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The next morning, Sharon woke up in an unusually good mood. She was thinking of Nick, of course, and how she would soon be seeing him again. She could barely remember the last time they had sex. These thoughts were interrupted by the phone ringing. Sharon?s heart jumped into her chest because she was positive that it would be Catey asking for her car back.
"Hello?" Sharon answered.
?What?s up, its me,? Catey replied.
?Oh.?
?I need my car back.?
?So come and get it.?
?Well I need to GET to the car, dumb ass. Come and pick me up.?
?Take a fuckin cab!?
?To Tampa? Hell no. Just come and get me! Come on, I really need to be picked up, I?m kind of in an odd predicament.?
?Where the hell are you??
?I?m in Orlando, but I?m not home. I?m at Justin?s. I spent the night here. He?s still asleep and I want to leave before he wakes up. Come on, you gotta help me.?
?What the hell happened last night after I left??
?I?ll tell you everything as soon as you come and get me, I promise. Will you be here in an hour??
?An hour? More like an hour and some change. You know how I-4 is at this time.?
?Ok just try. Please.?
Sharon had never heard Catey sound so desperate. Despite her anger, she still felt some loyalty to their good friendship.
?Ok, I?ll try. See you in an hour. Wait, where does he live??
?He lives in Pierce Estates. It?s a gated community so I?ll have to meet you outside. I don?t really want to spend another minute here.?
?Ok, I think I know where it is. I?ll see you soon, bye.? The girls hung up and Sharon rushed to get ready and leave.
******An hour and ten minutes later.
Sharon had gone through traffic as fast as she could to meet up with Catey. She pulled up in front of Pierce Estates and saw her right away. She was wearing the same clothes as the night before and looked very tired. As soon as she saw Sharon, she got into the car.
?Drive, just drive,? Catey said. Sharon pulled away and got back onto 1-4 West to Tampa.
?What the hell happened last night?? Sharon asked for the second time that day.
?After you left last night, me and Justin began getting cozy again. We were fooling around a little but after a while I started to become a little uncomfortable with the stuff he wanted to do while other people were around us.?
?What was he trying to do?? Sharon asked.
?He started feeling up on me and stuff, grabbing my tits and everything. It was totally embarrassing and he was so drunk.?
?What a bastard. Well what did you do??
?I kinda told him that I didn't feel comfortable with him being all over me like that in front of so many people. So he got kinda annoyed, but then he was like, ?C?mon then, lets just go to my place.?
?So you did...?
?What else could I do??
?Um you could have said NO because you have a loving boyfriend all ready. I don?t even know why I picked up your sorry ass.?
?Shut the fuck up and listen to the rest of my story. So we got to his place and right away he wanted to take me to his room. He was bragging about his water bed the entire way there.?
?Oh my god, water beds are so 80s. What a loser.?
?Yeah I know. So we got there and right away he wanted to show me his bedroom. We went upstairs and as soon as I walked in I knew I didn't want to be there. I told him I felt kinda funny about the whole thing and he just told me that I had nothing to worry about and to make myself comfortable on his bed. I told him that I really didn't like that idea and he started getting flip with me! He?s a little hot head, that one. He told me that he didn't leave his friends at the fucking club for nothing and that he only invited me over for one reason. I got really scared then, because he was really drunk and angry, so I decided to just shut up and do what he said. Otherwise, he?d probably go around telling people that I was a tease, and then maybe news would get to Brian.?
?Who? Oh BRIAN, your BOYfriend. Wow, I forgot all about him.?
?Oh give me a break,? Catey said.
?So then what happened??
?Well...I did what he told me to do and that was it.?
Sharon was tempted to ask what Justin Timberlake was like in bed, but Catey didn't seem in the mood for locker room talk.
?He went to sleep after we were done but I stayed up for a while. I felt disgusting. I thought about Brian and I felt horrible. I don?t know what to do. What if he finds out? I do love him but...I guess fame and money got the best of me.? Catey was beginning to choke up.
"Well Catey what is it that you want out of a relationship? I mean last night you were willing to throw everything away that you have with Brian over Justin Timberlake."
"I thought he really liked me! I mean if I became his girlfriend I'd be so popular and I'd have tons of money. At first that's what I wanted Brian for but I think I have feelings for him now. I think I love him. What do I do?"
"Well, its pretty shallow of you to even think about leaving Brian for a richer, more popular guy. The Backstreet Boys are huge right now all over the world. Why can't you be satisfied with that? Why is all of that important to you?"
"Its important because its all I have! You know what its like, I saw you drooling over Nick's full money clip the first night we met at dinner, I see you spend his money like crazy every day!"
"I know but I'm stopping my ways. I really love him for who he is. The money is just an added bonus. Its not what attracted me to him!"
"Well that's the difference between you and me."
"Not the only difference I hope," Sharon mumbled under her breath.
"Just tell me what to do!" Catey pleaded.
"You have to decide that for yourself. I'm not telling anything to Brian for now because I know he'll be hurt but if you do it again, I can't make any promises. Do you understand?"
"I won't do it again. I love Brian."
"You have to stop thinking of yourself all the time."
"I know, I know. I'll really try to change. Thanks a lot for everything, I really appreciate your help. Please don't tell anyone about this, especially Nick or the guys, ok? That's all I ask."
"Sure, no problem," Sharon lied.
"Were the guys supposed to come back this week?"
"Yeah I talked to Nick last night, they may be home as early as today. I can't wait to see him."
"Hmm, so I'm assuming things are going well again between you two."
"Yup, and you can expect me on tour in a couple months, too."
"What about school??"
"Well I can defer for a year, who cares," Sharon said as they pulled up in front of her house.
"I can't believe I have to drive all the way back to Orlando now," Catey said getting out of Sharon's car and heading over to her own.
"So, if the guys get back today, gimme a call so we can go to the airport together or something. I need to go home and take a long shower. Thanks again for everything," Catey said.
"Don't worry about it. Take care of yourself," Sharon said. She watched Catey drive off before she went inside her home.
Sharon had nothing to do for the rest of the day but wait for Nick to call her, so she sat at the bar at her house making a variety of drinks. It was depressing to be alone in the house for so long but she had become used to it. She didn't go out much because she was so anti-social. She was beginning to open up more to Nick but what was about it. She drank her day away without eating anything until late afternoon when her cell phone finally rang.
"Hey, its me," Nick said.
"Hi honey, I've been waiting for you to call all day. So when do you get back?"
"I'm at Logan Airport now in Boston. Our flight leaves pretty soon. We land at Orlando International at 7:14 pm. Can you pick me up?"
"Damn it, I am so through with driving to Orlando. What an annoying, long ass drive."
"Yeah it is, its not very scenic, either."
"Anyway, I'll be there. Catey will probably be with me."
"I thought you hated her."
"Yeah well some shit happened last night and we talked about it. She is one of my only friends, I should try and help her instead of just dropping her, you know?"
"No, I don't know. She cheated on Brian, don't you care about that?"
"I do care but she's really sorry for what she's done. She loves Brian and she's gonna try and change her selfish ways. Don't you believe in forgiving ad forgetting?"
"For some things...not cheating. Brian doesn't deserve it."
"I know he doesn't. Please just don't tell him anything and try to forget about it this one time. If it happens again you can do whatever you want but she made me swear not even to tell you."
"Fine, this time I won't do anything. But my image of Catey is totally blown."
"Thanks, I'll see you in a few hours. Love you."
"Love you, too. Bye."
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