They had fought earlier that morning, but that did not prevent him from still putting out a fine show and performance that day.
When the concert ended and people were leaving, and the boys were meeting some very few and opportuned fans, taking pictures and signing autographs
‘ julie’ some one called from behind her, she turned and was totally shocked to see Tim standing there smiling widely and charmingly at her. The color drained from her face. The day could not get any worse.
‘ Tim, what are you doing here ’she asked him.
‘ um, im here for the concert’ he said smiling in a manner that seemed to irritate julie.
He had on the VIP pass ; explains how he was backstage.
‘ if you don’t mind, can you help me find the band, I need to take pictures with them’
Julie too disinterested and trying to suppress her anger, led the way
‘ follow me’ she said.
She really did not want them to meet again. She was even more grateful that she had ended things with the both of them.
She avoided eye contact with justin when she saw him look in their direction.
‘ he wanted to take a picture with you guys’ julie was explaining.
They agreed to take pictures with them, julie being the photographer. She took a few snaps, and she was quick to notice justin smiling the best he could. She ignored it.
When they were done, Tim asked for their autographs on the light stick he had with him.
When justin was about to sign on it, Tim suddenly blurted out
‘ I want to give it as a gift to Julie’s daughter.’
‘ julie’s daughter’ justin asked.
‘ yeah. Julie has a four year old daughter. And she is a big fan of yours’
‘ I did not …. I mean we did not know she had a daughter’ justin said.
‘ are you the father’ justin asked him
‘ no, no I am not. Even though I wish I was’ he chuckled drily.
Julie was mad. She knew there was a lot of attention on her at the moment, so she kept her anger under control. She looked awkwardly from Tim to justin.
‘ here’ he said as he handed her the autographed light stick.
‘ thanks.. Tim’ she said without any enthusiasm.
She was having a hard time concealing the disgust on her face. Tim did not know what he was expecting now, but he was sure something was up. He was watching julie closely. He was waiting for a reaction. He was somewhat disappointed because julie was not in the mood to pick a fight with him. He saw her expression was not very welcoming. She did look pissed even though she was trying hard to hide it. He suddenly felt awkward being there. He thanked them for their time and moved away.
Justin tinking the coast was clear, excused himself from the group.
‘ can I talk to you?’ he said to julie and walked away without waiting for her reply. He did not even look back to see if she was following. Julie was hesitant about following him. She did not want to be seen in an awkward position or situation with him again. And if he was going to ask about her daughter……their daughter, then they were about to get in to another fight that day. She was already exhausted from the whole situation since morning.
She followed him after a few seconds. He was headed into one of the dressing rooms.
 
Tim smiled from his vantage point, just what he was waiting for. He had not left, but had somehow maneuvered the security and hid at a corner watching and waiting.
He gave them a minute head start and then he followed julie.
The two unaware that tim was standing right outside the door were talking in hushed tones.
 
‘ what is this about’ julie asked
‘ you have a daughter?’ he asked looking at her seriously.
There was no point denying it. She had always wanted to tell him, she just did not know how and when. Sad he had to find out like this.
‘ I have a daughter. What about it?’ she said maintaining her cool.
He scoffed ‘ what about it? Are you being serious’
‘ why are you being dramatic. The world has a hand full of single mothers, and last time I checked it is legal’
‘ you know that’s not the point’
‘ we can not have this conversation here’ julie said.
‘ this will be our last conversation. We leave this concert and we never have to talk to each other again.’
‘ fine, so be it’
Her reply came as a shock to both of them.
They looked at each other.
‘ is she mine?’ he suddenly blurted out.
‘ no’ she said curtly.
‘ she is four years old’ he said slowly.
‘so? You obviously can not know the father of my child more than me.’
She seemed to guess what he had in mind.
‘ we slept together just once. You really don’t think that would have resulted in anything.’
The way he was looking at her searchingly indicated that he obviously did not believe her. She was surprised that she somehow felt pleased that he was not buying her story. She was trying very hard to hold herself from blurting out ‘ she is your daughter’ , but that would further complicate things. He might even hate her. This was all going wrong, her life was all going wrong.
‘ you are lying. You are not a good liar’ he said almost teary eyed.
‘ shouldn’t you be happy she is not yours. You celebrities don’t really like to be involved in things like this’
He gave her a painful smile, ‘ you really don’t know me’
‘ you’re right I don’t’
‘i want to see her’
‘ I already told you she is not yours’
‘ can you stop lying to me’
‘ what I find infuriating is that you think I did not sleep with anyone else since you’ve been gone’
‘ have you?’he interjected quickly
‘what?’
She stared at him for a second.
‘ I did. Not one not two’
He let out a small laugh. She could see that he was obviously trying to get under her skin.
She sighed.
‘ forget it. She is not yours and we are not having this conversation or any other conversation again.’
‘ julie please, I’m begging you’
That melted her heart but she was not going to ruin something that she had kept hidden all these years.
‘ even if she was yours, there is nothing you can do about it. You have your career ahead of you, I don’t want all that publicity and scrutiny around her and around me’
‘ so she is mine’
‘ I did not say that’
They both knew she was lying. They hated that they were fighting again. He could see that she was battling with herself between telling him the truth and keeping up this charade.
‘ can I still meet her, even if she is not mine’
‘ no’
‘ why are you doing this’
‘ I am trying to protect the people that I love….including you’
‘ you have protected me enough. Now its my turn’
‘ I don’t need anybody’s protection. I am fine. Let us stop this already. I have always known that this would not lead anywhere, so let us forget about all this and move on with our lives’
‘ stop it. You know, you have never really given me a chance. It feels like I am the one thing that you can use and dispose any little chance you get’
‘ I am the one that feels used’
‘ that is not true’
‘ exactly. What were you thinking, we would link up any time you are here and then you leave and everything goes back to the way it was. I am too old for that’
‘ so what do you want’
‘ I don’t want anything from you. Just.. just stay away from me’
‘ I love you’
She blinked back the tears before they fell.
‘ I will meet you outside’
 She was turning her back to leave when the door of the dressing room swung open.
Standing in the door way was Tim and Mendy.