POA15

"Thank you for coming with me, Riley� Chris said at Brooke�s door.
�You�re welcome, Goodnight� Brooke said with a smile and shut her door.

             Chris immediately rushed over to Justin�s room and knocked on the door. Justin opened it.

�Chris, What do you want?� Justin sighed.

�I need to talk to you� Chris said eagerly.

�Now?�

�Yes now! Can you come to my room I don�t really want anyone to hear.� Chris said referring to Sade.

�Fine� Justin said. �Day I�ll be right back�

�Ok� Sade said from the bathroom.

They both walked to Chris� room.

�Ok So what�s up?� Justin asked.

�It�s Riley.�

�What about her?� Justin asked.

�I�m in a huge mess with her.� Chris said pacing the floor in front of Justin.

�Ok, well what happened?�

�I kind of� well I sort of� it slipped and I told her she was beautiful.� Chris said quickly.

�Did you mean it?� Justin asked flatly not very surprised.

�Yes�

�So what�s the problem?!?!�

�I don�t know! It�s just, what if she doesn�t like me?� Chris said.

�Hmm� You know a couple of years ago I was the one asking you for girl advice.� Justin laughed in memory of when him and Sade weren�t yet a couple.

�Can we stay on topic!?!?!�

�Ok Jeez!�

�Thank you! Ok� Now what do I do?� Chris asked eagerly.

�Well you can start by admitting to me that you like her.� Justin said.

�Ok I like her� Chris said flatly.

�Ok well why don�t you just ask her out? It worked for me� Justin suggested.

�But that was Sade!� Chris whined.

�So? I think you should like start slowly. You know first a date. If you�re lucky you might get a kiss too� Justin grinned.

�So you�re saying I should ask her out?� Chris asked confused.

�Exactly�

�You suck at this advice business. Maybe I should be talking to JC� Chris said.

�Ok go ahead but you have my suggestion� Justin said getting up and heading to the door.

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             Chris spread himself on his large hotel room bed. This is so confusing Chris thought.   Then he decided perhaps it would be wiser to talk to JC than Justin. Chris picked up the phone and dialed JC�s room number.

�Hello?� Jill answered.

�Jill? Can I talk to JC?� Chris asked quickly.

�Uh, sure. Are you ok?� Jill asked concerned.

�Yeah I�m fine I just need to talk to him.�

�Ok� Jill said and handed JC the phone.

�Hey Chris. What�s up?� JC asked.

�Can you come to my room?� I need to talk to you.� Chris explained.

�And we can�t talk on the phone, as we are so nicely doing now, why?� JC asked.

�No, It�s important please man!� Chris pleaded.

�Fine, I�ll be right there� JC said and hung up.

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Knock, Knock!

             Chris hurried to the door. He opened it JC was on the other side with his arms crossed over his chest. JC walked in without saying anything.

�Ok what was so important you took me from my warm room and loving girlfriend?� JC asked.

�I need some brotherly advice.� Chris said.

�With what?�

�Riley�

�What about her?� JC asked and cocked one eyebrow.

�I told her she was beautiful.� Chris said quietly and looked down.

�Yeah� so? It�s not like you didn�t mean it.� JC pointed out.

�How did you know?�

�Because, well, I have known you for a while and I�ve seen how you look at her� JC explained.

�So what do I do?� Chris asked confused.

�Well do you like her?� JC asked to try to make Chris admit it to himself.

�Yes� no� I don�t know!� Chris said helplessly.

�Well it�s a yes or no question which would me you give me a yes or no answer.� JC explained.

�Yes�

�Ok so why don�t you just tell her?�

�Because I made a complete idiot of myself!� Chris exclaimed.

�Well, if she likes you too then she won�t think you�re an idiot. Do you think she likes you?� JC asked.

�I�m pretty sure she does.�

�What leads you to believe that?�

"Well she� I asked her if she likes me and she didn�t say anything. So I assumed she didn�t. Then she said it wasn�t that she didn�t like me. Then she said �Can we talk about this later?� And that�s it� Chris explained.

�Oh� JC said and thought a bit. �I think you should tell her you like her�

�Ok but how? I can�t walk up to her and say �Hey Riley, I like you. Wanna go out?� That would be a bit weird�

�I think you should get your feeling straight about her. I can tell you aren�t being completely honest with me or yourself.� JC said firmly.

�How?�

�Well, I usually write it down but whatever works for you.�

"Ok thanks man� Chris said and gave JC one of those guy hug thingies they do. Then JC left.

Chris sat down on his bed and stared at the wall.

�Write it down.� He thought out loud to himself. He pulled out an old notebook from his bag and grabbed a hotel pen from the nightstand. He opened the notebook and saw a bunch of old sketches he had drawn and poems he had written. He put the end of the pen in his mouth and thought (of Riley, duh!)

He wrote:

I don't know how
I don't know why
But girl it seems
You've touched my life
You're in my dreams
You're in my heart
I'm by myself
When we're apart

He wrote it effortlessly as if it flowed from the pen� he continued.

Something strange has come over me
A raging wind across my seas
And girl you know that your eyes are to blame
And what am I supposed to do
If I can't get over you
I come to find that you don't feel the same

Chris stopped and reread what he had written. Wow, I wrote that? Chris thought to himself. Looks like something JC would write. Then he looked down at it again.

�I�m falling� Chris said softly to himself and picked the pen up again.

Cause I'm falling
Girl I'm falling for you
And I pray your falling too
I've been falling falling
Ever since the moment I laid eyes on you

Falling, falling, falling When I laid eyes on you
I've been falling, falling, falling

�This is freaky� Chris said to himself.

I loose my step
I loose my ground
I loose my self
When you're around
I'm holding on for my life
To keep from drowning in your eyes
Girl what have you done to me
To make me fall so desperately
To think that I don't even know your name
No, no
and how am I supposed to live
If I can't get over this
and you decide that you don't feel the same

�Is that really my fear?� Chris thought to himself.

Cause I'm falling falling
Girl I'm falling for you
And I pray your falling too
I've been falling falling

�Jeez, I don�t know!� Chris said out loud to himself frustrated. �How can women make you completely crazy!?!?� He put the pen down and once again reread what had flowed from the blue ink pen. He picked up the pen and twirled it between two fingers for a while. Then once again it came to him�

Will you stay or will you go
(Heaven) heaven knows what my future holds
(Questions) questions linger on my mind
(Day break) from day break to dark of night
(I'm falling) I don't know what's come over me

Can't you see that I'm falling falling
Girl I'm falling for you
And I pray your falling too
I've been falling falling
Ever since the moment I laid eyes on you

He looked over it not believing he had written it.

�I have to show JC� He said and looked at the clock.

�Ok I�ll show him tomorrow� He said when he saw it was 3:30 AM. He read over it once more.

�Something�s missing� He said then thought for a while. He picked up the pen and wrote�

I�ve fallen

He closed the notebook and went to bed.

(Song is �Falling� by *N Sync *I think Chris wrote it not sure though* those aren�t the exactly lyrics there are some adlibs or whatever taken out so yeah)

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