"Damn, she's hot," he grinned as he flipped the channels of their TV.
Aimee walked into the room to glance at the girl Paul was eyeing. "You think Jewel is hot?" she snickered.
"Well, yah," Paul nodded.
Aimee stared at the woman dancing across the screen in vivid technicolor. "She's got great tits, I'll give you that."
Paul nodded, his tongue hanging down to his ankles. "She's a babe."
Aimee laughed. "Paul, compose yourself! Sheez."
"I can't help it, baby," he grinned, wrapping his arm around his girlfriend's waist. "I mean, she's no Aimee, but she's damn fine all the same."
Aimee grinned and kissed his forehead. "I agree."
Paul's eyes went wide. "You do?"
"Yeah," she grinned. "I've always thought Jewel was a hot lil bitch."
Paul erupted into laughter.
**********
"Do I look okay?" he asked pathetically, staring with puppy dog eyes.
"Paul, really," Aimee giggled. "She's just a woman."
Paul grinned. "But she's a damn fine one."
Aimee nodded.
She'd surprised Paul with a pair of passes for Jewel's Baltimore performance, and for the past week she'd been subject to hearing him croon endlessly about how beautiful the petite blonde girl was. A brunette herself, Aimee was beginning to become self-conscious. Afterall, the young Alaskan
was
quite attractive.
"Alright, are you ready already?" Aimee laughed as she grabbed her keys off the table.
Paul came trotting into the room dutifully and she eyed him with approval. Wearing his baggy black Dickies and a light blue button down shirt, he had a slight gap in his shirt where he'd ignored buttons and you could view the white undershirt below. His once again dark hair was tucked underneath a backwards baseball cap, and a childlike smile was pressed across his lips.
"You ready?" she grinned.
Paul nodded. "Ready as I'll ever be."
**********
They were wandering around backstage aimlessly. All the locals were out tonight, and easily ninety percent of them had recognized Paul and stopped the young couple to talk. As Paul was engaging in a heated debate about the merits of MTV's censorship policies with a local DJ, Aimee spotted a young blonde sipping standing off to a corner by herself.
She approached the girl, and noticed that she was sipping a bottled water and humming.
How sweet, Aimee giggled.
The young woman glanced up as Aimee approached, and her face lit with a magnificently sexy smile. Aimee had to remind herself to breathe.
"Hi," Aimee grinned. "I'm Aimee. You were so amazingly splendid tonight."
The girl smiled that smile. "Thank you so much, Aimee. I know this is sort of redundant, but I'm Jewel."
The girls shook hands and Aimee continued to make small talk.
"Anyhow," Aimee smiled. "I'm here with my boyfriend Paul, and I would just love for you to meet him."
Jewel smiled warmly and nodded. "I'd love to meet him."
Aimee lead the singer over to her boyfriend, still deep in conversation with the local disc jockey. She blew a soft kiss into his ear to get his attention, and motioned him toward the waiting female.
"Paul, I have someone to introduce you to," she giggled.
Paul's brown eyes grew wide as he shook the petite girl's hand. "I think I'm your biggest fan," he grinned. "Which, I know, what a dumbass thing to say!"
Jewel laughed. "I get it a lot."
Paul nodded. "Me too and I hate it, so I don't know why I just said that."
"Paul's in a band," Aimee corrected. "Good Charlotte."
"Get out of here!" Jewel laughed. "I see you guys on MTV all the time."
Paul grinned. "That's us!"
"Wow," Jewel laughed. "Who'd have thought you would be a fan...of mine!"
The three of them shared gentle laughter that filled the room.