The phone rang and AJ reached for it quickly so it would not awaken Tessa. “Hello?” he whispered into the mouth piece. “ Yeah, Okay. You say you sent her home in the limo? Okay good. Thanks for calling. See ya later.” And he replaced the receiver as quietly as he could and eased himself out of bed.

On his way to the bathroom he stopped and looked at the woman who had changed his life. She was so beautiful. How were they going to deal with this? They didn’t even know each other. He ran his hand through his hair and went on into the bathroom and shut the door.

Tessa was awake. She had heard the phone conversation and realized that Jill had already left. She laid there for a few minutes wandering what in the hell she had done.

No regrets. I refuse to regret the time I spent in this bed last night. She grabbed AJ’s pillow and held it to her, breathing in his scent. It was the most amazing night I have ever had. She looked around the room and spotted her clothes everywhere. She became embarrassed Yeah, but now what? What do you say to the man that you made love to three times in one night, and he doesn’t even know your last name? “Oh man, I’ve got to get out of here.”

Tessa was out of the bed and gathering her clothes in a flash. She got dressed as quickly as she could. She planned to get out of the room and down to her jeep before AJ came out of the bathroom. She tried to put on her panties, but they were ripped. Some of the buttons on her blouse were gone. She did the best she could with her clothes and her hair and she grabbed her purse and went to the door.

Just as she opened the door, it was slammed shut by a tattooed arm.

“Where the hell do you think you are going? Where you just going to leave me without even a goodbye?”

Tessa was spun around to face AJ. He looked hurt. Tessa could not look at his face. He was standing there, wet, with a towel raped around his waist. His arms were crossed.

“Did last night mean nothing to you or did you just want to fuck a Backstreet Boy?” AJ spat out the question at her.

Tessa’s head snapped up, “No damn it.” She looked up and took a deep breath. “Last night meant everything to me.” Tears started to form in her eyes, but she blinked them back. “ And, that was a cheap shot about you being famous. You came on to me… remember? I did not pursue you.” She stood back, tilted her chin up and stared him in the eyes.

AJ took her by the shoulders, “Then why? Why were you leaving?

“Because I don’t want to be sent on my way like a groupie who got lucky. Just like you accused me of being a minute ago. I didn’t want to face you in the cold light of day. I just wanted to go home and remember, for the rest of my life, how wonderful you were last night. I didn’t want to have to deal with the fact that I will never see you again and I will never again, for the rest of my life, experience what I did last night, with you.” The tears spilled out and Tessa buried her face in her hands.

AJ took her in his arms and held her head against his chest. “Is that really what you thought would happen? That I would never want to see you again?”

Tessa nodded her head. “My God, woman… you have changed my life forever.”

He pulled her hands away from her face and took her face in his own hands. “You were not the only one being amazed last night. I have never, ever in my life felt like that. Do you hear me?” He kissed her gently and bent to pick her up. Her arms went around his neck and she buried her face in his neck.

AJ carried her to the bed and he sat down with her in his lap. He wanted to make mad passionate love to her, but that is not what she needed right now. Hell, he didn’t even know what he needed himself right now. He laid her down just so he could look at her and talk to her.

“We have a lot of talking to do. We need to get to know each other. Spend the day with me. Please.”

“You have commitments AJ. You are in a hotel remember. That means you are visiting this city. You are going to be leaving. There is no room for me.” Tessa said sadly. She was angry with herself for sounding so pitiful. Snap out of it girl. It’s over. It’s time to go. Tessa tried to sit up, but AJ was having nothing to do with that. He pushed her back down.

“I asked you to spend the day with me, didn’t I? I just want the chance to see if we can be more than great dance partners and great lovers. Couldn’t we try to be good friends too?”

“What are you in town for?”

“An interview we are doing this evening.”

“Don’t you have to get ready for it?”

AJ nodded his head in defeat. “Yes, damn it.” Then his head shot back up. “But you could come with me and when it is over, I could spend time with you. Please?” He nuzzled her ear trying to charm her into submission.

“AJ, we can’t do this. Let’s just let it go. We can’t be together. I live here, you live in another state. You are going on tour soon. Just let me go. It’s been fun. But it is over.” Tessa tried to get off the bed.

Undeterred, AJ got her from behind. He kneeled behind her and nuzzled the back of her neck. He had discovered this spot a couple of times last night while they were dancing. This was her “weak-kneed” spot. Whenever he kissed the back of her neck, she went “weak-kneed.”

Tessa let out a muted groan from her throat. “Let me go AJ…. I can’t stay….Oh… Stop doing that. I can’t think when you do that.” She leaned her head forward in order to give him better access to her neck.

“Well, do you have a few minutes before you have to leave?” AJ said softly into her ear sending tingles through her stomach. His hand was inside what was left of her blouse and under her bra. His thumb was rubbing her nipple.

“Just a few minutes?”

Tessa reached back and caressed him in turn. “Now you know, a few minutes just isn’t going to be enough time.” And she pulled the towel off him.

Tessa got on her knees and took what was left of her blouse and bra off. “By the way, big guy, I’m going to need something to wear home.”

“Okay.”

AJ pushed her down and ripped what was left of her skirt off and began to use his tongue to prove to her, that she really didn’t want to leave yet.

This time there was no power play, there was no haste. There was just gentle sweet love making AJ rolled her over and got her in the spoon position and entered her from behind. He kissed the back of her neck while he caressed her nubbin. He wrapped his arms around her waist and moved in and out, in and out…slowly, ever so slowly. His warm breath on the back of her neck made her want to step up the pace, but AJ held back.

“AJ, please. Let me hold you. I want you in my arms.” Her head was beginning to move back and forth in sheer pleasure.

AJ rolled her over and gently lay on top of her ,wanting to feel her skin against his. He was back inside of her in one quick move. Tessa wrapped her arms around him and kissed him with everything she had. The pace quickened and the two became one. Their bodies were moving in perfect rhythm with each other. It was so sweet and so sensual neither wanted it to end.

They held on to each other for dear life. It ended with mutual slow deep climaxes that came up from the bottom of their soles. AJ breathed her name in her ear. “Tessa.”

A little while later, AJ walked Tessa to her jeep. She had on some of AJ’s baggy pants and a shirt. He walked with his arm around her shoulder. She had her head on his shoulder and her arm around his waist. When they reached her jeep, he took her face in her hands and kissed her. Her arms went around his neck and held him tight.

“Don’t forget me,” she said in a hoarse voice.

“There is no way in hell that I could.” His arms went around her waist. “Give me your phone number and address.”

“No.”

AJ pulled back. “Why not?”

“Because I don’t want to be disappointed when you don’t call or write. This way, I can image that you want to see me, but you can’t because you don’t know where to find me.”

“But, I do want to see you. I do want to find you. I do want to be with you again.”

‘No, it’s better this way. No regrets. Just good memories. A clean goodbye.”

“At least tell me you last name before you go.”

“Masters. Tessa Masters.” Tessa got in her jeep and started the engine. AJ started to walk away, stopped and wiggled his butt at her, then went on. Tessa chuckled and drove off, crying all the way home.

AJ went back up to his room and got out the phone book…and then hurled it across the room.

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