***The Next Day, In A hotel***
"Nikki! Wake up! Nick is here to see you." Nina shouted into the back of the room. Nikki woke up and looked around. Still half asleep she didn't really know where she was. The room bright from the sun shining in a near by window. There where white lace curtains draped back on the windows and a sliding glass door overlooking a beautiful sandy beach. Suddenly Nick walked in. He looked great he was wearing a baby blue North Carolina football jersey with a matching hat and dark denim baggy jeans.
"Hey Nikki!" Nick said as he walked over to the side of her bed.
"Hey, what are you doing?" she said as he leaned down and kissed her cheek.
"I've just been waiting for you to wake up. I woke up early because we had an early Radio Interview. So Now I'm back…and do you wanna guess what that means?" Nick said a grin appearing on his face.
"Umm…No I don't think I do wanna know what that means." Nikki said not sure of what Nick was up to now.
"Ahh, Too Bad! I'll tell ya anyways! It Means you have to get up now!! It's time to get out of bed!" he said as he put his hands around her waist and lifted her up.
"Nick!!" she squealed. "Put me down!…Nick!! Nicholas Gene Carter! Put Me Down!!!"
"Not unless you promise you'll go get dressed so we can go out somewhere. I wanna spend some time with you today." He said looking up at her.
"Ok ok! If you put me down, I'll go get dressed." She said smiling down at him.
"Ok." He said and slowly lowered her down but before putting her on the ground he gave her a kiss.
"I've gotta go look for my suitcase now. Goody this is gonna be fun." She said as she walked over to the closet. "Ya know what's weird Nick? I don't even remember getting off the bus last night."
He smiled as he said, "That's because you were asleep. I carried you off the bus and into your room. That's why your still in your clothes from Yesterday." As he finished Nikki looked down at what she was wearing. A pair of black jean flares that said FUBU sport down the sides and a Red T-shirt.
"Thanks nick, That was sweet of you." She said opening the closet.
"It was no problem. I knew you were tired. And plus you look adorable when your asleep." He said smiling at her.
***In A.J.'s room***
"And do you Alexander James McLean take Andrea Shoesmith to be your lawfully wedded wife for richer for poor, for in sickness for in health. Till death do you part?" with a long pause A.J. responded with "No I am sorry I don't. I can't. She isn't the one for me." Suddenly Andrea woke up expecting to see A.J. lying next to her…but he wasn't there. *No! It was just a dream…I think! I hope!! Where is A.J.???* She thought a little nervous now. Suddenly the door opened and A.J. walked in carrying a tray of cinnamon rolls and two cups of coffee. She smiled. *Good just a nightmare* she thought now totally relaxed.
"Hey Andi, I brought you some breakfast." He said while walking over and sitting on the edge of the bed. He loved her more then anything.
"Mmm, You are so sweet. But why did you get up so early?" she said a little curious.
"We had an early radio interview. So I had to wake up early and I figured when I got back you'd be awake or close enough to awake." He said smiling and handing her a cinnamon roll.
"Thanks but you'd better eat one too Mr. Bones." She said picking up another cinnamon roll in her other hand. "Here," she said and handed it to him. "You eat, you're too thin as it is!"
He smiled and took the cinnamon roll from Andrea's hand he set the plate on the nightstand and bent down and kissed her cheek.
***Somewhere else in Town***
"Kay, you need to figure out what's going on with that A.J. guy. You need to know if he is into this deal or not. So find out!" Mariah said on the phone to Kay.
"Don't worry! I have everything under control. I am capable of doing this." Kay said convincing Mariah she knew what she was doing. "I'll give A.J. a call today." She hung up the phone and walked outside. Then got into her car and headed towards the hotel.
***In Nikki's Room***
"So Nick, what do you want to do today?" Nikki said as she sat down next to him.
"Umm…I Dunno. I just know I wanna do something with you today. You got any Ideas?" he said looking over at her. Now she was wearing a pair of dark denim flares with a blue flower on one of the legs. She also had a navy blue shirt on that had dragon flys and flowers around the neckline.
"Wonder what Bri and Nina are doing today?" she said hoping maybe to spend a day with her friend too. Since they came on tour Nina and Nikki only saw each other in the hotel room when they were going to sleep because they spent all of their time with Nick and Brian. "Nick would you hate me if I said that maybe you and Brian could go have fun doing something today?"
"No, I wouldn't hate you! If that's what you want then I'll go see what Bri is up to today." He said as he leaned over and kissed her cheek.
"Thanks Nick!" she said and got up to go find her shoes.
***In A.J.'s room***
"A.J., come on Please!! Let's go do something please." Andrea said, looking at A.J. lounging lazily in one of the chairs.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. A.J. forgot about being lazy and got up to answer the door. When he did he found Kay standing outside looking rather annoyed. "A.J. we need to talk! Like now!" she hissed angrily.
"Ok." He said and stepped outside of the room and shut the door. "What do you need Kay? I thought I had everything taken care of."
"Well you don't!" she snapped. All of a sudden Andrea appeared behind A.J. "Excuse us little girl! We are talking here, you'll have to wait for an autograph!"
"Kay! This is…." A.J. started but was cut off by Andrea.
"Lil Girl? Excuse me who the hell are you?" Andrea roared.
"Mind your business! I'm with A.J. here ok!! What if I told you I was his fiancée?? You need to go away now!" she said thinking she sounded smart.
With that Andrea lost control of her anger and punched Kay so hard that she flew up against the wall. "I would say your full of shit! I am his fiancée! So don't you go lil girling me damnit!" she said now feeling nothing but anger toward Kay. She was surprised when she felt A.J.'s arms wrap tightly around her waist but it was a pleasant surprise to say the least.
"Andi, I'm sorry!" he said wishing none of this had happened.
"Ok, whatever the hell is your problem deal with it Girl. I need to talk to A.J. so buzz off." Kay said standing up.
"Ohh Hell you didn't just start with that…" she said and tired to pull away from A.J. to knock the crap outta Kay but he held her back. "Who is that A.J.?" she said now getting mad at him for defending that lil bitch!
"Well I guess it's not going to be a surprise anymore." He said looking disappointed. "Since your birthday is coming up I had a special necklace, bracelet and ring set made up for you. And Kay works at the jewelers' store where I ordered it. I haven't been able to pick it up and she was coming to make sure I still wanted it and if I did I needed to pick it up."
"Oh! A.J. you are sooo sweet! But you didn't have to do that! And Kay, I'm sorry!! I didn't know what was going on!" she said feeling a little embarrassed now.
***At A Local Basketball Court***
"Hey yo, good game man and nice to meet ya." Brian said shaking T.J.'s hand.
"Yeah Thanks. You guys are pretty good. I figured when I saw a lil short guy that ya probably couldn't play but all them damned three pointers sure helped yall out."
"Yeah baby! Short power!" Brian said half Austin powers and half spice girls impression. Everyone laughed. "Alrighty then." He said now doing his famous Jim Carry impression.
***At a local Mall***
"That was fun!" Nikki said unlocking the driver's side door of Nick's car. Nina hopping in the passengers side.
"I can't believe Nick let you drive his car!! But then again he let A.J. But still I didn't think he would." Nina said smiling.
"Oh he has too many cars! Letting me use one was nothing for him. But it was sweet since he only brought one car on tour. And they had to walk. Hey let's go pick them up from the basketball court!" Nikki said suddenly missing Nick a lot.
"Ok, sounds like something they'd like." Nina said thinking about Brian. With that Nikki drove out of the parking lot and headed to the court the guys said they'd be on. When they got there the guys were just outside the gates. Nikki pulled the car up along side them and opened the window. "Hey look it's Nick from BSB! Oh he is so cute!" she said only loud enough for them to hear.
"And that hottie Brian!" Nina said smiling at Brian. The boys turned to see who was saying their names hoping it wasn't fans.
"Oh Hey Nikki!!" Nick said a smile spreading across his face.
"You guys want a ride?" Nikki said knowing they would say yes.
"Sure, I finally get to see if you're a good driver or not!" Nick said teasingly.
"Yeah, sounds nice." Brian said smiling at Nina.
"Ok, I'll sit in back, Bri will you sit with me?" Nina said opening the car door and getting out.
"Sure, I'll sit with you." He said smiling at her as he opened the back door for her to get in. His southern politeness shining through. And Nick hopped in the front passenger's seat.
"Ok, everyone ready?" Nikki said joking a little with Nick.
"Ready? What is this some kind of ride? Or are you a really bad driver?" Nick asked turning a little pale. Nikki slapped his arm lightly then pulled out and headed to the hotel.
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