In Orlando ~~~~~~ "Mia, baby. I have something to tell you" Nick said walking to their bedroom. "What Nick?" Maria asked. "I've decided that I'm gonna stop being a blonde. I've gotta start acting like a responsible adult. I've burnt a house down that belongs to two of my best friends. I've done a whole bunch of things to this house, I'm surprised it's still standing. I know all of the doctors and nurses at Orlando General. They are not too happy to see me, unless I'm there visiting someone else. Even then sometimes I still do stuff that causes me to become a patient there" Nick explained. "And the most important reason why I have to start acting responsibly is because I'm gonna be a father in 3 months" Nick said smiling and putting his hands on Maria's stomach. As soon as he placed his hands on her stomach, he felt the baby kick. "but I'll still be the lovable Nick, you know" Nick added grinning and leaned over and kissed Maria.

"How did your doctor's appointment go today?" Nick asked. "It went fine. The baby is fine. I'm fine. He just said that I've gotta start resting more and that I can't have sex anymore until 6 weeks after the baby is born" Maria told him. Nick looked worried. "We can't have sex Nick, but we can do other things. We can still kiss!" Maria said. Nick pulled her close and began kissing her.

Nick started cooking dinner, making Maria breakfast in bed each day. He managed to become a pretty good cook. He learned how to clean a house properly, and do the laundry without having the washing machine overflow with bubbles or the drying shrinking everything or in one case when he did the laundry a few years ago, he made everything ten times too big. "Only Nick could and would do that" Maria said. Maria started wondering what Nick wanted from her, but then she realized that he was trying to make up for every stupid, blonde thing he ever did.

Christmas passed and Nick didn't burn the Christmas tree, or set the tree on fire. And he didn't open anyone else's gifts. He would get so excited and happy, he would wind up opening everyone else's gifts. Everyone was happy that it was a peaceful Christmas and they didn't miss Nick being blonde at all.

In January ~~~~~~ For some reason, the president of Jive records wanted to see Katie. On the day before her birthday, she had an appointment with him. She had a strange feeling that something bad was gonna happen and it did.

"Ms. McLean, have a seat" The president said. Katie sat down on a chair, that was in front of his desk. "The reason, why you are here is because, I have some bad news to tell you" He started off. "Bad news? Like what?" Katie asked. "You're fired" he stated. "What? I can't be! I have a contract that I signed, when I turned 18" She said. "And I did everything that I was supposed to do. I didn't break the contract" she added. "You see, we have more and more incoming artists. Our record company can't afford to have all of these people, so we have to let some of our older artists go" He replied. "How do you know they aren't gonna suck and make you lose even more money? Are you saying I'm old?" Katie asked. "No. We aren't gonna lose any more money. If you want my opinion, you are not talented" He told her. Katie glared at him.

"You picked the worst day to tell me this. I was already pissed off when I came in here, now I'm even more pissed. I've sold how many records. Last time I checked, it was close to85 million. That was since I was 18. If you add the number of records I sold before I was 18, it would add up to about 90 million. My last cd sold 7 million within the first 2 months of it's release!" Katie said. "You and you're little, not talented friends the Backstreet Boys are also gonna be fired" He said.

"They sold over 100 million CDs within the past 5 years, why would you be firing them? Why are you firing me?" Katie asked. "I'm Justin Timberlake's godfather" He said.

"Oh I get it. Justin doesn't like us cause we are more talented than he and Britney, so he told you to fire us. I believe that's discrimination. I'll see you in court" Katie said and stood up. "You'll be hearing from my lawyer and as well as the Backstreet Boys' lawyer. I think they would want to sue you as well. Have a nice day" Katie said as she walked out of the office.

She drove home to the apartment where she and Kevin were living. They had put a down payment on a house but the house got burned down as well. The people who were hired start renovating the house, burned it down. The boss of the company, was related to Nick. So instead of staying in a hotel, the rented a penthouse apartment until they could find a house that they liked, that didn't need any renovations so the house wouldn't get burned down.

When she walked into the house, she called out for Kevin. She didn't get an answer and just assumed that he was at the studio with Nick and everyone else. She was just about to go into the kitchen, to get something to eat when the phone rang. "Hello?" She asked picking it up.

"Katie, it's Nick" "Hey Nick, what's up?" Katie asked. "I'm at the emergency room right now. Kevin's in the hospital" Nick said. "What did you do to him?" Katie asked. "Nothing! It was AJ! They started fighting and Brian told them to take it outside and they did. They kept fighting. Me and Howie couldn't stop it. We tried. They wound up fighting in the street and Kevin was hit by a car" Nick said. "Katie are you there?" Nick asked.

"Oh my god! This hasn't been a good day and it's not getting better" Katie said. "What hospital is Kevin at?" Katie asked. "Orlando general" Nick replied. "I'll be right there, bye" "Bye" Katie hung up the phone and grabbed her car keys and left.

A half an hour later, Katie arrived at the hospital ~~~~~~ "Is Kevin ok?" Katie asked walking into the waiting room. She saw Nick and Maria sitting there. Maria was at the hospital for a doctors appointment. Nick called her on his cell phone telling her that he was at the hospital as well. The first thought that entered her mind was Nick what did you do now. Even though, Nick was changing from being very blonde to not that blonde, he still had a his moments, but no where near as bad as burning Kevin and Katie's house down. Nick told her what happened to Kevin.

"The doctor just left, he said that they will be moving him into a private room, to keep out unwanted visitors, mainly fans, the media." Nick said. "Ok, let me rephrase the question, Nick. How IS he?" Katie asked. "His face was beat up pretty badly from AJ's rings. He has a concussion, a dislocated shoulder, a broken leg. The doctor said that he'll have to have surgery on his knee, the one he injured last year, because he fell on that knee, the wrong way. His ribs are bruised and he is in a coma. I'm sorry" Maria said.

"He's in a coma?" Katie asked again. Nick and Maria nodded. Katie sat down in a chair and started to cry. Nick sat down next to her and hugged her. "You said on the phone it hasn't been a good day, what else has happened?" Nick asked, trying to take her mind off of Kevin. "Oh I was basically fired. I lost my record deal" Katie replied. "You've had that for years!" Nick said. "No shit! And he said that BSB is gonna be fired as well. The president of Jive Records is Justin Timberlake's godfather" Katie said. "I hate Timberfag to begin with. Now I hate him even more!' Maria said.

"Oh no" Nick mumbled. "What?" Maria asked. "Normally Kevin takes care of this kind of thing. I'm not good at talking to big shots, or people who think they are. Oh crap" Nick mumbled. "Mrs. Richardson?" A nurse called. "Mrs. Richardson?" the nurse called again. "That's you" Nick whispered to Katie, who gave him a strange look.

"Nick, Kevin and I aren't married yet" She said. "We had to tell them you were married and since I'm your cousin that would makes Kevin and I related, so they could tell us what's going on" Nick explained. "Oh. You thought of that, Nick" Katie asked. Nick nodded and smiled proudly. "I'm impressed Nicky" Katie said and wiped away her tears and stood up and walked over to the nurse, who was waiting very impatiently.

"You're husband is in room 403" She said snottily. "Is there a problem?" Katie asked. "Just because both of you are rich and famous doesn't mean you can keep me waiting. Although I wouldn't mind Kevin keeping me waiting cause he could always make it up to me" She replied in a bitchy tone of voice and glared at Katie.

"Yeah well, sorry that you're precious time was taken away. What were you gonna do, get more implants? Anyways, I'm not used to being called Mrs. Richardson. I was expecting to hear Miss McLean. But I liked being Mrs. Richardson, it sounds better" Katie said rubbing it in. The nurse glared at her even more. "Too bad I was called away to go to the Emergency Room, otherwise I would have given him a sponge bath. I'd find out why he is called Train and I'd give him special treatment that would wake him up from his coma, in a second" The nurse replied.

"You're right too bad. I DO know why he is called Train. I get to sleep in his arms every night and during the night I'm always reminded why he is called Train. That's one Train I don't mind riding at all" Katie said and smiled and walked down the hall to Kevin's room.