Nick Carter sat at his computer late one night. The last show of the tour was over, and he was so exhausted that he hadn't left his room all day. He stared at the screen and typed in his password. The same words as usual welcomed him, "Welcome, you have mail." Nick kind of chuckled to himself. He was glad that the computer didn't really know who he was. It greeted him just like it did everyone else in this world. Like a normal human being. Nick checked his mail then sat back in his chair. He closed his eyes and tried to clear his head. It was useless. All he could hear was the scream of thousands of girls. Girls that yelled , "I love you Nick," night after night. Nick rubbed his eyes and opened them again. He went downstairs to get something to drink. As he looked out of his window, he saw the usual. There were several teens standing at the gates, waiting to get a peek at him. Nick felt like he was in a zoo. He was used to having no privacy though, it came with the territory. He sighed and went back upstairs to his computer. As he walked by, he saw a picture that made a tear come to his eye. It was a picture of him and his ex girlfriend Mandy. Nick ran his finger over Mandy's face. That sweet innocent face. How could he have known? He thought that she was different from the others. But she wasn't. Nick found out the hard way that Mandy had been in it the whole time for the money. Nick still loved her though. Every time he looked at that face he thought of all the good times that the two of them had spent together. He wiped the tear from his eye and sat back down in front of his computer. This was the only place that he could be normal. The only place that people wouldn't make fun of him for being who he was. The only place where people couldn't take advantage of him because of who he was. He went into a chat room under his screen name, Bb128surf.
After a few minutes of just watching what the others were saying, Nick noticed someone that was saying hi to him.
Pierced19: hi bb
Bb128surf: hi
The two talked for a little while until Nick invited her to a private chat.
Bb128surf: so what's your name?
Pierced19: Leslie, yours?
Bb128surf: Nick
Pierced19: well Nick it's nice to meet you, where ya from?
Bb128surf: I'm in Tampa, how about you?
Pierced19: I live in Orlando now, I'm from Tampa though
Bb128surf: Well, what a small world? So what do you look like? Do you have a picture? heheh, sorry if it sounds like I'm hitting on you…just curious
Pierced19: LOL, that's ok, I understand. I don't have a picture, but I'm about 5'10, blonde hair, green eyes, what about you?
Bb128surf: Well, I don't have a picture either, but I'm almost 6'2"., blonde hair,blue eyes
Pierced19: well, you're a tall one aren't ya? Lol…I like my men tall though :o)
Leslie and Nick joked around and talked for a few hours that night. Nick actually caught himself smiling. He hadn't done that anywhere that wasn't in front of a camera in a long time. He knew it sounded silly , but he thought he was starting to like this girl. He said goodbye though and tried to put her out of his mind. He knew that all these feelings were probably because he was still vulnerable from his recent breakup. After all, things could never be normal for them. If they ever met in person, things would totally change when she found out who he was…wouldn't they?