POA12

"Hello, Sorry to interrupt you. Johnny can I talk to you for a second?" Brooke said when she walked into the conference room.

"Yeah sure" Johnny said and followed her out the door.

"What is it?" Johnny asked.

"I found another note." Brooke said.

"Well you gotta get it to agent Moor." Johnny reminded.

"Yeah. Can you make sure no one follows me out?"

"Yeah" Johnny said and turned around and walked back in the room.

Brooke walked out to the large white van which followed them everywhere they went. She knocked on the window and Moor opened the door. Brooke quickly handed him the envelope.

"I have to go. I don't want them to find me." Brooke said. Moor nodded. Brooke headed back.
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"Hey Riley." Chris said. Brooke looked up from her laptop. She was playing solitaire.

"Hey Chris! What's up?" Brooke said cheerfully. Chris came over and sat next to her.

"Nothing much, I'm just waiting. We still have a few hours 'til the show starts." Chris explained.

"Oh, Where is everyone else?"

"JC and Jill are off talking to Kristin, Joey is looking for Alexis, Lance and Katie are hanging with the dancers, and Justin and Sade last I saw were making out under a tree." Chris said.

"Oh, Lovely" Brooke said sarcastically.

"Yeah"

"So, Chris, Why are you lonely without a girlfriend?" Brooke asked.

"Because, I'm a picky, bitter, not to mention hair, bastard." Chris said with a completely straight face. (LoL he looks hairy to me!) Brooke gave him a weird smile and he started laughing.

"No I'm kidding. The truth is I am picky. I would have to be with someone who could put up with me and my career." Chris said.

"I know what you mean" Brooke said.... Oops big mistake...

"You do?"

"Well no, but it sounded right" Brooke covered up with a giggle. Chris just smiled.

"Well you'll find someone and be happier than everyone." Brooke said.

"Uh huh sure." Chris laughed. "You don't have a nickname do you?"

"No, I don't. Where did that come from?" She giggled.

"I don't know, I just noticed everyone just calls you Riley." Chris said.

"Well it is my name" She said. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks. Everything they knew about her was a lie.

"I think you need a nickname." Chris said.

"Ok if you say so." Brooke smiled.

"Hmm, What would be a good nickname for you?" Chris thought outloud.

"Baguette!"

"Baguette?... As in a loaf of bread in french?" Brooke asked.

"Very good."

"Why?"

"Because, Your name is Riley. Rye is a type of bread and Lee Like Sara Lee the bread and pasterie brand."

"NO WAY! I refuse to be named after a food product."

"Ok Fine. So that one is kinda lame." Chris said.

"Kinda?"

"Ok really lame..."

"Yeah, If you pick something please make is something not etible."

"Deal, I gotta go. Hair and Make-up awaits" Chris said.

"Ok" she said and watched as Chris got up.

"Oh yeah nice pin. Where did you get it?" Chris asked.

"Uh, Beauty Pageant" Brooke lied. she had forgotten all about the camera.

"Ok bye... Tiara" Chris said and waved.

"What?" Brooke said and quickly got up to follow him. She caught him in the middle of the hall.

"Tiara?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah you know like a crown thing. The thing you win at a pageant."

"I know what it is but why that?"

"Did you win?"

"Um... No" Brooke said. She immediately regretted it. She should have answered 'yes'

"Well it's for what you wanted." Chris said. Brooke watched him walk away.

"Tiara" She whispered to herself.
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~A Week Later~

Brooke had found another note, which just make her more confused. Everyone started calling her 'Tiara' or just plain 'Ri'

JC, Jill, Justin, Sade, Joey, Alexis, and Chris all sat in a hotel suit watching 'Wheel of Fortune'

"Where's Riley?" Jill asked.

"I think with Johnny." Justin answered.

"Have you guys noticed they've been hanging out with eachother a lot lately?" Chris asked.

"Yes" everyone answered.

"Do you think there is something going on between them?" Alexis asked.

"Johnny wouldn't cheat on Jessica (I don't know his wifes name so i made it up) would he?" Joey asked.

"I don't know. It could be one of those mid-life crisis things." Sade reasoned.

"Dude! He's like more than 20 years older than her! That's wrong!" exclaimed Chris.

"Well should we ask?" Katie asked.

"Yeah but who?" Joey said looking at everyone.

"Chris" Justin suggested.

"What? Why me?" Chris asked shocked.

"You guys get along great. Plus none of us know her as well as you do." JC explained.

"Fine, I will today." Chris said. He thought of how to do it.

Should i be blunt? or slowly fo into the topic? But how? Jeez why did I get stuck doing this. I hope there isn't anything going on with her and Johnny. That would suck! Chris thought