Chapter 5

"AJ?" Lynn asked after they were alone on the bus.

"yea?"

"Could you maybe tell me what happened to your girlfriend?"

AJ stared Lynn sharply in the eye. "Do you REALLY want to
know all the hell I've been through? DO YOU? Because I'll tell you if you
REALLY want to fucking know. First, that fucking bastard son of a bitch Nickrapes her and has Amanda fucking videotape it to make it look like she's cheating on me. Next thing I know I come home from being in the studio one afternoon to find her bruised, bloody and cut up in a fucking bathtub of bloodsoaked water! Iget framed for the goddamn murder and Manda and Nick walk away scot free until somehow Howie manages to prove that they were the ones who did it and not me.When I finally found out what really happened and they let me out I went andfuckin shot that bitch in the head before they had the chance to cart her off tojail. THAT'S what happened."

Lynn just looked blankly at AJ, rendered speechless by thehorrible scenerio thathad just been explained to her.

Aj sighed leaning back, his eyes searched lynn's for some type of emotion "well, you
could at least say something"

"I don't know what the hell to say to you! God, I said I was sorry ok? What more do you want?"

" yah well, it's none of your damn business ok! I don't want your sympathy so just leave me the fuck alone"

"You can't mourn her forever AJ. At some point you have toget the hell on with your life."

"do you have a boyfriend?"Aj asked

"I told you earlier I had a boyfriend. I pulled out a pictureof him and showed it to you, remember? Me asking you about if YOU had a girl was what got you so wound up to begin with."
" whatever" he muttered "when somebody kills your man, then come back and talk tome about this"

Lynn responded only by getting up and moving over to a seatnext to the front of the bus, taking her belongings with her.

Aj stood up and walked to the bunk area. He climbed in his bunk and broke out into abatch of tears.

"You know, you really shouldn't be such an asshole to someoneyou work with." She yelled.

" maybe you should quit!!! he yelled

"HELL FUCKING NO! I'm not quitting just because you haveissues that you need to deal

"you know what!" he yelled "As soon as we stop, get off my bus! I am so sick of you already!"

"Fine." She said flatly.

Aj just sat there staring at her

"What the hell are you looking at me for?"

" I was just thinking that you have really nice eyes" he muttered

"Oh."

AJ bit his lip softly. There was a long pause before Aj Broke it " hey lynn, listen, I'msorry about all this. It's just that I've been through a lot and I really don't like talking about it"

Lynn turned around sharply to look at AJ. "You know, I
didn't sign a contract saying I'd go on this tour only to be treated like shit."

"I know" he said softly "I'm sorry. Can we start over as friends again?"

"I guess.." she said cautiously.

"good" he smiled. " so um lynn, how long have you been with yuor boyfriend?"

"3 years.."

"wow...are you guys thinknig about marrage?"

"Are you kidding me? He's a fucking freshman in college. For
all I know he's screwing around on me with the whole damn pep squad."

" naw" Aj laughed," he couldn't cheat on someone as pretty as you"

"The only reason I am a dancer is because I was too damnugly to make the cheerleading team." She joked.

"why would you think that?" Aj asked scooting twards her " I think you're goregous"

"I was joking.."

"oh" he laughed nervously" well, if you think he's cheeting on you, why not go out on adate with me when we get to the next city"

"I might take you up on that if I find out he's cheating on
me.."

Aj handed her his cell phone" call him"

"Now?"

"yep trust me, I'm a guy. This would be the perfect time for him to cheat on you."

Lynn pulled out her cellphone and dialed Paul's number."Alright, if it rings more than 5 times he's a lying cheating bastard..." she said to herself.

AJ leaned back waiting to see if paul answered

After 7 rings Paul finally picked up the phone. "I'm kinda busy, could you call back later?"

"Aww, that's no way to greet your girlfriend."

"oh hi baby" he said trying to cath his breath, "I'm really busy, can you call back?"

A young woman can be heard moaning in the backround. "Paul,
get off the phone." she pleaded.

"Son of a bitch, you ARE cheating on me.."

"baby, what are you talking about? Paul asked. "thats my sister"

"Bullshit. Your sister doesn't say your name like that."

" look baby, cool down, then we'll talk ok?"

"I AM calm."

"no" he laughed nervously " you aren't calm "

"You're not either apparently."

HE sighed " look, i'm not gonna fight with you over the phone about
this."

"Paul......who is that?" the girl in the backround whined, just loud enough for Lynn to hear it.

"Fucking asshole. No wonder you didn't come to see me leave for the tour.
You'retoo busy fucking around with whores behind my back." She cried.

" yea? well I bet your getting fucked by the whole fucking backstreet
boys!"

"So now you're accusing me of cheating on you?"

"why not?? what you think that you can survive on a bus with
thoseguys? hell no, i bet you're fuckin the blond one right now"

" lynn what's wrong?" Aj asked sitting up

"Damn bastard...he's accusing me of cheating on him now."

"hang up" AJ said

"Fine.."

"Hey Paul, one last thing. Kiss my ass you dick sucking
cuntmunching carpet eating ass licking pathetic excuse for a shell of a man."Then she cut off her phone and slumped to the floor, crying."Fucking bastard. 3 years of my life I wasted with him..."

AJ slid down next to her wrapping her in his strong arms."shhhh" he
whispered kissing her head lightly" he's not worth your tears

"I know that but still..."

AJ cut her off by kissing her lips softly

Lynn pulled back in shock. "Wh-what was that?"

"Sorry" he mumbled looking away

"No, it's fine. I just didn't know you were gonna take what you said before I called Paul literally...."

"why not? I like you, and I wanna get to know you a lot better

"Well, Paul's gone. So now you can."

Aj smiled as he leaned in for another kiss, this time letting his tounge slip in

"Did I mention you're a better kisser than he is?"

"am I?" he asked kissing her neck softly

"He won't even french me, let's just leave it at that."

"well he don't know what he's missing out on"

"Nope. He's never gonna know now."

Aj smiled, He actually felt like lynn was the one for him.
The bus pulled to a stop " I guess we're here"

"Perfect timing to stop the bus." She laughed.

"well" aj said " we can always continue in my room, or we dont have to
get off yet"

"Alright.."

Aj helped her off the floor " let's get off" he said grabbing one of his
bags. " shit" he muttered as he saw the screaming fans outside" the guards will come on ina minute to help us off so just wait"

"I thought you loved your screaming obsessed fans.." shecommented sarcastically.

" I do, but that one with hte sign that says 'Aj, I wanna rape you'
kinda scares me off...I'll sign autographs though"

"alright, are you two ready?" Q, the body guard asked

"Yeppers" Aj said

"You're so cute when you say that."

" I know" AJ laughed "lets go sweets" they walked out of the
huge busas the fans went wild. AJ stopped to sign a few autographs.

"Who is that girl?" A fan asked

" thats just one of the back-up dancers" Aj said " ok bye everyone"

They left and met the rest of the guys and dancers inside.

"Enjoy your ride together?" Nick asked Lynn