It was Thanksgiving (November 1997) and I was wrapped up in a blanket on the couch. Krissie sat on the couch opposite of me holding her hand and trying to get comfortable. Brian, Kevin and AJ were in the kitchen TRYING to make dinner. Crisis and I offered to help but they wouldn’t let us. So, I was stuck watching the thanksgiving parade. Kevin came out of the kitchen with my medicine.
“Here yak go” Kevin said handing me the medicine. I drank it and sneezed all over his hand.
“Sorry” I mumbled. Kevin smiled and sat next to Krissie.
“The guys don’t need me, AJ and Brian can cook while I just open cans and such” He joked.
“Dinner Time” AJ announced. Kevin put a hand on Krissie’s back and helped her to the table while I hobbled over in my blanket. Brian brought out the Turkey and AJ had the buns and potatoes. I sat down and Kevin pulled out the knife. He cut the Turkey and passed the potatoes around we said prayers and I looked at my food.
“Do I dare eat it?” I coughed. AJ smiled and Brian laughed.
“I think it’s OK” AJ laughed. I smiled at him and took a bite. It was actually the best turkey I’ve ever tasted. Since I was sick I hadn’t eaten much but I had eaten about 6 pieces of turkey that day! After we ate I sat back on the couch with my blanket. Brian sat next to me and smiled. I had waited for so many months to kiss him and I couldn’t because of my damn phenomena.
“Hey, Can I snuggle with you?” Brian whispered.
“Are you sure you want to?” I asked. Brian picked up half the blanket and climbed under with me. He put his arm around me and laid his head on my chest.
“Just make yourself comfortable” I snapped.
“Thanks, I will” Brian joked. I didn’t have the strength to push him off and soon I fell asleep. I awoke the next morning to the sound of voice. I looked up to find that Brian had carried me to his room. Katie stuck her head in.
“Hey There, I guess Nick and I are helping you move” She joked. I stared at her.
“Move? Where?” I asked.
“Brian bought a little place on a golf course just outside of Orlando” Katie replied.
“OH, I didn’t know he had bought a place already” I mumbled. I thought that maybe we could have bought the house together. Well, at least I was going to get to decorate it. I pulled on a short and jeans and crawled out of bed. I was feeling better than usual. Nick ran up the stairs almost knocking me over.
“OUCH, Watch It” I yelled.
“I’m sorry, Krissie just went to the doctor to see whose child it was. Brian went with her since Kevin and AJ didn’t want to.” Nick replied.
“OH, which hospital?” I asked.
“UM, Saint Mary’s down the road” Nick replied. I grabbed my keys and ran/limped to Brian’s car. When I got to the hospital the nurse wouldn’t tell me where Krissie was.
“I’m sorry, we can’t reveal that information, Mr. Littrell asked us not to” The nurse whined.
“Listen, I’m her friend, Brian Littrell’s girlfriend” I replied. A doctor came out of a room so I ran towards him.
“Excuse me, could you tell me where Krissie is?” I asked him. “Kristine Richardson?” He questioned.
“UM, yeah” I replied.
“Room 106, maternity” The doctor replied. I smiled at him and took off upstairs. I opened the door to 106 to hear the name “Brian”.
“HOW COULD YOU?” I screamed. A couple screamed as I burst through.
“OH, UM, My Bad.hehe” I exclaimed closing the door. I looked at the door and read 160. I ran to 106 and opened the door. Krissie was sitting on a bed while Brian read a magazine.
“Hey Nikky, what your doing’ here?” Krissie asked.
“OH, I just wanted to know” I replied.
“Shouldn’t you be in bed?” Brian asked.
“NAW, I feel fine B” I replied. I moved up and kissed him on the cheek.
“When do you find out?” I questioned.
“The doctor should be back any minute” Krissie replied. Suddenly the door opened and a doctor came in. He walked up to Brian and put a hand on his shoulder.
“Congratulations, you’re the lucky father” He exclaimed. My jaw dropped to the floor and Krissie sat shocked.
“Your Alexander McLean correct?” The doctor asked.
“Nope, I’m Brian” Brian replied.
“Oh, I’m sorry, I guess I blew it. Alex is the father of your child” The doctor exclaimed. He gave Krissie a print out and left the room.
“What will I do?” Krissie moaned.
“We won’t tell Kevin, will we Brian?” I suggested. Brian nodded slowly. Krissie took a deep breath.
“It’s a boy!” She exclaimed. Tears were in her eyes; she tried not to show the pain.
“I’m sorry Krissie” I mumbled. “Yeah, it should have been mine” Brian joked. I smacked him and Krissie laughed. When we got back to Kevin’s house AJ, Nick, Katie and Andrea were sitting down.
“Hey Andrea, You anorexic bimbo” I joked. She jumped up and ran past me to give Krissie a hug. (Andrea and I have this anorexic joke going cause we’re both such twigs)
“Kevin told me ALL about it!” She said happily. Katie looked at me and I shook my head. Yes meant AJ. No meant Kevin. I shook it yes and she sighed. Kevin wrapped his arms around Krissie.
“I don’t want to know the gender” Kevin responded to her actions. He acted as though he didn’t know about AJ. I smiled. Kevin was the greatest man alive. When Kevin and Krissie had left the room AJ turned his smile to a frown.
“Its mine isn’t it?” He asked. Brian nodded and AJ put his head in his hands.
“I think it would be better if Kevin didn’t know” I mumbled. AJ looked up, he had a pissed off look.
“A child in this world is going to be mine and I’ll never know him, never see him, I can’t live with that” AJ groaned. Brian gave him a look.
“That would kill Kevin, you’ll see the child everyday of your life AJ” Brian screamed. AJ stood up.
“It’s not even his, how would that hurt him? It’s my child! Just because Kevin loves Krissie doesn’t mean I won’t love my child!” AJ yelled. Kevin had been in the other room and heard our conversation. Kevin was quiet and slowly walked over to AJ and hugged him. AJ gave him a hug back.
“Kevin, it’s mine” AJ mumbled.
“Krissie told me it was mine” Kevin roared. I was quiet when he looked at me.
“Nicole, whose child is it?” Kevin asked.
“AJ’s” I mumbled. Kevin’s whole world collapsed. He fell on the sofa and cried. The love he had believed in had lied, cheated and stole from him. All he could do was think of one thing. He grabbed his car keys and ran out the door. Krissie looked up at AJ and slapped him.
“I’d rather die than have your child” Krissie screamed. She took off up the stairs crying. Brian wrapped his arms around me. I don’t know why I was crying but the look on Kevin’s and AJ’s faces were stuck in my mind. Nick and Andrea were quiet.
“So, it’s yours?” Andrea asked AJ.
2 months later Kevin hadn’t been home yet. The Backstreet Boys were still together-naturally. Brian tried to talk to Kevin, but he wouldn’t talk about Krissie. AJ and Kevin got along, as well as could be expected. Krissie was 8 months pregnant. AJ tried to talk to Krissie about it, but she also refused. Brian and I moved into our house. Krissie lived with us also, seeing that her old house was Kevin’s. We used the stuff from Kevin’s house to make a nursery. My singing career was over faster than it had started. I took over helping Krissie with her pregnancy. Krissie slept in the spare bedroom. One night, 2 weeks before she was due, her water broke. Krissie screamed. Brian and I grabbed our clothes and drove her to the hospital. The doctor told us that Krissie needed a C-section. The baby was tangled up in the umbilical cord. I got on the phone calling people.
“AJ, she’s in labor,” I yelled. AJ didn’t say anything but, hung up the phone. I called Andrea and Nick next. They were all there in a matter of a half an hour. I sat in the waiting room debating weather or not to call Kevin, in the end I did.
“Hello?” A female voice.
“UM, Leighanne?” I questioned.
“Yes” she replied.
“UM, tell Kevin Krissie’s in labor” I mumbled.
“OH, I will” She purred. I hung up the phone and sat down. Brian gave me a look and held me.
“What’s a matter?” he asked.
“Leighanne’s with Kevin” I whimpered. Brian took a breath and held me tighter.
“Good for him” Brian replied. Krissie had a baby that weighted 6 pounds 10 ounces. Kevin arrived with Leighanne after the baby was born. When Brian looked at her he brought his eyes to the floor.
“Hey Leigh” Brian mumbled. Leighanne smiled.
“Hey there Rok” Leighanne replied. Kevin walked to the nursery and looked around for Krissie’s child. His eyes filled with tears as he read the nametag.
“Marty McLean, 6 pounds 10 ounces” He read out loud. I put my arm around Kevin.
“Kevin, I’m sorry” I mumbled. Leighanne walked over.
“Hey, Kevin lets get out of here” Leighanne mumbled, glaring at me. Kevin walked to Krissie’s room and walked in.
“Hey, You have a beautiful child” Kevin exclaimed. Krissie looked up and stared at Kevin.
“Get out of here” Krissie screamed.
“Krissie, please” Kevin mumbled.
“GO AWAY” She screamed. Kevin turned around and left. Angela ran up the hospital stairs. Howie took one look at her and kissed her.
“EWWW” Angela yelled running from the hospital. Kevin walked past Howie with Leighanne. Brian grabbed my hand as I tried to go talk with Krissie.
“Brian” I declared. He looked at me.
“Don’t talk to her now, she doesn’t need that” Brian mumbled. AJ walked into Krissie’s room as Brian took me home. When we got back Kevin was sitting in Brian’s living room.
“Leighanne was someone to fall back on” Kevin mumbled.
“I know how you feel Kevin” Brian exclaimed. Kevin smiled.
“I wrote a song for Krissie, I told you I made it for our new CD, but I was really thinking of her” Kevin exclaimed. I sat down and Brian started to play on the piano the sweetest song ever. When Kevin was done he looked up at me.
“That will melt her heart” I exclaimed.
“I don’t want to melt her heart, I want her to be my wife and the mother of AJ’s child! Then maybe later, the mother of mine” He mumbled.
“If Brian made a song like that for me, I’d marry him in a heart beat” I hinted. Kevin smiled and hugged me.
“Can I stay here tonight?” Kevin asked.
“Sure, if you want to be up all night” Brian joked. Kevin smiled and gave Brian a look, then Kevin closed his door. Brian picked me up and threw me on the bed.
“So what should we do tonight?” I questioned. Brian smiled.
“Do you have to ask?” Brian joked. In reality, I hoped he wasn’t joking. Brian jumped next to me and smiled. He leaned over and kissed me. Brian got on top of me and soon the kisses were deeper. Something didn’t feel right, so I pushed Brian off.
“Brian, what if we turn into Krissie and Kevin” I whimpered. Brian gave me a look.
“Do you really want to talk about this now?” He asked. I nodded. Brian sat up and looked down at me.
“You and I are different, were special, something like that won’t ever happen to us” Brian explained.
“How can you be so sure? We broke up already” I pointed out.
“Because I love you and if you screwed AJ, I’d kill you” Brian joked.
“You love me?” I asked, pretending to be astonished. Brian jumped on me.
“What you want me to make love to you?” Brian asked jokingly. I kicked him.
“I’m going to take a shower” I mumbled.
“Without Me?” Brian asked as I closed the door. I smiled and jumped in the shower.
