Princess
Love - Chapter 13
"I'm back!" Brian announced, this time more calmly. Even though it
was past two o'clock in the morning.
"What?" AJ walked in the room, from the kitchen, reading a magazine that
was held in his left hand. Howie had just gone to bed and had been
feeling better after talking with AJ, briefly.He looked up at Brian when
he entered the living room and gently threw the magazine on the coffee
table and plopped himself down on the white leather couch. "Hi."
Was all he could think of saying. He looked curiously at the young
woman who stood beside Brian with intrest. He looked at her for a
moment longer and his eyes lit up and he stood up.
"Hey-" He began but Brian cut him off.
"Yes, we all know. But she is a friend and I invited her over."
"At 2 in the morning!?" AJ asked with surprise.
"Yes... talk to you later." Brian said, rolling his eyes, leading his new
friend downstairs.
"Are you two having a fight or something?" She asked, wondering what that
was all about.
"Yeah... it is sort of a long story." Brian said and wiped his eye with
his index finger.
"I think you are tired. Take a nap and maybe I will talk to you later."
Elizabeth said as she walked back upstairs, exiting the dance studio.
"No, don't go." Brian said as he went to the bottom of the staircase and
she turned around and looked down at him.
"Come to the hotel tomorrow at noon. I am at the Hyatt, 4th floor,
room 412. I should be there all day and I could use some company."
She said as she searched his eyes and he nodded.
"Okay, I guess I will see you then." He said and she nodded, walking back
upstairs and leaving the house. She walked to the curb and hailed
a cab and made her way back to the hotel.
"Good night." Brian said, more like a sigh then a statement, as he walked
up to the living room and went to the stairs that led to the bedrooms.
"I am sorry Brian, I didn't know what came over me..." AJ said and Brian
nodded and went to his room.
AJ sat on the couch and read his magazine for most of the night.
Jasmine had gone back to her apartment and they were going to discuss their
situation further the next morning.
AJ sighed and put the magazine down at his side. He ran his hands
through his hair and shook his head.
"Are you okay?" Kevin asked as he walked downstairs and AJ looked directly
in front of him and saw that it was already seven o'clock. AJ stood
up and turned around to face Kevin and nodded.
"Yeah... great." He said and Kevin looked at AJ. His eyes were bloodshot,
his face was white and he looked like a walking zombie.
"Go to sleep." Kevin said.
"No... I am fine." AJ said as he passed Kevin and went into the kitchen.
"Go TO SLEEP!" Kevin said, raising his voice.
"I'm not tired." AJ said and threw himself down on a kitchen chair.
"GO TO SLEEP AND THAT IS AN ORDER!" Kevin said and pointed a disapproving
finger at AJ.
"Yeah... listen to him." Brian said as he walked down the stairs.
"Why are you always on my case?" AJ looked at Brian in annoyance.
"I am not." Brian said and went into the living room.
"Tell your cousin to get off my case." AJ said.
"You are paranoid. Go to sleep or I will pick you up and throw you
up there." Kevin said and AJ rolled his eyes and dragged his feet up the
stairs.
"Good." Kevin said to himself and nodded and satisfaction.
Nick hopped off the plane and when his foot landed on the pavement he took
a deep breath and made a mad-dash to the terminal. The bodyguards
held back many of the screaming fans but Nick knew that the only way he
would be able to keep safe was to run.
"AAHH!!!!! Made it!" He said and let out a sigh of relief as a bodyguard
pushed him into the car and began to drive to the hotel.
Five minutes later the bodyguard ushered Nick into the hotel lobby and
into the elevator. they closed off the elevator so that only Nick
and the bodyguard were there, to protect him from the fans as well as the
crazy people that were bound to show up.
"One.. Two... Three... Four... Five... BINGO!" Nick said, counting the
floors as they went up, and the door opened and he ran out of the elevator
and stopped, he didn't know which way to go. "What room is it?" He
asked the heavyset bodyguard.
"612." He said and Nick followed the signs to the right and ran to the
end of the hallway and knocked on the door.
"Hello... Helloooo.... hheelllooo." He said and looked at the bodyguard,
who was wondering if he was just being annoying to piss him off. He hit
it right on the nose, Nick hated when he had bodyguards hanging over him.
The door opened and Jen looked up at Nick. "Hi!" She said and smiled up
at him. He was mesmerized, he had forgotten how beautiful she was.
"Hi. Bye Buddy!" He said to the bodyguard and jumped into the room and
slammed the door in the big man's face. "Sorry, but those guys get
on my nerves sometimes." He said pointing at the door.
"No problem." She said and she took a seat near the bed and Nick sat across
from her. She was wearing a red dress the fitted tightly, going to
her knees. She wore black heeled sandels and her hair was pulled
up.
Nick wore a red jersey and a pair of blue jeans, he wore a green baseball
hat on his head, backwards, his blonde hair poking out in the back.
He took it off and shook his head. He ran his hand through his hair
once and it landed in perfect place. His sparkling blue eyes danced
around the room, looking at the familiar sight of a hotel room and wondering
what Jenny had been doing with herself.
"So.. what have you been doing-" Nick started but the phone rang. They
both rolled their eyes and laughed. Jen picked it up and asked who
it was.
"Nick, it's for you." She said and he looked at her in surprise.
"'Ello?" He asked and his friends voice answered.
"Hi. I just wanted to call you really quick. We have been having
a MAJOR catastrophe over here." Brian said and Nick's expression changed
and Jen looked at him with worry.
"Like what?" He asked, already worrying.
"Jasmine and AJ. Jasmine just told AJ that she has HIV. He
only JUST told us a little while ago." Brian said, sounding strained.
"WHAT!?" Nick asked and stood up and Jen looked scared. He looked
at her and shook his head and she nodded.
"I know... AJ nearly killed himself, and I am not kidding. I found
him in the kitchen with a knife... I had to hold him down but he finally
got up. I think he went to Emily's grave a little while after that.
He is at home now, taking a nap."
"Oh god, do you want me to come back?" Nick asked and Jen was afraid what
the answer would be.
"No, I just thought you would like to know." He said and they hung up.
Brian made no mention of his new friend.
"What's wrong?" Jen asked and Nick shook his head.
"Nothing... let's talk about you." He smiled and she laughed. He
was just what she needed.