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Cheyenne Stephens stood in the front row watching as her favorite musical group, the Backstreet Boys, was performing a concert for the people in her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Cheyenne is 20 years old and has long brown hair that comes to her waist but is keep mostly in a ponytail. She has perfect, yearly tanned skin, considering her background of Native American and Spanish, and large softly browned eyes that could captivate any person that were usually covered with glasses, since she constantly wore her reading glasses.
Chey (pronounced "shy"), as most people called her, keep her eye on one of the guys during most of the show. That one guy was the man of her dreams, AJ McLean, from the first day, she had seen his poster in those teeny-bopper magazine she had become hooked on this strange, exotic man that could turn her on with just the sexy look in his eyes that he loved to use. During the beginning of the show, she concentrated on how he keep working his body and sweet, hard rock abs to the music.
At one point, during their song “Just To Be Close To You”, Cheyenne noticed that he was watching her in the front row and, at one point during his part of “I want you to be the only thing that I see cause I believe it's our destiny,” AJ sang to her before he winking at her. Cheyenne could tell that he noticed her watching him from her place, where she was squished against the fence. Cheyenne softly smiled at him as he softly waved at her before the guys left the stage.
“Oh my gosh, AJ just waved at me,” one of the teeny-boopers beside her said in a squealing voice to her friend that squealed with her. Cheyenne stood there smiling, knowing that the wave was for her as Howie came out on the stage saying that the guys were now gonna do their solos as they reintroduce themselves to the audience. Cheyenne stood there watching Howie as he moved across the stage singing his solo to the audience as he threw white roses to the girls.
Howie’s song was over in a few minutes as Cheyenne wondered who was next before hearing the beginning notes of her favorite song that any of the guys sang. The song was, of course, performed by, of course, the man of her dreams, AJ McLean, and was entitled “Lay Down Beside Me”. Cheyenne watched as he emerged from the center of the stage wearing a black see-through shirt and one of his beloved pairs of sunglasses before listening to his sweet, sexy, yet raspy voice as he spoke to the audience.
“What’s up, Charlotte? Right now, I want to dedicated this song to all the beautiful, lovely, sexy ladies in my house, tonight,” AJ said to the audience, mysteriously pointing to her as he said each of the words in his introduction. He asked the band if they were ready before he sexily began to sing her favorite song.
The way your body swayed As I watched you from behind Got me so excited Yes, how could I fight it, babe
Baby, let me be the one to hold you, yeah To give you the things I know you miss, my lady You know that we can wait another lifetime But we can a never find a love Just like this
If you lay down Lay down beside me You can get on inside me And I can get on inside you, too If you lay down Lay down beside me You can wake up beside me Forever (Forever and ever) Forever and ever
Baby, let’s take this chance To get to know each other better Maybe we will discover We can be more than lovers
I’ll give you what you need Just come to me and get it Baby, you won’t regret it No no no no
Baby move a little close I wanna feel your body Next to mine And before this night is over You will know what it means to be Loved until you sleep
If you lay down Lay down beside me You can get on inside me And I can get on inside you, too If you lay down Lay down beside me You can wake up beside me Forever (Forever and ever) Forever and ever
Tonight (tonight) We’re fine Find just what we’ve been looking for Good girl, loving, and a whole lot more So hold on (hold on) Inside
Hold me and don’t you let go Not until I tell you to
If you lay down Lay down beside me You can get on inside me And I can get on inside you, too If you lay down Lay down beside me You can wake up beside me Forever (Forever and ever) Forever and ever
If you lay down Lay down beside me You can get on inside me And I can get on inside you, too (Let me inside you, hon) If you lay down Lay down beside me You can wake up beside me Forever (Forever and ever) Forever and ever
AJ could notice as the mysterious, beautiful girl in the front row keep singing and swaying along as he sang his song. There was something about this girl that made him need to know and feel everything about her. Damn, I need to talk to her, he thought to himself as he sang. After bowing and thanking the audience, he ran from the stage as the music to Kevin’s solo started. He quickly went to the main dressing room, where the other guys were, and ripped a piece of paper out of his notebook that he wrote in before grabbing his pen to write something.
“Yo, Bone, what are you doing, man?” Nick asked him from his spot, near the TV that was showing the show, since they tape all of their shows.
“Nothing, man,” AJ said to him as he finished writing the note before going out of the room to find his bodyguard, Marcus. He found him talking to the other security guards. “Yo, Marcus, do something for me?”
“What is it this time, skinny man?” Marcus said using his nickname that he had given him since he was so skinny and bony, when they had first meet.
“Nothing, bro. Just would you please take this to a young lady that’s in the front row. She’s right.... right there,” he said pointing to the screen as it showed the mystery girl that he had seen during his solo.
“No way, man. I told you the last time that was it,” Marcus said to him.
“Come on, man. I swear to you that this will be the last one,” AJ said to him.
“That is what you said the last time,” he said to him.
“I know, but this time will be the last. If I don’t get this one, I will give up on women,” AJ said to him.
“Fine, fine. Now, what do you want me to do?” he said to him.
“I want you to take this to her. Make sure she reads it right then and if she says yes or nods, I want you to bring her back here,” AJ explained to him as he gave him the note.
“Okay, but don’t yell at me if she doesn’t come,” Marcus said to him before he left to find this girl that he was persuaded to find. He finally found her and quickly got her attention. He told her to come forward, when she got to the rail he motioned that he was gonna lift her over it. He lifted her over it before handing her the note as he said, “Here, read this, now.”
“Okay,” Cheyenne said to him. She opened the note to find AJ’s name written on the bottom of it. She looked up to the guy and saw that his black shirt said in big bold yellow letters SECURITY. Chey looked down and read the note quickly, which said:
Cheyenne looked at the note for a second before softly yelling yes to “Marcus”. He told her to take his hand and follow him closely. Cheyenne did as she was told and followed him past the stage into the backstage area. “Marcus” gave her a pass that he had gotten from one of the ladies before taking her down a hallway that lead to a few doors. He led her into one of the rooms that had a few chairs and a couch in the room and a TV that was showing the concert.
“Just stay here and don’t leave this room unless you have that pass on,” he said to her before he left.
Cheyenne stood there a few seconds, wondering what she should do, before finally finding enough confidence to sit down on the couch. About twenty minutes later, Cheyenne sat there watching the end of the concert on the TV before it went fuzzy as someone must have turned the tape off. So she just sat there playing with one of her rings on her finger before she heard some familiar voices coming from the other side of the door.
Cheyenne suddenly stood up as the door opened to show Howie, Brian, and Kevin talking about the show as they had towels wrapped around their shoulders. Cheyenne suddenly scooted back and ran into the table behind her causing something to fall off. The three guys all turned to see a young girl standing near the table looking a little scared that she was in the room.
“Whoa, sweetie, it’s okay. You don’t have to be afraid,” Kevin said talking to her as if she was a five-year old.
“I...I’m not. I...I’m here to see -” Cheyenne stammered out before being interrupted as AJ came into the room.
“Here you are. Damn, I told him to bring you to where the concessions were. Sorry about that, sweetie,” he said as he went over and took her hands in his before softly kissing her cheek. “Come on. We can go out in the hallway and talk.”
Cheyenne just stood there as if she was glued to the floor. He took her out of the room and led her down a hallway to another door. As they entered the room, Chey noticed that it looked just like the other had. AJ lead her to the couch before sitting down as he motioned her to sit next to him, “Please sit down.”
Cheyenne softly sat down on the couch next to him, getting a little bit nervous about the whole thing. Her mind was running ramped with things. Oh my gosh, Chey, what are you doing here? Don’t you remember the stuff that people have told you about this guy. He chooses a woman at each show to have fun with and then goes away leaving them heartbroken. Don’t you know that your name will just be one of the ones on his long list of girls that he got, Cheyenne thought to herself before her thoughts were interrupted by AJ’s voice.
“My gosh, baby. You are shivering. Are you cold or just nervous?” he asked her.
“B..both,” Cheyenne said, speaking to him for the first time.
“Well, here you go,” he said handing her the jacket that he had put on after the show.
“Thank you,” she said to him as she slid her arms into the jacket that was a little big for her.
“Oh, man. I am so stupid sometimes. I didn’t even properly tell you who I was or even ask you your name? How about we start over, huh?” he said to her before continuing as she nodded to him. “Well, hello, my name is Alex but you can call me AJ.”
“Chey...Cheyenne,” Chey said to him. “Mine is Cheyenne Stephens, but most people call me Chey.”
“Well, I’m pleased to meet you, Chey,” he said to her as he stuck his hand out.
“You, too,” she said to him as she shook his hand. “Can I ask you something?”
“Sure,” he said to her.
“Why did you pick me? There are a bunch of other more beautiful girls out there that you could pick. So, why me?” Chey asked him.
“Well, let me just say that you had this enigmatic sense about you that I just had to find out more about you,” he told her. “Well, if I may ask you something, too?”
“Yes,” she said to him.
“Would you like to go somewhere else to talk? Maybe somewhere where you and I would be alone and more comfortable,” he said to her.
“O..okay,” she said to him.
“I really don’t know anything about Charlotte, so do you know any place that we could go?” he said to her as he got up and gave her his hand so he could help her up.
“There’s a little cafe called, THE OPEN BOOK, that’s about three blocks away. And is open all night,” she said to him.
“Sounds great. Let me just tell the guys and we will be on our way. I hope you don’t mind walking,” he said to her.
“No, I walk wherever I go because I live within walking distance of everything,” she said to him before the two of them walked out of the room, still hand in hand, to be meet by the guy that had given her the note.
“Hey, Marcus,” AJ said to him before introducing her. “Marcus, this is Cheyenne Stephens. Chey, this is my bodyguard, Marcus.”
“Hello, it’s nice to meet you,” Marcus said to her.
“You, too,” Chey said still a little nervous about the large man in front of her.
“Hey, we are gonna go and walk to a cafe that three blocks away. Could you tell the guys that I will probably see them at the hotel later,” AJ said to him.
“No way, skinny. You are not going anywhere without me. I’m sure you remember the last time you went somewhere alone,” Marcus said to him.
“That wasn’t my fault. I didn’t know that there would be a soroity meeting going on in that park,” he said to him with a laugh.
“Yeah, right,” he said to him as the three of them walked to the back exit, where they saw the rest of the guys getting on the bus.
“Yo, Bone, hurry up. We are about to leave,” Kevin told him.
“I will catch you guys later, bro. We’re going for a walk,” he said showing him that Cheyenne was with him.
“Sure, Bone. Well, don’t stay out too late,” Howie said to him before the two of them got onto the bus.
The three lone walkers watched as the large bus pulled out of the arena’s parking area before heading down the street toward the large hotel district that Charlotte was famous for. The three of them started down the sidewalk in the opposite direction that the bus had gone.
“Beautiful night?” AJ said breaking the silence that had gone one for the last two blocks and a half.
“Yeah, it is,” Cheyenne said.
“So, why don’t you tell me about yourself,” he said to her.
“Okay. What do you wanna know?” she asked him.
“Oh boy, twenty questions. Okay, what’s your middle name?” he asked her.
“Marie, named after my mother,” she said to him.
“That’s cool,” he said to her.
“We are here,” Cheyenne told him as they got to the small cafe. The two of them went in to find that the place was seemingly empty, since it was almost one in the morning. The two of them reluctantly let each others hand go as they ordered their drinks before going to sit down at a booth that was near the large window, while Marcus went and sat down, a few booths back so he could watch them and read a newspaper that he picked up at the counter.
“So, how did you get your name?” AJ said as he continued their conversation.
“Well, my mom and dad actually meet in Cheyenne, Wyoming, when they were just youngsters and became good friends but they eventually started dating. And my mom told him that if their first child was a girl that they would name her Cheyenne since it gave them so many wonderful memories,” she told him as she slid into the bench that was across from him.
“Whoa, I guess you can say that that was destiny that brought them together,” he said. “Okay, now, how old are you and if you have a job, where do you work?”
“Two questions at once, man. Let’s see, I am twenty and will be twenty-one on the fourteenth of June. And actually I’m unemployed at the moment but I did have a job at a local bookstore before the owner had to sell it,” Cheyenne told him.
“Man, that must be rough,” he said to her.
“Actually, it wasn’t because it gave me time to do my homework for my courses that I was taking,” she told him.
“Was?” he questioned before the waiter brought them their order.
“Yeah, school’s out for the summer until mid-August. Hopefully, by then, I can find myself another job to get enough money to get myself a better car,” Cheyenne told him.
"What’s wrong with the one you have?” he asked her.
"Well, my poor car is on its last leg. That is why I was so glad that I could walk to the place that I needed to go to and not worry about breaking down in a strange place,” she told him.
“I wouldn’t want to do that either,” he said.
“Especially since you are so famous,” she said to him in a strange way.
“Does that bother you?” he asked her.
“Does what bother me?” Chey asked him.
“Me being a Backstreet Boy,” he said to her.
“Not really. I guess that I just thought that this would never happen to a person like me,” she told him.
“A person like you? What do you mean with that?” AJ asked her.
“Well, I was always the nerd person in school and now, I can never seem to get people to accept me for a person instead of being the nerd that people think that I am,” she told him.
“Come on. Why do people think that?” he asked her.
“Well, I spent most of my life in a library that my mom worked at or in the bookstore that my dad owns,” she told him. “So most of the kids at my old school back in North Dakota used to think that I was a quiet bookworm that never liked to talk with people.”
“Old school? North Dakota? I was thinking that you were from here,” AJ said to her.
“Naw, I don’t talk with that southern twang,” she said to him with a laugh as she imitated a southern accent.
“That’s pretty good. You actually sound like Rok and Kev did the first time I meet them,” he said to her with a laugh before composing himself as he asked, “So tell me about your family and North Dakota. That’s where you are from, right?”
“Yes, I am. Billings, North Dakota,” she said to him. “Wow, my family? Man, there a few things that I could tell you about them. Are you sure you wanna hear me babble?”
“Of course, I love listening to your voice,” he said to her before seeing her blush from his compliment. “Sorry about that? I get carried away sometimes,” he said as he set his hand on top of hers that was laying on the table next to her cup.
“No, that’s okay. You just shocked me,” she said to him.
“Sorry, but go ahead and tell me about your family,” he said to her as he pulled his sunglasses, that he had been wearing, further down so he could look into her eyes.
“Okay. Well, my parents are Sam *Little Wolf* and Marie Constanz Carpenter. My dad is Native American, as you can tell by his name, and my mother is Puerto Rican. I am the oldest of four children. My brothers and sister are Sam, Jr., who is 18; David, who is 15; and Sarah Marie, who is 12, and a big fan of you guys, if I might add. She’s actually the one that introduced your music to me,” she said to him.
“Do they live here or are they still in North Dakota?” AJ asked her.
“They are in North Dakota. I am the only one here. I moved here as I got my scholarship for UNC,” Chey told him.
“Scholarship? For what? I mean, I know what, but what are you studying?” he explained himself.
“I knew what you meant. Actually, I am going for my Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Writing. I am eventually planning on being a writer or opening my own bookstore,” she told him.
“Whoa, a writer?” he said to her.
“Yeah,” she said to him before sitting there a sec before asking, “Can I ask you something?”
“Sure,” AJ said to her.
“I’ve read in some articles and books that you write poetry and other things. Is that true?” Chey asked him.
“Yeah, it is. Actually, it’s one of the things that I love to do in my spare time. Sort of a hobby, since I can’t do it as a profession right now,” he told her. “Speaking of hobbies, what do you like to do in your spare time or just for fun?”
“Nothing much really. I usually go to the public library and do story time for the neighborhood kids. But usually I volunteer to do stuff for people who can’t help themselves,” she said to him. “I have also volunteered as a candy striper at the hospital.”
“Wow, that seems pretty cool,” AJ said to her.
“Yeah, it is. Especially when I get to help on the children’s ward. I have so much fun with them,” Cheyenne said to him. “I guess that I am a child at heart.”
“Well, that’s cool. Because everyone should be at child in his or her heart,” he said to her.
“I know. People, nowadays, are growing up to fast. Some days, everyone should just stop and do something fun, before we are all to old to enjoy ourselves,” Chey said.
“I know exactly how you feel,” he said to her.
“I guess you do,” she said to him. “You spent most of your time being tutored at home, didn’t you?”
“Yeah. When we first started, I would spend four hours a day in my bedroom in my mom’s apartment being tutored and the rest of the day at the studio or at rehearsal,” he told her.
“That was probably rough. I mean, not being able to do the stuff that other kids were doing,” she said to him.
“Yeah, but sometimes I enjoy it. I mean, who wouldn’t love the opportunity to travel around the world and the opportunity to inspire and help people that you don’t know,” he said to her.
“You helped me,” she said quietly to her.
“Really?” he said to her. “How did we do that?”
“Actually, it was you who helped me? About two years ago, I was depressed and was on the verge of suicide. One night, I was sitting in my bathroom with the door locked and was about to down a whole bottle of sleeping pills as I heard my sister playing your concert on her TV. I sat there and could hear you sing your song *Lay Down Beside Me*. Hearing your voice actually made me concentrate on something other than killing myself,” she said as she started to cry as she told her story.
“Ahh, now come on, sweets. Don’t start crying,” he said getting up from his side of the booth and sitting next to her before he softly pulled her against him. “It’s okay, girl. I’m right here.” AJ sat there and let her lean against his shoulder crying softly as he softly rubbed her back.
“Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry. I got your shirt wet,” she said taking a napkin and wiping his shirt off.
“Don’t worry about it,” he said to her as he stopped her hand from wiping off his shirt.
Cheyenne stared at his hand holding her before softly looking up into his bright brown eyes that were looking at her over his dark purple sunglasses. The two of them were an inch apart before AJ closed the distance as their lips softly meet in a sweet kiss. Their kiss was interrupted by the sound of something beeping. The two of them softly broke apart as AJ looked down to see that his beeper was flashing that it was 5 am. He had programmed it to beep at that time since they always had to get up that early on tour.
“Wow, look at the time,” he said to her as he showed her the beeper.
“Five AM. You mean that we have been sitting here for the last four hours,” she said to him in shock.
“Yeah, I guess so,” he said to her.
“Oh crap,” she said as she remembered something. “I forgot Al.”
“Who is Al?” he asked before thinking, Please don’t say that he is your boyfriend.
“Actually it is Alley. She is my little pug and is probably starving,” she said to him. “I’m sorry but I really have to go and check on her.”
“Of course,” he said to her as he got up to let her out of the booth.
“I’m sorry that I have to run like this. I had a really good time and thank you for listening to me babble,” Chey said to him.
“No problem,” he said to her. “Can I have a quick hug?”
“Sure,” she said to him as she hugged him before they broke apart as he walked her to the front door of the cafe. “Bye, AJ. I had a wonderful time,” she said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.
“Wait a second. The guys and I are in town for today and probably tomorrow, maybe we can get back together later,” he said to her.
“Sure. If you have a pen, I can give you my number,” Chey said to him.
“Oh man, I don’t,” he said searching his pockets before getting an idea. “Wait a sec. I know. Yo, Marcus, do you have a pen?” he said to Marcus, who was ordering a few drinks to go. Marcus grabbed the pen that he had been using to do crossword puzzles and threw it to him before AJ caught it. “Here you go,” he said before giving her his hand.
“Okay,” she said to him before scribbling her number onto his hand. “There. I should be home all day long.”
“Great. I will call you later,” he said to her as he took the pen back, which caused an electric current to go through them, as their hands rubbed against each others. The two of them stood there a second looking into each other’s eyes before AJ softly leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips. They stood there both holding the pen in their hands before Marcus came over and interrupted them by clearing his throat. The two of them softly broke apart still holding the pen as they looked into each other’s eyes.
“Come on, skinny. We need to get going. You have that photo shoot that you have to rest up for today,” he said to him.
“Yeah. Okay,” AJ said as he was still looking into Chey’s eyes.
“Well, it was nice meeting you, Cheyenne. I will go and call a cab while you two say goodbye for now,” Marcus said before taking the tray of cups and going passed them out the door.
“I..I..-” AJ started but was stopped by Cheyenne’s words.
“Don’t say anything. I will be waiting for your call,” she told him as she softly brushed her lips against his once more before letting go of his hand as she walked out of the cafe with him close behind her.
AJ watched as she walked down the sidewalk before she turned back to him as she stopped at a corner. “Bye, Alex. I will be waiting,” she called to him before the light changed so that she could cross the road.
“Bye, my sweet. I will be counting the minutes,” he whispered to himself as he watched her back disappear into the morning fog that had settled onto the city. AJ softly stuck his hands into his pocket with a sigh before turning to see Marcus, who was waiting at a cab and he holding the door open for him. AJ walked up to him and softly smiled to his large, muscular friend before getting into the cab.
About twenty minutes later, AJ and Marcus finally arrived at the room that AJ was gonna share with Howie, while they were in the city. AJ thanked Marcus for being the friend that he was.
“Sure, skinny. I will see you later,” Marcus said before he went off to his room as AJ opened the door with his key.
AJ walked into the room to see that Howie was laying on his bed, snoring and softly mumbling as he sleep. AJ softly laughed to himself as he closed the door before going over to his own bed. He sat down on the bed before laying back with a sigh.
“Man, bro, I wish you were awake. I could tell you about the girl of my dreams. And I know that you won’t believe me, bro, but I think that I’m in love,” AJ softly confessed to his sleeping best friend. “Well, D, I will tell you about her when you wake up but night for now.”
Howie softly snorted as if he understood him before rolling over and going back to sleep. AJ just laughed before taking off his shoes and laying his glasses on the table beside the bed before covering his eyes with his arm.
Good night, my sweet love, AJ thought to himself before he fell asleep with a mental picture of Cheyenne smiling at him.
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About three hours later, AJ was awoken to the sound of his mother’s voice calling him, “Age, come on, my baby boy. You gotta get up,” Denise McLean softly whispered in his ear as she softly shook his shoulder.
“What time is it?” he asked her in a sleepy voice.
“It’s eight o’clock. You guys have to be at your photo shoot at nine,” she told him.
“Okay, Mom, I’m getting up,” he said to her before rolling onto his back and opening his eyes to see his mom smiling as she sat on the bed beside him. “What?”
“Nothing,” she said to him laughing before she got up. “But next time, you better change clothes before you go to bed.”
AJ looked down to see that he was wearing the same clothes from the night before but started to smile to himself as he noticed the writing on his hand. He read the number as he remembered that he had come home only three hours ago after spending the best time in his life with a beautiful girl. AJ got up from the bed and grabbed some clothes out of his bag, laying them on the bed, before taking his notebook that was laying underneath them. He opened the notebook’s front cover and quickly wrote Cheyenne’s number on the page.
“Perfect,” he said to himself before throwing the notebook back into the bag before going into the bathroom, that was open and not being used at the moment. After taking a long, hot shower, he changed into his clothes and fixed himself up before going out into the hallway, where he was meet by the rest of the guys, his mom, the security guards, and, of course, Nick’s girl Hailey.
“Ahh, the midnight renedevouser shows up,” Kevin said as he saw AJ come out of his room.
“Yeah, yeah,” he said sarcastically to him as he smiled, when he thought of Cheyenne.
“Come on, Bone. Tell us about your night with the mystery lady,” Howie said as he put his arm around his best friend’s shoulder.
“There’s nothing to tell, guys. We just went to a cafe and talked all night long,” AJ told them as they were going to the elevator before getting onto it.
“Sure, Bone. You don’t just take a girl to a cafe and talk all night. Something must have happened,” Nick said from beside him, where he was standing with his arms around Hailey’s waist as he had his head laying on her shoulder.
“So, we kissed twice. That’s all,” AJ said to them before thinking to himself, and I fell in love.
“Kissed? You mean that you did something else twice,” Brian, who had been quiet for most of the time, said as he finally spoke up.
“No, we didn’t. All we did was talk and kiss twice,” AJ said getting a little mad at them because they keep harassing him about something that he didn’t do and actually never thought of doing. “Come on, Marcus, give me a little help.”
“Nope, that is your problem,” Marcus said to him.
“Come on, guys. Leave him alone,” Hailey said, trying to defend AJ, since he was one of her best friends.
“Thanks, Ley,” he said to her before the elevator got to the lobby. The whole gang got off the elevator and was struggling to get through the crowd of fans that had gathered in the lobby as AJ recognized Cheyenne’s voice.
“...I don’t know what his room number is. He never gave it to me. I just wanna return his jacket,” Cheyenne said to the desk person that she was talking to.
AJ was about to call out her name but suddenly got an idea. He quickly turned to Marcus, who was behind him and motioned for him to look over toward her. Marcus looked up and saw the girl from this morning before turning his head and nodding at AJ as he knew his instructions. Marcus told one of the other guards to watch AJ before going over to the girl.
“Miss Stephens?” Marcus said as he got to her side and tapped her shoulder softly.
“Yes,” Cheyenne said before turning to see AJ’s security guard. “Oh, Marcus, it’s you. Can you please give this to AJ?”
“No, but you can. He’s outside waiting for you,” he told him. “Just follow me.”
Cheyenne followed him through the crowd of girls in the front lobby as he lead her to the large bus that she had seen the night before. Cheyenne could hear as some of the girls asked why she was allowed to get on the bus but Marcus just lead her up the steps of the bus before she looked up to see AJ waiting for her beside the driver.
“Good, it’s you. Here I was gonna bring this to you,” Chey said as she extended the jacket to him.
“No, you keep it. While you are here and the bus is starting to move. You can come meet the guys and maybe, stay with me, today,” he said to her as the bus began to move.
“Well, I guess I don’t have a choice,” she said with a laugh. “Since you are practically kidnapping me.”
“No, just wanting to be with you,” he said in a soft voice so she couldn’t understand him.
“What was that?” Cheyenne said as she took his hand before he led her through the curtain that separated the driver from the rest of the bus.
“Nothing,” he said as he saw the guys sitting at the table or looking through their fridge. “Hey guys, I would like you guys to meet the mystery lady, Cheyenne Stephens. Chey, these are, of course, Howie, Kev, Brian, and Nick is over there looking through the fridge. And this girl, right here, is Nick’s little lady, Hailey Carpenter. Oops, I almost forgot, this beautiful woman right here is my mom, Denise.” AJ said as he introduced everyone before softly kissing his mom’s cheek.
“Hi,” she said to them a little nervous since his mom was in the room.
“You don’t have to be scared. They are harmless,” AJ said in her ear as he squeezed her hand softly. “Come on. I will show you around.”
“Okay,” she said to him before he led her through the bus, showing her the bunk and telling her which was whose. He opened the door and showed her the entertainment room before he softly pulling her into the room. He closed the door behind them before softly taking her into his arms and softly kissing her. Cheyenne was, at first shocked, but soon gave in and kissed him back.
“I’m sorry but, I’ve wanted to do that since I saw you come up those steps,” he said to her as they broke apart.
“Don’t worry. I did, too,” Cheyenne said to him as she looked up into his beautiful brown eyes before leaning up and brushing her lips softly against his before he took them into a soft kiss. The two of them stood there kissing before the bus took a sharp curve and roughly stopped, throwing them onto the floor with AJ on top of her. The two of them were laying there laughing as someone opened the door to the room.
“Hey, guys. You o...okay, never mind,” Brian said to them from the door before turning back around with a shocked look on his face.
“Wait a minute, Rok. Come back here,” AJ said to him, still laughing a little, as he got up from the floor before helping Cheyenne from the floor.
“That’s okay. I was just gonna tell you that we are here,” Brian said as he walked quickly back to the front of the bus. AJ and Chey turned to each other laughing as they could still remember the look on his face as he saw them.
“Come on. We better get going before he goes and tells the guys that we were doing something that we weren’t,” AJ said to her.
“Yeah, we should,” Cheyenne said to him before following him off the bus. Cheyenne looked in awe as she saw that the bus had taken them to the beach that was near the pier on the south side of the city. She looked around and saw that the guys were getting ready to do a photo shoot on the beach. Cheyenne suddenly heard the sounds of people laughing and screaming. She turned to see that there was a carnival going on near the pier. She smiled as she could see the people having fun and thought that she would love to do that. Her thoughts were interrupted by AJ’s voice.
“Chey...Chey?” AJ softly called to her.
“Oh, sorry, I was looking at that carnival,” she said pointing that way.
“Oh, well maybe we can venture over there later,” he said to her before taking her to a few seats that were under an awning that was set-up over two chairs. “Any ways, I have to go to make-up and do this shoot but you can sit here and talk to Hailey for a while.”
“Okay,” she said to him before sitting down.
“Don’t worry. It won’t take that long,” he said as he softly kissed her on the cheek.
“Okay,” she said before watching as he went over to where the rest of the guys were getting their make-up done for the shoot or finding clothes to change into. Chey sat there a moment watching as AJ was getting his make-up done before turning her head as Hailey said something to her.
“Hi, I never introduced myself properly. I’m Hailey, but most people call me, Ley,” Ley said as she extended her hand to Chey.
“Hi, I’m Cheyenne, but most people call me, Chey,” she said as she shook her hand.
“Cool name,” Ley said to her.
“Thanks,” she said to her before asking her something, “Can I ask you something?”
“Sure,” Ley said.
“How did you meet them?” Chey asked her.
“Who? Oh, you mean the guys,” Ley said registering what she meant before continuing as Chey nodded. “Actually, I’ve known Nick since we were in diapers. We have been next door neighbors since his family moved to Tampa. And so I got to know the guys through my friendship with Nick.”
“Friends? I thought that AJ said that you were dating,” Chey said confused with what she told her.
“We are, but we were and still are best friends,” Ley said.
“Oh,” Chey said. “So how long have you two been dating?”
“For two months, now,” she said to her.
“Really? I thought that it would be longer,” Chey said to her.
“No,” Ley said. “Two blissful, happy months.”
“I have this strange feeling you aren’t telling me the whole story,” Chey said to her.
“Could you tell?” Ley said to her.
“Yeah,” she said. “You said that a little strange. *Two blissful, happy months*. Would you mind telling me what happened?”
“Actually it is a strange, yet long story,” Ley said to her.
“It looks to me as if we do have time,” she said pointing to the guys, who were having fun throwing sand at each other, instead of doing their photo shoot, which was making the photographer mad.
Hailey looked over to the guys before agreeing to tell her. Cheyenne sat there for nearly an hour listening to the story as Hailey began to tell her the deal of how she helped Nick find out about his ex-girlfriend, Mandy and her cheating ways; the whole thing with getting Nick to see her as more than a friend; her surgery; Nick’s singing; and finally of how the two of them finally got together. Hailey had just gotten done with her story as Chey made a strange face as she saw that Nick was about to dump a bucket of water on her.
“Wha-” Ley said before squealing as she got the cold water dumped all over her. “Nickolas Gene, I’m gonna kill you,” Ley squealed before running after him as he ran down the beach to get away from her.
Chey was laughing about the whole scene as she watched the two of them chased each other before Nick had turned the table and picked her up before running with her to the water, where he dropped her in. Hailey got up steamed and Chey could see that Nick was apologizing as Ley accepted his apology before dunking him into the water as he tried to kiss her. Ley tried to get away but Nick caught her by the waist and pulled her into the water, before the two of them began a serious make-out session in the middle of the waves.
“Yo, love birds, don’t forget to come up for air,” Chey heard AJ yell to them before she saw Nick flip AJ off as he continued to kiss Hailey.
“Those two are in love,” Chey said to him as he came to where she was sitting under the awning.
“Yeah,” he said before thinking to himself, hopefully, we will be like that soon.
“Do you guys still have to do anything?” Chey asked him.
“No. This was actually our last thing,” AJ said to her before a moment of silence passed between them. AJ broke the silence as he said, “Hey, since we are done, you wanna go and check out that carnival.”
“Sure. That sounds great,” Cheyenne said to him before taking his hand as he extended it to her.
“Great,” he said as the two of them started to walk up the beach toward the pier.
“Yo, Bone, where are you going?” Kevin called to him.
“We are going to check out this carnival,” AJ said.
“Wait up, guys. I’m gonna tag along,” Kevin said to them as he got up and followed them.
“Me, too,” Brian said as he got up, too.
“Me, three,” Howie said to them before yelling back to Nick and Ley, “Yo, Frack, you and Ley gonna come along.”
“Nah, we are gonna go back to the hotel,” Nick called to them. “We’re too wet, so we need to change, any ways.”
“Sure, bro,” Brian called to him. “Hey, we will call you to tell you where to meet us for dinner.”
“Okay,” Nick said to them before Hailey and him got on the bus to go back to the hotel.
The five of them continued up the beach, with Marcus and Andre following them to make sure that fans don’t mob them. The whole way up to the carnival, AJ and Chey keep holding hands. AJ keep looking at her out of the corner of his eye.
Man, she is absolutely beautiful. I just love the way her long hair floats in the wind, the way she softly sways as she walks, the way her eyes sparkle in the sun, AJ thought to himself as he was mesmerized by the girl that was walking next to him and softly holding his hand.
At the carnival, the whole gang spent the afternoon going on the rides that were there, playing the games, and eating all the sweets that they could get their hands on. As the sun was just setting, Kevin told them that they better get going to dinner since they had to get some sleep since they had to leave early the next morning. Cheyenne begged him to at least let her go on just one more ride. He agreed after she convinced him by showing him her puppy eyes face.
“Okay, okay. Just one more,” he told her.
“Thank you,” Cheyenne said to Kevin before handing him the large yellow teddy bear that AJ had won her. “Come on. I have always wanted to ride one of these,” she said before she pulled AJ to the Ferris Wheel that was set up near the end of the pier. The two of them were one of the last people to get onto the ride.
“Enjoy the ride,” the Ferris Wheel guy said to them before closing the rail on their cart.
“Don’t worry. I will,” Chey said to him.
The Ferris Wheel started to slow turn and move them further and further to the top. As they got near the top, AJ did a short stretch before laying his arm softly around Chey and smiled as she softly laid her head against his shoulder. He wrapped his arm further around her as he hugged her close to his body. As they got to the top of the wheel, the ride stopped as the man started to let people out of their seats.
“Wow, it’s beautiful,” Chey said as she looked around herself to see the Charlotte skyline start to light up as the sun started to set.
“Not as beautiful as you,” AJ said to her, which caused her to turn and look at him.
“What did you say?” she asked him softly.
“I said that it isn’t as beautiful as you are. You are the most beautiful women that I have ever seen. Ever since I saw you softly swaying at the concert, I couldn’t keep your beauty off my mind,” AJ said to her as he softly rubbed her cheek before pushing a strand of hair out of her face.
“I...I don’t know what to say. That’s the sweetest thing that anyone has ever told me,” Chey said to him.
“Well, I will take that as a compliment,” he said to her. “May I ask you something?”
“Sure,” she said to him.
“May I kiss you?” he said to her before she softly nodded to him. AJ softly ran his finger over her cheek and through her soft, brown hair before leaning toward her and softly capturing her lips with his. As they kissed, AJ softly ran the tip of his tongue over her lips to see what she would do and was a little surprised as she allowed him access. AJ could hear her soft moan as he softly caressed her tongue with his own. Their kiss continued for a few more minutes before the two of them softly broke apart as their cart got near the bottom of the wheel. Chey softly sighed before looking up into his usually soft brown eyes to see that they were filled now with as much passion, love, and lust as her own.
“Would you like to skip dinner and maybe go somewhere a little quieter?” AJ said as if reading her mind.
“Yeah. We can go back to my place,” she said to him.
“Sounds perfect,” he said to her before their cart got to the bottom. The two of them got off the ride and went over to the guys. AJ told them that they were gonna go to Chey’s place for a while before the two of them went to find a cab that could take them to her place. Before getting into the cab, Kevin reminded AJ that the bus would be leaving around noon tomorrow and to have a safe, happy night.
About five minutes later, the two of them pulled up to the front of Chey’s apartment building. AJ paid the cab driver before Chey took his hand and lead him into the building. The two of them were very civilized until they reached the empty elevator. As the door closed after she pushed the button to her floor, AJ immediately pulled her into his arms and kissed her with all the passion that he had inside of himself.
Chey could only stand there trying not to melt into his arms, as his kisses left her lips and traveled down her neck to meet the sensitive area near the hollow of her neck. Chey softly moaned as she ran her fingers through his short brown hair that you could see that he had colored the tips a soft red.
Chey softly yelped as he pulled her up so that she could link her legs around his waist as the elevator came to a halt on her floor. As she softly kissed and nibbled on his ear, he asked her which door was hers. Cheyenne pointed to the one that was at the end of the hallway.
“The door is locked and my keys are in my pocket,” she said a little breathless to him. AJ, with a little hesitation, softly set her down so that she could open the door. The whole time she did this, AJ keep kissing her neck causing her to laugh, since it was tickling her.
“Ohh, my sweets likes that,” he said to her.
“No, it tickles,” she said as she laughed before she finally got the door open. “Wah la, welcome to my h-,” she said as she shut the door before he cut her off by kissing her very passionately. AJ softly, yet sexily pushed Cheyenne against the door behind her as AJ’s hand immediately went to hem of her T-shirt that she was wearing before pulling it over her head and moaning at the sight of the beautiful women in a bra in front of him.
“You’re so beautiful, my sweet,” he said to her before softly kissing her once again as he softly pulled her against him by the waist. As he kissed her, she let her fingers drift in front of her and felt his rippled six pack. She continued up to his chest and neck, finally settling on his face.
She let herself melt into AJ's arms and gave him more heat with her lips. AJ leaned back onto the couch that was behind him, pulling Cheyenne down with him. Someone help me, I want her so bad, AJ thought as he held her tight at her slim waist. Cheyenne suddenly broke the lip lock and sat up on top of him. AJ looked up at her disappointed, but then smiled when Cheyenne reached for the hooks of her bra. AJ ran his fingertips up her baby soft skin as she took off her bra and could hear him gasp involuntary.
"You are so beautiful," he whispered, meeting her excited gaze. Cheyenne leaned down over him and felt his hot breath on her chest. She started to breathe heavily as AJ ran his tongue around her nipple. Cheyenne let out a moan as he played with her nipple and gently twisted the other. She scooted down on him and kissed his lips, pulling gently on his tongue. Cheyenne broke their kiss as she sexily smiled at him. He began to get excited as she playfully ripped his shirt open, sending buttons flying everywhere before she pulled the shirt off and threw it over the couch. Chey leaned down once again as she kissed his neck and felt AJ's heart trip when she got to his chest. She went further south licking his abs and down his happy trail. Cheyenne looked up and locked eyes with AJ as she unzipped his pants and pulled them off. She hooked her thumbs under his boxers and took them off as well. Cheyenne's eyes focused on his manhood. Whoa, she thought, Florida sure knows how to grow 'em. AJ was sporting a half-hard nine inter. Cheyenne leaned her head down and took him into her mouth. AJ moaned as she licked his shaft, her hair tickling his inner thighs. She felt him get rock hard in her mouth. AJ whispered, "It's comin'." over and over. His back arched and he let out a shout of "Oh, phuck, yes!" as he came into Cheyenne's mouth. She swallowed most of it, still sucking on him. She licked his tip, giving him a case of asthma before she stopped as she licked her lips and crawled back up AJ.
AJ wrapped his arms around her and rolled over so he was on top. He kissed her, their lips and tongues becoming one as AJ's hands drifted down her hips and between her legs. Cheyenne felt him down there and opened her legs invitingly. She groaned into his mouth as he slowly unbuttoned her shorts and slowly worked them down her legs, pulling her panties along with them before he threw them over the couch. Chey’s groan became a gasp as he slowly put two of his fingers into her. She felt him take them in and out. Just as she felt that orgasm coming, he stopped. Oh AJ wanted her to let loose but not yet. He lowered his head to her pelvic area. Cheyenne's hands gripped the edge of the couch as AJ's tongue explored her hot spot. Again he stopped just when it was getting good.
AJ slowly positioned his body over Cheyenne as she reached up and caressed his cheek. Their eyes locked before AJ shifted and Cheyenne screamed as his thick length stretched her vagina wall. They started groaning together as AJ picked speed. He went in and out and around wanting to be in her as much as possible. Cheyenne's back arched as he rubbed on her hot spot. Here it comes...AJ thought.
Cheyenne let out, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAJJJJJJJJJJJJ!" as she climaxed before he responded by increasing his rhythm. "CHEYENNE!" he answered as he came hot and wet inside her. Cheyenne wrapped her arms around his damp back, running her fingers up and down his muscle. He rested his head next to hers and found her hand. AJ intertwined his fingers with hers and kissed her hand, before looking into her eyes as he softly kissed her sweet lips. Cheyenne softly broke their kiss and looked into his eyes as if she was asking him a question.
AJ knew what she was doing and softly nodded his head before the two of them got up. Cheyenne softly took his hand in hers and lead him through the apartment to her bedroom. As they reached her room, he quietly slammed the door shut before Chey squealed as he playfully pick her up and carried her to the bed. He keep kissing her passionately as he laid her back on the bed with him laying between her legs. Leaning on one arm, he looked at Chey for a moment as he ran his fingers through her hair.
Chey stared back into his eyes that were burning with as much passion and love as her own. Reaching her hand up, she gently touched his face before pulling him closer. The moment their lips touched, they were taken over by love once again.
AJ broke their kiss as he slowly moved his lips down the curve of her neck, knowing that she loved the feeling of his lips brushing her throat, as she let out a soft moan. He softly brought his kisses to the plane between her breasts and softly kissed where he could feel her beating heart before turning his attention to her breast.
Chey let out a soft moan as he softly took one of her already hard nipples into his warm mouth before he softly began to lick, suck and kiss the one before turning to pay attention to the other. AJ softly kissed each nipple once more before moving down to the plane of her stomach, where he softly dipped his tongue into her belly button causing her to softly giggle.
Chey’s giggles soon became gasps as AJ reached down and softly spread her knees before he lowered his head to the place that she wanted him the most. He softly spread her lower lips before softly blowing on her passion area. Chey softly moaned as he moved down and softly licked her sensitive area before thrusting his tongue into her. Chey ran her fingers through his hair as she was about to have the ride of her life before AJ stopped, not wanting her to find a release, yet. Chey was about to ask what was wrong, but knew the answer as she saw the passionate glow in AJ’s eyes.
AJ softly crawled up her body, kissing certain wanted places before pressing his lips against hers. AJ softly positioned himself between her legs with his arms resting next to her, so not to lay too much weight on her, as he intertwined their fingers. AJ softly broke their kiss, letting his lips drift to her ear, where he softly whispered, “I will make love to you, like you want me to, all through the night, for the way, like the fire, girl, your wish is my command." AJ locked eyes with Chey and could see the glow of love in her eyes, knowing the answer to his unspoken question.
Chey welcomed his soft lips against hers as she felt him slowly enter her. AJ softly started to thrust against her, wanting this to last as long as possible. AJ softly began to kiss her neck as Chey’s hips began to thrust against his causing him to go faster and deeper into her. Chey softly wrapped her legs around his back, loving the feel of the up and downward motion of their bodies, but she softly began to moan as her climax began to come. AJ softly kissed her against her lips as he felt her begin to tighten around him, knowing that she would come soon. Chey softly groaned into his mouth as she came, causing him to go faster which brought his own release within her.
The two of them softly kissed as they laid against each other, catching their breaths before AJ softly pulled out and rolled off her, not wanting to crush her. He easily pulled Chey up next to him before softly kissing her forehead as they settled down. The two of them softly whispered “I love you” to each other before finally dozing off into a peaceful sleep in each other’s arms after he had pulled the soft wool blanket over them.
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The next morning, Cheyenne was standing in her kitchen making breakfast as a pair of arms wrapped around her waist before she felt the man of her dreams softly kiss her neck.
“Mmmm, that smells good,” AJ said as he breathed in the scent of the eggs that she was scrambling.
“Well, you just get yourself some coffee and sit right there, while I finish this,” she said to him as she moved the eggs around the pan.
“Ahh, I don’t get a kiss,” he said to her.
“Of course,” she said to him before sweetly kissing him on the lips before turning back to the eggs. AJ got himself a cup of coffee before sitting down at the table as Chey put the plate of eggs on the table in front of him. Chey sat next to him with a cup of warmed milk and watched as he ate, thinking that in a few hours she would lose the only man that had ever truly loved her.
“Man, these are good,” he said to her as he ate. “You’re not eating.”
“No, I’m not that hungry,” she told him as she turned her head when she felt a tear begin to fall.
“Chey, what’s wrong?” he asked as he saw her turn her head before hearing her sniffle a little.
“Nothing,” she lied as she got up and took her cup to the sink before looking out of the window as she felt a tear fall down her face.
“Chey, come on. I know something is wrong because you’re crying. Please tell me,” he said to her as he turned her around to look at him before he softly wiped the tear away with his thumb.
“Please, don’t,” she said to him before she walked out of the kitchen. AJ could hear as she closed her bedroom door. He waited a second before he went to the door and softly knocked as he heard her crying.
“Chey, may I come in?” he said softly before he heard her give him a muffled *yes*. AJ opened the door to see that she was sitting on her bed hugging the yellow bear that he had won her at the carnival. He started to wonder where it came from since they didn’t bring it with them into the apartment but dropped it in the hallway during their passionate moment.
AJ went over and softly sat down beside her. AJ wasn’t even shocked as she wrapped her arms around him and softly cried against his shoulder. The two of them sat there silently before they could hear someone turn on their radio. The radio was playing the guys’ song, “Don’t Wanna Lose You Now”, which caused Chey to start to cry as she listened to the lyrics. The song began to tell her feelings as she listened closely to the words.
I've got this feeling you're not gonna stay It's burning within me The fear of losing Of slipping away It just keeps getting closer, baby Whatever reason to leave that I’ve had My place was always beside you And I, I wish that I didn't need you so bad Your face just won't go away
Don't wanna lose you now Baby, I know we can win this Don't wanna lose you now No no, or ever again
I never thought that I would lose my mind That I could control this Never thought that I'd be left behind That I was stronger than you
Don't want to lose to loneliness Girl I know we can win Don't want to lose to emptiness, oh no Never again
Don't wanna lose you now Baby, I know we can win this Don't wanna lose you now No no, or ever again
The two of them silently listened to the song before AJ realized that she was scared of what was gonna happen to them after he left. AJ got this great idea and told her to sit there until he came back. Cheyenne agreed as she watched him go out of the room before hearing him use his cell phone that he had had in his pants’ pocket. Chey walked to the door and tried to listen what he was saying before getting shocked as she heard one part of his conversation.
“Hi, mom. Yes, I’m fine. No, I didn’t get hurt or lost. Mom, listen. I know this will sound strange but do you think that John would mind if I invite Chey along for the tour? Yes, mom, I know what will happen if someone finds out but I don’t care. I don’t care because I’m in love with her,” AJ told his mom.
Cheyenne softly went back and sat on her bed as her mind was running ramped with thoughts, Oh my gosh, he just told his mother that he is in love with me. And he wants me to go tour with him. What should I say? What should I do? I love him but I just can’t leave. I have to go back to school, soon. What am I gonna do?
Cheyenne was in deep thought as AJ came back into the room with a smile as he got the great news that he got from his manager and his mom. His smile quickly changed as he saw Chey’s expression on her face.
“Chey?” he said as he squatted in front of her, so he could see her face. “Chey, baby, what’s wrong?”
“I heard...I heard what you told your mom,” she said to him. “I heard you tell her that you want me to go on tour with you and that you...you love me.”
“Chey, I do love you and I do want you to come with me,” he said to her as he took her hands into his.
“But AJ, we just meet the day before yesterday,” she told him as she looked into his eyes as he sat down beside her. “People don’t fall in love in two days.”
“Yes, they do and that is what happened to us. I know you felt it to or last night would never have happened,” he said to her as he reminded her about making love all night long before softly rubbing her cheek.
“Please, stop that,” she said getting up from the bed and going to the window that leads out to her balcony. Chey looked out the window to see that the sun was just coming up over the horizon. Chey was shocked as she felt AJ wrap his arms around her waist but calmed down as he softly began to sing in her ear.
“No one else comes close to you, no one makes me feel the way you do. You're so special girl to me and you'll always be eternally. Every time I hold you near you always say the words I long to hear. Girl with just a touch you can do so much, no one else comes close to you,” he softly sang in her ear before softly kissing her neck.
The two of them stood there a few seconds before Cheyenne softly spoke to him. “Can I think about it?” she asked him as she turned and looked into his eyes.
“Of course. I need to go back to the hotel and pack any ways. The bus leaves around noon, if you wanna come you just have to meet me at the arena,” he told her.
“Thank you,” she told him.
“Always,” AJ said to her softly brushing his lips against hers in a sweet motion before he softly deepened the kiss. The two of them broke apart breathless before looking into each other’s eyes. “I better go,” he said to her before turning around and leaving the room. He was about to leave the apartment as she called out to him.
“Alex,” Chey said to him before he turned to look at her.
“Yeah?” he said to her.
“I...,” she said but stopped what she wanted to say and said, “Be careful.”
“I will. And Chey...I love you, too,” he said to her before he opened the door and left her standing there in shock, wondering how he knew that she was gonna tell him that. With that, she knew that she couldn’t lose him. She was about to run after him and tell him that she was coming with him but stopped as she thought that she would surprise him but first she had to do some things.
About 10 minutes later, AJ got off the elevator on the floor where him and the guys were staying as he saw the guys standing in the hallway. The four of them looked up to see AJ’s sad expression and only shook their heads as they watched their friend walk into his room.
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AJ was sitting on the edge of a concrete wall watching the entrance to the parking lot, hoping that Chey would come with him. AJ looked down at his watch and saw that it was 2 minutes until noon. 2 minutes until he would leave the place, where he meet the woman of his dreams and the love of his life. AJ looked up as he heard someone come up to him and smiled as he saw Hailey coming over to him.
“Hi,” she said to him as she sat beside him.
“Hey,” he said giving her a fake smile before looking at his watch again.
“Don’t worry, J. She will come. She loves you too much not to,” Ley said to him.
“Are you sure? Can you positively tell me that she loves me?” he said to her.
“Yes, I can. She told me yesterday. Not those words directly but she told me in the way that girls can only tell,” she said to him before they looked up as Nick came over to her.
“Hey, Bone. You okay,” he said to him.
“I’m fine,” AJ said to him a little sad as his watch beeped that it was noon, before he heard a church bell begin to ring softly.
“Okay, bro,” Nick said before turning to Hailey. “You ready, babe?”
“Yeah,” she said to him as she took his hand that he had extended to her before turning back to AJ after she jumped off the wall. “Don’t worry, J. She will be here.”
“I hope so,” he said to himself quietly. He turned his head and looked back toward the parking lot entrance. He stared for a few seconds before getting up as John, their manager, said that the bus had to leave. AJ pulled his backpack over his shoulder and sighed to himself before he went off toward the bus. AJ was about to get onto the bus as he heard a car come to a screeching halt before he heard Cheyenne call his name.
“ALEX, WAIT!!!” Cheyenne yelled across the parking lot as she saw AJ getting on the bus. Cheyenne threw the cab door open with her backpack over her shoulder before getting out and running toward AJ, who had seen her.
“CHEYENNE!!!” AJ called to her as he dropped his backpack to the ground and ran to her. AJ picked her up in his arms and twirled her around as the two of them meet in the middle of parking lot before setting her on her feet as their lips meet in a searing, passionate kiss that told all of their feelings.
“I love you,” Chey told him as they broke their kiss.
“What?” he asked her in shock, thinking that his mind was playing games with him.
“I said that I love you and I wanna go with you,” she told him before he picked her up in his arms and twirled her around as he yelled.
“SHE LOVES ME!!!” he yelled at the top of his lungs as he twirled them around. Chey could only laugh as she heard the rest of the guys whistling, clapping, and catcalling him. AJ heard them to and let her back down before taking her hand and running back to the bus to tell the guys that she was going to go with them, knowing that he had to be the luckiest man in the world.
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