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Chapter 4

- Christina's POV -

Everything went smoothly before the show. There was no sign or mention of Adam so far so I was pretty happy about that. But this is MTV and it is television so of course Adam and I were going to be brought up at one point or another throughout the night.

It was as the opening monologue progressed did I get more and more nervous, waiting for the inevitable sly mention or complete call out.

As Marlon and Shawn Wayans got to about the fifth minute mark in their monologue Jorge began to notice how nervous I was getting.

"Christina, chill out. Even if they do say something it's not gonna be that bad." He said.

I nodded and continued to watch the two guys on stage. It was about a minute later when they brought up what I new they eventually would.

"When MTV gave us the invitation to host we were excited to be given the opportunity to be amongst some of the most talented people in the music industry." Marlon smiled.

"Speak for yourself, man. I was excited to be given a free ticket to round two of Christina VS Adam." Shawn said, as laughs were heard throughout the audience.

I rolled my eyes and displayed a unamused facial expression. Jorge nudged me softly as I looked to the right and noticed a camera pointed in my direction. I mentally kicked myself for not realizing that of course they would want to get my reaction to the joke. Unfortunately for me it wasn't a very good reaction.

"We're live, Shawn. I don't think round two is gonna happen tonight." Marlon said.

Shawn scoffed, "Yeah, 'cause live TV sure stopped them last time."

I plastered on a fake smile as the audience laughed some more. I'm just sick of Adam's name constantly being in the same sentence as mine. I'm really getting bored of all the same old jokes and discussions about our altercation. I just want to move on, but no one will let me.

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"Please welcome to the stage Maroon 5." The announcement rang out through the speakers.

They boys began to walk on stage as the audience cheered wildly.

Adam was the first to the podium and ultimately the first to speak, "We are here tonight to present the award for Best Female Video."

He stepped aside as James leaned in to speak, "This category contains five of the most popular females today who are ruling the charts. Here are the nominees. . ."

After the nominees were announced Adam had the honor of presenting the winner.

"The winner for Best Female is. . ." He paused as he opened the envelope. As soon as he opened it Jesse burst out laughing. "Christina Aguilera." Adam finished, as he shook his head and laughed.

The look on my face would have been priceless. I was just about ready to explode with anger. I knew MTV were always looking at ways to cause a stir but this was stepping a little too far over the line for my liking.

It took me a good ten seconds before I actually managed to push myself up from my chair and begin to walk on the stage. Adam was waiting for me with the award while smirking.

As I got closer to the band Adam spoke, "Lookin' fine tonight, Aguilera."

"Bite me, asshole." I snapped.

Fortunately for us the audience and the loud music combined with the distance that we were from the microphone stopped our little exchange from being heard.

Adam handed me my award and winked at me as I moved to the podium to give my acceptance speech. I shot him a sour look before turning to face the audience.

I gave my speech and thanked everyone before walking backstage with Adam and his band close behind me. I quickened the pace at which I was walking so I could get away from Adam as fast as possible, but of course that didn't stop him because as soon as we were out of sight of the cameras he came running after me.

"Aguilera!" He called, as he caught up to me.

I stopped walking and faced him, "Why do you call me that?" I asked.

He shrugged his shoulders. "I guess 'cause no one else does."

"Whatever. You're still a total jackass." I said, before I turned to walk away from him.

"Woah!" He exclaimed, grabbing my arm and pulling me back to him. "Where do you think you're going?"

"Away from you obviously." I replied.

"You're feisty. That's hot." He smirked.

"Shut up, Adam." I snapped.

"There it is again!" He exclaimed rather loudly, as people suddenly turned to look at us. Adam seemed to notice as well so he moved closer towards me and whispered in my ear, "It kind of turns me on."

He stood there and smirked as I rolled my eyes.

"You're such a tool." I said sharply, before walking away from him.

"See you around, Aguilera." He called out after me.