~*~ Chapter 71 ~*~
NEW YORK CITY, NY – KIRSTIN’S LOFT – APR.13th, 2002 – SATURDAY
Kirstin got inside her car and drove off to the MTV building. It has been seconds since she left her loft and she missed Ashley already. She had a big smile on, while driving, remembering now she had him and wouldn’t be stupid and lose him again.
When Kirstin stopped at the red light, she decided to turn on the radio. She was switching stations when she stopped at a particular one that was playing a song she had never heard before, but was impressed by the lyrics. She frowned and looked at the radio while listening to it. After a while, she washed her thoughts away when she heard a honk informing her that the red light had turned into green.
NEW YORK CITY, NY – APR.13th, 2002 – SATURDAY
Ashley was inside a cab, heading to the hotel.
He was practically daydreaming, with a huge smile on his face, remembering the amazing night he had with Kirstin the day before. Forgiving her was worth it. He had had his doubts before, but somehow that feeling had just vanished. He totally trusted Kirstin now. She was glowing when she came in from the bathroom to the bedroom in the morning. He didn’t know how, but he knew he could trust her now never to hurt him again.
Ashley got out of the cab and stepped inside the hotel lobby. He trailed immediately to the elevator.
When the doors to the elevator opened, the smile he had on disappeared and his jaw dropped when he saw the person who was inside it.
NEW YORK CITY, NY – MTV BUILDING – APR.13th, 2002 – SATURDAY
Kirstin headed inside the editing room. Andrew was already there, working on some material.
“Thank God! Come. Sit.” Andrew rushed to pull out a chair for Kirstin to sit on “We gotta do this now, before there’s no time left.”
“Calm down, Andy. What happened? I’m still a little lost about this whole thing.” Kirstin placed her things in a small desk nearby.
“We just gotta edit this entire show that’s gonna air tomorrow afternoon, because they just lost the tape we edited before.”
“Which show?”
“The one on Eminem.”
“I can’t believe it. It took us hours to edit that one.”
“Tell me something I don’t know! I already screamed at everybody in here. But no one has any idea where the damn tape is.”
“God, I can’t believe I’m gonna spend a whole Saturday working on something we’ve already worked on for several hours.”
“I can’t either. But don’t worry, K. I’m gonna find a way for us to get paid extra for these hours.”
“You better!” Kirstin said and started to work the editing table.
NEW YORK CITY, NY – HOTEL – APR.13th, 2002 – SATURDAY
“What the hell are you doing here?” Ashley asked, not worrying about being polite.
“I came to see you.” the female got closer to him.
“You gotta be kidding me.” Ashley said, not letting her touch him as she intended to do.
“I’m not.” she tried to get closer to him, not minding he was trying to dismiss her.
“Well, I don’t wanna see you, so you can go back to Redding. Your stay here is worthless.”
“Come on, Ash, do you really think I came all this way just to see you?” she giggled “You’re damn hot, but I’m not desperate.”
“So what are you doing here, Cindy?”
“I’m doing a job. Remember? I’m a model! And I’m doing some photo shoots for Sears at the Central Park and the Rockfeller Center.”
“Oh. Great.” Ashley said, relieved.
“But, as long as we’re both here and we’re, well… both single now.”
“I’m not single.” Ashley informed her and tried to get into the elevator, but she was blocking the way.
“What? What a stud! You got another girlfriend that fast, huh?” Ashley was still trying to get inside the elevator, but seeing he wasn’t going to, he hit the button and waited for another elevator to come “Oh, wait! You were having an affair with her while you were with Kirstin. That makes sense now! I wasn’t getting why you were with a loser such as Kirstin, but you had someone else! Now it…”
“Shut the fuck up!” Ashley snapped.
“Excuse me?” Cindy placed her hand on her chest.
“Shut the fuck up! I wasn’t having an affair while I was with Kirstin. Shut up! Stop assuming things! And stop being such a teenage girl! Why can’t you just see we’re not in high school anymore? Stop dissing Kirstin. You don’t know her! And you don’t know me! So stop that. It’s fucking ridiculous!” Ashley was now screaming and some people was staring that them.
“Ashley, I can’t believe you’re using this tone with me! Who do you think you are?”
“Someone a thousand times better than you!” Ashley snapped.
“I can’t believe you’re talking to me like that and defending an ex-girlfriend that cheated on you and…”
“She’s not my girlfriend.” Ashley informed.
“I know she’s not, that’s what I’m saying. And…” the elevator arrived and Ashley got in.
“Kirstin’s still my fiancée.”
“What?” Cindy looked down, incredulous. When she
looked up again, Ashley had disappeared into the elevator.
* Thanx Shauna, Taryn and Stacey for reviewing and correcting the grammar errors *
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