Note-I just wrote this story in a whole page so you won't have to click back for the next chapters.Some words are spanish.

FINISHED !!!

Nine Chapters long.

Can you believe I actually finished one of my stories wow I am damn proud of myself,send me some feedback !

~ Chapter One ~

"Stephanie Anderson please come to Mr.Fernando's office",Mrs.Smith said threw the intercom.

Stephanie let out a small sigh she was tired of everything all she wanted to do now was chill thats all she asked for but it just never came true.She walked into her managers office Mr.Fernando and saw a young man who looked to be in his 20's and a young woman who wore to much make up in Stephanie's opinion a total fake,she probably was 18 or 19 Stephanie so thought.

"Hola Stephanie",Mr.Fernando greeted.

"Hey wassup Fernando",Stephanie said taking a seat next to the young man.

"Nada,you ?",Mr.Fernando asked.

"Nothing at all I rather be at my house chilling",Stephanie said codly.

"Stephanie I told you I was sorry but you have a job to attend to or else you'll get fired and you do know that.",Mr.Fernando warned.

Stephanie nodded and a mumbled an "I know already".

"Well now to business Stephanie you will be working with Ms.Amanda Willaford as her make up artist for her tour",Mr.Fernando said.

"Alright thats it later",Stephanie said standing up from her chair.

"Stephanie get back here we are not done",Mr.Fernando said.

"Amanda meet the best make up artist in California Ms.Stephanie Anderson",Mr.Fernando said with a proud smile on his old wrinkled face.

"Like whatever",Amanda mumbled.

"Oh yeah she's like in need of a total new look can I say FASHION EMERGENCY here !",Amanda said laughing.

Stephanie eyed her up and down and said "Hunny if I where you I'd keep my trap shut before I do something to you that would brake that ugly little nose of yours and lose all that make up will you the red lipstick is giving me a headache".

"Nick you will not let her talk to me that way",Amanda whined.

Nick just shrugged.While Mr.Fernando gave Stephanie a warning glare Stephanie just shrugged it off.

"Okay I am so sorry about the way Stephanie acted their for a moment",Mr.Fernando said apologetically.

Stephanie glared at him god so help her to keep her cool before she would begin yelling at him.

"Apology not accepted,tell that snob to say it herself",Amanda said evily.

Nick's head shot straight up now he felt sorry for the other girl,he looked at her and took in all her beauty she had remarkeble gorgeus light brown eyes she looked spanish so he thought,she had wavy curly brown hair and a gorgeus skin tone that matched her light eyes.

Stephanie looked up at Amanda and took all of her pride away she needed the job or else she will living in the streets of Los Angeles and that would just bring the horrible memories that she had when she was young.

"Sorry Amanda",Stephanie said softly.

"Thank you dear",Amanda said.

"Would that be it Mr.Fernando ?",Nick asked.

"Yes that would be it Mr.Carter and Ms.Willaford you may go now,Stephanie you'll stay we need to talk",Mr.Fernando said.

Stephanie groaned and sat back down on the comfy chair.After the couple left Mr.Fernando began to talk."Stephanie honey you know I love you very much and I am sorry I made you go threw that,and that you even had to give up your pride for that bitch and I am sorry for choosing you to work for her for five straight months."

"It's okay Mr.Fernando can I go now ?",Stephanie asked.

"Ofcourse you can,take care sweety",Mr.Fernando said waving her off.

Mr.Fernando had taken care of Stephanie for a long time now to him she was like a granddaughter he loved very much.

~ Chapter Two ~

Stephanie got into her black BMW coupe and sped off the Los Angeles highway she turned on her radio and blasted up the song that was on the station it was the new Kelly Price song called 'As We Lay',one of Stephanie's many favorite R&B songs.She finally arrived at her apartment it was right by the Pacific ocean she parked her car and pressed the alarm button on and ran into the building,she got on the elevator and pressed floor # 12,the building had 20 floors in all.She got off at her floor and took out her house keys out of her black Gucci bag she turned the knob of her door and walked in,she locked the door and slipped off her Tommy Hilfiger slip-ons,she looked out the big window in her apartment and let out a sigh she was tired she needed someone to love,she needed love.

"Hay Dios mio",Stephanie mumbled.

It was defitnatly a romantic view for two lovers to watch she could see the sun setting.She walked into her kitchen and opened the frige and took out a bottle of water and a ceasar salad.She sat on a stool and began eating away she sure felt sorry for the bitches boyfriend he had gorgeus icy blue eyes that could just melt her to butter.She laughed and said "Stephanie he's taken !".

After she finished eating she went straight to her bathroom and stripped off her clothes and turned on the cold and hot water she put it in warm and stepped in she washed every place possible,she shampooed and conditioned her hair after that she let the warm water cascade threw her back it was relaxing her taking away all those tense muscles.She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a white terry cloth towel around her body she grabbed her old basketball shirt and some boxers and put them on,she dried off her hair with the towel and brushed it,she brushed her teeth.She looked into her reflection.And sighed.She walked into her big bedroom and grabbed the remote control to her television she got into her bed and put on chanel 29 which was MTV.She fell asleep in the middle of watching MTV's series called * Undressed *.

* Next Morning *

The phone began ringing.

"What now ?",Stephanie asked herself.

She grabbed the black cordless phone and mumbled a "hello".

"Hey Stephanie it's Carlos",Mr.Fernando said happily.

"Hi Carlos,what do you need ?",Stephanie asked,yawning.

"Oh carino I'm sorry for waking you up at such a time I'll leave you alone now",Mr.Fernando said.

"No what do you want ?",Stephanie asked once again.

"Well...Amanda has a concert tonight and you have to do her make up remember",Mr.Fernando said.

"Oh okay,where is it gonna be ?",Stephanie asked taking out a small piece of paper and pen from her drawer.

Mr.Fernando told her the directions and Stephanie jotted them down.

"Well bye Mr.Fernando",Stephanie said.

"Adios carino",Mr.Fernando said and hanged up.

~ Chapter Three ~

After dragging her butt out of bed she took a shower and dressed in a pair of comfortable silver nike pants and a dodgerblue Guess ? shirt and silver striped saucony's,she dried her hair and put a silver bandanna around her forehead,she put on a small amount of make up on and left her apartment.She finally arrived at her destination and said a small prayer.She got out of her car and pressed the alarm button and slipped on her blue Armani shades.She walked in and noticed five guys standing near Amanda and three other girls.

"You must be Stephanie Anderson ?",A big black man asked.

"Yeah",Stephanie said giving him a small shy smile.

He smiled back at her and said "I'm Marcus one of Amanda's bodyguards".

"Well follow me",Marcus said dragging her off to where Amanda 'the bitch' was.

"Amanda your make up artist is here",Marcus whispered to Amanda.

"Well it's about time the bitch got here",Amanda said giving Stephanie an icy glare.

"Amanda",Nick warned.

Amanda sauntered over to him and stoop on her tip-toes and gave him a long LONG kiss.

"Nice to meet such a beauty at such a time in the morning",Aj said lifting up her right hand kissing it.

Stephanie blushed and said a quiet "thank you".

"I'm Alexander James McLean",Aj said.

"Stephanie Anderson",Stephanie said.

Aj leaned next to her and whispered "I am so sorry that you have work with her".

"Thanks,but if I didn't need the money I will not be working with her",Stephanie said.

Aj gave her a small smile and pushed her towards Leighann and Kristin.

"Chick you got work to do now so quit talkin' to my friends",Amanda said.

"I am going to strangle your freaking girlfriend",Stephanie mumbled.

Nick and her where talking quietly so Amanda wouldn't hear what they where saying or else she will go in total jealous mode.

Stephanie walked towards Amanda and mumbled "C'mon I got work to do".

Amanda sat down on the red chair.Stephanie applied the dark red lipstick Amanda had chosen,after that she worked on the eyes and put on a light red glittery eye shawdow,she added a little amount of blush and foundation to even up Amanda's skin.

"Their I am done",Stephanie said.

Amanda opened her eyes and said something Stephanie would have never thought she would have heard "Thanks Stephanie it looks awesome and I am sorry for acting like a bitch towards you yesterday and today".

"Uh it's okay",Stephanie said a wee bit confused at Amanda's changed attitude.

Stephanie sat down on the comfy leather couch in the backstage area surprisingly she actually wanted to see Amanda perform Stephanie thought she needed a wee bit help in voice lessons she needed the right pitch to make the songs sound better.

After the concert was done she went over to Amanda and said "Awesome concert !".

"Don't talk to me bitch !",Amanda shouted.

"Whatever",Stephanie mumbled.

Stephanie grabbed her stuff and walked out of the arena and into her car she sped off to her apartment and sighed she was damn tired working with the 'bitch' was not easy she wanted to be pleased in every direction she was so fucking bossy and pushy.How in the hell can Nick go out with such a bossy,pushy,son of a bitch like HER !

Finally the tour began,Stephanie was in the worst moods she switched from happy to a bitch and no one understood why.One of Amanda's dancers Craig was beginning to crush on Stephanie.The way she caressed was like a heavenly touch to him.But Stephanie didn't even think he existed,she stayed on the tour bus with the dancers and she would just sit on her bunk and read sappy romance novels and just daze off.Craig couldn't help but notice the way she looked at Nick when he was with Amanda she had this little glint in her eyes that made her seem like she was jealous,maybe she was ?

"So Stephanie how ya doin ?",Nick asked sitting down next to her.

Stephanie looked up from her novel and mumbled "okay".

Amanda was off practicing her moves with Fatima Robinson and Darren Henson.

"Well you don't look OKAY to me or anyone else,care to me whats wrong ?",Nick asked concerned.

How could she possibly tell him that she was begining to like him and that Amanda was a damn bitch and that she was using him and cheating on him with this other guy.A couple of nights ago she had seen Amanda and this other guy at a club dancing very close,grinding to the music and they where KISSING ! Straight forward he would have defitnatly thought she was making that us since Amanda would have lied straight to her teeth Stephanie kept it all to herself,she couldn't wait till this tour would be over so she could forget about him.

"I'm fine Nick !",Stephanie snapped standing up from the bench she grabbed her bag that was on the floor and walked out of the room.

Nick groaned he wanted to become friends with her she seemed like a really cool woman you could hang out with and just talk about personal stuff that was bugging that crap out him.

~ Chapter Five ~

Two months passed and Stephanie felt mad at everything it was the first time she had been in love with someone who tried to converse with her and she just ignored him to make the feelings stop but no nothing worked,Amanda was playing a game with him just using him for publicity thats all !

Oh and Craig don't get her started with him he was annoying the crap out of her by sending her flowers,poems,songs he had written just for her.She knew she was acting just plain 'ol bitchy but she didn't want the attention coming from him she wanted it to come from Nick.

"Um hey Nick",Stephanie said.

"Maybe I should tell him or maybe I shouldn't,Dios mio ! I am a damn mess with all these thoughts about love and him ! can I say CONFUSING !!!',Stephanie thought.

Nick didn't respond he just sent her a cold look.

"What did I do ?",Stephanie asked confused.

"You come say hi to me when I have basically been trying for what oh yeah lemme guess three months to get your fucking attention and you just ignore ME ! so don't even start coming over to me and say HI NICK !",Nick yelled harshly.

A look of hurt surpassed her eyes,she felt numb by his harsh tone of voice she wanted to break down crying but she didn't she held a coldness in her eyes.

"Look I'm sorry",Nick began.

"Fuck you !",Stephanie yelled.

"Look hear me out I am having a bad day !!",Nick yelled back.

Stephanie took deep breaths to calm herself down being spanish you get the tendecy of erupting when someone yells at you well atleast she did,she didn't take crap from anyone not even him.

"So I'm sorry for blowing up on you like that",Nick said quietly.

"Whatever go fuck Amanda !",Stephanie yelled running out of the room.

"UGH DAMN IT WOMAN !",Nick shouted aggravated.

~ Chapter Six ~

The next couple of days flew off like a warm summer breeze.Stephanie didn't say a word to Nick she had decided to give him the silent treatment you could it is childish but somehow it worked for him to start talking to her and saying apologies and sending some flowers and just stuff.

"Ma'am",The bell boy said tapping Stephanie on the shoulder.

Stephanie turned around asked "Yes ?" she looked down at his hands and noticed a red rose.

"This is for you from a Mr.Carter",The bellboy answered handeling her the rose he walked away.

Stephanie felt a pair of warm long hands around her waist it was Nick.His chin rested on her shoulder and he whispered into her ear "I'm sorry I didn't to make you that mad !".

Stephanie pulled away from him as much as she wanted to stay in that position with him she decided not to what if Amanda walked down the hallway and catched like that,oh the World War Three would begin right their.

"Look I don't like it when people buy me stuff for forgiveness,you want me to forgive then quit sending me flowers with bellboys do it yourself !",Stephanie yelled pissed off,she opened her door and slammed her hotel door shut.

"Okay you know what forget it I tried to get you to forgive me but nothing works you are nothing but a son of a bitch !",Nick yelled.

The door swung opened and she slapped him hard and square.

"Don't you ever fucking call me that asswipe !",Stephanie yelled back tears flew down freely from her eyes.

~ Chapter Seven ~

Stephanie walked back into her room and locked the door shut she slid down and cried herself to sleep she was so tired of the tour life and her love life.Did she even have a so called love life ? All she knew was that she felt so bad for slapping Nick but he deserved it damn well.

Nick walked back down the hallway into the room he shared with Amanda he could hear screaming coming from inside he unlocked the door and gasped at what she saw Lou one of her dancers and Amanda were half naked on the bed.Nick's eyes watered.

Amanda was the first one to notice Nick.

"Nicky I can explain !",Amanda said.

"No I don't want any fucking explanation I am leaving this tour and we are over with so fuck off !",Nick yelled.

He stuffed all his clothes into his duffel bag and threw the gold promise ring at her.

"Remeber ?",Nick said quietly as he stormed out of the room he slammed the door shut.

Nick walked over to Stephanie's door and knocked softly.

A muffled noise came from behind the door,Stephanie opened the door she was half asleep and she looked terrible her hair was pointing in different directions her eyes where bloodshot red from crying herself to sleep.

"Can I spend the night in here ?",Nick asked quietly.

Stephanie nodded and stiffeled a yawn and led him inside.

"Care to tell me whats wrong ?",Stephanie asked more awake.

"LONG story",Nick mumbled.

Stephanie could tell he didn't feel like talking but she knew it somehow involved Amanda from the tear marks on his face to the missing gold ring on his ring finger.

"I should tell him that I knew",Stephanie thought.

"Nick",Stephanie whispered softly into his ear.

He shivered from her voice it was magical,sweet honey voice.

"Yeah ?",Nick asked.

"I uh well remember you are going to hate me after this so wait a sec you already hate me enough so it don't matter",Stephanie rambled on and on.

Nick shushed her and whispred "Just tell me and know I don't hate you".

Stephanie swallowed down the lump that was forming in her throat.

"Well you see a couple of nights ago I uh saw your girlfriend dancing with some guy and kissing him they where dancing really close,if you ask me ? so it couldn't be a friendly dance",Stephanie said,after finished she felt some what happy with herself.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me !?!",Nick yelled.

"Because I knew you wouldn't believe me and you would have acted the same way you are acting right now",Stephanie yelled back.

"I just caught my ex-girlfriend having sex with one of her dancers Lou !",Nick yelled.

"Oh my ! I am so sorry",Stephanie lied.

She was estactic inside she was doing jumping jacks,cartwheels,back flips,her heart was beating fastly.

~ Chapter Eight ~

"Sure you are",Nick mumbled.

"What the fuck is that suppose to mean I feel bad cuz you guys where so cute together",Stephanie lied again.

"You're lying you know I thought you where different from everyone else on this freaking tour I thought you would never lie I guess I was wrong and I actually was begining to think you where rather cute",Nick said.

"Me cute ?",Stephanie asked pointing at herself.

"Yes you !",Nick exclaimed.

"Thank you",Stephanie said smiling.

"Yeah,yeah !",Nick mumbled.

They both went to sleep the next morning Nick was leaving to Florida,Stephanie didn't want him to though he was defitnatly going to miss his cute ass but life must go on.

~ Chapter Nine ~

"Come with me ?",Nick asked her.

"Are you crazy !",Stephanie exclaimed.

"Yeah crazy for you",Nick said pulling her into a kiss.

Stephanie put her arms around his neck,while he placed his long arms around her small petite waist he kissed her softly and then harder he thrusthed his tongue into her mouth they played tonsil hockey...lol.

Stephanie pushed him.

"I have to confess something",Stephanie said softly.

"I'm listening",Nick said.

"Well okay here I go,I liked you since the begining and I got semi-jealous whenever you kissed Amanda and how in the heck could you stand such a bitch like that I mean she was using you was I the only one that could tell !",Stephanie exclaimed.

Nick laughed.

"No you weren't the only one all my friends noticed to I guess I was blind as a bat",Nick said.

"You got that right",Stephanie joked.

"So will you or not ?",Nick asked again.

"I'll finish this tour and then we'll talk about it..k",Stephanie said.

Nick nodded and they both leaned in for another kiss.