| ATS Chapter 4 |
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| I woke up to the sound of feet shuffling over head. I sat up in the hotel bed and looked around the room. I looked over at the clock, 6:00pm. I knew everone would be out. They didn't even ask me to go with them anymore. All I did was eat, sleep and perform. But despite this, I did find it getting easier to talk to Dhani. I watched television for about half an hour when Carson Daly appeared on the screen. It reminded me of our appearance on TRL. We were all so excited. When Dhani dumped me, all I wanted to do was leave. Bringing up these memories reminded me why I stayed. I loved singing and performing. Seeing all the faces singing along and smiling. "And now, at #1 for the tenth day straight, *N Sync with "It's Gonna Be Me." I grabbed the phone off the table beside me and dialed. "Hello?" Justin asked in an aggravated tone. I froze up, sensing his annoyance. "Hi...uh this is Sara. I don't know if you remem..." I spilled out quickly when I was cut off. "Oh hi Sara! I didn't think you were ever gonna call me. How are you?" He asked, his tone changing completely. "Well I am pretty good. You know busy, but good." I answered unsurely. "Where are you right now? "Um, we are in Orlando. Tomorrow we have a flight out to California and we're spending like two weeks at home, in Los Angeles." I kind of shouted in anticipation of finally getting to spend some time at home. "Yeah, we're in LA for about a month doing promotions and stuff. Do you want to uh... well hang out sometime?" Justin stuttered nervously. I didn't know what to say, I didn't even recall the reason I had suddenly decided to phone him. His question hung in the air for what seemed like hours. "Yeah. Sure." I finally answered. My voice trembled when I had finally hung up the telephone. The hotel door burst open on the other side of the room. I looked up to find Marie struggling to carry and arm load of shopping bags. "Wow, Orlando has great shopping! I bought two pairs of shoes, four new outfits, and a jacket!" She giggled wildly. Dhani and Amit walked in the door behind her. "We're going to the Taco Bell down the street, be back in a while alright?" Dhani said raising his eyebrows. I looked over at him and smiled. Things were getting so much easier for me. "Only if you bring me a taco!" I chuckled. The two boys exited and Marie sat down next to me. "So what did you do while we were gone?" She asked grabbing the remote out of my hand and flipping through the stations. "Talked on the phone." I replied innocently. "To who?" "Justin." I answered nonchalantly. "JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE!?!" Marie screamed enthusiastically. I nodded my head keeping my gaze on the screen in front of us, "Well what did you talk about?" "Stuff." I said looking at her and smiling. "Oh my gosh, he asked you to go out with him!" Marie shouted again. "No, he asked me to hang out with him." I said as my cheeks instantly turned red. "Same thing. Oh my gosh I can't believe you are going out with him! We have to go buy you a new outfit!" She said zealousy dragging me off the couch and out the door. |