Chapter nine

"Hey Juliana come on in." Chris said to her as she peeked through the door at the studio.

"Hey Chris. How are you?" Juliana said walking up to him.

"I'm fine girl. How about yourself?" Chris said smiling up at her.

     Juliana had gotten Bobbie to drop her off at the studio that morning. Tomorrow she would have to use Jc's car. The studio was small compared to other places she'd been to. But this one felt comfortable to her. She looked around and saw the Fumanskeeto models all around the place. They were like funny cartoon characters. She wondered if they would use them in her shots.

"So you ready?" Chris asked getting up.

"Yeah I am. A little excited too. What do you have in store for me today?"

"Well honestly I'm here to watch. Linda will be here in a sec. She's the stylist. And Marie will do make up. Right now I just want the promo shots we'll use on tour. We start rehearsals tomorrow so I won't be around for the store promo shots but I wanted to get you situated with everyone here today." Chris said looking through some racks.

"Is Danielle here too?" Juliana hadn't seen her since the night she had gotten to Orlando. She liked Danielle a lot and she was hoping to spend some time getting to know more of her.

"She'll be here tomorrow with you but she had a meeting with Bloomingdale's today." Chris explained.

"What am I not good enough?"

"Oh no that's not what meant. I just haven't seen her , is all"

"Alright, well lets get this show started." as if on cue Linda and Marie walked into the studio. They did everything from nails to hair to clothing.  She mainly posed sporty outfits for the promo shots. A lot of them with the female Fumanskeeto, which she thought, were cute. Four hours later she got in the passenger side of Chris' car. She was planning on taking a cab home but Chris had laughed in her face when she suggested it. The studio wasn't far from Jc's house so she knew she could drive herself there the next day.

"So what are you doing tonight?" Chris asked breaking the silence.

"I didn't have anything planned. Maybe just stay home, read or something." Juliana said looking through his cd collection.

"On a Saturday? Give me a break! Danielle and I are going to Lance's house. He's having a little get together for the end of our vacation before the new tour. So you are now cordially invited," Chris said looking at her.

"You guys are too much. Don't you guys rest? Stay home and relax? I thought you guys loved doing nothing while on vacation."

"See you got it all wrong when we are on vacation we do everything possible, to have fun of course. We get a little antsy when we aren't on the road. And doubly antsy when we start a new tour." Chris said getting out of the car.

"Well are you sure that Lance won't mind?"

"Lance? He said he was going to call you but me being the person that I am I jumped the gun."

"Well thank you for the invite, I will be there. The shoot was fun and again thank you for this,"

"For what? I haven't done anything . You're the model here not me. Although maybe I should try it. " He said walking as if he was in a runway.

Juliana could not hold back her laughter as he rubbed up against the car and sat on the hood and posed. "Oh my god you need help! You have some issues."  She said laughing harder.

"What, you don't think I have it? That breaks my heart." He said heading for the door.

"Hey Chris what's...." He stopped when he opened the rest of the door and saw Juliana giggling beside him. "....up? Oh hello Julie" He knew damn well that her name was Juliana because all he could think about was her at the club the night before. He didn't know why she had affected him that way. He had asked Joey who she was and why was she working for Trace? Joey had explained the whole deal with Chris and New York and how he met her.

     He knew she was staying at Jc's house so today he had decided to pay Jc a visit. He used the excuse of wanting to hang out at the studio. When he got there he didn't see her around so he didn't ask either.

"Juliana. Hello Justin." Juliana said smiling. She looked at Chris. " well I'm heading back to my place. Eight tonight okay?" Juliana asked.

"Wait, you know Justin already?" Chris said looking back and forth between them.

"Yeah man we met last night at  `Club O'. Are you coming in or are you staying out here?" Justin asked Chris.

"Nah I was just walking Juliana to her door. Gentleman and all."

"That's sweet Chris but I can walk myself. Thank you for being a gentleman though." she reached out and gave him a hug she saw Justin looking at her with a blank face. She felt awkward at that moment. Why was he looking at her like that? It wasn't of disgust or friendly at that it was weird.

"No problem, so you want me to pick you up? or will you go with Jc?"

"I'll go with Bobbie and Jc. Thank you for the offer too." Juliana said walking towards the guesthouse.

"See you tonight." Chris yelled behind her.

"See you later Ju-li-a-na" she heard Justin say as she walked.

     She turned around and looked at them and smiled. She felt very uncomfortable about the way that Justin was acting once again. At the club the night before she felt him staring her down from across the room. She had danced with Trace and Joey all night and had a great time. One thing she couldn't seem to do was avoid his eyes. The feeling she felt when she saw that picture at Chris' house wasn't what she was feeling at the moment. She now felt extremely shy and uncomfortable around him. Now she was going to spend all of her time trying to avoid those eyes of his. They seemed to penetrate her soul and that feeling she liked just a day ago was now taunting her. Why was he looking at her that way?

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     Justin ran into his house trying to get to the phone. He finally reached it. "Hello?"

"Hey Cutie" He heard a familiar voice say on the other end.

"Hey." he said with a smile on his face.

"I don't want to bother ya but I sortta left my things at your place." she said giggling. "Why does that sound like a cheesy line girls use to call the boy they like?" she asked laughing.

"It's all right Britney I told you that we will always have us just not US you know what I mean?" he said to her in a sweet voice.

"I know sweetie but really I did leave my stuff. Although its nice to hear your voice. I'm going to be in Orlando in two days, can I drop by and get them?"

"Yeah that's fine. Do you want me to pick you up?"

"No its alright I'll probably see you at Johnny's on Tuesday. I have to go now I'm doing the rolling stone thing right now and I was on a break. Ill see you Tuesday k?"

"Alright take care." Justin said before hanging up the phone. He felt different talking to her. He felt a connection to her but not like he had felt before when he would hear her voice. They had changed and grown up and it was ashamed that they had grown apart instead of closer. He didn't want to dwell on it and now with the tour coming up he knew his mind would be off it. In reality he didn't want another relationship he just wanted to be alone.

     Something told him it wasn't going to work out the way he planned. A certain someone was now occupying his thoughts.