~*~ A Pop Star’s Girlfriend ~*~
They sat across from each other holding hands on top of the table while under, their bare feet played with each other. He watched her as she talked about her family. Her eyes danced with joy and an unconditional love. He knew that he could have that same love too, all it would take is time.
Andi tried to stifle a yawn and he laughed, "Don’t fight it, baby. I’ll take you home if you want."
"I want to go but I don’t want to go."
"You must be really tired."
"Why do you say that…other than the fact that I’ve had MAYBE 4 hours of sleep since Friday morning?"
"You can’t make up your mind."
"Weeeeell…I want to get some sleep but I don’t want this to end."
"It doesn’t have to end, baby," he said caressing her hand.
"But aren’t you busy?"
"The only thing I have today, my beautiful dream maker, other than dinner at Kevin’s, is to be with you. I promised to show you my puppet routine."
"I need to study," protested Andi, hoping that he wouldn’t give in.
"How about this? We’ll go to your place, get your stuff you need to study and a change of clothes if you want, and then we’ll head to my place so I can show you around. You can pick a room….any room…."
"But preferably your room?"
AJ smirked, "It would be nice but not necessary if you aren’t comfortable. You can pick any room you want to crash in and when you wake up, you can study."
"What about dinner at Kevin’s?"
"Be my date?"
"Kevin won’t mind?"
"He said bring a date."
Running her finger along the back of his hand, "What do you want?"
He watched her fingers on his. God, he ached to feel them on his body, touching all the places that would send him over the edge. His mind whirled with the images of her body pressed to his.
"Alex?" she called.
Coming out of his daydream, AJ looked into her eyes. "You called?"
"Where were you?"
"Thinking."
"About?"
"What I want."
"And?"
"I want you and I don’t want today to end either. You’re staying with me…all day…until YOU say you want to go home."
Andi smirked, "Does this make me a pop star’s girlfriend?"
AJ looked down at their hands joined together. He wanted to make a promise to her so he slid one of his rings off his finger. Taking her hand in his again, he slid the ring on her finger. "Andi, this is a promise."
"A promise?"
"Yeah, a promise. I promise to love you with every ounce of my being until my dying breath…a promise that we will be together, one way or another, we WILL be together…a promise that you will be MORE than a pop star’s girlfriend."
"Sounds more like a marriage proposal," whispered Andi.
AJ raised his eyebrows, "What if it is?"
"Then I accept."
Leaning across the table, AJ put his hands on the sides of her face to pull her closer for a kiss only to have her yawn. Laughing, he said, "Okay! I get the hint. Let’s go, beautiful. I’d hate to have you fall asleep at dinner tonight."
