| Chapter Twenty-nine "Of course I miss him, but I don't think I can forgive him." I sighed and turned as I heard a commotion. Brittney walked into the room and immediately hugged me. "Hey Britt, you look great." "Thanks, you too. How are you?" She asked looking at me closely. I knew that Justin had told her what was happening. "Well terrible according to Justin." I laughed. "But no, I'm doing ok." We chatted for a little while longer then started working. It took two days to complete the shoot and everyone involved was exhausted by the time we were done. I flew out the night we finished and for the next few weeks that is how it went. Constant travel, trying to see AJ whenever I could. I spent most of my free time wondering how Joey was and what he was doing, but when I was with AJ I was able to forget all that and just be with him. About two months after the "incident" with Joey I was in Chicago. I had a few days off and I just wanted to do a whole lot of nothing. I had barely had time to breath and a few days to myself was much needed. As I was entering the hotel I noticed a large number of girls around. I sighed inwardly used to all the fanfare and mania that surrounded large hotels when big stars were in town. I had the previous day finished a P. Diddy video and I assumed that he was still in town. When I reached my floor it was dark, unusually dark. There was only the glow of the emergency signs at the exits. I heard someone shout, "ready or not here I come." and I couldn't help but laugh. I wondered who could possibly have turned off the lights as I tried to find my way to my room. I was feeling my way along the wall when I was tackled from behind. "Gotcha!!" I heard someone say. "What the hell are you doing? Get the hell off of me." I yelled trying to get up. Suddenly the lights came on and Chris was standing over me, he looked scared at first, then when he realized it was me he started to laugh. He helped me to my feet and then hugged me. "What are you doing here girl?" He laughed. "I had a few days off and I was already here so I figured I'd stick around. What about you? Why are you here?" "We are in town doing some promo work." He said taking my hand and walking down the hall. "But there are still 3 guys hiding from me. Help me find them?" "Let me put my bags down ok? Then I'll help." I laughed and threw my bags into my room. After we had found everyone and had our mini reunion I asked the question I had wanted to ask Chris as soon as I'd seen him. "So, where's Joey?" "He's in his room I think." Justin smiled. "It's room 505 if you are interested." "No, I was just wondering how he is. Is he feeling better?" "No, not really, pretty much the same as last time I saw you. You aren't looking much better either though." "Justin, really stop, I can't take anymore compliments." I pushed him softly and walked back to my room. "I'm gonna kick back a while. If you guys wanna do something later, you know where to find me." I had been in my room a little over an hour when my cell phone rang. "Hello?" "Hey sexy, what are you doing?" AJ asked at the other end. "A whole lot of nothing, how about you?" I said smiling. "Just sitting here, thinking about you, wondering when I'm going to see you again?" "I don't know hon. Probably in a week, I think we are both in New York on the 8th right?" "Yeah we are, I was going to let you know that we have been invited to a private party from MTV, I would like for you to be my date. Just us, no press, no cameras, just a regular party where we can act like regular people." He sighed relieved. |