Chapter 33
Three days had passed and the doctors were allowing Kristen to go home. Every day Jasmine, Mandy, Howie, Nick, Toni, and AJ were at the hospital keeping Kristen company. Kristen rarely talked to AJ while he was there and neither one of them ever brought up the miscarriage. The rest of AJ's tour was canceled with rescheduled dates after the Backstreet Boys next tour. Mandy and Jasmine had a choice to finish the opening act of Britney's tour without Kristen and one of them take over her lead solos or just stay behind which is what they chose. AJ wheeled Kristen out of the hospital in a wheel chair and helped her in the car he rented. Everyone got on a plane together and was back at home in Orlando a few hours later. As soon as Kristen got home she went into her and AJ's room and laid down on the bed cuddling up with a pillow. "You glad to be home now?" AJ asked laying down on the bed next to Kristen and wrapping his arm around her.
"Leave me alone," she said getting up and walking out of the room. She went to the guest room that was closest to AJ and her's so she could sleep in privacy from AJ. She opened the door stopping and just stared into the room. The whole room was freshly painted along with a baby border going around the walls. There was a baby crib, changing table, and dresser set up in the room and blankets and stuffed animals in various places. There was still a can of yellow paint sitting on the floor in the corner of the room that was used on the baby border.
"I did it before I went on tour," AJ said going and standing behind Kristen. "I wanted the whole room to be a surprise when you got home. I wasn't expecting things to turn out like they did," AJ finished saying wrapping his arms around Kristen from behind.
"I already told you once to leave me alone," Kristen said shrugging AJ off of her. She ran upstairs to one of the other bedrooms slamming the door shut where she fell down on the bed crying. AJ went upstairs and stood outside the door for about a minute listening to Kristen's sobs. He then went back downstairs and sat down on the couch leaning over with his face in his hands as tears of his own silently fell from his eyes. It seemed as if it was the first time in a long time he had no idea what to do. He was completely clueless. The position he was in with Kristen and the loss of their baby he had never been in before. None of his friends had either so he didn't know who to go to for advice. He realized that no matter how much he thought she needed him, he then knew that Toni was the only one who could really get through to her. He grabbed his car keys and left the house jumping in his car to drive to Nick's house.
"I need to borrow your girlfriend," AJ said to Nick when he arrived.
"I'm afraid to ask what you need to borrow her for," Nick said letting him in his house. "Couldn't you 'borrow' her another time? We just got home. And so did you so why aren't you with Kristen?"
"She wasn't talking to me at the hospital or on the plane do you actually think she's talking to me now that we're home? Everytime I touched her or said something to her she told me to leave her alone."
"So what does this have to do with borrowing Toni?" Nick asked confused.
"She's Kristen's best friend. I figure if she won't listen to me she'll listen to her."
"Well I think you figured wrong," Toni said coming into the living room overhearing their conversation.
"Why do you say that?" AJ asked.
"AJ has she said anything to you about losing the baby?"
"No, technically she never exactly did tell me herself. Why is that?"
"She kept telling me that day I went to the hospital to see her when she wouldn't let you see her that I couldn't tell you about the miscarriage and you couldn't find out. She just needed to figure out a way to get pregnant without you knowing she ever lost a baby."
"How would I not know?" AJ asked sarcastically.
"I don't know. She wasn't exactly using her brain I don't think. My guess is she's afraid you'll be hurt by the whole thing."
"See so that's why she won't talk to me and that's why you should go talk to her."
"Oh hell no! I ain't getting my ass chewed out by her!"
"She isn't going to yell at you I promise."
"I'd like to know how you would keep that promise when she tells me the same thing sometimes and still yells at me. That girl is impossible to cooperate with and I still try to anyways sometimes. I think you need to deal with her on your own for this one. You're the one married to her, not me."
"Thank God. But you know that threesome thing could be pretty good. I've never tried it before," Nick said with a smile on his face.
"And you're not ever going to try it!" Toni yelled at him. "The only person you are to satisfy is me! Any questions?"
"Uh no. Sorry I said anything."
"Toni please I'm begging you for some help here. Just talk to her and see what's wrong with her," AJ said not paying any attention to Nick and his comments.
"AJ she lost her baby, that's what's wrong with her!"
"Do you actually think I'm that stupid?"
"Do you want an honest answer?" Nick asked.
"From the person who practically tells his girlfriend he would like to have sex with her and her best friend at the same time? I don't think so. Anyways, I know there has to be something else that is bothering her. I just don't know what."
"Okay if she doesn't brighten up a little bit by the time you guys go on tour next week I'll go talk to her. Is it deal?"
"Fine, thank you Toni," AJ said giving Toni a hug.
"You're welcome but you better leave so I can lecture Nick about his little threesome fantasy thing."
"Okay but just between you and me Nick....It's a great thing," AJ whispered to him hoping that Toni wouldn't hear but failed.
"Yeah baby!" Nick yelled and him and AJ slapped five and Toni smacked them both upside the head. "Why are you so abusive?" Nick asked rubbing his head.
"Because I'm sticking up for female kind here! AJ leave and I don't even want to know anything else although I had to figure you would do something like that. But you're not corrupting my Nicky!" Toni yelled at him and he started busting up laughing as he walked out the door. He drove back home and saw that Kristen's car wasn't out front. He went inside and looked in the bedrooms to see if Kristen was there and she wasn't. He got upset when he couldn't find a note either. He just figured that she went out just to get away and think for a little while and tried not to worry too much. He sat down on the couch and watched some television as he waited for Kristen to get home. About ten minutes later Kristen drove up to Kevin's house and rang the door bell with tears in her eyes.
"Hey Kristen, what are you doing here?" Kristin asked answering the door.
"I'm sorry just to come here but I didn't want to go to Angela's since Cassie is probably there and you and Kevin are probably the only one who knows nothing. Can I please come in?"
"Sure," Kristin said opening the door allowing Kristen to enter and closing it behind her. "Not to sound rude but you look like hell. What happened? You didn't get into a fight with AJ did you?"
"No, not exactly," Kristen said when Kevin came to the entry way.
"I haven't seen you in a while. When did you get home?" Kevin asked giving her a hug.
"A few hours ago. You don't mind me coming by do you?"
"No not at all."
"Good, we'll see you in a little while me and Kristen have some talking to do," Kristin said taking Kristen's hand and leading her up the stairs to one of the guest bedrooms. "So what happened?"
"Nothing," Kristen said lying.
"Kristen you wouldn't have shown up here almost in tears saying you came here because me and Kevin are the only ones who know nothing. So did something happen with you and AJ when you got home?"
"No, I don't really want to talk about it. I just can't stay in that house with baby crap everywhere. Can I please stay here for the night?"
"Sure," Kristin said slowly completely confused. "You can stay here as long as you need to. You look worn out I'll leave and let you get some sleep and hopefully you'll tell me what's going on in the morning. Night," Kristin said giving her a hug then leaving the bedroom and going back downstairs.
"What was that about?" Kevin asked.
"I'm not sure. She just doesn't want to stay in her house tonight so I told her she could stay here."
"Did her and AJ get in an argument or something?"
"No, I asked her that and she said they didn't and she didn't want to talk about it."
"Does AJ know she's here?"
"Kevin I don't know. She hardly told me anything."
"Well I'll call him and find out what's going on," Kevin said picking up the phone.
"No, give me the phone because you're going to be nosy. She came here because we are the only ones who know nothing about whatever happened so we'll do her a favor and keep it that way."
"Kristin if something is upsetting her don't you think we should help her out with whatever it is?"
"No because when she wants to she'll tell us. I'll call AJ and tell him that's she's here so he's not worried." Kristin called AJ and told him and when he hung up the phone he turned the lights out and locked up the house and went into his room and got in bed. He laid there in the dark for a few minutes when tears started coming out of his eyes because Kristen wasn't laying there next to him. He pulled the blanket over his head to go to sleep but that night he got hardly any at all.
