Previously, Rich had learned he was part of a challenge, after he mailed a strange letter. Then wake up in a strange setting, to a challenge put upon him by the beautiful and mysterious Ms. Terrie. Rich has since got his sexual fantasies satisfied with the beautiful Mariah Carey and the wonderful Christina Aguilera, in previous challenges. He also stumbled across a large round room, with a big view of outer space and earth. When he came across this, Ms. Terrie almost killed him. What secrets is she hiding? What was the deal with that room? Why didn't Ms. Terrie seem mad about the room the last time they spoke? And why do the ladies think he's this guy named Fred? Well, it's short for Fredrick Johans, as he found out that's apparently how they see him, as this supposedly gay guy, who is a style consultant for famous people in New York, rather than himself being normal guy Richard Bong ( Or Rich for short ). And now it seems his latest challenge, has taken him to the sexy Jennifer Lopez, or has it........?
So, Rich, just stood there frozen in shock for a few moments, looking at her. At the same time, he had a bit of anxiety about him. Of all the celebrities he put on the list, for sure, for him anyway, this was the one he would be most starstruck for. She just stared at him with a puzzled look, for a few moments as well, while she just smiled at him. "Earth to Freddie! Hello....?" She said.
He said nothing yet.
"What is it, Snuggins?"
He finally mustered up something that resembled a backbone, and spoke. "Nothing...nothing at all. I'm just shocked by how beautiful you look in that...uh...that...uh..." He said, as the nervousness of the moment caught up to him again.
"that thong...th...th...th...thong?!" She said as she started to giggle.
Then he smiled and started laughing, and relaxing for once, as he spoke again. "yeah. You look so wonderful, so beautiful."
Then she smiled, with a very touched look on her face.
"Thank you so much, Fred. I'm sorry, it's just that it's seems that everyone thinks of me as this big butt girl, and that's it." She said as she plopped down on the bed and started to tear up a bit.
"No! No! No! No! No! No! That isn't true! So many people love you for who you are, what you represent and so much more."
"yeah, sure, the gay ones" she said still moving along that sad tone.
"No, I'm serious. So many people love you. Millions of people love your music, gave you several hits here, and overseas. Millions of people love to see your movies. " The Cell "! Everyone I spoke to loved it, as I did. It showed true emotion fixed in a mind tripping package, and you were the star and center of it all. This new movie, you got, The....The Wedding.....uh....no the Wedding..." He said as he came to realize he knows so much stuff about her and her career he didn't know before. Like it all of a sudden came as second nature to him, but there was an air of confusion over the title of this new flick she has out, as he oddly remembers lots of skeptics got the title wrong, confusing it with some Adam Sandler movie, he knows but can't remember clearly right there.
She sees his confusion, and decides to set him straight. "The Wedding Planner is my movie, and The Wedding Singer is that Adam Sandler movie."
"Oh, yeah!" He said, as his confusion is cleared up, at the heavy price that Jennifer is now in tears. "Oh, Hon, I'm sorry. I just.....had a lot on my mind lately, new designs, new ideas, and...you." He says, as he lays on the bed beside her.
She then uncovers her face and looks up to him, and shows a little smile. "Really?"
"Yeah, I mean who hasn't? Really? You are the pride and joy of Puerto Rico, other than Ricky Martin of course."
"yeah, someone once said their kid saw the two of us as the Madonna and Michael Jackson of Puerto Rico. Isn't that cute?"
"Cute, and not far from the truth."
She then smiled and all traces of a sad face were erased by a nice smile that made her natural beauty almost glow.
"You're so nice to me. Why? I chose Vercase over your designs for the Grammys and everyone rubbed it in later on you. You should have no reason to be nice to me."
"Not true, Jennifer, and you know that. I don't hold any ill will of any kind towards you or what designs you chose. And look at it this way, his designs gave you such a boost. It gave you a true icon shot for the new millennium, as well as attention for stuff other than your ....seat."
She then started laughing, and said "yeah, that is true."
"I just have one question for you. Why did you call me 'Snuggins' a little while ago?"
"It's my pet name for you, Fred. Remember, because you are my bitch, my booty call..." She said laughingly
"Coming from you, that's quite a compliment." He interrupted, as they both started laughing.
He then stared at her for a moment, but just than at that moment, he got that gut feeling of his, just as he had before back with Mariah. He stopped, as he always trusts his gut, but also that typical guy part of him, was yelling in a furious anger deep inside him basically yelling "NO!!!!! Not now! I can't pass this chance up!". She looked at him, and said "what's wrong?"
"I....uh....I dunno....I....feel....sick to my stomach for some reason. I need some fresh air." He said as he rose up off the bed. She then smiled, and said, "OK, we'll take a walk on the deck, and...."
Then out of now where, a loud crashing noise replaced the ocean tranquility, and even before Jennifer and Rich could react, and wonder what that was, the room tipped over at a 70° angle, almost vertical, and they crashed against the wall, which for that moment became the floor. They were pinned with such force, as Jennifer was screaming and crying, as Rich yelled for her to calm down and it'd be OK. This lasted about twenty seconds, and then the room returned to normal. Luckily both of them landed on the bed, and were just shaken up a bit. Rich got up and composed himself, at the same instant he rushed to Jennifer's side and checked if she was OK. She got up and was OK. He held her in his arms, and said, "It's OK. I got you. Come on, let's get that walk, and see if we hit an iceberg", with a joking tone, obviously making fun of Titanic.
"OK, "King-of-the-world"!" She said with a smile, as they left, wearing their bathing suits.
They exited the quarters they were in, and made their way down the hallway. They passed several crew members as they made their way the view deck, and Rich saw that they wanted a view of Jennifer's backside, in that thong.
As they walked along, they bumped into noneother than Mr. Sean "Puffy" Combs AKA Puff Daddy. This scared Rich to the core, as he heard all those stories about him, and the infamous club incident.
"Hi!" Said Puffy to Rich.
"Hey! Hi!" Rich replied.
"If I didn't know better, I'd figured you was trying to take my homegirl away from me", Said Puff Daddy, "If you weren't gay, I'd be jealous." He continued as he started laughing.
Rich then started laughing surprisingly, at the fact he'd never thought he'd be happy to have someone think he was gay, in that it meant his personal safety in this odd quest wouldn't be compromised. The Rich asked about the turbulence." Sean, did you feel that?"
"Yeah, man. I fell, I was trying on my new sandals Jenn got me, and I called the bridge. They said they hit a surprise wave, and just got a little knocked over."