Temptation

It was about 12pm when Richard got a text. It was Christoph, they arrived in town for a taping of the Jimmy Kimmel show later in the day. Richard had totally forgotten and rushed out of bed and got dressed.

“I'm going to leave you the rental car, I'll walk to the studio its not far from here.” he said as he handed me the keys. “The taping is at 6pm, there will be a pass waiting for you.”

“Alright, I think I'll go to Alix's place, I've been wanting to hang out when I was in town”

I grabbed my phone and send a text out to Alix. 'Hey, I'm in town and got a rental, want to chill?'

Alix text back 'Sure, you got my address right?' I responded 'yes' and Richard and I head out the door and parted ways at the door. Richard heading to the studio, and me to the rental. Richard gave me a long passionate kiss goodbye. Boy was I going to miss him. I got in the car, hooked up my iPod and turned on my 'Awesome Germans' play list as I started the car and headed out. I had a gps on my phone so I put in Alix's address and followed the directions.

I drove for about an hour and I finally arrived at Alix's place. I knocked on the door and Alix answered.

“Hey you, long time no see” Alix said.

“Definitely, too long”

I walked inside and we both sat on the couch.

“I noticed the picture on your facebook, are you two serious, and what does your husband think of all this?” Alix said.

“Well, we are starting to get serious, my husband doesn’t believe me, so fuck him.”

“What does the other members think?” Alix said.

“I actually don’t know, I haven’t met them yet. I guess I might later at the taping, are you going?”

“I wasn’t able to get a ticket” Alix said with a frown

I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and gave Richard a text 'Hey can you get a ticket for the taping for Alix?'

he responded 'sure'

“Alix, you’re going, I got Richard to get you a ticket.”

Alix got up off the couch and gave me a hug.

“So what now?” Alix asked

“Um, I don’t know, watch a little Volkerball?”

Alix nodded and got up and got a DVD off the shelf and popped it in. I smiled throughout the entire thing. That was my boyfriend on the screen.

It was about 4 when the DVD finished. We decided to head out to the taping, since it was about an hour drive. I plugged the iPod in again and we set out.

We arrived around 4:45pm and I parked in the hotel parking lot and we walked to the studio which was a few blocks away.

“Rebecca Fernandez, plus one.” I told the security guard.

They let us back after giving us bracelets. I noticed no one else had one, they led us past the crowd and to the front and lifted us over the barrier and to the front, boy were those people in front mad. I text Richard that I was here, and a minute later he walked out on stage, waved and blew a kiss. Everyone started to scream. Then he walked off the stage and up to me.

“I missed you” he whispered in my ear. He gave me a soft kiss on the lips and went backstage again.

“Holy shit its true” Alix said to me.

I nodded as people started to poke me in the back to get my attention. I was flooded with questions.

“You’re his girlfriend?” “How long you been his girlfriend” “I am jealous of you.” “How big is he?”

I got tired of answering questions, good thing one of the people came out and described how to behave, what to do, and such. Soon after, Jimmy came out and got ready to announce them. The guys took the stage and we all started screaming as they announced the songs. The show was intense, I hadn’t felt that alive in a long time. I was front row, even if it was a mini concert I really enjoyed myself. I was sad they only did 5 songs.

After the songs were over and the cameras cut out we were helped over the barrier and backstage. We walked into the green room and I ran up to Richard, leaped into his arms and kissed him on the cheek. The rest of the guys stared, as did Alix.

“Oh shit, guys this is Rebecca, my girlfriend.” he said, introducing me to the other band members.

I walked up to each member and shook their hand. Christoph pulled me aside to chat.

“it is nice to finally meet you.” he said in that thick accent I loved. “Richard talks about you a lot, so much sometimes we get sick of it.”

“Well I guess I should be flattered.” I said with a chuckle.

“he really likes you, you better treat him good.”

I nodded. “Don’t you worry.”

It was around 10pm when they kicked us out, the first concert of the tour was tomorrow and Richard wanted to get sleep, Richard walked back to the hotel, and I gave Alix a ride back home. I got back to the hotel at about midnight. My phone was ringing constantly on the entire way back, I checked the messages as soon as I parked. It was a number I didn’t recognize. 'Hey its Christoph, I wanted to tell you something but I had forgotten. Richards been unstable since his breakup with his last girl. I want to make sure you aren’t just a rebound girl. Keep me posted OK, I don’t want either of you hurt'

I threw my phone into my bag and got out of the car. I noticed a couple of girls in the parking lot behind the dumpster, most likely stalking us. I looked dead at them and gave them the 'shoo' motion with my hands. I walked into the hotel and up to the room, Richard wasn’t there. I threw my bag down and went to look for him. He was down at the bar, drink in hand, chatting it up with a lady with very large breasts. I wanted to pull her by the hair and throw her against the wall. Richard didn’t notice I was there so I turned around and walked out to the pool area, and sat down on the chairs, and started to cry. Why? I don’t know, I should trust him, she could be a friend, a girlfriend of one of the other guys. I pulled a pack of cigs I picked up on the way back. I didn’t smoke, I only picked up the habit when I am stressed and this seemed like the best time to light up. I heard my phone sound, I looked at it and it was Richard. 'Where are you?' he asked. 'I'm at the pool' I text back.

A minute later he appeared by my side sitting on the chair next to me.

“Your eyes are puffy and red, were you crying?” he asked

I nodded and said

“Who was that girl at the bar?”

“Her? She's Paul's girl. We were catching up.”

“What were you drinking?” I asked

“Cola, that’s all. You thought I would betray you? You don’t trust me?” he asked

“I don’t know what to think. I am a jealous person, I cant help it. I am starting to fall in love with you, I don’t want to lose you.”

“Hey, don’t you worry please. You smell like cigarettes, have you been smoking?”

“yes I have, I light up when I get stressed.”

Richard shook his head.

“Listen we need to get to bed, long day tomorrow.” he said.

He grabbed my hand and lead me upstairs. I changed out of my clothes and back into the Pjs I was wearing earlier in the day. I crawled in bed and lay on my side, my back to Richard. Richard fell asleep quickly, curled up against me. I couldn’t help but think of all the things that could go wrong on this tour. I started to cry softly, burying my head into the pillow. I must have cried so loud Richard heard because he whispered in my ear.

“Honey, don’t cry please. It pains me to see you cry.”

I turned towards him, my face soaked with tears. He kissed my forehead and then my eyelids as he wiped the tears away. I threw my arms around him.

“I love you.” I whispered

“I love you too” he whispered back.

We both fell asleep in each others arms.