~*~ Chapter 2 ~*~

ORLANDO, FL - O-Town's House - Monday

      “Dude, that was exhausting!” Jacob stated getting into the O-Town house, followed by the other 4 members of the group, plus both their managers, Mike Morin and Mike Cronin.

      “Oh, that was nothing! You'll see what's exhausting after I give you guys the schedule for the next few days.” said Mike Morin in a pretty serious look. Staring at 5 faces, already tired just by the news, he continued “I'll give you guys some time to rest and we'll meet at the dinner table in 40 minutes.”

      “I'm starving. What do we have?” asked Trevor sitting on a chair at the kitchen's table.

      “Oh, you're gonna have to guess! And if you do, you'll win the GRAND prize! Are you ready? But the careful! You only get one shot!” Erik joked in a 'game show host' voice.

      “Wow… Jeez, I don't know. That's a tough one. Lemme think for a sec here.”  Trevor decided to play along with Erik and made a thoughtful face - hand on the chin and everything - Jacob wasn't in the kitchen, but Dan and Ashley were having some fun watching them act like fools. Trevor then replied “Could it be… cereal with cold milk?”

      “Congratulations! You just won the grand prize! And the grand prize tonight is this beautiful blue bowl! Here it is! Enjoy it! Oh wait! That's not everything! Because you didn't take too much time to answer the question, you get a bonus prize: this spoon! Now help yourself!” Erik then handed Trevor a box of Lucky Charms.

      “Hey man, give me a bowl and a spoon too!” Dan ordered.

      “Yeah, me too.” Ashley said.       

      “That's not fair! They didn't answer the question!” Trevor said , making a hurt-feeling face. 

      “The guy has a point, you two, so go get it yourselves!” Erik chose to agree with Trevor, because he was too tired from rehearsal anyways.

      10 minutes later, Ashley's cell phone started to ring and he answered.

      “Hello?”

      “Hey honey, it's me!” the voice on the other side of the phone said.

      “Hey baby. How are you?” It was Jen, Ashley's girlfriend.

      “Good, you?”

      “Good. A bit tired. We got back from rehearsal a while ago, and now I just finished eating. What's up?”

      “Nothing really. I was just wondering if you were home because if you were, I was gonna drop by. I miss you!”

      “Me too. Yeah, you should come, but we got this meeting in like… 10 minutes. Why don't you get here in an hour? Is that ok?”

      “Yeah, that's great! I can't wait to see you!”

      “Me neither.”

      “Ok, then I'll see you in an hour?”

      “Yeah, in an hour.”

      “Ok, bye bye! Love ya!”

      “Ok, bye!” Ashley then hung up.

      “Was that Jen?”

      “Yeah.”

      “So how are things with her?” Only Trevor and Ashley were at the kitchen at that moment.

      “Pretty good. Better than I thought it would be.”

      “You guys are together now for how long?”

      “5 months.”

      “Oh yeah. That's kind of a lot, isn't it?"

      “Yeah, but she's a great girl. Sweet, beautiful, and she loves me…”

      “But you don't love her.”

      For a moment, there was silence. Ashley was trying to figure something out to say… say that he did love her, but those words just couldn't come out of his mouth. He decided, then, to be truthful to his friend, but all he managed to say was:

      “Is it that obvious?”

      “Not that much.”

      “Really? 'Cause I don't wanna hurt her. I wanna give this relationship some time to grow. Maybe in time I'll get to love her, you know?”

      “Dude, I hate to be the one to bring this up to you, but I think you gave this relationship enough time. If in 5 months you still don't love this girl, I don't see it happening.”

      “I don't wanna break things up with her. Not right now, anyway. I think I'll give it some more time.”

      “Well, that's really up to you. I was just trying to help ya.”

      “I know, and I thank you for that. Really!”

      “Hey, no problem man.”

      They got off of their chairs and male hugged each other.

      “Hey guys, get in here!” they heard Mike Cronin yell from the dinning room.

      When they got there, Erik and Dan were already sitting at the table so were the 2 Mikes.

      “Where's Jacob?” asked Morin.

      “Probably in his room. I'll go get him.” Trevor said going to get Jacob.

      When they were all at the table, Mike Morin started:

      “Jacob, glad you could join us” Jacob gave him a half-smile “Alright, now let's get to the point. This is your schedule for the next 4 days starting tomorrow.” Meanwhile, Cronin was handing the guys their schedules  “As you can see, those appearances are all in NY, so we'll leave tomorrow morning and will be back by Friday. Everyday you'll have something to do on MTV, 'cause that is the most important channel for you guys right now. You made it onto TRL already, but you gotta stay there, so you have to show your faces there every time you get the chance. There are some other shows in there though, as you can see. Tomorrow we'll leave at 8 a.m., and don't be late! Does anyone wanna say anything?”

      “I do. I'm taking Janie, alright?” Jacob questioned.

      “If he's taking Janie, I'm taking Jen.” Ashley said. 

      “That's ok, Jacob. That's ok, Ashley. Anyone else?”

      “I wanna take someone too, I just wish I had someone to take.” Trevor said with a sad face.

      “Me too…” Dan and Erik said at the same time.

      “Well, we're not gonna stay here feeling sorry for your love lives.  Does anyone else have anything to add? No? Then this meeting is over.”  Mike Morin, then, left the table.

      At the agreed time, the doorbell rang. Knowing who it was, Ashley went to answer it.

      “Hey baby!”

      “Oh my God! It's so good to see you! I've missed you so much!” Jen said hugging Ashley for a while. When they broke it, they kissed “And most of all, I missed this!” Jen was a beautiful girl. She was 21, 5'7", 110p, blond hair and green eyes. She really was beautiful. She met Ashley at a J Records party. She was one of the record label executive's niece. They were introduced, got to chat a little, and Ashley then asked her out on a date for the following day. They had been together ever since. First time they met, Ashley thought she had a great conversation and was beautiful, so he used her to help him forget about Kirstin. He didn't like to think he had used her, but he had to face it. It was the truth.

      “So… what are we gonna do?”

      “Actually, I was thinking we could just hang here. Tomorrow we're gonna have to wake up early. At 8, we're off to NY.”

      “Oh, and when are you guys coming back?”

      “Friday. And when I said 'we', I meant, me, the other guys, and you!”

      “No! Really? I'm going? You arranged for me to go? Wow! This is actually gonna be the first time I'm traveling with you guys.”

      “I know! I promise you'll love it!”

      “I know I will. Thanks!” she said giving him a passionate kiss.

      “Hm… I liked that! Maybe I should do more nice things to you, if what I'm getting in return is that.” Jen giggled “C'mon. Let's go watch some TV.”

      They watched TV for a while, went up to Ashley's room, fooled around a bit, and got to sleep.

      Little did Ashley know what was going to happen to him the next few days.

* Thanx Amy from "OurLoveIsAllForOTown" for correcting the grammar on this chapter

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