Chapter 1: My Love Is Your Love
"I'll see you later sweetie!" I told Brian giving him a kiss on the lips.
"Can I keep Tyke?" I asked him.
"Alright, but you know I'll miss both you and him.." Brian said sighing.
"Well, my door is always open, in case you ever feel like you need company," I said raising my eyebrows suggestively.
"Thanks, I might just take you up on that offer, I'll see you later. Call if you need anything," Brian said starting the engine.
"Bye," I told him and he drove off.
I went to go check my mail. And I got so much mail it was unbelievable. I got it all and unlocked the door. I went to the refrigerator and got a Coke and began to search through it. Nothing really important so I put it down.
"Come on Tyke," I told him and we went to my room.
The scent still smelled of when I left. I saw Justin's sweater he had left here a couple of nights before I left. I raised it to my face to smell the scent. I sighed.
~*~
"Hey Justin, guess what I heard?" Lance said.
"What?" Justin said grumpily.
"Ashley moved back to Florida," he said walking away to let him soak in that bit of information.
"What? You're not pulling my leg or anything? She's back in Florida?" Justin said hopefully.
"Yeah, she arrived today!" Lance said.
This is great. I'm on way back to Florida. Hopefully I can rekindle what I lost.
"Thanks a lot Lansten," Justin said. Justin grabbed his cell phone and dialed my number.
"Hi, this is Ashley (and Brian)... (Brian stop..) and I'm (we're.. Brian stop) not here to take your calls.. (so call back later.. Brian.. stop).... (laughing in the background) beep." my answering machine went.
"Ashley, it's Justin. I'm feeling kind of down today. Would it be okay if you called me? I really need to talk to someone." Justin said sadly.
"Call me soon you know the number," he said and hung up the phone.
Wow, this could be my lucky day, he thought as he lay back down on his bed, and seeing Lance giving him a farewell before leaving his house.
~*~
I decided that Tyke would be going in a nearby backpack I had had on. I changed out of my leather pants to, a nice black skirt and blue top.
I then called over Amanda and Julie to see if they wanted a ride to the Orlando Arena where the guys were practicing for their world tour. They agreed and we hopped in.
"It feels so good to be Back in Florida," I told them sighing.
"So, when is your mom coming back?" Amanda asked trying to find a good radio station.
"She's not. She gave the house to me! The house is paid off and everything, and she said she would pay all of the bills, which was very gracious of her. So I'm home alone," I said smiling.
"So, is Brian going to stay with you?" Julie asked from the back seat.
"He can come over whenever he wants to, but I'm thinking Brian will want to stay in his house." I told her.
"Ok, we're here." I told them and we all got out.
~*~
Justin finally arrived to Florida, and the first place he stopped was at my house. Of course no one was there.
"Damn, well I guess I'll wait for her here," he said talking to no one in particular.
"I'm so glad she's back," Justin said sighing and waiting on the doorstep.
~*~
We arrived to see the guys finishing up their last dance routine which I think went well. We all laughed at the fact that Nick fell down a couple of times, and Kevin was way off beat more than once.
I could tell having us there was a distraction so Fatima decided to call it quits for today. We clapped and cheered as the guys got their things together.
"Hey guys," I said to Brian, AJ and Nick.
"Hey, Kev," Kat asked her arms open for a hug.
"Howie." Claudia yelled. Howie went over to hug her sweat and all.
"We'll see you guys later." Kevin and Howie called out, with their hands around their girlfriends.
"Bye Kevin. Bye Howie." I called out to them.
"Bye Ash," Kev said.
"See ya Later, Ash" Howie yelled.
"Hey Ash, what's up?" AJ asked me.
"Well, Amanda, Julie and I decided to be the sweet nice girls that we are, and watch out boys rehearse." I said to him.
"Sweet, nice? Please..." AJ said jokingly. We got our stuff and headed for the car.
"You know, you looked great dancing," I told him as he closed the car door for me.
"I wish you had told me you were coming, I would have made an attempt to look better," Brian said starting the engine.
"I love this look on you! It's very manly!" I told him laughing.
"HaHa," Brian said.
I decided to be spontaneous for once, and I leaned out of my car seat and gave him a kiss right when he was driving.
"Ashley, you know we can't do this, while I'm driving..." Brian said in between kisses.
"I know, but it's much better this way," I told him grinning and planting another kiss on him.
"Yeah, but what if there's an accident?" Brian asked trying to see over me.
"There won't be," I said kissing him once again. Our car swerved a bit and Brian almost lost control.
"You see." Brian said.
"Fine.. do you want me to stop," I asked him.
"No," he admitted smiling.
We finally reached our house. And Brian totally had lipstick stains everywhere on his face. My hair was a total mess, and as I made my way up to the door. I noticed a very familiar figure.
"Justin?" I said out loud.