That night as they all sat in Christina’s suite, Nick was yelling at her, “What have I told you, if you’re in trouble you come to me, I’ll take care of you. You should have come to me in the first place.”
“Nick, forget it, this is my problem. I’m not going to take your money. I’ll get paid at the end of the tour and I can have it done then.”
“No way, you will be too far along then, you have to get this done now. Plus how can you dance when you’re pregnant? ” Nick covered her with a blanket and wiped her tears.
She held her head and began to cry again, ”Oh God it’s hopeless.”
Leslie spoke up, “Don’t say that , there’s gotta be a way to work it out.”
“Leslie? Is that your name? Well you know what Leslie, you don’t know shit about my problems.”
Chris added, “I uh…I told her.”
Christina yelled angrily, “Dammit Chris, just tell the whole world. Christina got knocked up by AJ the creep!”
“AJ?….”
Nicked jumped up, “ Look! You…”
Chris got up and grabbed him,"Nick! Look Leslie,” he walked over to her, “We know an MD that’s passing through here for one day next week. We can get her an appointment, but it will cost a lot.”
Leslie added, “ But if it’s AJ it’s no problem, you know he has the money. I’m sure if you tell him….”
“He knows,” sighed Christina “Go back to your daddy, Leslie.” Christina gave her a stern look as Leslie turned and walked out the door.
The next morning Leslie went to talk to AJ in the dining room. She grabbed a pitcher of water to pour herself a drink as they talked. “ And just where do you get off telling me what’s right?” AJ asked her.
“You can’t just leave her I mean…”
“Look , I didn’t spend the last 6 years of my life busting my ass, performing night after night , just to bail out some chick that’s probably fucked every guy in the world. Some people count, and some people don’t.”
Leslie walked up to him, “You make me sick. Stay away from me. Stay away from my sister, or you’ll be sorry.” She took the water and poured it right on his crotch. She walked away and went to find someone who she knew could help. AJ stood there in shock….