"Sonia! Wait the fuck up" Kian said running after her to the parking lot.

"What?" she said without even turning around to face him as she kept on walking.

"Sonia!" he said reaching her and placing his hand on her shoulder. "Hold up for a minute"

"What do you want?" Sonia said turning around. She was wearing her huge stylish purple sunglasses but Kian could still see tears in her eyes.

"Are you crying?" he asked.

"No I'm not. What the fuck do you want? You ruined my day already. Not to mention you totally ruined the interview!"

"I ruined the interview?? It's you who were so fucking self-centered! Not to mention you did whatever it is in your power to promote *N Sync's fucking new album!" Kian shouted.

"And what about you? You ain't no angel either! Saying bad things about Justin"

"'Saying bad things about Justin�'" Kian said in a girly voice, imitating her. "Oh for fuck's sake, get over him, he's nothing but a punk"

"You know what, Egan? I think you're just jealous! Yes! That's what you are! You're jealous of Justin because his band is a lot more successful than yours and he's a lot more talented and unlike yourself, he gets to sing too! Not to mention -"

As Kian cut her off, kissing her passionately.

"For your information," he said a minute later when they broke away from their kiss. "*N Sync are nothing. Nothing compared to the Backstreet Boys. They are nothing but a cardboard copy of Backstreet. And as for Westlife, sure it's been freaking hard to break the states but least we didn't stay in one spot! *N Sync are nothing over in Europe cos they've got the US so they're happy about it. Westlife, on the other hand, are aiming to world domination. And we will achieve this, that's why we're humiliating ourselves by being your support act"

"Well Egan, is it just me or are you admitting that I'm a good singer and that's why you're using MY audience, MY fans to get yourselves in the American charts?" Sonia answered back.

"It's just you, Miss Ray," he said, his face is inches away from hers and their lips were nearly touching. "Sex sells and because sex sells, Jive hooked us up with a sex icon so we can get noticed. You don't honestly think YOUR audience and YOUR fans are there to listen to you sing? They are there because you go on stage wearing nearly nothing. You do photo shoots wearing nearly nothing and inside your head there's nearly�nothing" he whispered, leaning to kiss her again.

Sonia closed her eyes and slowly kissed him back.

"I had a feeling it'll shut you up." Kian said, stepping away from her. "We need to do the photo shoot for this interview. I re-scheduled it for tomorrow, don't worry" he said.

"I have things to do tomorrow, Egan. I'm a busy woman"

"No you don't, already talked to Peppa and we both found a few free hours tomorrow morning for the photo shoot" he said walking away back to the building.

"I hate him" Sonia whispered closing her eyes. "I hate him so much"

"I'm sorry Sonia but I can't cancel this photo shoot, I already called them and they told me to talk to Jive so I did" Peppa said that afternoon.

"And what did the assholes say?" Sonia asked.

"Sonia! You're not supposed to curse" Peppa reminded her.

"I don't care Peppa! I don't care anymore"

"Ok�anyway they said they want you and Kian to have that photo shoot because they heard the tape of the interview and said it was, um, an interesting interview" Peppa said.

"Aaargh!" Sonia shouted falling down on the bed in her hotel suite. "I hate him!"

"Who, your manager Daniel?" Peppa asked.

"No, Egan! I hate him so much"

"If you ask me, you'll end up together" Peppa said sitting down on a chair that was next to the big dinner table.

"Ha!" Sonia said. "Me and Egan hooking up? NEVER! Besides, I'm engaged to Justin, and I love him"

"Sure, and when was the last time you saw Justin?" Peppa asked playing with her hair.

"Not long ago" Sonia said.

"How long?" Peppa asked.

"8 months, ok? Happy now?"

"Very" Peppa said. "Listen to me Sonia, you and Egan will end up together"

"No we won't. We hate each other" Sonia said.

"They always say the biggest love comes from hate" Peppa pointed out.

"Oh just shut up Peppa!" Sonia ordered as her cell phone rang. "Get it"

"Yes ma'am" Peppa said sticking her tongue out. "Hello? Yes, this is Sonia Ray's number�you want to talk to her?" as she looked at Sonia that shook her head no firmly. "No, I'm sorry, Miss Ray is busy at the moment�when will she be available? I can't exactly tell you but try at another time�ok�" Peppa said listening for a few minutes. "Ok sir, I'll let her know about it�bye" she said hanging up the phone.

"Who was it?" Sonia asked.

"Some guy called Frank Gregory, he's from Playboy, wants to offer you a bigger offer than you got so far for you to pose naked" Peppa said.

"No. I already told them I'm not posing naked for any price in the world" Sonia dismissed.

"But you posed nearly totally naked hundreds of times. You remember the picture where you covered your breasts with your arms and�well down there with an apple? That was as naked as you can get" Peppa said.

"No! I'm not posing naked, not for Playboy" Sonia said getting up off her bed and walking to her private gym. It was one of the advantages of having Kevin as her personal trainer; he made sure she'd have a gym up in her suite, always.

"Fine. Leave me here alone, you always do anyway" Peppa mumbled to herself.

"Ok for the first picture, I want you two to lay here on the bed here" Smash Hits' photographer.

Both Sonia and Kian just stood there, crossing their arms and looking at him with a shocked look.

"Together? On the same bed?" Kian asked.

"Yes, c'mon hurry up!" the photographer said clapping his hands. "We don't have all day, c'mon"

Kian and Sonia switched looks. 'No touching' Sonia mouthed.

'Why would I want to touch you?' Kian mouthed back as Sonia gave him a 'go-to-hell' look. 'Fine. No touching' Kian mouthed as they both laid down on the bed.

"Ok," to photographer said snapping a few pictures. "Now kiss for me"

"DO WHAT???" they both shouted getting up quickly.

"No way, no how, not gonna happen" Kian said.

"I'm an engaged woman, there's NO chance I'll kiss another man" Sonia said as Kian looked at her and she mouthed 'Shut up' to him.

"Look you two, I have a contract here signed by the big bosses at Jive Records and your managers - Mister Louis Walsh and Mister Daniel Anderson, saying you HAVE to do this photo shoot and HAVE to do this photo shoot like that! Your managers think it'll give both of you a push in your career, and it sells and it helps" the photographer explained.

"I don't need a push to my career, thank you very much. I'm calling my manager" Sonia said. "PEPPA! PEPPA!" she shouted snapping her fingers nervously.

"So diva like�" Kian mumbled.

"Shut it Egan, I've had it with you and your smart-ass comment�PEPPA!" Sonia shouted again.

"I'm going to call my manager�" Kian said. "And guess what! I don't need Peppa's help, I can dial on my own, one of the many things Irish can do and Americans CAN'T!" he said storming out of the room.

"Daniel I can't believe you signed that contract! Do you have any idea what a fit Justin will have when he sees these pictures? He's in England at the moment recording with *N Sync, he'll definitely see them!" Sonia shouted at her manager, walking back and forth in the set of the Smash Hits photo shoot with the photographer following her with his eyes.

"I'm sorry Sonia, my love, but the big bosses at Jive said you have to do this after that horrible interview you guys gave. They said that if those photos appear with the interview, the readers of the magazine will realize you're just messing around and not truly hate each other" Daniel explained.

"But we do hate each other! I hate that guy so much it's unbelievable! I mean, you know me Danny baby, you know I usually don't hate a soul - but I do hate his" Sonia said as she sat down on the bed inside the set, crossing her legs.

"You have no other choice, Sonia darling, the big bosses at Jive have already made up their minds" Daniel said.

"Dan, Danny, Daniel baby, you can't do this to me" Sonia said.

"Don't try to sweet-talk me with this, Sonia. It's not my call" Daniel said.

"Oh God!" Sonia said getting pissed off. "I hate the big bosses at Jive! How come they make all the decisions for me? Who do they think I am? One of the Girls Aloud chicks??"

"I don't know darling, I really don't�just do this photo shoot and when you have to kiss him, close your eyes and imagine it's Justin. And as for your lovely fianc?, let me talk to him, ok?"

"Ok�" Sonia said. "Bye"

"Bye darling, stay strong" Daniel said.

"I'll give it my best" Sonia said as they both hung up. "I hate Egan, I hate him!"

"Louis I don't care what those assholes in Jive say, I'm not and I repeat, NOT kissing Sonia Ray. Not even if they pay me a million pounds I won't! Heck, if you want, I'll pose naked! Just don't make me kiss her" Kian said, leaning on the Coca-Cola machine out in the hall.

"Kian you can't just go pose naked. I don't see what the big deal is, Sonia Ray is a very beautiful and very desired woman. Men all around the world want to kiss her so just be happy you get to do that and go kiss the hell out of her. Show her what Irish men can do" Louis said.

"If men all around the world want to kiss her, let them do that, I'm not"

"Kian, don't be stubborn"

"I'm a Taurus, I'm stubborn, it's my nature" Kian said. "And another thing that's in my nature is anger that at the moment it's building up pretty damn fast"

"Kian, it's not your decision and it's not mine either. The bosses at Jive think it's the best thing after that hideous interview you two gave. You can't hate her, don't you understand?" Louis asked.

"That's just low Louis. You so fucking want us to do good in the US that you'll do just about anything, am I right?" Kian said biting his lower lip.

"No, you're wrong, very wrong. It's just that Jive signed you guys, can't you even realize how privileged you are? They have all the biggest and most successful names in America; Sonia Ray, *N Sync, Justin Timberlake, Nick Carter, Aaron Carter, Britney Spears, O-Town. This is your big break. Finally a record company that will do you good, you can't just blow it like that. You can't anger them Kian, you just have to do what they want and please them" Louis said.

"Why can't we be like the Backstreet Boys? They kicked the hell out of Jive's asses and told them to go play with themselves. And they are still big, very big." Kian said.

"But not like *N Sync, that did stay with Jive" Louis said.

Kian sighed. He knew he couldn't win, not this fight anyway. But it's just a battle, he'll lose the battle but win the war. "Fine, I'll do the stupid photo shoot, but if the guys take the mickey out of me, it's your job to shut them up" he finally said.

"Ok. Deal." Louis said. "Bye Kian. And don't worry, it's the last time I'll make you do a thing you don't want to, I promise"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bye" Kian said hanging up. "Fucking shit, this is going to be so fucked up" he said heading back to the photo shoot set.

Sonia closed her eyes. They nearly finished the photo shoot now but for some reason, she wanted it to last forever. Kian kissed her down her neck slowly as the photographer ran around them, snapping pictures madly from every single angle.

"Oh your chemistry is just amazing, the camera just loves you!" the photographer said as he kept on running around, snapping pictures in the speed of 200 photos per second.

"Can we get this over and done with already?" Kian said as he got fed up from kissing Sonia.

"Oh yes, too bad, our time it up" the photographer said, a bit disappointed.

"Oh, ain't that a pity?" Kian said sarcastically, quickly getting up and walking out of the room.

"Are you ok, Sonia?" the photographer asked Sonia that seemed a bit drifted away in thoughts.

"Yeah fine, just fine" she smiled at him and got up. "Thanks Peter, it was a brilliant photo shoot, you did a great job" she said shaking his hands.

"You welcome Sonia, I always wanted to work with you and I'm glad I finally had the opportunity to" Peter, the photographer said as Sonia smiled at him again.

"Bye" she said kissing him on the cheek and then left the room.

"Those two would make a nice couple" Peter said, scratching the back of his head.

I know that I can't take no more, it ain't no lie
I wanna see you walk that door - baby, bye bye bye!

Bye bye
Don't wanna be a fool for you
Just another player in your game for two
You may hate me but it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye
Bye bye
Don't really wanna make it tough
I just wanna tell you that I had enough
Might sound crazy but it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye

Kian sang with his headphones on as he felt someone placing his hand on his shoulder. Kian turned around to see Sonia standing there. He quickly took off his headphones.

"*N Sync song, eh?" Sonia asked, smiling a very pleased of herself smile.

"Shut it" Kian said, getting up.

"And look, it's *N Sync: The Greatest Hits album" she said opening his discman and looking at the CD that's inside. "Original one, no less, you actually paid for it" Sonia said.

"Was a birthday present from my brother Tom" Kian said. "I never listened to it till now because a week after he gave me it, he died in a car accident"

"Oh, I'm sorry. I had no idea" Sonia said.

"Of course not, you're so damn caught up in your own little 'Sonia world' you just don't give a damn about what's going on around you" Kian said. "Bet you don't even remember our names"

"Yes I do. Kian, Ryan, Zack, Sean and Mickey" she said with a pleased-look.

"It's Kian, Bryan, Mark, Shane and Nicky" he said.

"Oh. Least I remembered yours right�" Sonia said.

"Yeah�" Kian said sitting down again. They were backstage at the arena in New Jersey, in the Green room. Kian covered his face with his hands.

"You're thinking about your brother?" Sonia asked softly, sitting down next to him as he took his hands off his face and looked at her, then he looked down.

"Yeah�" he said leaning back and covering his face with his hands again. "I miss him a lot�I was the closest to him"

"How many brothers do you have?" Sonia asked.

"Too many" Kian laughed, taking his hands off his face again. "I had 3 sisters and 3 brothers, now I only have 2 brothers�" he sighed.

"I'm sorry" she said placing her hand on his shoulder.

Kian wiped a tear that fell from his eye away. "Why am I talking to you about this anyway? You live in your little 'Sonia world', you wouldn't care"

"I do care.." Sonia started to say.

"Do you? All you care about is your fucking self. You never think of other people's feelings"

"I do care about you, and I do think about your feelings�"

"How come?" Kian asked. "And mine's the only name you remember properly�"

"I don't know�deep down I care about you" Sonia said looking down on her hands.

Kian looked at her, shocked. Did this snobby-diva just say she cares about him?

Sonia! Sonia baby!

"Oh my God" Sonia froze. "It's Justin, he's here" she said getting up quickly and left the Green room.

"Damn" Kian said scratching the back of his head. "I care about you too" he whispered.