Amidst Love Lies Pain: Sequel to Torn
7/29/99 Baby... I just got off tha phone with u...and..well..how do I say this...I MISS YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! Hahaha.....I know it'z only been 4 dayz since ya left but babe..that'z 4 dayz too long. But..tha gud side is we'll be seeing each other in 3 dayz!!! I'm really lookin foward to it. I know by tha time u recieve this letter..it will probably be tha day before we meet..or on that day exactly...anyhow....just wanted to write and tell ya what'z been going on with me and how I'm missin ya. Evrythingz cool so far and my parentz r back..I 4got to tell ya that on tha phone. N E wayz..imma go now..gotta go have dinner with my parentz remember? Okiez..I gotta go!! I love u hunny!!! * Kiss*
With much love and sincerety,
Annie @~~}~~~}~~~~
A.J folded tha letter like it waz before and stuck it in tha envelope. He smiled to himself and just stared into space. " Hahahaha..a letter from ya gal?" Nick teased while running thru tha hall in between tha bunkbedz of tha tourbus. " Yea..and what'z so funny?....she wrote me a letter cause she missed me." A.J said in defense. " Ok..whateva ya say Bone...imma go see if Rok wantz ta play Nintendo...later.." Nick announced and bobbed towardz tha entertainment room. Tha bus waz heading to Georgia to do a concert and then to Atlanta later on that night. Over tha past 6 dayz..Annie and himself has kept in constant contact...phone callz evrynite..letterz after letterz and midnite AOL chatz. He never felt really serious towardz n e other gurl than towardz Annie...she waz trully tha one for him. A.J laid back into his bunk and pulled his DiscMan on. He reached below his bunk and pulled out a brown box labeled " Annie". He stuck tha letter inside for safekeeping. Along in tha box were tha rest of her letterz and thingz she sent him......
~~ Tha Gurlz~~
" Pass tha cookie dough De.." Annie asked. Tha gurlz were having their 3rd gurlz nite. Feeling lonely and not having their guyz around..they decided to sit around and eventually gain weight. De nodded and handed over tha sugar cookie dough. " I miss Brian so much...." Adri trailed off while stuffing her face with Marshmallowz. " Didn't u talk to him like 30 minutez ago?" CeCe asked grabbing a handfull of marshmallowz for herself. " Yup...but I still miss him" Adri answered. " R all tha Ding Dongz gone?..I thought we bought like...3 packz." Nhi said while looking around tha table full of food for her beloved Ding Dongz. " Fatty ate `em all..haha" Annie laughed while pointing to De. " I am not fat!!..and as for tha Ding Dongz..I only ate 2 tha whole nite.." De responded. "U know..we sound stupid fighting over food....and I'm sure a pack of Ding Dongz r here somewhere Nhi." CeCe grinned. Nhi nodded and continued searching. " Got `em!!" Nhi yelled triumphantly. " They were under tha really big bag of Cheetoz.." Nhi explained and quickly tore off tha wrapper of tha snack. All waz silent for awhile. "Yooouuu..Knowww..wee shouoold plaay a gaaamme" Nhi suggested while trying to chew a whole Ding Dong at tha same time. " What kind of game?" Adri asked while leaning on tha arm of tha recliner. " Dunno...maybe a Truth game...a person asks someone a question about them and their guy..and they hafta tell tha honest truth.." Nhi grinned evily as she swallowed her food. " I'm in..." Annie smiled. All tha rest of tha gurlz agreed also and Adri waz picked to go first. " Ok....CeCe...how far have u and Nick gone?" she asked. CeCe turned a bright pink and answered.." Not all tha way..but I guess we've gotten to really makin out." Adri nodded at her reply and tha gurl "oooohhhhed" and "aaaaaawwwed". " My turn!...De....have u ever seen Kevin in his boxerz?....and if soo..gurl please share tha joy!!..hahaha" CeCe laughed. " Hahaha..yup..I've seen him scandously dressed....and believe me...he got tha extra value pack!!! " De exclaimed and high fived all tha gurlz.
De looked around for her next victim and stopped short on Annie.....who waz chowin down on Cheetoz like that waz tha last bag on earth. Evrybody turned to stare at Annie...who still didn't notice evry one lookin at her. When she did finally look up.. "Wha?....oh..ya'll wanted some?" Annie asked sheeply and handed De tha bag she waz clutchin. " Noooo...I wanna ask u a question..." De started. " Oh..ok..dayum..ya'll didn't hafta be all dramatic bout it..haha" Annie laughed. " Ok....how'z u and A.J?" De asked calmly. " Umm..what do ya mean...like tha relationship?..or sumpthjn else?" Annie asked hinting at tha same thing evryone waz thinkin of. " No..I mean...how'z evrything going...u haven't complained bout missin him all nite" De commented with seriousness in her eyez. " Oh..it'z all gud..I just am too overwhelmed that we're seeing them tommorow.." Annie grinned. De nodded. " Wha?...ya thought we had a fight?..Already?" Annie asked and evryone focused their attention on De. " Oh....well..yea...I thought it waz just kinda odd" De smiled. Annie smiled in return and tha gurl'z game continued.
After an hour or so later....." Hey..u guyz imma hit tha sack..or sleeping bag or whatever..we hafta wake up at 7 ta catch tha flight and it'z already 12." Nhi commented and headed towardz her sleeping bag. Evryone agreed to go to bed and were just equally excited that they were to finally see their boyfriendz. It waz probably 10 minutez later that tha gurlz settled into their sleeping bagz when all of a sudden Annie sat up quickly....too quick..she bagged her head on tha couch arm. " Oww!!..Damn it!!" Annie yelled while rubbing her forehead. " Hahahaha...that waz funny yo.." Adri laughed. " Shut up..Adri...u wouldn't be laughin if it waz u" Annie retorted. " But then again..I'm not stupid enuff to do that so yes I would be laughing." Adri grinned. " N E wayz..Did we pack u guyz?" Annie asked nervously now. " Yea Yea..now go to sleep Annie..dayum gurl...that'z like tha 10th time ya asked.." De said while turning over in her cot. " Ohh..okiez..sowwie.." Annie grinned and laid back down. " Am I...ur fire?..." Annie sang. " Shut up!!" Tha gurlz said in unison. " Ok Ok..I'm sowwie..dang.." Annie rolled her eyez and soon fell asleep.
~~ Tha Guyz~~
" Kev?..ya sure ya know where ur going?" Howie asked hestitantly while looking at tha map. Tha guyz decided to take matter into their own handz and drive to tha Atlanta City Airport. Kevin who waz driving tha rental Navigator rolled his eyez. " Yes Howie..for tha umpteenth time..I know where I freakin goin.." Kevin yelled. " Ok...whateva..if we're late...i'm blaming it on u.." Howie said and looked out at tha carz they passed along tha highway. " Hey!!..there'z tha exit!!..Go Train!" Brian yelled. Kevin nodded and made tha swift exit.
After finding a good parking spot...and of course paying tha fair..tha guyz made their way towardz tha terminalz. " What gate r they coming in from?" Howie asked while admiring tha huge airport. " Umm..I think De said 39" Kevin answered. " Ya think tha fanz will recognize us?" Nick asked while pulling his fisherman hat down lower. " Well...no..I don't think so...but if A.J wouldn't of worn that outfit..we might actually survive if we got mobbed." Kevin said while lookin A.J over. He absolutley stood out...as alwayz. His huge khakiz sagged and revealed part of his boxerz...his sleeveless baseketball shirt showed off his many tattooz. And of course his trademark shadez and beanie finished off tha ensamble. "Hey look..there they r!!" Nick yelled as he spotted 5 gurlz hauling along their carry-on'z. Tha gurlz looked around for a bit and CeCe spotted Nick waving to her. " Look ya'll!!" she yelled to tha rest of tha galz and they came running over. De and Kev embraced tightly and CeCe and Nick did tha same. " Hunny!!!! I missed ya mucho..muy mucho mi amor!!" Nhi yelled as she hugged Howie. " Awww...yo tambien bebe..." Howie smiled and kissed her. " Hey Hey..how'z it going babe!!" Adri smiled and hugged her boyfriend. " Fine!!..Now that ur here." Brian cooed. Adri smiled and they caught each other up on what has happened to them tha past week. Annie saw A.J. A.J saw Annie. They stood there looking at each other. Soon..Annie cracked a smile and A.J took tha oppurtunity to hug her. " Baby!! I've missed u so much....." A.J whispered into her ear. " I missed ya more.." Annie smiled. " Yup...sooo...how waz tha flight?" A.J asked while brushing a strand of loose hair out of her face. " It waz aight...we had lobster..hahaha" Annie laughed while taking his hand in her'z. A.J grinned.." Yup..first class be doin ya rite..". Annie nodded in agreement. " Well..lez just go get ya'll'z luggage and go before someone recognizes us." Kevin suggested and evryone headed towardz tha luggage carousel.......