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She was alone in the big house again, god this house reminded her of the hell hole she had lived in for many years. She wondered where her father was, she had called his house and finally spoke to Luisa.

Luisa told her about her father being to angry with her that he had her room reconstructed and her stuff thrown away. He even had his lawyer come and go over the will, Luisa didn’t know what he had changed but she was sure he had cut her off the will. “Oh, honey he is very angry at you, I don’t think he will forgive you. He is so mad he left to Europe and did not give me a date on his return.” She wiped her tears and sighed, god she wished her mother was alive. She was lonely her father had disowned her.

She finally made it to the big pool and with out hesitation stripped down to her bathing suit. “AJ said I was welcome to do what I want so I will,” she said as she took a dive into the pool.

The cold water made her feel alive; she swam with no care in the world. She used to be in the swimming team in high school and had actually won in some occasions. Finally she felt wrinkly enough and decided to sit in the room for awhile. She grabbed her towel, ipod and took a seat in one of the chairs. She turned the ipod on with all the volume it gave; she closed her eyes for just a little bit. But, she was so tired apparently; she fell into a deep sleep.

“I won’t take long; just let me change into something more suitable for this occasion. Cause I will be whooping you’re ass!” yelled AJ as he disappeared into his room.

“Yeah sure you will AJ,” said Nick as he took a seat in the living room. He started humming to himself, he hated to wait for to long. He sighed and yelled out to AJ, “Yo, AJ I am going to grab a drink ok?” he didn’t even wait for his answer he was already up and walking toward the kitchen.

He grabbed a bottle of water and started to walk out the kitchen. He saw the door that led to the pool was open, he decided to just take a look water was his element. As he made it in he distinctly heard music playing not loud but he could still recognize the song. Lithium, from Nirvana nice he thought as he saw Rose on one of the chairs. He walked toward her and spoke, “You have a good taste in music.” He giggled as he saw that she was fast asleep with the music was merely a lullaby for her.

She looked hot in the white bathing suit. She was still wet, and her skin still had water drops. He felt a lump in his throat as he saw her; he didn’t quite understand what was happening to him. He just couldn’t help staring at her; she was just so enticing to him. He suddenly felt so thirsty he unscrewed the cap from his bottle and drank the complete bottle. “I wonder how she would look with a two piece,” he whispered to no one in particular.

He grabbed his keys and called out to Nick. He looked in the kitchen for him but he was no where to be found. He saw the pool door ajar and put one in one together. He walked through and there stood Nick looking at Rose. “Dude, what are you doing?”

He felt his face turn red when he heard AJ just behind him. He cleared his throat and just walked back into the house. He knew AJ was right behind him and he was making fun of him. “Look, she’s pretty ok, now let’s just forget about it and get this pool game over with.” He hoped that his words would work but, knowing AJ it wouldn’t.

“Sure, we can but I just have one thing to say, it seems like someone else has the crush on her” he smiled with satisfaction.

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Whoosh! The ball went right through the hoop making Nick very happy. He had been at the court all afternoon; he needed to clear his head. He needed to get something straight he could not feel anything for Rose. She was in mourning right? She had so much to get through with, after loosing her husband. He was sure she was not looking for romance right now, she just needed support, friendly support right? There was something about her though, he didn’t know what but something about her really attracted him. He sighed heavily and called it a day.

He would have to wait and see how things went. Besides he could handle being near her and not show his interest in her right? “Piece of cake” he said out loud to reassure himself. God this was going to be one long and hard tour.

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“Wow, this was the best Mexican food I’ve had. So you know how to cook really well, what else can you do Miss Rose,” he asked the petite woman that sat beside him.

“Well, I can draw with ink and water colors. I used to do that a lot with mother; she was the most amazing artist ever. Then just like that, god took her away from me…” her faced turned to a sad expression.

He felt a lump form in his throat, but what could he do? He instinctively hugged her and just let her recline on him. The sudden silence was awkward to him, but he knew it was the best for her at the moment. He held her in a friendly embrace; somehow it felt right for him to want to make her feel loved.

She inhaled his smell, so masculine. She shivered inside as she realized that she had fallen for a man that was not available. AJ was so enticing and his grip on her only made her realize she wanted him. She only met him three months ago and not in the best situation, now here she was falling for him.

Her guardian angel, she could’ve died just like Rony, but her angel protected her. She knew she should stop her thoughts; AJ did not want her like that. She cleared her throat and broke away from his grip, with a shy smile. “I am so sorry AJ; I’m just a wreck lately. Thanks for the hug I needed that.” She quickly and swiftly got up and starting cleaning up the area they had used. She had to do get away from him if not she would have committed something she would regret later.

“Hey, that’s what friends are for,” he told her as he got up and tried to help her. Only to be stopped and told to sit back down. He watched her closely as she threw away the leftovers and moved around the kitchen swiftly. She was cute, of course he had always seen that but, now he was starting to see other things about her that were an asset to her personality.

She was short but it fit her quirky and emotional life. Her plump pink lips and her big eyes just made her face very admirable. She oozed with the girl next door vibe, a true good friend. He suddenly caught himself and realized he was staring too hard and that was not good. She was just a good friend and besides he loved Sarah. Sarah, good idea he needed to get out of the kitchen. “Thanks, for dinner again, I just remembered I was supposed to call Sarah, so I will talk to you later ok? Hey and make yourself at home.”

She saw him leave and felt her heart sink. Was she imagining or was he checking her out? She sighed and continued on with her task at the moment.

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She was sitting in the patio, admiring the beautiful night. California was gorgeous, she loved the breeze and the ocean was just the best.

He watched her from inside, he felt for her she had lost everything. Her story was a true genuine love story, the only problem it ended with a sad ending. He slowly walked out to and smiled as she turned around. “Hey do you mind?” he said as he showed her his cigarette in hand.

“No, its fine” she said as she smiled at him. He had on a wife beater and boxers and looked groggy. He must have been asleep; she felt her stomach flutter as he sat right beside her. She watched him carefully as he slowly devoured the cancer stick. Usually she would’ve of mind, but now she just did not care.

“Did I tell you, Sarah will join us for a few weeks on tour.” he asked as he finished his smoke.

“NO, but it’s nice, you will have more time with her.” She said more like it was a bad idea than a good one. She did not want to see them together; it only made her more jealous. She didn’t want to feel like that but that feeling just kept coming in every time she saw them together. She was now more than willing to ride along with the tour manager; she could not be in the same bus as AJ and Sarah. She quickly started to plot in her head how she could do it. It was the best for both right?

“I hope you two can be good friends.” He smiled at her and when he saw her smile back he felt a hole right in the pit of his stomach. He quickly looked away and tried to find explanation to his feeling. He finally came up with a lame excuse and went with it. He took a deep breath and faced her again. “So, I think we should get you a new look for your new job. Something more edgy.”

“What do you mean? I don’t know how to dress? I think I look fine the way I am.” she pretended to be offended. She stood up and twirled around showing off her PJ’s.

“N…no not at all, I just think you should do a little change though,” he noticed his palms were sweating as he told her that. He smiled at her as she trotted around the patio in her PJ’s like she was on Project Runway.

She took a seat next to him again and sighed. “I guess it would be nice to get a new look, maybe a new hairstyle?” she looked at him questionably.

“Yeah definitely I can get my hairstylist to do one for you.” He got up and turned around to look at her one more time. “I will make an appointment for you. Now I got to get back to bed I have a big and long day tomorrow.”

She watched him disappear into his house. He was so hot he oozed sexuality, she sighed as she caught herself drooling. “I don’t know if I can do this.” She said to no one in specific. Oh, yeah Rose Marie McDonalds was falling head over heels for this man. She had to make sure she did not spend so much time around him, maybe if she did that she could get him out of her head.