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They had made their way back to the hotel and Jessy fell asleep waiting for Taylor to finish with the shower. "Man she's beat." Taylor whispered to Zac who was just watching her. "Yeah. Keep and eye on her, I think I'll shower." Zac said kissing the top of her head placing a blanket over her as he quietly slipped from bed. Everyone was ready, "Babe. Jessy you have to wake up we headed to dinner. Come on babe." Zac said lifting a strand of hair from her face before kissing her sweetly. "Oh I fell asleep. Zac what time is it?" Jessy mumbled. "You got to get up babe, Chris should be here in maybe a half hour." Zac said running his hand up and down her back then caressing her butt. "Tay can you start the shower, I'm coming honest. By the way, you look nice. So do you." Jessy said wrapping her arms around Zac's neck and kissing him deeply. "Will you pick me out something to wear? Wow I can't believe I'm doing this. It's seems so unreal. Ready or not here I come world." Jessy declared. "You go get 'em babe. Let the world know your a Star." Zac said pulling her from bed. "Yeah right. Did anybody talk to the folks yet?" Jessy asked heading to the bathroom. "Yeah Sleeping Beauty we all talked to them while you were sawing logs." Taylor answered. "Man if my sister was here I'd have her whoop your ass for me, I'm too tired but you so deserve it for picking on me." Jessy pouted and headed in to shower. Zac brought in her clothes and let her know Chris was on the way. "Jesus Zac! Not leaving anything to show them later are you." Jessy said making her way next door to them as the all gasped at the vision. "Babe you look fantastic." Zac said making his way to her, adding, "Mom said you'd look drop dead gorgeous in this and she was right. This is for you from her and Dad." Jessy opened the present revealing a diamond tennis bracelet. "Whoa," Jessy said tears in her eyes rereading the card. "To Our Little Star; To Help You Sparkle Bright, Love Mom and Dad." "This is from me and your sisters and brothers." Grampa said producing another gift. Jessy opened the card, "Knock Em Dead Sis, Taylor, Chele, Isaac and Mandy. For My Little Princess,With all my love, Grampa." They had bought her diamond butterfly hair clips. "These are beautiful. Thanks guys." Jessy said hugging and kissing Grampa, Tay and Isaac before making her way to the mirror to put them in. "They're beautiful. Thanks again." Jessy said as Chris entered bearing a gift, quickly unwrapped revealing a diamond earrings. "They're beautiful just perfect Chris. You have great taste, even I like these and I don't like earrings." Jessy shared kissing his cheek. "The best for last." Zac said producing a gift. Inside Jessy found a diamond choker, "Zac it's beautiful but hun you shouldn't have. This is way too much Zac. I know I looked at one the other day." Jessy gasped. "I know I saw you, that's when I bought it." Zac informed, adding, "Just accept it babe. Your worth more than that to me and I think you'll look out of this world in it." Zac helped her on with it while she wiped her eyes again. "Princess you look like a million." Grampa said beaming. "Not quite but a few more of these trinkets and I will be." Jessy teased filling the room with laughter. They made their way to Planet Hollywood to find the Press out in force, cameras flashing even before the door was opened. Chris exited first, followed by Isaac, Taylor then Zac who turned and extended his hand to Jessy. Jessy took a deep breath before placing her hand in Zac's turned on the seat, swung her legs out, stepping out to a barrage of flashing lights causing her to blink."Don't look at them Babe or it'll blind you." Zac whispered kissing her sweetly as he wrapped an arm around her as they made their way inside where it was no better. "Tell me again why I'm here. How did this happen? I remember this was you guys' fault." Jessy teased and the four joked, laughing playfully as the cameras caught it all as Chris said, "Here they are!" The four stopped and turned to find Chele and Mandy in the doorway. "Sis, Sis." Jessy squealed racing their way with the guys right behind her. They hugged, kissed and squealed together. "What are you doing here?" Jessy asked as Isaac and Taylor made their way and they appeared to forget the question. "I can answer that. Sweetie you did so well today and we are so far ahead of schedule, your personal representative shipped the girls to me and we're going to record you girls' numbers too." Chris said as Grampa made his way over and all three girls rushed to his side. "Zac. Zac." Jessy called. "What babe?" he answered making his way to her. "I'm getting.." she was answering as Chris approached, "Jessy they want you to sing. Kiddo can I get you to do 'Sometimes' for them." Chris asked. "No way. Not dressed like this, Chris I just couldn't." Jessy answered. "Babe sing that other song you sang for him." Zac suggested. "Fine by me Jessy, we own the rights to that music and there's nothing in her contract to stop us from letting another client perform it." Chris answered, adding, "What do you need beside a guitar?" "See if Isaac will play with me in case I freeze up." Jessy asked before being whisked to a back room where she and Isaac practiced. "Babe you sing to me and you'll be fine." Zac said kissing her deeply as the lights dimmed and he walked her to her stool as Isaac sat near her. "Ready sis?" Isaac asked. "Better be." Jessy answered as Zac left her and after she was introduced a spotlight shone down on her while she performed 'You've Got A Way With Me' and received a standing ovation. As soon as Zac made it back to her, "Zac please I'm so hungry my tummy hurts." Jessy confessed almost in tears. Zac took her by the hand and headed for someone from the Club he remembered meeting before and explained their situation. He rushed them to a back room off the kitchen and soon the Chef came with soup and crackers to start, "Something light little one, we don't want to make it worse. You eat mashed potatoes?" he explained then asked. "Yeah I love mashed potatoes, no gravy though." Jessy answered. "Sprinkle of salt and pepper and a little butter?" he asked. "Umm I'd love it. Thanks. I appreciate this." Jessy thanked him. 'You go tell them, she's with me and I'm taking care of her." the Chef ordered and disappeared returning with her potatoes, pleased to find the soup and crackers gone. "You drink this milk, that should help too." he ordered explaining he would just be in the next room. "Any better babe?" Zac asked rubbing her tummy as Grampa and Chris came to check on her. "Princess why didn't you say something. Baby girl you can't be doing this, I won't stand for it. You are more important than singing any song you hear me." Grampa scolded. "Jessy this is my fault. I knew you hadn't eaten enough to keep a bird alive at lunch. How are you? Diana will skin me alive." Chris proclaimed. "You, she'll string me up and I'm her father." Grampa shared. "Hey good I can blame them, I was worried she'd wring my neck." Zac added and they all laughed. "Man I didn't realize I was so high maintenance." Jessy said shaking her head in disbelief, making her way to the kitchen, cracking the door and blowing a kiss the Chef's way smiling brightly. They made their way out front, ordering dinner before Jessy, Chele and Mandy performed 'Poison Ivy'. After the guy's did a question and answer period, promoting the Fan Appreciation Concert. "Zac is it true the Concert is how you found out Jessy could sing?" someone asked. "No. Jessy sings all the time so as we got to know each other, I knew she could sing. The trick was convincing her that she could sing. The Concert did that, convinced Jessy she could sing. Now she's convinced all of you." Zac answered. "You can say that again." someone added. The relationship between the girls, between Isaac, Mandy, Taylor and Chele, between the girls and Grampa, Jessy and the guys' record label and Jessy and Walker Hanson were all discussed thoroughly as Chele sat on Taylor's lap, Jessy on Zac's and Mandy on Isaac's. "I've answered your questions, how about you answer mine?" Jessy asked then asked all sorts of career type questions, freelancing versus working for the man, editors, conflict of personal beliefs and morals. Grampa finally put an end to it explaining he had to get his girls to bed, the were due in the recording studio in early in the morning. They managed to get the room next door to the girls' but not adjoining for Grampa and as soon as they had him moved in, the room assignments changed, Chele, Taylor, Jessy and Zac shared the girls room, allowing Isaac and Mandy privacy. "You say someday babe one more time, I'll scream." Jessy yelled bolting from their bed and stumbling her way to the bathroom slamming and locking the door. "Dare I ask?" Chele asked softly. "No you don't want to know. I knew better. You'd think I'd learn." Zac answered making his way to the door. "Jessy let me in. I'm sorry babe, please let me in?" Zac pleaded. "Just go to bed." Jessy answered. "No I can't if you're mad at me. You know that." Zac pleaded. "Then I will." Jessy said making her way to the dresser pulling on jeans and a shirt. "What are you doing?" Zac asked. "I'm done Zac. I can't take it anymore. No more.."Jessy tried to explain as Zac grabbed her pleading, "Don't leave me. God Jessy I'm sorry. Don't go please. I, I'd die without you in my life babe, please you have to beleive me. Jessy please." Zac pleaded finally in tears. "Zac baby don't cry. I'm not leaving you, how could you think such an unthinkable thing. Zac I'm putting on clothes so I can go to bed. I figure if I wasn't dressing like such a tease, maybe you wouldn't have such a hard time. God Zac how could you think I'd leave you. I'm not even mad, sexually frustrated again but not mad." Jessy said holding him tight stroking his long hair, rocking him gently until his breathing returned to normal, "Zac why did you think I was leaving you? Do you really believe I would do something like that?" Jessy asked quietly fighting back the tears. "I don't know, I think I just panicked is all and when I saw you putting on your jeans I sort of freaked. Jessy I know you love me, why did I act that way?" Zac asked. "I don't know hun. I thought you knew how much I truly love you. But this, this, Zac how could you think.." Jessy stopped as the tears took over. Soon Jessy was up off the floor racing to the bathroom. "Jessy, let me in Sis." Chele pleaded at the door. "I'll be allright just go back to bed." Jessy answered. "Sis let me in to make sure you're okay?" Chele asked again. "Chele thanks but this is my fault, Babe let me in to take care of you. Jessy I belong at your side even now. Please babe, I love you and need to take care of you." Zac pleaded as Chele took hand, "It'll be okay Zac, She loves you, you know that." Chele said. "Yeah I know and I still hurt her time and time again. Maybe that's why I panicked. I know the stupid things I've done, the times I've hurt her, maybe I'm just afraid this was the one time she breaks and can't forgive me." Zac explained as they heard the loudest "click" as Jessy unlocked the door. "Zac you haven't done anything that needs forgiving." Jessy whispered. "Babe you don't look so good." Zac whispered caressing her face. "My tummy hurts again now that it's empty and I'm so hot." Jessy whispered as she got woozy again. "TayBear get dressed we have to get Sis something to eat." Chele ordered and the two got dressed and headed to the vending machines throughout the hotel gathering puddings, jellos, vanilla wafers, fresh fruit anything healthy. They returned with the bounty to find Jessy showered to cool her down covered by just a sheet while chewing ice. "Her color is better." Chele said. "Yeah it is." Jessy answered. "Oh a smart ass, she must be feeling better too." Chele said. "Yeah I am, got a problem with it. Oh man gut ache, what did you find. I'm sorry you two. Do you think you could try and go to bed, please for me?" Jessy asked fighting with the pudding container finally look at Zac totally frustrated grabbing her stomach with one hand, extending the pudding with the other. "She doesn't get better Zac, you wake me up or I'll beat your ass." Chele warned. "Baby he knows how much you love her, he'd wake you." Taylor said calmingly. "But TayBear I would, I wouldn't have a choice, it's right in the sister manual." Chele said as they made their way to their bed. "Zac get that mini flashlight that's hanging on my backpack and she turned of the table lamp as he turned it on and made his way to bed. "Any better babe?" Zac asked as Jessy finished her second container of pudding and vanilla wafers. "Yeah I think so but I'm thirsty now." Jessy answered and Zac opened a juice. Before long her tummy was fed, feeling much cooler, she snuggled back into Zac's arms and drifted off to sleep. "God, Help me not screw this up. Sometimes I can't help myself. I need your help here, I can't lose her, just can't. I know that's not what you want. You see my Gramma told me about her ever since I can remember, she told me I'd find someone special, someone I was meant to love. Well I did, I found her but I don't remember if she told me how to keep her so I need you help here. Amen" Zac prayed holding her tight as he drifted off to sleep.
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