It had been three weeks since Kierstan had seen AJ. She knew that she really had lost him for good and even though it ripped her heart out, she knew it was for the best. As she lay in her black bikini by the pool watching her friends, all she could think of was him. Vivian and Doug(hey you don't really expect me to do *anything* w/o some reference to 311 do ya?) were playing some silly game in the pool. Kierstan tried hard to concentrate on the book she was reading, but everything just seemed to lead right back to AJ. What could she have done differently? Nothing, she thought, it was for him that she was doing this. If only they all knew the real reason she was doing this, then they wouldn't question her. She sighed into her book. But I can't tell them or AJ would have a lot more than his heart broken. It was for the best that he hated her now.

AJ sat and watched his friends horse around in the pool. He wanted to be upstairs in his room, but Kevin had talked him in to at least coming down, even if he didn't swim. All he had done for the past three weeks was think of Kierstan. He didn't understand her reasoning, he didn't understand how she could not trust him. Never, not once, had he even considered cheating on her. She had been everything to him since the day they had met. Had the past two and a half years really meant that little to her? He didn't think so. No relationship that intense could be so one-sided. There had to have been something more than just a dream. But she said that had been it. She broke up with me because she was afraid of loosing me? It made no sense, she lost me anyway.

"Why don't you stop being a stubborn pain in the ass and go get her?"

AJ looked up to see Brian with a very aggravated look on his face.

"All you do is mope around here like your dog just died, bite everyone's head off for no reason, pout some more, do a show, maybe show up for an interview, and then look sad and pitiful. She tried to apologize to you. Just go get her. Damn..."

"What the hell is your problem?"

"You are becoming my problem. We've got three days off AJ, go get her back before it's too late. Before you become an asshole for life. You know damn well your not gonna be happy without her. She loves you, you know that. Just go."

"Have I really been that bad?"

"AJ..please! Worse!"

"Why are you doing this?"

Kierstan looked up from her book and met Doug's eyes. "Doing what?"

"For the last three weeks you have made yourself sick with misery over this guy. Not only that, but you've made everyone around you miserable. Why don't you just call him or something. You know he's still in love with you."

"Who the hell are you anyway? You don't know anything about it...you don't know AJ And..." She stopped when she realized what she was doing. She really was taking all her pain and frustration out on everyone around her. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I was out of line. I just hate to see you so sad all the time."

Kierstan managed a smile and got up from her chair. She gave Doug a hug. (whoa I'm a poet and didn't know it!! Hehe) And went in the house for a nap.

"Would you like anything to drink sir?"

AJ looked up from his magazine, "no, thank you, I'm fine."

This was going to be the longest three hour plane ride of his life...