interview that we had to do, so…"
"I see." Jen noticed a worried look on her boyfriend's face while he was getting his shirt and pants off to join her in bed "Are you ok? You seem a little worried."
"It's nothing, I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah…" he said leaning to kiss her on the lips.
"Thanx Steph. See you tomorrow." Kirstin jumped out of Stephanie's car and got into her apartment building. When she got to her loft, she went straight to her room. She was tired. She had been at the library since the afternoon; at least their paper was done. But it wasn't the paper she was worried about. While she changed to go to bed, her thoughts were driving her insane:
"Why did I agree to that stupid date tomorrow? Oh man! It's gonna be a disaster! What am I gonna say to him when he asks me why I ran away from him after the kiss? 'Cause I know that he is gonna ask me that for sure! He already mentioned the kiss today! Oh God, why did he had to find me? And if he saw me yesterday, why didn't he come and talk to me then? That's what I am gonna ask him. But he does look good. My God, his eyes! They still drive me crazy! I could just look at them for the rest of my life…" realizing what she was doing, Kirstin criticized herself. "Kirstin, stop it. You know you can't fall for him. Not again. You will get hurt. Just like you did before. You can have coffee with him, that's nothing, but just don't fall for him again. Tomorrow you go, have coffee with him, have a nice chat and that's it. You're never gonna see him again anyway. Just… don't fall for him." What Kirstin didn't wanna face was the fact that she was already in love with him. She had always been. She was just fighting back her feelings. And it wasn't working. The next day, she'd have a date with Ashley. And she couldn't wait for it.
Chapter 6
NEW YORK CITY – HOTEL LOBBY - THURSDAY
"C'mon people, let's do it!" Ashley was standing in the lobby, talking to his 4 sleepy band mates, who were sitting on the couch. They were waiting for the limo to arrive and take them to the radio station where they would be doing an interview later on.
"Oh, shut up! It's 8 o'clock in the morning, for crying out loud! I can hardly keep my eyes open. Why are you so hyper, anyway?" Jacob wondered, holding his head back on the couch.
"Today he has his big date!" Erik told Jacob with a sarcastic look.
"Oh yeah. That's right. While you go on a date with your high school sweetheart, your actual girlfriend is gonna be here, waiting in your hotel room , clueless." Jacob was kinda upset with Ashley's decision. Noticing the emotion in Jacobs's voice, Ashley looked at his band mate:
"Jacob, you don't have to get mad at me. I already told you it's not a date. Yeah, I liked Kirstin when we were on high school. We were friends. But I'm not that kinda guy. I'm not gonna get involved with Kirstin if I'm with Jen."
"But from what we're seeing, you seem pretty interested in Kirstin, Ashley." Dan spoke up "I just think you should talk to Jen about it."
"Me too. I already told him that, but he refuses to listen to me." Erik informed Dan.
"Well, if you must know, I will talk to her. I thought about it when we were in our room last night and I will talk to her, but just when I come back from seeing Kirstin. When I get back from my date with her I will be able to see if I have any feeling left for Kirstin."
"I thought it wasn't a date." Jacob just shook his head.
There was silence for a moment. Ashley couldn't pretend it anymore. He was really thinking of it as a date. Actually, not just a date, but their official first date. He would consider the prom their first date if Kirstin didn't keep saying that they were going to the prom just as friends. He closed his eyes for a second. There, he was able to see the image of Kirstin that night. When he came to her door to take her to the prom, she looked so incredibly
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