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| Bridget picked up the phone and dialed Eric�s number. �Hello?� �Eric, it�s me.� �Bridget? Hey, what�s up?� �Damon knows where I am,� Bridget said. �What? How?� �He followed me here.� �He followed you? Why?� �I don�t know, Eric. I don�t know�� �Do you want me to-� �No, that�s okay. I�ve got five guys and two girls with me�I doubt anything will happen to me�Justin won�t let anything happen.� �Oh, that�s right, you hooked up with him�he�s from N Stink, right?� Eric asked with a laugh. �No, he�s from N Sync,� Bridget said with a smile. �Right, sorry, hon,� Eric replied. �So who all are you with?� �Um, all of N Sync - which would be Justin, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick � and JC�s and Lance�s girlfriends, Rainbow and Ocean�� �You mean Rainbow and Ocean from Mad TV?� �Yup.� �Are you serious? They are so hot! And they�re totally funny too!� Eric exclaimed. �Can I meet them sometime?� �I�ll see what I can do, Eric,� Bridget said with a laugh. �But remember � you have absolutely no chance of hooking up.� �Oh thanks for the boost in my self esteem,� Eric said sarcastically. �No, I�m not saying you�re totally undesirable, but Rainbow�s with JC and Ocean�s with Lance�sorry hon,� Bridget said apologetically. �It�s okay�I�ll survive�I guess,� Eric replied. Someone knocked on the door. �Bridget, are you okay?� �Yeah,� Bridget called. �I�ll be out in a sec. Well Eric, I gotta go.� �Okay. You�ll be fine, right?� �Yeah. I�ll talk to you later.� �Okay, Bridget. Bye.� Bridget hung up and walked out. �Hey Justin.� �Hey. Are you okay?� Justin asked. �Yeah I�m fine. I used your phone to call Eric�I hope that was okay.� �Of course.� �Do all of them hate me now �cause they know about Damon and stuff?� Bridget asked. Justin shook his head. �No way, Bridgey. They love you even more. You should see them up there-Chris wants to beat Damon�s head in, Joey wants to beat your ex-boyfriends up, Osh and Rain are totally like, �Oh my gosh� and JC and Lance are wondering how anyone would want to hurt you�and me�well I personally want to kill Damon for what he did to you.� �Oh Justin, you can�t hate him that much-� �I do. I don�t even know him and I wanna deck him.� �Don�t worry, okay? I�ll be fine�let�s just join the others okay?� Bridget said. �Bridge-� �Let�s just drop this okay? I�ll be fine�� �But Bridget-� �Justin!� �Okay okay, whatever you want.� �Thank you.� Later that day, Bridget was showing Ocean and Rainbow around the house. �This house is so pretty, Bridget. Is it yours?� Ocean asked, standing at the windows that had a view of the ocean. Bridget shook her head. �No, unfortunately � it�s not. It�s my best friend�s family�s house.� Rainbow nodded. �How old are you?� �I�m eighteen. I just graduated from high school,� Bridget said. �Here�s the kitchen.� �This is such a cool layout.� Ocean opened the sliding glass door that went out to the balcony. �Oh I know. So are you guys still in college?� Bridget asked. Rainbow nodded. �Yup.� �How do you do Mad and take classes at the same time?� �Well, Mad is really cool about that-they�ve scheduled rehearsal times and stuff so that it doesn�t interfere with our classes,� Ocean explained. �They understand that we need a college education and something to fall back on after Mad is over.� �That�s cool,� Bridget said. �So are you planning on going to college in the fall?� Rainbow asked. �Yeah,� Bridget replied. �UC-Davis.� �My dad wanted me to go there, but I wanted Berkeley, so�� Ocean said. Bridget laughed. �My mom told me she wanted me at Berkeley, but I chose Davis.� �Isn�t it ironic, don�t you think?� Rainbow quipped with a laugh. �So what�s up with this Damon guy?� �I thought Justin told you about him already,� Bridget said. �He did but�� �How bad did Damon beat you up?� Ocean asked. �Umm�� Bridget said. �You don�t have to tell us if you don�t want to,� Rainbow replied. Bridget shook her head. �No, um�you should know. It was really bad�I had a bloody nose, a broken arm, I could barely breathe, I was coughing up blood�� �Oh my gosh, Bridget.� Ocean�s and Rainbow�s eyes were filled with sympathy. �Did you put a restraining order against him or anything?� �Yeah, but it went out of effect like, a month ago, and he went to juvy for awhile,� Bridget said quietly. �That�s all he got? Juvy?� Ocean asked in disbelief. �How stupid! He should�ve gone to prison for that!� �Calm down, Osh � this is a hypocritical world � your words, remember?� Rainbow said calmly. �And so this guy followed you here?� Ocean asked. �I guess so. To tell you the truth, I�m scared�really scared that he�s going to beat me up again,� Bridget said. �Not with any of us around. Justin, JC, Lance, Joey and Chris will not let anything happen to you � �Ocean started. �And as for us�well we�ll try our best,� Rainbow said with a smile. They were interrupted by knocking on the front door. Bridget went downstairs to open the door, followed by Ocean and Rainbow. �My bellhop!� Ocean exclaimed as Lance walked into the house, holding bags in both hands, a backpack on his back and a purse across his chest. Lance dropped the bags on the floor. �Good lord, Osh, what did you bring?� �Stuff,� Ocean replied as she lifted the purse over Lance�s head. JC entered carrying two bags, a backpack and a purse. �Rain, did you really have to bring this much?� �Of course. I only pack the essentials,� Rainbow said. �Okay, Ocean and Rainbow, you can pick from any of these rooms down here,� Bridget said and Ocean and Rainbow followed her, leaving Lance and JC to deal with the bags again. �Hey!� Lance exclaimed. �A little help here?� Ocean glared at him with mock rudeness. �What do I look like � your bellhop?� �That�s exactly what you look like,� Lance shot back with a grin. �Well then.� Ocean picked up a bag and her purse and she and Lance found a room. �Hmm. I guess I�ll take this room over here,� Rainbow said, picked up a bag and led JC into the other room. There was another knock on the door and Bridget thought it was Joey or Chris because Justin never knocked. But it was none of them. It was Damon. �Hey, Bridget,� Damon said. �No,� Bridget replied and proceeded to shut the door, but Damon stopped it with his hand. �Come on, Bridget. I miss you,� Damon said. Bridget shook her head. �No. Damon, just leave-please.� �Bridget, I�m giving you one chance to say yes-� �No!� Damon shoved the door open and it hit the wall with a bang. �Dammit, Bridget! Am I going to have to teach you another lesson?� Ocean set her bag on the floor and opened a window. �Isn�t this house beautiful?� �Yeah, it really is,� Lance said, dropping the backpack onto the bed. �It reminds me of this house I went to when I was twelve. It was for my grandparents� fiftieth wedding anniversary.� Ocean lay down on the bed, shoving the backpack onto the floor and Lance lay beside here. �I loved that house so much. I told myself that when I grew up I would have a house exactly like it.� �Really?� Lance said. Ocean nodded. �Yup. I still want that house and I�m going to get it.� �Of course-� Lance�s sentence was cut off by the sound of a door slamming against the wall. Ocean and Lance sat up and Lance went out to see what was happening. JC and Rainbow were coming out of their room too. Damon was shoving Bridget up against a wall with great force. �Hey!� JC shouted. �What are you doing?� �I�m visiting Bridget,� Damon replied calmly, glancing at Bridget who was huddled against the wall. �No, you need to leave,� Lance sad as Ocean and Rainbow approached Bridget. �Who says?� Damon asked. �This isn�t your house.� �No, but it�s mine,� Bridget said softly. �And I want you to go. Please.� �Bridget! Make up your mind! Do you want me or not?� Damon asked. �What?� �One minute you�re all over me, the next you want me to get the hell away from you�� �What are you talking about?� �Don�t even try to deny it, Bridget. You all saw what was going on,� Damon said. �Um, what we saw was you shoving Bridget into the wall,� Ocean replied. �That�s not what I call a sign of affection.� �Now, leave,� Rainbow said. �I-� �What are you doing here?� Justin had appeared behind Damon with Chris and Joey not far behind. �I was just leaving,� Damon said. Justin saw Bridget with Ocean and Rainbow looking frightened. �What did you do to Bridget?� �I was talking to her,� Damon replied. �Shoving her into a wall,� Ocean interjected, to which Damon turned around and started toward Ocean. Lance stepped between Damon and Ocean. �Don�t even think about touching her or I will beat your face into a bloody pulp.� �I�m sure you will,� Damon said with a smirk. JC grabbed Damon�s arm. �Leave now. We�re asking you politely.� �Let me go!� Damon shook JC�s hand off, and then shoved Lance. �Get out of my way.� �No.� �You asked for it.� Damon swung a punch that Lance ducked and nearly caught Ocean in the face. Ocean put her arms around Lance�s waist and pulled him away from Damon as Justin and JC held Damon�s arms behind his back and guided him outside. �You�re going to leave and not come back or we�ll call the cops,� JC said. �And I will beat the hell out of you if you ever touch Bridget again,� Justin added in a low voice. Damon looked blankly at Justin, then turned around and walked away. Justin ran into Bridget�s house and hugged her. �Are you okay?� Bridget nodded numbly. �Yeah.� �Are you sure?� Justin asked. Bridget shook her head and Justin took her in his arms again. �No, I�m afraid it�s going to happen all over again�� �We won�t let that happen to you. We took kickboxing classes,� Rainbow said in a confident tone. �Tae Bo,� Chris mouthed to Bridget. �Hey! I saw that Chris!� Ocean exclaimed. �For your information, Eddie made us take kickboxing classes,� Rainbow replied. �Yeah, cuz there were all these rapes and stuff on campus and he didn�t want anything to happen to us�� Ocean trailed off. �Why didn�t you tell us?� Lance asked. �Uhh�I thought you watched the news�� �There�s no time to watch the news.� �Okay, if you must know, we didn�t tell you cuz we didn�t want to worry you,� Rainbow said, glancing at a shocked JC. �It�s not that big of a deal.� �You should have told us,� Joey said. �We need to keep our girls safe!� �We�ll tell you if there is a next time, okay?� Ocean said. |
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