"What did you expect, you fill a girls room with roses, say the right things, listen and your bound to get something in return," he smirked not noticing Brian and Alexia coming into the room.
"So you got jiggy with it, or can I say Alexia," AJ laughed lightly.
"No," Alexia and Brian stood in silence in the back of the room.
"So why did you say you got lucky?" Aj asked looking at Nick strangely.
"Cause I did, she let me kiss her and she opened herself to me, so you see I did get lucky, I got a glimpse of her soul," Nick smiled but then was startled by the image he saw in the glass. "Alexia, I didn't know .....I am.." Nick started to stutter.
She just smiled at him. Suddenly the door flew open and in came a mass of people lead by John, "So are we ready to record a record breaking album or what?" he said looking at the four people that were already in the room. They all shook their heads, but John looked uneasy, "Where are Kevin and Howie?" he asked noticing they were missing.
"Did someone call us?" Howie asked as he emerged from the mass of people followed by Kevin.
John sighed in relief, "OK, how about we get started, Brian, you and Alexia go into booth one. Kevin, AJ and Howie, into booth two, and Nick you just wait here with me for a sec then you'll join Alexia and Brian," John spoke as people moved around the recording studio, some calmly others like chickens with their heads cut off.
~~inside booth one~~
"So here we go.." Alexia said sounding a little nervous
"Don't worry, if you screw up it will just cost a couple million dollars, nothing to worry about," Brian said jokingly trying to make her feel better. Alexia laughed and rolled her eyes. "Now that is much better," he said pointing out her smile.
Alexia walked to one of the microphones and took the large headphones, "Brian, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure.." he said as he did the same but in front of the opposite microphone.
"Do you really know everything about me" she asked uneasily.
Brian felt uncomfortable and opened his music folder "Well, I don't know everything but I do know a lot," he answered still looking at the floor.
"Wow!" Alexia said as she smiled.
"What?" Brian asked looking up.
"You know mostly everything about me, and you still like me?" she smiled at him.
"What man in his right mind would not like you.." Brian smiled making Alexia blushed.
~~outside the recording booths~~
"OK now, here we go, Alexia the first verse is yours," John said staring at the glass window that separated the room he was in from the recording booth.
Alexia smiled and put on her head phones Brian did the same "5.., 4..,3..,2..,1.., and here we go," the man at the control panel said as he moved his opened hand to a fist.
Nick sat in a comfy chair in the back of the room but he made sure he could still see Alexia, as John listened to her sing in the speaker. "Wow!" he said as he walked to stand next to John.
"She sings like an angel," John looked at Nick and then back to Brian and Alexia, just then Brian had joined in "No, angel could never reach the high notes like she does," he said smiling, "Nick, I know about you and Alexia," he continued as he motioned to the extra people in the room to leave, "I just want you to have this clear, you hurt her in any way I will personally look for you and then kill you, she has been through enough," he said as his tone changed from mellow to a slight touch of anger Nick was speechless. "I am sorry, Nick, its just that I love her as she were my daughter and I want the best for her, you understand, right" John said calming down. Nick nodded his head in agreement.
"OK now that was exhausting," Alexia said as she walked out the studio with the guys.
"So Alexia how about we go for a swim?" AJ said as he smiled devishly at her.
"Sorry, I am too tired to change."
"Then don't." he answered.
"OK you just have to stay a couple feet away from me," she said laughing.
"So really what are we going to do?" Nick asked calmly.
"Well you Mr. are going to bed," she said as she noticed he could barely walk.
"Can I take some one with me?"
"Anyone but me, I have a doctor's appointment," she said as she took the keys from him, "AJ can you take him home, driving tired is as or even more dangerous than drunk driving," alexia said looking up at him.
"Sure no prob, OK here buddy" Aj said as he helped Alexia put Nick in his car.
"Call me around 7 let's watch a movie or something?" Alexia motioned good bye as she walked to her silver BMW.
"Alexia?" Brian asked softly "Do you want me to go with you" he said as she looked at him.
She smiled, "Sure, I should take someone with me," with this said Brian got into the car. Accidentally kicking her purse a bottle of diet pills and other analgesics fell out, he picked them up and looked at Alexia strangely, "Why the hell are you taking diet pills?" he scolded her.
"Brian wait, its not what you think."
"Not what I think you have pain killers, diet pills and more medicine in your hand bag," he said as his tone of voice got louder.
"Brian wait, before you judge me, I don't know if I should tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"That I could die any day," she yelled back making him drop the bottle.
"What??"
"Brian, I am sick, I have been sick for a long time, I was born with a very weak immune system, and now I have taken all those pills are for different reasons, the diet pills are to control my body weight, not to lose weight it takes stress of my body, I would never do anything stupid like that, Brian I see the doctor once every two weeks and they are looking for the cure of something that I am supposedly the only one that has it."
"I am sorry ...I didn't know."
"No one knows but Cat, my parents and my doctor, and now you." she said smiling.
"But you seem normal."
"That means the medicine is working, Brian every time I go to the doctor I get good news, they tell me that I have more time to live and are closer to the cure, but I also get bad news they don't know how long for the two another answers," she said as she put her hand behind his head.
"Always take the good and the bad, cause if not life would be boring right," he smiled at her.
"Right," she hugged him and felt a feeling of relief. "I promises that I will be with you every step of the way," Brian said as he kissed Alexia softly on the cheek.
A tear fell down her cheek, "Thank you."
"Lets go or you'll be late," Brian said as he wiped the tear off her face.
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