"Yeah, that had a lot of power.  You acted as if that was part of real life."  Howie says

Sarah looks at me and says softly, "If I didn't know better, I'd say that for a minute she thought of it as real life.  The question is why?"

"OK, Sarah, Suzanne, I need to talk to you guys."  The director says.

We walk up and Sarah says, "Sure, what's up boss."

"Well, see some of the girls in the movie are leaving, they just up and quit.  I was wondering if you knew a girl I could put in one of their places.  I just need one more girl."  He says

Sarah and I look at each other.  Then I say, "Which part?"

"Well, it would have to be one of the girl that is deceiving, two-faced, something like that.  Of course I mean she only has to act that way, not be that way."  He says laughing.  I knew exactly who Sarah was thinking of, I was thinking of her too.  The only person that could be that way and we could get on short notice was...Heather.  Just then Josh and Zach walk in with Derek.  I get a sick feeling in my stomach, I feel like something bad is going to happen.  I think to myself, 'oh why did I tell them to bring Derek?'  Zach walks up to me and gives me a hug, and a kiss on the check.

AJ walks over and says with a smile, "You know, if you weren't her cousin I might be jealous right now."  We all laugh.  Then Josh and Derek walk up, I start to introduce them.

"Well, guys these are my cousins, Josh and Zach.  AJ got to meet them last night.  But none of you got to meet Derek.  Guys, this is Derek.  Derek this is...the guys."  I say.  The guys go on to introduce themselves, then it gets to AJ.  I cross my fingers.

"Hey, I'm AJ.  I'm Suzy-Q's boyfriend."  AJ says

"OH, so your the boyfriend I heard about.  You know we have something in common."  Derek says

I say in a soft voice, "Derek don't do this."

"Oh really?  What's that?"  AJ asks confused

"Well, I used to be standing were your standing.  I used to be Suzanne's boyfriend."  Derek says

Kevin says, "You used to date?"

"Used to is right."  AJ says in a soft voice

I say, "Well that's over, and now we are just good friends.  Now I'm with the man of my dreams, and I'll never love anyone more."

The director walks up and says, "Sarah, Suzanne, did you call that girl?"

"Oh my gosh no.  I totally forgot, we'll do that right now."  Sarah says   We walk over to the phone and I say, "Do we really want to do this?  I mean you know as well as I do, Heather doesn't rank very high on our social list.  Plus her being around Brian, well...I just don't know."

"I know we don't want to, but we need to.  It's the least we can do for Mr.Director Man, after giving us these jobs.  Brian is the only one besides us that knows about what she did, I'm sure he can deal with it.  Plus I trust him, he'd never let her get near him; and she knows to stay away from him."  Sarah says picking up the phone.  I say while dialing, "Well all I know is she better stay away from me, and especially AJ."
 

Sarah and I are messing around with Nick, Kevin, and Howie.  We are playing a childish game of tag.  Josh and Zach are flirting with some girls that are working with us on the set.  Last time I looked they were making some progress too.

"Try and see if you can catch me lil sis."  Nick says to Sarah

"I don't have to try, I know I can."  Sarah says taking after him.  Howie and Kevin are running after me, when I notice that I can't see AJ or Derek.  I stop running and start looking around.  I notice then, that Derek and AJ are sitting on the stage talking.  It looks innocent, but I feel that I want to get Derek away from AJ.  I think of a way and tell Howie.  Howie starts running after me as I scream and run for AJ.  Just as I get to AJ, Howie grabs me and takes off with me.

I scream, "AJ, help me!  Please!?!"  AJ smiles and stands up, but he doesn't come after me.  Sarah is being swung around by Nick and Kevin.  Kevin has her feet while Nick has her arms.  She yells for Brian to help her, but instead of helping he tickles her.

Howie runs over by AJ and I scream, "AJ please baby, help me."  AJ looks at Derek, then me, then the floor; then he looks at me again.  Finally he runs over to Howie and me and gets hold of me.  Howie runs over and starts helping the guys tickle Sarah.

"My hero."  I say to AJ in a soft voice as he holds me in his arms.

"Well, I guess it's part of my boyfriend duties."  He says with a smile.  Then I reach up and kiss his soft lips.  We stand there for a few minutes just kissing, like there's nobody else in the room.

Then I hear Sarah yell, "Suz, a little help here!"  I look up and see that she has gotten free from the guys, but they are chasing her.  I start to run after her and I push Kevin and Nick into the wall.  Then I jump on Howies’ back to slow him down, but then AJ joins in and starts helping Howie tickle me!  We are all in a big pile on the ground when Heather walks through the door.

"What is she doing here?"  Brian snaps