Christina A
Christina Aguilera looked around her room at the Hyperion Hotel. She was tired of LA. It was fun hanging out with Angel and everyone... well kinda. It was fun aside from the fact that she'd almost died a few times already. It was way too dangerous to stay with Angel. Everyone targetted him.
She picked up her bag and cell phone and decided to give Piper a call. She heard that Faith was down there, and she figured it might be nice to see everyone again. Christina, Faith and Piper had grown up together, and they'd been inseparable as kids, but now different things had kept them apart.
Christina's career.
Faith's destiny.
Piper's family.
It was a mess. But she figured it was about time she went and saw them again. Besides, she missed them.
"Dammit, stupid voicemail." Christina thought about hanging up, but she decided against it. "Yo, Piper, it's Christina. Just thought I'd pop in, gonna leave LA, getting a bit stale, ya know, so I thought I'd come down and visit ya. On my way now. Give us a call back, right? Love ya."
She smiled as she hung up, and went to tell Angel she was leaving.
Christina A and Piper
Christina managed to get to Tulsa fairly quickly. On account that she was famous, she'd gotten the treatment... helicopters, cars, boats even, at her disposal. She hopped into a helicopter, then into her limo and managed to get to Tulsa by late afternoon.
As she stepped out of her car, she grabbed her stuff and went to the front door of the Manor. She knocked and Piper answered almost right away.
"Chris!" Piper opened the door completely and hugged the petite blonde in the doorway.
"Piper!"
"Oh my god, I got your message this morning, but there was a bit of a crisis... nevermind, come in!"
Christina picked up her bag, waved to her driver and went into the house.
"So how long are you staying? You can stay here, of course. I think there's one room left. Coz we're almost full... basically anyway."
"Why, who's here? Oh and I don't know how long for. Just needed a change of pace."
"Well, Faith's here... um Xander usually stays the night, he's was staying here at first, then he got his own place. Oh, he's Faith's new Watcher, by the way... but there's room for you."
"Thanks, oh my god, it's like so good to see you."
"I know, it's been so long."
"Millions of years. But yeah, I'm here now, so... where is Faith?"
"Ah, that was the crisis. She ran into an ex-lover this morning, and it wasn't a pleasant scene." Piper quickly gave Xtina a run down of everything she knew about the situation.
"Ahh... maybe I should go see her?"
"Go ahead... oh and Chris? You wanna come to the club tonight?"
"Yeah, I'll even sing, if you want."
"Great! Faith's up in my parents old room." Piper mouthed 'good luck' at her and went into another room while Christina went upstairs.
She knocked on the door.
"Faith?"
Christina A and Faith
"Go away."
Xtina ignored her and opened the door.
"I thought I said - " Faith stopped, looking up and seeing Chris.
"Hey you."
Faith smiled and motioned for her to sit down. As she did, she reached over and patted Faith's shoulder, remembering Faith's awkwardness with hugging.
"How've you been?"
"Not bad, was stayin' with Angel for a bit, then I got bored and thought I might come visit you guys... I heard about the Zac guy. Tough breaks, but that's life, right?"
"Guess. I miss him, is all." Faith looked downcast, so Christina decided to sing and send her some vibes.
"Young girl don't cry
I'll be right here when your world starts to fall, ooh
Young girl it's alright
Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly, ooh
When you're safe inside your room you tend to dream
Of a place where nothing's harder than it seems
No one ever wants to bother to explain
Of the heartache life can bring and what it means
When there's no one else
Look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend just
Trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength
That will guide your way
You'll learn to begin to
Trust the voice within, ohh..."
Xtina stopped and smiled at her old friend, who was crying.
"It shouldn't hurt this much... it's not like I'm in love." Faith got up and walked to the window as Xtina raised her eyebrow. That wasn't what she felt. But she didn't want to tell Faith that. She had to figure it out for herself.
"Come on, we're gonna go to P3. Let's get dressed up, find studs, discard 'em. Like old times! Come on, I have some hell dirty ass clothes that we can wear... we can wear my chaps!"
Faith looked up and grinned. "Yeah, why not?"
Christina A, Faith and Piper
When they arrived at P3, Faith pulled Xtina away for a second. "Piper told you everything, didn't she?"
"She told me that you ran into some guy this morning, and it wasn't pleasant."
"Yeah, he was an asshole. And he was being an ass when I ran into him. And that on top of Zac... ugh, it's all... let's not do that feelings thing. Let's just go in, get some, then get gone!"
Giggling, they walked into the club, where a cheer rose up. Obviously Piper had told everyone she was arriving. Xtina rolled her eyes and stepped onto the stage after Piper shot her looks.
"Yo, wasssuuuuuuuuppppppp?!" Xtina smiled. She loved doing this. "I'm gonna be in town for awhile, so it's time to party! Come on, get your asses down and dirrty!"
Xtina began to sing 'Dirrty' and she was grinding on stage, before jumping off and singing and dancing with Faith and Piper.
"Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna make some noise
Gonna get rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Sweat dripping over my body
Dancing getting just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival!"
When the song was over, she tossed the mike back up to the band onstage and continued to dance with Faith and Piper.
"This is what I missed... time with my girls!"