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the equipment and stage setup apart, the behind the scenes crew that worked to the bone to make sure the look and feel was as good as the music, each and every night.  Johnnie knew them all by name and made sure they were all taken care of.  That was another purpose of having breaks in the tour.  The guys were flown home to spend time with their families.  A chance to unwind and relax before going back on the road.  Most of the guys were meant to be on the road and simply went to another band but at least ten of the guys had wives, girlfriends, and kids at home.
    “Is it Peter?” Chris asked.  “Something going on?”
    “No,” Johnnie said.  “Not Peter.  Why?”
    “You seem anxious,” Chris said.  “You’re not talking contracts without the band, are you?”
    Johnnie felt his heart sink.  He forced himself to smile.  “Ball breakers.”
    “Who?” Rick asked.  “Us?”
    “Yeah,” Johnnie said.  “You want to know the truth?”
    “Spill your guts,” Davey said.
    “There’s a woman...”
    “No way,” Danny cut in.  “You have a groupie waiting for you?  I thought we were past that stage...”
    “Or at least if we were going to pick up some women, you should have told us,” Rick said.  “There was a few in the crowd tonight...”
    “Guys, we’re not twenty anymore,” Johnnie said.  “It’s not like that.  There’s the woman I met today.  She had no idea who I was.”
    “Oh no,” Chris said, “did the giant ego bubble bust?”
    The band laughed and Johnnie put his hands up.
    “It’s not that,” Johnnie said.  “There was just something about her.  She had tickets to the show from her friend and she had no clue who I was.  She came to the show and I saw her... I have to talk to her...”
    “She’s in your room?” Rick asked.
    Johnnie nodded.  He started taking steps back.  “That was the best show of the tour.  Keep that locked in your hearts, okay?  We get a little break now, nobody get into trouble.”
    “You’re the only one who seems to be heading for trouble,” Danny called out.
    Johnnie turned and refused to believe this was going to be trouble.  Meeting a woman was fine, natural even.  It had been a long time for Johnnie and the whole rockstar image was kept alive because of his single status. 
    Not that any of that left Johnnie, there was just something about Jess.  He thought about Chris’s comment on his ego and he shook his head.  It wasn’t the ego thing, at least completely.  Sure, Johnnie had gotten used to everyone knowing him, bothering him, wanting him.  So it was a little foreign to have a woman - especially one as beautiful as Jess - not have a clue who he was.
    The more he walked, the more Johnnie caught himself starting to move faster.  He never hurried for a woman, ever.  There was no need to do so... if a woman couldn’t wait for him, there’d be ten more to take her place.  But inside Johnnie, at that moment, he’d trade a hundred women just to have a chance to see Jess again.
    When he made it to the door he opened it in a hurry, expecting to see the room empty.
    But it wasn’t empty.
    There she was, standing there, playing with her hands, looking nervous.
    Their eyes met and Johnnie smiled.
    Jess smiled back at him, looking just as surprised as Johnnie was.
    “Hey,” Johnnie said.
    He was out of breath, not just from the show.  Not just from the jog down the hall.  It was mostly from staring at Jess.  Gosh, she was beautiful.
    “Nice show,” Jess said.
    Johnnie went to take a step and realized something.
    He wasn’t heading for trouble... he was in trouble.

(10)
     
    The door opened, Johnnie walked in, and Jess couldn’t move.  She found herself just seconds earlier debating what to do.  The show had ended what felt like an hour ago and outside the room she could hear people walking around. 
    All she could think about then was Marie.  Standing outside or near outside, waiting.
    But the second she saw