" hi ranae! this way sweetie." denise pulled her over to the back

side of

the stage.Aj turned around quickly , ran over and threw ranae into his

arms.

It was so strange since they hadnt hugged before.....they only got to

talk on

the phone during that year......but it felt natural. " REI Oh man I

missed

you" Aj looked at her. Her hair was so pretty. " I love you hair ranae!

its so

cute." Aj looked great himself...hatless with his hair bright

blue..reminisent

of theMtv vid awards. " I like yours too." She turned rapidly to see

Brian,

Howie and fatima looking curiously at her. Aj noticed too. "

guys...tima this

is ranae my good friend from Ny. " Ranae got a warm hug from Howie and

a cute

smile from brian,fatima hugged her and whispered in her ear" so you're

the

dancer.....hafta show me your moves sometime." Ranae smiled."sure" Just

then

kevin arrived with beautiful girl .Her hair was very curly in black

spirals,

her eyes were deep brown and her skin was pale caramel.Kevin noticed

rei and

gave a questioning glance to Aj." This your girl bone? I thought you and

corinne were still together?" Nick said from behind kevin and the

girl.Aj

laughed uncomfortably....rei hadnt known about Corinne ." this is ranae

you

idiots!!!" kevin gave him an oh yeah sort of look.kevin's girl came

foward. '

hey Ranae im geraldine mitchell....most people call me Dina

though...and geri

is okay too." She smiled brightly at ranae." Ranae salvatore ...ranae

or Rei

is fine.' Ranae replied." Oh man I was supposed to meet Taran at the

security

entrance.....damn me !!!" Nick said smacking himself."catchas lata'!"

Kevin

laughed."taran is nick's sweetheart....." Ranae smiled.

The concert wnet beautifully and Ranae felt as if aj was watching

her the

whole time except for when he would look somewhere to her right. They

needed

to talk.....she was curious who Corinne was. The show ended and she

saw Aj go

to his dressing room. She waited ten minutes then went in." Oh my

god!!! I

thought youd be done....Im so sorry!" Aj was mostly dressed.....he had

a white

tanktop and boxers on. AJ laughed.' its all right Rei....ive god enought

clothes on. With that he threw on a pair of hilfiger jeans and a solid

red

short sleeve button up." So what is it that you wanted to talk

about....it

seems that way." ranae smiled weakly." how come you didnt tell me about

Corinne....your a great friend of mine....and I guess maybe I am to

you.......so .." AJ smiled sincerely." You are one of my best friends

Ranae

leigh salvatore.....i hope youll always be with me but it felt strange

to tell

you I had a girlfriend......Corinne is well...I dont know not like you.

You

might not get along." Ranae laughed lightly." of course I will!! Dont

worry...is she here? I can meet her."