Paris

Melanie walked into the store and found Liam. "Hey what are you doing hete? Everything alright?" she v saw the determined look on his face.

Meanwhile Mariah was out with her friends late into the night. She came stumbling into her apartment still buzzed. She washed her face and looked into the mirror. It was a wild night and it showed in her now black streaks in her hair. She got out the medicine and put it on her new navel piercing.

"What do you have in mind? Maybe i can help." She saw a cowboy like costume, a motorcycle jacket, a superhero cape.

Mariah heard a knock on the door. She got up to answer it and it was pierre, bottle of beer in hand. He was still pretty drunk. "Bonjour Mya!" he said....his accent rich. "Just wanted to make sure you got home ok." he smiled as he looked in her eyes. She let him in and took the beer from his hand setting it down. "Yes im fine though it seems you are the one who dodnt make it home." he laughed. "Yeah i forgot my address to tell the cab driver." he plopped down on the couch. "Can i sober up here for just awhile si vous plait?" she nodded and headed to the coffee maker to make him a cup of coffee. After a few minutes she walked over and handed him the cup and sat beside him.

"It looks a lot like Mariahs!" she picked out a hat to match and tie. "It could be like a tribute to her dance. Would piss off Britney " she put the hat on his head and nodded in approval.

Mariah talked to Pierre for an hour about school, about Fran who he liked but she was seeing someone else. He asked her about Liam and after she told him about their first kiss Pierre took her hand. "I see you are lonely." she nodded. "Sometimes." then he leaned over and kissed her. She gasped and pushed him away. "Its ok. You dont have to be lonely." he leaned over her again and tried to kiss her....his body hovering over her. She couldnt push him off at first but pleaded for him to stop. Finally she managed to grab a hold of his ear and pulled hard until he was screaming and moving away. "Get out Pierre youre drunk. I cant believe you did that." she got up and opened the door. "Now!" he tried to apologize but she turned away and motioned for him to leave. When he did she locked the door and burst into tears. She got out her phone and called....Melanie.

Melanies phone rang and she looked down to see it was Mariah. She hid it from Liam. "My mom....be right back." she said as she stepped outside. Melanie answered and Mariah told her what happened. Melanie tried to comfort her but knew what was really the thing Liam needed. When she came back in the store she tried to hide the worry on her face but feared she was failing miserably. She tied the tie around his neck. "You have to win...." she whispered.

*She knew Liam knew it was not her mother on the phone.* "I'm sorry...." she said, knowing that it might hurt him to know Mariah called Melanie and not him since they hadn't talked on the phone in a week.
She laughed as he showed her the underwear. "I'd go with the speedo or male thong. Stay away from women's underwear. Some of the crowd might not appreciate it like we do." she laughed again.

She thought for a moment about his question and then nodded. "I can give you a key. I won't be there all night but neither will my parents. Make yourself at home." She pulled the key off her key ring and handed it to him.

Penny had decided to pay Melanie a visit and pick up the cheerleading megaphones to be repainted. She knocked a few times but did not get an answer. She heard a splash and headed to the backyard where she saw the naked liam. She gasped and backed out slowly so as not to be seen.

Melanie got a text a little while later. "What is Mariah's boyfriend doing naked in your pool?!" in which Melanie responded with the explanation. Penny however made the mistake of texting Britney, since her and Britney were getting closer. This caused a spark of revenge to grow in Britney.

Mariah finally fell asleep on the couch. She was clutching the necklace he had given her in one hand and her phone in another. Her phone was set to dial Liam but after going back and forth about it, she never did hit dial.

Melanie pulled in a couple of hours later and went inside looking for Liam. "You ready to go? You're going to do great!"

Melanie giggled seeing him in the pool. Though they had seen each other naked, it felt strange since Mariah was always present for the most part when he was naked around her. So she respectfull turned her eyes away as he got dressed. Once he had his pants, she helped him put on some oil on his skin to make him glisten before putting on his shirt and tie and spiked his hair with some gel and finished it with a hat. "You look gooooood Liam" she said. She smiled and adjusted his hat a little. "give them everything you got." then she winked. "though you might want to save a little for Mya too when you see her."

*Melanie raised a brow and looked at him strange as his accent changed. She just smiled and then put her clothes in a bag that she would keep locked up in her car. She grinned at his words. "I am not doubting you will take good care of her. In every way."
She nodded and followed him outside into the car. She drove to the club where it was already quite busy. As they walked inside, he would, as a contestant, be ushered to where the other men would wait backstage. Melanie would take her seat near the front. She passed Britney who was sitting at the admissions table. "So I hear you got your hands on Mariah's man the second she left town?" Britney said. "I hear you've got a little too much space in your head. There is nothing going on. We're just friends." Britney knew this was probably true but it wasn't going to stop her ideas.