The One Chapter 13
A few hours later, Star had successfully unpacked her belongings and was getting ready for her "date" with Robert. She pulled a black sweater and a pair of black pants out of her drawer. She put them on, put on some make-up, and pulled her hair back. She checked herself in the mirror. "Not too sexy," she thought. Satisfied, she left her room, only to run into AJ.
"I need to talk to you," he said angrily and led her back into her bedroom.
"AJ, what is going on? Why are you doing this?"
"You know why I'm doing this! Why are you going out with that bastard?"
"How do you know about that?"
"Never mind how I know. Now answer me!"
"Just for that, I'm not going to tell you! You don't have to know everything about me!" She glanced at the clock. "Oh, great. Thanks, AJ. I'm late!"
"Star, wait! I want to talk to you!"
"I can't, AJ! I"m late!" She ran out of her bedroom, and ran out the front door, letting it slam after her.
AJ walked down to the living room, and poured himself a brandy. He stared out the window.
"Aw, man. What have I done?" he asked.
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Star arrived at Bridges with only minutes to spare. She heard Robert screaming her name. She groaned as she approached him.
"Hi, Robert."
He held out his hand. "Come on. We have a lot of things to discuss."
After the hostess seated the couple, Robert asked Star if she wondered why she was here.
"Well, yeah. I wondered what you wanted when you asked me in the candle shop."
"I love you, Star. I always have. I always will."
"No. Robert, you can't love me. What about Lola? You seemed happy to be with her."
"I was wrong about Lola. She cheated on me. It doesn't stop how I feel about you."
"It's over between us! I'm over you! I've moved on already!"
"Let me guess," he said with the same anger AJ used with her before. "You and that crazy Backstreet Boy are already together."
"Don't you dare talk about AJ that way!" she said angrily. "But AJ and I aren't together."
"He doesn't love you like I do, baby," he said as he leaned in for a kiss.
Star's eyes went wide. "What am I going to do?" she thought. She came to her senses. She slapped him in the face. "I don't know why you came to Orlando, but you have to leave. Now!" She got up and walked out.
"Come on, baby. You don't want to do this."
"Yes, I do! I don't love you anymore. It's over. Move on already!"
She ran into her car and floored it out of the parking lot, only to have Robert chasing after her.
"I hope I never see him again," she whispered.
If only she knew how wrong she was!
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