Chapter 22CHAPTER 22
The next day...
"I am SO depressed! I am the only one of the backstreet Boys girlfriends that is not engaged! Isn't that SAD! Plus, me and AJ don't even have a date tonight, so I know tonight isn't the night." Joy said.
Joy, Melissa, Christina, Faith and I were hanging out in Christina's living room.
"Well, let's put some music on! That always cheers us up!" Melissa hopped up and popped Britney Spears' album into the CD player. Right in the middle of the first chorus of "...baby one more time", a male voice joined Britney, and suddenly, the music stopped completely, and we heard,
"Yuck! How do you stand to listen to this stuff!!" We recognized it as AJ's voice. Then he said, in a mockingly high voice,
"Hit me baby one more time, ugh!" back in his regular voice,
"Joy, baby, I love you SO much. I know you probably thought I'd never ask, but sweetheart, will you marry me? O please say yes! I don't know how I could live without you!"
Then "...Baby one more time" came back on. Joy took off running toward AJ's place. She knocked on the door, and when he answered it, she blurted out, "Yes!!"
"You mean, yes you'll marry me?" he asked. "Yes!" she repeated.
"Oh, I love you so much honey!" AJ said. He wrapped his arms around her waist. They were still at the doorstep. They stopped hugging, and slowly walked toward the porch swing. They had just sat down, when a girl with burgundy hair popped out of the bushes, grabbed AJ, and kissed him.
"you remember me, Linda! I love you so much AJ, and I know you still love me!"
Joy clapped a hand to her mouth and took off toward Christina's house. She ran in, grabbed her car keys, and sped off toward her apartment, tears streaming down her face.
"I hope she's all right" Melissa murmured. "I am going to go check on her" Melissa added. Melissa drove to Joy's apartment, and Joy let her in and told her the whole story. They cried, and Melissa consoled her.
Meanwhile...
AJ finally pried the girl off of him, and asked her some questions.
"Who are you? Why did you do that?" he demanded
angrily.
"I'm Linda! And I did that because I love you!!" she
replied brightly.
"Whatever!" AJ ran into the house and called Joy, but she hung up on him. 4 times.
He got in his car and drove to her apartment. He got to the door just as Melissa was leaving. He managed to squeeze in just before Joy slammed the door. AJ explained that he had never met her, and she was just some crazy teenybopper. After a very long discussion, and Joy making AJ swear he was telling the truth, she forgave him. As soon as he left, Joy called Christina's house and informed us all that they were still getting married after all.