****CHAPTER 17****
**GINA'S PERSPECTIVE**
I walked in the front door of the house,
sweating from jogging. I had a gray sports
bra and shorts on. My hair was in a pony tail
and I had a water bottle in my hand. AJ sat
on the couch with his hands crossed. "Where
the hell were you?" I closed the door. "Did
you know there is a gym right around the
corner?" He shook his head. "Yeah, but it
would have been nice to know where you were.
I woke up and couldn't find you anywhere. No
note, nothing." I groned. "Sorry. I didn't
wanna wake you up." I said with a little
attitude in my voice. He sighed. "I'm sorry
too. I didn't mean to get over protective, it's
just that you just moved in and you don't
know the neighborhood that well. I don't want
you to get lost." I sat down next to him and
smiled. "It's alright, I still love ya. Hey, you know how we
are deciding what to do with that spare room
up stairs. Why not turn it into a gym?" He
smiled. "That's a great idea." I patted his
tummy. "It wouldn't hurt if you used it
everyday." I said sarcastically. He frowned.
"I'm not fat." I giggled. "Duh, your skinner
than I am doofus." He chuckled and stood up. "Howie's mom invited
us for some breakfast. Wanna go?" I stood up
with him. "Sure, just let me get a shower." I
started to walk away, but he grabbed my arm
and pulled me close to him. He wrapped his
arms around my waste and I placed my right
hand on his back and the left hand ran threw
his hair, my fingers twirling a few strands.
"My beutiful bride." With that he kissed me
passionatly. It lasted for a few moments and
then I pulled away. I rubbed my hand over his
chest as I walked away. I stood at the bottom
of the steps and said seductivly, "I am going
to get my shower." I ran up the steps
giggling. He raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Then he quickly ran up the steps after me.
We made our way over to Howie's house. I
smiled. "I think it is cool how close he is
with his family. Him still living with his
family is so sweet." We pulled in the drive
way and stepped out of the car. AJ rang the
door bell, and after a few moments the door
swung open. There stood Howie's mom. She
smiled. "Hey. Come in, come in." She is a
very cool lady and a good cook. I meet her a
few times while we were on tour. She wiped
her hands on the dish towl she was holding.
"Howie is in the Entertainment room sound a
sleep. Laura is there too. You can go wake
them if you like." I looked at her funny.
"Laura? As in my Laura? As in DiMarc?" (Note:
We all call her DiMarc cause her last name is
super long. That's only 6 of the 13 letters.
I love you though girl!) She smiled. "Yeah,
she came over last night and watched a movie
with Howie and they fell asleep." I looked at
AJ and we both giggled.
We walked into the room and saw Laura laying on the couch and Howie cuddled up on the chair. AJ put his hands on his hips. "Now isn't that the cutes thing that you ever saw?" I gigglled and punched him lightly. I walked over to Laura and AJ to Howie and we both gently shook them and whispered to wake up. They opened their eyes. Laura sat up quickly. "Omigod! What time is it?" I sat down next to her. "Shhh, calm down. It's only 10:47." She stood up. "Shit, I was supposed to meet Justin like 20 minutes ago." I stood up with her, confused why she was totally flipping out. "Laura, chill out, he'll understand." She grabbed her jacket and tied her shoes. "No he won't. I told him what happened with Nick and since then he has been paranoid." My mouth dropped open. "What? But I thought..." She interupted me. "Gotta go. I'll give you details later." She ran over to Howie and gave him a hug, thanking him for inviting her over. Then she was quickly out the door. I watched her leave and then moved my gaze to the guys. They were stairing at me like I had 10 heads. "What?" AJ shrugged his shoulders. "Oh nothing. We don't really care what happened between Laura and Nick." I sighed. "About a month ago they kissed. It didn't mean anything though. Nick dosen't want to tell Christina because he thinks she'll get upset over nothing, which it is, nothing." Howie rubbed his sleppy eyes. "But she told Justin." I bit my lip. "Yeah, I need some details on that." Just then Howies mom stepped in. "Come on, the food is on the table."
**LAURA'S PERSPECTIVE**
I made my way through the park. This is where me and Justin go when we don't want to stay inside but we don't want to go anywhere publis either. I saw him sitting on a swing. He looked upet. I sat down on the swing next to him. "Sorry I'm late." He looked at me. "Where the hell where you? I have been here for about 45 minutes." I sighed. "I know baby, I'm sorry. Last night I went over Howie's and I feel asleep watching a movie." His face turned a little red. "I should have known you where with one of those Backstreet Bastards." I cringed my face. "Excuse me? Justin those are my friends you are talking about." He sighed. "Look, I'm sorry, but I'm your boyfriend. You spend more time with them than me." He stood up. "I just think we should take some time from eachother." I got up quckly. "Are you breaking up with me? Justin, I don't want to break up." He looked at the ground. "No, but let's just be apart for a little." I stamped my foot. "Fine. You want time, then I'll give you time. Call me when you had enought of it." I ran off. I got in my car and closed the door. I put my head in my hands and started to cry. When I saw Justin making his way over, I started the car and drove away.
**DANIELLE'S PERSPECTIVE**
Kevin got out of the car and ran around my side to open my door. "Don't move. I'll lead your way." He had blind folded me and told me he had a suprise for me. I did as he asked and followed his lead. Eventually we stopped walking after only a few seconds. "Where are we? Are we inside?" He removed my blind fold. "Ta da!" I looked around. We were in some sort of abandound store. I looked at the ground and saw there was a blanket with candles and wine. I smiled. "What is this all about?" He smiled and led me over to the blanket. We both sat down. "We are now sitting in your new dance studio." My mouth dropped open. "Oh my God! Are you friggen' serious?" He shook his head. "Yup, it's all yours." I got up and sat down right next to him. "I love you so much. Thank you." He just smiled. I sighed. "Well now I have to think of a name." I saw a piece of paper and a pen lying in the corner. I wrote down Danielle's Dance Studio and showed it to Kevin. "Who does this look?" He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. How about this?" He took the paper and pen from me and wrote something down. He folded it up an passed it to me. "I like this one better." I un-folded it and read what it said. 'Will you marry me?' I looked up at him. He was now holding a dimond ring. It wasn't any dimond ring, it two dolphins circled around it. I didn't know what to say so I said, "I love dolphins." He smiled. "I know. So...um will you?" A single tear escaped my eye. "Yes", was all I said. It was all I needed to say. He placed the ring on my finger and soon we were in eachothers arms. After drinking some wine he locked the front door. "Why did you do that?" He smiled. "I was planning on staying here all night." I smiled widley. We then made love on the blanket and then fell asleep in eachother embrace.
