Thirty minutes later, the guys arrived at the hotel. When they got down from the car, they invited the girls to stay a little bit. Just as they were walking through the elevator, Deborah, their manager stopped them...
"Guys... Thank God, you're ok... I got a call last night and you have to perform for a radio station… You have to be there. You can't miss it"
"What?!?" all of them replied in unison.
"But this is our vacation, Deborah… we're off now!" said Kevin.
"Why did they have to ruin everything?" AJ replied. He hated that their manager booked them, when they were on a supposed vacation.
"They haven't ruined anything..." Kev said
"What do you mean?" Nick asked running his hands through his hair.
"This is our vacation and we will not ruin it like that!" Kevin replied
"I think we're not going to that radio station" Howie said picking up Kevin's lead.
"You have to go... I already promised them that you will go!" Deborah said looking angry
"Why did you promise them that we were going to go, if you knew we were taking some time off? You could have consulted us before promising them..." Kevin said
"Well guys… it's your own problem and it's your own popularity ,but look, this Saturday I have a thing to go to in San Juan... It's a premiere of some movie… Do you guys wanna come? You can bring your friends if you want... the only thing is that this party is formal."
"Hm... a party. That's different" Bri said
"Count us in... I wanna go!" Nick replied "What about you guys?"
"We're going!" Howie said
"Carla, Alexandra, do you wanna go with us on Saturday?" Kevin asked
"It would be our pleasure..." Carla said
"Oh guys, I forgot" Deborah interfered "The press is going to be here looking for you... if you wanna miss them you have to get out of here right now"
"But Deborah... Where are we going to go?" Nick said
"Carla, can I have a word with you?" Kev said
"Yeah of course"
"Do you think Amaya would mind if we ask her if we can stay at her place? It's only for like 2 days…" Kevin said, unsure about Carla's response.
"I'm not sure but why don't you call her just in case?"
"Yeah, let me ask the guys..."
"Um... guys...I've talked to Carla and she said that we could ask Amaya if we could stay at her house"
They guys were surprised at this offer.
"I think it's a great idea!" Brian said
"But we don't know IF Amaya will let us stay!" Nick said
"I have a feeling she will..." AJ said with a smirk.
"Well... it seems that you know her pretty well" Howie said, winking at him.
"Guys! You gotta get out of here now." Deborah said.
"Yeah... let's go back" Alexandra said
"Let me get my things upstairs" Howie said
The girls waited in the lobby, while the guys packed their things, again. As soon as they had all packed, they came down and met with the girls.
"Are y'all ready?" Carla said
"Yep, let's get out of here..." Brian said
"Uh oh" was all that Nick could say.
"What do you mean?" asked Alexandra
"That the press is already here!" Nick said
There was a mob of reporters and cameras on the right side of the lobby. They started running to the back door... Luckily, the group of reporters didn't see them.
"I think we missed them" Brian said a little out of breath.
"Do you face this all the time you get into a hotel???" Carla said
"Yeah... but sometimes there are a bunch of fans and the press too! It's a bit difficult" Kev said
"I hope that we are welcome to Maya's house" Nick said
"Yeah, I hope too Frack..." Brian said
"I know that Maya's going to welcome you!" Alexandra said
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Meanwhile at Maya's house...
"I wonder what the guys are doing right now... especially Nick..." Yve said
"Ahh... Our little sister has fallen in love!" Maya said
"I like Nick but I'm NOT in love with him yet..." Yve answered
"So, that means that you could fall in love with him?" Krystel questioned
"Maybe, yes, maybe not" Yvette said smiling
"So, that smile shows that the odds that you could fall in love with Nick is more than 75%... Right Yve?" Krystel said
"Maybe yes, maybe not" -Yvette repeated- "Damn I think more yes than no" Yvette thought
"I wanna see Bri" Krystel whined
"Aghhhh... don't remind me..." Maya said
Just as Maya was saying this Carla's car was coming towards the house...
"We're here!" Carla announced to the guys.
"Now you have to pray..." Alexandra said
"Yeah, but I know she will welcome you..." Carla said
"We hope so" Howie said
"Let's go and find out!" Alexandra said
They walked towards the door...
"Amaya! Open the frigging door!" Carla shouted
"I'm coming!" Amaya shouted
When Amaya opened the door she froze... She saw AJ at the door and slammed the door in his face...
"Omigod! What the hell is he doing here???" Amaya thought Then she opened the door again... She faced AJ in front of her and the other guys.
"What the... what are you guys doing here?"
"Glad to see me? " AJ asked smiling at her.
Amaya just walked to the terrace and sat in the hammock...
"The bastard..." She thought
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"Guys! What are you doing here?" Yvette asked as she walked towards Nick.
"Well, we wanted to ask you something..." Brian said
"Where's Amaya? I saw her walking to the terrace and she seemed angry" Krystel asked
"I don't know... we were just joking around..." Carla said
A concerned look came over Yvette's face as she looked for Amaya. She went to the terrace and found her in the hammock.
"What's wrong?" Yve asked
"I just don't wanna see AJ... That's all!" Amaya replied
"But why? What did he did to you?"
"I'm angry that's all, and I don't wanna talk about it ok??? So, please LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"Alright then"
Yvette went back to the living room where the guys were.
"I really don't know what happened to Maya... " Yvette said
"How is she? Is she ok?" AJ asked very worried.
"She doesn't want to talk to anybody" Yve replied picking up Amaya's attitude.
Everyone looked at AJ. He threw his hands in the air.
"Ok, ok I'll go talk to her... Where's she?"
"In the hammock" Yve replied
AJ walked to the terrace while he thought: "Aw man! What am I going to say to her? Probably she's angry with me... she slammed the door in my face and then she screamed at Yve... It's all my fault... But what did I do?" AJ saw Amaya sitting at the hammock... He took a deep breath and...
"Hey! It's something wrong?" AJ asked
"AJ, I don't wanna talk about it!"
"It's about me right? Just talk to me!"
"Don't you understand that I don't wanna talk to you???"
"What did I do?"
"First, you tell me that you like me… then you leave in the most impersonal way. Then you re-appear out of nothing on my doorstep and have the nerve to ask if I'm glad to see you? DO YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT YOU???"
"... err... yeah?" he replied sheepishly
"Damn right!" she screamed
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"Think we should go rescue him?" Brian asked worried by Amaya's shouts.
"Nah, I don't think so..." Howie replied "Let them solve their own problems the way they want to..."
"Well, I think so but..." Carla replied when she was cut by Krystel.
"Leave them alone... they are adults now..."
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"... Maya , I'm really sorry... I understand if you don't wanna see me again..."
"I never said that" Amaya said sadly. "I just said that I never want to talk to you again" she said with a smile.
"Well, what are doing talking to me?" he asked trying to humor her.
"Dunno" she said torn between laughing and crying
"Stand up" he ordered
She didn't know what caused her, but she stood up. Just as she did, she started to cry. AJ put his arms around her and let her cry on him.
"I'm sorry" she said between sobs
"Sorry for what, sweetie?"
"I dunno" she said but at this point she was laughing.
They sat down on the hammock and remain silent for a while.
"We kind of had to run from the hotel, because someone had found out that we were staying and there were a dozen reporters all over the place... we were wondering if we could crash here for a while?" he asked hopefully
"Fine" she said a little too quickly "until my mom comes back..."
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By Thursday afternoon, Carla and Kevin were dating, Brian seemed to be on a flirt-marathon with Krystel, Howie and Alexandra were showing an interest for each other, Yvette and Nick were best friends and Amaya and AJ... well, they were friends too...
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