Chapter 19

Kevin sat the guys down after the interviews and told them everything that he knew.  A.J. already knew most of it thanks to Mary.  He thought he would have to bring Brian up to speed but evidently somebody had all ready flapped their jaws to him about Bron.

"We're leaving tomorrow Kev," Brian said as he dropped his head.  

Kevin sighed, "Yeah, I know."

"What are you going to do?"  Brian asked. 

"I don't know, we're working on it," he answered.

Nick looked at Kevin, "You're not kidding; someone is really trying to kill her." 

"No you idiot, did you think this was joke?  Some kind of game? A fic?" as he jumped up and grabbed Nick by the throat. 

"Hey Kev, back off I didn't mean anything.  I care about her too!"  Nick sputtered out. 

"What did you just say?"  Kevin asked him as he tightened his hand on Nick's neck. 

  A.J. and Howie flew out to their chairs and stood by Kevin. 

"Not like that Kev, like a big sister or teacher.  A kinda crush thing that's all," Nick spoke as his eyes got larger. 

"Fine you leave it at that Nick," Kevin let go and stormed out heading back to his room.

Kevin walked into the suite, "Please leave."  Jake left immediately but Mary stayed.

Mary walked to Kevin, "You're going about this all wrong," she informed him. 

"Am I?" he looked at her. 

"Yes, locking her away isn't going to change the life that she leads."  

"Might save her life," he mused aloud. 

"Or kill her spirit," Mary added as she walked out.

Pulling the chair back he walked in; surveyed the room and didn't see her.  His heart did a flip, and then he heard water sloshing in the bathroom.

He walked over to the doorway and saw she was up to her neck in bubbles.  Sitting there rocking back and forth.  He could see she was upset.  What happened was affecting her, he knew it wasn’t the imminent danger that was bothering her, it was him.  The last three days had been so bizarre for all of them.  At least they didn’t have to worry about management getting in the way.

"What are you up to?" he asked her. 

She didn't pick her head up and spoke to her knees, "Soaking that's all," she murmured.

"I'm gonna lay down for awhile before we have to get ready for the show," he said figuring it might be better to leave her alone.  She is probably planning her next move anyway. 

"Fine," she said to her knees.  Bron waited and waited, then quietly slipped out of the tub.  She dried herself off and put on one of his T-shirts until she could find her clothes.  She crept through the bedroom not wanting to wake him up.  Gazing at him, he was out cold.  She thought to herself this is too much for you to deal with.  You thought your life was crazy.  What the hell am I going to do?

Bron sat for two hours staring at the pad.  She couldn't write anything; her mind kept throwing questions at her. What was going to happen to her tomorrow?  Where would she go?  Where was Bounce?  Where the hell was everybody?  The questions just kept coming and coming.

Out of nowhere she heard her name screamed in a panicked male voice and she jumped.  Her head popped up and Kevin was standing at the bedroom door disheveled and drenched in sweat. 

"Are you okay?"  Bron scowled at him. 

"Yeah fine," was the reply somewhat calmer now.   He exhaled loudly blowing the nightmare out of his mind.  "You better get ready we have to go soon."

"Kevin I don't want to go tonight.  Please don't be upset.  It's just too many people for me to deal with right now."  She looked at him with half closed eyes and her head lowered. 

"You have to go, I can't watch you if you stay here," he told her. 

"That's the point, those people paid good money for those tickets, you owe them a show with your full attention on them, not me."

He opened his mouth to tell her no and she interrupted him. "Jake, will stay with me.  I'll be fine," she eyed him cautiously and continued, "He won't cross you again, so don't worry."  Bron paused as she understood she would  have no choice but to stay with him.  She wanted Bounce back and Kevin would tell her before Mc ever would.  "I'll be here when you get back."

That statement hit him like a jolt of electricity.  "I'll ask Mary to stay too," Kevin stated. 

"No you won't, this is her last night to bang A.J. and you're not taking that away from her." 

She watched as he smiled that wonderful smile.  He didn’t smile much but when he did it was magnificent. 

"You're such a smartass!"

She smiled back, "What the hell do you think they been doing all this time playing Doctor?"  Kevin tilted his head.  Bron looked at him, shit he didn't even know.  He was so wrapped up with her and her problems. "She's a Doctor Kevin."

He made a weird face like he was doubting her and she giggled, "Yes Kev, What did you think, we were just a bunch fluff heads."  

Laughing as he thought about it, "Wow, that's cool."

"You better get ready, I'll call Jake," as she picked up the phone. 

"Yeah," he called back to her heading to get dressed.

By the time he was ready Jake was there.  He walked out of the bedroom and they were sitting on the couch.  Kevin watched her pen fly across the pad and Jake laughed.  "Hey what are two doing?" he asked her.

Bron looked at him and started to giggle.  "I thought we had that settled," as he walked towards her. 

Bron grabbed the pad and hugged it to her chest, "We did!" she said with a sly grin. 

"Oh!  Then who is your target this time?" he asked with merriment thinking Nick or A.J. to himself. 

"You, as always, my dear," she smiled sweetly back at him. 

"Bron come on, you can't do that," he chided her trying to grab for the pad. 

"Don't worry I won't post it," she giggled, "Well maybe the tattoo part, they all want to know about the tattoo real bad!"

Jake looked at Kevin, "She's such a bad girl!"  Bron began to laugh. 

"Don't I know it Jake, Don't I know it," he roared.

"Hey, you're ready early," Jake noticed.

"Yeah, I wanna go talk to A.J.," as he grabbed his coat and looked at Jake.  He shook his finger back and forth at Jake, "No where Jake."

"Yes sir!"  Jake grinned.

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