Don't do it."

"Leighanne, I loved you with all my heart, and you went and destroyed me. You know

how much I wanted to have kids. How much I would be there for you. Hell, if you

asked me to quit the Backstreet Boys, I would. That's how much I loved you." he

wandered over to the window and looked out.  " But now it's like, I have no idea who

you are anymore." he looked back at her.

" Brian, I know what I did was wrong, but there's no way to fix that now, can't we just

move on from here? Can't you find someway to forgive me?  I can't live without you in

my life." she stood and walked over to him, touching his shoulder. He flinched visibly,

but she rested her hand there. " Brian, please- you're my husband and I love you with

all my heart, can you please forgive me?"

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"You two WHAT!"

"AJ! Shhh. And I didn't know he was married." Anabella exclaimed.

"Sorry doll, I forget sometimes that people don't live in a Backstreet-related world and

don't know every detail about us, it doesn't happen very often."

Anabella flopped across the bed. "What do I do now, Aje? I'm screwed any way I try to

handle this."

"Don't worry doll, we'll figure this all out."

"I hope so Aje, cause I think I really like him." she sighed and laid her head on his

shoulder, " I really hope so."
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