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chapter 6

At the morning sun shined right into my eyes. I rolled to my back and realized that AJ wasn�t in the room anymore. I tried to remember anything about last night. I had had this weirdest dream where AJ and me were sitting in the seashore and he was singing one song... I could remember the vocal but not the words. It was crossing my mind...
My mouth felt dry so I got up and went to bathroom to have a glass of water. Then I brushed my tooth and tried to fix my hair, but didn�t do so well on that. Then I was ready to go downstairs.

Brian was sitting in the table reading newspaper.
-Good morning girl! Slept well?
-Like a child. Got any coffee?
-Sure. Take yourself a chair.
I looked around but couldn�t see anyone else.
-Leighanne is shopping, how likely, and AJ... Well, I think he left early this morning.
-What? Left?
-Yeah. He left you a note. It�s on the fridge�s door.
I took my coffee cup with me and went to the kitchen. I saw a small piece of paper with my name on it. I took it down and opened it. These were the words written down (in a hurry obviously):

�When your eyes meet mine
I change the conversation
and then you kill me with a smile
Maybe it�s too much wine
and my imagination
it feels like a first time�.

That�s all. No �I�ll pick you up later� or �Ask Brian to bring you home� or �Just call me, I�ll be right there�. I put the note into my pocket and went back to the table.
-So? Brian didn�t lift his eyes from the paper.
-Nothing. Just that I should call him and he�ll pick me up.
-I thought he said to Leighanne that it would be better for you to stay here for few days.
-Oh. Well, maybe I misunderstood.
-Keegan will bring you stuff in later. If that�s OK with you?
-Sure, no problem. To be honest, AJ has been quite unsociable lately. It�s good to have some company.
-I�m sure that you�ll have greatest time with Leighanne.
I stirred my coffee.
-Umm... You don�t happen to have Beverley Craven�s CD?
-Can�t remember. You should check the music room. They should be in alphabetical order.
-OK. I�ll go check them out.
I stood up and was heading out from the room when Brian asked:
-Anna?
-What?
-Is it true that there�s nothing between you and AJ?
-Yeah. Were like two strangers.
-That�s too bad. For a moment I wished that he�d...
-He would what?
-Nothing. Listen, wanna go to the studio later? I can drive you.
-Sure. I haven�t been training for a while.
-Good. Or bad. Well, whatever. Just give me a time you wanna go.
-Somewhere in the afternoon. Around two o�clock would be fine.
-That�s fine. See you then. Or do you manage? I have to go this meeting but I�ll be home later.
-I�ll be fine.

I listened the CD. It was song titled �Feels like the first time� from the album �Love scenes�. Yes, I have to admit that it was strange. As if the note itself wasn�t. But when I listened the words...

�Forget it I tell myself/ there�s someone else sharing your life (I only wish!)/ and we�ll regret when it�s too late/ we�ll lie awake in the dark/ pretending everything�s the same/ but knowing me I will be in love again�

How weird is that?
I tried to remember what AJ had said last night. That I�d be a great girl for someone else? Nice way of telling that he had his interest on someone else. And why would he tell me that? Well, this is a game we can both play (not like PS where he and Nick got mad when I used all my lives under five minutes) so I quickly took a little piece of paper and wrote on it only number 12.

Later that day Keegan brought me my bags. I searched it trough and gave him a CD and that note. He left probably wondering what the hell was that about. I thought about it too. Anyway, at his house AJ would soon load Alanis Morissette�s Live-CD on his player and listened to this:

�Like anyone would be
I am flattered by your fascination with me
Like any hotblooded woman
I have simply wanted an object to crave
but you, you're not allowed
You're uninvited
an unfortunate slight

Must be strangely exciting
to watch the stoic squirm
Must be somewhat heartening
to watch shepherd meet shepherd
but you you're not allowed
You're uninvited
an unfortunate slight

Like any uncharted territory
I must seem greatly intriguing
You speak of my love like
you have experienced love like mine before
but this is not allowed
You're uninvited
an unfortunate slight

I don't think you unworthy
I need a moment to deliberate�.

I was waiting for his next move. And what about the irony! How AJ had made clear that I was the visitor and then again �uninvited�...

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