“What the hell dude? How long are you gonna stand there looking at yourself? You need to be telling the girls to hurry up.” Joey complained to Justin from the entertainment room. He, Trace, Lonnie and Eric were in there watching SportsCenter while they waited to head over to Ambrosia for the album release party.
Justin was in the foyer, admittedly primping in the mirror, and replied. “Sounds like someone’s still bitter about me being the pretty one.”
“Whatever man. You may have been the pretty one, but who was getting all the ass?”
Smirking, Justin strolled into the room. “True. But you were also the one who got quarantined for that little crabs outbreak.”
Joey’s head whipped around and he glared at Justin as the others chuckled away. “You lying little bastard.” He popped up out of his seat and circled the couch where Justin was waiting with a cockily grin.
Feet apart, they both got into position with fists up and playfully started shadow boxing. Despite being all dressed up for the night’s big event, they were acting little a couple of kids, forgetting to stay neat and clean. Moving into the foyer, they kept slapping at each other until they locked up, each trying to get the upper hand.
“Ooh, I’m telling Mommy and Aunt Tami that you fighting.” Cheyenne chastised.
Game over. Justin and Joey pushed each other away, a glare of “rematch bitch” passed between them before they went their separate ways. This time Joey was the one in the mirror getting himself back together and Justin turned his attention to the hall balcony.
He smiled at the sight of Cheyenne sitting on the carpet, eating a fudgesicle, with her little legs swinging in between the rails. “We were just playing baby girl.” He explained. “You be careful up there okay?” She nodded her promise and looking down at his watch to check the time, Justin noted that they had about 20 minutes before they had to leave. “Hey Pix, is Mommy done yet?”
“I don’t know.” She shrugged, too occupied with catching the drops of chocolate falling on her hand.
“Well can you go find out for us please Pixie face?” Joey piped in. He was starting to get annoyed. Why did girls always have to get together and spend such an obscene amount of time getting dressed?
“Okay.” She carefully got up so she wouldn’t get ice cream on the carpet and screamed out loud on her way back to the bedroom. “Mommy you done yet?!”
Both Justin and Joey winced at the high pitch of her voice.
“I bet if we did that shit we’d get cussed the hell out.”
Justin puffed humorously and took his turn in the mirror, rearranging.
“Ok.” They heard coming from upstairs before Cheyenne zipped back to peek in between the rails. “Aunt Tami said hold your horseys.” She ordered with an attitude, clearly copying her aunt.
Joey rolled his eyes and went back into the entertainment room. Justin made the agreement with his daughter and after nodding sternly, she ran back to the guest room where the girls were stationed.
For the time being, Justin headed back to the room too and started texting Johnny, Sonja, and his parents. He was keeping them updated on their progress so they could meet up at the club at the same time for the carpet walk.
Of course, every detail of his grand entrance was planned to the tee. They had to take full advantage of the awaiting press and they especially had to be cautious with Kiki attending the party.
The media circus around the “scandal” had died down just as they knew it would. But it no doubt would flare back up once Kiki’s stepped out of the car. She and Justin hadn’t “gone public” yet and they weren’t planning on making tonight the night for that. This was about Justin and his music, not about his personal life which wasn’t really anyone’s business in the first place.
To keep the focus on the real reason for tonight, Justin and Kiki were arriving in separate cars, with a separate group of people and at separate times. Until the time was right, Kiki was only playing the role of supportive friend in public.
Yes she could have opted not to go, but there was no way she wasn’t going to be there for Justin and there was no way he was going to be without her tonight. As a matter of fact, he had Johnny make arrangements for the club’s security to be vigilant about keeping the press out of VIP. He may have to walk in without Kiki, but this night was too important for him and he damn sure wasn’t going to spend it away from her. As soon as he got into the club and his preview show was over, he planned on stationing himself in VIP with Kiki by his side for the rest of the night.
About 10 minutes went by before there was any sign of life from upstairs and Livvia came down with Cheyenne on her hip.
“They ready to go to the party now!” Cheyenne announced and shutting down the entertainment room, the guys all filed out into the foyer.
“So Livvie Liv, how do we look?” Trace asked smugly, straightening out the lapel of his blazer.
Passing Cheyenne off to her father when she began reaching for him, Livvia scanned each guy as if she was an A-list stylist and concluded. “Very best dressed worthy.”
Before their egos could swell too much, Bianca interrupted as she walked down the steps, Rachel leading the way and Tami taking up the rear. “We look better though.”
“Ow!” Joey howled and beckoned Tami to him with a lecherous grin. Giggling, she pranced over to be enveloped in his arms and teasing kisses.
Bianca and Trace were doing pretty much the same thing once she finished modeling for him. That left Justin looking for answers from Rachel who was on her cell phone.
“Rach, where’s Kiki?”
Mere seconds later, she appeared at the top of the staircase. “Calm down. I’m right here.” She said, putting on her earrings as she descended.
As soon as Justin’s eyes landed on her, he couldn’t take them off of her.
From head to toe Kiki was showing off her classic chic look with a touch of sexiness. Her hair was pulled back in a simple ponytail with a front quiff which put all the attention on the rest of her body. She had on a flirty black sleeveless mid-thigh length dress with a ruffled hem and a ruffled plunging neckline. Exposing the midline of her chest, it provided a tantalizing peek of her cleavage and with the stilettos she had on, her legs looked a mile long. If the whole world was going to be watching at her tonight, she wanted to look damn good.
Her look was definitely working on Justin already.
Fuck me was the only thing that kept going through his mind as he watched her while she was getting approval from the girls for her alternate earring choice. When she turned to look at him with that big smile of hers, he smirked to himself. Without a doubt, he was going to turn the thoughts in his head into reality when they got home.
“So babe, how do I look?” She asked, giving him a little spin.
Since what he really wanted to say was in no way appropriate for present company, he was happy when Cheyenne answered for him.
“You look soo pretty Mommy.”
Smiling, Kiki walked over to them and leaned up to kiss Cheyenne’s cheek. “Thank you baby.” Looking over at Justin, she saw his answer burning in his eyes and she had to fight back a blush.
Tami’s laughter broke through the tension between them and she announced. “Okay Maya got the picture.” She spoke to the girls in reference to the picture text she sent out. “She says: aw they all look like a bunch of Junior prom rejects.”
The girls each took a turn to see if that description fit and giggled out their agreement.
“Don’t pout you all look hot. Plus you’re the least of Maya’s concerns.” Tami said.
“Oh God C.” Kiki exclaimed comically as the others chuckled at the many crazy possibilities JC could show up wearing.
Tami grinned with a nod. “And that’s exactly why Maya and Sage are over there. She and Evie’ll make sure he doesn’t look a hot mess and embarrass us.”
Kiki let out another short laugh and went back to her child. She kissed her cheek on last time and told her. “Alright babyheart, we gotta get going. You be good for Livvia tonight okay?”
“Mmhmm.” She nodded. “You come say night to me when I go sleep?”
“No not tonight baby. You’ll already be asleep when me and Mommy get home. But you’ll see us tomorrow when you wake up.” Justin answered. “How about we go out for breakfast in the morning?”
“Yeah, yeah.” She agreed excitedly.
“It’s a date then.” They shook on it and he pulled her in for a hug. “I love you baby.”
“I love you too Daddy.” She leaned back towards Kiki. “You too Mommy.”
Returning the sentiment, Kiki stroked her hair affectionately and Justin gave her one more squeeze before he passed her back to Livvia.
“You guys have fun and remember I put some money for take out by the phone.” Kiki instructed the two.
“Don’t have too much fun though. I don’t want you teaching my baby how to do keg stands.” Justin joked since Livvia had just started her freshman year at UCLA.
Livvia smacked her lips. “Whatever Justin.”
“I’ll give you whatever.” He said and whipped out a signed copy of his CD.
Livvia squealed and snatched it out of his hand.
“Told you not to buy one.” Kiki laughed.
“Oh my gosh, thank you so much Justin. We are so partying to this tonight Pixie.” She bounced Cheyenne on her hip, making her giggle.
“Alright the cars are here people. Let’s roll.” Lonnie called out from the open front door.
The whole group traveled out to the two black SUVs. Justin, Trace, Bianca, and Rachel got into one with Lonnie, and Kiki, Joey and Tami got into the other with Eric. One last farewell to Livvia and Cheyenne standing at the top of the front steps waving and they were off.
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On the way to the venue, Kiki sat next to Tami, chatting with her, Joey, Eric and the driver, Steve, until her phone rang.
“Hello.”
“Hey Baby Doll. I didn’t get the chance to tell you at home, but…Do you have any idea how good you look in that dress?” She giggled at the sultry tone of his voice.
“I was wondering when you were going to say something.”
“You had me in a fuckin’ trance baby. Where’d you get that dress from? Did you get it just for tonight?”
“Mmhmm. Just for you.” She could hear a deep growl rumble in his throat.
“How do you expect me to keep my hands off of you tonight? Hmm? You’re in so much fuckin’ trouble when we get home.”
“Oh I know.” She was sure her dress wouldn’t be on her body for a second longer after they got back to the house. Fine by her.
“Fuckin’ tease.” He breathed into the phone. It was getting hot in the truck and they needed to talk about something else or he might have to drag her into the bathroom when they got there.
Taking the initiative to change to subject, Kiki said. “Eric just told us we’re almost there.”
“Yeah. Listen Baby Doll, stay on the phone with me until you get inside.”
“Why?”
“Because it’ll be like I’m right there with you, so you won’t panic or anything.”
“Justin.” She sighed. “I’m not going to panic, I could care less about a bunch of strangers talking about me and staring at me. I hope they do stare cause I look good.” She joked and he laughed, lightening the mood. “I was nervous earlier today, but I’m fine now. It was like pre show jitters, you know. Once I get out there it’ll be a piece of cake. Don’t worry.”
“Just remember I love you.”
“I love you too and we’re here now so say bye.”
“Bye baby. Be good in that dress until I get there.”
“Hmmm. Maybe. Kisses.” And she hung up the phone, making him grin at her playfulness.
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Only a block away from the club, they could see the melee had already started. There was a substantial line of people at the front entrance and as the truck with Kiki’s group cruised towards the side of the building where the VIP entrance was. There was a line of limos, town cars and other SUVs waiting to drop off their celebrities and VIP passengers at the beginning of the bright lit white carpet.
Said carpet was flanked by the side of the building which was draped in a white tiled backdrop of FutureSex/LoveSounds and a line of photographers and reporters waiting to get all the night’s news and gossip.
Kiki looked out at the scene with a mix of excitement and trepidation. On one hand seeing all the attention being showered on the hard work Justin put into this album, made her happy and proud. But on the other, this was a gauntlet for her. She knew as soon as someone spotted her, everyone would be looking and talking about her. It was enough to make anyone nervous, maybe even a little paranoid. But Kiki was determined not to let it get to her and put her game face.
“You ready?” Eric asked once it was their turn to unload.
Breathing deeply, Kiki smiled tightly. “As I’ll ever be I guess.”
“You’re gonna be fine Kik.” Joey assured her. “Plus you got us.”
She smiled genuinely and gratefully before she nodded to Eric, giving him the green light.
Both Eric and Joey got out and while Eric kept guard, Joey escorted the girls out.
The second Kiki was visible, all heads turned and eyes landed on her. Breathing through it, she accepted Joey’s offered elbow and he lead the two ladies down the line, Eric following close behind.
It was like being in a vacuum for a moment, dead stillness and silence before it all came back in a rush. Flash bulbs were going off from every direction, every second as the photographers clicked away and reporters were frantically calling out Kiki’s name, trying to get her to talk to them. Celebrities already on the carpet stopped posing or interviewing to see the newbie, some looking on in curiosity, suspicion or out right distain.
She blocked it all out and kept a neutral smile on her face the entire time.
Halfway down the line, Eric took over for Joey, so he could go do some press with Tami at his side. The rest of Kiki’s trip down the carpet was just as tense without the couple, but the glorious end soon arrived and it was total relief for her the minute she walked through the entrance. Two attendants were waiting with guest lists to check off and when Kiki gave her name, she was immediately escorted upstairs to their seats.
It was a reserved balcony lounge that overlooked the ground floor of the club and gave a perfect view of the stage. Buckets of Cristal were sent to the lounge and Kiki took drink orders for herself, Joey and Tami while she waited with Eric for the others to show up.
“You did good out there Kik. You looked like a pro.” Eric complimented.
“Why thank you.”
“The real test will be tomorrow when the news starts to spread. Justin’s thinking about having me tail you. Make sure you don’t go gangsta again and actually bust a face in this time.”
She shrugged. “They stay out of mine, my fist stays out of theirs.”
Eric laughed heartedly. “In that case I think I will hang out with you for the next few days.” Kiki pouted. “Don’t worry I’ll let you get in a couple good hits.”
She beamed and the two broke out into laughter.
“Hey, hey, hey!”
They turned around to see the Fat Albert impersonator was Derek with Rhea, Marissa and Trent trailing behind him. Kiki received greeting hugs from each and then the “are you okay” question. They should know her better than that, so the only answer she would dignify them with was her “please” look and the topic was dropped. Besides it would be hard to miss the looks Kiki was still getting from the people who were walking pass. She was ignoring it completely and they followed suit. Soon after Tami, minus Joey who was still socializing/networking, joined them. Figuring that everyone else was also doing press or networking, they continued to entertain themselves while keeping their eyes on the stage, waiting for the show to start.
VIP was buzzing, as was the packed ground floor, when suddenly in the middle of the song the DJ scratched the record to a stop and a siren call sounded, getting the whole place’s attention.
“How’s everyone feeling tonight?!” He boomed through the mic and received a roaring applause. “Are you ready to help Ambrosia welcome and celebrate with our guest of honor on the release of his sophomore album FutureSex/LoveSounds?” Another wave of cheers and he continued dynamically. “It’s the man that is being SexyBack.”
Kiki rolled her eyes at Justin’s new moniker, like his ego needed anymore encouragement.
The DJ paused until the hooting and howling mellowed again. “Give it up for Mr. Justin...Timberlake!”
All at once, the beat to FutureSex/LoveSounds dropped, the lights on the stage flashed on right and Justin’s voice rang out as he appeared on stage. And the whole club seemed to explode.
Much like his club show, Justin gave them a taste of his new material, mixing in the old stuff, but on this night he was accompanied on stage when he performed his songs with featured artists. Above and below, the crowd was eating it up, dancing and signing along. You could feel the energy coming from Justin and the audience. It was hard not to be drawn into it.
For Kiki, the show was pretty much the same as the one she saw in Orlando, but no matter how many times she heard his music or saw him perform. She never got tired of it and still got excited watching him.
The end of the show arrived and Justin finally sang his hit single bringing Timbaland back on stage. It was then that Joey showed up.
“Well shit ya’ll just partying without us.” He said upon arriving to see them grooving to the music.
“Where have you been?” Tami demanded, popping him in the arm.
“Hey! Be nice.” He warned her and leaned down to drop a quick apologetic kiss on her lips. “Now come on. We’re all backstage and J’s about to end the show. You know you’re the first thing he’s gonna want to see when he comes offstage.” He pointed at Kiki.
The whole group followed Joey downstairs to the backstage area where it seemed like a separate party was going on. Other celebrities were milling around, drinking and chatting, not to mention the groupies that managed to connive their way back. The sight of them only motivated Kiki to take the lead and hold up shop right near the stage exit, blocking anyone from getting to Justin before her.
It wasn’t long before the others found them and the whole gang was together.
Kiki cringed her nose. “Ew! Look at us. We’re an entourage.”
“Speak for yourself. I’m a leader, not a follower.” Maya corrected.
“Says the stylist.” JC tagged her. Maya glared at him while some of the other laughed.
“I’m so borrowing that dress Kik. You look hot babe.” Eva complimented.
“Yeah. You should have seen Justin when she came down stairs. He looked like he was gonna fuck her right where she stood.” Kiki’s mouth gaped. A mix of laughter and looks of shock squared in on Joey.
Tami yanked the glass of vodka tonic out of his hand. “You are cut off for the rest of the night.” And the two proceeded to play tug of war over the drink.
“Wow I really did not need to hear that.” Derek took a long pull of his beer and standing next to him chuckling, Sage patted his back comfortingly.
Still blushing, Kiki chimed in. “Can we get off the topic of my sex life please? What are our thoughts about the show?”
Luckily, for Kiki’s sake, the conversation was successfully steered in another direction. Speaking as more than just his closest friends and family, they all commented on how they loved the show and Justin’s new material. Even Maya was being free with her compliments which was a rarity.
“Thank you all for coming out tonight. You guys gave me some serious love and I thank you. I had a great time making this album and I hope you enjoy it. Goodnight and God bless.” Justin said his goodbyes and quickly trotted off the stage. Johnny, his parents and Lonnie, who were watching in the wings, were right behind him, but he barely noticed them. His adrenaline was pumping and he was on a mission. He knew he had to get some press work out of the way before he could take the rest of the night off to party, but there was something more important that he needed to do first. A quick scan of backstage and he found her smiling face standing out from the crowd.
When Kiki saw Justin looking all sweaty and happy as he came off stage, she immediately broke away from their friends so she would be the first person to greet him. When they made eye contact, it was as if everything around them disappeared and once he got close enough, he scooped her up in his arms.
Setting her back on the ground, he pulled back and said, “I love you,” before kissing her deeply.
They broke the kiss and with their foreheads pressed together, she responded. “I love you too. You were perfect up there.”
“Thank you Baby Doll. I’m so happy you’re with me.”
Knowing he didn’t mean just for the night, she kissed him and hugged him tight.
“Now honey, you know damn well he was my baby before he was yours so you gotta share just like I do.” Lynn quipped from behind them.
Giggling, Kiki and Justin broke apart and he turned to scoop his mother up in the hug that he was too in a rush to give her earlier.
Kiki stood back and fondly watched him receive love and praise from his parents. It reminded her of when her parents did the same for him a few days ago, since they couldn’t be here tonight because of their business trip down in Mexico for the hotel. It warmed her heart knowing her parents openly embraced Justin now like he was family.
After Lynn, Paul, Johnny and his wife Erica, finished congratulating Justin, the floodgates opened and everyone else jumped in to do the same.
As much as Justin appreciated being surrounded by support and praise from his closest friends and family, he really only needed one person with him right now. They were separated at the moment with Trace and JC between them, but their eyes kept drifting to each other and with a simple head nod, Kiki wiggled through to his side. Justin’s arm quickly circled her waist, pulling her tight to him as he continued to listen to the conversation around them.
“I hate to do this Justin, but you know what time it is.” Johnny announced regretfully.
Justin groaned in dread. He really hated this part, kissing ass and being interrogated. Either people liked his music or they didn’t. If they did he’d show his gratitude, but if they didn’t he sure as hell wasn’t going to bend over backwards to get their approval. And answering those same questions over and over worked his last nerve, but he didn’t have much of a choice, so he’d just have to deal.
“Alright. Let’s get it over with.” He said to Johnny. “Hey Dad, you leaving now right?”
“Yeah. You know me, compared to you and your mother, I can’t hang.” Paul smiled and they shared a good bye hug before Lynn and Erica walked with him to the exit.
Turning back to Kiki, Justin asked. “You’ll be upstairs when I’m done right?”
“Yeah I’m gonna go have a few drinks with the girls and do a little dancing. I’ll come and rescue you later.” She cupped his cheeks to pull his head down and laid a soft kiss on his lips.
“You promise?”
“Absolutely.”
“It’ll be an hour tops.” That was all the time he was giving to the press. “Gimme me a kiss.” She planted another one on him that took his breath away.
“There. Now stay calm, don’t get all asshole on them. You can vent to me later.” She gave him one last peck and he pulled with him to the mouth of the hall that led to the dressing room he was using for the night. He would be going back there to change and he wanted her to see him off. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” Kiki step out of his grasp and slipped her hand down his arm into his. She started walking away, but they continued to hold on until only their fingertips touched.
“Oh come on, you two are pathetic. You act like you’re never going to see each other again.” Maya butted in as she and all their friends watched their sad display. Marching voer, she finally pulled Kiki way. “Say bye. We’ll try to bring her back to you in one piece.”
Saying their goodbyes for now, the whole gang headed back up to VIP and Justin watched Kiki’s retreating back among the group. He smiled before he turned back to go to his dressing room. The sooner he got this over with the fast he could get back to his party and his girl.
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Getting back upstairs, the group quickly found some fun to get into. Rounds of shots, a bunch of fun and silly pictures when someone whipped out their camera, and the club’s jammin’ DJ made for a good kick off for the night.
They only downer came when Kiki and some of the girls were coming back from the bathroom and Kiki was ambushed.
“Very bold of you Ms. Lewis, to show up here at Justin’s premiere party after all the trouble you’ve caused.” The stranger insinuated when he suddenly appeared in front of her. “Care to explain why you came tonight?”
A tape recorder was the next thing being shoved into her face and she was so thrown by the aggressive way he had approached her that she hesitated for a second.
Maya didn’t. “Let’s go hermanita. You don’t have to say anything to his jackass.” She grabbed her sister, moving to stand in front of her as she glared at the slimy reporter.
Tami and Eva had also moved the protect Kiki while Bianca sneaked off to get some help when it became obvious this guy wasn’t going to back down.
“Oh come on Ms. Lewis. Why don’t you stop hiding and tell the truth for a change?”
Eva snapped at him. “Why don’t you get a damn life and leave her alone asshole.”
Keeping Kiki covered, the girls started moving through the crowd trying to get back to the lounge, but the reporter took chase, still heckling them.
Kiki was fed up and stopped. “Wait, wait. I can fight my own battles and I’m not gonna runaway like a little bitch.” Cautiously the girls stepped aside and she stood strong to face the pest. With a sickenly sweet smile, she answered him. “I’m here for the same reasons as everyone else “ to support Justin. If you don’t want to believe that then that’s not my problem.” She shrugged. “I know what your problem is though.” Her smile transformed into a cocky one and she pointed at the approaching sight behind him.
Before he could turn to see what was coming, Bianca’s voice rang out. “This is the one you want fellas,” and two burly bouncers grabbed him under his arms.
“You’re not allowed in VIP sir and you’re definitely not allowed to harass Ambrosia’s guests. We’re going to have to escort you out.” One of them stated. “Sorry about this Ms. Lewis. We won’t let it happen again.”
“It’s okay. Thank you for taking care of this though.” She said appreciatively. They nodded and started dragging the protesting reporter out. Kiki smiled and gave him a finger wave. “Have a goodnight.” She sing-songed.
Once he was out of sight the girls started giggling and each slapped Bianca five for her slick move.
The good spirit of the night returned after that and if any other reporters had snuck into VIP, they smartly stayed hidden.
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After hopping all over the club, Kiki went back to the lounge to take a little breather. Pulling out her cell phone, she sighed when she saw that Justin would be gone for another 20 minutes. Watching her friends all coupled up was making her a little envious and lonely, but she knew it came with the territory of being with Justin. Shrugging it off, she sat back to relax and savor on her drink.
“Kiki.”
She turned in the direction of the voice calling her name and saw an old friendly face. “Wow, hey Stacey.” She stood up and the two shared a hug.
“Good to see you.” Stacey, better known as Fergie, said. “How have you been?”
It had been three years since the two first meet when the Black Eyed Peas were opening for the Stripped/Justified tour. For that weekend when the band was on the road with them, Kiki really hit it off with the whole group. She stayed in touch with a few of the members, including Stacey, through Justin. Of course that changed after the break up. Still for that short period of time, they had gotten along really well.
Taking a seat on the sofa, the two played catch up chatting about the latest in their lives. Kiki was introduced to Stacey’s boyfriend, Josh, when he showed up with their drinks. He joined in on the conversation and they continued the hang out for a bit longer before they had company.
First Will.I.Am himself appeared, quipping about reunion tours and then some of the group came back to chill. It made for an interesting mix of the famous and the not so famous looking as if they’d known each other for years.
That was the sight Justin walked in on when he was finally able to make his escape. Unfortunately as soon as he walked into the room, everyone seemed to spot him and had to approach him to say hello. He appreciated the praise and congrats, but there was somewhere he needed to be. Swapping quick pleasantries and greeting with people he passed, he moved swiftly through the crowd headed towards their lounge. Thankfully being on the other side of the room, they were oblivious to his arrival and he was able to slide right through.
“So I’m like “ what the hell are you talking about? The- Waah!” Kiki screeched in the middle of her sentence when Justin grabbed her from behind. “Damnit Justin!”
He chuckled and kissed her cheek. “I’m sorry Baby Doll. Now say bye so I can make it up to you.”
“What?” She asked bewildered as his grip on her tightened and he started pulling away.
Again he laughed, “see you guys later,” and stole away with her into the thick of the club.
“That was rude.” She commented once he had stationed them in a quieter section of the club. He found an empty high-rise table and moved her to stand in between his legs as he sat on the stool.
“Oh I think you know I can be worse. Especially when I really want something.” He pulled her closer to his body, emphasizing his point. “I see Will and Stacey were hanging with you guys.”
“Yeah it was a nice blast from the past. And it was good to see that at least some of your celebrity friends have the balls to actually approach me instead of just staring or whispering about me.”
“Case in point why most of them I only consider friends.”
“Hm. So how’d it go?” She changed the subject to more important things.
“I’ve had worse. They did have the decency to actually show interest in my music and waited till after the album was discussed to ask about you and me.”
“What’d you say?”
“That you’re here to support me and that you and me were a private concern.”
“I said pretty much the same thing.” When the tint of anger glowed in his eyes, she knew it was probably a mistake telling him that.
“What?”
“It was just some nosey reporter who thought he’d ambush me on the dance floor and get some dirt.” When his nostrils flared and he tensed up, she quickly moved to explain. “Hey, it wasn’t that bad. The girls were right there and a couple of bouncers showed up before anything happened. I was fine.”
He could tell that she was really okay so he wasn’t going to make a scene over it. He smiled and stroked her cheek. “Thank you; for putting up with all this bullshit that comes with being with me.”
“You’re worth it. And as long as we’re together, that’s all that matters.”
The way she looked at him and her declaration of unconditional love elated him. He was so lucky to have her back.
They leaned into one another and press their foreheads together, just looking at each other. “I love you so much.”
“I love you too.” She replied and she gave him an Eskimo kiss followed by one on the lips.
They sat close and enjoyed a nice quiet moment for a while among the chaos of this night. Deciding to hit the dancefloor, they moved together to the music and played around, teasing each other and sharing steamy kisses.
Eventually, they rejoined their friends at the lounge, where they got together for toast in his honor. For the rest of the party, Justin kept Kiki attached to his side, showing her off and introducing her to his friends and peers.
She finally got to meet some of his new dancers and be reunited with her old buddy Sky. In fact a lot of the night was turning into a big Stripped/Justified reunion especially when Kiki and Justin ran into Christina Aguilera. Not that Kiki had a problem with her, but seeing as they were only acquaintances in the past and Kiki always got a weird possessive vibe from her when she started dating Justin. There was definitely a hint of phoniness from Christina’s exuberant greeting. Nevertheless, Kiki played along and even took a picture with the pop star while WEG’s publicity photographer was making the rounds.
But among all the famous faces that Kiki was being formally introduced to, nothing topped meet T.I.
Knowing all the girls were big fans, Justin brought him over to the lounge so they all could meet him.
“Oh wow.” Marissa muttered in awe.
Watching the four beautiful women stare at him with parted mouths and wide eyes, Tip couldn’t help, but grin humbly. “So which one of you is Baby Doll?”
Snapping out of it, Kiki huffed at Justin. “Oh my gawh. Everyone you’ve introduced me to has called me that. Do you even tell people my real name?” Plastering a sweet smile on her face again, she turned back to Tip and said. “Hi, I’m Kiki. It’s nice to meet you.”
He chuckled at her sass. “She’s cute.” He told Justin who was chuckling along with him. “Nice to finally meet you too.”
“Thanks. And you probably hear this all the time, but I don’t care “ I’m a huge fan and so are my best friends, Marissa and Tami.” She pointed out the two, each waving like star struck idiots. “And my sister, Maya, which you probably can already tell by the drool falling out of her mouth.” Snickering could be heard among the group at the trance Maya seemed to be in. “My snap out of it. Geez.”
“Huh?” She mumbled adoringly.
Fully amused by her reaction, Tip laid it on thick, reaching out to take her hand and kiss it. “Nice to meet you beautiful Ms. Maya.”
Finally out of her daze, she giggled and batted her eyes at him, in full flirt mode. “Oh. My. God. It is so nice to meet you too.”
Completely amused like everyone else watching the show, Sage just laughed and shook his head, hoping he wouldn’t have to pry his girlfriend off the rapper later when he left.
“So….Would you say Maya probably owes me now?” Justin asked Kiki.
“Pffth!!” She exclaimed. “Yeah I’d like the see you actually get her to admit that. In your dreams.” She took hold of his hand and pulled him up with her. “Come on I wanna another drink.”
For the rest of the night Kiki meet tons of people and was having another great night out with her friends and her man.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Adding to the whole whirlwind of the evening, Kiki found herself in a bit of a comical, yet touching moment with Lynn.
“I swear these women are pitiful when it comes to trying to sleep with my son.” Lynn said pointedly about the blonde that had planted herself next to Justin on the other side of the room, flirting shamelessly. “She knows damn well he’s with someone and that you’re sitting right over here.”
Kiki wasn’t that bothered by the girl though, she actually found it amusing. Especially since Justin kept looking over at her and either rolled his eyes or shook his head at the girl’s pathetic attempts at seduction. He was cool and relaxed right now, the girl had yet to get on his nerves. For her sake, Kiki hoped she’d get the hint from his lack of interest and piss off before she did aggravate him and ended up getting her feelings hurt.
“A bunch nasty ass tramps.” Kiki looked at her a little in awe of her candor and seeing her reaction Lynn amended. “I’m sorry honey, I just call ‘em as I see ‘em.”
“Ms. Lynn you are too much sometimes.” She laughed.
“Oh honey, call me Mama Lynn.” She softened. Having witnessed her mother and Lynn get tipsy more than once during get togethers, Kiki knew when she got all sentimental like this she was reaching her limit. “You’ve given me a beautiful grandbaby and you make my baby so happy. I have liked you since that day you cussed his ass out and I can’t wait till the day you become my daughter in law.” She sniffled. “I love you honey.”
“Aww Mama Lynn.” Kiki could feel tears building up in her eyes. “I love you too.” Lynn reached over and they shared a hug as they both shed a few tears.
Finally got rid of that annoying ass girl and arrived at their table, Justin looked at his mother and girlfriend curiously. “What’s going on over here?”
“Private business.” They pulled away and wiped their eyes with some cocktail napkins on the table. “I’m telling you right now boy, if you mess up again with her, I am gonna beat your narrow ass.” Lynn pointed at Justin with a dead serious light in her eyes, but in the next moment the warmth in them returned. She stoked the side of his face and planted a quick kiss on his cheek. “I’m so proud of you baby. Now go show that little tramp who was all over you, and the rest of them runnin’ around here, that you are a happily taken man and dance with your beautiful girlfriend.”
She pushed the couple towards the dance floor and even though they didn’t want to dance, they weren’t going to argue with her.
“Babe your Mom is trashed.” Kiki giggled into his chest.
“I know. I’m gonna have Eric take her home in a bit.”
“You’re such a good son.” They were now standing over at an empty side bar in an embrace. “That’s so sexy.” She murmured and wrapped her arms around his neck to devour his lips.
Justin loved when she was forceful and engaged in the kiss fully. He groaned in his throat when her arms moved down his sides and then under his untucked shirt to scratch down his bare back. Her actions caused a wave of desire and possessiveness to come over him. Turning her body flush against the bar, so his was blocking anyone’s view of her, he cupped her neck and took control. Coaxing her tongue into his mouth and sucking on her lips, he was relentless and the hold he had on her left Kiki breathless.
“Mmm.” She moaned into his mouth, but she soon realized things were spinning way out of control when he reached under her dress and grabbed her ass to grind his erection into her, discovering her secret.
He ripped his lips away from her, breathing heavy. “Shit baby you’re fuckin’ bare ass under this dress?”
“No panty lines.” She replied meekly as her cheeks reddened.
His eyes flared with a degree of passion she had never seen and a low growl vibrated through his chest before he swooped down to ravage of her mouth again.
Overwhelmed by him, she had no choice but to hold on for the ride. Her head was spinning with the intensity of his kiss and the feeling of his hands roaming her body.
Still, they couldn’t do this in the middle of his release party when a lot of the attendants were his peers and record company big wigs. Disengaging her lips from his, she tried to catch her breath before she spoke, but it was difficult since he had move to lavish kisses on her neck.
“Justin… Baby….. We gotta stop. We can’t do this here.”
Taking a hold of his ears she tugged him away from her. He was breathing hard and his eyes were glazed over with lust. Kiki had to put some distance between them before he snapped and took her right there.
She frantically looked around the club trying to find something to distract him. The bar was out of question the last thing he need was more alcohol. Going back to their lounge was a no no as well. A soft surface for him to lay her out on? Nuh uh. And taking him out on the dance floor to get rid of some of that sexual energy was definitely a bad idea, one of his turn-ons was her dancing. She felt trapped.
But then she found her salvation in a mess of blonde curls, headed back toward their lounge. Lynn! If there was anything that could cool a guy’s libido it was his mother’s presence.
“Jus…Mmm.” He had broken away from her grip and moved his mouth back to her neck, hitting the magic button to render her speechless and distract her from her goal.
Fortunately, she wasn’t able to get her bearings again until Justin started moving them towards a secluded stairwell.
“Nonono. Wait where are we going?”
“I just want to go somewhere quiet. There are a couple of private rooms upstairs.” He tugged on her hand to pull her forward, but she stayed strong despite the temptation.
“Justin we can’t, not here.”
“Baby no one’s going to see us.”
“I know that, but we both know everyone is going to know what we were doing if we disappear and then pop back up later.”
“So what, I don’t care.”
“I don’t either, but do you really want the talk of this party to be how we went off to have sex? There still might be reporters around, I do not want our sexcapades on top of everything else splattered on some magazine cover.”
“Baby.” He whined even though he knew she was right. “I want you so bad right now.”
“I want you too, but we can’t.” She was able to pull him back toward the lounge where her secret weapon was now sitting. “Come on let’s see your Mom off and say goodbye to everyone and then we can go home.” Standing in front of him, she encircled her arms around his shoulders. “There…” She kissed and licked his neck. “You can do…” She nibbled on his pulse point, up to his ear and whispered. “Whatever you want to me.” She sucked on his earlobe and heard him groan in response. She knew she had him right where she wanted him and he would do whatever she asked.
“Damn baby.” His head rolled to the side and he kissed her hard, one last time. “Ok, let’s make it quick.”
“Good boy.”
“Cute.” He narrowed his eyes at her. “You knew damn well what you were doing walking out of the house without any draws on.”
She giggled mischievously, even though her lack of underwear was not meant to be a ploy to get him hot and bothered. Regardless of her true fashion conscious intentions it was always fun messing with his head. Pun intended.
An hour passed before they were able to leave. After Justin had Eric take Lynn home, he and Kiki said their farewells to their friends, who still had some partying left in them. Steve would come back once he dropped them off to pick up anyone who needed a ride home. Given the quick goodbyes and the way Justin was practically dragging Kiki out the club. Their friends were pretty sure what his urgency was about and didn’t bother to try to convince them to stay. God bless any idiot that might interrupt them tonight.
As soon as Justin settled Kiki next to him in the very back of the waiting SUV, his hands and mouth were all over her. The whole ride was a battle for Kiki, keeping his hands out of every openings in her dress. His touch and kisses, had her mind so fuzzed with arousal that one minute she was sitting beside him and the next she was straddling his lap. His lips alternated between her mouth, neck, and the exposed midline of her chest. Thankfully Lonnie and Steve continue to feign ignorance to what they were doing because Justin and Kiki certainly didn’t care. They were too caught up in the heat of the moment to be embarrassed about the display they were making.
“Uh um.” Lonnie cleared his throat at the couple who were seconds away from having sex right in the backseat. “J, we’re here.” No answer just the sounds of their heavy moaning and kissing. He looked over at Steve and they shook their heads together. The last thing either of them wanted to do was sit there any longer and listen to them slob all over each other. “Justin!”
For a change it was Justin who came to attention first when he heard Lonnie yell his name and he groaned in frustration. Kiki had finally lost all her inhibition and let him slip his hands under her dress when they were interrupted. He moved his hands back to her sides to shift her off his lap, but she wasn’t ready to stop and started in on one of his hot spots behind his ear. He growled, arching his neck in pleasure and was just about to return his hands to their previous spot when Lonnie’s deep voice boomed through the car.
“Justin! Man we do not want to sit here and watch you and Kiki get it on!”
“Shit…Okay, okay. Sorry.” They had to get into the house before they went too far. “Baby Doll come on, we’re home.” He said tugging on her ponytail to get her attention.
“Mmm, what?” She finally came for air and realized they were back at his place. Not wasting another minute, she climbed out of his lap and out of the car, dragging Justin with her. He was barely able to say bye before she closed the door and was pulling him up the front steps. Lonnie and Steve chuckled at the couple stumbling up to the stairs and they drove away.
Between his renewed kisses and being felt up, Kiki somehow managed to get her keys out of her clutch and opened the door. Almost falling through the doorway, they both giggled loudly. Hearing it echo through the silent house, Kiki covered hers and his mouth.
“Shh!” Through the darkness, she could see the TV lights coming from the den and pointed towards the back of the house. “Livvia and Pixie are probably sleeping.”
“Shit.” He groaned dejectedly as his plans for the night, not to mention his hard on, were starting to deflate.
“No, no. There’s the guest room in the basement. It the last place they’d find us.”
Perking up, in more ways than one, Justin grinned. “Mmmm. We have yet to christen things down there.”
“I know.”
Growling sensually, he quickly lifted her up by her thighs, making her quietly squeal and they scampered down to the basement for their own private celebration.
