Epilogue
"Okay," Justin said as he ran into the hotel room and flipped on the TV. "I hope I didn't miss it."
"Relax," JC said as he sat down next to him. "She's on last right?"
He nodded. "Yeah...I'm so nervous for her."
"She'll do great," he said with a laugh.
"Yeah, Justin," Lance said as he plopped on the bed. "Do you have no faith in me and my management skills?"
"Of course not, you've done wonders," he said as he patted his leg but his eyes were still on the screen. "Okay, okay...this it...everyone shut up."
JC and Lance looked at each other and then rolled their eyes and turned their attention to Rosie.
"She is the newest addition to the pop world," Rosie said to the camera with a smile. "She has the moves, the personality...and boy does she have the voice....ladies and gentlemen give it up for, Misty McCullum, singing her debut single 24 hours."
The audience roared and Justin's nerves began to shake as he watched her figure he had grown to know so well form under the lights. The music started and her dancers moved to the fast beat around her, before the
lights shown on her. She looked amazing, he thought with a smile. And she was even more amazing when she started to sing. Her voice was flawless....it was
truly beautiful.
"Ya see, she did great," JC said when the performance was over.
Justin let out a sigh of relief. "Yeah, I knew she would, but she was just so nervous about it...her first performance on national TV. But she did great."
"You guys wrote a good song," JC said with a smile.
"Thanks...and you were a good producer," he said and patted him on the back.
"Thanks...she was easy to work with. How long has it been since you've seen her?"
He sighed. "Too long to count," he said and then got up and roamed the room. "It's hard...but we survive."
"I know, you guys are incredible....I hope one day I find someone like that."
"Yeah, me too," Lance said as he got up from the bed.
"Got somethign special Justin....Hey, C...maybe if we spend 24 hours with a fan we'll fall in love too?" he asked as they left Justin's room for him to call Misty.
JC laughed. "Yeah, sure....sign me up."
Justin waited a good thirty minutes, before he dialed her cellphone number. "Hello?"
"Hey you," Justin said with a smile.
"HEY!" she exclaimed. "Did you see??"
"I sure did," he said. "You were amazing."
"Really? Oh, I felt amazing, it was so much fun! Thank you, thank you for persuading me to do this."
"Your parents would be proud, you know," he said with a smile. "So would Lilly."
Misty was silent and Justin heard her sniff. "You think so?"
"I know so," he said softly. "Baby, I am so proud of you....you are so incredibly wonderful."
"Oh, Justin....I love you...and I miss you so much."
"I know, I miss you too," he said.
"When do you....oh hang on a sec...Danny," she told her driver. "You missed our turn, the airport is that way."
"I was instructed to take you to the Ritz," he said and continued to drive towards the hotel.
"The Ritz? I didn't know I was staying here another night."
"Ask me where I am," Justin stepped in.
"Justin, hang on a sec I gotta figu...."
"Ask me where I am," he repeated.
She paused for a second. "Where are you, Justin?" she finally asked.
"Well, that's funny you should ask baby, because I am in room 206 in the Ritz Carlton....see you in a few, sweetie."
He then hung up and chuckled to himself as he folded his arms over his head and stared at the ceiling. Ten minutes later someone knocked at the door and Justin grinned as he walked over to open it. "Oof," he grunted when Misty leaped into his arms and he stumbled back.
She kissed him over and over again as the tumbled onto the bed. "Nice...to..see you...too," he laughed between kisses.
"I nearly strangled my driver to make him drive faster," she said breathlessly and kissed him again. "I didn't know you were going to be in NY!"
"You weren't suppose to silly," he said as he cupped her face. "That was the whole idea."
"I love you," she said and then leaned down and kissed him softly. "So much."
"I love you, too," Justin said and then pulled her down for a kiss and then rolled her over on his back and kissed her deeply.
He ran kisses down her neck and flicked out his tongue as he trailed down her chest. He looked up at her intensely as he began to unbutton her blouse. Justin studied her and asked with his eyes and she smiled softly and nodded her head. "Are you sure?" he asked as he leaned down and kissed her softly.
"I'm sure," she said.
"I won't hurt you...I won't hurt you like Billy."
"I know you won't," she said and then kissed him. "I want you to make love to me."
He smiled warmly at her and then reached over and threw the phone off the hook so no one would interrupt them. He kissed her sweetly and then flicked off the lamp and spent the next hour and the rest of his life
loving her with every way he knew how.
The End