Digital Strings Attached

Chapter 15

Having little sleep, a few Margaritas, and tired from last night's shindig, Georgia woke up with a slight headache the morning after the party. The boys decided to leave the event with them right after their TRUTH or DARE game with Britney. They all headed to their hotel and spent the night ordering Chinese and Thai food, pizzas, and some ice cream while watching movies and throwing jokes. 

She turned to see Jovie already wide awake and staring at the ceiling. "Good Morning to you." Jovie made no response so she threw a pillow at her. 

"Hey!' Jovie squealed. 

"You're not talking, just wanna check if you're awake or sleeping with eyes open."  Georgia joked. "You're literally staring at the ceiling, not moving at this early morning. Come on, did you even sleep?"

Jovie turned to face her, hugging her pillow. "Georgie, I was contemplating what just happened in the few days of our stay here." 

"I know. Surreal." Georgia replied, smiled, and nodded her head. 

Jovie stood up and walked over to Georgia's bed and sat down. "We've been hanging with NSYNC these past few days. Months or weeks ago, we were just so frenzied to see them perform at the concert,"  she said in a dreamy tone.

"They were with us in the Limo, at the after-party, and here in our hotel suite," Georgia recalled and summarized it for her best friend. "They are now our friends."

Both leaning at the bed's headboard, they let out a gasp. Jovie faced her again. "And, you are now Justin Timberlake's girlfrieeeennnnnd!" she almost yelled at the top of her lungs, and with that, they both shrieked with excitement. 

"Who would have thought?? Like, OMG!"  Georgia uttered as she tried to calm herself down and wrestle with her own thoughts. Everything happened so quickly, a few weeks ago, she was just having secret chats, late-night texts, and talks with Randall, and now she's here in New York dating Justin Timberlake. From an avid fan turned into a girlfriend. But for how long? she thought. 

She curled up in her bed, beating her brain out about the cons that were starting to sink into her, as Jovie went out to call and order their breakfast. 

First, the limelight. What happened during their dates, the press, and the publicity, can she really handle it? Then there's the distance and time, they will still be on the road doing tours and concerts, and even after that, they'll record a new album, which means more shows and probably another tour, can they make it even with so little time for each other? Lastly, girls like Britney. She witnessed how eager the latter was to get Justin's attention even right in front of her. How many girls like her will she have to fuss about, worse compete with? Will Justin be able to resist temptation? 

URRGGHH! No, I will not fret over these things for now! she told herself and climbed out of bed to shower. 

3 missed calls, 2 text messages from Justin

: "Good Morning, Beautiful."

: "My Georgie." 

The texts sent her to cloud nine, making her smile with so much bliss. The way he calls her My Georgie was euphoric for Georgia to read. 

Her cell phone rang again. "Hello." she greeted. 

"Hello there, my beautiful." Justin's beautiful voice responded.

"Uhm, no. I'd like to hear you say my name." Georgia said in a sweet voice.

Justin chuckled which made Georgia's heart flip a beat, Gosh, even his laugh sounds so good, Georgia thought.