So, close, yet so far. For all of you who are dying to know who the mystery man is, you'll only have to wait one more episode. I'm still interested to know who you think it is, especially after this installment. Let me know, Papito6187@aol.com
XXII
Back in Lance's Room
"Ok, they should be here in a couple of minutes." Joey said to Justin and Jay.
"They're on their way up now!" JC said walking into Lance's room with Chris.
"Yeah, we saw them while the elevator closed. Ok, so what's going on?" Chris asked.
"Well, the girl who I went on a date with today, turned out to be Rob's ex!" Joey said.
"What?!?"
"That bitch!" Jay said.
"What else happened?"
"Well, they went to go talk and they got into a huge fight and Rob ran off!"
"For real?"
"Yeah, we went looking for him, Lance found him at that place he showed us. He then said that he was gonna talk to him and that we should all meet back here. This way, he would know we were there for him."
"Good idea!"
"How did Jay find out?" JC asked.
"I ran into him in the lobby. He was looking for Rob." Joey said.
"Why were you looking for him here?"
"I called his house and he wasn't there, so I figured he'd be here." Jay said.
"Well, anyway, here they come. I just heard the elevator."
"Ok, everybody just be quiet." Joey said.
Back in the elevator
"Are you gonna be moping around like this for the whole day?" Lance asked me.
"No...I don't know!"
"Come on baby! Cheer up!"
"It's not that easy! I didn't want it to end like that!"
"I know, I know!"
"Yeah whatever!"
"Hey! Remember, this is the guy, whose ex got thrown off the bus. I think I know about bad breakups!"
I laughed a little but sank right back into my mood.
"Come on! I know what you need!" He said pulling me off the elevator.
"What now?!?"
We entered his room and everybody was there.
"What is this, an intervention?" I said looking at everybody.
"Sort of! I asked the guys to be here because you need to be around your friends. Hey Jay! I'm glad you're here! Now, sit down and tell them what you told me!"
"I don't want to!"
"Do it!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"Alright! Fine! You wanna know? I'll tell you!" I said throwing myself on the bed next to Jay, "She kissed me!"
"What?!?" Lance asked shocked, "You didn't tell me that part!"
"Well, she did! I pushed her off though. She was trying to get back with me, again! I told her no, like last time. She tried to take credit for me going on tour with you guys. How she found out, I don't know!" I said looking at Joey.
"Hey, I didn't know she was your ex! She just asked me if you were apart of the group. I said no, but that you were going on tour with us." Joey said in his defense.
"Look, I'm not mad at you! I'm just pissed at her! She tried to take credit for something that I did and always wanted to do, when she was the one holding me back in the first place."
"What do you mean?" Lance asked.
"She said that she couldn't see herself marrying a singer. Right?" Jay said.
"Yeah. Me, being blinded by love, decided to change my goals in life for her. It wasn't till we broke up that I realized that, that was a really big, stupid mistake! I told her that she was right."
"How?" Lance interrupted.
"I said that if we were still together, I would've been stuck with her instead of pursuing my dreams."
"Oh shit!" they all said.
"Then I told her that I never wanted to hear from or see her again. Then I ran off."
"So that's why she was crying." Joey said.
"She was crying?"
"Yeah."
"GOOD for her ass! Give her a taste of her own medicine!"
"I'm sorry man!"
"For what?"
"For going out with her."
"Don't be! It's not your fault!"
"I know, but I feel guilty!"
"Look, if anything, I should thank you!"
"Why?"
"Because, if this didn't happen today, Lance wouldn't have helped me realize something."
"What?" Jay asked.
"Why she got to me the way that she did."
"Huh?"
"I realized why she always pissed me off whenever I had to deal with her."
"Oh!"
"That's all due to Lance. And if you hadn't gone out with her and invited us, not only could if have turned serious between you two and cause a major problem down the line. But, I wouldn't have been able to resolve all of my issues with her. Even though it ended badly. I also want to thank the rest of you as well!"
"For what?" JC asked.
"For being here! It served its purpose! I am in a better mood now. Mostly because I got everything out. But, also because I know that you are all there for me when I need you!"
"No problem man! We know that you would do the same thing for us." Justin said.
"Oh yeah, and sorry about this morning!" I said to Justin.
"Forget about it! That doesn't have to be mentioned EVER again!"
"Yeah right! If you think that we are gonna forget about that? You stupid!" Chris said laughing.
"Don't start that again you guys!" I said.
"Like five years olds!" Lance said.
"Who's worse, the two of them or Justin's brother?"
"The two of them!" Lance and JC said simultaneously.
We started laughing and soon my attention turned to Jay.
"What you doin here man?"
"Same thing the other guys are."
"But how did they contact you?"
"I ran into Joey in the lobby."
"What were you doing here?"
"I was looking for you!"
"Why?"
"Uh...it's about the apt."
"What about it? And why didn't you just call me?"
"I tried to! You weren't at home and you weren't answering your cell."
"OH yeah! I turned it off!" I said reaching into my pocket and turning it back on, "Now what about the apt?"
"Huh? Oh yeah! Um...I wanted to know... about you and when like, you would be coming back to NY."
"What about it?"
"You know! Just in case I gotta girl over or something, so you don't just barge in while we're."
"OH! Well, I'll let you know before hand when I'm coming back to NY. And when I do come back, I'm getting my bed back and you can either sleep on the couch or go home!"
"What??!?"
"You heard me! It is my house after all!"
"That's fucked up man!"
"NO it ain't! Like you would really like to stay there while me and Lance are...."
"Ooohh yeah! Well, in that case you're right!" he said laughing.
"Anyway, like I would want you there when we are....anyway!"
"True, true!"
"Anyway, we can discuss the rest of this tomorrow!"
"Aight!"
"You gonna go home or chill?"
"I'll chill!"
"Why don't you stay over my house tonight and then we can go chill tomorrow as planned?"
"Aight! I just gotta call my mom!"
"Aight cool!"
I gave him my cell phone and he went into the hallway to use the phone.
"So, yo! What do we have planned for tonight? I wanna go do something!" I asked the rest of the guys.
"Well, we can go clubbin!" Joey suggested.
"Yeah, we never got to take you to that club we wanted to go to!" Chris said.
"Aight cool! You mind if Jay comes with us?"
"Nah, that'll be cool!" Justin said.
"You guys feel like having a `slumber party' at my house tonight afterwards? Jay's gonna stay over, we can all chill and shit!"
"Cool!"
"Yeah, we can braid each other's hair and talk about boys!" Chris said mockingly.
"First one to fall asleep gets their bra frozen!" I said.
We all laughed and Jay walked back into the room. He looked at us strangely not knowing what was going on. We all looked at him and laughed.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"Nothing!" I said.
"You were talking about me weren't you?!?" he said in a dramatic voice.
"Yes! We were discussing what we're going to do to you tonight!"
"Shut up!"
"We're going clubbing! You're coming with us!" Justin said.
"DO I get a say in this?"
"Nope!"
"Ok, fine with me then!"
"Now that that's settled, can we get something to eat? I'm starving!" JC said.
"What do you wanna eat?" Joey asked.
"I'm in the mood for Chinese."
"Yeah, me too!" Justin said.
"Order in, or go out?" I asked.
"Go out!" Chris said.
"Order in!" Lance said.
"Let's go out!" Joey said.
"Yeah! I wanna get out of here!" I said.
"Alright, fine!" Lance said.
"There's this Chinese restaurant I know down town." JC said.
"Then that's where we'll go." I said, "You know how to get there?"
"Yeah!"
"Then here, you drive!" I said throwing him my keys.
"Hey, no fair! I wanted to drive!" Lance said.
"You already drove."
"Yeah, like two blocks though!"
"Do you know how to get there?"
"No."
"Then you can't drive there. I'll let you drive to the club tonight ok?"
"Ok."
"Let's go! I'm hungry!" Justin said.
"Come on then!" I said ushering everybody out of the room.
We all piled into the elevator and when we got to the lobby, the guys, were mobbed by some fans. Jay and I just stood to the side while they did their thing.
"That's gonna be you in a few months!" Jay said nudging me in the side.
"Shut up!"
"No, for real!"
"You people are giving me too much credit! I haven't even recorded my album yet!"
"We believe in you, that's all! We all know that you are talented and that you will be famous!"
"Thanks!" I said blushing a little.
"It's true!"
"Come on guys! Let's try and make our way out of here!" JC yelled over to us.
We made are way through the crowd and made it out to the front of the hotel.
"Make a run for the car on three!" JC said, "One- two- three GO!"
"Aaaahhh!" we all screamed as we made it to my car.
We all piled into the car and some girls were banging on the windows.
"Start the car, let's get out of here!" I yelled to JC.
"Alright, hold on!" he said as he piled on the gas.
We got out of there barely alive. We all started laughing at our death defying escape. JC was driving, I was in the passenger seat, Lance was behind me, to his left was, Chris, then Jay, then Justin.
"De sha vous!" I said catching my breath.
"I know! That's just like at the movies!" Lance agreed.
"Speaking of that, how was the movies guys? What'd you end up seeing?" I said looking over to JC driving.
"Huh? What movie?" JC said.
"Didn't you and Chris go to the movies today?"
"Oh yeah...we went to see..."
"We wound up going to the mall." Chris cut in.
"Yeah...yeah, the mall! That's where we went!"
"Okay... whatever!" I said looking at them both strangely, "What about you curly?"
"What?" Justin said.
"What did you do today?"
"Oh, I...I played ball with AJ then I went back to the hotel and went to sleep."
"Who won?" Lance asked.
"Huh? Who won?"
"Yeah...that's what I asked."
"Oh...um...he did."
"He did? Don't you always beat him though?" Chris asked.
"Yeah, I guess today I was just off."
"You okay?" Lance asked.
"Yeah! I'm fine, why?"
"No reason, you just seem weird."
"How?"
"I don't know!"
"Well, I'm fine!"
"Ok!"
"How was school Jay?" I asked.
"I didn't go!" he said.
"What? I though you called me from school?!?"
"Nah!"
"Yeah, you said that your teacher was absent and that's when you called me!"
"Oh.I just said that so you wouldn't get on my case."
"So you were home?"
"Yeah."
"All day?"
"Nah."
"Where'd you go?"
"I went to...."
"Are we there yet? I'm hungry!" Justin said cutting off Jay.
"Almost." JC said.
"I went to Gloria's house."
"Who's Gloria?" Justin asked.
"Oh that girl? I tell you you're gonna get your ass kicked one of these days! Did her boyfriend find out yet?" I asked.
"Nah, I broke it off with her."
"Oh, why?"
"Because of what you said! I don't wanna get my ass kicked."
"Bout time! Now just try and find somebody who's older than 14 and doesn't have a man!"
"Shut up!" he said as the rest of us laughed.
"We're here!" JC said.
"Finally!" Justin said.
TBC..
Mystery man revealed in the next episode.