| Chapter 1 �Thanks, everyone. It�s been great tonight, Atlanta!� I tried not to cover my ears as I heard even more screams from the large crowd in front of us. �Hope you liked our show! I hope I see you guys again next time!� I walked off the stage, grumpily. I guess I was always like that after a show. Most people always talk about how they love touring and how fun it is, but I tell the truth. I�m always grumpy and irritated after dancing for an hour straight. You would be too if you were in my shoes, it�s tiring. I heard a familiar laugh come from behind me. I turned around, realizing whom it was. �Christina!� I embraced her with my sweat pouring onto her like crazy. �Gross!� She exclaimed, pulling out of the hug. I laughed, knowingly. �Are you up for going out tonight?� I shook my head, sleepily. �Man, Chris. I�m so tired; I don�t think I�m up for another night of clubbing. I didn�t even get three hours of sleep last night. I need sleep tonight.� She smiled, knowing the feeling. �Come on, Starr. We haven�t been out in awhile. We don�t even have to go clubbing. Let�s rent a movie and watch it up in my hotel room with the guys or something like that.� I looked down, considering it. I haven�t actually hung out with the guys in forever, but I see them everyday. If I wanted to sleep, I could always just fall asleep on the floor or something. �Starr, please?� She asked, pulling out her bottom lip. �Just this one time. It�ll be fun, we haven�t had fun in a long time babe.� �Fine.� �Are you serious?� She threw her hands up, happily, spinning around in circles. �Oh man, I am so good!� �Whatever Christina. This better be fun or else I�m never going to want to hang out with you again.� I looked over at Christina, smiling. �I�m sweating, I need to leave.� �Oh, good job at dancing tonight by the way.� I laughed, knowing the reason why she said that. Tonight was my worst night at dancing I�ve had since I�ve been on the �Justified/Stripped Tour.� I guess you could say it was an off night, but I was really tired. Nobody even notices me in the background of Christina anyways. �Fuck you too, bitch!� I joked. In less than an hour, I was clean and ready. My dark brown hair was pulled into a bun and my contacts were now replaced with glasses. I was wearing a t-shirt that had an X-tina dancer logo on it and black pajama sweats. I walked to Christina�s room, which was a few doors down. I could hear the noise from my room, but nobody cared because it was coming from Christina�s suite. Ringing the doorbell, I started knocking on the door as hard as I could. �Woman!� Justin opened the door yelling. I laughed at him, innocently. �Yes, I am a woman. How may I help you?� He grinned back at me, dorkified. That isn�t even a word, but it explained the way he was smiling. �You really want to know?� He asked, wiggling his eyebrows up and down. I shook my head, putting a hand to his chest. �No, actually I change my mind. Who�s here?� I pushed him out of my way. We both laughed, in that kind of corny way. �I love you, Miss Starr.� He spoke, seriously. �I hate you, Mr. Timberlake.� I spoke, seriously. I pushed him, leaning over to talk to JC. �Why are you here?� I asked, plopping on the bed next to him. He smiled. �Thanks for the welcome.� He said, sarcastically. �I�m on vacation, just wanted to see my best friends in the whole world.� I laughed, placing my elbow on his shoulder. �You�re on permanent vacation, Chasez.� He glared over at me, shaking my elbow off his shoulder. �Don�t touch me!� He joked. �Get your hands off me, sweetheart. I don�t know where they�ve been so I don�t really feel safe.� I looked at my hands for a second. �My hands have been roaming all over places you�ve only dreamed of, JC.� He looked at me, disgustedly. �Right, Justin?� I asked, jokingly. Justin�s head turned over to face me for a brief second. �Huh? Oh, yeah sure.� He spoke, turning his head back to his conversation with Christina. �I swear, they�re meant to be.� I looked over at JC, carefully. �Don�t you think? Look at them.� He glanced over at them, laughing in their own little worlds. �Yeah, I guess you�re right. It would be difficult though, I mean, if they were together. Life wouldn�t be as easy as you think. The press would be all over it.� I smiled, knowingly. �Yeah, yeah. But it could still work out, if you think about it.� He smirked back. �Yeah, how do you know all this stuff? You�re so smart, all hail Starr.� I slightly giggled, �Come on JC. I�m a Sagittarius. They�re all pretty smart if you know what I mean.� We both watched as we saw Christina and Justin make it over to the rest of us. Well, JC, a few of Justin�s dancers that I didn�t know quite well, and me, that is. �Let�s watch the movie, you guys.� Christina smiled, warmly, at all of us. �I hope you guys like Jackass, cuz I sure as hell do!� I smiled, picturing Johnny Knoxville in the back of my mind in his leopard printed thong. Ooh, what a beauty. �Love it,� I said, lying next to JC. He ruffled my hair, messing up my already messy bun. �Shut up Starr, we all know you�re lying. We know you don�t like Jackass, you�re just trying to act cool.� He grinned, egotistically. �Shut up, JC. Watch the damn movie and pray to God that your son will be more blessed with things you, unfortunately, weren�t blessed with.� I know it was really corny, but it was the comeback that first popped up. �Mm-hmm Starr, you wish.� Chapter 2 |