(Justin)

Wow! I haven’t been able to tell my side of the story like years…..Ok, I will stop bitching and get to the story. By the way, when I go solo buy my CD ok?

Anyway, we got off the plane and fans mobbed us again. Were we surprised? No, not really, but there was this one chick who was fine ass hell, waving her NSYNC sign at me yelling, "I love you Justin!" I was like, yeah!

We were soon in the baggage claim area where our families were waiting for us. I was delighted when I saw my mom holding Neva as she slept in her arms. I got all teary eyed when I saw my daughter. I hadn’t seen her all summer and she was so big now. It was October and she was now six months old. She had light brown curly hair, my green eyes and she had Adrea’s nose. She was so beautiful. I hugged my folks and shoved my pain in the ass sister out of the way. That’s like hugging her but, in a nice way.

"Hey! You idiot!"
Snapped Lindsay

I put my arms out to hold my daughter.

"Ju, she’s sleeping,"
said my mom

"I have been waiting so long to see her,"

I said

"Let him hold her, Julie,"
said my dad

Lindsay saw Lance, her new Nsync crush and walked over. My mom slowly handed me Neva. Neva woke from the movement and took one look at me and cried hysterically. I hugged her and comforter her. She tried to get away from me. My heart broke as I was hoping that my worst fear of her forgetting who I was had happened. It had been three months and well, I didn’t want to believe she did. I handed she back to my mom as Neva had the long pork chops cheeks, her lips trembling, and big horse tears as she looked at me, unsure why I held her in the first place.

"It’s me, daddy,"
I told her

I tried to hold her hand and she pulled away. I sighed in grief.

"Oh, Ju she will get use to you again, don’t worry,"

Said my dad

I felt for a moment this was a lost cause, but I wasn’t going to give up on my daughter that quickly. I walked over with my dad to get my luggage. That had that part of the baggage claim blocked off from all fans and others so we could pick up our stuff in private.

Lance stood with his sister Stacy discussing his issues with Tara and Monique.

"I hate to say it but, as long as Mo is here you should pick her,"

Said Stacy

"I love Tara,"
said Lance

"Well, she doesn’t care about you ok? I mean she’s in LA and doing porns in fact,"

Said Stacy

Lindsay stood right next to Lance cheesing away. Lance looked over at her.

"Hey, Lind how are you?"

Asked Lance

"You’re so cute! Isn’t he cute? He’s so cute!"
Babbled Lindsay

"Oh, ok,"

Giggled Lance

"He so cute, he giggles so cute, he’s just plain cute,"

Said Lindsay

"So who’s your favorite Nsync guy?"

Teased Stacy

"Lance, of course because he’s so cute, look how cute he is, oh he’s so cute,"

Said Lindsay

J stood with his folks still sad he wasn’t with Sierra. He kept seeing Sable looking at him with big smiles. Joey stood with Pauly and of course every other word out of Pauly’s mouth was ‘Fuck this and fuck that’. Josh looked over at Neva who was cooing in my mom’s arms. He hadn’t seen her in a while and he thought Neva’s innocence would make him forget his sadness for a little bit. He walked over.

"Hi, Neva how are you?"

Asked Josh

Mr. chasez had been smiling and looking at Neva all night from a distant. He wanted to ask to hold her as long as the Cruzs weren’t around but because Sarah, his wife was there, he declined. He looked over at Sarah as she watched Josh talk baby talk to Neva.

"If only he knew how close Neva was to him,"
said Rich

Sarah sighed, "Don’t start, Richard,"

"Why cant we just be honest,"

"Because,"
she snapped

Sarah stormed away claiming she needed a luggage cart for all Josh’s stuff. In reality she wanted to get away from Rich’s nagging. Richard found this as an opportunity and walked over to his son and Neva. Neva smiled at Josh who was playing peek-a-boo with her. She leaned forward indicating he could hold her. Neva went right into Josh’s arms. Richard’s heart melted as he uttered to my mom; "She’s beautiful,"

"Thanks, Richard,"

Said Julie

I looked over and sighed in disappointment that my own daughter wouldn’t attach herself to me but went with Josh in a heartbeat. I then snickered when Neva grabbed his big nose. So, it was out of curious, as she wanted to see if his big honker was real. Neva let out a couple of sighs and drooled on Josh’s shirt.

"Can I hold…..Can I hold her,"

Hesitated Richard

Josh slowly handed his dad Neva. Richard’s eyes watered as he hugged her tightly. Josh and everyone looked at him strangely. Sarah walked back over with the luggage cart and stood there in anger as she watched her husband bound with his lost grand daughter.

"I guess Mr. C wants grand childern, huh?"

Chris asked Joey

"Yeah, I guess,"

Said Joey

"Oh, you’re such a good girl,"
Richard said to Neva.

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Kelly waited outside Jessica’s apartment because she was ready to have it out with her. Jessica was still at school at the time. Kelly sat on the floor next to the door reading her textbook as she had just came from one of her classes. She heard a male giggle coming down the hall and sighed when she saw Steve coming her way.

"Kelly-Belly……How’s it goin?"

Asked Steve

She stood up and put her book away. He walked over with his arms out waiting for a hug. She refused to hug him so he hugged her instead. She shoved him away.

"Oh, where’s my love? Don’t you love me anymore…..Wait you don’t love men anymore….you’re into the whole naked chick thing now,"
he joked

"Fuck off, Steve,"

"Oh, I know you still wanna fuck me, but,"

He teased

"Look, I didn’t come here to be insulted by you ok?"

"Oh, so you came here to see if I can fuck you back into wanting men?"

He tried to kiss her but she shoved him away.

"Joey and I are working things out,"

She said

"So, does he know about your newfound love of women?"

"No,"

"Oh, so it’s a little secret like me and you fucking?"

Asked Steve

"It will never happen again,"

"Oh really?"

"Yes! You’re a dog Steve!"

"Ooooh, such harsh words from a hidden Lesbian,"

She was ready to walk off when she saw Jessica coming down the hall. Jessica stopped in her tracks giving her the look of death.

"Wow! I knew you were a dumb blonde, but never thought you would show up here on persist to get your ass kicked,"
said Jessica

"Jessi, Kell has come here to visit me,"

Smiled Steve

"You wish! Jessica can we talk,"
asked Kelly

"Can I kick your ass for then ask questions later?"
Snapped Jessica

Jessica put her backpack down as she got into Kelly’s face.

"You may have Joey fooled but you don’t have me! I will fucking kick your ass all over this fucking hallway,"
warned Jessica

Jessica, who was pointing in her face, shoved her face away hard. Kelly backed up a little as Steve who thought this was so funny got in the middle of it.

"Now, Jessi let Kelly explain why she’s here,"
smiled Steve

"That bitch better leave before I fucking do more than shoved her face,"
snapped Jessica

"I came here to tell you, I and Joey are going to work things out,"

Said Kelly

Jessica grew more enraged by the minute as Steve had to hold her back from kicking Kelly’s ass.

"Let go! Let me go, Stevie!"
Snapped Jessica

"Why are you involved Jess? I mean it’s between me and Jo,"
said Kelly

"He’s my fucking cousin! I am going to protect my family!"

"Look, I came here to end this fight with you. I don’t wanna fight you ok?"

"Then you shouldn’t of came, cause I live to fucking hate bitches like you!"
Snapped Jessica

Kelly grabbed her stuff, as she was ready to leave, "Fine I mean I am not out to hurt Jo ok,"

She walked away quickly as Jessica struggled to get loose from Steve’s grip.

"Let go!"
Screamed Jessica

"No! Let me handle this!"

"No!"

"Let Stevie handle this,"
said Steve

"Why?"

"Because I have complete control over her!"

Jessica stopped struggling as she could see the evil and betrayal in Steve’s eyes

"What you going to do?"
Asked Jess

"Leave it to me,"

"What are you up to?"

"I’m a Fatone, remember? I always have a plan,"

he winked

They walked into the apartment to discuss his so-called plan.

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Sierra got a job at the university bookstore inside the student union. Sierra was working the register when she saw Bilal, another girl that was just a friend named Tawanna, D-Angelo, and of course the ever popular and the highlight of Sierra’s day, Wade. Sierra sighed in hatred when she saw Wade. Wade completely ignored her. Bilal smiled happily at her.

"What’s up girl?"

Asked Bilal

"Nothing much,"

Said Sierra

The bookstore had items of purchase such as greeting cards, the university clothing with the logo on it and snacks. Bilal placed the ‘Source’ Magazine and a soda down on the counter so she could ring it up. Tawanna, who was a sorority girl, had a crush on Wade. Wade just liked her as a friend but she took it more than that. Wade had fucked her once at a frat party and she never got over it. So she was all on his jock.

"So, you work here all week?"
Asked Bilal

"Nope, only three times during the week because of homework, study, and well, class,"

Said Sierra

Sierra looked down at the items she was ringing up as Bilal smiled at Wade about Sierra. Wade gave him a look, as Tawanna stood there jealous. She knew there was a rumor that Wade like sierra and she didn’t like it. She made a discussion to hate Sierra just because of the fact; Sierra was a possible threat of her getting Wade.

"I’ll meet you outside, cous,"

Said D’Angelo

"Hey, Tawanna why don’t you wait with D’Angelo outside,"
said Bilal

"Why?"
She asked with an attitude.

"Because,"

Said Bilal

Tawanna gave Sierra a dirty look and then looked over at Wade.

"So, we still going to the movies tonight?"

Asked Tawanna

"Yeah, kid,"
said Wade

Wade was basically a nice guy and didn’t want to hurt Tawanna’s feelings, as he knew she liked him. He felt put on the spot with her asking him that in front of Sierra. Sierra looked over to see what the conversation was all about. Wade had to make sure that Sierra knew they were just friends and Tawanna was so major threat.

"Wait outside, aiight,"

Smiled Wade

Tawanna who was very pretty, dark skin, 5’5", and a stocky built walked out not without giving Sierra a dirty look. Sierra snickered at her jealousy.

"So, Wade you going with Tawanna,"

Asked Bilal

Wade glanced at Sierra and then looked over at Bilal. Bilal winked at him to play along to let her know there was nothing going on between wade and Tawanna.

"Yeah,"
said Wade

"You like her?"

Wade’s eyes grew large and laughed off Tawanna’s feelings, "Hell naw"

Sierra for some strange reason felt happy about that. She didn’t know why because she hated Wade with a passion. Bilal paid for his stuff and thought this was a prefect opportunity for Wade to try to be nice for once to sierra. Wade put his candy bar and his soda down on the counter. Bilal decided to leave them alone, even though there were two other people waiting behind Wade to check out.

"I meet you outside, Kid,"

Said Bilal

"Aiight,"

Waved Wade

Sierra felt so nervous all of sudden. Her hands got all clammy and cold as she rang his stuff up. She made no eye contact as he stared at her. He examined her whole body with his eyes and thought how beautiful she was. He blushed and smiled, but bit his lips trying to stop. He had to act hard, remember? He put on his evil, clement gangster side again and waited for her to tell him the total. She looked at him and they stared deep into each other's’eyes and didn’t say a word. He quickly looked away as she beautiful Hazel eyes were making him blush again.

"$1.40,"

She said

He dug for his wallet and he gave her the money. His fingers grazed her palm and it felt so soft. He could tell just by a simple of exchange of money, her skin was soft like silk. He waited for the change and walked off, saying a hard and firm ‘Thank you’. She sighed and gave him an evil stare, "Yeap". He walked out looking all hard, as he wanted her to think he was.

Her nervousness left as she went to the next customer.

Outside, D’Angelo and Bilal waited for Wade’s gossip about being nice to his crush finally.

"So?"

Asked Bilal

"So, what?"

Asked Wade

"Did you get the digits?"

Asked D’Angelo

"No, she’s a fucking stuck up bitch,"

Said Wade

"Why do you do this to yourself, man? Everytime there is opportunity you fuck it up,"

Said Bilal

"I don’t like her,"
lied Wade

"Yes, you do!"
Said Bilal and D’Angelo

"No!"
Said Wade

"She’s a fucking stuck up bitch! All light skinned girls are,"

Said Tawanna

"Dang you jealous!"
Laughed D’Angelo

"No, I’m not,"

Said Tawanna

Wade gave her a look for calling sierra stuck up.

"Let’s go, opportunity has passed Wade again,"

Sighed Bilal

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I arrived home as Neva slept in the car seat. My dad and I unloaded my luggage as my sister ran into the house. She was on a mission to talk to her friends on the phone. She had to tell them she saw hot Lance Bass at the airport when coming to get me.

My mom placed a blanket on Neva in the backseat. I walked over and looked at my daughter. She was so peaceful and I wanted her to become attached to me all over again. I missed that with all my heart.

"Mom, as long as I have a short time off tomorrow I thought maybe Neva could stay with me tonight. I mean I am her dad and she needs to be with one of her parents for once,"
I said

"I don’t know, I told Mrs. Cruz I would take Neva to see you at the airport and then take her back home afterwards,"
said my mom

"But, I’m her dad and I want to be with her at least until noon tomorrow,"

"It’s a big responsibility,"

"Mom, she’s my daughter and I say she stays with me,"

I ordered

She looked at me like I was crazy; as this was the first time I snapped and demanded anything, at least towards her. When it came to Lindsay and especially Officer Timberlake I was always demanding and snapping about something.

"Then you call the Cruzs and if she can stay she stays in your room all night, no matter if she cries,"

Said my mom

"That’s fine, I’m her father,"

"I don’t wanna hear any lip that you didn’t get enough sleep,"

"I wont,"

I said all firm

She let her guard down as I took Neva out of her car seat. She cried a little but I kept my word. Neva whaled and didn’t want me to hold her , so that meant I was going to make her like me all over again. Neva had big horse tears while I was on the phone with Marie. She could hear Neva crying and getting fussy as she yawned.

"I will have her over there around 1130am,"’

I said

"You sure you want her all night. She’s been known to cry sometimes all night,"

"I can do it,"

"Ok,"

I hung up with Marie and took Neva her bath, got her ready for bed. I lay down on the sofa as she lay on my chest. She was looking at me as she drooled on my shirt. I was trying to make her smile as I made funny faces at her. I guess that must have been too much for her as she screamed in horror. Lindsay walked over with her bottle and Neva squealed at Lindsay in delight. Yeah, sure Neva was use to my witch sister. Lindsay always had her on the weekend. She bought her to the mall with her friends or just hung out with her. She loved her auntie Lindsay.

"Can I have the bottle,"

I asked

Lindsay frowned at me and handed it over.

"You know, Curly I can take her in my room all night if you want,"
said Lindsay

"No, thanks, Anti-Christ,"

I said

"Loser!"

She yelled

"Get out of my face, gees I cant smell with your toxic gas breath,"

Lindsay ran off to tell on me as I feed Neva. Neva continued to study my face as I smiled at her. I had on the Crocodile Hunter on until my dad walked over.

"Watching shows like that aren’t good for children,"
said my dad

"Dad, Neva’s only six months old,"

"You watched ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ with me and look how odd you are now,"

"I was six and well, that was your fault,"
I said

He shook his head at me in disappointment until I flipped the channel to the Cartoon Network.

"Happy now?"
I asked

"I don’t care, I’m reading the paper,"

He said opening the newspaper

I patted Neva on her back and she let out the famous Timberlake burp.

"That’s my girl,"

I played with her on the floor as she sat there looking at me as I played puppeteer with her beanie babies. She must of thought I was an idiot, well at least Lindsay did when she walked passed me.

"You idiot,"

Sighed Lindsay

"Lind, stop teasing your brother,"
scolded dad

"Birth defect!"
I snapped

Lindsay stick her tongue out at me and my dad sighed, "Both of you, stop it!"

I looked over at Neva and she was playing with her toes, I tickled them and she smiled.

"Whose daddy’s girl?"
I asked

"*!"

She cooed

I picked her up and went up to my room. We played a little more on my bed as I think Neva was finally getting used to me. Lindsay walked by and sighed, "Don’t kill her with your dragon breath,"

"Lindsay, leave your brother alone!"
Scolded Mom from the other room

Gosh, I hate my sister! After awhile Neva and I lay on my bed. She had fallen asleep on my chest as I lay there rubbing her back. I smiled as her little lips were puckered and she smelled so good. I touched her soft brown curls and kissed her head. I truly loved this girl. I knew then, there was one girl in this whole world that meant the most to me and the only girl I would be willing to die for………..Neva.

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2of10

(Chris)

*Ok, I’m not in this part of the chapter, but Holly told I have to tell it anyway…..sigh…..So here’s another part of "All About Us" Or this part of the chapter should be entitled all about them! Ok, I’m done venting….at least for now……..

"So, dad the way you were holding Neva, I would swear you are trying to give me hints,"

Said Josh

The Chasez drove home and were in the driveway of their home when he said that. Sarah and Rich looked at each other with uncertainty.

"Don’t worry, Sierra and I aren’t ready to take that step yet,"
said Josh

They weren’t looking at each for concern of what Josh and Sierra were doing, but what Rich did at the airport. He got pretty dramatic clinging on to Neva so much. Sarah hadn’t spoken to him ever since she saw him with her.

"So, um something wrong?"

Asked Josh

"No, dear,"

Said his mom

They got out of the car and unloaded. Sarah and his dad exchanged looks. Josh could feel the tension of something wrong, but didn’t know what.

"So, everything is ok?"

Asked Josh

"Yeah,"

Smiled Rich

Josh nodded as his mom stormed into the house leaving them outside. Josh walked over to Richard who was pretty upset that she wasn’t talking to him.

"So, you might be sleeping on the couch tonight?"

Joked Josh

Rich looked over, "I don’t know what you are talking about,"

"Well, not to compare my relationship to yours but, when Sierra looks at me like that, I know I’m in trouble,"

He smiled at Josh and said, "You have a long day tomorrow, you better get to bed,"

Richard left Josh outside and walked inside. Josh was ready to follow when he heard his name being called. He looked over and saw next door to his house a familiar sight. He walked over happily as Rome was sitting on his porch. Josh saw Rome’s cased arm and yelled, "Hey crippled!"

"Hey, Big Nose!"

Said Rome

They hugged and slapped five.

"What’s up?"

Asked Josh

"Well, besides doing combat in Vegas? Not much,"

"Hey, sorry about what happened. I tried to make it out to Vegas but stupid Johnny Wright wouldn’t let me. I called, but the hospital wouldn’t send the call through. Luckily I talked to your mom,"

"Well, I’m ok and that’s what matters,"
said Rome

Josh sat next to him.

"So, how’s Sierra?"

Asked Rome

"Beautiful as always, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and a big smile,"

"Wow, still love her huh? That’s good,"

"I’m crazy about her, I’m insane that’s how much I love her,"

"Yeah?"

"Oh yeah,"

Smiled Josh

"Well, tomorrow I was suppose to do the dance moves with you guys but, Fatima has this other dance instructor taking my place,"

"Well, I know you will be there in spirit,"

"Well, I will be there just to supervise this new guy so he knows what your steps are,"

Said Rome

Rome who was smoking inhaled and thought about seeing Lance tomorrow and couldn’t wait to confront him. Josh nudged Rome out of his planning thoughts.

"Huh?"
Asked Rome

"Not to interrupt your thinking, but can I have a smoke? I haven’t smoked all summer and I’m dying for one,"
giggled Josh

Rome smiled and handed him a cigarette.

"So, I saw Monique,"

Said Rome

"Yeah, she’s looking good huh?"

"You saw her too?"

‘Yeah, she was in LA for a minute,"

"Oh, with Lance,"
sighed Rome

"You know?"

"Yeah, Mo told me she’s his girlfriend,"

Josh choked on the smoke, as this was news to him.

"Really?"

Coughed Josh

"You ok?"

‘Yeah, it went down the wrong pipe,"

"Yeah, so she’s with that cowboy character,"

Said Rome

Josh saw how hurt Rome was.

"So, um still with Aaliyah?"

Asked Josh

"Yeah, still with her. You know what gets me?"

"What?"
Asked Josh taking another puff of his cigarette

"Mo has nothing in common with Lance. They are like night and day,"

Josh nodded, "Yeap,"

"So, you see it too?"

"Yeah, but I don’t know but, like they say opposites attract,"

‘Will, I just can’t believe it,"

"Well, she was over at the hotel when she was in Cali,"

Rome looked over, "All the time?"

"Well, she had dinner with him and visited us in the room,"

"All the time?"

Asked Rome

"I don’t think so, at least she didn’t visit me alot,"

"But with Lance……….all the time,"

"So, you still like her?"

Asked Josh

Rome didn’t want to look like a punk, "No, no of course not I mean I have Aaliyah right?"

"Yeah, and she’s all that,"

"Yeap, all that,"

Sighed Rome

Rome continued to think about Mo with Lance and how that made his skin crawl.

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Lance pulled up to red brick house and could hear rap music blurring coming from it. There was so grass on the lawn only dirty indicating children used the front yard as a slide and football turf. he got out of the car and turned when he heard distant sirens blurring. He was in a bad side of the town.

"This is like visiting Adrea in Little Havana,"

He said

He walked up the steps and rang the doorbell of course the music was so loud no one heard it. He rang it again and then knocked. Soon the door opened and a little girl answered. Lance looked at his watch and it was 1130pm, way pass this girl’s bedtime, she was about four years old. She stood in her old Wonder Woman pjs, hair messed up with little fuzz balls in it, and her lips were red from licking a pack of Kool-aide.

"Huh?"
She asked

"Is, Monique here?"

He asked

"Huh?"

"Mo?"

"Mo? She my auntie,"

"Is she here?"
He asked

"Huh?"

‘Mo, is she here?"

"She’s my auntie,"

"I know, is she here?"

"I watch Cookie Monster,"

She said

She pointed to the TV, which was blurring over the radio. The house was trashed and her brother Devante walked over, also dirty. He was about eight; he was ready to close the door in Lance’s face, when Lance put his foot between the frame and the door.

"Is Mo here?"

Asked Lance

"Huh?"

Asked the girl

"How do you know, my auntie?"

Asked Devante

"I know her that’s how. Now is she here?"

Asked Lance

"Cookie Monster on TV!"
Cheered the girl

"She up in her bedroom,"

Said devante

"Can you tell her Lance is here?"
Asked Lance

Devante nodded and left the door opened a crack and went and got Mo. Lance sat on the porch and could smell doggy poop coming from the backyard. He covered his nose with his hand, soon came Ricky down the street with Killer the petbull on a lash, more like a chain. Killer was a purebred white petbull who was taught to be evil. Killer saw Lance and tried to lunge at him, luckily he was on a lash. Lance stood up quickly as Ricky who had cornrows in his head and a red bandana wrapped around it stared at Lance. He was with his friends and well, Lance heard Ricky worked with Pauly in the drug business. Ricky handed Killer over to his friends and walked over to Lance.

"Who you?"

Asked Ricky

"Here to see Mo,"

Said Lance all nervous

"You don’t wanna get some (showing Lance a dime bag of weed)?"

"Naw, no thanks,"

Said Lance

Ricky walked back with his friends. They talked in a huddle as Killer barked wildly at Lance. Lance had visions of them letting Killer go and having him wrap his lockjaws around his leg. Just then He could hear Mo’s voice.

Mo opened the front door yelling at her nephew and niece, "Ya’ll better clean this house up, before grandma gets home! Yah hear!"

Lance turned and smiled at Mo.

"You hear me, Devante,"
she snapped

Mo gave Ricky a look who was dealing drugs right in front of the house.

"Ricky!"

She snapped

Ricky turned and snapped, "What!"

"Your kids up in the house being bad!"

"Then tell them to do good!"

"They your kids, shit!"

"So, what!"

"So, take care of them!"

"Where’s Kesha?"

Asked Ricky

"She’s gon’ with Ree-ree and Taye-taye …they came and got her a long time ago!"

"Why?"

‘She went to the house party on fifth and Keefe,"

"Well, just watch the kids!"

"Naw!"
Snapped Mo

Lance stood there smiling through the whole conversation of yelling. Mo’s niece came out of the house looking at Lance. Lance kneed down to her.

"So, how are you?"
He asked

"Huh?"

She asked

She had a plastic sandwich bag that had the kool-aide in it with tons of sugar. The sugar and kool-aide had separated and the sugar was lying at the bottom.

"All that sugar is bad for your teeth,"

Said Lance

"Cookie Monster….on…….@#*!"

Said the girl

"K,"

He snickered

Lance stood up as she had no idea what Mo’s niece just said. Ricky yelled for his son Devante. Devante ran out and got into a car with his dad. Mo started snapping as she was left with her niece.

"Ricky!"
She yelled

Ricky and his friends drove off.

"See, this is what I mean ever since I got back here, I have become the built in baby sitter,"

Snapped Mo

"So, um hi,"

Said Lance

"Hey, Lance,"

She walked back in the house as Lance hesitated to follow her into the place of destruction.

"You can come inside,"

Said Mo

Lances wanted to ask the first question of entering a dirty house……do you have cockroaches? but he didn’t. He slowly walked in almost falling over Devante’s logo. Mo’s niece pointed to the TV again telling Lance that cookie Monster was on. Mo turned off the blurring radio and the TV. Lance didn’t want to seat just in case the trash was a catching habit.

"Look at this place? Ever since I came home from Los Angeles, this place has been like totally chaos,"
said Mo

Lance looked around and said, "I see,"

"It’s never been this dirty,"

"Oh?"

"See I gave my momma money so she could move out of here, all the profits from my records sales I gave to her. Of course she doesn’t put the money in the bank like I told her too. So Ricky and Kesha find the money and well, spend it. Ricky gave most of the money to Pauly and well, bought himself a car. Kesha well she’s Kesha……only for herself,"

Said Mo

Lance nodded, "So, ah….yeah….so um….you going to live here forever?"

"Well, I had money to move out but of course Ricky and Kesha took it all. They claiming they didn’t but it’s obvious, the sad part is it would have been nice if they would of hook the kids up a little. I mean look at them, dirty and Devante is like turning into his father,"

Said Mo

"Devante? That’s a different name,"

"Uh-huh I came up with that. You ever heard of the R&B group called Jodeci?"

Asked Mo

Lance thought about it hard, he wanted to, but he had listen to country music all his life. She then remembered whom she was talking to.

"Of course you don’t. Anyway, they are a singing group and well the fine ass guy in the group is Devante. So I thought my nephew should be called that,"
smiled Mo

Lance nodded, "Oh,"

"So, um let me put my niece to bed and we can hang out,"

Lance looked around at the dirty house, "Hang out in here?"

"Yeah!"
She snapped

"Oh, that sounds good,"
he said with a fake smile

Mo walked her niece up to her room, "Now, you need to go to sleep, ok?"

"Huh?"
Asked the girl

After several minutes of her finally going to sleep, Mo and Lance lay in her bed(mo’s) making out. He massaged her breasts as they kissed. He then placed his hand down her pants and massaged her insides. They were soon making love, I’m sorry they were fucking. They were going at it like two sweaty dogs in heat. When they were done. Lance laid there in awe, as he had never had sex like that before. He breathed heavily as his body was soaked in sweat. Mo was always feeling that way as she laid there a long side of him. They didn’t say a word as she soon got up. She put her bathrobe on and was ready to walk out.

"where……where you going?"
He asked breathless

"I’ll be back,"

She said

She walked out and closed the door. He then head Ricky and his friends walking in as the petbull’s loud barking announced their arrival. First thought in Lance’s mind was ‘How am I going to get out of this place without getting attacked by that dog?’ The music started up again, as Lance really knew he was in a ghetto ass place. He quickly got up and got dressed. In any other case he would of wash up as he didn’t like being nasty sweaty but he wanted to get out of there. Plus, he sensed Ricky didn’t like him too much. He walked out and couldn’t find Mo. He walked into the living room and there sat Ricky with his son, counting his nightly drug money. He had his dope sitting next to it on the table.

"See, you got your dope and you got your money,"

Explained Ricky.

Lance couldn’t believe Ricky was showing his eight-year-old son the ropes of selling drugs. Devante and Ricky looked up at Lance.

"Can I help you?"

Asked Ricky

"No, um actually where’s Mo?"

Asked Lance

"Kitchen,"

Pointed Devante

"Thanks,"

Smiled Lance

Lance felt out of place as they stared at him. Lance couldn’t believe how open Ricky was about his drug business.

"So, business doing well?"

Asked Lance

Don’t ask what Lance was doing. I think it was he was trying to let Ricky know he wasn’t any harm. Wrong move as Ricky looked at his money and dope and put it away.

"Mo’s in the kitchen,"

Snapped Ricky

"Sorry, Dude,"

Said Lance

Lance quickly walked into the kitchen and Killer jumped on him. Lance screamed like a girl, as he was sure the petbull wanted for a bedtime snack.

"Get him off of me,"

Said Lance all scared

Mo pulled killer off and shoved himout the back doors. Lance shook in fear.

‘You ok?"

Asked Mo

‘Um, I gotta go,"

Lied Lance

Mo looked disappointed.

"Why?"

Asked Mo

"I have that thingy tomorrow,"

"Oh, well um ok,"

She walked over and kissed him. They kissed for several moments as they remembered their sex act and how intense it was. Lance pulled away as she rubbed on his butt.

"Well, um I will call you, believe me,"

He assured

She snickered and said, "I hope so,"

"Yeah,"

He walked out the front door pass Ricky and Devante as they stared him down. Lance raced to his car and jumped in. When he got in the car he looked to see if he picked up some unknown and unwanted travelers, cockroaches! He took off his jacket and placed it on the floor. He then drove off.

==========================

Kelly sat in her dorm room studying when there was a knock on her door. She walked over with her textbook in hand still reading. She opened it and sighed in disappointment to the person standing before her.

"Steve, go away,"
she said

He stood there with a devilish look and shook his head no. She sighed and walked back to her desk. He walked in and closed the door behind him.

"So, how’s school?"

He asked

"Cut the bullshit and get to what you want,"

He took Sierra’s chair that was at the desk across from Kelly and sat backwards on it facing her.

"What do I really want?"

He asked

She rolled her eyes and said, "You know what I mean,"

"I came by to say hello and welcome to New York,"

"Whatever,"

"Oh, don’t tell me, you don’t you like New York? The city that never-ah sleeps, the city with the best fucking pizza you have ever-ah tasted, we have Broadway you know,"

"Chicago is showing the Broadway show "The Lion King’ too, your point?"

"So, you keep you with your-ah Broadway, but does any city have a hot chick with the sexy dress that calls herself ‘Liberty’?"

"Steve, you’re starting to piss me off,"

"Well, at least I’m making a good impression,"

He teased

"Where’s Tara?"

"She’s in Los Angeles, I’ll be sure to tell her-ah you asked abut her-ah. I’m sure that will make her-ah fucking day,"

"Steve, what do you want?"

"You of course,"

"Don’t have Tara hear you say that,"

She warned

"So, I thought I could take you to Little Italy for-ah some pasta,"

"I’ll pass,"
she sighed

"Ok, how about you go with me to this bar-ah I use to party at in the hood. I can show you my hood, in Brooklyn,"

Said Steve

"Once again, I’ll pass,"

"Come on, babe you know you wanna go,"

She got up from her desk and placed her textbooks in her backpack.

"You know I still have eyes for-ah yah,"
said Steve

"You better use them for what are for and that’s to see,"

"Kelly-Belly babe, darling, sex object of my dreams,"

"Fuck you Steve,"

"Well, if you want to,"

"What?"

She asked confused

"Well, you are talking about fucking, I mean I thought I could at least buy you a pizza first,"

He joked

"I wouldn’t fuck you if you were on the last person on earth,"

"Well, we fuck and I wasn’t the last person on earth, you have good taste by the way,"

He smiled

"Go away Steve,"

"You want me to stay, Kell,"
he winked

"I have to study,"

"Well, study my bod-dee!"
He smiled

She sat on her bed and shrugged, "Why are you here?"

"I miss yah, I truly miss yah. Deep down in my playboy body is a heart…..A heart of gold that I am willing to share-ah with you,"

He said

"Gosh, that was lame,"

Laughed Kelly

"You think? Ok, I can try harder-ah,"
he smiled

He sat next to her and stroked her hair. She moved away but he pulled her closer.

"Steve, I’m not going to do this,"
she said

"Why because I’m not a chick?"

She gave him a look, "That was uncalled for,"

"You’re right I shouldn’t of went there-ah. I mean you still like guys, right? You like Joey,"

"That’s why we can’t do this,"

She said

"Why because you’re still hung up on Jo? Oh, Kell it didn’t stop you before-ah, besides your-ah at an age you need to explore-ah all your-ah options,"

"Steve, please go away and stop touching my hair,"

"You use to love it when I yank it during sex,"

She stood up but he pulled her back down.

"Now, I can make it all better-ah with Jessica and she will leave you alone, but you gotta do me a favor-ah,"

"Make things better how?"

"Well, tell her-ah to back off. She’s in the process of telling Joey the truth,"

"Oh, she cant,"
pleaded Kelly

"I know, I mean heaven forbid if Joey finds out about your-ah lesbo ago-go and us fucking secret,"

"She knows we fuck?"
She gasped

Steve did an evil smile and nodded.

"Yeah,"
he said

"Why did you tell her,"

"Oh, babe I was drunk one night and I told. I can’t keep my mouth shut, but I can keep Jessi from telling Joey the secrets. It’s hard to keep skeletons in the closet when you don’t have anyone to back you up, huh?"

She nodded and put her head on his shoulder. He patted her back, "There, there, my poor sweet Kelly. I have always had your back,"

"I know,"

She sighed

"You still love me Kelly?"

"Yes, Steve I do,"

"I have been thinking about yah a lot you know?"

"You have?"
She looked

"Yeah,"

"Oh, Steve I thought it was all over with us the minute you were messing around with Tara,"

"Oh, Kelly you have always been my favorite,"

"I love you so much,"
said Kelly

Steve nodded, "I know, that’s why this is our-ah little secret right?"

"Promise to keep Jessi quiet,"

"Sure, anything for-ah you Babe,"

They started to kiss, as they lay down on the bed as they soon made love.

===================

Tara walked over to the bench she always sat at when Jasmine was outside playing at recess. She sat there waiting and the kids ran out to the playground. Tara smiled as she watched and Jasmine ran over to the steel fence and waved. Tara waved back as Jasmine was finally accepting her.

Tara pulled out a cigarette and lit it. She then was interrupted by a familiar face. She sat there in shook when the person calmly sat next to her. Tara put her cigarette out and exhaled.

"So, did you think she wouldn’t tell? She’s a six year old, they can’t keep secrets,"

"I don’t know what you’re talking about,"
Tara let out a nervous chuckle

Helen looked at Tara and sighed, "Tara, I asked you before to stay away from Jasmine. There is even a restraining order against you. All I have to do is make one phone call and you can be arrested,"

"Helen, I just wanted to see her,"

"You are forbidden, Tara. Jasmine doesn’t want anything to do with you and neither does John and me,"

"You say that so plain and so easy,"

Said Tara hurt

"Well, you are an irresponsible person,"

"She’s my daughter,"
snapped Tara

Helen shook her head no and pulled out Tara’s locket that she gave Jasmine.

"I assume this is yours? We can buy her better things then this,"

Helen tried to hand it back to Tara, but she refused to take it. Helen then tossed it in her lap. She leaned over to Tara and whispered a final warning, "You stay away from my DAUGHTER or there will be hell to pay, you little fucking slut,"

Helen stood up with hatred on her face and pointed, "I’m dead serious, Tara,"

Tara sat there crying.

"Now, go away. Go back to your trashy life, you’re free to move on so why don’t you do it!"

Helen waited for Tara to leave. The city bus pulled up and Tara quickly gathered her things up completely devastated.

"You ever come back here or bother Jas again, I will personally put you in jail myself,"

Snapped Helen

Tara quickly got on the bus. Jasmine saw the whole thing across the street on the playground, as she started to cry, "Tara?"

Helen ran across the street smiling as the bus pulled away. Jasmine stood there still crying.

"Oh, Jasmine I told you Mommy would fix everything,"
said Helen

"I thought you said you would talk to Tara for me and she would come over to supper sometime?"

Sobbed Jasmine

"She didn’t want to sweetheart. She changed her mind. I told you, she doesn’t care and she won’t come back here. She won’t bother you again,"

"What about the locket?"

"Oh, Honey she took it back. Look, go back and play with your friends and I will come everyday at this time so that bad Tara wont lie and hurt you anymore, ok?"
Smiled Helen

Jasmine hesitated at first, as she couldn’t believe Tara (her real mom) would do that to her, after she had come everyday for a month to see her play. Jasmine soon walked over to her friends. Helen had a devilish smiled as her job was done.
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3of10

Hey, It’s Ju-Ju here! I get to tell the story again! *Gasped* I cant believe it! I didn’t even do any sexual favors for it…….I gotta give Holly a big ass juicy tonguey kiss later…hahahhaha……I would do it *wink*. Ok, better start the story before I get banded from being a narrator.

It was the next day; we had to be up, Neva and me of course. She had me up at the crack of dawn with the whining, fussing and crying. She was hungry so, she ate, crapped in her pants, we played and then she thought she could go back to sleep. Oh, no! Sorry, Neva you got me up and now I can’t sleep. So, Neva and I went shopping! We went to the mall Monday morning when it opened. The only time I could go because the mall only had the mallwalkers and old grannies trying to beat the mad rush. Monday during the day was save for me cuz Nsync was getting a rep in Orlando and actually all over the country, so we couldn’t just go out in public anymore and not get mobbed, unless we got up with the grannies. So, that’s what I did, plus Neva got me up and well we just stayed up. I had to be at the dance studio and then on to some charity event to sing, etc at 1pm. So, there was so need for me to go back to bed.

We arrived at the mall, Neva in her car seat sleeping. I opened the back door and shook her to wake.

"Wake up, honey we are here. I told you if you get me up, you stay up,"
I said baby talk

She sighed at me and looked down at her fallen pacifier. She was so tired.

"I’m tired too, but you had to get us up,"
I said

I picked her up and placed her in the stroller. I had to take my girl shopping; the whole damn Winnie the Pooh clothing she was wearing was pissing me off. Time to get her some nice gear. We walked in the mall, and I looked around for any fans, ok so most of them would be at school, but there was always a fear of potential skippers.

The mallwalkers were out making their daily round in their sweat shirts and granny slacks. Neva started yapping and I knew she wanted her bottle or her pacifier had fallen out of her mouth. I put it back in and she was happy. We walked into the Kids Footlocker and they had the latest Air Jordans. I took one look at Neva and smiled.

"New shoes, Neva! For you!"
I said

I tickled her stomach and she squealed in delight.

"Let’s see, we have little black and red ones or the little light blue and white, which one Neva?"

She sighed as a line of drool rolled down her chin.

"So, are you’re undecided?"

I asked

The salesman came over and I got memories of working at the regular Footlocker. Oh, those were the days.

"Can I help you?"

Asked the salesman

"Yeap, got the light blue ones in a size 1?"

He smiled and nodded as he went to get them. Neva and I sat in the store as she yapped the minute her pacifier fell from her lips again. The pacifier thing was really started to piss me off. Everytime I put it in her mouth she sighed or yawned and it popped out. She had a complete fit because it did.

"Neva, if you keep your mouth shut it will stay in. Take my advice on that ok? I will guarantee it will,"

I said

I kissed her chubby cheeks and she cooed at me. I bought her the shoes and a couple of outfits with the Nike logo on it. We then went to Gap for Kids; I basically spent my first Nsync paycheck on her. It was a couple thousand dollars. I didn’t forget myself or my girl Adrea. I hooked us up too.

It was soon time to go to the studio. I called Marie from the mall, as she was working at her job at Planned Parenthood. The place where Adrea found out she was pregnant with Neva.

"Justin, I can’t take her right now,"
said Marie all stressed

I could hear patients talking and the phones ringing off the hook.

"What about Al?"
I asked

"He’s at the doctor’s office,"

"Is he ok?"
I gasped

"Yeah, it’s a weekly check up on his liver problem,"

"Oh, so my mom is at work and well Neva driving around with my dad in the cop car, is a no-no. Lindsay, the serial killer, is at school so I don’t know what to do. I can’t bring Neva to the studio,"

I said

I looked at Neva who was in the stroller as she had found out that she could chew on her fingers and stick them down her throat almost choking herself. I pulled her fingers out of her mouth.

"Neva, don’t kill yourself ok? Dad, is stressed as it is,"
I said

"Well, if you bring her to the studio I can pick her up by 330pm,"

Said Marie

Neva cooed as she started to chew on my fingers.

"Well, I don’t know, I mean I have dancing and the singing thing by 315pm,"
I said

"I promise to be there before you have to sing at the charity event,"

Said Marie

I agreed and hung up. Neva had started to chew on her fingers again.

"Don’t choke yourself, ok? I know fingers taste good right now,"

I smiled

I rolled her out and we were soon on our way to the studio. I just hoped Johnny didn’t snap because I couldn’t find a babysitter.

Rome was in the studio talking to the replacement dancer instructor about our dance moves. When Chris, Josh, and Joey walked in ready to go. They slapped five with Rome and got ready.

"So, I talked to Kelly last night,"

Smiled Joey

Chris and Josh looked over at him.

"Really?"
Asked Chris

"Yeah, I think everything is going to work out between us,"

Said Joey

"Really?"

Asked Chris all suspicious

"Yeah, really,"

Said Joey getting pissed off.

"So, how’s sierra? I tried to call last night but Kelly said Si was at the library studying,"

Said Josh

"I didn’t ask, sorry we were too busy talking about getting back together,’
said Joey

"Really?"

Snickered Chris

"What’s your problem, Chris?"

Asked Joey

"Nothing, Dude,"

Said Chris

Chris walked out of the room to try to stop giggling about Kelly and her gayness. Josh sat next to Joey on the floor doing their stretches.

"I know Chris is a recovering Drug and alcoholic but I ‘m tired of his goofy teasing about shit,"

Said Joey

"Chill, Joey he’s just like you said…..Teasing, that’s how he is,"
said Josh

"So, Sable call you last night?"

Josh nodded slowly.

"So, what’s up with that?"

Asked Joey

"Nothing’s up. We are just friends,"

"Just friends? You better not be cheating on my Sierra,"

"Your Sierra? My Sierra. I would never do that, Sable needed to talk to someone about her boyfriend problems,"

"So, why didn’t she just call her friends that are girls? I don’t know, J I think she’ likes you,"

Said Joey

"She knows I have a girlfriend,"

"And that hasn’t stop a girl from trying,"
winked Joey

Josh shook his head, "I have a girlfriend and I love her,"

"And Sable doesn’t care,"

"I just don’t know what I am going to tell Sierra if Johnny and Louis go through with this European promotion thingy,"

"Well, tell her the truth,"

"Yeah, but she’s going to trap on me cuz I told her I would be back in two weeks to see her,"
said Josh

"It’s Sierra, she’ll understand,"

Josh was unsure and said, "Well, I hope so, I mean I just don’t know how I will tell her with her snapping,"

"Oh, you have a big mouth you know how to quiet your hisfrican down,"

"She’s a what?"

"Jessi, before she pissed me off told me Sierra got snapped on by her Black History teacher about her color status…. And well, Jessica calls her Boricua because the Puerto Rican thingy,"

Said Joey

"Oh,"

Said Josh

Josh didn’t care because he was still worried us possibly going to Europe for a month and he wasn’t going to see his beautiful for a very long time. I walked in with Neva and as Chris trailed me playing peak-a-boo with her. Neva was cooing and giggling at Chris. She leaned over and he picked her up.

"I have a girlfriend now,"

Smiled Chris

"A little young don’t you think?"

Laughed Josh

Neva played with Chris’ hair weave. Rome walked and laughed when he saw what I had wrapped around Neva’s head. I had a bandana rolled up and tied around her little head looking like a gangster baby aka the 2 Pac look.

"Um, Ju what’s with the bandana?"

Asked Rome

"She’s down,"

I said

"A little young to be down don’t you think?"

Asked Rome

"You’re never too young to be a hardcore gangster,"

I said

Josh walked over talking baby talk to Neva and she immediately squealed in delight, as she remembered his big nose ass.

"Where’s Lance?"

Asked Joey walking over

"I thought I saw him out in the car with Mo,"

I said

Rome started playing with Neva and gave Justin a look.

"Out where?’

Asked Rome

"In the parking lot, saw them talking in his 1990 Honda,"

I said

Rome stood there jealous.

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‘7 Days’ By Craig David

Monday
Took her for a drink on Tuesday
We were making love by Wednesday
And on Thursday
And Friday and Saturday
We chilled on Sunday

I met this girl on Monday
Took her for a drink on Tuesday
We were making love by Wednesday
And on Thursday
And Friday and Saturday

Lance and Mo sat in the backseat of his Honda kissing and carrying on. She sat on top of him facing him as he held her with his hands under her shirt. He squeezed her breasts tightly as the lump in his pants increased everytime she moved her bottom half on him. He didn’t want to go to practice as he and her together was too intense. He sucked on her nipples and grabbed her butt and squeezed it.

"I want you so bad,"

He moaned

She moaned back and rustled his hair on his head. Well, as told before Lance was a breasts man. If Lance could specialize in tities he would, he would get a job sucking on nipples all day.

"Don’t stop baby,"
she said

"I don’t wanna,"

He said between sucking

SONG:

On my way to see my friends
Who lived a couple blocks
Away from me (ow)
As I walked through the subway
It must have been
About quarter past three
In front of me stood
A beautiful honey with
A beautiful body (body)

She rubbed her bottom half-harder on his as his crotch area got more excited, hot bothered, and sweaty. He shoved his hand down her shorts and fingered her hard as he continued to suck on her nipples.

"That’s what you wanted, right? You wanted me to finger you,"
he said

"Yeah,"
she moaned

"You want it,"

"Really bad,"

She got off of him and she laid down on the backseat. Yeap it was in broad daylight in a crowded parking lot of a working community. They didn’t care! Lance unbuttoned his pants as she lay there wanting and waiting. He laid on top of her as he grind his bottom half on her. He went back to his specialty, nipple sucking.

SONG:

She asked me for the time
I said it'd cost her her name
A six-digit number and a date
With me tomorrow at nine

Did she decline?
No
Didn't she mind?
I don't think so
Was it for real?
Damn sure
What was the deal?
A pretty girl aged 24

Just then Mo gasped when she glanced over at the window. She shoved Lance off of her and covered herself. Lance looked over at the window and blushed. Chris had his face pressed up against the window. Joey stood next to him yelling, "Shame shame, we know your name!"

"Nice tities, Mo,"

Giggled Chris

"How long have they been there?"

Asked Mo

"When you laid down exposing your breasts,"

Winked Chris

"Oh my god!"
Gasped Mo

"I Know, I was thinking the same thing,"

Teased Chris

Lance and Mo got themselves together as Joey and Chris slapped five in delight they saw Mo’s breasts. Lance got out of the car and Chris sat next to Mo. Lance tried to get him away from her, but he was too strong.

"Damn it, it’s an oven in here,"

Said Chris waving the air around with his hands

"Go away, Chris,"

Shied Mo

"So, um tell me something,"

"Go away,"

"On a scale of one to ten……ten being really good and one being really bad……how is foreplay with our cowboy?"

Teased Chris

Chris pulled out a notepad he stole from Rome’s backpack. Lance’s T-shirt was croaked as he snapped on Chris. Joey snickered and tried to help lance straighten his shirt. Lance shoved Joey away.

"Just trying to help,"

Smiled Joey

"Get away from me Jo. Chris leave her alone,"

Scolded Lance

Mo stepped over Chris as he still badgered her with sex questions.

"So, when Lance gets naked is it a blinding sight as we all think it is?"
Asked Chris

"Wow, you guys are like two jungle bunnies,"

Nodded Joey

"This is so embarrassing’,"

Said Mo

"Oh, I bet,"
laughed Chris

"So, why is it, we are the ones who always catch you in these situations?"
Joked Joey

"Shut up, Jo,"

Grumbled Lance

"So, was it a thong this time, Mo?"

Asked Chris

Mo shoved Chris away as he laughed.

"Oh, Mo!"
Joey teased

"Shut up,"

Said Mo

"Fucking our Lancsten Queen, oh Mo!"
He continued to tease

"Ok, so you’re late for practice and now we know why,"

Laughed Chris

Lance took Mo by her hand and they walked inside.

SONG:

I met this girl on Monday
Took her for a drink on Tuesday
We were making love by Wednesday
And on Thursday
And Friday and Saturday

"Hey, wild Tex! You left your Honda civic unlock! You know your car is on the top five for the cars are most stolen?"

Yelled Chris

"So, should we jack his shit and say someone broke into his car?"

Asked Joey

Chris nodded, "Sure, let’s really ruin his day,"

"I’ll take his pull out radio,"

"Damn it, sure leave me with his country music tape collection,"

"Shit, he has nothing in this car worth taking,"

Said Joey sitting in it.

"Gimme the lighter thingy, I don’t have one in my car,"

Said Chris

Joey handed Chris the lighter.

SONG:

I met this girl on Monday
Took her for a drink on Tuesday
We were making love by Wednesday
And on Thursday
And Friday and Saturday

"That’s it! This car is so old and well, I don’t think a thief would take it,"

Said Joey

"That’s why he parked next to Louis’ Mercedes,"

Said Chris

"Let’s go play with Neva,"

"Cool,"

They walked back inside.

SONG:

Monday
Took her for a drink on Tuesday
We were making love by Wednesday
And on Thursday
And Friday and Saturday
We chilled on Sunday
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"So, the mid term exam will count for sixty percent of your grade,"

Said Prof Chuku

Of course he looked right at Sierra when he said that, like she had failed the test before it was issued. Sierra gave him a dirty look. Wade raised his hand, of course teacher’s pet.

‘Yes, Mr. Robson,"

Asked Chuku

"Will there be any extra credit?"

The class groaned and snarled at Wade. Wade sunk down in his desk. Jessica turned to him.

"Gosh, nerd make it a little harder for us,"

She said

"Sorry,"

Said Wade

"Well, there will not be any extra credits or make up exams, the exam will be twenty-five pages long and you must write the answers out. There will be no multiple choice. I suggest you students that have the potential of failing my class to get a tutor or study your…. Excuse my French…..Study your asses off,"
said Chuku

Class snarled again. Kai was out of the twenty students in class was passing it with flying colors. There were ten students that were actually passing, take a guess who one was……..Yeah you’re right, Wade Robson! Super Afropology student! Malakai was also passing, as it was his second major, Adrea as she was getting a ‘C’ on each test and didn’t know how she was doing it, and seven others. Sierra looked back at Kai all worried.

"Don’t worry, Boricua the test isn’t that hard,"

Said Kai

"Whatever,"

"I’m serious, kid,"

"I can’t pass it, Son,"

Mocked Sierra

"Well, I do have suggestion,"

"What’s that? Don’t get all smart and Chuku on me ok, talking about ‘Study Ms. Gonzalez’,"

Mocked Sierra

"Come to the tutoring department in the Afropology department in the Arts and Culture building,"

"I don’t need a tutor,"

Lied Sierra

She had too much pride to stoop that low. She turned around and Chuku’s ears must have been hearing.

"I would like to see the following students after class, Ms. Gonzalez,"

He started

Was that a surprise? No, she was his favorite target.

"Mr. Fossie, Ms. Jacobs, and Mr. ‘I don’t show up to most of the CLASSES’ Keith,"

Said Chuku

The class snickered as Mr. Keith better known as our friend D’Angelo sunk in his desk a shame. Wade looked over at D’Angelo and pointed, "Loser!"

The class laughed as D’Angelo told him to shut up. The class soon ended and us failing students waited for Chuku to cut our throats. He gathered his paper and placed it neatly in his briefcase.

"You are failing my class,"

He said plainly

"Well, see my mom’s-cousin’s-father’s-daughter was sick so that’s why I couldn’t attend your class,"

Said D’Angelo

"Mr. Keith, please spare me the sense of HUMOR,"

Said Mr. Chuku

"But, see,"

D’Angelo tried to explain another lie

Mr. Chuku glared at him and wasn’t impressed.

"I called you here to tell you …..There is a tutor departMENT in the Arts and Culture building that you fail to attend. I don’t know how you plan on passing my class if you do not increase your study skills. The room is 112, third floor, for you slow students of thought,"

He said

They said nothing, as his stares were more evil then anything.

"Attend the tutoring sessions, or I will have no problem failing you completely,"

He said

He closed up his briefcase and walked out. Sierra looked over at D’Angelo and said, "He’s such an asshole,"

"No kidding, Son,"

Said D’Angelo

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Ch 4 4of10

(chris)

‘No Me Pidas Mas’ By Ricky Martin

Sierra sat at her desk in her dorm room rubbing her face trying to prepare for this horrible mid term exam, even though It six weeks away. Everything depended on this test, she had been having trouble will her class, actually most of her classes. College wasn’t what she thought it was going to be. It was much harder. She sighed as she tossed her pen down on her textbook. She had no idea what to study or how to do it. Everytime she did study for her classes she either studied the wrong stuff or not enough. She missed Josh completely and she realized for the first time in her life she wasn’t college material. There was a knock on her door, so she walked over to answer it.

SONG:

LUEGO LA DANZA DEL AMOR
EL RITO ETERNO
QUEJAS Y CARICIAS
EL SUDOR, TU Y YO
Y TODO GIRA
YA NO ME HABLAS
YA NO ME MIRAS
PERO A MI ME LLEGA LA CALMA
Y A TI TE LLEGA LA VIDA

Adrea walked in and smiled, "Ricky Martin,"

"Yeah, my aunt in Puerto Rico just sent the CD to me. I went down to Musicland at the mall, and they didn’t have it,"

"So, you studying already for the midterm?"

"Well, yeah that fucking Chuku is going to be the death of me. Plus, I have like four other classes with the same demands. What the hell! I mean I don’t know if I can do this. You know how you are going back to Orlando for good?"

"Yeah,"

Said Adrea

‘I might be following you and not by choice the way things are going,"

Sierra sighed

"Well, at least you have hot Ricky Martin backing you up,"

She said looking at the CD cover

SONG:

NO ME PIDAS MAS
DEJAME SOÑAR UN RATO
NO ME PIDAS MAS
AUNQUE SE QUE SIGUES TEMBLANDO
NO ME PIDAS MAS
DEJAME GOZAR ESTE DESCANSO

"I so love this song, did you see his video on Telemundo yesterday?"

She asked

"Yeah, and I was so drooling over him,"

Said Sierra

"And he’s with her,"

"I know, Noelia slut,"

Sierra sat back at her desk and was so disappointed in herself.

"It’s not that bad,"

Said Adrea

"Adrea, no offence but, I cant drop out. My folks would kill me. Everyone except my brother has went to college and passed. I come from a family of doctors and lawyers. I have to amount to something,"

Sierra violently shoved all her books on the floor in frustrated, "I’M A FUCKING LOSER! I CANT FUCKING DO IT!"

Adrea tried to pick up Sierra’s stuff but she stopped her.

"No, just leave it! I don’t care anymore,"

Said sierra

Sierra started to cry, "I cant go home this Thanksgiving and face them. I just cant! I mean when I get home, and they see my report card…….Adrea, I’m going to be labeled a good for nothing loser,"

"No, you wont. You’re not a loser,"

"Adrea, please don’t bullshit this ok? I can’t fail, and look at me I am. My sister goes and follows my dad’s footsteps in criminal law, my brother’s in the Navy; my mom is a social worker. I cant go home and say ‘Well, I tried......it didn’t work out, sorry!’. When I say that they will disown me,"
she sobbed

"They aren’t going to disown you,"

"I wish I was you,"

Said Sierra

"Why?"

"I wish I grew up in the hood, my folks would of just been happy I was alive, graduated from high school, and tried college. If I dropped out it wouldn’t be a big deal,"

"Transfer to the community college like me,"

"You know what community college means to the Gonzalez family? Failure! Fail – ure,"

"You’re not a failure,"

"You don’t understand, Adrea……..I wanna drop out,"
said Sierra

"Why?"

"Because this fucking sucks! I’m tired of studying shit I don’t understand, cant pass; I don’t care to learn this shit! I just don’t wanna do this anymore. My boyfriend is in Orlando where I am suppose to be…….Here I am fucking hating this shit! We can’t cheer because the upper classmen mean more to the quad! I hate this school! I hate college,"

Snapped Sierra

"If it helps any…I have a secret to confess,"

"Adrea, I know you slept with Kai ok? I mean it’s written all over your faces,"

Sierra said wiping her tears away

"Well, that’s not what I was going to say and besides I only kissed him,"

Sierra gave her a look, "Please don’t lie about it, I mean I am in such a upset mood,"

"Anyway, my confession is……..I hate school too,"
said Adrea

Adrea had a smirk on her face as Sierra’s eyes widen.

"Really?"

Asked Sierra

Adrea nodded.

"Why?"

Asked Sierra

"I feel the same way you do,"

"You hate it?"

"Yes, it really sucks all this studying is pissing me off too and well, missing Neva plays a huge role,"

"So, you aren’t going to college in Orlando?"

"Well, I am going but, like part time. I want to be the full time mom and girlfriend. I want to keep my family together,"

Said Adrea

"I miss…..(Sniff, sniff)…I miss Joshua!"
Sierra burst into tears

Adrea hugged Sierra, "I know, I miss Neva a lot!"

They sat there crying over their problems.

SONG:

NO ME PIDAS MAS
DEJAME SOÑAR UN RATO
NO ME PIDAS MAS
AUNQUE SE QUE SIGUES TEMBLANDO
LUEGO VOLVERE
DEJAME GOZAR ESTE DESCANSO
CALLADOS

NO ME PIDAS MAS
======================

Lance and Mo walked into the dance studio and instantly Rome gave them the stare of death. Mo presistly showed up with Lance just to piss Rome off. Lance knew there might be anxiety with him and Rome. He didn’t care because he was with her now. Besides what was Rome furious at? He was with Aaliyah. Josh walked over to Rome as he knew what his problem was, as they had discussed it the night before over a cigarette. Joey, Justin, and I sat on the floor watching the whole thing. I had Neva between my legs trying to make her do stretches too. She kept falling over on the side; she would let out a frustrated whine.

"Chris, can you not do that to her,"
laughed Justin

I picked her up and said, "She did it herself, besides Joey whine when he stretches like her,"

"Hey, I hold in my whining for your information,"

Said Joey

"Man, Justin you missed it, I mean lance and Mo were going at it,"

I giggled

"It was hot in that car the windows started to fog up,"

Said Joey

"Actually I think it was foggy up because Lance farted or something,"
I teased

Justin laughed, "Well, how did you guys get in here before them?"

I looked at Neva and she was drooling on my arm, "She’s leaking, Ju,"

I used Justin’s sweater to wipe the drool off; he quickly snatched it away.

"What its baby drool, no harm done,"
I laughed

"Man, Lance and Mo must have stopped by the bathroom and finished their jiggy before getting in here. I mean look at her hair. It’s all muffed up,"
said Joey

We looked over and laughed. Neva let out a loud burp.

"Oh! She’s just like you! Loud, but she’s cute when she does it,"

I said

"I’m cute,"

Said Justin

"I’m sorry I don’t judge guys,"
I said giving Justin a look

"You know what I mean,"

"Actually I don’t,"

I put Neva on her stomach and then laid down next her, I mock her frustrated moment of confusion. She couldn’t crawl yet so she just laid there look down at the floor with her arms out.

"This is fun, Neva,"
I said

"Chris, you are crazy aren’t you?"
Asked Joey

"Don’t worry, I have my supply of Prozac, hey this laying on my stomach is real good for strengthening your abdominal muscles,"
I teased

Neva started to fuss and carry on, so I picked her up.

"I might have to steal her heart, Justin,"

I said

"No, you can’t, but you can baby sit once and awhile,"

Said Justin

"Sounds good,"

I nodded

"I mean look at her hair, they had to have gotten busy in the bathroom,"

Said Joey

We looked over and it was confirmed Monique’s hair was out there bad as she tried to comb it. Rome knew she had gotten busy too because that’s what happened to her hair when they use to do it. Lance stood there all confident when I suddenly had a burst out of laughter.

"What?"

Smiled Joey

I laughed so hard and pointed, "Lancsten queen’s……(laughing)…..His …zipper’s open!"

Justin and Joey looked over and fell out laughing, as it was true. Lance grew bright red and quickly zipped himself up. This outraged Rome, as you swear the top of his head shot off thirty thousands feet in the air.

"Lance, you left the barn door open!"
I laughed

Neva of course smiled when people showed they were pleased about things. When you smiled or laughed she mocked you. We really laughed when she started giggling.

"Even Neva thinks it funny!"
I joked

Josh started to laugh, as even Rome who was pissed couldn’t help but to crack a small smile. Lance stood there all embarrassed.

"Ok, it’s over! Now stop laughing!""

Snapped Lance

"Oh, oh, my stomach!"
I laughed

I handed Neva over to Joey as I laid on the floor holding my stomach in laughter.

After the embarrassment……..

Rome, who couldn’t stand watching Lance and Mo giggling together before practice, he dragged her out in the hallway to talk.

==========================

Wade and Bilal sat in Jessica’s apartment, studying. Jessica made sandwiches for snacks. Too bad Joey wasn’t there; he would be in heaven with his favorite food.

"So, you going to tell her, Yo?"

Asked Wade

"She is so upset about Joey and Kelly, I don’t know,’
said Bilal

"Tell her,"

"Funny how you trying to give me advice and you can’t follow your heart,"

"I don’t like her stuck up ass,"

Grumbled Wade

"You wanna fuck Sierra’s ass,"

"No, I don’t,"

"Oh, you foo!"

"Man, whatever. This isn’t about me right now. This about how you need to tell her (motioning over to Jessica) how you feel,"

"Shhh,"

Said Bilal

"Tell her,"

Jessica stood there with her hands on her hips, "Sure talk about me like I’m not here why don’t yah,"

Bilal and Wade who were sitting at the kitchen table looked over at her.

"We just talking among ourselves,"
said Bilal

"Well, what you said about Sierra is true,"
said Jessica

"I don’t like her,’
snapped Wade

"Ok, already! Gees, calm down,"

Said Jessica

"I’m tired of y’all accusing me of liking her,"

Said Wade

"You do!"
Said Jessica and Bilal

"No,"

Sighed Wade

Wade started flipping through his textbook pages quickly.

"Now, we know you cant read that fast,’
said Jessica

"Nigga so pissed off he’s taking out on the poor helpless book,"

Said Bilal

"Tell her, Bilal,"

Said Wade

"Tell who what?"

Asked Jessica

Bilal was pissed how Wade just turned this back on him.

"Well?"

Asked Jessica

"Well, um,"

Said Bilal

Just then Steve walked in all proud.

"It’s been done, jessi,"

Said Steve

"What has?"

"I have control, it’s not like I never didn’t had it, but still,"

"Meaning what?"

Asked Jessica

"Jess, control over Kelly. I fucked her,"

He smiled

Jessica dropped her sandwiches she was holding on a plate on the floor. If Joey were there he would be crying about the sandwich suicide incident.

"You slept with that cunt?"

Asked Jessica

"Why she gotta be a cunt?"

Giggled Wade

"Because, Waders she’s a fucking ass blonde cunt,"

Said Jessica

"Well, now you know,"
joked Bilal

"I see,"

Said Wade

"I’ve been fucking her,"

Said Steve all plain

Steve walked over to the sofa and sat. She walked over still holding the plate that once held the yummy sandwiches. Wade shrugged and picked up one of the sandwiches off the floor and ate it.

‘That’s disgusting, yo,"

Said Bilal

"I go by the five second rule,"
said Wade

"And what’s that rule?"

"Dirty don’t hurt, quick you have seconds to pick it up,"

"That’s stupid, man,"

"Well, at least the sandwich is good,"

Said Wade chewing

Bilal got hungry just looking at Wade eating and shrugged as he picked a sandwich up.

"No, kidding….hmmmmm,"

Said Bilal eating.

"Told yah,"

Winked Wade

"You fucked her?"

Snapped Jessica

"Been fucking,"

Smiled Steve

She suddenly hit him over the head with the plate.

"Damn!"

Gasped Wade

"Double damn, damn,"

Said Bilal

==================

"So, what are you doing?"

Asked Rome

"What do you mean?"

Asked MO

"Don’t play that shit with me"

"I do not know what you are talking about,"

"Monique?"

"Jerome?"

"You’re hair,"

He said

"Oh, thanks is it still sticking up? I don’t know what happened to it,"

She giggled

"Ain’t that a bitch?"

"What is?"

"So you doing this to hurt me?"

Asked Rome

"Me? Doing what?"

"Gees, you gotta go there,"

"I do not know what you are talking about,"

Said Mo combing her hair

"So, are you fucking him?"

Asked Rome

Rome stood there pissed off as he crossed his arms waiting for an answer. She laughed about how he just came out and asked.

"I can’t believe you asked me that, damn,"
she laughed

"Are you?"
Asked Rome

"Why?"

"Because I wanna know,"

"That’s none of your business,"

"It’s not?"

He grumbled

"No, do I ask you if you are fucking Aaliyah? Nope! I really could careless,"

"Why you with that punk?"

"Because I like him and he’s not a punk,"

She said

"He’s a punk ass farmer Fred,"

"Jealous,"

"Jealous? Of what? Because I don’t own a tractor?"
Laughed Rome

"For your information he sold it last fall,"

"He’s such a loser,"

"You’re the loser,"

She accused

He stopped laughing and pointed, ‘That was uncalled for,"

"Well, so was you calling Lance a loser. He’s not a loser,"

"Yes, he is. You know he is,"

He winked

"Don’t wink at me,"

"I can wink at you or who ever I want to….see (starts winking both eyes),"

"You look like an idiot when you do that,"

He stopped winking, "That’s uncalled for,"

Just then Josh came out, "Um, I don’t mean to interrupt, but the dance guy wants to start,"

"Ain’t Lance a loser?"

Asked Rome

Josh stood there and knew he didn’t want to get involved. He shrugged, "I do not know,"

"I mean you know him, so you know if he is,"

Explained Rome

"Don’t listen to him Josh. Tell him that Lance is a wonderful person,"

Said Mo

"I have to get back in the studio, excuse me,"

Said Josh

Josh quickly walked back in to avoid being sucked into the bickering contest. Lance walked pass the door trying to be nosy. Rome snapped, "What you looking at, Buster!"

Mo snapped, "don’t call him a buster,"

"Buster!"

"Stop it!"

"Fucking buster!"

Just then I ran out looking around, "Busta’s here?"

Rome and Mo looked at me strangely.

"You said Busta,"

I said

"We said Buster,’

Said Rome

"Oh, don’t get me all excited like that,"
I said

I walked back in as Lance stood by the door. Rome did wade’s famous "Pssh!"

"What does that mean?"

Asked Lance

"I don’t know, but my friend Wade does it went he tries to show people when they piss him off that he ain’t worried about it,"

Said Rome

"That’s so stupid,"

Said Mo

"Shut up!"
Snapped Rome

"You, damn it!"
Snapped Mo

"Why you here? You here to piss me off! Because I don’t care about you dating Farmer Fred over here!"
Pointed Rome

"Actually I have a friend named Farmer Fred back in Clinton, he owned a chicken farm,"

Said Lance

They gave lance a look as Rome pointed, "See he’s a buster,"

"If Busta aint there…..Don’t say his name, man!"
I yelled from the dance hall.

"Who’s Buster?"

Asked Lance

"You!"
Snapped Rome

"I’m Lance…..James Lance Bass,"
explained Lance

"Just……Just go back inside and dance! Dance your ass off! I’m trying to snap on Mo!"
Said Rome all frustrated

"Are you going to be ok, Mo?"

Asked Lance

"She’s fine!"
Snapped Rome

"And……she’s……mine!"
I sang loudly trying to be funny as we all listened to their conversation from the open door of the studio.

"Chris, shut up!"
Scolded Rome

"Sor – ry,"

I sang

"oh - ye - ah,"

Joey was mocking the singing.

"Stop singing!"
Snapped Rome

"Sorry,"

Said me and Jo

Lance slowly walked back into the studio.

"Why you here, Mo?"

Asked Rome

"Because I am here to support my man,"
said Mo

"Farmer Fred,"
said Rome

"It’s John Lance Bass,"

Said Mo

"It’s actually James Lance Bass,"

Corrected Lance sticking his head out at us.

"See, you don’t even know his name,"

Said Rome

"He goes by Lance, duh,"

Said Mo

"Can you leave?"

Asked Rome

"No,"

Protested Mo

Rome started to shove her out of the studio as she fought back, "Sorry closed set! Thanks for coming! The tour is over, Monqiue…adios!"

"You fucker! I should break your other arm!"

She snapped

When he got her out the door he smiled and slammed the door in her face.

He walked over and saw Lance’s upset face.

"It’s a closed set! Time for practice,"

Said Rome

"That was cruel,"

"Yeah, don’t like you right now, too lance,"

"You didn’t have to do that,"

Said Lance

"Let’s practice and because I’m in charge ……..Drop it and get inside the studio,"

Demanded Rome

Lance stormed back in and didn’t speak to Rome the rest of the day.

=================

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"Are you fucking crazy!"

I snapped

"Fucking Jessica!"
Snapped Steve

"That’s right, I’m your worst nightmare!"
I snapped

"Well, damn the Mafia Princess has snapped,"

Said Bilal

"Right on Steve’s head in fact,"
said Wade

"She’s a fucking slut! You’re a slut!"
Snapped Jessica

Steve blocked his head from anymore plate swinging action.

"Put the fucking plate down, Jessi!"
Snapped Steve

She threw the plate on the floor and it shattered into a million pieces.

"And now, you can explain to my mom! My fucking mom, Steve why I broke the new China plates on the fucking ass floor! Because you cant keep your damn zipper shut!"
She snapped

"You fucking broke the plate not me!"

"You are a bastard! A fucking ass prick bustard!"

"For your-ah information, Darling! My father-ah married my mom! RIP Mom! RIP! So, you calling me a fucking bustard…is all wrong!"
He snapped

Bilal pulled out his dictionary and looked up the word bustard. He nodded, "Yeap bustard means ‘An illegitimate Child,"

"I hate yah! I hate you and her!"
Snapped Jessica

"You can’t hate me!"
Snapped Steve

"Why!!!"

"Because I’m your cousin, that’s why!!!"

"Well, that gives me a real reason to fucking hate yah!"
Snapped Jessica

"Now, wait……..The third definition means ‘A disagreeable person’,"

Said Bilal

"So, Steve is a bustard then?"
Asked Wade

"Well, yeah according to Webster’s II, New Riverside Dictionary,"

Said Bilal

Jessica started to chase Steve around with a frying pan she grabbed from the kitchen.

"I’m going to bash your head in like my father taught me how!"
She screamed

"We didn’t know, I didn’t know she was with Joey in the beginning,"

Said Steve

"Don’t gimme that shit!"
She screamed

"She was having problems with Joey! She didn’t know if she was going to St. Louis or not! When we found out who we were according to Joey’s relation, well we kept it to ourselves,"

"By still sleeping together,"
she snapped

"I don’t know about you, Wade but this is way better then studying,"
said Bilal pointing at the running Fatones

"I know, I have the Sociology exam tomorrow and I rather watch Jezza bash his head in,"

Said Wade

"How long??"

Snapped Jessica

Steve stood on one side of the sofa as Jessica stood on the other side pointing the frying pan at him.

"Not long, maybe a couple of weeks, months,"

Shrugged Steve

"After you knew ……she knew……Joey was still going out with her?"

"Well, yeah but don’t worry it was just sex,"

She started chasing him around again, "I’m going to fucking kill you! How can you do this to your fucking brother! My fucking ass Joey?! Why!"

"You know, Jessica with that frying pan looks kind of like Martha Stewart after she snapped over a burned pot roast!"
Joked Bilal

"Hey, Jess don’t kill Steve, huh?"

Asked Wade

"You stay out of it, Wade! You can’t even get the guts up to talk to Sierra, yet give me advice!"
Jessica pointed the frying pan at Wade

"This hasn’t nothing to do with me, Kid! Plus, I don’t like her!"
Snapped Wade

"Wait, you can’t talk to Sierra? Hot ass Sierra?"

Asked Steve

Jessica pointed the pan at Steve; "You stay away from Sierra! She’s taken! She’s already promised to Wade!"

"I don’t like her!"
Screamed Wade

"Yes you do!!!!"
Jessica screamed back

"Gosh, it’s loud in here!"
Said Bilal as he covers his ears.

"Look, Jess Kelly to me, is just a fuck ok? What Joey doesn’t know wont hurt him,"

Explained Steve

"The bitch is going down, this is after I bury you alive,"

Said Jessica

"Why are you mad?"

"Why am I mad? Why am I mad?"

"Well, yeah,"

Shrugged Steve

She started to chase him again, ‘Because you are fucking over my fucking Joey! You dumb fuck! You and the bitch must die! A horrible death!"

"So, you think this is a bad time to tell Jessica I really like her?"

Asked Bilal

"I think so,"

Nodded Wade

"You’re fucking dead! You’re fucking ass dead, Steve!"
Screamed Jessica still chasing him.

==================

Joey, here! How’s the story going so far? Well, good! Here’s some more!

******

After dance practice, the guys and me walked out of the studio to go to the charity event at convention center in downtown Orlando. Rome and JC walked out together.

"So, have you been writing any music for your new CD?"

Asked Josh

"Well, I haven’t had time to even think about that. I’m going to Baltimore tonight to meet up with Pac’s mom,"

"For what?"

"He has some Will made up and he has a lot of junks so she wants me to help her go through it,"

Said Rome

"Oh, that’s cool,"

"So, what did you have in mind?"

"Why do I have to have something in mind?"
Smiled Josh

"I can see the little light bulb going on over your head,"

"Ok, well I was writing this song and well, it’s about…. (Rubbing chin and blushing)…. I wrote it last night and it’s about wanting a girl to ride you…..it’s called ‘Pony’,"

"Thinking dirty about Sierra again?"

Teased Rome

"Of course,"

Laughed Josh

"Why can’t y’all sing?"

"It’s not our type of music, we got that good boy image. I thought it would be good for you though, you like that dirty music,"

"Oh, thanks,"

laughed Rome

"Really think about the song, I thought it would be good for you,"

"Hmm, I’ll look at it but, you should put it on your cd,"

"We can’t put my songs in the CDs and stuff,"

"Why?"

"RCA said they don’t do that,"

Rome stopped walking with an odd look on his face.

"What?"

Asked Josh

"Wait, RCA said you can’t post your own songs?"

"Well, yeah they said it’s under contract and well, singers don’t really write their own music,"

"Well, you can write it and it’s true some song writers write some, but the artists have a right to say what stays and goes,"

Josh stood there confused, "Well, they told us they would handle everything,"

"Um, how much do you bring home as a paycheck?"

"Why?"

"You’re number four on the top 100 and you have to be packing huge bank a couple G’s at least,more if you write the songs yourself,"
said Rome

I walked over as I listened, "Two thousand,"

Rome stepped back and laughed, "You’re kidding? Every two weeks only?"

"Well, yeah,"

Said Josh

"Yeah,"
I said

"Woooo, they got y’all good, damn!"

"What does that suppose to mean?"

Asked Josh

"I hate to say this, but you’re their puppets,"

Said Rome

Rome patted Josh on his shoulder and gave him a smirk

"How much do you bring home?"

I asked

"When my CD made it to number three, my paycheck was 100,000.00 the first week,"

Said Rome

Justin who heard the whole thing loading Neva in the car ran over. Neva giggled as he ran so fast and she thought it was a new game they were playing. He handled Neva over to Josh her favorite person. Her first reaction as usual was to grab his nose.

"Poo-poo,"
she cooed

"No, it’s called a nose,"
smiled Josh

"Poo-poo,"
squealed Neva

Justin nudged Josh, "Man, I think she just pooped in her pants,"

Josh tried to hand her back to Justin.

"Don’t worry, she has a diaper on, it’s not going anywhere,"

Said Justin

"I don’t want her,"

Said Josh

"Just hold her for a minute. Rome you said what? You brought home what?"

Asked Justin

"10,000.00,"

Said Rome

Louis walked out with Johnny. Justin, Josh, and I ran over to them talking all at once.

"Slow down,"
ordered Louis

"We are getting ripped off!"
Snapped Josh

Neva cooed, "Poo-poo,"

"This is some bull shit!"
I snapped

"Poo-poo……..hee-hee,"

Cooed Neva

"Wait, what is going on?"

Asked Louis

"RCA! You know don’t you! Rome is making hundred G’s and we are making peanuts from elephants!"
I snapped

"Joey, you guys are getting what you deserve. The contract states the 100,000.00 per person when your cd hits the top ten,"

Said Johnny

"Where is it?"
I asked

Josh handed Louis Neva so he could dig for his check stab. Louis could smell Neva’s soiled diaper as she drooled on him.

"Justin, your daughter needs her diaper changed,"
said Louis

"Oh, I know,"

Said Justin

"Well?"

"Well, just a second,"

Josh handed Louis the paycheck stab. Louis gave Johnny a look.

"Ok, what does that look mean?"

Asked Josh

"Um, can I keep this stab or do you need it?"

Asked Louis

"What’s going on,"
I snapped

"Joey, calm down,"
ordered Johnny

"We are getting ripped,"
snapped Justin

Chris walked over unknown what is going on.

"Um, Josh?"

Asked Chris

"Just a second, Chrissy,"
said Josh

"Well, you have a visitor by your car and she….,"

"Just a second, ok?"

Asked Josh

Chris crossed his arms and waited.

"This isn’t right,"
said Johnny looking over Louis shoulder at the stab.

"See! See! We are getting ripped!"
I snapped

"What’s going on?"
Asked Chris

"RCA is ripping us off!"
Snapped Justin

"Now, let’s not jump to conclusion, I mean obviously this is a misprint,"

Said Louis

Rome started to walk to his car when he saw a Chinese girl leaning up against Josh’s car. She smiled at him and he returned her greeting.

"Hi, um you a fan? Fans aren’t suppose to be standing in the parking lot. You can get fined and get kicked out of here,’

Said Rome

Rome could hear a car coming down the parking lot and moved out of the way. He realized it was Mo and Lance in a car together. Rome gave Mo a look as they drove pass and she gave him the finger. She then yelled out of the window "Bye, J-Shit!"

"It’s J-Shin!"
Gasped Rome

They pulled out of the parking lot, as Lance didn’t get a chance to hear all the bickering over getting ripped off by RCA.

"So, you know them?"

Asked the girl

Rome returned his attention to the girl waiting for Josh.

"Yeah, close fucking friends,’
sighed Rome at Lance’s car pull away

"So, is Josh going to be long?"

Asked the girl

"Well, like I said you aren’t suppose to be waiting here for him,"

"Oh, I’m not a fan I’m the make up artist of Nsync,"

"Oh,"

She pulled out her identification showing the proof of her job.

"Vicky,"

Said Rome

"Sable I rather be called,"
said Sable

"Oh, so you and Josh are friends?"

"Yeah,"

She winked

"Well, you know he got a girl right?"

"Yeah, but Josh and I are pretty close,"
she lied

"So, is Sierra and Josh,"

Smiled Rome

She frowned at his comment.

"Well, I’m waiting for him. We have a lunch appointment before they go to the charity event,"

Said Sable

"Well, that’s if he has time,"

Said Rome

She frowned at him again.

=====================

"Look, calm down!"

Said Louis

Neva started to suck on Louis’ necklace and she then choked on it. Justin sighed a pulled the necklace out of her mouth.

"Remember Neva dad’s stressed and I will be even more stressed if you choked to death,"

Said Justin

"Poo-poo,"

She cooed

"I wish your first word was daddy or mommy,"
he said

"It’s a mistake you said?"

Asked Josh

"It has to be, that’s not what the contract said,"
said Johnny

"So, what happens now?"

I asked

"I’ll call RCA and see what is going on,"
said Louis

"Good,"

Nodded Josh

We started to go to the event as Chris finally got to tell Josh about his visitor.

"Sable’s here,"

He battered his eyes.

"She is? Why?"

Asked Josh

"Lunch?"

"Oh, shit I forgot,"

Josh started to rush over to her when Chris stopped him.

"So, did Sierra get replaced?"

Asked Chris

"No, don’t be silly, Sable and I are just friends,"

Said Josh

Chris nodded and walked to his car, as I stood there suspicious.

"What, Jo?"

Asked Josh

"I know you are missing Si, but seeing another girl?"

I asked

"I’m not seeing Sable. She’s just a friend,"

I nodded and winked, "Good,"

Rome was still talking to Sable and he also gave Josh a look when he walked over.

"So, that song? When do you want to look it over?"

Asked Josh

"I’m free tonight,"

Said Rome

"We’ll talk then,"

I hitched a ride with Chris as we pulled up next to them. Chris and I had a smirk on our faces. Josh gave us the evil eye.

"See yah,"
I teased

"Yeah,"

Grumbled Josh

"How’s it going, ole’ Sable girl?"

Winked Chris

"Fine,"

She smiled

"Oh, J remember to call Sierra later ok?"
I joked

Josh gave me another look. We pulled away as Rome walked over to his car. Josh stood there looking at Sable all embarrassed.

"So, this Sierra girl looks like she has affect on everyone around here huh?"

Asked Sable

"Well, we are all very close friends"

"So, Sierra and you are just friends?"

"No, she’s my girl, remember I told you that,"

He said

There was a long silence, as Sable felt threatened by Sierra’s impact on their situation.

"She’s been here for me, from the beginning,"
he explained

"You don’t have to explain,"

"Well, we can be friends right?"

Her heart broke in two, as men always liked to use that speech. She didn’t want to him to know she was worried about her.

"Yeah, sure,"

She nodded

"Look, I know we had this luncheon but, the practice went over a little too long and well,"

He explained

Just then Justin drove pass almost crashing, as he couldn’t believe Josh was talking to another girl.

"Gosh, Justin can’t drive!"
Said Sable

"He drives like my mom! An accident waiting to happen,"
joked Josh

Justin pulled out of the parking lot still looking over.

"What’s going on Neva, huh? Is Josh having second thoughts about Sierra?"
Asked Justin in the car.

Neva sighed as her pacifier fell out of her mouth. She started to yap.

"Don’t start Neva! I told you about opening your mouth,"
he joked

Meanwhile, back at the Josh and Sable thingy……

"I’m running late,"

Said Josh

"I see,"
said Sable

"We’ll try some other time,"

"Sure. I have to go to the event too, you know the makeup artist is never finished with her work,"

Smiled Sable

"Ok, see yah there,"

He said

She walked over to her car giving him a flirtatious look. He blushed

=========================

Kelly walked into the dorm and found Adrea and Sierra sitting on the floor playing scrabble.

"Um, I thought you were going to study?"

Asked Kelly

"We are in a way,"

Said sierra putting a word together with her wooden squares.

"Hurry up! I have a word already lined up,"

Said Adrea

Sierra put the word down and Adrea gave her a look.

"Assata?"

Asked Adrea

"Means ‘She who struggles’ in African,"

Said Sierra

"That’s not a word! You made it up!"

Snapped Adrea

"I did not!"
Gasped Sierra

"Yes, you did!"
Said Adrea with a high pitch voice

"Um, can you keep it down, I’m trying to study,"

Asked Kelly

Sierra pulled up her black history textbook and tried to find the word as Adrea sat pouting.

"Who’s this Spanish guy singing on your stereo?"

Asked Kelly

"Ricky martin!"
Screamed Sierra and Adrea together.

Kelly sat backed up in her chair as they said it so loud and firm.

"Sorry I asked,"

Said Kelly

"He’s the hot ‘General Hospital’ guy!"
Squealed Adrea

"My Aunt sent the CD from Puerto Rico! Ricky’s so fine! He has his hair all long and shit,"

Smiled Sierra

"He’s hot, and well, really fine,"
said Kelly

"Assasta! Assata Shakur!"
Said Sierra

Sierra showed Adrea the African name ‘Assata’ in her textbook.

"Fine, use it!"
Said Adrea

"Thanks!"
Smiled Sierra

Kelly looked at her calendar on her desk and sighed. She turned to her friends who were having a field day with the game.

"Si, when is your period coming again?"

Asked Kelly

"I’m on it right now,"

Said Sierra

Kelly nodded and turned back to the calendar and realized she was two days late. It’s happened before and she was so stressed this time with seeing Joey, fighting with Jessica, and well, the classes were driving her crazy. She blew it off and went back to studying.

Sierra sighed at Adrea, "That’s not a word, Addy. Stop making up shit because you are loosing this game,"

" ‘Pssh’ is a word,"

"No, it’s not!"

Snapped Sierra

"Wade uses all the time! It means ‘Bitch please!’"

Said Adrea as she put her hand in Sierra’s face

"Can you not bring his ugly ass into this game?"

Asked Sierra

"Pssh!"
Teased Adrea

"Shut up!"

Snapped Sierra

"Pssh, again!"

"Shush!"

"Pssh!"

Kelly laughed as Sierra took her pillow and hit Adrea in the head.

"Pssh, that you bitch!"
Laughed Sierra

"Fucking Boricua,"

Said Adrea

"Spick!"

Joked Sierra

"At least I ain’t all mixed up like you…….What am I Black or am I Spanish…or is it half and half!"

Mocked Adrea

"Shut up,"

Sighed Sierra

"Pssh!"
Said Adrea

Sierra hit Adrea in the head again with the pillow.

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6 of 10

(Kelly)

Many of you don’t like me but I don’t care. 2^nd of all, you don’t know the full story, if only you could walk a mile in my shoes. Here’s my post…….

"Just cant believe you fucked her!"
Snapped Jessica

"Well, I did, so what,"

Said Steve

Jessica was tired of chasing Steve around; by the way I still say I don’t see what the problem is. This is Steve’s fault I mean he told her and he didn’t have to. Now, let’s hope Jessica doesn’t turn into the bitch she is and tell Joey all these lies. She doesn’t know the whole story and I’m tired of that bitch in my business!

Jessica sat with Wade and Bilal as Steve stood by the table looking at her.

"Look, it’s not a big deal,"
he said

"It’s not a big deal?!"
She snapped

"Well, I mean she was willing and able,"

"Because she’s a slut! You’re a fucking SLUT!"

(See why I hate her? She called me a slut for no apparent reason)

"Look, who’s talking,"

Snapped Steve

(That’s right tell her Steve!)

"You take that back! I might screw a lot but, I don’t fuck my family’s boyfriends or husbands behind their back!"

Snapped Jessica

"Well, I fucked her for you"

Said Steve

Wade and Bilal sat there speechless listening to this verbal tennis match between cousins.

"You fucked her for me? I don’t fuck bitches! That’s Angie! Angie the gay ass!"

Snapped Jessica

"No, Jess so we could blackmail Kelly,"
said Steve

"If you wanted to do me a favor you should have killed her,"

"What would we tell Joey?"
Joked Steve

"Fuck you, Steve ok? Fu – ck You!"

Jessica gave him the finger and rolled her eyes.

"I have this control over her, Jess.That’s all I am saying, that girl loves me,"

Gloated Steve

"Damn, Steve you’re that good huh?"

Asked Bilal

"I’m the master of deception,"

"You’re the master of dumbasses,"

Said Jessica

Wade laughed at her comment.

"Jess, Kelly is playing into our game,"

Said Steve

"I’ll just do it my way………beat the bitch down,"

Said Jessica

"Fine, I really don’t give a shit. I tried to help you out, but you don’t want to listen,"

"That’s right, you dick,"

Steve grabbed himself, "Eat it,"

"Fuck you!"
Snapped Jessica

"No, fuck you!"

"Fuck you!"
Snapped Jessica

Steve did the famous Fatone point, "No, fuck you,"

She gave him the finger. He went and sat on the couch and the phone rang.

"Hello?"

He answered

"Steve?"

"Tara? Hey, babe!"
He smiled

"Hey, how are you?"

"Fine, how’s things with you?"

"Well, kind of bad I need to talk to you,"

Said Tara

"About what, babe?"

"About me being with you,"

She said

He sat there speechless as was she indicating a real relationship possibility?

"He’s such a poser, now he’s trying to fake the funk with some other girl on the phone,"

Said Jessica

Steve gave Jessica the finger.

"No, fuck you,"
she said

"No, fuck you Jess,"

Said Steve

She gave him the finger back.

"What’s going on, Tar?"

He asked

"Well, I saw Jasmine again, and well (starting to cry)……my aunt came and she threatened me,"

"Wait, that fucking bitch threatened you? Don’t worry I have connections I can place a hit out on her,"

Said Steve

"No, see they have this restraining order against me! And this fucking job! I hate it,"

Sobbed Tara

"Look, I will come out to see yah and we can talk about things ok?"

Asked Steve

"Sounds good, sounds really good,"
she sobbed

He hung up with her.

=======================

Tara hung up and walked back into the set of the new porn called ‘Sex Angels’. She was due to meet her leading porn man. She wiped her tears and got herself together. Her eyes were still glassy and red but she need this job to pay her rent. She looked at the once locket that she gave to Jasmine and placed it back around her neck. She felt like it was her only link to her daughter. Jasmine once kept close to her heart and now Tara had it close to hers. It represented her daughter, her good luck charm. She still couldn’t believe she would never see her again. She walked into the director’s office and gasped at who her leading man was. The blonde/blue eyed/nice looking guy stood up and almost fell over.

"Tara?"
He gasped

"Frederick?"

She gasped back

"Well, it’s not Frederick anymore……it’s Jeremy…..Jeremy Jordan,"

He said

(Yes, the hot singer/actor guy ---- ‘Right Kind of Love’ guy)

"You look so different. Where’s your brown hair and eyes? You got……muscles,"

Said Tara

"Dyed my hair, blue contacts and I work out a lot,"

He said

She then remembered what he did to her. She gave him a dirty look.

"So, how’s fucking life?"
She snapped

"Look, let me explain,"
he said

"No, don’t fucking explain! There’s no excuse! You left me alone, pregnant and I was scared! You and your family run off on me! Left me to deal with the pregnancy!"
She snapped

"Sorry!"

"That’s all you can say? You’re fucking sorry?"

"Wow, this would make a great story line…you can get angry, then get so turned on …..You rip your clothes off…..and just fuck your hearts out,"

Said the director

"Tara, I just….my folks…..Made me,"

He said

"No excuses! I got pregnant and I couldn’t walk away! It was so hard and I was lost!"
Said Tara

"My folks were so disappointed in me and they made me move away with them! I didn’t want to go,"

He explained.

"Well, now my day is complete,"

She snapped

"I’m so sorry,"

"And you didn’t bother to find me now? Or our daughter,"

"It’s a she?"
He said

Jeremy aka Frederick sat there in shock.

"I always wondered,"

Said Jeremy

"Well, yeah and my folks made me give her up to my aunt and uncle. They won’t let me see her,"

Said Tara

Tara bit her bottom lip holding in her pain. She then turned and ran out. Jeremy ran after her. The director was impressed with his started so-called next movie script.

"They fight and then fuck. I can’t wait to start on this new porn movie, we will just write the daughter thing out…. We’ll say they shared a dog,"

Said the director to himself.

"Tara wait!"
Yelled Jeremy

Tara who was half way down the hall turned and slapped the shit out him. He held his face and was speechless.

"I’ve been wanting to do that for six years,"

Said Tara

She then walked out.

=======================

A few days went by and Joshua didn’t call Sierra. Joey had called me, which in flamed Her.

"Why isn’t he calling?"

Asked Sierra

"Joey said they are so busy with projects and stuff,"

I said

"Yeah, I keep forgetting. I promise to remain calm, but I can’t say it doesn’t bother me that he hasn’t called. Actually I am really pissed off,"

"Well, call him,"

"I ain’t calling him,"

Pouted Sierra

"Well, it takes two,"
I said

We sat in the student union and eating as we studied. Sierra sat there unable to study because she was so worked up Josh hadn’t called her. It was the first time that I didn’t see them all over each other. I hate to say it but it was about time that it wasn’t about just them. Call me a bitch or jealous but that’s how I felt.

"Well, this career means a lot to them, Si,"
I said

I stirred my soup around with my spoon.

"Well, I know that. I am happy this career is top priorty, but I’m a part of his life too,"

Said sierra

"We have to take the back seat now,"

"I always sit in the front, Kell,"

"Not no more, did you see them on the ‘Today Show’ with cute Matt Lauer this morning?"

"No, I was at my Sociology class,"

Sighed Sierra

"Did you pass the test in that class,"

Sierra shrugged her shoulders and wrinkled up her nose, indicating she really didn’t care if she did or not.

"You studied all week for it,"
I said

"I don’t understand the course, it sucks!"

"Well, did you read the chapters?"

"Professor Whippy,"
started Sierra

"Professor Whipple,"
I corrected

"Well, I know her name reminds me of whip cream for a reason, anyway, she’s so fucking stuck up,"

"Why is she stuck up?"

"Well, she acts like she some expert know it all,"

"Sierra, she is that’s why she’s in charge of that department. I am taking the same course and I’m passing it,"

"Well, good for you,"
she pouted

"You need to stop focusing on if Josh is going to call or not and more on school,"

"I love him, Kelly,"
She grumbled

"I know, but he has a life too,"

"I am part of it,"

"So is school part of you!"

"School sucks,"

"And if you keep slacking off schools going to think you suck too,"

I said

Sierra sighed and pointed at her textbooks, "I don’t understand one course I am taking. I thought I understood Black History, but according to Chuku I don’t know jack shit. The only course that is worth my time is English 202,"

"Because you can write?"

Sierra nodded.

"Well, what’s your grades in the other courses?"

"Well, I went down to the academic department like you said and (starts to laugh)…..The only courses I am passing is ……..Black history with a ‘ D–‘ and English 202 with a ‘B’, and English Lit ‘A’….well, Sociology big fat ‘F’,"

"That’s not funny Sierra,"
I said

Sierra shrugged, "I don’t care,"

"You’re a liar the minute the scholarship department finds out well, you will be out on your ass. Let’s, not forget Daddy? He will have you tied up, and tarred,"

Sierra stopped laughing as the last part of her Dad having her ass in a sling scared her.

"I can’t do this,"
said Sierra

"Do what?"

"All my courses are too hard,"

"Well, you said if you can pass your black history and your sociology class you can pass,"

"They’re too hard, Kelly,"
snapped Sierra

"Go to the tutoring department like Chuku said, Sierra,"
I scolded

"Why isn’t Josh calling me,"
she whined

I sighed, as I was so tired of hearing the whining about fucking ass Joshua!

"He’s busy,"
I scolded

She pouted and crossed her arms, "He don’t love me no more,"

"Get a grip and get your ass down to the Afrology department and get a tutor. Isn’t Kai one of the tutors?"

"Yeah,"
she pouted

"Have him tutor you,"

She sighed and slowly nodded.

"You don’t want daddy to whip you like a slave because you are worried about Josh not calling you, right?"

She shook her head no.

"Then go get a tutor for the classes you are failing,"

I said

"So, did you get your period yet?"

She asked

Ok, where did that come from? That question was off the wall and I was trying to forget I even told her and Adrea it didn’t come, yet. I decided to lie.

"Yeah, I’m on it now,"

I said

"Thought Joey was going to be a daddy,"
she teased

"No, not yet,"
I giggled

She stood up and left for the tutoring department. I sighed in regret that my menstrual cycle wasn’t here yet and well; I didn’t know what I was going to do. Well, then my day got worst because I saw Jessica walking by with three of her friends. I had been avoid her because rumor had it she wanted to kick my ass. I didn’t want to get into with her and if she was with her friends I knew I could get jumped over some bullshit. I quickly gathered my things and ran out.

====================

Sable walked into the Pearlman/Wright meeting all late. Everyone was there including the guys. She smiled when she saw Josh; he blushed and turned away.

"Vicky, you finally arrive huh?"

Asked Louis

"Sorry, I had this thing at my mom’s house I couldn’t get out of,"
she said

"It was my thing,"

Joked Chris

Everyone in the room snickered. Vicky aka ‘Sable’ walked over and sat between Justin and Josh. She and Josh who had been hanging out lately A LOT smiled at each other. Joey looked over and grumbled, "what are you doing?"

Josh looked over and asked, "Huh?"

Joey shook his head in dismay and ignored Josh’s idiot question. Justin was pleased on how Josh and Sable’s friendship was going. He was a snake in the grass waiting to take back over his once relationship with Sierra. Joey knew that and had to talk to Josh even though he had been avoiding him.

"I called you all here for a reason, don’t worry,"
said Louis

"I thought it was because of the lovely buffet set up,"

Joked Chris

"Can I ask you a question?"

Asked Lance

"Just a second, Lance,’
said Johnny

Lance nodded and let Louis continued. Some of the big shots of RCA were there and so were producers of a rumored tour were there.

"RCA and the Peeps international has discussed another promotion deal,"

Said Louis

"I love peeps, the yellow marshmallow ones are the best,"

Teased Chris

"They come out for Easter only,"

Said Joey

"Yeah,"

Said Chris

"Excuse me,"

Said Louis

"Sorry,"

Said Chris

"I mean Peeps the company that does most of the promoting,"
said Louis

"I knew that but I was just saying jokes to lighten up this meeting,"

Said Chris

"Chris, shush,"
ordered Johnny

Chris got quiet as Louis continued.

"There will be a tour,"

Said Louis

The guys looked at each other in dismay.

"That’s so cool,"

Said Justin

"Your fans deserve to see you up close and personal,"

Said one of the Exec. From RCA

"When does it start?"

Asked Lance

"In a few weeks,"

Said Louis

"Where?"

Asked Josh

"Dublin Ireland,"

Smiled the Exec from RCA

The guys sat there with their mouths open. Josh especially couldn’t believe the rumor that was going around was true. They were going to Europe.

"For how long?"

Asked Josh

"Six weeks,"

Said Louis

"Six Weeks! I can’t be gone for Six Weeks!"

Snapped Josh

"What do you mean you cant be gone that long? You’re under contract, you have to be,"
ordered the Exec from RCA

"I promised Sierra I would come see her in a few weeks,"
said Josh

"When did you call her,"
asked Joey with attitude

Joey knew Josh hadn’t called Sierra for days now, avoiding telling her about the possible tour of Europe. Josh gave him a look and refused to answer his question.

"That’s what I thought,"
muttered Joey

Josh gave him another look.

"Well, cancel your plans in the states, you’re going to Europe,"

Said Louis

"I don’t know if I can be gone to Europe that long, I mean I have Neva and well I moved her in with me so I could be a full time dad,"
said Justin

"Well, I am sure you have family that could take care of her,"
said the exec. Of RCA

"That’s not the point, she’s my daughter,"
said Justin

The exec. Completely ignored Justin’s pleading, which upset him.

"So, we will do a little more promoting and we might just go to Japan and China too, if things go well,"
said Louis

"China!"
Gasped Josh

"Isn’t that where Rach is from?"

Asked Joey

"Yeah,"
sighed Josh

"I get to see my Chinese Waddle,"

Smiled Joey

"Your Chinese what?"

Asked Chris

"A waddle, her neck. Very soft and inviting,"

Winked Joey

"Cool, I’ll have to see what you’re saying,"

"She likes it when you touch it,"

"Well, when would we go to Asia?"

Asked Justin

"Probably after Europe but we are still in negotiation,"

Said Louis

Justin sighed in regret and Josh sat there all stressed because he knew Sierra was going to snap.

"How long in Asia, Louis?"
Sighed Josh

"Six weeks or longer,"

Josh stood up and staggered out.

"Are you ok, JC?"

Asked Johnny

"I think I’m going to throw up, excuse me,"

Said Josh

Sable went after him which again pleased Justin. Joey nudged him, "Don’t get all happy about this shit, ok?"

"What are you talking about?"

Asked Justin

"You can’t have her,"

"Who?"

"You know who,"

Said Joey

"Who?"

Asked Justin

"Bessie the cow,"

Joked Chris

"Leave my cow out of this!"
Snapped Lance

"The cow is dead, Lance! Let it go! She’s someone’s fast-food dinner at McDonalds,"

Said Chris

Lance got all upset about his comment and ran out. Louis shook his head. Sable and Josh stood out in the hallway and saw Lance raced pass them in tears.

"What’s wrong Lancsten?"

Asked Josh

"I’m tired of Chris saying shit about Bessie! Why can’t he let it go, man?"

Uttered Lance

Josh and Sable didn’t answer. Lance stormed out the door to take a break.

"What’s with him?"
Asked Sable

"He misses his cow,"

"Anyway, how are you doing?"

"Fine why?"

Asked Josh

"You seem to be a little upset leaving for Europe. You should be so happy,"

Said Sable

"I am, I mean this is a big deal, this means everything,"

"Then?"

"Sierra,"
uttered Josh

Sable’s feelings were hurt everytime he said her name.

"Well, I’m sure she will be ok about this,"

Said Sable

"Well, I hadn’t called her because we get back so last from the bar,"

Oh, that’s why he hasn’t called her! He’s been kicking with Sable! Joshua Chasez how dare you!

"Well, if you don’t wanna go out tonight I don’t blame you. You need to tell her,"

Said Sable

Josh nodded and hugged her, "Thanks for understanding. Thanks for being here. I know I have been a real bore about telling you about my relationship thing. I just miss her so much,"

"Sure,"

She smiled

Joey walked out seeing them in each other arms, which really pissed him off. Justin walked out and he had a smirk on his face. Joey looked over at Justin all pissed.

"Stop your gloating,"

Said Joey

"I didn’t say anything,"

Smiled Justin

"Keep it up and I’ll kick your ass,"

Justin giggled and walked over to the lunchroom saying, "Hey, let a guy be a guy, huh? Or is the term let a dog be a dog?"

Chris walked out all in smiles, "Where’s Lance?"

"Why?"

Asked Joey

"I have another cow joke for him to ruin his day,"
teased Chris

Joey pointed to Sable and Josh, "He’s walking on thin ice,"

"They are just friends,"

Said Chris

"Oh really?"

They watched as Sable hugged Josh again.

"Or not,"

Said Chris

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7of10

(Tara)

Despite everything, I decided my finances were much more important then worrying that Jeremy aka Frederick, my baby’s dad was my leading man in ‘Sex Angels’. I smoked a cigarette and waited for my que. I didn’t want to be there but what was I going to do about it? Nothing.

Karl another porn actor walked over and smiled at me with his glassy eyes. His life was all screwed up he once posed for PlayGirl and well, the minute his family found out what he did for a living in LA, they disowned him. Poor guy got depressed and got hooked on drugs to make his problems seem like mire child’s play. He pulled out his coke and did a couple lines in front of me. A lot of the porn stars were on drugs or drunk a lot; it was the only way they could deal with the job.

"Wants come Tara?"

Asked Karl

"No thanks,"

I decided to keep an open mind and a level head. I didn’t want to end up suicidal about this job. I hated it and to tell you the truth I never looked at sex the same. It uses to fun and such a turn on but now it’s just a job. I just did it and got a paycheck.

"Tigerlilly, you’re up next,"

Yelled the exc. Producer walking by.

Yeap, I changed my stage name to Tigerlilly Smith. I needed a flashy name something to catch my fan attention. I walked out of my dressing room which Karl was still doing lines on my makeup counter. He didn’t notice me leaving. I hadn’t seen Jeremy all day and I hated to even see him on the set. We were to pretend to have wild sex and enjoy it. Everytime I thought about what he did to me in middle school, I just wanted to ring his fucking neck. Jeremy looked all nervous when me as I walked on the set. He didn’t say hi or even keep eye contact.

"You’re hot and sweaty and you want it bad,"

Said the director setting the seen for us.

I sighed as I wanted to smack Jeremy, that’s as close to hot and sweaty I was.

"Tigerlilly, you cant believe how juicy Jeremy’s cock is, you want to suck it all night long,"
said the director

I wanted to bite it off and watch Mr. Jordan bleed to death. He unrobed and so did I. He stare at my neck body.

"Stop looking at me your carnival freak,"
I snapped

"I wasn’t look,"

He snapped back

"Are we ready?"

Asked the director

"I really don’t wanna suck your pee-pee,"

I sighed at Jeremy

"I don’t want you to, ok?"

Snarled Jeremy

"Ok, Jeremy sit on the bed and spread them! Tigerlilly get between his legs and suck!"
Smiled the director

Gees, he acts like it’s just a fucking happy day on the porn set, doesn’t he. Jeremy sat on the bed and spread his legs. Yeap, it still looks the same, little, croaked, and wrinkled. I snickered at it as he sighed, ‘What’s so funny?"

"Why is it blue?"

I asked

"It’s not blue,"

"There’s a circulation problem, Fred I mean Jeremy,"

I snickered

"Just suck it and get it over and done with,"

"Oh, when you say it that way……ohh, what a turn on,"

I teased

We started the seen and it seem like it took forever as they made us do he seen over and over again to get it right. I was so tired of pretending Jeremy was any good, because he was still the five-minute man he always was. I thought it was because he was twelve at the time, but he was now nineteen and he still got excited too fast.

After it was over I sat in my dressing room brushing my teeth six times in a row. I got a knock on the door and I looked over disappointed. Jeremy walked in.

"What?"
I asked with toothpaste in my mouth

He waited until I was done brushing.

"What do you want?"
I asked

"So, how is she?"

"Who, Fred I mean Jeremy,"

"Our daughter?"

He asked

I wanted to cry as everytime I thought of her beautiful face and I couldn’t be there…….(sigh).

"She’s cute, dimples, dark blonde hair, six years old and full of life,"
I said

"So, you have seen her?"

Asked Jeremy

"Yes,"

"You think I could?"

I laughed and said, "no,"

"Why?"

"Because I cant,"

"You said you saw her,"

Said Jeremy

"Just go away, please,"
I pleaded

"I want to see her, Tara,"

"Me too,"

I tried to walk pass him but he blocked me.

"Get out of my way, before I kick your small dick,"

I warned

"You need to calm down,"

"I don’t have to do shit,"

"Why wont you tell me where she is?"

"Fine! Go see her! I don’t care, but be warned my aunt and uncle aren’t the welcoming folks,"

"Why?"

"Because, they aren’t. Now, excuse me I have things to do, like go home and be fully clothed and not have sex,"

I stormed out of the room.

====================

Sierra walked into the Afropology department for tutoring. The place was loot with students getting help. There was a blackboard where the tutors had sighed in so, students knew who were on duty on and how long. Sierra looked at the chalkboard for Malakai’s name and he was in, of course with a student. The receptionist walked over.

"Need a tutor?"

She asked

The lady had her traditional African gear on with her hair in dreads wrapped in a scarf. Sierra nodded.

"I was hoping for Kai to help me out. We’re friends,"
said sierra

"Well, he just got a student, but I can see who else is free,"

She said

Sierra nodded and then sighed when she saw Wade’s name up on the board. He had been with a student for about an hour so he was almost done with that tutoring session. She didn’t want him to tutor her that was for sure. The receptionist walked back over from the tutoring booths and said, "Wade will be free in ten minutes,"

"No, I don’t want him,"

Smirked Sierra

"Well, Kai won’t be free for an hour and Deshawn, and Carol the other tutors won’t be free neither,"

She said

"Well, I will just come back later,"

Wade peaked around his cubical and snarled at Sierra. Wade pulled back into his cubical.

"He’s an idiot,"

Said Sierra

"Wade, a great person he’s in the Omegas,"
she said

"It doesn’t matter if he’s a Omega frat guy or not. It’s the fact he always wants to be a bitch to me,"

"Well, he’s my frat brother,"

Well, ok she was in insulted by Sierra’s comment. Sierra couldn’t figure out why so many people favored him, when she saw the true Wade Robson as an asshole. Kai walked out to see who requested him.

"Sierra, what’s up?"
Asked Kai

"I need your help,"
she said

He looked at his watch and said, "Well, not today I have class after this last student,"

"Well, I don’t want Wade to tutor me,"

He had a smirk on his face as he suddenly walked over to Wade’s cubical. There was little bickering for a few minutes as Kai teased him. Wade took another look at Sierra and let out a ‘Pssh’. Kai walked back out to Sierra and pointed at Wade, "He’s going to have to take you,"

"No, thanks,"

She said

Wade pulled back into the cubical and continued to tutor his current student.

"Si, he’s a good tutor . In fact he knows more than me,"

Said Kai

"I can’t sit with him for an hour without him pissing me off,"

"I will tell him to keep his ‘Psshes’ to a minimum,"

He joked

"I’ll just go to the library and study,"

Sierra started to walk out when he stopped her.

"Aiight, let’s be straight, Kid with your grades,"

He said

"I’m doing fine,"

She lied

"Then why did Professor Chuku tell me and Wade we should be expecting you?"

"He’s an asshole and he’s out to get me,"

I said

"Chuku isn’t out to get you. I mean if he wanted to lynch you, he would have done that a long time ago, son,"

He laughed

"I’ll just go to the library,"

"You need this class to pass right?"

She sighed and nodded.

"Well, you can wait until tomorrow for me, or take a hit of Robson and be a little more informed for class tomorrow,"

Said Kai

"Informed? I’m informed,"

"Rumor has it there is a pop quiz tomorrow,"

Said Kai

"Pop quiz! No, he can’t have a pop quiz!"

"He’s in charge,"

"My ass!"

"Well, your ass is grass if you don’t take Wade as your Savior,"

"He can’t tell me anything I don’t already know,"

Lied sierra

"What do you know?"

She hesitated with her lie, "I…..I .......I..... know…..I know things,"

He snickered and Wade peak his head out. Sierra and him exchanged looks.

"You done with your session?"
Asked Kai

"Yeah, kid,"
said Wade

"Well, can you help school Sierra?"

Asked Kai

Wade gave Sierra a real dirty look and shrugged.

"I don’t need anyone’s help,"
she lied

"You heard her,"

Pointed Wade

"Sierra, you’re failing black history, you need help, Cous,"

Said Kai

"Well, I can…..I can…..Do it,"
she babbled

Wade rolled his eyes and walked back in because she was becoming annoying. Kai put his arm around her.

"Now, look pass your loving hatred and get schooled. We are tutoring the students that come in here for the secret pop quiz. You can have the heads up on it before anyone else will,"

He said

She wanted to but.

"This quiz counts for forty percent of the grade,"
he said

"Damn it, Kai,"

"I know, he’s too cute to pass up,"

He teased

"He’s an ugly son of a bitch,"
she snarled

He snickered as he is going to love seeing them try to work together. He walked back in and over to Wade. Wade sighed, as he knew they would be back to ruin his day.

"Sierra, needs help,"

Said Kai

Wade sighed, "Yeah,"

"What does that suppose to mean!"
She snapped

Wade let out "Pssh!"

"Kai, you said he wouldn’t do that!"
Pointed Sierra

"Wade, chill with the ‘Pssh’,"

Laughed Kai

Wade ignored Kai and pulled out his textbook and a copy of the pop quiz.

"That’s the quiz, Si,"

Pointed Kai

Sierra stretched her neck to see it in Wade’s hands. Kai patted her on the back.

"Now, y’all play nice ok? Wade, don’t shove her down on the playground too hard aiight,"
he snickered

"Whatever, cous,"

Said Wade

Kai walked away as Wade and sierra exchanged looks. She slowly slipped into the chair across from him. They sat at a round table that had two chairs. He tried to act all cool as he shoved the pop quiz in front of her.

"This is the quiz for tomorrow,"

He said

Gosh, he smelled good! Is that Ralph Lauren’s Polo cologne? Sierra’s hands got all clammy and wet as she wiped them on her pants legs. His hands shook in nervousness as he tried to explain the lay out of the quiz without making eye contact.

"So, um…..I have (clear throat)……this is the layout……..I have highlighted certain things worth studying,"

He said

He then stopped explaining and stared at her for a few minutes realizing she was so pretty up close. He then got out of his fantasy and rubbed his chin.

"Yeah, um so what do you …..Need help with,"
he asked

She sunk in her chair and said nothing. He shrugged with attitude; of course he had to act hard, "I can’t help you unless you tell me, son,"

She gave him a look.

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Joey walked over right in the middle of Josh and Sable’s conversation.

"I need to talk to you Joshua,"

Said Joey

"About what?"

Asked Josh

"Can you excuse us, Sable?"

Asked Joey

Sable could sense Joey didn’t care for her at all. She walked away.

"What’s going on? I thought you missed Sierra,"

Said Joey

"What? I do miss her, I don’t know what you are talking about,""

"You’re kicking with Sable and shit,"

"Wait, are you mad I ain’t kicking it with you?"

"Me? I don’t care,"

"Me kicking it with a chick doesn’t mean I like her,"

"Look, Because I am a guy I know for a fact, you like Sable,"

"I don’t like her,"

Said Josh

Just then Justin walked pass them with a big smile on his face.

"And Happy Howdy Doody over here, thinks you and Sable’s friendship is just right,"

Said Joey

"Justin? Why?"

Asked Josh

"You know he’s waiting for an opportunity for you to fuck shit up between you and Sierra,’

"Huh? Come on, man you can’t be serious,"

"Ok, fine lie to me, but I know what is going on,"

"Jo, you have no idea,"

Joey shrugged and walked away, "Fine, but if Sierra gets stolen away from under your nose, don’t say I didn’t warn you,"

Josh shook his head and Sable walked back over.

"You ok?"

She asked

"Just peachy, look I have to get going ok?"

"You sure everything is ok?"

"Yeah, gotta talk to someone and I have to catch her between classes,"

"Sierra?"

She asked

"Yeah, look I’ll talk to you later,’

Said Josh

She nodded all disappointed as he walked out. Josh ran into Lance who was siting on the hood of his car.

"So, this cow shit really got to you?"
Asked Josh

"Just leave me alone, JC,"

"Fine,"

He started to walk away when Lance called over to him.

"Yeah?"

Asked Josh

"Don’t loose the best thing in your life over some girl ok?"

"Not you too? Gees will you guys chill? Me and Sable are just friends,"

"I gave up on Rach and Tara…..And look where I am? I mean I have Mo but, still my heart is somewhere else,"

Said Lance

"With the cow?"

Joked Josh

"You know what I mean,"

Said Lance

Lance hopped of the hood and walked back inside the building. Josh then saw Justin standing by the doorway glaring at him with a smirk.

"Everything is fine, between me and sierra,"

Josh mumbled to himself.

======================

"Who’s Marcus Garvey?"

Sighed Sierra

He gave her a look like ‘Duh’ and said, ‘We learned about that yesterday. You don’t know who he is?"

Sierra stood up quickly with an attitude and snapped, "Fine! If you don’t wanna help me! I will just fail the test!"

Wade let out a "Pssh! This on you! You think I care, if you pass or not!"

Kai ran in to stop to the cute bickering.

"Ok! Stop it!"
Laughed Kai

"He’s treating me like I’m stupid!"
Snapped Sierra

"I just simply said we learned that in class yesterday! She goes and busted an attitude, shit!"
Snapped Wade

"Ok, sit down!"

Ordered Kai

Sierra slowly sat down as Wade gave her the evil eye.

"See! Look at him! He’s fucking staring at me!"
Snapped Sierra

"I wouldn’t be fucking staring at you if you were such a bah….,"
started Wade

"Wade! Don’t go there!"

Laughed Kai

"Are you trying to call me a bitch?"

Asked Sierra

"Maybe,"

Shrugged Wade

"How dare you,"
she gasped

Wade’s leg moved nervously as he crossed his arms in front.

"Now, everyone calm down,"
giggled Kai

"This ain’t funny, kid,"
grumbled Wade

"I know, I ain’t laughing,"
snapped Sierra

"Did anyone say you were!"

Snapped Wade

"See! See what I mean! He prejudged me from the get-go! You don’t know anything about me!"

"I don’t have to! You have a fucking attitude!"

"Look, who’s talking!"

She gasped

Wade started to pack up his stuff to leave when Kai stopped him.

"Chill!"
Said Kai

"Naw, man I don’t have to take this shit from anyone, especially her!"
He snapped

"Good, leave!"

She said

Wade let out an annoyed chuckle and looked at Kai, "See what I am talking about?"

"Ok, look Sierra you need this tutoring to pass. Wade you can school her good. You can break the shit down to her like no one can. You are known to break every single part of the history down to the students. It’s just a job ok? No one is asking you to be friends,"

Said Kai

They sat there quiet and Sierra finally agreed, "Fine ok fine,"

Kai slowly walked out, "Gees, this is worst then grade school,"

Wade’s pen fell on the floor and under the table, causing him to hit the top his head when grabbing it, on the table. Sierra snickered as he blushed.

"You ok?"

She laughed

"Whatever,"

He snarled

He couldn’t find his pen as it had rolled over to Kai’s cubical. Wade was so nervous that Sierra, the girl he had a mad crush was there in his face. He walked over to Kai all frustrated

"I can’t do this Kid,"

Said Wade

"This the second opportunity to bust game, don’t turn it away,"

Said Kai

"She’s fucking staring at me,"

Whined Wade

Kai fell out laughing. Wade gave him the finger and walked back over to Sierra. He paused at the opening of his cubical watching her looking over the quiz. She looked so beautiful when she studied something so closely. She looked over and ruined his fantasy with a dirty look. He slowly sat down.

"So, um Marcus Garvey was a black leader who started a "Back-to-Africa" movement in the United States…… He began his movement there in 1914 and brought it to the United States in 1916, when he moved to New York City,"

The receptionist named Shakira, Wade’s Frat sister smiling, interrupted their scary tutor session.

"Yeah?"

He asked

"How’s things going?"
She smiled

He sighed, as he knew Kai had told Shakira why he was so upset by Sierra’s presence. She knew he liked Sierra.

"Fine,"
he grumbled

Shakira winked and walked back over to her desk. Wade was still tense as he several times during it kept forgetting what he was trying to explain.

"Who were these black Partners and why weren’t organized?"
Asked Sierra

"Yeah, I mean…..Yeah,"

He said all scared

She gave him a look, "Are you sure you know this?"

"Yes"
he snapped

"Sorry,"

She said

"I mean, Um, 1969, Black Panthers, yeah, whatever,"

"Huh?"

"That’s what….I mean when they …..Black Panther was this group of Black Panther people that…were originated,"

He said all nervous

"Oh, ok,"

She chuckled

"Yeah"

Wade found himself several times smiling and blushing, but stopped himself suddenly with a serious look or frown. Then the session was over she said, "Thank you,"

"Yeap,"

He said

They didn’t make eye contact as she walked out. When coast was clear he sat back in his chair and let a sigh of relief out. Shakira walked back over.

"She’s cute, so you like her huh?"

She asked

"Where’s Kai?"

"He went to class,"

"I’m going to fucking kill him! He could have took her!"
Vented Wade

"So, why don’t you just ask her out,"
she asked

"Shh, ok? I don’t like her,"

Shakira bit her lip and tried not to laugh.

"I don’t like her!"

He snapped

"Fine!"
She laughed

She walked away and Wade looked at his hands and they were still shaky from Sierra’s presence.

"Gosh, I hate her,"

He sighed

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8of10

(Rome)

J-Shin here at your service…..(Girl readers starts screaming wildly)…..Girls please calm down…..I have to tell a story now….ok,ok…. I will give out autographs later….

I arrived at Dykema Gossett Attorneys at Law office in Baltimore. I met Afeni Shakur inside. She gave me a big hug as her sister and their attorney was there. I sat down very interested what Tupac had left in his Will.

"We called you all here to discuss the Deceased Shakur’s Will reading,"

Said Mr. Gossett

"Are you sure he left me something? I mean I think that must be a misprint,"
I said

"You’re name is listed,"
said Mr. Gossett

I didn’t say anything as he started to write. It wasn’t much just that his mom and sister got taken care of with his money, which there was none.

"We plan on suing Suge Knight and Deathrow records,"

Said Afeni

"Did you hear that Deathrow is releasing ‘2 Pac’s Greatest Hit’ and they are planning keeping all profits?"

Asked his sister

"Well, you get some of the profits, right?"
I asked

"No, the Label is planning on taking it,"

"That’s not fair,"
I said

"That’s why we have to take them to court,"

Said Afeni

"When Tupac died he was penniless unknown to him,"
said Mr. Gossett

"Where did the money go? He had to make a couple million,"

I said

"Deathrow pocket it. When they agreed to him out of jail he signed a contract that he didn’t clearly read,"

Said Mr. Gossett

"So, we have to sue them,"

Sighed Afeni

"I Tupac Shakur, leave all unpublished songs to Jerome ‘J-Shin’ Johnson,"

Read Mr. Gossett

"Unpublished?"

I asked

"In a cardboard box marked ‘Dishes’ you will find them inside,’
read Mr. Gossett

I sat there dumbfounded, "I thought what he had out, was out there?"

"I guess not,"

Said Pac’s sister

We arrived back at the Shakur residence and I went to the basement and found that box marked ‘Dishes’ and opened it. I sat there amazed to find auto recordings of songs never heard and notebooks among notebooks of lyrics that were never seen. I was so overwhelmed as didn’t know what to read or listen to first. His sister came down the basement stairs.

"How’s it going?"
She asked

"Well, I have like twenty or more audio that has never been listened to and this (showing her the lyrics),"

I said

"Well, you can listen to it in his old bedroom,"

I walked into his room and found other music under his bed, in his closet, I mean this guy recorded and recorded like he was crazy. I went through his clothes and I couldn’t help to put some of it on. I found autographs of well-known singers he had gotten. Pictures of his friends and one of me he had. On the back of that picture he had a note that brought tears to my eyes:

‘My Guy, Jerome always down……one of my only friends, I can trust’

I found his high school picture and poems he wrote. I popped in a cassette and it was full of raps he had done. I listened to one song religious called ‘Changes’. I knew I was going to be a while. I locked myself in his room and got to know another side of Pac that no one knew. Underneath that bad boy image was a confused, scared, and helpless boy that just wanted to make it. He did but caught up with the wrong crowd. His dream wasn’t the music, it was the acting. He kept a journal, yes our 2 Pac; Mr. Tight Guy kept a journal. It was sad too much for words.

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Tara sat in her hotel room looking at a post card she had recently gotten from Adrea. She wasn’t expecting anything from her, but gave Steve her address to give to Adrea just in case she ever wanted to talk. It was a postcard of the Statue of Liberty and on the other side Adrea wrote ‘Wish you were here!’. Tara sighed and did wish she were in New York instead of being where she was.

She lit a cigarette and took a puff. She then went to an old shoebox where she often stored things that she valued and were close to her heart. She had several letters and pictures of people she loved and cherished. She came across a picture of Lance and her when they looked so happy together. Under all that smile was hurt and deception, which she had caused. She wondered if she would have stay true to his heart where they would be right now? Would she had stayed in school, went to New York like her friends, waiting for Lance every other weekend to come see her? Would she love him by now?

She placed the picture of her and him in her wallet for close keeping next to her only known picture of Jasmine when she was six months old. Suddenly her phone rang. She slowly walked over and picked it up.

"Hello?"

She asked

"Tigerlilly, how’s it going?"
Asked John Barenz

Tara sighed, as of all the people she didn’t want to talk to it was the guy who got her all the porn gigs in the first place.

"Listen, Tara sweetheart, I have someone I want you to meet. Actually ever since he saw your latest film you have been on his mind,"
he gloated

"Well, I’m really busy,"

She lied

She looked around her messy hotel room and thought it would be a prefect time to clean up, anything to stop talking to John.

"Hugh Hepner,"
announced John Barenz

"Who’s that?"

"Who’s that? She asks me that? Wow, Tara you have been in the business for over a month now and you don’t know who the making of Playboy is?"

"Oh,"

She sighed

"Yeah, don’t sound too happy. Now, I sent over some of your pictures from your portfolio,"

"Oh, say you didn’t,"

Whined Tara

"He’s really interested to meet you in person now. Do you know where the Viper Room

Is?"

"The place Where River Phoenix died in front of and where you can get high with Johnny Depp every night?"

"Well, yeah so you do know it,"

"I’m not going to that place,"

She said ready to hang up

"Now, here me out. Hugh wants to meet you and discuss a business arrangement,"

He said rubbing his hands together.

"I am not going to be Hugh’s latest nineteen year old girlfriend, no matter if he’s on vigara and can fuck like a horse,"
said Tara

"Playboy cover? The centerfold, just to name a few offers,"

He said

"He wants me to do a spread for Playboy? Are you kidding? No, I cant,"

"Why?"

"Because my folks don’t know I am in porn yet do I want to expose my ass in public and have my dad’s friends discuss it,"

Said Tara

"Oh, that part of the embarrassment will pass. Look, you have an appointment with Hugh at the Viper Room at 930pm tonight,"

"I’m not going,"

‘And don’t be late! Look, got things to do. I heard you were a million dollars on the set today! Good work, make it even better tomorrow. Remember don’t be late for Hugh! He’s going to just love you! I can tell!"

"I’m not going,"

"Don’t be late!"

Before Tara could get an another ‘I’m not going’ in he was off the phone. She sighed and looked at it.

"I’m not going,"
She grumbled

She looked at her watch and it was 9pm. She then grabbed her coat and ran out of the room.

"I can’t believe I’m going,"

She grumbled

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‘Don’t Speak’ by No Doubt

You and me
We used to be together
Every day together always
I really feel
That I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end

Josh paced back and forth looking at the phone and trying to figure out what he was going to tell Sierra. He sat on his bed continued to stare at it. He then looked at his lion head necklace around his neck and sighed, "It’s means everything about us, Si,"

He then picked up the phone and dialed Sierra’s number. For the first time he wasn’t excited to talk to her and the butterflies of wanting her weren’t fully there, like they were ever since she stepped into his life. He hoped her answering message would pick up, but it didn’t. Her beautiful voice answered, to his disappointment.

"Hello?"

She answered

He at first paused, as he didn’t want to fight but didn’t know how he was going to break it down to her.

"Hey, Beautiful,"
he said with his voice cracking a bit.

"Hi,"

"How are you?"

He asked

He wrapped the bottom of the lionhead necklace around his index finger nervously.

SONG:

It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real,
Well I don't want to knowDon't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts

"I’m fine, classes are kicking my ass,"
she said

"I bet,"
he bit his bottom lip.

"So, why haven’t you called me?"

She asked in protest

"I’ve been really busy,"

"Oh, I know ………I just …..(Sigh) I miss you, Josh,"

His heart melted as it did times and times before and it even did more this time.

"I miss you too, Beautiful,"
he said

"Something wrong?"

"Well, no actually I have great news,"

"Really, what?"

She asked

"We’ve been signed to a tour,"

"A tour like a concert tour?"

"Yeah, 30 concerts, can you believe it?"

"That’s great! I’m so proud of you, J,"

"I knew you would,"
he nodded

He placed the lionhead symbol in his mouth slightly thinking about the disappointment she would soon face when telling her some heartbreaking news.

SONG:

Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me 'cause it hurtsOur memories
They can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frighteningAs we die, both you and I

"So, you coming to New York to see me, before you big tour?"

She chuckled

"Yeah, that……..um………it’s in Europe, The tour start there,"

She paused a few moments as though she must have been hearing things.

"In Europe?"
She asked

"Yeah, UK, Ireland, France, and

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