“You up Theresa?” She heard Stephanie asked as she walked into her room and placed a plastic basket, full of Theresa’s clothes, on the floor.
“I don’t want to be.” Theresa sighed throwing the leopard spotted comforter over her head. “What time is it?”
“12:30pm. You need to get up, Donna wants us in the studio by 2.” Stephanie stated sitting on the queen-size bed. “I’m so glad to be home.”
“Me too.” Theresa agreed finally uncovering her head and slowly climbing out of her bed and making her way to the hall where the bathroom was. “Did A.J call?” She screamed over the sound of running water.
“Yeah, he said whenever you get up call him.” Stephanie replied leaving Theresa’s room and heading down the hall to the living room.
“Ok. Thanks.” Theresa called.
“Anytime.” Stephanie hollered just as the phone began to ring. “Hello.” She answered.
“Hey baby.” A deep voice said on the other line.
“Hey Kevin, what ya doin?” Stephanie wondered picking up the newspaper that she had thrown onto the couch earlier that morning.
“Nothing much, just thinking of what I’m going to get for your birthday.” Kevin replied.
“Oh that’s right my birthday’s tomorrow, what ya gonna get me?” Stephanie asked collapsing onto the beige colored couch.
“Hmm…I dunno, but I have an idea. Don’t worry.” Kevin chuckled.
“But baby, I wanna know.” Stephanie wined into the phone.
“Ok, I’ll give ya an idea ok.”
“Ok.” Stephanie nodded.
“Be ready by um…7pm, look nice and I’ll have Angie bring by your dress and do your hair and stuff ok?” Kevin hinted.
“Ooo…I gotta look nice?” Stephanie smiled.
“Yep.” Kevin replied. “Well baby, I’ll send Angie over tomorrow by hmm…lets say 5?”
“Ok.”
“Ok, well sweetie, I’ve gotta go. I need to call my mom ok.”
“Ok, bye baby.”
“Bye, love ya.”
“Love you too.” With that Stephanie turned the off button on the cordless and placed in her lap as she went on with reading her newspaper.
“Hey Steph, did ya fix breakfast?” A drowsy Lisa asked walking into the living room wearing her green pleaded boxer shorts and baggy white T-shirt her brown hair up in a messy ponytail.
“No, Lisa. Its almost 1 in the afternoon, I think its more time for lunch.” Stephanie smarted.
“Whatever.” Lisa rolled her eyes. “Do we have anymore cereal?”
“Dunno, go look. I just had some toast.” Stephanie said.
“Whatever.” Lisa sighed walking into the connected kitchen.
-At the same time-
Walking into the living room A.J noticed the red light flashing on his answering machine, pushing play A.J fell back onto the couch taking the damp towel off his head.
“Message one: Alex, its mom. I know your back in town, call me sweetie.”
“Gotta call mom.” A.J noted to himself.
"Message two: J, its Nick. I was wandering what you were doing today, cause I have this tattoo I was wanting to go get, and I was wanting know if you wanted to come. Call me.”
“Hmm…tattoo, I’ll have to call him.” A.J nodded running his left hand over his right ink covered arm.
“Message three: A.J, hey its me, Amanda. I found out that you were in town, I was wandering if we could talk later. Call me whenever you want.”
“Amanda?” A.J questioned sitting up and looking at the answering machine. “Hmm…just might have to call her.”
“Message four: Hey baby, you know who this is. Stephanie said you called and well I called you back but well you know, I’m leaving a message so you must have fell back to sleep. *laughs* Well babe, call me maybe we could get together today and do something.”
“Aww, my angel. Defiantly call her.” A.J chuckled to himself grabbing the phone. Dialing her cell phone number, cause he didn’t have the phone digits A.J got her voice mail message.
“Hey wussup? Well anyway, I’m home now from touring and I can be reached at 555-2358. Later!”
Dialing those numbers A.J waited after three rings until someone answered.
“Hello?”
“Is Theresa there?” A.J asked.
“Yeah, hold on.” A.J could hear someone yell Theresa, then the phone being passed between hands.
“Hey wussup!!” Theresa’s face came into the phone.
“Hey beautiful.” A.J smiled resting one hand behind his head.
“A.J? What are you doing?” Theresa asked.
“Nothing much, just laying on the couch.” A.J replied. “You?”
“Just got out of the shower not to long ago.” Theresa answered. “Did you go back to sleep? Because I tried to call but no one was there.”
“No, I was in the shower too.” A.J chuckled crossing his legs at the ankles.
“Oh really? So what are you doing today?” Theresa wondered.
“Well I dunno, Nick called and left a message saying he wanted to go get a tattoo today. I might go with him. You wanna go?” A.J said.
“Hmm…I just might.” Theresa giggled.
“Uh oh. Is my baby thinking about getting a tattoo?” A.J smirked looking around at his semi neat house.
“Maybe.” Theresa played with hint in her voice.
“Cool, I can come and get you.” A.J suggested.
“You don’t know…”
“Yes I do. Remember the van dropped you, Steph, and Lisa off. I know where you live. Don’t worry.” A.J grinned.
“Oh ok. What time?”
“Um…how about around 4 or 5??” A.J said.
“Sound good. Well I gotta go because the girls and me gotta go to the studio to work some on the CD. I’ll be back before 4 ok?”
“Ok. Bye baby.”
“Bye. I love you.”
“I love you too.” With that A.J hung up and picked up the phone ready to dial Nick’s number.
-Later that day-
“Hey guys, I’m going out with A.J later.” Theresa informed as Stephanie drove her and Lisa to the recording studio in Stephanie’s black 2000 eclipse.
“Mmm…ok.” Lisa nodded.
“Lisa and I are going grocery shopping later. Anything special you need?” Stephanie questioned stopping at a red light.
“Not that I know of.” Theresa replied.
“Ok.” Stephanie nodded as the light turned green.
“Lisa, turn on the radio.” Theresa suggested from the back seat.
“Mmm…k.” Lisa said reaching over and turning the stereo knob and the tunes of ‘What a girl wants’ by Christina Agulara came on blasting through the speakers.
“What a girl wants, what a girl needs…whatever makes…” The girls sang together their voices in sync. Pulling into the studio parking lot Stephanie parked her car and turned it off.
“Ok girls, lets go finish making our self’s a number one record.” Stephanie said climbing out followed by Theresa and Lisa. Entering the building the three headed for the conference room told to and found Donna sitting talking to their producer RJ Cool with a pile of papers in front of her.
“Girls you’re here.” Donna smiled at them.
“Yeah, we came.” Theresa smirked sitting in one of the leather posh chairs. “Hey RJ.”
“Sup Theresa?” The tall dark colored man with blond almost white hair and a hoop earring on each ear smiled at her. “Have fun on tour?”
“Hell yeah.” Theresa nodded as Donna placed a packet in front of her, Stephanie and Lisa.
“What’s this for?” Lisa asked before flipping through it.
“It’s your schedules for now. Some of this may change.” Donna answered.
“Oh ok.” Lisa nodded turning the page to see what all they were going to be up to.
“Hey cool, I get to be on the cover of Seventeen with A.J…why?” Theresa wondered looking at Donna her right eyebrow arched in confusion.
“Because Seventeen called me up the other day and said they would like to do a story on you and A.J and how your relationship is going…you know stuff like that.” Donna stated.
“Oh Theresa, you and my man A.J are going out?” RJ asked.
“Yep every since I believe um…the 26th of November.” Theresa guessed a smile upon her lips.
“Hey neato, we get to be on the cover of Teen People. That’s awesome.” Stephanie gushed flipping further into the packet.
“Yep.” Donna nodded. “You girls also have to be at a photo shoot in LA on February 11th, at TRL on February 14th, and you’ll start touring with NSYNC in May. That ones a maybe. And you know so on, oh and Theresa I’ve scheduled for your surgery late this month ok?” Donna read from the packet.
“Ok.” Theresa nodded.
“Wow, were gonna be busy huh?” Lisa questioned.
“Yep. And your first single will be released December 16th, so were gonna have to go and do promotion and stuff like that.” Donna stated.
“Awesome, when will our album be released?” Stephanie asked pulling a strand of black hair behind her ears.
“We have yet thought of a date. But someone suggested December 28th.” Donna replied. “Well girls I think that’s it. For today.”
“Ok, well will you three lovely ladies follow me, we have some singing we’ve gotta do.” RJ smiled as all three of the girls nodded and followed RJ out of the room and into the recording studio.
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