Brian sat in his room, quietly trying to figure out a way to keep Stephanie from being changed. He didn’t even notice the door open or Aj walk towards him until he stood next to him.
"Hey Brian? I need your advise…" Aj muttered, tapping his shoulder lightly.
"Yeah man, whatcha need?" Brian asked, sighing out loud. Aj looked down at his feet and murmured,
"What is love?"
"Huh?" Brian jerked his head up at his question.
"Well Theresa said she loved me, and I don’t really understand why she does. I mean, she means something to me but what if I don’t love her back and she leaves. I like her being here with me." He answered, twisting his rings viciously over his knuckles and shoving them back down on his fingers.
"Well, when she said it to you, did you feel anything inside you?" Brian questioned, standing up and walking over to his stereo system and sorting through his entire CD collection looking for a song for his mood.
"I don’t know, what am I suppose to feel?" Aj sighed, falling back onto Brian’s waterbed, barely missing Tye. The tiny kitten scampered off the bed and rubbed against Brian’s bare leg affectionately. "What do you feel when you and Stephanie say it?"
"Well, it feels right to say it. And my heart knows what she feels for me and feels the same for her. I just know that we were meant to be together now and always." He explained, leaning down and picking up the small black cat and petting it softly.
"Why the hell did this have to get so fucking complicated!" Aj let out loudly, running his fingers through his uncombed hair tiredly.
"It’s only complicated when you don’t know what you want."
***~~**~~***
Howie trailed behind Kevin as they walked back up the pathway to the house. As they were at the front door, Howie stopped them before they entered the house.
"Hey Kev, I never got to ask you before, but what was Stephanie screaming about earlier." He asked, causing Kevin to smirk inwardly.
"How would I know? I wasn’t there, remember?" he grinned slyly, looking over at Howie. Howie shook his head, causing waves of his chocolate brown hair to frame his face.
"I know it had to do with you, only you would sneak in her room and try and get a little action." He laughed out loud, "Then you have the balls to lock the door behind you. Perfect touch I might add."
"Well, I suppose it was one nice little addition. Brian probably thinks she’s going nuts anyway. But if I may say, she’s sweeter than ambrosia." Kevin grinned, cockily, watching Howie just shake his head.
"Well, thanks to you, I don’t think Bri’s ever gonna leave her alone. But I guess that’s ‘cause he’s really fallen head over heels for her." Howie stated, opening the door and walking in.
"Oh don’t worry D., I’ll catch her alone, sooner or later." Kevin muttered under his breath and walked into the house.
***~~**~~***
Stephanie sat up slowly, realizing she was still in Aj and Theresa’s room. She looked over to find Theresa still sleeping peacefully, her eyes still pink and puffy from all her tears. Stephanie rose and grabbed a thin coal black blanket and covering Theresa with it.
She slowly left the room and shut the door behind her quietly. She was about to enter her room when a thick, raspy voice stopped her.
"Hey Steph, wait up. Can I talk to ya for a minute?" Aj asked, walking out of the shadows in the hallway towards her. She nodded and he continued softly, "What kind of love is Theresa talking about?"
Stephanie looked at him as if he were a child asking where babies come from. She spoke slowly, as if he were only a child,
"Well, Alex, love is a feeling two people have for each other. The feeling that you would give your life for them. It’s wanting to share eternity with the one person who shares your feelings."
"Well, I can’t give my life ‘cause I can’t die but I do want to spend eternity with here that’s way she’s here."
"Aj, that’s not the point, even if you can’t die, if there were a way to kill you would you sacrifice your existance to save her? And what’s the reason you wanted her here? Because if it’s only a physical attraction then she deserves someone better than you." Stephanie rationalized, watching him nodded in slightly.
"I would give up all this to save her, I guess…" Aj muttered, but was cut off by Stephanie.
"There is no guessing. You either would or you wouldn’t."
"I would." He muttered, too quietly for Stephanie to hear.
"What?"
"I said, I would give my life to save hers." He whispered loudly, keeping his eyes of the soft cream carpet. "As for why I kept her here, I don’t know. I wanted to have her with me."
"That’s not a very good reason, why…"
"It’s all the fucking reason I got!" Aj suddenly shouted at her, causing her to back up a little. "Sorry, but, I just can stand it when she’s mad at me, I feel like I have to make her happy again."
"That’s a good start. I’m gonna take Theresa out shopping with me so you can figure out what you feel and she can cheer herself up by spending a lot of your money. It will help clear her head." Stephanie said softly, letting him give her a small hug. A rude voice broke them apart.
"Great we got another one gone sappy." Kevin remarked, obviously having heard the entire conversation. "God, you’re turning into a weakling like Brian. Women are possessions to be owned, they’re around to give us pleasure and fulfill our needs, Aj, nothing else."
"Excuse me, but I am no one’s possession." Stephanie stated, backing up against her door and leaning against it.
"Oh, well, pardon me, Miss High and Mighty. But you will always be just a possession. I mean, why would Brian, or anyone for that matter want you for anything more?" Kevin sneered, while Aj just stood there shock.
"You son of a bitch…" She walked towards him slowly, her fists clenched tightly. She threw a punch towards him but he caught her and spun her around, her back against him. She struggled against him but she knew it was useless. He held her wrists in one hand and the other hand roamed over her waist. His sly hand moved up, slowly massaging her breast through her thin bathrobe.
"Get your fucking hands off of me! Aj help me!" Stephanie shouted as loud as possible, hoping Brian would hear.
Aj was still kinda shock but walked up to them quietly.
"Hey Kev, man, let her go. Don’t make me have to go get Brian."
"Oh, and what is he gonna do?" Kevin stated in mock terror. Suddenly Brian’s bedroom door opened and Brian stepped out.
"I’m only gonna ask you this once. Please get your fucking hands off my girlfriend, now." He said angrily.
"And if I don’t want to?" Kevin smarted off, placing his hand on Stephanie’s robe belt.
"Then me, Brian and Aj will beat your ass. So just do yourself the favor and let her go." a voice said from down the hall. Everyone turned to see Theresa leaning against the door frame, fully dressed, and looking quite pissed.
"Oh, I’m trembling with fear." Kevin smirked, loosening his hold on Stephanie.
"Well, let’s just put it this way. I’ll make sure you don’t have an erection for less than eight to ten months. Take my word on that!" Theresa threatened, flipping her blond tresses out of her face and glaring at him.
Kevin didn’t say a word, just simple released Stephanie, letting her tumble forwards into Brian’s open arms. He turned away from all of them and walked into him room, slamming the door with a resounding slam.
Everyone stood there in silence until Theresa spoke up.
"Well Steph, hurry up and go get dressed, I’m ready to go spend some serious cash."
Stephanie nodded and walked into the bedroom, followed closely by Brian. He carefully wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him. Neither of them spoke they simply stood there holding on to that moment. A light tapping at the door made them break the embrace. Stephanie went about the room getting ready to go out, while Brian whispered quietly to Nick, who remained outside the door. Stephanie only caught the last bit of the conversation on her way out the door.
"…I honestly I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe you should but, it may be just adding more fuel to the flame." Nick suddenly quit talking when he noticed Stephanie. He watched as she kissed Brian’s cheek and whispered in his ear,
"We’ll continue what we started a bit later Babe. And I promise not to let Theresa spend too much of Aj’s money."
Brian blushed slightly as she hugged him tightly, purposely brushing her breast against his arm and pressing them to his chest. He kissed her back, meaning to give her a small peck on the nose but Stephanie moved and he caught her lips. The kiss got more intense as both forgot Nick, and for that matter the rest of the world. Theresa’s somber voice broke the kiss.
"Will you two break apart for five seconds! I promise as soon as I waste enough cash you two can fuck all day for all I care, I just wanna go now!"
"I’m coming. I need to go tell Aj something and I’ll be ready. I gotta pry his credit card away." Stephanie put on a smile when Theresa smirked.
"Okay, I’ll go get the car." Theresa walked away and down the stairs.
"I’ll be back soon, Brian." Stephanie whispered, hugging him one more time and walking down the stairs as well. She turned down the long hallway and into the study. Aj was seated at the desk with, what looked like about twenty different dictionaries scattered out beside the computer.
Aj looked up at her and frowned slightly.
"Are you two going shopping or what?" He sounded slightly irritated, but smiled softly.
"Yeah we’re leaving but first I need your credit card with the highest cash amount still on it." Stephanie explained, trying not to look to curious of what he was looking up. He just pulled out his wallet and handed her a platinum card.
"Just don’t let her spend all of it." Aj smirked, knowing Theresa would spend all of it if she could.
"I’ll try. See ya later Aj."
***~~**~~***
Theresa and Stephanie walked around the Victoria Secret store, looking at all the very minimal clothing they had. Theresa was continually picking up garments and carried them with her. Suddenly she stopped Stephanie from walking and picked up a tight, zebra-print teddy.
"Do you think this would drive Aj insane?" Theresa asked, holding the small piece of satiny lingerie.
"Well, if you could actually fit into that thing, he’d probably go into shock." Stephanie smiled, then grabbed her stomach as a sharp pain shot through it.
"Yeah he probably would." Theresa laughed, not noticing her friend’s pain until she looked up from the outfit. "Steph, what’s wrong? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just a slight cramp, nothing to worry about." She whimpered softly, as the pain shot through her again. She nearly collapsed to the floor, but luckily Theresa caught her arms.
"Are you sure, God, your shaking. What’s wrong?" Theresa led her over to a small couch set out by the dressing room.
"My stomach is hurting a bit, I just need to sit down for a while. You go try some stuff on." Stephanie sighed, resting her hands on her stomach as Theresa sat down next to her.
"Nah, there’s no reason to try anything on, I probably won’t ever wear it. It just makes me feel better to blow up Aj’s credit account." Theresa giggled, then looked over at Stephanie and notice her staring at her tummy with a pale face. Stephanie looked up at her in shock.
"I felt something…" She stuttered, rubbing her stomach slightly.
"What? What do you mean?" Theresa sat there puzzled.
"Well here, feel, right there…" Stephanie said, taking Theresa’s hand and placing it on her stomach. Theresa waited then felt something push up against her hand.
"Holy SHIT!!" Theresa screeched jumping up from the couch. "What the hell was that?"
"I don’t know…"
***~~**~~***
"Brian, I need your help! How the hell do you get this stupid piece of shit to work?" Aj yelled, staring at the blue screen of the computer. He opened another one of the books in front of him and opened it to the L section. ‘Love- fondness or affection for; attraction because of sexual desire. Hmm, that’s sounds about like it.’ Aj tossed that book to the floor and picked up the oldest book on the table. He flipped open to the first page and read the copyright date. 1887. He quickly flipped to the page he needed and found the next definition. ‘Love- the act of the emotion or the feelings of need or desire for the one. What the hell does that mean!’ Aj read mentally, tossing that book towards the fireplace, but Brian caught it before it went into the flames.
"What do you need my help with?" Brian asked, nearing the desk.
"Never mind, I ain’t even gonna try and use that hunk of shit. But these dictionaries aren’t any good, they use all of these big words and don’t make any fucking sense!" Aj fumed, tossing book after book into the garbage can next to the desk until he found a brand new dictionary. "The Gangster’s Dictionary, now I know I’ll understand the words they use in here."
Brian just chuckled slightly and put the old dictionary back one the bookshelf. He left the room as Aj scribbled something on a scrap of paper from the book in front of him. Brian just shook his head and left the room quietly.
***~~**~~***
"You better get you home." Theresa stated, rising from the couch. Stephanie touched her arm softly and shook her head.
"No, I’m okay. We just need to stop by a drug store on our way home. Hey, is that who I think it is?" Stephanie muttered, glancing towards a tall athletic brunette in flared khakis and a tied back halter top.
"Hey, that is Lisa. Lisa girl get over here, woman!" Theresa laughed, getting the brunette’s attention. She looked up and saw her two best friends.
"My God, Theresa, Steph, where have you two been? I’ve went by your apartments, and you haven’t been at work…" Lisa started, noticing how different both of her friends looked.
"We moved out, we moved in with these guys and they are like very rich so they’re taking care of us and neither one of our boyfriends want us to work anymore so…" Theresa explained, watching Lisa stare at them confused.
"Yeah, but you could have call and told me where you were! I’ve been so worried, and Terri has been too, but I haven't seen her lately either. Maybe I can stop by your new place and meet these mystery guys…" Lisa started, only to be cut off abruptly by both Theresa and Stephanie.
"NO!"
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