Eve and Breanna ate a quick lunch at the restaurant before returning to their rooms to unpack. "Did you call your family, Eve?" Breanna shouted from her upstairs bedroom.
"Yeah, and you don't need to shout. I'm right next door." Eve complained.
"Oh sorry. I thought you were downstairs." Breanna said.
"Eh, no problem. So, did you call your mom?" Eve asked as she helped Breanna hang up a few shirts .
"Yeah, she said to tell you hi and for you not to do anything stupid." Breanna explained.
"ME? Do something stupid?" Eve said in horror. Breanna could only laugh.
"Yeah, you. She already knows that I will do something stupid. There's no need for her to waste her breath by telling me not to do something that I'm going to do anyway." Breanna joked.
"You're right." Eve agreed. Breanna shot Eve a glare.
"What??? I was kidding." Eve said laughing at her friend.
"Ok, I think I have everything unpacked. Camcorder, camera, clothes, CDs, condoms, cosmetics. Perfect!" Breanna said as she took a step back to admire her nicely organized closet.
"Yeah, but by tonight it'll be trashed." Eve said as she walked out of Breanna's room back into her own.
"Eve? What do you want to do tonight?" Breanna yelled.
"Nothing. I'm tired from the trip. Probably go downstairs dancing for an hour and then back up here to crash. You?" Eve asked.
"Same! What time is it?"
"About 5. Wanna start getting ready?" Eve asked.
"Now? No, it's too early. I really should check my voicemail. I'll see what Christian had to say and maybe I'll call him back." Breanna explained.
"You really should, B. Don't leave the guy hanging. He was totally in love with you. The least you could do is explain why you left the relationship. Explain that it wasn't his fault. I know you keep saying that he was too clingy, but maybe you could, I don't know, lie to him. Just to make him feel better. I saw him at school and he was totally crushed. I'm surprised he even went to school." Eve said.
"Yeah, I know. You're right. It wasn't that he was too clingy," Breanna said as she wondered into Eve's room and sat on her bed watching Eve pick out an outfit for the evening. "He was also majorly depressed. It made him feel better when I was around but when I wasn't, he would constantly call, page, or email me. He only needed me around to make him feel better. Yeah, I know it sounds conceited, but that's how he was." Breanna said sadly as she played with the ring on her finger that Christian had given her on their one year anniversary.
"I know, B. I don't mean to give you a hard time about Christian, it's just that I feel so bad for him. But you're right, he needed you around 24-7 and I'm surprised you stuck around an entire year. This?" Eve asked as she held up her favorite pink thin-strapped tank top.
"That's cute. I stuck around because I thought that he would come out of his depression or something. I didn't realize that instead of taking medication he was using me. It was too much stress and I started feeling depressed myself. He was the first relationship that I had where I could actually stay committed. No, wear that with it." Breanna said pointing to a short black skirt hanging in Eve's closet.
"These shoes?" Eve asked while holding up a pair of cute black sandals.
"Yeah, that's gonna look great on you." Breanna smiled.
"B, you like guys. Once they like you back, you freak and run. Christian comes along and he's perfect except for the depression. You live to help people. After people get passed that wall you put up they instantly like you and you want to help them. Only this time, I think you found someone who couldn't be helped. Don't beat yourself up over him. If he is depressed right now, it's not your fault. I'm truly sorry if I made you feel bad. I was only thinking about how he must have felt. I wasn't think about what it was doing to you." Eve said to her friend. Breanna was almost in tears.
"I know. I just feel helpless when I can't help someone."
"Breanna, he was a lost cause. You spent 14 months on him. It's time to move on." Eve told her friend.
"I'm moving on. It's him you should be saying that to." Breanna yelled back at her friend as she walked back into her room.
"Hey Kev? Whatcha lookin' at?" Nick asked his friend.
"Oh nothing. Maybe Brian was right. I just saw a girl get into the elevator. It looked like those girls from this afternoon. Oh, forget it. I'm wasting my time." Kevin said half to himself and half to Nick.
"What you need, Kev my man, is the love of a good woman." Nick said in his best AJ impressonation. Kevin had to laugh. Nick was funny, but he may have had a point.
"You're probably right. I've been working too hard. Studio, promotion, tour. Studio, promotion, tour. And in between all of that I've had a few dates here and there. Nothing serious."
"What's wrong with that? You're still gettin' laid." Nick teased Kevin.
"No, man, I'm serious. It has nothing to do with getting laid or not. Though, that is a bonus," Kevin said smiling as he rubbed his chin.
"I would just like to have a nice relationship with a sweet, beautiful woman. A fun relationship. Someone that would keep my mind off of the harder things in life but also someone who could understand that my work is important to me and that I'm not always going to be around. Just someone who could trust me" Kevin explained to Nick as they walked towards the elevator.
"Kev, I may be younger than you but I haven't found that yet. Naomi is going to castrate me when I call her later to explain that I'm not goin' home in two days. If you do find that kind of a woman, make sure she has a younger sister or somethin'." Nick said as he pushed the elevator button repeatedly.
"Sure thing, Chaos!" Kevin said while leaning on the wall scanning people as they entered the hotel. The elevator doors opened and both guys casually walked in.
"What are we doin' today? I would love to rest and play a few video games." Nick said.
"We have rehearsal around 7, a radio interview at 9 and we're off to do what we want around 10." Kevin told Nick.
"So, it's 5 now? I have two hours to kick Brian's ass with the new Play Station game." Nick said while rubbing his elbow. He fell on it during the previous weeks concert rehearsal and it wasn't finished healing.
"More Play Station games?" Kevin said shaking his head in disbelief.
"Your elbow still bothering you, Nicky?" Kevin asked.
"Just a little. Nothing serious. I think it's healing fine. If it's still botherin' me next week I'll have a doc check it out when we get back home." Nick said while making a mental note to get it checked anyway.
"Well, thanks for listening to me complain." Kevin said to Nick. Kevin had always considered Nick to be a little brother. He practically watched him grow into a man and now here they were discussing real life problems. It still blew Kevin away how time flew.
"Yeah, no problem! That's what I'm here for. You've always helped me with my problems anyway." Nick said as he gave Kevin a quick, loose hug. Breanna sat on the edge of her bed before grabbing her cellphone. She dialed her number and waited for the sign to enter her passcode.
"You have two new messages" the operate stated. The first one was from Christian around 10:30 that morning.
"Hi, Bree. I love you."
"That was really weird" Breanna told herself. The next message was a little different.
"Breanna, it's Mike. Um, how the fuck am I supposed to tell you this? Over the phone...." Mike mumbled. "Ok, I'll just say it. Christian killed himself this morning. I'm really sorry. I have no idea what to say to you. I'm not even sure if you're going to be checking your messages until you get back from vacation. If you need anything please call me. I know this is the worst thing you need to hear especially over Spring Break. I'm sorry hun. I love you. Bye." Mike had been one of Breanna's best friends since grade school. Breanna thought it was a joke at first but knew that Mike never had a sick sense of humor before. For a while, it didn't sink in about what happened. She loved Christian but she was no longer in love with him. What she felt for him was different.
Tears slid down her cheek as she thought about him. "Eve, I'm going to take a bath, ok?" Breanna said barely loud enough for Eve to hear in her own room.
"Yeah. I heard ya. Give a holler if you need anything. I'm probably gonna jump in the shower in a little bit." Eve yelled out.
"Ok." Was all Breanna could say. She felt numb. She closed her bedroom door and turned on the water in the tub. She took off her clothes and slid into the hot water. She couldn't really cry. Tears slid down her face and the feeling of guilt overcame her body. "But he had been extremely depressed ever since I met him" Breanna tried to remind herself. "It's not my fault." She said as the tears fell off her chin and lightly splashed into the water. "This isn't going to mess up my weekend. Christian could have gotten help. He could have taken medication. How dare he use me as medication! I'm not a drug. I'm a god damned person!" Breanna said aloud to herself. She no longer felt guilty, but angry. Angry at herself for staying with Christian for so long, angry at Christian for using her, and angry at his family for not doing anything to help him. "Not this week! This is *my* week. I am going to have a fun time. I turn 21 tomorrow and I'm not going to remember this day as the day Christian killed himself because I wouldn't allow him to use me. I'm going to have fun and my best friend is going to be at my side. My world is not going to end." She told herself. Right at that very moment she realized that the feelings she had for Christian were not love. She felt sorry for the guy. She wanted to be the one to make it all better. But she couldn't. "Life goes on!" She sang to herself as she grabbed a towel and tossed it over her naked body. Just then, her phone rang. She dodged across her bedroom and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Hi hun, it's me."
"Oh hi, mom. What's up?" Breanna asked.
"Not much. Is Eve around? I have a surprise for the both of you." she said. Breanna could guess by her mothers tone of voice that this would be a call that would change her entire weekend...for the better.
"She's in the shower. Tell me what the surprise is. I could use the cheering up." Breanna commented nonchalantly.
"Well, I guess I can tell you. Marilyn called me an hour or so ago. She got some mail for Eve. It's from your univeristy." Her mom said excitedly.
"You better have your bags packed by August. You're going to Florida!" her mom yelled. Breanna screamed as loud as she could.
"Ohmigod! Mom I'll call you back!" Breanna screamed.
"But..." her mom started but Breanna had already hung up. Breanna ran downstairs in a towel to find Eve. Eve was in the kitchen in her towel with her headphones on.
"All my useless advice. All my hanging around. All your cutting down to size..." Eve was singing along with Depeche Mode.
"Eve!!!" Breanna screamed while pulling off Eve's headphones. Eve jumped.
"Damn, don't ever scare me like that again or I'll kick your ass!" Eve screamed back.
"No, Eve, listen to me. My mom just called. Your mom just called her. Um, we have to pack our bags..." Breanna started to explain.
"Why?" Eve looked scared at first, then freaked out. Breanna looked as if she had been crying but she also looked as if she was delusional. She was just too happy for Eve.
"We're going to Florida, baby! We made it in!"
"OH MY GOD!!!!!!!" Eve screamed. "We're going to Florida! We're going to Florida!" Both girls said while jumping up and down together in the kitchen. It hit both girls that they were leaving California.
"AHHHHHHH!" they screamed on the top of their lungs. All of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Both girls giggled and ran to the door.
"I think we have some explaining to do." Breanna said as she answered the door.
"Are you alright? I heard some screaming and I thought..." the man started to explain.
"Oh, no, we're fine. Thank you." Eve said. "We were just accepted by a graduate school at the University of Central Florida. We've been planning on going to graduate school together but we never dreamed that it would happen. Our families just called us to let us know and, well, you're probably wondering what we're doing answering the door in a towel. Uhm, well..." Breanna looked down. She was turning red. "We were getting ready to go out and well, we got the phone call and all." She started explaining.
"No need, ladies. I'm kind of enjoying the view." he remarked.
"I'd invite you in but um, we're not dressed. I don't think you'd be too comfortable." Breanna said. Just then she felt cool cloth rolling over her shoulders. Eve had ran upstairs to Breanna's room and grabbed Breanna's robe while grabbing her's along with it. "Well, never mind." Breanna said quietly.
"You'll have to excuse Breanna. She's an exhibitionist by nature and she's not used to being this covered up." Eve joked.
He laughed, "Oh really? You sound like me." He said.
"Come inside." Breanna said ushering the man inside. "Hi, I'm Breanna. You can call me Bre, or B, or whatever you want." Breanna said handing him her hand.
"How about I call you beautiful?" he said laughing.
"Nice to meet you. I'm AJ" he said while shaking her hand.
"That's Eve over there." Breanna said pointing to Eve who was calling her mom.
"Nice to meet you." He mouthed to Eve as she talked to her mother who had just answered the phone. AJ cocked his head to one side.
"You look really familiar." He said to her.
"McDonalds!" He heard Eve shout from the living room. "Ah, the famous McDonald's ladies." AJ cooed.
"Excuse me?" Breanna asked with a confused look on her face. She went into the kitchen. "Want something to drink?" She asked AJ.
"Bottled water or a coke is fine. All of my buddies saw you both today at the rest stop. Brian and Nick saw you two get on an elevator and thought it was kind of weird that you were here, in the same hotel we're in. Especially on the same floor." AJ explained.
"I have both. Here, have a coke. Oh, ok. Yeah, I thought I recognized one of the guys from this afternoon. He was shorter..." Breanna started to explain.
"That was Brian. Coke's fine. Thanks."
"He was a nice looking guy." Breanna said while looking down trying to open her can.
"Oh, so you *were* checking him out." AJ said cracking up.
"Checking who out? Brian? The one I saw at the elevator today?" She said as she opened her Dr. Pepper.
"Yeah. You see, my friends, Brian and Howie, kept saying that the cute girl in the too-short-of-a-blue-dress was checking them out. Brian swore that you were checking Howie out and Howie swore that you were checking Brian out." AJ said in between sips.
"Ok, let me get this straight," Breanna said as she tried to hop onto the counter.
"Your friends talked about me?"
"Yeah, here, let me help you." AJ said as he picked Breanna up by the waist and placed her gently on top of the counter.
"Thanks." Breanna said. "I didn't think I left an impression on them." Breanna stated.
"Oh you did. And so did that cute friend of yours." AJ said pointing to Eve who was in deep conversation with her mother.
"She did? On who?"
"Kevin." AJ said quickly.
"Ok, who's Kevin? Tall blonde boy or Mr. Greek God?" Breanna asked as she took another sip of her soda.
"Must be Mr. Greek God as you put it. Tall guy, dark hair, green eyes..." AJ started explaining.
"No need to explain further. Eve's been talking about him all day. At one point I threatened to throw her out of the car if she didn't shut up." Breanna complained.
"Must have been a fun trip." AJ said trying to sound sarcastic.
"Oh it was!" Breanna said rolling her eyes.
"So, can I ask who I might have left an impression on?" Breanna asked in a shy voice.
"You're turning red. That's cute. Um, well, Howie was probably the one who really got turned on. Brian is having problems with his girlfriend so he's not really looking at the ladies right now. Personally I think the entire female species is pissing him off this week." AJ tried to explain.
"And who would Howie be?" Breanna asked.
"Oh, shorter looking guy, about ye high, dark hair, dark eyes, um..." AJ described.
"Oh, ok. Again, no need to go further." Breanna said as a shy smile crept across her face.
"Oh! So I guess it wasn't Brian you had your eyes set on after all." AJ said as he finished his last mouthful of coke.
"Um, well..." Breanna tried to explain.
"Haha, beautiful, it's ok. I totally see where you're coming from. You like my man Howie over there." AJ said while pointing to his left.
"He's down the hall if you need him." AJ said with a wink.
"I'll keep that in mind." Breanna said as she hopped off the counter with AJ's assistance.
"B, that was your mom on the other line. Want to get excited again?" Eve asked.
"Go for it! What did she say?" Breanna asked happily.
"Well, your cousin Sveyta is going to Europe because she got a job offer but she doesn't want to give up her house in Orlando and all so she thought that we could...." Eve managed to get some of the words out as Breanna grabbed AJ's arm with excitement.
"NO WAY!" Breanna screamed and ran towards her best friend with open arms as both girls jumped up and down in an embrace.
"Now this is the kind of Kodak moment I'd love to capture!" AJ said aloud. Just then, another knock on the door.
This time AJ answered as the girls kept hugging and jumping. "Hey D! Come in!" AJ said. Howie awkwardly walked into the hotel room.
"You left to go check on where that scream came from and you didn't come back so I thought...." Howie stopped when he saw Breanna and Eve hugging and jumping in short bathrobes. It was obvious they had little on underneath.
"Enjoy the view, D. They're too excited to notice you're here." AJ commented under his breath.
"What's going on?" Howie asked.
"Tell ya later." AJ answered while smiling on, staring at the girls.
"Oh my god." Eve said staring at Howie. "B, look behind you!" She said as Breanna turned around. One look at Howie and she screamed without realizing it, scaring Howie at the same time. AJ fell to the floor laughing.
"AJ!" Breanna scolded. AJ put his hands up into the air showing that he was defenseless.
"Hey, now, he was just as concerned with the welfare of two young, beautiful ladies as I was." he said in Howie's defense.
"Sorry..." Howie started to say "No, it's ok. I'll be back." Breanna said as she turned around and walked upstairs. When she got into her room she screamed with happiness and hormones. The man she totally flipped for at McDonalds was now standing in her hotel rooms kitchen.
Howie looked up at the ceiling when he heard Breanna scream. "You didn't recognize her did you?" AJ asked.
"Huh?" Howie answered.
"Short blue dress..." AJ sung.
"No way! Really? no..." Howie started.
"Yes..." Eve finished.
"hmmm..." was all Howie could say.
"Well, anyway, I came to check if everything was ok and to remind you that we have somewhere to be at 7 tonight." Howie said in a you-know-what-I-mean voice.
"Oh yeah, that's right!" AJ replied.
"Well, beautiful ladies, we must be off but it was nice meeting you Eve. And you too, Breanna!!!!" AJ shouted upstairs.
"Hmmmm...I think she's happy." AJ said.
"Kevin will be too..." he added.
"Kevin?" Howie questioned his friend.
"Yes, Kevin. Short yellow dress right there." AJ said pointing to Eve.
"Kevin?" Eve asked.
"Yes, Kevin." Howie and AJ said at the same time.
"I think Breanna described him as Mr. Greek God from McDonalds." AJ said to Eve as Howie opened the door.
"AHHH!" Eve screamed.
"Well, they're both happy now." AJ said as he and Howie walked out of the door.
"I'll see you ladies later tonight." AJ said as he was about to close the door.
"Bye AJ! Bye Howie!" Breanna shouted from upstairs.
"Bye!!" Howie shouted back. "This is going to be one interesting week" AJ commented as they left.
"Oh my god!" Eve screamed as she ran upstairs. "BREANNA!!!" She shouted as Eve missed the last step and fell on her face in front of Brenna's door. Breanna opened the door laughing. She too, fell on the floor but from laughter.
"Girl, you ok?" She asked Eve.
"I'm fine. And nice of you to ask *after* you stopped laughing." Eve said as she pushed her hair out of her face and checked the rug burn on her hip.
"That's what you get for wearing such a short towel and robe." Breanna explained.
"Yes, but it got Howie's attention for you, didn't it, B?" Eve shot back.
"Yes, it did." Breanna said as she started to think about the turn of events that had unfolded in the last hour. Her ex-boyfriend of 14 months committed suicide, she was accepted by the Florida University's Graduate School with her best friend, they had an amazing house to live in at the same time with no rent to pay or major bills, and the guy who took her breath away in the middle of nowhere was now staying on her floor, and he was actually in her kitchen while she was in a bathrobe. A smile crept across Breanna's face again but at the same time the feeling of guilt over Christian. "There's nothing I can do about a person who's already dead, I'll deal with it when I get home, I just hope he's happier where he's at," Breanna thought to herself as she picked herself up off the floor.
"Damn girl! Don't just stand there looking down. Help me up." Eve yelled at Breanna.
"Ok, explain what that was all about?" Howie asked AJ curiously.
"Let's see if I can sum this up. I never got their ages, what they are doing here, if they are fans or not but I'm assuming not, and how long they plan on staying here but I did find out why they were screaming." AJ said quickly as he ticked everything off his fingers.
"Ok, why?" Howie asked as they walked back into AJ's room next door.
"Breanna, your girl, and Eve, Kevin's girl, just got accepted to that huge graduate school in Orlando. At the same time one of their cousins, I think it was Breanna's if I remember correctly, is leaving to Europe and basically giving them her house. Ok, that sums it up." AJ finished.
"Oh, okay. So that's why they were so happy. But they didn't seem to recognize us or anything?" Howie wanted to know.
"No, D, they didn't. Well, they recognized me from McDonald's and of course Beautiful Breanna recognized you..." AJ started to explain as they walked into his room.
"She did?" Howie interrupted.
"Yes she did. And it wasn't Brian she was checking out either. It was you, D. Brian, you were right. Pay up, D!" AJ said pointing at Brian who was on his cellphone.
"Haha, man I told ya!" Brian said as he covered up the receiver. Howie was attracted to the girl but he didn't recognize her with her hair up and with little clothing but she was still cute.
"Are you sure it was her?" Howie asked as he grabbed his room key off AJ's kitchen table.
"Yes D. Why do you think she screamed when she turned around and saw you standing there?" AJ called to Howie as he was leaving AJ's room to go back to his own.
"See ya!" Howie yelled.
"Later, man!" The other two called.
"Eve, get your ass in here and help me find something to wear!" Breanna yelled down the hall to her friends room.
"Coming!" Eve yelled back.
"Ok, Breanna, what kind of look are you going for tonight? Slutty? Sophisticated? Or Tastefully Tacky?" Eve asked.
"How about sophisticated with a slutty touch?" Breanna joked to her friend.
"Ok, all set. A short mini skirt, a nice low-cut shirt and a wonderbra!" Eve said as she rummaged through Breanna's closet. Eve pulled out Breanna's black mini-skirt that had a slit going all the way up to the hip bone, a baby blue body-hugging v-neck, and Breanna's black wonderbra. "Ok, let's pick out some shoes..." Eve said while Breanna sat at the edge of her bed going over her outfit for the night. It sounded slutty when she tried to describe it over the phone to Eve when she first bought it but it really wasn't. It looked very nice and perfect for clubbing. "How about these black clogs?" Eve asked.
"I don't know, E, I kinda wanted to have a few drinks." Breanna said while in deep thought.
"Right, ok...!" Eve said as she went back into the closet. "Ok, these!" Eve said as she held up Breanna's favorite pair of black sandals that had two inch squared heels.
"Those are perfect!" Breanna said as she grabbed her outfit and threw it on.
"Hey Eve, what do I wear with this? G-string or nothing?" Breanna jokingly asked.
"Your new black g-string." Eve said.
"Ok, how does this outfit look?" Breanna asked Eve.
"Oh wow, B! If we run into Howie tonight, you just may get lucky!" Eve smiled.
"No, I don't think so. I'm going to try and find something that works out for the better. No more playing games. I've played them for far too long. If he wants to have a fling this week then he'll have to find another girl." Breanna stated as she rubbed lotion into her legs.
"Wow girl! You're serious?" Eve questioned her best friend.
"Totally!" She tossed over her shoulder as she walked into the bathroom to finish getting ready.
"Well, it's 6 o'clock. You wanna go and get something to eat?" Eve asked Breanna.
"When I'm finished. Give me ten minutes!" Breanna yelled from the bathroom.
"Ok, hurry!" Eve said impatiently. She had been ready for the past 15 minutes.
"Hey AJ! Let us in!" Kevin said pounding on the door.
"I'm comin', I'm comin'!" AJ yelled as he came flying down the stairs.
"Hey Kev and Chaos!" AJ said in a high-pitched voice. He was proud of himself for making their names sound good together.
"Hey..." Nick and Kevin said together as they walked in and plopped down on the couch.
"So, guys? What are our plans for tonight?" AJ asked curiously.
"We don't know yet, why?" Kevin asked.
"Well, I know two beautiful ladies next door who may be interested in hanging out tonight." AJ said as he walked into the kitchen. "You guys thirsty?" AJ asked.
"No, man, I'm kew." Nick answered.
"Two? Who, Bone? And, toss me a coke!" Kevin yelled.
"Oh I don't know. These two ladies sure got Howie's attention, or at least the one in blue did." AJ said as he tossed Kevin the coke.
"What!" Kevin yelled back as he dropped the coke.
"Haha! That's the exact reaction I was lookin' for!" Brian said as he walked down the stairs.
"Yeah, Kev, the famous McDonald's ladies are next door. Even your precious one in yellow. By the way, her name is Eve." AJ said grabbing a seat on the stairs next to Brian.
"Except our man AJ here was lucky today. He got to see them in their towels." Brian said nudging his friend in the arm with his elbow.
"You did?" Nick asked.
"Yeah, too bad D didn't get there until after they put on their bathrobes." AJ said disappointedly.
"What else?" Kevin asked casually as he took a sip of his coke.
"Well, they're moving..." Brian started but AJ quickly covered his mouth.
"Naw man, I think I'll let you figure the rest out." AJ said.
"I think D's at the door." Brian noted.
"Yeah, I'll get it." Nick said.
"Hey D! I heard you saw your lady today." Nick said as he pounded his friend on the back. Brian and AJ started to crack up.
"Yeah, and the funniest thing was when Breanna, the one who was in blue...." AJ said to Kevin to help tell the girls apart "...didn't see Howie walk into the room. When she turned around she screamed and almost freaked out our friend D over there." AJ said as Brian started cracking up again while imagining the entire scene.
"It wasn't that bad." Howie said trying to downplay the entire event. "She just didn't see me. I think I scared her, that's all. But she wanted to kill you!" Howie said to AJ.
"Yeah, only because I didn't tell her that you were there. She kinda has the hots for our boy, D." AJ stated.
"Oh!" Kevin and Nick said at the same time.
"Ok, we'll see them later. For now we really should get going to rehearsal." Kevin stated.
"Ok, let's go!" AJ said as he got up to stretch.
"Everyone make sure you have your security passes, room keys and whatever else we need!" Kevin said reminding the guys.
"Yeah we got 'em." Nick called back annoyed as the guys walked towards the door.
"Are you ready yet?" Eve yelled from downstairs.
"Yeah, I'm coming!" Breanna shouted as she ran down the stairs.
"How do I look?" Breanna asked as she turned around a few times so her friend could check out her outfit.
"Geez, girl. You'll definitely find a few good men tonight, if ya know what I mean." Eve said.
"Ok, what about me?" Eve asked.
"Dang Eve, a long black skirt?" Breanna asked casually. "Yes, watch!" Eve said as she tugged on her black skirt. It came off with no problems to reveal her much shorter skirt underneath. "Oh I love that idea! Hold on!" Breanna shouted as she ran upstairs to grab her long skirt.
"Ok, now we'll look wonderful tonight!" Breanna mussed.
"Ok, so we're ready for sure? Room keys, wallets, security passes, extra makeup, cellphones?" Eve asked as she went down the list.
"No, no cellphone for me tonight." Breanna commented as she turned the door knob.
"Oh, ok. You're right." Eve said as she tossed her phone onto the couch.
"Ok, now we're ready!" Eve said.
"Ok, let's go." Breanna said as she shut the door not realizing that she got her long skirt caught in it.
"Oops, I think you have a problem there, beautiful." AJ commented as he walked down the hall with the rest of the guys.
"Huh?" Breanna replied as she took a step towards him. Her long black skirt came off to reveal the much shorter skirt.
"No, I was wrong. You don't have a problem." AJ said laughing to himself as he walked up to Breanna and gave her a quick peck on the cheek.
"Thanks." Breanna said smiling to AJ while glancing over his shoulder to see a not-so-happy looking Howie.
"Hey Howie." Breanna replied.
"Hi, B!" He said happily as she reached to give him a kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks for checking on us today." Breanna said to both guys. "Hi, I'm Breanna." she said as she walked up towards Brian. "You must be Brian." She said with a wink. He laughed,
"yeah, that would be me."
"Ok, let me try to figure out everyone's name." Breanna said. "I know who AJ, Howie, and Brian are. I'm guessing you're Kevin, and I'm really sorry! I forgot your name." Breanna said looking apologetically to Nick.
"I'm Nick." He said holding out his hand. "And, by the way, this skirt looks a lot better." Brian looked at Nick in shock. He had never been that forward to a girl he barely met.
"Thanks Nick..." Breanna said. "...but we were about to go out to dinner and we didn't want to look, um..." Breanna started.
"Slutty." Eve finished. "We're going dancing at the club afterwards so that's the reason for the shorter skirts." Eve said.
"Hello, Eve!" AJ said as he leaned over to kiss her on the cheek.
"Hi, AJ, how are you?" Eve asked.
"Never better!" He replied
"Ok, let's finish the introductions in the elevator. I'm sure we're all going down and Howie did say that you had to be somewhere around 7." Breanna stated as she walked to the elevator.
"Hello, Mark!" She said to the security guard.
"Hello, miss Breanna." He said smiling. The elevator doors parted to reveal two heavy looking guys.
"Ready to go?" They seemed to be asking the guys.
"Yeah, we're ready to roll!" AJ said as they all entered the elevator. Eve shot Breanna a questioning glance. Breanna only shrugged her shoulders in response.
"So, who might you be?" Kevin asked Eve.
"I...I'm..." Eve started.
"Eve." Breanna finished giving AJ a knowing glance. Breanna felt someone staring at her and turned to her left to see Howie. "What's wrong?" She asked him quietly.
"Um, I should ask you the same thing." He said back to her.
"What?" She asked. "Oh, sorry. You just look kind of sad." Howie said. Breanna leaned in closer to him.
"Do I?" She said in a quiet voice.
"Uh huh." He said. Little did they realize that the entire elevator was listening in on their conversation. All four of the other guys including Eve had a knowing smile on their face.
"So, what's wrong?" He urged.
"Um, nothing. Talk to you later about it...maybe." She cautioned him.
"Ok." He said sounding pleased. In the back of the elevator she could hear Kevin and Eve talking about their plans for the evening. Eve said little.
"What are you ladies doing tonight?" He asked.
"Dinner and the club. We're too tired from the trip to do much else." Eve replied. They locked eyes for a quick second but quickly looked away when the realized everyone was looking at them. Just then the elevator doors opened.
"Well, this is were we part." AJ said in a fake voice that sounded like he was crying. Breanna and Eve started laughing with the rest of the guys.
"Ok, well, we'll see you guys later. Nice meeting you all!" Eve shouted as she and Breanna walked towards the restaurant.
"You too!" The guys shouted back at different times. Howie couldn't stop staring at Breanna.
"Bye." She whispered to him. He
was too
far away to hear her but he read her lips. This would definitely be a
terrific weekend, he thought. Kevin had the same idea.
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