Christina sat at the table drinking water and soda as John insisted.
"Can't I have one real drink? Please?" Christina said, sticking out her bottom lip.
"No. We start training in the morning at 6. Then we have a plane to catch in the morning at 9." John said.
"Why do you get to then Johnny?" Brandy asked.
John didn't answer as he looked down at his seventh bottle of beer and back up at Brandy. Brandy was dragging Randy to the dance floor and Christina turned to ask Chris Masters but John stopped her before the words came out.
"Christina come dance with me." John said, grabbing her hand and dragging her out.
"You can't dance John." She said, as the dance music changed to 'Angel of Mine'.
"I can do slow." He smiled.
Christina laughed as John rested his hand on her hips and hugged her close to him. She let her head rest on his chest and wrapped her arms around his waist. She could hear his heart beating. It seemed like only seconds later that Christina heard 'Mi Dulce Nina' come on and she pulled away. She left John standing there and went to dance with Brandy and Randy. Christina was in the middle, Brandy was in front of her and Randy was behind her.
Christina had fun until she saw Maria whispering in John's ear and she frowned as she watched him follow her out of the club. The threesome returned to the table.
"Maria said she wasn't feeling well." Trish said.
"I'm not feeling to good right now either." Christina said, telling everyone she'd take a cab back to the hotel.
"I'll give you a ride." Dave said.
Christina sat in the car and let a few tears fall as they drove.
"You hungry?" Dave asked as they entered the hotel.
"Yeah." She replied, wiping the last tear, hoping he didn't notice.
"We can eat here, just let me run up to my room and get some money." Dave said.
Christina followed him to the third floor.
"Come on in." He said, opening the door. As she entered the room her jaw dropped. John was standing there in a towel, water was dripping down his chest.
"You hungry dude?" Dave asked.
"No. To tired to think about food." He sighed, looking at Christina.
"Okay. Christina and I are going to the restaurant in the lobby." Dave said.
"Dude your WIFE called. You should probably call her." John said, hoping Dave would cancel.
"Well let me call her and I'll meet you down there in fifteen minutes." Dave said, turning to Christina.
"I'll go change and see you there." She said.
Fifteen minutes later Christina stepped in wearing sweat pants and a Derrick Thomas jersey. She replaced her boots with a pair of red slippers. She found John and Dave sitting at a table in the corner. It seemed they were almost the only one's there.
"Thought you weren't hungry." Christina laughed as she took the seat in the booth next to John.
"I decided I should eat. It's almost two o'clock so we have to be up in four hours, may as well just stay awake." He said, resting an arm around Christina's shoulders.
Christina saw red as the over-endowed waitress licked her lips and looked at John as if he were on the menu and she was about to order him. The three ordered their drinks and she announced her return.
"Please take your time." Christina mumbled.
"You'll have to excuse Chris she's kind of against the whole bimbo movement." John laughed. "Why don't you show Dave how we get rid of girls like that."
The waitress returned and looked back at John.
"Ready to order sexy?" She asked.
Christina placed her head on Johns shoulder and her hand on his chest.
"Sorry Mel," she began looking at the girls name tag. "But he's NOT on the menu." Christina smiled, before placing her order.
"What do you want baby?" She asked, smiling at John.
Christina bit her bottom lip, they did this all the time but it was getting harder and harder to do. Each time she began to wish and dream that it would really be that way one day.
"I'll have you in my bed…" John began, as he felt Dave kick him from under the table.
The guys ordered and ten minutes later an old woman returned with their food.
"Where's Mel?" Christina asked.
"Sick." The older woman said.
"That's too bad." Christina smiled, before eating.
"You two are like the perfect couple." Dave said, smiling.
Christina almost choked on her food, as John spit the orange juice in his mouth across the table.
"What?" Dave asked, eating.
(Chapter 7)
Two Weeks Later
Christina lay in her bed waiting for the alarm too sound. Two more minutes. She turned her head to the other bed in the room and sighed as she watched John's chest rise and fall. She finally sat up and sat on the edge of her bed staring at him. The blanket had come down so it was laying across his waist, his chest fully visible. She wanted to reach out and just touch him, feel his muscles, see how he would react to her touch.
In the two weeks she'd been there EVERYONE on the tour, except Maria had told her to go for it, take the first step, ask John how he felt. She still hadn't been able to get the words to come out. She jumped as the alarm sounded and quickly turned it off.
"John it's time to get up!" She said, in his ear. "John. Don't make me get out the cold water."
Fifteen minutes later she was still trying to wake him up, when their was a knock at the door.
"Adam wake his lazy ass up." Christina smiled, seeing Adam and Amy there. They had been working out together since the second day Christina came on the tour.
"You wake him up." Amy said.
"I tried he won't listen. I've already threatened him with cold water." She laughed.
"Kiss him." Adam said. "That's how Amy wakes me up if I won't wake up."
"I can't kiss him." Christina said blushing.
"Yes you can." Amy smiled, dragging Christina to the side of the bed.
"John wake up!" Christina yelled in his ear. He merely mumbled something about her and put his hands over his ears. "Fine."
Christina leaned over and let her lips close in on his. She was about to pull back when she felt him grab her and slam her on the bed under him, kissing her again. She felt his tongue lick her lip and she automatically opened her mouth and she couldn't hold back the moan as she felt his tongue tease her.
She heard someone clear their throat and saw John turn to see Adam and Amy standing next to the bed and she returned to see me laying under him.
"Oh shit!" He said. "I'll meet you guys in the gym in 10."
With that he ran to the bathroom and Christina heard the water turn on.
"Damn see. I told you I shouldn't have kissed him to wake him up." Christina said, pulling on her tennis shoes. "He's like repulsed by me or something. Am I fat? Ugly? My breath stink? Stupid?"
"There's nothing wrong with you." Amy said, placing a hand on her back. "John's just being a little stupid that's all."
John heard the door close and let his head fall against the bathroom door.
"Christina thinks I see her like that? She likes me? What? When did this happen? Why didn't I see it?" John thought, looking down.
"Cold shower." He said, jumping in.