Chapter 6*~

Justin watched his wife’s swift movements across the stage. He didn't know exactly what made him feel so differently about her work, but he was enjoying this. Drops of sweat ran down her body. She was now twice the age she was when she really could get down but she was just as good now maybe even better. Her all white leather outfit was sticking to her body. He had never seen her work as hard as she was now. He watched her concentrate on every step she made. There was something different about this moment. She definitely had no innocence or shame in what she was doing to every man in the world. He watched closely and watched as she turned to look at him and blew a kiss at him. He saw the grin form across her face when the song ended and she walked over to him. “Aaliyah… I..” Justin started when she pulled him into a kiss.

“Less talk,” Aaliyah whispered as she grinned widely.

~*3 hours later*~

“Damn Justin, your lucky.” Joey said.

“I know, I’m glad I went.” Justin said and grinned.

“So you just did it right there in the hall?” Lance asked and shook his head, “You two are really freaky.”

Justin laughed, “Well she obviously didn’t care and I didn’t either at the moment.” Justin sighed, “It was just a good moment for me.”

“Speaking of Lili, Where is she?” Chris asked.

“She’s out with Britney.” Justin said and sighed.

“Yeah that’s right, you told us that they were close friends.” Joey said and looked at him, “Aren’t you worried that Britney might put things into her head?”

“I really don’t know, I mean if she did it would matter anyway, I’m sure Aaliyah still doesn’t trust me all the way since the last incident.” Justin said.

~*Meanwhile*~

“Why did you and Justin break up anyway?” Aaliyah asked as they sat at a table in Starbucks.

“Well for one, you know how everyone said I was cheating on him?” Britney asked and watched her nod, “Well, I wasn’t cheating on him actually, he ended our relationship by sleeping with Carmen.”

“That sounds like something he would do too.” Aaliyah shook her head, “The first time we broke up was because he slept with Christina.” Aaliyah rolled her eyes, “Since then I haven’t had too much trust in him, but I do trust him enough.”

“Yeah,” Britney said, “So what have you been up to lately?”

“Nothing really, I just finished photo shoots for Vibe, Honey, Expression Mag. in Germany, and Black Hair magazine.” Aaliyah said and sighed, “And then I just finished a new video.”

“Wow you’ve been busy haven’t you?” Britney asked and smiled, “And then you have the girls too, that is a lot to have to put up with.”

“Yeah, I’m supposed to be going to Paris for a week next month.” Aaliyah smiled, “My job is never done.”

Britney smiled, “I don’t want to sound like I’m being rude or anything but do you love Justin?” She asked.

“It’s not rude at all.” Aaliyah looked up with a small smile, “I love Justin with all my heart but sometimes it drives me crazy when he can’t accept something like my friends or my job. He knew what he was getting himself into when he met me.” She sighed, “They told him you can’t keep a pretty girl on lock down, you just can’t expect her to do nothing but be there for you every waking moment.”

“And I totally understand that you have other things to do, I mean you’re an extremely beautiful young woman, with three beautiful kids, and a great career, and my mother always told me that I should never let any man, even if I loved him with all my heart, I should never let him pull me away from the things I love, and I know you love your music, and even if Justin objects to your music, modeling, or acting you should keep your dreams.” Britney said and looked at her, “Those kids and your career mean so much to you and I know that you love Justin soo much, but don’t ever let him get to you where you do something crazy.”

“I won’t ever let him get to me.” Aaliyah said and looked at her.

~*10:30 p.m.*~

Aaliyah walked through the door and closed it behind her and smiled when she walked into the living room and saw Justin asleep with Courtney in his arms. She walked over to them and picked up Courtney and took her upstairs before coming back downstairs and sitting down next to Justin.

Justin opened his eyes and smiled, “Hey when did you get home?” He asked and ran his fingers through her hair.

“Maybe about ten minutes ago.” She smiled up at him, “And I got the cutest picture of you and Courtney asleep.” She laughed, “Did they tire you out?”

“Yeah, Ashleigh was the first to go down.” He laughed, “She tried to keep her eyes open but she eventually fell asleep.” He shook his head and laughed, “Izzy just went up to bed on her own and it was just me and Courtney, after a really good staring contest she fell asleep.”

Aaliyah laughed, “I’m just glad they weren’t just really over whelming.” She said and yawned. “Now it’s my turn to go to sleep, so I’m going to go upstairs.” She said and stood up, “Are you coming?” She asked and looked down at him.

“Yep, wait for me.” Justin said and stood up and grabbed her hand in his. “So how did your day go?” He asked.

“Great, including this morning.” She said and with a grin, “Definitely including this morning.”