Chapter Eleven, Hangovers

 

At noon Breanna awoke barely remembering anything. She remembered drinking too much, Howie kissing her, Brian's dare to be a woman, Brian passing out, the nightmare, and Howie taking care of her. Hopefully, that's all that happened that night. Breanna turned to face a sleeping Howie. She didn't want to wake him so she crawled out of bed and walked to Eve's room. Eve wasn't there so she went downstairs. There was a note.

Went out to lunch with Kevin.

We didn't want to wake you two.

Hope you had a good night and your

hangover isn't as bad as Brian's.

- Eve

Breanna could only giggle at the thought of how bad Brian was feeling. Her hangover was pretty bad but at least she wasn't nauseous. She decided that she would stick to her plans and go to the gym to workout but she wanted to check on Brian first. She walked back upstairs to her bedroom and put on some cotton shorts and a small t-shirt and grabbed her sunglasses. The bright hallway neon lights were a little too much for her handle that afternoon. Before she left her room she sat next to Howie on the bed hoping not to wake him. She had only known him for 24 hours but something was definitely there. "I mean, the guys sleeping in my bed with me!" She thought. She let out a quiet sigh while staring at him. "I must be crazy." She said aloud to herself before leaning over to lightly kiss his forehead. She put her sunglasses on and walked slowly down the stairs. "I must be crazy, too." He said when he heard the door close. Howie had been half awake while Breanna was sitting on the edge of the bed.

When she opened the door she saw Mark. "Hey, Mark!" She shouted down the hall near the elevator. "Hey Miss Breanna. I heard this floor was having a party last night. How ya doing?" He called back as she walked towards him on her way to Brian's room. "I have a nasty hangover but I think I'm doing quite well compared to Mr. Littrell in here." Briana said as she lightly tapped on his door. "Oh, you mean Miss Littrell?" Mark said laughing. "Oh shit you heard?" Breanna said cracking up. "Yeah, I heard. I also heard you had overnight company." He said with a wink. "Oh, I did but he was keeping an eye on me. I passed out I think and he carried me to bed and fell asleep in the recliner." She said defending Howie's reputation. Mark nodded his head. "That's a good man." He stated. "I know." Breanna said smiling as the door opened. AJ answered and stepped outside into the hallway. "He's still asleep." He said trying to think of a way to keep Breanna out of Brian's room just in case she saw anything BSB related. He took a while to answer the door because he knew it was Breanna or Eve, the other guys normally pounded on the door. AJ tried to hide anything he could. "Hold on a second." He said as he ran back into the room. AJ ran around checking for anything that might look suspicious. He looked around and thought the room looked pretty decent for Brian. Brian was notorious for being messy. After another quick run-through he figured that there wasn't any BSB paraphernalia showing. He ran upstairs to check while Brian took a long cool shower. Nothing up there either, just clothes scattered everywhere. After a minute he went back downstairs to invite Breanna in. "Sorry, I wanted to make sure the room was presentable before I let in a lovely lady like yourself." AJ stated. "That's ok, AJ. After last night, my room is trashed." Breanna stated nonchalantly. AJ raised an eyebrow to Breanna. "That dog!" He said. "Oh, no, AJ! Nothing like that." Breanna said quickly. "You still here, AJ?" Brian called from upstairs. "Yeah man, Breanna is with me." He shouted back. "I'm just checking on you, Bri. How are you?" Breanna asked. "I have a hangover! What did I drink?" He asked as he sat on the edge of his bed putting his shoes on. "Everything." AJ answered as he and Breanna walked upstairs. "Hey girl," Brian said with a small smile. "I think you need these more than I do." Breanna said while holding out her sunglasses. "Oh, nevermind." She took them back when she saw Brian pointing to the glasses on his nightstand. "Well, I see you're somewhat okay. I'm going to go workout in the gym. I'll see you later today." She said to Brian as she leaned over to give him a quick hug and kiss. "You're going to workout? With a hangover?" Brian asked in disbelief. "Yes, it gives me a chance to think about things." Breanna was looking at her shoes when she spoke. They both knew what she was talking about. "Ok B, I'll walk you out." AJ said. "All right." She replied. "Hope you feel better Bri. We still have a concert to see." She said over her shoulder as she left his room. Brian put his head in his hands. "Oh, man!" He exclaimed. He totally forgot. Today was not going to be a good day. Just then the phone rang. "Oh who is it?" He said as he grabbed the receiver. "Yeah?" He asked. "Bri, it's me. Seen Bree?" He asked. "Yeah, she was just here. Ya know that girl of yours has a hangover almost as bad as mine and she's going to go workout?" He stated. "She is?" Howie asked. "Yeah, hold on. Breanna!!" He screamed. "No, Brian! I don't want Bree to know I'm checking on her." Howie said. "What is it?" Breanna said as she ran up the stairs. "Oh, nevermind! I just wanted to tell you to be ready to go at around 6:30." Brian informed her. "Oh, ok. See ya!" She said as she ran down the stairs. "Get on my back!" AJ said to Breanna as he gave her a piggy back ride to the gym down the hall. "Well, she's ok, D. AJ's carrying her to the gym on his back." Brian joked to Howie. "Ok, I'll probably go see her in the gym in a few minutes." Howie stated. "No man, give her a little time alone. She's only working out because she wants to think about things." Brian said. "Well, I'll go later. I want to take a shower and get dressed before Kevin gets back." Howie said. "Where'd he go?" Brian asked as he put his sunglasses on and grabbed his hat. "He came into Breanna's room around 11 this morning to tell me that he was taking Eve out to lunch so they...." Howie tried to explain. "Whoa! What? You were in Breanna's room all night?" Brain asked with a dirty smile on his face. "Yeah, she passed out last night and I had to carry her to bed then she had a nightmare about her ex." Howie explained. "Oh, all right man. Well, I'll see ya later. If you see Nick, talk really loud for me, k?" Brain asked. "You know I will!!!!" Howie shouted into the phone before he hung up laughing. "Asshole." Brian said to himself as he rubbed his temples.

"I see you're taking care of Miss Breanna." Mark said to AJ as they walked past him on the way to the gym. "Yeah, I'm keeping an eye on her until Howie gets his lazy ass out of bed and keeps an eye on her himself. I called that boy three times this morning! He must really be passed out." AJ said to Mark. "You called him this morning? I didn't hear the phone ring." Breanna commented as she clung to AJ's back. "How would you hear....?" AJ tried asking. "He stayed with me last night." Breanna said. "What? I thought he just checked on you before going to bed." "No, he ended up staying. Nothin' happened, AJ." Breanna said reassuring. "We'll talk about this later, young lady." AJ joked to Breanna as they kept on walking to the gym. "See ya, Mark!" AJ called out.

Howie got up and made the bed for Breanna. He looked around Breanna's room for a minute before noticing a beautiful purple summer dress hanging in her closet. Judging by her height he guessed that the dress would be an inch or two above her knees. Howie took the dress out of her closet and laid it nicely on her bed. He grabbed a piece of hotel stationary and wrote Breanna a quick note.

Bree, do me and favor and wear

this dress to the concert tonight.

It will look wonderful on you!

- Howie

He walked slowly down the stairs thinking about Breanna. "I must be crazy. I hardly know this girl." He said aloud to himself as he reached the kitchen. His room key was on the table. He grabbed it and left the room. "Hey Mark." Howie said as he walked down the hall to his room. Mark pointed down the hall to the gym with a knowing smile. "Yeah, I'll see her in a little bit." He said. "She doesn't know who we are or anything. She hasn't even asked me anything about what I do, or why this floor is so heavily secured with bodyguards who are obviously with us." Howie complained to Mark. "She likes you. She's looking past all of this and just having a good time. I'm sure she has some questions for you." Mark assured Howie who nodded his head in agreement as he made it to his room. "Thanks, Mark." Howie said as he entered the room. He ran up the stairs and grabbed an outfit to wear to the arena later on that afternoon. He picked out some Tommy jeans, a clinging white shirt and a black Nautica jacket. He took a short shower and dressed quickly. He made a mental note to stop at a flower shop on the way to the arena to buy Breanna some violet roses. He put his shoes on and grabbed his wallet and cellphone. He was a little nervous about how Breanna would take the news when she found out he wasn't just a guy with a normal job. He liked the fact that she didn't know who he was. She actually liked him for him, not who or what he was. That was refreshing to Howie but at the same time he feared she would reject him once she found out that he was famous. "Hope for the best, expect the worst." He sang to himself as he ran down the stairs to leave.

Breanna was running on the treadmill thinking about everything. Her past, the present or Howie to be more exact, and her future. She was totally engulfed in "what if..." questions. She didn't see him walk in to the gym freshly showered and smiling. "Hey, you're going to pass out if he don't slow down." Howie said to Breanna as she looked up at him red-faced and sweating. "Yeah, I really should stop. I need to get in the shower." She said as she turned the treadmill off. "You okay?" He asked her not sure if she remembered the night before. "I'm fine, why? Do I still look upset?" She said laughing. "Here." He handed her a bottle of water that he had grabbed out of the fridge before leaving his room. "Thanks." She said smiling to him. She downed most of the bottle in a minute. "So, that's why you get so drunk. You drink too quickly." He said laughing. "Oh, yeah, I do. It's a bad habit." She noted. "Happy Birthday." He said to her shyly. "Thank you." Breanna said as she finished her bottle. "I'd kiss you but I'm all sweaty." She said to him. "I don't mind if you're sweating." He said with a nervous laugh. "Oh really?" She said as she slowly walked closer to him. "Nope, doesn't bother me. You're barely sweating anyway." He said as he pushed a strand of hair out of her face. She looked up at him expecting him to say something else but instead he pulled her to his body picking her up off the ground. Breanna was expecting a passionate kiss but instead he gave her a gentle one. She tried to harden the kiss but he was in complete control. After a few minutes they heard someone clear their throat. Howie looked up to see Kevin and Eve smiling fit to burst at the couple. "Oh, you're back." Breanna commented. "Sleep well?" Kevin asked Howie with a wink. "Yes, very well." He said looking down at Breanna. "Well, it's already 2pm. I think we have to go meet up with Nick, AJ, and Brian." Kevin said. "Who's room?" He asked. "Um, Brian's I think." Kevin said. "He wasn't looking too good today. I don't think he should go to the concert." Breanna noted. "No, he has to go like it or not. He's the one who could have stopped drinking." Kevin said as they all walked down the hall together.

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