I watch Nick dancing with Howie and a group of girls. He looks pretty relaxed and happy. I wonder if he looks that way when he’s with me, or do I just piss him off and frustrate him. I guess lately I do.
I am so glad this tour is over. All I want to do is curl up in my own bed and cry a lot. Maybe eat lots of real sugary things in-between crying and sleeping, that would be cool. I need to cry for my baby before I can move on with Nick. I was dumb to think just a week would do it.
“Hey, remember me?!” a female voice says behind Brian and he whirls around to see a familiar blonde.
“Uh…” he stammers slightly.
“Tara!” she tells him happily. “We met in a bar a week back. It was fun…until your security dragged ya away,” she adds, pulling a face.
“Oh TARA,” he says and forces a smile. “What’re you doin’ here?”
“I wanted to see you again silly,” she slaps his arm lightly with a giggle. “Plus I know people so I managed to grab a ticket here.”
“Oh, I see.”
“So, wanna go get a drink or shall we just pick up where we left off?” she asks, moving up real close to him and slipping her arms around his neck.
“Uh, excuse me Tara,” Brian moves away from her and looks around quickly, making sure Jade didn’t see him. He spots Marcus standing nearby and beckons him over. “I’m sorry Tara but you’re gonna have to leave,” he tells her as Marcus joins them.
“What? Why?” she asks. “I thought you would be happy to see me!”
“Well you thought wrong. I was DRUNK when I met you,” he tells her in a low voice. “I would never have let you kiss me otherwise.”
“Uh I kissed YOU?!”
“That’s my recollection, yeah.”
“Well I beg to differ,” she folds her arms.
“Oh c’mon! Like I would kiss somebody like you sober?!” he says coldly and laughs. “I have a woman already. I was DRUNK. I didn’t even remember your name.”
“But we talked and…”
“I’m a GUY,” he interrupts. “Any talking I did with you was just to loosen ya up a little but I guess you didn’t need much of that. I mean, I meet girls like you ALL the time and if I hadn’t of been drunk, I woulda kicked your ass to the curb within five seconds of you sayin’ hello.” He turns to a shocked-looking Marcus, “Make sure this woman leaves NOW.”
After getting rid of Tara, Brian had joined Kevin and Nick for a conversation about vacation plans. Around an hour later, he decides to find his wife. He heads off round the club and eventually finds her propping up the bar with Britney. They are very giggly and he wonders how much alcohol they’ve already consumed before joining them.
“Hey you two,” he greets.
“Baby!” Jade grins at him and wraps her arms around his neck, pulling him into her.
“Ok, how much have you drunk?” he asks with a laugh.
“A tiny tiny TINY bit!” she tells him as Britney giggles.
“Ok…” Brian grins, not believing a word. “How are you doin’ Britney?”
“I’m NOT drunk!” Britney declares.
“Good to know,” Brian rolls his eyes.
“And I’m grrrrrrrEAT!” Britney flings her arms wide, nearly knocking the guy behind her out. “Oops,” she looks at him and then back at Jade.
“You did it again!” Jade giggles.
“Oops I did it again!” Britney starts singing and Jade joins in.
“I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh baby baby
Oops you think I’m in love
That I’m sent from above
I’m not that innocent!” they finish dramatically and Brian starts laughing.
“I find that last part very hard to believe.”
“Innocence scminnocence!” Jade declares.
“Schmimo…schm…inno… What she said,” Britney gives up trying to pronounce Jade’s fake Jewish slang.
“Ok…” Brian says slowly as Britney’s PA Fe comes over to join them.
“Hi Fe!” Britney waves.
“Hi Fe!” Jade parrots and they both collapse into giggles.
“They’re drunk?” Fe looks at Brian.
“They’re drunk,” he states.
“Great,” she rolls her eyes. “C’mon Brit, time to go. We have an early flight tomorrow.”
“Not gonna BE on it!” Britney shakes her head violently and almost falls off her stool. “Oops!”
“You did it again!” Jade giggles and they both start singing again.
“Oops I did it again!
“I played with your heart
Got lost in the game
Oh baby baby
Oops you think I’m in love
That I’m sent from above
I’m not that innocent!”
“I already had to listen to that,” Brian tells Fe.
“Oh boy, she’s gonna be a barrel of laughs in the morning,” she says.
“Jade too,” he chuckles. “We have a flight home at 10am.”
“Good luck.”
“Same to you,” he grins as she starts to pull Britney off her stool.
“C’mon Brit-Brit.”
“No!” Britney shakes her head and clings onto the stool but Fe manages to get her off. “Oh, ok,” she gives up and wobble up to Jade for a hug goodbye. “Call me.”
“Yuppers,” Jade nods.
“Bye Bri-Bri,” she tells Brian and waves as Fe drags her off.
“Ok,” Brian turns his attention back to Jade and pulls her up. “Let’s go back to our hotel.”
“It’s your party!” she protests.
“I know but it’s 3am and I’m tired.”
“Ok…” she mutters and stumbles into him as they start walking towards the exit.
He wraps an arm around her to steady her and they get to the car and back to the hotel without any problems. Jade walks straight over to the bed and is asleep before Brian has even shut the door. He chuckles at the sight of her and gently pulls her dress and shoes off before pulling the sheet over her and getting undressed himself.