~*~Howie's P.O.V.~*~
Poor Courtney.She's getting beaten by Justin.The only one she ever loved.Why did he do this?Or how could he have done this?I went back and joined the party. "Hey who was that?"Kevin said. "Courtney."I said a little down. "Did something happen to her"Kevin questioned. "Yea." "Like what?" "Justin beat her tonight.Right after I left the house to come here."I said. "Oh..no.Didn't you want her to come home with you?"he said. "Yea..I asked,but she said no cause she didn't want to make Justin even more mad than he already is."I said sadly. "Oh...well good luck with her."Kev said walking off. "Thanx!"I said taking a deep breath.I wanted to leave the party so I could go get Courtney.The only people I could see were Nick and Jess. "Hey guys?I am gonna head out.Tell Kev,Aj,and Brian for me okay?"I said tapping Nick on the shoulder. "Why?"Jess asked. "Courtney's in some trouble."I said. "Okay...we'll tell them."Nick said.I got out of the party.My cell rang. "Hello?" "Hey Howie.You have to come and pick me up.Justin came home drunk again.I don't want him to beat me."she said crying. "I'll be right over."I nwas going over there anyway to get her.
I arrived in about 5 to 10 mintues.Justin's car was gone.I got out of the car fast.I went into the house.Courtney was laying on the floor.I wokr her up.She was all bruised. "Courtney are you okay?" "No,Justin beat me again.He saw me packing for when you were going to come an dget me."She managed to get out. "It's going to be okay.I am taking you to a hospital to see if everything's okay."I said helping her up. "Okay"I got her to the car with her bags.We went down to the hospital.I filled out the papers as best as I possibly could.I sat there and waited for the doctor to come in. "Howie?" "Ya" "Courtney,she's going to be okay.She needs to stay away from the husband/boyfriend."He said. "Don't worry she's coming home with me anyway."I said. I helped Courtney back into the car.She looked bad.You could hardly tell it was her.She was trying to speak. "Howie..I..I never got to say thank you for being such a nice friend."She said studdering a little bit. "You don't have to thank me.I already know."I said turning on the car.I drove her back to my place in Orlando.I unlocked the door first.I picked her up out of the car and brought her in.I let her sleep in my room while I had the spare room.Right after I put her to bed the phone rang. "Hey is Howie there?"a guy said. "Yea..this is him." "Oh! Hey it's Brian.I didn't see you at the party.Where were you?"Brian said. "Didn't Nick tell you?"I asked. "No,him and Jess were all over each other like the whole time"he said. "What's new?"I said laughing. "Yea..anyway where did ya go?" "Justin best Courtney tonight.She looked really bad when I went to go pick her up tonight."I said explaining for like the millionth time tonight. "Oh..man.Okay.I hope she's going to be okay."Well I just wanted to see why you weren't there.Bye"Brian hung up.I was hoping she'll be okay.
~*~ Courtney's P.O.V.~*~
I didn't know what to do.Justin is off with Britney.I didn't like it.Justin was mine and I didn't want anyone to have him.Not even "the bitch" can have him.I didn't know what happened.All I remember was his hand,a hospital,and Howie.Nothing else.I got out of bed to see what was going on. "Hey Howie." "Oh..hey.Are you okay?"he asked. "Yea." "Well I got an idea."Howie said thinking. "What is it?" "Well since you are feeling better I was going to ask you if you want to go out clubbing."he said smiling. "Hey..good idea.Let me freashen up."I said heading into the bathroom.I put on my "clubbing" clothes and went back out into the living room. "You look hot!"Howie blurted out. "Oh stop it."I said blushing.Howie took me by the hand and escorted me to his car.He turned on the radio.There was nothing on that I wanted to listen to.So Howie brought out a tape.I didn't know what was on it.I reconized the song.Howie started to sing:
trust me when we are apart I won't break your heart.where ever you are i know you feel me,baby.cause i can feel you to. no matter what you do.i think of you.
"My heart stays with you."I said softly.Howie looked at me kind of funny. "What? Did you forget about it huh?" "Yea...thanx for putting it on."I said moving closer to Howie. "Your welcome."We arrived at the club.Howie opened the door once again and escorted me into the club.it was wild and crazy in there.We were dancing body to body.It felt right,but then again it didn't.There was apart of me that still loved Justin and there was apart of me that didn't.As we were clubbing I saw Jess. "Hey Howie..Jess and Nick are here."I whispered.We walked over.I went up to Jess. "Is Nick here?"I said tapping her on the shoulder. "Yea..what are you doing here..and what happened to your face?"she said. "Justin...So Howie cheered me up by taking me here.Why are you here?"I asked back. "Me and Nick thought it would be fun.If Howie already didn't tell you me and Nick sort of forgot to tell the other guys that Howie was leaving to pick you up from Justin's..I guess.But we kind of snuck out of the party itself and we went back to my place and kind of messed around."She said innocently. "Oh....I see."She walked back over to Nick.He was talking to Howie. "hey Nick." "Oh hey Courtney."He said back. "I'll talk to you later Nick."Howie said. "okay see ya"
~*~At Howie's House~*~
Howie drove me back to his place.We walked to Howie's door.He stood there for a minute. "Courtney can I ask you something?" "Yea..sure." "I know we have been friends and everything,but I wanna be more than that."He said giving me a soft kiss. "Howie...I do to.All of my feelings have been up inside of me for the past 2 days.I just didn't know how to tell you."I said. "That'a alright...you don't have to explain."he said. We walked in.I went right to Howie's room.Changed into something more confortable and turned on 'you wrote the book on love' and went to sleep.
~*~Next Morning~*~
I woke up around noon.I alked out into the living room.There was a vase of flowers on the table.There was a little note attached.
Courtney,
Hey..I knew you would be sleeping when I left for the studio this morning.I have a surprise for you when I come home around 4 k?Love ya.
Luv,
Howie
I melted.I sat on the couch and watched 'days'
~*~Howie's P.O.V.~*~
I had to leave for the studio.We're getting ready to do some working for another album.I got some song writing donr with weekend while Courtney was over here.I walked in. "Hey Howie!"Nick said. "Hey." "So what's up with Courtney.Rok told us what happened."AJ said. "She's fine.She's at my house sleeping.At least I still think she is.I left some roses for her before I left."I said. "awww how sweet."Aj said laughing. "So what are you going to do tonight?"Kev asked. "I don't know...I am thinking about making dinner for her." "Hey that sounds good...I wanna come over!!!"Brian said shouting from the back room. "Um..ya okay Bri!"I said back.It was time for me to go home.I first stopped at the store and picked up some "things" for the dinner that I am making her.When I walked through the door.She was sitting on the couch. "What's wrong?"I asked. "Nothing..."she put her head down and started writing.I know something is bothering her,but I don't know what it is.She won't tell me.I put the bags on the counter.I started cooking.She came into the kitchen. "Howie what are you cooking?" "Nothing...you have to find out!"I said kissing her. "But I wanna know now!"She said whinning. "No...you can't not until it's time to eat."I said.She walked off into the living room.I guess nothing was wrong with her after all.