Let's Try it Again

I Need a Hero

When they arrived at the radio station, Amelia walked down the hallway and found
the bathroom. She opened the door and checked under the stalls to make
sure no one was around. She put her hands on the counter, bent her head
and began to sob. She was so sure something was happening between her
and Joe and then this.

After about ten minutes, she reached over and yanked a towel out of the dispenser and blew her nose. She bent forward and wiped the mascara off her cheeks and opened her purse and
began to reapply the makeup.

**
The interview was over and Ali headed the guys to the waiting limo, and that's when she noticed that Amelia was not around. "Hey Bryan, we seem to be missing one."

Bryan looked behind him to see Amelia stepping out and he smiled. "We have her."

The crowd was at a fevered pitch when the guys appeared once again and this time  they were lusting for some blood. They surged against the barrier and the cops were not prepared for that.

A few fans slipped through and they jumped on the guys, but Biz and Robo were faster and
pushed the girls back. A few noticed Amelia and before she could react, they pounced on her.

They began to push and pull on her, slapping, hitting her, pulling her hair. She let out a scream as someone pulled her hair, yanking her to the ground.

Ali watched in horror as the mob pounced on Amelia, she disappeared as she fell to the ground. "Amelia!"

Joe was about to get into the limo, when he heard the shout and he noticed Amelia was in trouble. The girls were clawing at her, chunks of hair was in their hands, her shirt was ripped. He started to move towards her, but Biz put a hand on his chest.

"That's suicide son, get in the limo."

Joe watched as Bryan pushed the girls off of Amelia, pick her up and carry her in his arms. He felt jealousy overcome him as she wrapped an arm around his neck.

Amelia laid her head on Bryan's chest as he carried her to the limo. She was aware of the smell of his cologne, the feel of his hard body against her and she shivered with pleasure.

Bryan looked at Ali. "Get the guys to the hotel, I'll grab a taxi."

Ali nodded and got in the limo and it was whisked away to the hotel. Bryan hailed down a taxi and he opened the door and set her inside. He smoothed away a hair from her forehead to see the scratches on her arm.

"Are you OK?"

She nodded and looked into his green eyes, feeling her hear thudding. "Yeah, I..I think so."

Bryan slid into the taxi and gave the driver the directions to the Hilton and he smiled at her. "That's good."

***
When they arrived at the hotel, Amelia found the key at the desk and she smiled. "Wow, one bedroom suite, nice."

Bryan smiled and held up his key. "Looks like I'm right next door."

They walked to the elevator and Bryan pushed the button for her. He held the door open and let her step in first and he pushed the button to the 10th floor.

They walked down the hall to the room and Amelia pointed to the door. "Well, this is me."

Bryan smiled. "I noticed they had a pool. I'm thinking of going for a dip. Would you and Ali like to join me?"

Amelia smiled and slid the card and nodded. "I would love that. Give me 20 minutes? I'll call Ali."

He smiled. "OK."

Amelia felt her heart thudded as he flashed her that crooked smile of his. "See ya soon."

She walked into the room to see that her luggage had arrived and she walked over to the phone and called up Ali. She then opened her luggage and took out her blue and white bikini and white sarong and got dressed.

***
Ali sighed and took a sip of her drink. "It's nice to just sit back and relax for a minute."

Amelia smiled and pulled her sunglasses down. "Yeah it is."

Ali noticed Bryan get out the pool and her eyes got huge as the water skimmed off his tight abs "Man, that's some eye candy right there."

Amelia pulled down her shades to see Bryan and she felt a pitting in the bottom of her stomach.

"Yeah...so..how do you know Bryan...where you guys...you know.."

Ali smiled and took a sip of her Beer. "No. No. Bryan and I went to high school together. He works on the Boston PD. When he heard I was looking for a personal bodyguard he opted at the chance. He wants to do that." She smiled at Amelia. "What, are you interested?"

Amelia snorted. "What? NO."

Ali laughed. "Right."

Bryan smiled and walked up to the girls. "So, you just gonna sit there looking pretty?" He looked at Amelia.

Amelia smiled. "Well, I have to work on my tan. Sorry."Before she could re act, Bryan picked her up off the deck chair and carried her to the water. She screamed.

"Bryan! Put me down."

He laughed. "With pleasure."

With a toss, he threw Amelia into the water. She surfaced and spat out the water. "Oh that's not fair!"

Bryan laughed. "Oh come on! You look good all wet."

Amelia's face blushed and she splashed the water at him. "You suck."

Bryan jumped into the pool and surface next to Amelia. "You seemed so uptight
lately, just had to get a smile on that pretty face."

Amelia pushed her hair out of her eyes and smiled. "Well, it worked"

"So you guys having a party with out us?"

Amelia turned her head to see that Donnie, Jon, Joe and Jamie had come out to the pool area and she noticed Joe looking at her.

She screamed as water hit her and she turned her head to see Bryan next to her. She jumped on his back. "That's it, you're dead."

Joe watched the interaction envelope between Bryan and Amelia and he couldn't help feel a surge of jealousy as they were very handsy with each other. There was something going on between them and he was shocked to see how much it bothered him.

Joe got out of the pool and looked over to see Amelia was involved in a game of chicken with Bryan
and the rest of the guys. He then looked over to see Jamie was sitting in her deck chair, far away from the water. The look on her face was of pure disgust.

Ali smiled as Joe sat next to her and pointed to Amelia who was on Bryan's shoulders. "She looks really happy, good to see her having fun."

Joe took the towel and dried his curly hair. "So, what's with this Bryan guy?"

Ali looked at him, to see Joe's gaze was on Amelia. "Oh...I get it."

Joe tore his gaze away and looked at her. "Get what?"

"You're jealous."

"What?"
Joe said as he looked at Amelia as she let out a scream as Donnie knocked her off of Bryan's shoulders, "I'm not jealous. I'm with Jamie. No need to be jealous."

Ali got off the chair and laughed and tossed her towel to Joe. "Yeah, keep telling your self that."