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"Hey Riley" Chris said when Brooke opened the door.

"Hey Chris what can I do for you?" Brooke asked trying to sound as cheerful as possible.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go to dinner because everyone else is busy and I don't like going alone." Chris explained.

"Umm... Sure" She had nothing better to do, plus it was a good time to find out anything she could not to mention she was hungry. "Let me get some shoes" She ran inside and put on some flip-flops.

"that was fast" Chris said.

"Oh Yeah" She said realizing she didn't to 'the girl thing' and put on a pound and a half of make-up. "Well we aren't going anywhere important are we?" She asked trying to cover up her mistake.

"No, There's a deli downstairs. Is that ok?" Chris asked.

"Yeah that's great!" She said with a large smile plastered on her face. She was hungry she didn't care where they went.

They arrived at the deli and ordered their food then sat down.

"So you like other types of music?" Chris checked continuing their conversation from the airplane.

"Yeah" She said

"Cool who's your favorite band or singer or whatever?"

"Oh wow that's tough. I have tons of favorites but I love Blink 182. No Doubt's really good to though." Brooke answered him honestly (LoL I love Blink!)

"That's cool" Chris said and they were caught in a silence.

"So uh tell me about life on tour. I mean I know nothing about it" Brooke said.

"Umm what can I say without making it sound like hell and scaring you half to death." Chris thought out loud. Brooke looked at him strangely. Chris took one look at her face and burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" Brooke asked confused.

"You should have seen you face!" Chris said as he took deep breaths to calm himself. "Ok seriously though touring is great. It can get hectic but it's fun" He said once his laughter seized.

"What do you mean 'hectic'?" she asked

"I mean like sleeping a total of 5 hours in one night because you have to get to a far away city and you can't sleep on the plane and then you're expected to smile for a camera and be energetic on stage."

"Oh wow"

"Yeah but don't get me wrong. I love touring. It's just as you get older it's a bit rougher" He laughed.

"I can imagine" Brooke smiled.

"How old are you?" Chris asked.

"thi... 28" She said as she caught herself from a big mistake.

"Oh you're still younger than me" Chris said (i'm pretty sure he's 30) If only you knew. Brooke thought with a smile.

They finished their dinner and started heading back to their hotel rooms.

'Thanks for inviting me Chris. It was fun" Brooke said and put her key in the hole.

"You're welcome" Chris said.

"Bye" She said and shut the door behind her. Chris stood there staring at the door then went to his room.

Brooke walked inside and immediately grabbed her cell phone she dialed Joy's number.

"Hello?" Joy answered her phone.

"Hey Joy!" Brooke said.

"Hey Girly! What's up? Anything you need to report?"

"Nah, I talked to the girlfriends they seem loving and caring but I'm not ruling them out as possible suspects just yet" Brooke explained.

"Ok That's nice. So... Are the guys as hott as on TV and Pictures?" Joy asked.
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"Ha Ha Ha... Yeah I guess. I mean JC's pretty good looking Justin's ok too" Brooke laughed.

"Oooh" Mary Beth said joining their conversation. (The beauty of 3 way calling :))

"Hey MB" Brooke said.

"Hi, Do i smell romance?" Mary Beth asked.

"No, they're taken, too young, and this is business they don't even know me" Brooke said.

"Whatever B" Joy said.

"Yeah well I gotta go I'm gonna call Lee and go to bed. Tomorrow they're on 'Good Morning America' and 'Regis and Kelly' and I have to be there" Brooke said

"Ok bye" Joy and MB said at the same time and giggled.

"Bye" Brooke hung up and dialed Lisa's number.

"Hello?" Lisa answered.

"Hey Lee, It's Brooke or should I say 'Riley'" Brooke said with a laugh.

"Hey B, What's up? How are things going?" Lisa asked.

"Good everyone has been really nice" Brooke said.

"That's great. Listen I gotta go I wish I could talk. I'll talk to you later ok bye"

"Bye" Brooke said and hung up.

She was gonna call her sister, Cass, but decided against it. She took a shower and took out the annoying blue contacts. Brooke lay in bed watching 'Miss Congineatliy'(sp?) She laughed at the thought of how similar the situation was with 'Gracie Hart' in the movie.