The One Chapter 4
Two Months Later September 2000
"I can't believe how much stuff we have," Lisette groaned as she packed the last box.
Star laughed. "Just wait until we get to AJ's!" she exclaimed.
"Don't forget, it's only temporary!"
"Yeah, I know." She yawned. "I'm going to bed. Night, Lisette."
"Night, Star."
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Star woke up a few hours later to someone singing. She got out of bed, went into the hallway, and wandered down the hall to the kitchen. AJ was standing in front of the sink, looking out the window, his back towards her, singing.
"There you were, wild and free.
Reaching out like you needed me.
A helping hand to make it right
I am holding you all through the night."
Star finally found her voice and sang the next line with him. "I'll be the one."
He jumped and turned around to face her. "I wasn't expecting you here," he said, his voice husky.
Star walked to him and put her arms around his neck. She kissed his cheek gently.
AJ ran his fingers through her hair. He leaned closer and right before their lips met, he whispered,"I love you."
Star woke up, her heart pounding. She looked around her room, then the hall, and then the kitchen. AJ wasn't there. She went back to her room and sat at the edge of her bed. She sighed. "Too bad it was only a dream," she said to herself. "Wait, where did that come from?!?!" She shrugged it off and laid back down.
"Oh my God!" she screamed as she sat back up. "I'm in love with AJ!"
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Same time- Orlando- AJ's house
AJ couldn't sleep. In a few hours, he was going to see Star again. He smiled and let his thoughts drift to her...
"AJ? What are you doing out here?" Isabel asked as she went to the "kitchen" of the tour bus.
AJ turned his head and looked at Isabel over his glasses. (Think of the "I Want It That Way" video, those glasses!) "Shhhhhhh. Star's sleeping."
"But what the hell are you doing watching her sleep?"
"We were talking and she just fell asleep on the couch. I couldn't leave her here and I don't think I could carry her to her bunk with the bus moving."
Isabel got a bottle of water from the refridgerator. "Ok, have it your way. I'm going back to bed. Don't stay up too late."
He laughed. "Ok, Mom!"
She poked him in the chest. "Don't come crying to me when you look and sound like crap just because you didn't sleep, McLean," she joked.
"Oh, don't worry, I won't."
She giggled. "Night, Bone."
"Night, Iz." After Isabel went to her bunk, AJ focused his attention back on Star. He moved a lock of her hair from her face. She looked so peaceful. God, she was so beautiful. He sighed. "Robert doesn't deserve her," he thought. If only she didn't have a boyfriend. He longed to tell her how he really felt about her, but how could he when Star was happy in her relationship with that jackass? If only he could tell her. He shook his head, carefully picked Star off of the couch, and placed her in her bunk. He stroked her hair away from her angelic, sleeping face. "Why aren't we together, Starry?" he asked softly as he gently kissed her forehead.
AJ smiled at that memory, turned over, and fell asleep.
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