"I canīt fucking believe this," AJ growled as he slouched down beside Brian on the sofa in the dressing room. He rubbed his hand over his face in an attempt to fend off both the frustration and tiredness that was hanging over him like a cape.
"What canīt you believe?? Brian asked as he glanced up from the sports magazine that he was reading.
"Dumbass has been on the phone for like..an hour and.. and I need to make a call." AJ gestured with his head towards the payphone further down in the corrdior which Nick had occupied. "I wonder what he has to say that can be worth listening to," he mumbled more to himself than to Brian.
Brian laughed, "Come on Bone, give the poor dude a break. He is seriously is in love!"
A smile lit up AJīs face, "Yeah imagine Kaos being THE loverboy, who would ever had thought of that?"
"Yes," Kevin said as he sipped on a hot tea mug, trying to fend off an impending cold. "Nick is starting to have raging hormones."
"Yeah, but can you understand why? He is fucking obsessed with that girl and why I have NO freaking idea. Okay she might have a nice rack, but other than that she is a bimbo with no brain!" The words were uttered with resentment.
"I think you're mistaken here," Kevin interrupted, "Mandy is actually pretty smart."
"Yeah where? Between her tits?" AJ snorted. "No man Nick is thinking with his dick when it comes to this chick!" AJ didnīt spare the words and it was clear that he didnīt like Nick's new girlfriend very much at all.
"Bone," Brian said, slightly amused. "You may have some points there, BUT it is Nick's decision and he is in love with her."
"Yeah I know," AJ sighed. "Itīs just that I get the feeling that she's bad news. There is something about her that makes me think that she is just using him."
"Youīre just pissed because he is talking on the phone all the time."
"Yeah, yeah." AJ sounded a bit annoyed. "I need to call someone."
"That someone doesnīt have to be Amanda does it?" Brian said with a smile.
"Nah, that bitch is out of my life now..for good."
"Yeah right," It was Howie who came back from the bathroom. He smiled as he knew that AJ was still very much in love with the brunette. They had been dating on and off and he knew that AJ was getting more and more in love with that girl, IF only he knew how to keep his hands off other girls. And that was something Alexander James McLean had a hard time doing.
"And who dropped a coin in your ass?"
"There's no need to get testy," Howie said as he sat down in a chair beside the table. Turning to Kevin he continued, "Is that tea doing anything for your sore throat?"
"Mhmmm," the darkhaired man mumbled. They were all waiting for it to be time to go onstage and preform. This was the end of their second week that they spent in Germany.They had traveled all over the country, going to one city after the other. To tell the truth Kevin didnīt really know where they were this time. All of the cities looked so much alike.
"Why are you so pissed?" Brian asked when he saw how irritated AJ was. "It canīt all be because of Nick, can it?"
Brian always had a smooth way to get people to talk, just like Howie and AJ was on his way to spill his guts. To reveal how sick and tired he was at preforming every night. It wasnīt that he didnt like it, it was more that he needed a break. He longed to go back home. Meet Amanda. In the last time he changed his mind.
"That fucking dork is occupying the phone all the time," he snarled.
Brian frowned, knowing that something else was bugging his friend, but then decided to play the game. "Have you never been in love?"
"Yeah, but I sure as hell didnīt spend ALL my time talking to a chick!"
"No you banged her instead," Kevin muttered, coughing harshly.
"I did not!" AJ sounded pissed, "Like you, Kevin, have been the best of guys. I knew that you have screwed around with different chicks behind Kristin's back."
"I have not!" It was Kevin's turn to sound upset.
"Ok cool it," Howie the peacemaker was butting into the heated discussion. "We are all tired and this doesn't make things better."
"No and AJ," Brian grinned, "I remember someone that didnīt even want to go on tour because he was afraid that his girlfriend would forget him."
"Yes and this someone used to call this girl all the time, both before and after concerts," Howie filled in, smiling widely.
"Well that was different, AJ looked at his grinning friends.
"Different? In what way?" Kevin asked hoarsely, "Dude you still do it."
"I do not. Why do you always come with so many asumptions?" AJ snapped.
"Bone are you PMSing?" Brian asked, doing his best to lighten up the situation.
"Ha ha ha very funny," AJ muttered as he stood up again. "Iīm going to make sure that stupid over there is done talking on the phone." With that in his mind he went into the corridor, spotting the teen sitting down on the cold stone floor, leaning with his head against the wall of concrete. He seemed to be involved in some conversation where he was doing his best to convince someone something.
"Yes Mandy, yes baby, yup..yeah I think so to. NO I have not done it, no Mandy Pooh I wouldnīt and you know it." Nick sounded upset.
Listening to the conversation at hand AJ snorted. His little brother was acting so pathetic. It was like his new girl had him wrapped up in the palm of his hand. As he listened to the conversation go on and on AJ had set his mind. Nick was NOT thinking with his brain, instead other body parts had taken over! He feared that his friend would be seriously hurt sometime. According to AJ she was mostly attracted by his fat wallet.
"Hey," he said as he rapped his brother on the head with his knuckle. "You done soon?" He was being as polite as the circumstances would allow.
"Ouch!" Nick whined as he rubbed the sore spot on his head. "Why did you do that for?" There was accusation in his voice.
"Because you have been on this damn line for a fucking hour. What imporant stuff do you have to say to that bimbo?" AJ could have bit his toungue at the last word. He knew that his own thoughts about the girl was bad, but the warning signals flashed in front of his eyes.
The look Nick gave AJ was a look that could kill. And if that had been a reality he would have been buried six feet underground.
"You have to wait," Nick snarled as he turned back to the phone.
Catching one last glare at his watch AJ saw that he didn't have that much time to play with and leaning over Nicky he yelled into the receiver, "Fatty get off the phone. NOW!!!!"
"The response was immediate. "What the heck are you doing?" Nick barked as he once again covered up the phone with his hand. There was no need for Manda to hear what kind of language AJ could use.
"You have talked long enough," AJ stated coldly. "Now get off before I kick your ass."
"Ok hold on." Nick knew when it was enough and he would loose. Turning back to the phone he continued with the call, but was this time he was in the process of ending it, "No..no..AJ is just pissed..no it's nothing..no yeah, eh..you think so? You really do? Yeah..yeah Iīll guess that youīre right..yeah..ok..well listen I gotta go..I call you.."
AJ waited impatiently. If Nick wasnīt dating one of the most talkative brides over on the western hemisphere he would maybe actually manage to get to talk to Amanda before it was midnight.
"Carteeerrrrr!"
"Yeah, yeah," Nick mouthed to AJ before he continued, "No Mandy pooh, no..yes..yes I will..No I promise, I really gotta go now. AJ is waiting, yes baby..I'll call you tomorrow morning..yes..ok I'll call you after the show..No we are NOT going out..ok..well I see ya then." He looked up at AJ like he wanted the man to get out of the room so he could end the phone call in peace and quiet. But no such thing happened. Instead the skinny man leaned into Nick further and grinned.
Moving away from AJīs annoying glare he did one desperate attempt to end it all off, "Yeah..yes..me too..yes Manda..eh..do I have to?" Nick shifted nervously, glaring up at AJ ever so often. The skinny man didn't move a muscle.
"Okay, okay," he shielded the phone so that the last words would be unheard. AJ just leaned on closer, annoying him, Breathing down his neck. Just to spite him.
"Yeah Manda..eh..uh..yeah..aha..hrmmm..ok, ok...well sugar puffs," he said the last word as quiet as possible, but AJ spotted it and started to laugh.
"Sugar puffs!" he yelled out loud. "Youīre calling your chick sugar puffs?"
"SHUT UP!" Nick yelled, red in his face as he tried to take a swing at AJ. Moving fast, the skinny man jumped out of his way, escaping from getting hit in the process. Turning back to the phone Nick stuttered, "No Manda, no it wasnīt meant for you..itīs itīs Bone that's bugging the crap out of me."
AJ grinned.Mission accomplished. Even if he didn't get to talk to Amanda before concert he had at least annoyed Nick and Manda.
