Episode 65...

After dancing to two BAD Celine Dion songs, I head over to the bar. Brian decides to go check in with Kevin and Kristen, and I promise to go get him when I feel like dancing again. I order a vodka and lime from the barman and take a sip. I spot Britney standing with Justin, Joey and Lance, plus a couple of girls, so I decide to head over.
“Hey guys,” I grin at them all. “Mind if I join?”
“No way,” Britney smiles.
“Cool,” I smile at Joey and Lance. “Hi, good to see you again.”
“She interviewed us a while back,” explains Justin and Lance nods.
“Ah, I thought you looked familiar. Hi again, uh…?”
“Jade,” both Joey and I say at the same time.
“You remembered, I’m honoured,” I smile widely at Joey who chuckles.
“I never forget a girl who knocked me back.”
“Aw, hope I didn’t scar ya for life,” I joke and he shrugs.
“I’m still in therapy,” he says with a straight face and then laughs.
“You gonna introduce me?” asks one of the girls petulantly.
“Uh, sorry,” Lance apologises and slips his arm around a petite blonde. “This is my date Candy.”
“And this is Dianna,” says Joey of the tall brunette who had spoken.
“Your DATE,” she adds, looking me up and down.
“Yeah, my date,” he repeats. “Whatever.”
“Ok,” I say slowly and glance at Britney who just rolls her eyes. “So, how you guys doin’?”
“Real good,” grins Joey. “We’re rehearsing our tour for next month. Goddamn it’s hard work!”
“I can imagine,” I grin.
“You gonna come along?” asks Lance.
“Definitely,” I smile.
“You’re gonna come with me right?” asks Britney and I nod.
“Sure.”
“I’m gonna go to the restroom,” she tells Justin and he nods, kissing her lips quickly. She turns to me, “Wanna come along? Fix our faces and stuff!”
“Girlie gossip!” Joey says in a camp voice and we both laugh.
“Sure,” I agree and we head off to the restroom. “So, Dianna and Candy huh?”
“Yeah,” she rolls her eyes and I giggle. “Their names definitely suit ‘em.”
“Ooh, bitchy,” I tease.
“They just drive me crazy,” she admits. “Every time I see them they get all hung up on Britney Spears instead of just seein’ me as plain ol’ Brit. It’s like I can’t get off-duty when they’re around!”
“You must be used to people actin’ that way around you by now though,” I reason.
“Yeah, but before it used to be that I could relax with Justin and the other guys… Not now.”
“Well, any luck and they’ll hit the dumper truck soon,” I giggle and she grins.
“Who’s bein’ bitchy now?!”
“Hey, I’m bein’ a SYMPATHETIC bitch,” I defend and she laughs.
We walk inside the restroom and head straight for the mirrors.
“God, my make up has practically disappeared on me!” Britney groans as she examines her face.
“Yeah, I noticed Justin wearing a cute shade of lipstick,” I tease and she blushes.
“I could say the same about Brian,” she shoots back and it’s my turn to blush. “So, it’s still goin’ real well huh?” she asks, sitting on the counter.
“Oh yeah,” I smile. “Definitely. You?”
“Big time,” she lowers her eyes and then looks up at me seriously. “Jade, can I tell ya somethin’? It’s a total secret. I can probably count the people who know on one hand.”
“Wow. Sure, you can trust me.”
“Ok, well… When I was recording my last single, everybody kinda disappeared on me. I mean, I like closed my eyes to get the high finish, opened ‘em and the producer had gone, EVERYONE. Before I could react, the door opened and Justin walked in. I mean, he was supposed to be in Milwaukee! He had flown all that way just to surprise me for a coupla hours and uh… He asked me to marry him,” she finishes excitedly and I gasp.
“Oh my God!” I exclaim. “What’d you say?”
“Yes, duh,” she pulls a goofy face and I laugh.
“Ok, ok, dumb question. You have a ring?”
“Hell yeah!” she giggles and opens up her purse. “Obviously I can’t wear it in public but I always carry it,” she pulls out a beautiful diamond ring and shows me it proudly.
“Put it on!”
“Ok!” she giggles and slips it onto her finger for us both to admire.
“Wow, he choose it himself?”
“Yup.”
“He got taste girl.”
“Obviously,” she says dryly pointing to herself and we both giggle.

After another drink with Britney, I head over to where Ali is watching Nick and AJ argue over who is the best dancer. She rolls her eyes at me and I giggle.
“Havin’ fun?” I ask dryly.
“Totally,” she pulls a face. “Hangin’ out with the kids. Saw ya suckin’ up to Bitchney.”
“I was NOT sucking up!”
“Whatever,” she shrugs and I hit her lightly with a laugh.
“Get over yourself already,” I tell her glancing across the bar. “Oh my, is that Willow?!”
“Willow?” Ali looks confused and follows my gaze. “Oh, of Buffy fame? Yeah, I think so. She was in American Pie too, with that totally buff Seann Williams Scott…” she drools a little and I giggle.
“We gotta go say hi!” I grab Ali’s hand and pull her over to where Alyson Hannigan is standing with a group of guys. I am a HUGE Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan and Willow is totally my favourite character. Closely followed by Spike. Angel only ever did it for me when he was evil. Ali watches it too but only cos I do. I think she has a thing for Giles personally. “Hi,” I say as we reach her.
“Oh hey,” she looks at us and then throws her arms around my neck like I’m a long-lost sister. “It’s really YOU!” she exclaims. “Oh my God, I MISSED you! C’mon, let’s go talk,” she lets go of me to pull me away from the guys she had been standing with. When we are far enough away, she stops and sighs relievedly before grinning at me. “Thanks, ya saved me from those guys. They were all into the whole Willow lesbianity thing and it was kinda pervy. So, I’m Alyson.”
“I’m Jade and this is Ali.”
“Hi,” Ali smiles and Alyson grins.
“Another Ali, that’s cool.”
“I’m glad we could save ya,” I grin. “I’ve met a few perves in my time too.”
“I bet,” she laughs. “Another actress huh?”
“A writer.”
“Oh, perve-territory!” she laughs and looks at Ali. “How about you?”
“I photograph them.”
“Cool,” Alyson smiles.
“We just came over to do the whole fan thing,” I tell her with a giggle. “I’m a huge Buffy fan and Willow is definitely my favourite character.”
“Aw, thanks,” she smiles. “That’s always good to hear.”
“And I loved you in American Pie,” adds Ali. “But I gotta admit Stifler was my favourite character.”
“Oh, Seann?” Alyson laughs. “He’s a good guy. NOTHING like his character at all!”
“Thank God,” I laugh. “I don’t think the world is ready for the Stifmeister.”
“No!” Alyson laughs. “Are you guys reporting on the party?”
“No, we’re off-duty,” Ali says. “We’re actually here with our boyfriends.”
“Oh yeah?” she raises an eyebrow. “Any body I might know?”
“Depends,” I giggle. “Do you know the Backstreet Boys?”
“Oh yeah!” she exclaims. “Well, not PERSONALLY but sure I know of ‘em. Kinda hard not to,” she giggles. “Michelle, who plays Dawn on Buffy, is kinda obsessed with them.”
“She is?” Ali asks amusedly.
“Oh yeah!” Alyson rolls her eyes. “Her locker is COVERED in pictures of Brian.”
“Brian?!” Ali giggles and looks at me.
“I’ll let him know,” I grin and Alyson looks confused.
“Jade is Brian’s girlfriend,” Ali explains and Alyson laughs.
“You are?! Oh poor Michelle! She’ll have to fall back on her second-choice now.”
“Who is that?” I ask.
“The blonde guy – Nick?” she asks and we nod.
“That’s Ali’s boyfriend,” I tell her and she chuckles.
“I guess it’s AJ then!”

After having a good gossip session with Alyson, we both leave her in search of our boyfriends. Alyson was cool to talk to. Not at all like Willow though. She told us about various on-set disasters and made us laugh. We in turn told her about life on the road with the Boys. Ali spots Nick on the dance-floor and heads off to join him. I find Brian sitting with Kevin and Kristen. I sit on his lap and wrap my arms around his neck.
“Hey you,” I murmur and kiss him.
“Hey,” he smiles back and I hear groans coming from the married couple.
“What?” I grin at them and they roll their eyes.
“Do you guys ever stop with the PDAs?” asks Kevin.
“Just cos you two are old and married…” I say cheekily and Brian laughs.
“Well this old married is gonna go dance with her old man,” says Kristen standing up. “And we’re gonna show you young ones just how a REAL PDA goes!”
“We are?” Kevin raises and eyebrow as his wife pulls him up. “That a promise?!”
We watch them go with a smile and then turn our attention back to each other.
“So, where’d you go?” asks Brian.
“Talkin’ to Britney and then I met Alyson Hannigan.”
“Ah, you like Britney don’t you?”
“Much to Ali’s disgust,” I giggle. “Brit’s real sweet when you get to know her.”
“She always seems it.”
“Sweeter than me?” I ask him with a smile.
“Nuh uh, NOBODY’s sweeter than you baby,” he says and starts to kiss me.
“Jeez, do you guys ever STOP?”
I move away from Brian to see Howie’s grinning face. “Hey you.”
“Hey Jady. Sorry to interrupt guys, but I’m kinda leaving now. Cindy’s feels a little rough.”
“I bet,” Brian smirks.
“Shut up you!” Howie laughs. “I wish more like. No, she’s really feeling yucky. So, laters.” He grins at us both and heads off back to Cindy. We watch him wrap an arm around her as they leave.
“I like Cindy,” I decide.
“Me too. She’s good for him.”
“Yeah,” I turn back to wrap my arms around his neck. “And me? Am I good for you?”
“No,” Brian grins. “You’re VERY bad for me…” He leans into me and kisses my lips softly. “You’re the best thing I ever had.” I smile and he dips me a little as we carry on kissing.
“We just had a message from Kevin and Kristen to Brian and Jade,” I blink at Brian as we both hear the DJ call our names. “The message is…GET A ROOM! But before you do, here’s a song for ya.” A Faith Hill and Tim McGraw duet starts playing and we giggle slightly, still frozen in our dip.
“Mm, listenin’ to this song with you in my arms is gonna drive me crazy,” Brian whispers.
“I know,” I grin and straighten up, never letting go of him. “But we can leave right after.”
“We gonna HAVE to,” Brian groans, pulling me closer into him.

Baby I've been drifting away dreaming all day
Of holding you, touching you
The only thing I want to do is be with you
As close to you as I can be
Let's make love all night long
Until all our strength is gone
Hold on tight, just let go
I want to feel you in my soul
Until the sun comes up
Let's make love
Oh, baby do you know what you do to me
Everything inside of me is wanting you and needing you
I'm so in love with you
Look in my eyes, let’s get lost tonight in each other
Let's make love all night long
Until all our strength is gone
Hold on tight, just let go
I want to feel you in my soul
Until the sun comes up
Let's make love
Let's make love all night long
Until all our strength is gone
Hold on tight, just let go
I want to feel you in my soul
Until the sun comes up
Oh, until the sun comes up
Let's make love
Oh baby, let's make love
All night long
All night long
Let’s make love

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