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Paris took a shower and looked through the classifieds for affordable apartments.Her conversation with Justin got her thinking.She has been lying to him this whole time and there could be a chance that he could kick her out also.And it was too soon to live with him,if he didn’t kick her out.She needed independence,she didn’t want to be a burden or a dependent.
She highlighted sections of the newspaper with apartments that were in her price range and the rest of the day was spent filling out applications.
“Thank you and we will be getting in contact with you in the next week or so” the receptionist said at Ocean Avenue Apartments
“Thank you”Paris said,she left and sat in her car.She looked at her watch and saw that it was a little past 12.She was hungry and so tired.She stopped by the nearest gas station and filled up her tank.
“PARIS!”she heard someone call.
She turned around and it was Pierre.She smiled,she really missed him.She hadn’t seen him in a week,”Hey babe”she said as she went over and gave him a hug
“I have been missing you girl”he said
“Yeah you haven’t called!”she said
“You told me not to!”he said,”Which was kinda low.You must have had a bad cold”he said
“Yeah…”she said
“Well you look fine to me”he said,”I did stop by your apartment though-“
“Oh God”she said
“You never answer,have you been ignoring me?”he asked
“It’s a long story”she said
“Well theres a Burger King across the street and we will eat Whoppers and talk about this”he said,”I knew you weren’t sick Paris.But I know somethings been up”he said to her
“It’s a long story”she said guiltily
“I don’t care Paris.You have to tell me whats going on”he said as he went back to his Mustang,”Burger King”he said as he pointed to the fast food restaurant across the street,”Follow me”he said
“Ok”she said.She got in her car and followed him.They both ordered their food and found a table in a secluded corner
“Ok,what were you really doing on your week off?”he asked
“This week has been….crazy”she said
“Well duh!I love craziness!That’s my middle name!”he said,”Come on tell me!”he said
She then told him the whole story about Sean and the apartment ordeal,how Justin took her in and has been taking care of her and now shes looking for an apartment.
“Ohmygod!That’s worse than being sick”he said,”Im sorry about Baby,I know how you loved that cat”
“I miss her”she said
“But whats the point of trying to look for a low class apartment when you can live in the Hills?”he asked
“I cant be a burden to Justin.I mean,I cant depend on anyone”she said
“True…”he said,”But still…I would rather stay in that mansion”he said,”So he accepts that you write for a tabloid?”
“He doesn’t know yet”
“He still thinks you’re a romance novel writer?!Hes kinda dumb to think that”Pierre said
“Hes not dumb.I just don’t have the…strength to tell him but I have to tell him soon.After everything else that’s happened the past few days,there could be a chance that he could kick me out of the house-“
“So that’s the real reason why your looking for an apartment?”Pierre asked,”That’s kinda low”he said
“No its not.Im preparing myself…I don’t wanna hurt him”she said
“You really like this guy don’t you?”he asked
“I love this guy Pierre”she said
“Oh no you don’t huney.Its called lust.But it cant be called that cuz you haven’t really had sex with the guy”he said.Paris blushed,she laughed a little.He looked at her and gasped,”Paris….you still have your V card don’t you?You still are the president of the Virgin Islands aren’t you?”
“No…I lost my card last night and I also moved away from the Virgin Islands and now I live in Sin City”she said
“YOUR NOT A VIRGIN!?”he practically shouted
“Pierre shut up!I don’t want all of Burger King knowing!”she hissed
“I hate you so much!You know how lucky you are!?Do you know how many girls all over the world dream of losing their virginity to Justin Timberlake!?Have you thought about that?”
“No”she said simply.”Why should I think of that?”
“Girls are going to be so jealous of you!”he said,then he gasped,”Cameron is gonna hate you!Paris!You are such a whore!”
“Pierre stop it.Justin and Cameron broke up months ago”she said
“Huh really?Why didn’t we know about it?”
“I guess Inquiring Minds wasn’t too smart to pick that up.But Cameron is shooting a movie in Australia,so people still think their together”
“Paris,that would be the perfect cover story!”Pierre said
“No Pierre.I cant do that to him.Their break up tore him apart.I wouldn’t want to see me and Sean's break up all over pages of magazines”she said.She felt bad even admitting that she worked there now.She wondered how celebs that she had written about felt after seeing the stories she wrote about them.It made her sick just thinking about it.
“Speaking of the magazine”he said,”Guess who has the cover for Sundays issue?”he said excitedly
“Pierre!That’s great!Your second one in a row”she said,”Congratulations”
“No not me!Its you!”he said,”Your story about Paris Hilton's bruises is such a hot topic!I think that Nick Carter did hit her.Not all boy band guys are innocent”
“Me?”she asked
“Yeah”he said,”Someone is going to have a big bonus in their next check”he said.”And you should have seen the look on Gabrielle's face.Oh she was mad”he said
Paris smiled,the only good thing about this was getting a bonus and being envied by Gabrielle.But she didn’t really feel like celebrating.
“You don’t seem happy”he said,”Whats wrong?”he asked
“Its…the whole situation”she said
“You need to tell him the truth”Pierre said,”The longer you put this off,the longer hes gonna hate you”
“You think he’ll hate me?”
“That could happen.Unless he has the hots for liars and tabloid writers”he said.Paris sighed,”Ok sorry that was kinda harsh-“
“But its true”she said
“You need to tell him the truth”he said,”If you both really love each other like you say you do.Then he can look past that right?”he asked
“I guess”she said as she threw the burger wrapper on her tray
“You should tell him tonight”he said,”The sooner the better right?”
“Yeah”Paris said.She was scared though.Will he really hate her?
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“Paris?Paris?Earth to Paris”Justin said as he walked into the kitchen.Her back was turned and she was sitting on the couch,drinking a Mocha Cappuccino.She was staring off into space
She turned around and then smiled,”Oh hey Justin”she said
“Whats wrong?Why are you staring off into space like that?”he asked her
She put the cup of Mocha down and went up and gave him a kiss,”Nothings wrong…Ive been thinking”she said.Which was true.Shes been trying to think of the best way to tell him.If he hated her that much and kicked her out.Pierre offered that she stay with him and Rico.
“What have you been thinking about?”he asked,”Not about Sean I hope”
“Oh no…Im so over him”she said,it was funny that the run in with him only happened last night
“Then what have you been thinking about?”he asked
“Well,do you wanna sit or stand?”she asked
“Hmmm,sounds serious…I’ll stay standing?”he asked confused
“Ok um….”then her cell phone rang.She hesitated but it could be Francine or one of the apartments accepting her,”Hold that thought”she said and answered it,”Hello?”
“Hello?Paris Madison?”someone asked
“This is she”she said
“This is Lawrence Allman…Mr.Horne's attorney”he said,”How are you this evening?”
“I'm fine…how are you?”she asked him.What on earth did Sean's attorney want?
“I'm fine,thanks for asking”he laughed a little,”Your probably wondering why I'm calling”
“Yes”
“Have you talked to Mr.Horne the past few days?”he asked her
“Actually I saw him last night but we didn’t exactly talk…more like argued”
“So I'm guessing he didn’t tell you”he asked and sighed
“No Mr.Allman,in case you haven’t guessed.Sean doesn’t tell me anything.He only thinks of himself”
“Well ok.Um the apartment has been sold.Someone bought it this morning and it fits right into the price range.I have done some talking with Mr.Horne and I have convinced him to give you 20% of the earnings that they paid,since you did pay some of the rent and kept the apartment intact when he wasn’t there”
“Really?”she asked,she was surprised that Sean accepted such an offer,”Did you have to break an arm and a leg to do it?”she asked
“You could say that but he finally convinced himself”
“Really?”she asked
“Yeah he said that you were probably worse off since you weren’t in the apartment and the 20% could help you”
“I'm worse off?”she asked.That totally pissed her off.He still thought that she was still the bad one and was worse off without him!?She turned and saw Justin,she was so much better without him,”You know what Mr.Allman?You can tell Sean the next time you see him that I'm better off without him and he can keep the 20%”
“Ms.Madison…I'm sorry that he said those things but I suggest you take the 20% you can get something good out of this whole situation”
Paris looked at Justin,”I have already gotten something good out of this situation”she said,”Have a good day Mr.Allman”she said and hung up
“What was that about?”Justin asked her
“The apartment has been sold”she said and smiled.She felt like a big weight has been lifted off her shoulders,now she had nothing left for Sean to take away from her.She could finally move on
“Really?”he asked,”Already?”
“Yep”she said with a big smile
“And your happy about it?”
“Yeah,I have nothing left for Sean to take away from me”she said
“So this means that you get to stay with me right?”he asked her
“What do you mean?”she asked him
“Like staying with me…permanently”he said
Paris sighed,she had to tell him the truth now,before he made any commitments.”Well Justin..I have been looking for apartments and I think its best that I….have my own place”
“Why?”
“Because…I mean what if we get into a fight or something…what if…for some reason….you may hate me one day and not want me to be here?”she said
“Paris,I wouldn’t do that to you.You haven’t done anything for me to do that”he said as he came up to her,”Paris when I said that I want to wake up and see you next to me every morning and to make love to you every night…I mean it”he said
“Baby its too soon”she said,”And there's other circumstances involved”she said
“What other circumstances?”he asked
Before she could answer they heard a noise and someone said.”Justin!?”
They both turned around and Justin smiled and said,”Mom?”
Paris froze,she couldn’t tell him now.Not with his mother here.She stood back and saw the two embrace.She smiled,she wished she had heard from her mother and could call her that.
“Mom?”Justin said as he brought her over to Paris,”I would like you to meet Paris”
“So this is Paris?”she asked as she shook her hand,”Its nice to meet you finally.Ive heard so much about you”
“You have?”she asked her
“Yep,this boy just keeps yapping about you-“
“Please Mom,save the explanation”he said to her,”So what brings you to town?”he asked her
“Justin?You don’t remember?I'm in town to get Johnathan from Uncle Steve’s. He's been spending the week there”
“Yeah…I know…I just forgot”Justin said and frowned a little bit
“Its ok”she said to him,”You have been busy”she said,”But I was in town and wanted to stop by”she said,”Im probably gonna go check in at the Hilton-“
“Oh no no no Mom,you can stay here”Justin said,”Why pay to stay somewhere when you have family?That’s out of the question,your staying here”
“Its only for a day.I'm leaving Sunday morning”she said
“Mom,your staying and that’s final”he said.Paris smiled
“Fine,is the Blueberry room open?”she asked and laughed
“Yeah….that ones free and just for you”he said
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“I think Paris is faking it”Gabrielle said under her breath
“What are you talking about?”Pierre asked her
“I mean,if she was so sick then she wouldn’t have had time to send in that story when she supposedly had the flu.I wouldn’t be able to do it”
“Well for one Gabrielle,she loves her job,she would do anything for this job even if she was sick and B,your just jealous because you didn’t get the cover story again”Pierre said
Gabrielle rolled her eyes,”Its so sweet how you stick up for her”she said sarcastically,”I thought that she lost it for a minute”
“Lost what?”
“She hasn’t had a cover story in awhile and when shes not here,she gets a good one.Maybe she should stay sick and never come to the office and she’ll keep having cover stories.This office has been nice this week without her”
“Gabrielle shut up.Your just mad that Sean left you too and realized the whore that you are”he said angrily
“He didn’t break up with me,it was consensual”she said,a little shaken up.He knew that she was lying
“And for your information,Paris wasn’t really sick.Shes been going through hell this week.She got kicked out of her apartment and shes staying with Justin Timberlake,yeah they’re an item.That’s what shes been doing this week”he said
“I don’t believe you”Gabrielle said and started laughing,”Paris?Dating Justin Timberlake?Pierre,its one thing to stick up for her but its another thing when you lie for her”
Pierre gasped,he told...and he told the Garden Tool.He was going to be in big trouble…but then again,she didn’t believe him.”Well fine,don’t believe me”
“I wont.Paris can not even keep a man,especially if his name is Justin Timberlake”she said.She walked away from Pierre and went to her office.She shook her head,what nonsense.But she had a weird feeling,like she was actually supposed to believe him.She picked up her phone and dialed a number
“Hello?”came a voice
“Chaz?Its me Gabrielle.I think I have a great story for next week but I really need your help”she said
“Well I'm your photographer so who do you want me to find?”
“Justin Timberlake,there's a rumor going around that hes seeing someone new…besides Cameron Diaz”she said,”I need to see if that’s true,see if he's around town with another girl”
“What if its not true?”he asked
“Don’t worry,take pictures anyways.Its my job to turn rumors and make them look like the truth”she said evilly.If Paris was faking sick,she could get fired and catching her with Justin,if it was true,could make that happen
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“You love this girl?”Lynn asked Justin.They were in the Blueberry room and Justin was helping her bring her bags upstairs
“Yeah….I'm in love with Paris”Justin said with a smile
“But…you and Cameron broke up three months ago”
“So?Why should that matter?”
“It took you months before you said you loved her”
“Mom,Cameron and Paris are both very different”
“But you haven’t known her long”she said to him,”How long have you known her?”
“For a little over three weeks”he said,”And before you say anything,I know that may not sound like a lot of time…but it feels right Mom”
“But you don’t know her”
“Yes I do Mom”he said,”You don’t like her do you?”
“I do,but shes very quiet”
“Shes shy,that’s all.I mean you kinda burst in here and surprised her and shes been going through a lot”
Lynn sighed,”Sorry,I don’t wanna lecture you on your love life…I just don’t know her well and….well I just don’t want you to get hurt”
“Mom,she wont hurt me, I promise.She wouldn’t do that to me.She wouldn’t hurt a fly”he said
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“So how long has she been staying here?”was what Paris heard when she was walking down the hallway.She didn’t mean to but she stopped and listened,knowing that they were talking about her
“Shes been here since Tuesday…it’s the ex boyfriend situation”he said,”But I would much rather that she tell you.I personally don’t like talking about it”
“So…she has no family?”
“She does,her mother,but they aren’t close…Mom why are you asking me this?”
“Why?You don’t like talking about her?”
“No…I mean…when she can tell you…I don’t see why I should”
“I just want to know what you know about her”
“I know everything about her.We keep no secrets”he said
Paris sighed,if he only knew.This situation was really getting worse by the day
“And I love her Mom”he said.Paris smiled,every time she heard him say that,she felt like she could die happy
“I know that Justin”she said to him,”I'm gonna trust your judgment.You’re a grown man and you live and you learn…hey who's cooking tonight?”
“Um…I get free McDonalds”he said
“No I'm cooking then”she said,”I'm going to cook a nice dinner like when I first met Britney and Cameron”she said
“That would be great…I miss your cooking”he said
“So that means I cook,and you get the ingredients.Let me make a list”she said as she went to her purse and started writing things down.Justin kissed his Mom on her head,”What was that for?”
“I'm happy that you’re here.I really want you to love her.like I love her”
“I'm sure I will Justin”Lynn said with a smile
Paris leaned against the wall,a part of her felt like heaven,but another part of her felt like hell.
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