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GOTCHA! Chapter 7
When I woke up, AJ was gone. Either I was dead to the world when he left or he was extremely talented in getting out of bed. I turned over and stretched, I finally felt a hundred percent better. I looked over to the other side of the hall and saw that Kevin was sitting on one of the other beds. "Mornin"' he said. "Morning?" "Yup. The rest of the guys went to get some breakfast. I just wanted to apologize for yesterday, kinda rushed things a little. Sorry about that." he explained. I shook it off with my shoulders,
"That's okay. You were just teasing. Believe me, when I am ready to
get horizontal with AJ, I am sure that you guys will be the first to
know." I laughed and gave Kevin a hug. "Well, how would you like an escort to the table." he wondered offering me his arm. "That would be lovely. Just give me a second to freshen up." Five minutes later, we stepped off the bus and made our way into the restaurant. There were no press and fans around so it was a nice quick walk to the restaurant. Once inside, Kevin led me over to the corner that the guys had taken over. "There she is, my sleeping beauty." AJ announced standing up and giving me a quick kiss. I smiled at him and then at the others, "Well ... I don't know about beauty but the sleeping part is right." I laughed. "Just you wait until you have seen all of us first thing in the morning. Especially Nick, he could pass for The Bride Frankenstein with PMS." Brian put in. "Hey, I think I resent that." Nick pouted. "Well, you guys had better watch out for me when my PMS sets in. You may die on your first experience." I admitted. "Make a mental note to stock up on Midol." AJ joked. "Okay, enough, Erin there are a few things that you need to sign for this little video." Kevin said putting a bunch of papers in front of me. "These just say that you will keep the video clean, no nudity shots. That kind of stuff. And most of all you will respect our right to privacy. If we tell you to stop, leave us alone or whatever, you will." Kevin explained the first one to me. "No problem." I said signing
it with a flourish. I cut him off, "I don't want to get paid for this. Being with you guys," I looked at AJ on my right, "Especially you, is going to be enough." "No, we thought about that. We want to give you something for this. It will help our career, give something new to the fans, and make us a lot of money I am sure. Plus, you are giving up your life for a year to do this. You should be compensated for that some how." Brian declared. I looked around at all the guys. This was the last thing that I had expected. I wasn't doing this for the money. That never even came into the picture. "Okay, well before I sign this one then, I want to see what you are offering. I am hopefully going to have fun with this, I don't want to be paid a lot for goofing off." All the guys looked at me, I didn't know what a lot was but when AJ showed me the amount I knew that it was too much. They were going to give me two hundred and fifty thousand now, then another two hundred and fifty thousand when it was done, plus a percentage of the first year profits. I sat back in my chair stunned. To me that was way more than what I was worth. I had never known that kind of money. Ever. I had always lived basically from paycheck to paycheck. Sometimes going without just so that I could make the rent. The guys were all sitting quietly, giving me time to let the amount sink in. "You guys, this is too much. I ... I don't know what to say. I have never seen that kind of money associated with my name before." I whispered. "Well, we all thought about it.
That is what we want you to have. You haven't really experienced touring
yet, it is going to wear you down. You need to be paid for that. Plus,
like Brian said, you are giving up your life for a year." Howie
said I sat there quietly thinking about this. A half a million dollars, plus profits. This was insane. How my life had changed since I got that phone call from AJ. I had no boyfriend, was living month to month, hoping to make the rent. And now they were offering me a half a million dollars to do this idea that I had and I was quickly falling in love with AJ. "Well, I guess there is no way
that you guys are going to back down on this is there?" I asked
looking around at them. They all nodded their heads. I slowly reached
over and picked up the pen, carefully signing my name, almost with a
shaky hand. "Ask me that in a year." I laughed. It was then that I thought about my apartment and all my stuff. "Oh Shit." "What?" they all asked at the same time. "My apartment, my stuff. I need more clothes." "AJ is going to fly back with you and help you deal with all that. You might as well give up your apartment. You and AJ are going to be married in a year, so you can just move all your stuff to his house." Kevin explained. "Uh ... Kev, let's not get ahead of ourselves." AJ said. "Yeah, I can give up my apartment and put everything at my mother's I guess. You are going to come home with me?" I asked looking at AJ "Sure, if you want me to?" "That would be great. I am sure that my mother would like to meet you." I looked around at the rest of the group, "All of you. She is probably worried that you all are going to seduce her baby." "Not while I am around." AJ said protectively. Everyone laughed. AJ looked over at me, "You still want to get that tattoo?" I finished my mouth full of food and smiled, "I do. Nothing big like what you have, just something small. Like a rose or a heart. I think on my shoulder blade or my ankle. I'm not sure. A friend of mine had a tiny little music note that might be cool." I explained. "Or you could get the initials AJ and BSB on your shoulder." Howie suggested. I shook my head, "No. Don't want any names. I mean, I am quickly thinking of you guys as good friends, but basically, shit happens and I don't want to be stuck with something that I am not going to like when I am an old, decrepit lady." "Erin, I doubt you could ever be decrepit." Nick pointed out. "Aren't you sweet." I smiled at him, "But seriously, I just want something very small and hopefully as little pain as possible." "Not going to happen." AJ announced
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