Chapter Six

Of course when Five arrived to the premiere the press went crazy and so did the cameras. The lads tried not to blink as the strobelight-type action attacked them. Microphones were pushed into their faces along with the cameras. The real talk started when J helped Teresa out of the limo. As soon as Teresa was identified the pandemonium began.    "Miss Rae! Miss Rae! Can we get your comment on the breakup?!"    "Did you see it coming? Were their problems in the relationship?"    "Is it true that you cheated on him with a crew member from your new movie?"    Teresa stood hesitantly near the safety of the limo. J took her hand and gave her a reassuring look. Feeling a bit better, she walked down the red carpet. She split from J and the rest of the guys scattered too so they could all answer questions. Teresa of course was bombarded with questions about her personal lovelife with Maxamillion. She answered them the best she could, and smiled as if she was fine. She was glad when a reporter asked about her relationship with 5ive, instead of Maxamillion. "I've known J for a large part of my life. I met the rest of the lads when he made it into the band. They're excellent friends, I love them all. I support their music all the way too, I've heard the new album and trust me, it's wicked!" she happily replied.    The night went by fairly smoothly. As J had promised, none of the guys, nor J had "disowned" her. She danced with all of the lads, J more then anyone. Teresa suspected he was trying to protect her from the cameras, who flocked to sitting ducks, and for this she was grateful. Although she kept a smile on all night long, inside she still was feeling down. At the end of the night all of the lads and Teresa were tired and ready to go home so they tried to go straight to the limo.    In the limo the rest of the lads told Teresa how sorry they were. "It's really too bad about you too." Sean stated. He bitterly added," I suspect he'll move on rather quickly though" Abs nodded, "He always was one to love em and leave em"    "More like use em and leave em!" Scott cut in. There was a chorus of angry yeahs all around. Teresa just gave a weak smile. Their brotherly "let's beat him up" attitudes were sweet but doing more damage than good. In their voices, she detected a note of pity that made her feel like she'd sunk lower into the reject pile.                                              *~*~*~*~*                                               The Next Day    Although Teresa wasn't feeling as bad as the day after the breakup, she still dwelt on it. She felt sort of pathetic, and wondered why she couldn't stop thinking about it. Because it's everywhere! I'm always reminded of it. All of the mags, on my machine, and on the tellie!  she thought angrily. She reached for the newly delivered paper, hoping to find at least a few black and white comics. She gasped when she saw the front page. Sitting there, larger than life was a picture of her and J rushing to the limo, J's armed wrapped tightly around her waist. The headline read: Teresa Rae: moving on a bit to quick? There was also a caption under the picture: Recently dumped Teresa Rae showed up at the premiere for 5ive's third album, King Size. Even in the beginning she was seen holding hands with band member J Brown [top right] Pictured here, the two seem intimately close. Could J Brown be the reason for the shocking split of Maxamillion and Teresa Rae?    Simply tossing it aside, the forgotten paper slid under the couch. Teresa was determined not to bother with reading it. The press was all over her at the moment so she'd have to expect this. "It'll pass, It'll pass" she muttered to herself. Even still, she was already armed with a spoon and headed for the freezer. Next Chapter ~>