"Is this okay?"

I smile as I feel Brad standing behind me and his arms wrap around me to hold onto the railing I'm leaning against.

I nod. "Yeah, it's fine."

We're pulling into the harbor as our date begins to come to an end.

"I had a really good time today. It was nice to get away from the venue and not be bothered with all that."

I shiver a little as I feel his breath on my neck.

"I had a good time too." I turn around so that I'm facing him. He doesn't move back that much so we're very close. His arms are still holding onto the railing behind me. "Thank you for taking me away from all of that. I didn't realize how much I needed it."

His smile is genuine. "Anytime…and I mean that. This is the end of one tour but the beginning of another and who knows how crazy this one will be. If you ever feel like you're going stir crazy and I don't see it first, just bonk me in the head and tell me to take you away for a few hours."

I can feel my heart melting. "I will," I say shyly.

Well, this is it. If he doesn't kiss me now, I might just have to take charge. Before I realize it, his head starts leaning down so I decide to meet him…why should he be the one who initiates it? This will be my first official kiss so I'm not quite sure what to do…I don't want to make the kiss awkward because of my inexperience.

Turns out, I don't have to worry about that. I quickly lick my lips right before our lips meet. His lips are very gentle. I barely feel them on mine when finally he opens his mouth just a little so he can cover my lips. He does this a couple of times. What should I do? My hands find his shoulders and then I throw all caution to the wind and decide to loose myself in this kiss…as much as I know how. So, I open my mouth a little bit and meet his open lips. Okay, good start. We nibble at each other's lips for a few seconds before he pulls back. When I realize he's not going to kiss me anymore I open my eyes and stare up into his. He brushes a strand of hair from my eyes.

"We've docked," he says as he looks behind me. I turn my head and see that they're tying up the yacht.

"I guess we should go then…I'll go get my purse."

Before I start to walk away I stand on my tip toes and give him a quick kiss on the lips and head to the living quarters where I left my purse.

The car ride home was interesting because now that we've opened up to each other just a little bit, we can't seem to keep our hands away from each other. As soon as we sat down his arm went around me. Our hands found each other's and entwined. It felt so good to be normal with someone.

When we reached my apartment building, he walked me up to the door. I knew that Tony would be in there waiting for me so we could leave for the airport so I didn't open the door yet.

"I guess I'll see you in a couple of days," I said looking at a button on his shirt.

"I'll be counting the hours. Good luck on the video shoot. I think you'll have a good time working with Wade."

I look up at him and smile. "I think I will too. I probably won't see the light of day for two days but…" I chuckle.

This time, I don't wait for him to lean down. I tug at his shirt so that he starts to move forward.

"I guess it was okay to kiss you before," he smiled.

"Uh huh," I say before our lips meet again.

I don't feel as shy about this kiss and our open mouths meet. I can't say that I've just sat and stared at my parents when they kiss but when they kiss as much as they do, you tend to notice a lot of things. There's this thing that my mama does with daddy's lower lip. He always seems to like it so I decide to try. Gently I move my mouth a little lower and take Brad's lower lip in between mine. My eyes are open when I do this and I notice his eyebrows shoot up. I guess he liked that. He takes my face in his hands and turns my head a little so that he can deepen the kiss.

I jump when I hear the door unlocking behind me. We pull apart and try to catch our breath.

"Guess that's my cue to go," he chuckles.

I smile and nod. "Yeah, I've got to go."

He leans down and kisses the top of my nose.

"Take care," he says before he walks down the hall.

"You too."

The door opens up behind me and I know Tony's standing behind me, but I don't turn around. I watch Brad until I can't see him anymore. When I do turn around Tony has a strange look on his face.

"Oh no."

"What?" I ask looking around.

"Why did I get stuck with a hormonal sixteen year old?" he asks as he slaps his forehead.

"Oh shut up, you love me," I say as I push past him into the apartment.

Even though yesterday seemed to go on forever, I have to get up at six am to get to the studio where part of the video is going to be shot. I'm going to have a few amateur video cameras around me following me around…something MTV is going to try. It's sort of a take off of the Making the Video show they used to do but it's with people who aren't professional taking the video. Should be interesting.

I answer the annoying knocking on my door.

"What?" I ask as I swing the door open.

"Good, you're up. You need to be ready in thirty minutes."

"Okay," I yawn as I shut the door in Tony's face.

As I quickly take a shower and throw on something decent to wear, I think back to my day with Brad. He's totally different than what I expected him to be. He seemed pretty shy and uncertain before, but he doesn't seem that way to me anymore. Once he decided to take me on a date, he knew exactly what he wanted to do, down to the sparkling grape juice.

Finally we arrive at the studio. Yep, there are the video cameras. Before I get out of the SUV an MTV producer jumps in with us and explains all that will go on. I'm supposed to act like the cameras are not there. Got it. Should be easy enough.

As soon as we step out of the SUV my cell phone rings. How embarrassing. I look at it and smile when I see who it is.

"Hey girl," I say answering it.

"Hey…dad tells me you're in LA shooting a video."

"Yep, I'm here right now. What are you guys doing here?"

"I told Angelica I'd take her shopping in Beverly Hills. For some reason her friends are impressed with that and she wanted to get something here so she can show them when she goes back to school. Ow, you do to." I think Brianna just got punched in the arm.

I laugh. "Cool. Do you have time to spare for me?"

"We should. Can we swing by the set?"

"I don't see why not. I'll leave your name with the guard. Here's Tony so he can tell you where we're at."

I hand the phone to Tony. "Can you tell Brianna where we're at so she can come visit me? Oh and then tell them to let her in once she gets here? Thanks," I say before he can make any comments. Why did I feel like such a diva right then?

"There's the beautiful Ana," Wade says as he crosses the room to reach me. He leans down and kisses my cheek. "How are you?"

"Tired, but good."

"You look good. Come over here and sit down. We'll go over the story board."

My head is spinning when he's finished showing me his plans.

"Wow, there's a lot going on in this video."

"Yep. Do you like?"

I nod enthusiastically. "Yes…very much."

I go pick out wardrobe and get my hair and makeup fixed. When I come out, Tony hands me my cell phone and looks me over.

"What do you think?" I ask adjusting the skirt a little so it's lower on my hips.

"It's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Call your mom real quick…she called while you were in there."

I look over and notice that Wade is still dealing with the set so I dial my mama's cell number since I have no idea where she's at.

"Hello sweetie."

"Hi mama. How is Aunt Jamie Lynn and the baby?"

"She's doing great and the baby is beautiful. How was your date?"

I laugh. "It was good. We had a good time."

"Uh huh…what did you do?"

I look at the cameras and turn my back on them. "He took me on a yacht and we rode around New York Harbor and around Ellis Island…it was nice. We had a little picnic lunch…"

"Sounds very sweet. Sounds like something your daddy would do."

I feel myself blushing. "I thought so too."

"So," she starts to whisper. "Did he kiss you?"

"Daddy's close by isn't he?" I giggle.

"Yes."

"Yeah, he kissed me."

She waited for me to continue. When I didn't…"And?"

"Mama, you don't give me details about when daddy kisses you."

I look around and realize the video cameras are pretty close by so I lower my voice again.

"Okay, but I'll want details later. A mother needs to know these things. I told my mama about my first real kiss with your daddy?"

"Really?"

"Yep."

"Where are you guys now?"

"We're still in Louisiana but we're leaving later today. If you try to reach us this weekend, we'll probably be at the condo in Miami."

"Okay."

"Oh one more thing…I can't believe I almost forgot to tell you. I have good news."

"What's that?"

I see Wade walking over to me.

"Aunt Kristen called me last night…she's pregnant."

"She is?"

"Yes. She's about fourteen weeks along."

"That's great. They must be so excited."

"She is. Apparently they've been trying for awhile now."

"Wow…hey mama, I have to go."

"Tell your mom I said hi," Wade says when he walks up to me.

"Wade says hi."

"Tell him I said hi. I love you baby."

"Love you too."

I hang up the phone and Tony takes it from me.

"She says hi."

"Good news?"

"What?"

"You have a big smile on your face."

I nod. "My Aunt Kristen's pregnant."

"JC's wife? That's great. Let's get started."

It was about five o'clock when I got to take a break to sit down and eat something. I noticed Brianna and Angelica off to the side.

"Hey guys," I said walking over to them. Someone handed me a towel so I dried off my face. "How long have you been here?"

"Long enough for Angelica to drool over that hot guy in your video," Brianna laughed.

"Look at him, he's cute."

I laughed. "I'm sweaty but I'm going to give you a hug because I haven't seen you in so long," I say to Angelica as I wrap her in my arms and squeeze.

"You look great," she said as we pulled apart from each other.

"Thanks…so do you. You've gotten taller."

"I told her that too. She doesn't want to be tall so she's mad."

I roll my eyes. "Get over it. Hey, come this way and join me while I eat something. You guys are welcome to the food too, if you'd like."

"I might nibble," Brianna said.

Once we sat down, the cameras were turned off and I began to devour my sandwich.

"I didn't realize how hungry I was," I said with my mouth full.

"So, how are things going?" Angelica asked me. "I haven't seen you since you've become this big star."

I swallowed. "Whatever. I'm still the same, right Brianna?"

She turns her attention back toward us. "Huh? Oh yeah, she's still the same. But yet, there's something different about you since the last time I saw you," she said leaning on her arms.

"I'm more tired…"

"No…" She turns and looks at her sister. "You know, she's got two hot guys after her…maybe more," she shrugs.

"Really? Who?"

I glare at Brianna. "I do not."

"One of them is Marcus Tyler."

The look on Angelica's face is of shock. "Marcus. He's the hottest thing out there right now."

"Yeah, he thinks so too," I kid.

"The other one is a guy in her band."

Angelica screws up her nose. "Isn't he kinda old for you Adriana?"

"He's eighteen."

Brianna smiles knowingly and nods. "His name is Brad and he has the most incredible eyes. The body's not bad either."

"Enough about that, let's talk about Marcus. Have you kissed him yet?"

My mouth drops open. "What? No. You know, for a fifteen year old you're awfully nosy."

Brianna keeps her eyes on me. "She hasn't kissed Marcus, but what about Brad?"

I glance over at her and I can tell I'm blushing.

"Ohhh the good stuff. When, where?" She scoots closer to me. I laugh as I pick up a chip and eat it.

"I will never tell."

"Yes you will," Angelica says scooting in closer as well.

"He took me on a date yesterday."

"Just yesterday? No wonder you look so happy."

"We were on a yacht," I sigh.

"Sounds romantic," Angelica says in a dreamy tone.

"It was. He brought a picnic lunch and he kissed me before we docked."

"Was it a sloppy, hungry kiss or a quick kiss?"

I shake my head. "It wasn't either. It was gentle and slow…"

"Fifteen minutes," I hear someone yell.

I look over at the two girls who I consider my cousins and see their goofy faces.

"Good Lord girls…get over it," I laugh.

"I'm so jealous," Angelica says.

"I haven't been kissed in awhile," Brianna laughs.

"I want to meet this guy. Is he here in LA?"

"No, he went back home for a couple of days. I'll see him again on the Summer Jam Tour."

"Don't worry…I plan on taking you to see her show soon…we'll meet him there."

Angelica smiles.

"I'm so glad you guys stopped by," I say as I laugh.