You'll Never Stand Alone

Chapter 14

Whitney positioned herself to make sure that she wouldn't be seen by her fiancé. Kevin looked over to make sure that she wasn't visible before opening up the door. Bobby stood outside, clad with a backwards baseball cap and his arms folded. "Hey, you seen my girl?" he went in. Kevin shrugged his shoulders with a look of indifference on his face. "Nope. She said something about doing some shopping today when I saw her yesterday." Bobby shifted legs and shook his head. "Naw, I asked Robin and her crew. They said they haven't seen her since yesterday since she gave everyone the weekend off." Again Kevin shrugged his shoulders. "Well that's what I remember her saying. She said she would be spending some time alone and would be back by tonight sometime." Bobby peaked over Kevin and into his place. Kevin moved over, feeling confident that Whitney was not visible.

"Looking for something?" he asked. Bobby looked back at him for a few seconds. Kevin starred back blankly, but inside hope he wasn't getting any ideas as to Whitney being there. "Naw." Bobby mumbled. She wouldn't even...I know she has to play his girl in the movie, but there aint no way she would go for 'ol dude. Not when she has Bobby B, he thought to himself. "Well um listen. If you see her, let her know that I'm looking for her." "Will do." Kevin told him. The two men looked at each other, each marking their territory. Finally Bobby walked off, hopped into his Ferrari and sped off. Kevin thoroughly surveyed all of the outside surroundings, glad that most of the crew had gone off for the weekend. After closing the door, Whitney peaked out from under the bed. "Is it safe"? she asked. Kevin nodded and she climbed out. "That was so close." Whitney said , grabbing a napkin to pat down her anxious face. "We could've been in a lot of trouble if Bobby would've caught me in here." Kevin nodded. "I wouldn't be too much worried about him as I would the situation at hand." He wanted it be known that Bobby didn't cause any fear and he could easily take him down in a one-on-one duel. Whitney shuddered at the thought of Bobby (or anyone at the matter) catching her creeping. "Kevin that was clearly a sign. We can't do this anymore." She flat out said. Kevin sighed and sat down. "As much as I don't want to admit it, I agree. It's too much at risk. It is what it is." Whitney agreed. "From now on, we have to only have a professional relationship. Everything that has happened between us needs to be somehow forgotten. Okay?" Kevin put his hands up. " Okay."

A romantic truce had been hopefully called.

In the proceeding weeks, Kevin and Whitney carried on as usual, not letting on to anyone (or themselves) that anything romantic had went on. They didn't however, have to try hard to make the intimate, emotional scenes between Frank and Rachel believable. They received plenty of praise from the Mick Jackson and the rest of the crew. Whitney made a concerted effort not to hang around Kevin too long between sets. Luckily for her, she didn't nearly have as much free time due to going into work on The Bodyguard soundtrack. Kevin also got busy piecing together and co-producing the movie.

It was almost time to wrap up the movie and the soundtrack was almost complete. However, Whitney was slated to sing "I Will Always Love You". Kevin petitioned to have her sing it on set and have it recorded. Partly because it would bring authenticity to Whitney's character, Rachel. The other reason was for his own selfish reasons. Whitney (as Rachel) stepped out on stage in a long beautiful silver sparkly gown, her hair slicked back and tied with a matching sparkly headband. She was breathtakingly gorgeous. Kevin sat next to her parents, and they all sat in awe as Whitney put her magic into the song.

"If IIIII should stay. I would onlyyy be innnn your waayyyy. So I'll go. But IIII know. I'll think of you every step of the waaaayyy." Her red stained lips parted giving out an angelic melody for the acapella. "And IIIIII will alwaysss looovveee yooouuuu...." Whitney opened her eyes and found herself looking out at Kevin. The feelings of affection and admiration that she had tried so hard to rid of came flooding back. That, along with channeling in Rachel's character to Frank, gave her the extra push to give the song it's purity and authenticity. "I hope life treats you kind. And I hope you have all you dreamed of. And I wish you joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love." She went on to sing before hitting her climatic ending. Kevin found himself in a daze, thinking that someone so beautiful, and talented was only a once in a lifetime opportunity to be in front of. Once she finished, Kevin stood up and clapped along with everyone else there. "I definitely think we've got a hit ladies and gentlemen." He said aloud as he winked at Whitney. She smiled and humbly looked down, briefly thinking back at the night he picked out the song for her and the magic that ensued afterwards. In a perfect world, it maybe could've been. She thought.