| Points of Authority Chapter 18 |
| Brooke walked into her hotel room and dreamily plopped down on her bed. I can�t believe this is happening! She thought excitedly. Until, the ringing of her cell phone interrupted her train of thought. �Hello?� She answered. �BRYANT!� Jim yelled angrily over the phone. �Hey Jim.� Brooke said nervously. �Lisa told me you�re dating the pretty boy.� Jim said calming himself down. �Well� I can explain.� Brooke said. �Bryant! What is there to explain!?!� Jim said. �I don�t know. Just� Please� please let me finish this case.� Brooke pleaded. �Bryant, You know I can�t take you out of there now.� Jim said a bit annoyed. �Well� I � I�m sorry.� Brooke said guilt fully. �You�re sorry?� Jim laughed. �Bryant, I thought you could do this job without messing up. I was very wrong though wasn�t I? Yes, I was. I just want you to know one thing� If anyone that shouldn�t, or anyone other than Devin Marks for that matter, get hurt does get hurt. Then you are fired!� �What?� �You heard me. This is serious Bryant.� �I know but I can�t help it! I really like him.� �Brooke I�m gonna stop being your boss for a minute and I�m gonna give you some advice� This isn�t worth it. The guy doesn�t know you. He knows some person I made up one night while I was eating dinner. You can find someone better than him.� Jim said. �No I can�t� He�s� He�s perfect.� Brooke whispered as a tear ran down her cheek. �Brooke, I�m gonna let you go. All I ask is that you don�t forget that you�re Riley Star. Don�t slip up. Good night.� Jim said. Brooke didn�t say anything and hung up. She curled up on the bed crying. �Why don�t they understand that I love him?� Brooke asked herself. She cried herself to sleep. ~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Brooke walked onto the crew bus where she was to ride to the next city. She hadn�t seen Chris all day. Well it was only 6:00 AM! She walked to the back where Johnny sat. �Hello Riley� He said. �Hey Johnny.� Brooke said lazily. �Why so down?� �You�re the only one in the room. No reason to play perky.� Brooke said and plopped down on the couch. �Hmm� so this is the real you? Not perky?� Johnny asked. �Usually sarcastic and bitchy are somewhere in there too.� Brooke said dully. �Chris typically doesn�t go for sarcastic, bitchy girls.� �What?� Brooke asked confused. �Chris, you know dark hair, acts like he�s two, goes by the name Chris�� �Yeah I know who he is!� Brooke snapped. �Yeah well he told me there is something goes on between you two. I�m not one to object because well frankly I could care less about his personal love life. All I ask is you don�t get in the way of *N SYNC.� Johnny said. �Why would I get in the way of *N SYNC?� Brooke asked. �I don�t know, but Chris seems to be head over heels for you, or actually Riley.� Johnny grinned, got up and left. Brooke sat there in awe she couldn't believe Johnny of all people would say that. Her thoughts were interrupted when someone walked in. "Hey Riley!" Jill said. "Hey Jill, why aren't you on the bus with JC?" Brooke asked. "You don't want me here?" Jill asked ready to fake cry if needed. "No! No I didn't mean it that way." Brooke said feeling terrible. "I'm sick of JC so I came here... so... what happened with you and Chris?" Jill asked. "Why do I have a feeling you didn't come here because you were sick of JC?" "Ok you're right. How on Earth could I be sick of JC? There's so much there. There's always something new to try." Jill said with an evil grin. "That's really gross." Brooke said. "Hey you're the one that took it the wrong way! I never said we had hot monkey sex!" Jill exclaimed. "I don't want to know!" Brooke yelled. "Ok But when you and Chris start I want all the horny details." Jill grinned. "You're yucky!" Brooke said with a girlish giggle. "So what happened?" Jill asked. "Well..." Brooke began. She explained the whole date, kissing, and everything that had happened with Chris. "Ooh how cute!" Jill squealed. Brooke just smiled. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They chatted for the rest of the ride to the next city which was Dallas, Texas. They got off the bus and walked in the hotel. The guys were already upstairs in their rooms. Brooke couldn't wait to see Chris and Jill wanted to see JC. The two girls headed up to the floor reserved for *N SYNC. Brooke quickly walked into her hotel room and dropped off her stuff. Then she went to Chris' room and knocked on the door. Chris opened the door with a smile. "Hey" He said and gave her a soft kiss. "Hey ... So I talked to Johnny." Brooke said. "Yeah... I forogt to tell you I talked to him yesterday." Chris said with a smile. "That's ok. You know you have to go to the venue in like 10 minutes, right?" Brooke asked. "Yeah, So Jill rode with you huh?" "Yeah, it was interesting." Brooke laughed. "I gotta go. Are you coming now or later?" Chris asked. "I'm leaving about 10 mintues after you do. I have to pick up this week's schedule and stuff." Brooke explained. "Oh ok well... I'll see you later then." Chris said and pulled her in for a hug once they were in the hall. "Aww how cute!" Justin said in his best baby voice. "Can it, Timbercake!" Chris said. Justin stuck his tongue out and kept walking. Brooke giggled. "Bye" Chris said. "Bye" Brooke said as Chris walked toward the elevators. Brooke walked to the 'meeting room' to pick up the weekly schedule. She then went downstairs to catch the van going to the venue. Sade was sitting in the lobby waiting for her. They both went to the van and arrived at the large venue. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The show was another great success. Everyone was tired after and headed back to the hotel to sleep. Brooke said Goodnight to Chris and headed to her room. She lazily unlocked the door and walked in. She put her bag down and went to her suitcase to get some pajamas. She went into the bathroom, got changed, brushed her teeth, washed her face, brushed her hair, and took out the blue contacts. She looked at herself in the mirrow when she was done. "Blonde hair isn't that bad after all." Brooke thought out loud to herself and smiled. She turned off the bathroom light and walked toward the bed. She looked over to door and noticed a piece of paper on the ground. she walked closer and noticed it was an envelope. She walked over and picked it up. Written on it was the word 'Riley' and there were a bunch of sticker stars on it. She smiled. "Chris is too sweet!" She thought out loud. She opened the envelope and pulled out a piece of folded paper. She unfolded it and started to read it. "Oh my God!" Brooke said and re read it. It said: Brookie: I know you're there. You're just a bump in the road, but don't worry. They're mind. So are you. I'm always watching you. Love, Me P.S. Blonde hair suites you! |