Back on the road the day after the party, the tour buses stopped for lunch at a road side diner. Kiki tried to enjoy her food, but Justin kept whining about how lonely he was on his bus. Eventually she gave into his pleas to travel with him just to get him to shut up.

“Okay! I will ride with you, but only to the next stop because if I’m with you any longer I’ll probably end up strangling you.”

After lunch, while the buses were refueling, Kiki went back to her bus to get her carry on and got onboard Justin’s. She immediately regretted it.

“Do you ever pick up after yourself?” There were clothes, clean and dirty all over the place.

He snatched her by the wrist and pulled her down on the couch because she was blocking his view of the golfing match he was watching. “Sit down.”

She landed on a pile of clothes and when she went to pull them out from under her, she ended up with a pair of his dirty boxer briefs in her hand. “Eww Justin! This is gross. I am not staying in here.” She tried to get up and leave, but he stopped her.

“Too late, you’re staying.”

“Justin.” She whined while trying to get away from his restraining hands. “You got dirty draws all over the place and God know what else.”

“It’s not that bad and I’ll clean it up alright. Just shut up.”

He had some nerve after all his complaining she had put up with today. She pushed out of his grasp and jumped up in front of him. “Don’t tell me to shut up!” Her hands were on her hips and her face was clouded with anger. Justin just grinned at her. He loved getting her mad. She looked sexy as hell when she was all pissed off.

Suddenly the engine revived and the bus jerked into motion, causing Kiki to stumble and almost fall. Justin started laughing and she glared at him as she gripped the counter behind her to stay upright.

“Now sit down before you bust your ass.” He grabbed her hand and pulled her back down on the couch. He got up and proceeded to pick up all his clothes and clean up any other messes he had.

When he was done Kiki was smiling. “Thank you.” It was his bus and he could live in it anyway he wanted, but he was willing to clean it up to make her feel comfortable.

“Yeah yeah. Now be quiet so I can watch the game.” He propped his feet up on the ottoman in front of him and went back to watching.

“Eww golf.” She cringed. “It’s not even a real sport. Glorified walking.”

He shot her a death glare and she squirmed down into her seat to avoid it. Maybe it was best to just shut up on that subject; apparently nobody insulted his precious golf.

After the game, she took over the TV and made him watch some E! show on celebrity break ups with her and they mentioned him and Britney.

“You probably don’t want to talk about it, but humor me.” His past relationship wasn’t something he wanted to constantly discuss, but Justin was at peace about it now, so he decided to hear her out. “It’s nothing serious. I just want to know about that little dance off the two of you had. I heard it was just a rumor but I can see your drunken dumbass doing something like that, so…” He cut his eyes at her but she ignored it and continued. “What I wanna know is: did ya’ll think you were in one of the Breakin’ movies or something. Two rival posses duking it out through ass shaking?” Justin couldn't help but laugh; it was a completely whack time in his life. “How disappointing and corny. I mean with the drama that went down between you two, there was supposed to be some ass kicking somewhere in that little confrontation. But then again you were a serious cornball back then so…. You still are actually.”

Okay this time he wasn’t about to be ragged on by her on his own damn bus.

Kiki was caught off guard when Justin grabbed her by her wrists and yanked her into his lap, making her straddle him. She squealed in surprise and fought to get her arms loose, but he was stronger and pinned them behind her back.

“You think you’re so fuckin’ funny don’t you?” She wiggled and pulled at her wrists trying to get free, but his grip was solid. “Ah, ah. I got you now.” He taunted. She kept struggling in his lap, but it was pointless, he wasn’t letting her go anytime soon.

Suddenly their innocent bout of wrestling became anything but when their hips collided. They both froze. There was no hiding the fact that Justin was turned on, just like she was. Their faces were inches away from one another and their eyes were locked as that lust that normally simmered between them flared to life.

Feeling almost desperately to erase the inches between them and feel his lips brush against hers, Kiki kissed him and Justin instantly gave into her. He released her hands and she wrapped her arms around his neck keeping them both locked in the kiss. He pulled away from her lips to give them a quick lick before moving down to suck on her neck. He took gentle nips at her drumming pulse and then soothed them with soft kisses.

Justin quickly sat up and flipped her onto her back, settling himself in between her legs. He continued to alternate between teasing her neck and her mouth while he was grinding into her. Driven by an urge she couldn’t contain, Kiki rhythmically pushed her hips back into his and inhaled sharply from the arousing feeling that was building.

Justin groaned when she responded to him and felt himself grow even harder. Needing to feel more of her body, he moved his hands down to the hem of her t-shirt and pushed it up until her stomach was exposed and he caressed her soft, smooth skin. Sensing no hesitation from her, he decided to be bold and moved farther up to cup her breasts. She moaned into his mouth as his big warm hands massaging her lace covered breasts and as her spread legs tangled with his, she gripped his lower back tightly, keeping his grinding hips nestled between hers.

Their passionate embrace was interrupted when the bus went over a bump in the road, and it snapped Kiki out of her sexual haze.

“J….Justin, we have to stop.” She managed to moan out as his kisses moved to her neck and he continued to play with her body.

Worried that he did something to upset her, Justin immediately stopped what he was doing and moved from on top of her. “I’m sorry Baby Doll. I shouldn’t have done that. I didn’t mean to upset you.”

“No, no. It’s ok.”  Kiki said as she sat up in front of him.

“No I shouldn’t have kissed you. I shouldn’t have taken it that far. I’m sorry. It’s just…” Frustrated and thinking he had screwed things up royally, Justin moved away from her so he could resist the temptation to kiss her again.

“No Justin.” She followed him into the corner of the couch and cupped his face so he would look at her. “It’s ok. Really, I’m here too, this isn't just you. I wanted it and I’m fine with us fooling around.”

He was relieved that he hadn’t messed up, but he needed to be sure that she was okay with how far things between them had gone, physically. “You don’t feel like I’m pressuring you or anything?”

“No,” was her assured whisper. All the while her face had been moving closer to his and he didn’t hesitate to pull her back into their kiss.

They were completely open to each other, lips parting and tongues sliding against one another. Kiki straddled his lap again and grabbed his face. She drew his upper lip in between hers to nibble on while Justin sucked on her bottom lip. He moved his kisses down to the curve of her throat where he nipped and suckled at her sensitive skin.

“Mm.” She moaned as his hand grabbed the nape of her hair and he extended her neck to give him better access. “Mmm, this is so bad, but it feels so damn good.”

“Why?” He mumbled against her neck and his hand slipped up the back of her shirt, sliding across her smooth skin. “Why bad?”

She hissed at his touch and bent her head down to kiss him again. When she pulled away to catch her breath, she answered his question. “Because this is forbidden.” She replied seductively and licked his lips.

He caught her tongue and sucked it back into his mouth. His wandering hands moved to the front of her body to cup her breasts and she moaned. “We have to stop J.”

Justin did the exact opposite though and zeroed in on her neck again, giving her a resounding “no.”

“Yes.” She giggled when his lips hit one of her ticklish spots and pushed him away, moving down the couch to put some space between them.

Though her laughter was reflexive and Justin knew she was serious, it did nothing to cool him off. Her little giggles were a complete turn on, as were her swollen lips and tasseled hair, so he tried to pull her back to him.

“No. No. No. No.” She tried to be serious and not laugh as she warded off his grabbing hands. “I’m serious Justin. We have to talk.”

He gave in, grumbling and pouting like a child. “What do we have to talk about?”

“This. Us.” She picked her hair tie up from where it fell on the floor and reset her hair into a sloppy bun. “I’m not reading into things, this isn’t just some fling for you, right? This is real?” She started off, needing to know where they stood before anything between them went any further.

“No, it’s not just some fling for me. I…I care about you Kiki. A lot.” He replied truthfully and she smiled in relief.

She wasn’t expecting some declaration of love. She was actually glad he didn’t say he loved her because it would be a lie. They hadn’t known each other long enough for either of them to be in love and with his track record with relationships she was sure it would be awhile before he let himself fall in love again. He did say he cared about her and she knew that was all he could give her right now, but she’d take it.

“I care about you too.”

Beaming, he reached over to grab her hand and laced their fingers together. “Does that mean we can stop talking now?” He tightened his grip and tried to pull her back to him with a lecherous grin on his face, but she held him off again.

“No. If anything that just extended this conversation.” He groaned and shift in his seat to sit back against the couch. “If we’re going to have this….relationship.” She dragged out cautiously, afraid the “r” word would have him running the other way. But she was pleasantly surprised when he said nothing and continued to look at her, waiting for her to go on. “Then we need to be careful about certain people knowing about us.”

He shrugged. “Like who?”

“Oh I don’t know, maybe your managers and the lawyers who sat in front of us crew members when we were signing those contracts that had a little clause in ‘em about not screwing the boss.” Sarcasm dripped from her words.

His eyebrows raised and a wicked grin appeared on his face. “You plan on sleeping with me?”

“Justin!” She smacked his arm. “I’m serious. We could get in trouble.”

“Like you said Baby Doll, I’m the boss and if I want to break the rules I can. They’re not going to do anything, you won’t be fired cause I won’t let them and they sure as hell won’t fire me.”

She rolled her eyes at his arrogance, but said nothing. “Still. I’d feel better if we keep it to ourselves especially when Anthony or Mr. Wright are around.”

“If that’s what you want.” Whatever she needed to feel comfortable about their relationship, he would give it to her. He leaned over and kissed her. “Anything else?” He asked with his lips still pressed against hers.

She moved back slightly and grabbed his jaw, holding his face in front of hers so that all his attention was on her when she said. “I don’t share.”

The corner of his lips curled into a grin. “I knew you were jealous.”

“I was not.” She denied, pushing his face away and turning from him.

“Yeah you were.” He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her over to sit across his lap. “I bet you wanted to beat that girl’s ass when you saw her that morning.”

She scoffed and showed no outward appearance that he was absolutely right. “You wish.”

“No, I know.” He moved the strap of her tank top over and kissed her bare shoulder. “If you hadn’t noticed there hasn’t been anyone else since then.” She turned her head towards him to see if he was telling the truth, and she saw no signs of a lie.

That night was the last time he went back to his hotel room with someone and that was over a month ago. The experience wasn’t at all fulfilling seeing as he had to pretend Kiki was beneath him the whole time just to get off. Not having the real thing made it a hollow release in the end. And thank God the girl was so lost in her orgasm or she would not have been happy when he called out Kiki’s name. There was no point in going home with anyone else after that; anonymous sex obviously didn’t do it for him anymore. Even if he could find satisfaction in another woman, he didn’t want anyone other than Kiki anymore and now he needed her to know that.

“There won’t be anyone else either.” He promised.

She smiled and kissed him softly. “Thank you.” She knew she was asking a lot of him to give up his normally active sex life for one of celibacy until she was ready. The respect he was showing her with this compromise only made her want him more.

Both their smiles slowly faded and that lustful glaze over their eyes came back.

Justin leaned into her and gripped her hips, pulling her closer. “Now are we done talking?”

“Yes, sir.” Kiki twisted her arms around his neck and pushed him onto his back with her body.

They laughed on impact, but quickly cut each other off with a kiss.

For the rest of the ride to the next pit stop they cuddled and talked on the couch, enjoying each other’s company.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

At the last stop before they reached the hotel, Kiki left Justin’s bus and went back to hers. It wouldn’t look good if the fans or media that were usually looming around saw her get off his bus when they arrived.

At the hotel, Justin spotted Kiki among the rest of the crew getting their stuff off the buses. He snuck up on her and pulled her onto the back service elevator with him.

“Come up to my room and hang with me for awhile.” He asked as they made their ascent.

“Didn’t I just spend 3 hours with you?”

“So. Come on I’m gonna be up there all alone, bored as shit.”

“Go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow anyway, right?”

“Again, so what?”

Kiki let out a groan of frustration. She was tired and all she wanted to do was stretch out on the nearest bed, not keep Mr. JT entertained. “How the hell do you two put up with him everyday, all day?” She asked Lonnie and Eric.

“Please Kiki.” He whined. It didn’t work to sway her decision so he tried blackmail. “If you don’t come to my room, I’ll just follow you to yours and bug the shit out of you and Tori for the rest of the night.”

“You wouldn’t.”

“Try me.”

“Fine! I’ll come up.” She huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. “You are so annoying.” She knew what a pain he could be when he couldn’t get his way and she was too tired to battle with him right now. “Just let me drop my stuff off in my room and I’ll be up when I’m done.”

They reached her floor and the elevator bell dinged before the doors opened. Kiki grabbed her rolling suitcase and began to walk off the elevator. Before she crossed the threshold, she stopped and turned around, pointing at Justin. “I’m tired, okay? All I want to do is relax. Not entertain you and if you invite anyone over to have a little get together, I’m gone.”

Justin held his hands up in compliance. “I promise it’ll just be you and me, and you can fall asleep for all I care.”

He just wanted to be with her and when Kiki realized that her irritation faded away. A small smile graced her face, "okay," she said before walking to her room.

The doors closed behind her and left in the ascending elevator with his bodyguards, Justin sighed. “Now that is how you handle a woman like Kiki fellas.”

“By whining like a bitch?” Eric asked blankly.

A deep chuckle emitted from Lonnie and he shook his head. “That girl has got you whipped dude.”

Justin looked back and forth between the laughing duo. “Fuck ya’ll,” but it only made them laugh more.

Kiki got to her room and dumped her suitcase and duffle. She decided to take a shower first to get rid of some of the traveling grim. When she came out Tori had arrived and she told her that she was going to hang with Justin in his room tonight.

“Again? Didn’t get enough of him on the bus, huh?” She teased.

“Shut up.” Kiki told her while she collected her purse and her key card. “I’ll see ya later….Oh he’s on the top floor suite #3, if you need me.”

“Ok. See you later babe.”

Kiki reached his floor and was greet by Lonnie.

“You’ve been waiting for me all this time?”

“Gotta make sure you get in that room without being seen.” He shrugged. “So get your ass moving.” He stepped aside and cleared the passage with the sweep of his arm.

They walked down the hallway side by side when Kiki stated. “I bet Justin’s given you enough practice over the years for you to be a freakin’ Jedi Master at sneaking girls in and out of his room.”

Lonnie let out a hearty chuckle. “Funny.”

“I know.” She quipped smartly.

At Justin’s door, he slid the key card through the lock and it beep as the door was unlocked. “Have fun.” He grinned at her, reciting his usual remake when he let a girl into Justin’s room.

She knew what he was insinuating and she glared at him. “Go to hell Lonnie.”

He just laughed even harder at the look she aimed at him before entering the room. “We’ll be across the hall so don’t worry about us hearing anything.” He called to the closed door.

Walking into the living room, Kiki found Justin clad in a pair of gray sweats and a white beater, sprawled out on the couch in front of the TV.

“I swear if you tell anyone I came up here tonight and slept with you, I’m beating your ass.” She could only imagine what Lonnie and Eric were thinking they were up to in this room.

He turned onto his stomach and looked at her over the arm of the couch. “You know most girls would kill to sleep with me.” He watched her as she kicked off her slippers and put her purse and key card on one of the side tables.

“Then most girls are stupid.” She teased and sat on the end of the couch where his feet were resting. Apparently it wasn’t where Justin wanted her because he sat up and pulled her to lay on top of him. Despite her earlier protests, Kiki liked being alone with him and she loved when they cuddled so she didn’t fight him.

Justin stared at her face for a moment as it hovered above his. He pushed her hair behind her ears and framed her face to drop kisses on her lips. He swiped his tongue across her bottom lip, asked for entry. He got what he wanted and thrust into her mouth. Kiki grabbed his wrists and moaned as they tongue twined together fervently. One of his hands moved up to grip a handful of her hair and he tilted her head to deepen the kiss.

He pulled her head back. “God I love your lips.” He alternated sucking on her top and bottom lip. “So luscious.”

Kiki wanted to get back to the kissing so she nodded absent mindedly and pulling him back up to her.

Bodies molded together, Kiki could feel Justin’s arousal pressing into hip and when the urge to grind into him began to take her over. She knew then they had to stop, things were getting too heated once again.

“Hmm.” She pulled away slightly and brought their kissing down to simmer. “So.” She pecked his lips once more. “What are we watching?”

“Uh.” He honest didn’t care what they watched. He didn’t want to watch TV. He wanted to go back to what they were doing, but he understood why she stopped. They need to slow down before they went too far. “I don’t know whatever you want.”

He grabbed the remote off of the floor and handed it to her. She flicked to the TV guide and watched the scroll for something good.

“Oh my gosh!” She exclaimed when she found Save the Last Dance playing and quickly turned to it. “This is one of my favorite movies.”

“Typical.”

“Shut up.”

He laughed at her pouted and kissed her up turned lip before pulling her down to settle on top of him. Their legs were tangled together, Kiki’s hands were tucked under her chin on his chest and one of his hands conveniently found a place to rest on her butt.

After such a long day on the road it wasn’t long before the TV ended up watching them as they slept.