*~The Dream Of A Lifetime~*

“So, Riz,” Lillie began, as the girls sat backstage at the show, “how did it go last night with Alex?”

“It was great,” Charisma replied smiling.

“So did ya kiss him?” Valondra asked smiling herself. “If ya don’t tell me I’ll just ask Alex and you know I will and everyone knows he’ll spill the beans. So come on and tell us.”

“I’ll make it easier on you,” Storm said. “I’ll spill the beans first.”

“What the hell did you and Lance do last night?” Alyssa asked.

“We kissed,” Storm said. “And what a kiss it was.” She smiled. “It wasn’t one of those friendly kisses, but…”

“A long hot passionate one,” Valondra jumped in.

“You can say that,” Storm said.

“You kissed Lance Bass,” Rachel replied with a disgusted face. “Ugh.”

“I find him extremely sexy,” Storm stated. “And I don’t care what you think.” She smiled. “Now, Riz, it’s your turn. What happened with you and Alex?”

“Go on and share,” Antoinette urged. “I’m not going to get jealous, because I have Justin Timberlake.”

“Alright,” Charisma said taking a deep breath. “First, we went to the new Will Smith and then he took me to a nice intimate restaurant.” They looked at her closely.

“And then?” Valondra wanted to know.

“And then…” Charisma began smiling and pausing while remembering the kiss, “and then we kissed.”

“I knew it,” Valondra yelled getting all excited. “You little hussy.”

“Loni, calm down,” Antoinette said laughing at her antics.”

“What?” Valondra said. “I think it’s cute.”

“We know,” Rachel said. “So what about you and Kevin, Alyssa?”

“He was teaching me ballroom dancing last night,” Alyssa answered. “And you all know how much I wanted to do that.”

“Yeah,” they all said.

“And then we went hang gliding,” Alyssa stated and they looked at her shocked. “Ya know I love that.”

“Yeah,” they all said again.

“He was sharing with me something he loved so I shared something with him that I love,” Alyssa replied. “We had so much fun.”

“Did ya kiss?” Valondra asked.

“You’re pretty nosy,” Alyssa said.

“What?” Valondra said. “Can’t I know if my friends kissed a boy? I think it’s cool to share that much with each other just as long as you don’t tell me if you’re having sex or whatever.” They laughed. “And I don’t want to know if you gave the guy a blowjob or if he ate you out. That’s just…eww.” She shuddered at the thought. “Those thoughts should be kept private.”

“Alright,” Alyssa said. “We did kiss and it was really nice. I think he’s the best kisser I have kissed yet.”

“That’s cool,” Rachel said, as Valondra took a sip of her tea. “And why the hell are you drinking tea?”

“Dr. Littrell’s orders,” Valondra said and they looked at her strange. “My throats been sore the past couple days and Brian made me some tea with honey and told me it would help.” She took another sip.

“He’s sharing honey with you,” Rachel said glaring at her and Valondra stopped before taking another sip while looking at her. “That’s for us.”

“Oh God,” Valondra said putting her cup down and making a gagging sound. “I’m never going to look at honey again and Nicky and I just got our first honey massage yesterday.” She put her head on Fox’s shoulder and moaned.

“And what happened after that?” Alyssa wanted to know and Valondra looked at her.

“Nothing,” Valondra said sitting up straight again and sighing.

“You seem disappointed,” Storm pointed out and Valondra shrugged. “Do you ever get tempted to just do it and not care?”

“I get tempted at times,” Valondra said. “But it’s not what I want right now, ya know. I love Nick and all, and God knows I do, but I just ain’t ready to take that step with him. He understands how I feel and doesn’t force me into anything.”

“At least he respects you,” Fox said finally making himself heard and she looked at him. “Or else I’d have to kick his ass.”

“Were you tempted at all yesterday?” Alyssa asked.

Valondra grinned and said, “Yes I was.” She sighed. “We were in the showers rinsing off after the massage and just seeing that water and honey dripping from his body was just so…” She took a deep breath and they all smiled. “It was just so tempting and I had to fight that temptation.” She gave a disgusted sigh. “It’s just so frustrating, because everyone else around me is having sex and it’s like I have to do or else I won’t be cool enough or fit it.”

“You don’t have to have sex to fit in, Loni D,” Fox said. “You’re cool the way you are.”

“Thank you,” Valondra said. “Sometimes I just don’t know what to do.”

“I say do it,” Alyssa said. “Do it before someone else gets to him.” Valondra looked at her. “Nick gets temptations to Loni D and you have to know that.”

“I do,” Valondra said.

“Then you also have to know he probably gets tempted with other girls since his girlfriend isn’t giving him nothing,” Alyssa stated and Valondra glared at her. “I’m not trying to make you mad or anything, but I’m just stating the facts.”

“Nickolas understands my choices and why I can’t have sex with him,” Valondra said. “He doesn’t make a big deal about it.” She put her face in her hands and sighed.

“Valondra, Nick’s not going to wait around forever for you to finally decide to sleep with him,” Alyssa said. “No man does.”

Valondra looked at her angrily and said, “Nick loves me for me and that’s what our relationship is based on. It is not based on sex and when we finally do have sex it’s going to be romantic and special. I don’t care what any of you think, because I’m not changing for anyone. I’m sticking with my morals and Nick loves that about me. We have an understanding relationship and we don’t care what others think about it.” She continued glaring at Alyssa.

“Ok,” Alyssa said. “You made your case and I’m sorry.”

“I didn’t know I had to make a case with my best friends,” Valondra rebutted.

“You didn’t have to,” Charisma said. “We understand.”

“Thank you,” Valondra said taking a deep breath to calm herself.

“Hey, Ladies,” Denise said interrupting them.

“I’m not a lady, Mrs. M,” Fox said and Valondra hit him. “Oiy!” He looked at her. “But since you’re so lovely I’ll let you get away with it.”

“My apologies,” Denise said and they all laughed.

“What’s up?” Antoinette asked.

“The guys are getting ready to do their last encore,” Denise stated. “I thought you would want to see it.”

“Yeah, thanks, Denise,” Rachel said, as they got up.

“Denise,” Valondra said pushing Charisma in front of her. “This is the lovely gal your son took out last night. Did he tell ya?”

“Yes he did,” Denise stated. “Actually he brought her by the house afterwards.”

“Dude, Riz,” Valondra said. “You didn’t tell us that.”

“Sorry,” Charisma said shrugging and giving her a weird look.

“So if Alex took you home to mommy last night then that means last night went rather well,” Valondra said smiling.

“I guess so,” Charisma replied smiling herself and walking away.

“Lon, let’s go,” Lillie said. “You’re holding up traffic and I want to see the last number and my Howie.”

“Alright, alright,” Valondra said walking to the stage.