"So, Aaron, I am guessing you beat Nick in Mario Cart again," Jennifer
asked Aaron.
"Yeah, how did you know?" Aaron replied proudly.
"I heard Nick yell about it from Brian's room."
"Oh, so you want to play?" Aaron asked her.
"No thanks," Jennifer said.
"Kaitlin do you want to play with me?" Aaron asked.
"Sure, I'll play," Kaitlin answered him. So they went over to the TV
to play while Jennifer watched. At first Aaron was in the lead, but that
soon changed when Kaitlin got the hang of it and sped past him to the finish
line.
"Hey, have you played before?" Aaron asked Kaitlin.
"No, I haven't. Honest. Must be beginner's luck," Kaitlin said. "You
are really good."
"Thanks," Aaron said to her. "So what do you guys want to do now? We
still have half an hour before the guys get back."
"Do you want to watch some TV?" Jennifer suggested.
"Sure," said Kaitlin as she started flipping through the channels.
"Wait, turn it back a channel. The Backstreet Boys are on MTV with
the "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" music video."
"Oh man! Not them," complained Aaron.
"Sorry Aaron, I bet you've seen them enough, huh?" Kaitlin said to
him.
"Actually yes, but it's ok. Can we watch Nickelodeon or something?,"
he asked the two girls.
"Yeah sure."
"Thanks," Aaron told them.
After what seemed like to be only 10 minutes, which was actually 20
minutes, there was a knock on the room door.
"Room service," a voice said from the other side of the door.
"We didn't order room service, "Jennifer told the person. At about
that moment Aaron started cracking up laughing. Jennifer and Kaitlin looked
confused. Once Aaron began laughing so did the voice on the other side
of the door.
"What's so funny?" Kaitlin asked Aaron.
"That's not room service. It's Nick," said Aaron between laughs.
"They didn't take a key with them."
"Will someone in there let us in?" questioned Nick impatiently.
"We will think about it," joked Jennifer.
"Come on, guys, let us in," Brian yelled.
"Well, ok I guess," Aaron said as he walked to the door to let them
in.
"I can't believe we actually thought you were room service! I thought
you guys would have taken a key," Kaitlin said. "How did the meet and greet
go?"
"It was great. I just love meeting our fans," answered Nick.
"Yeah it was great," the others agreed.
"Ok it's 3:40 now. We have until about 7:00 then we will take you two
home," Howie told Jennifer and Kaitlin.
"Hey, Nick, guess what?" Aaron said to his brother.
"What?"
"I bet Kaitlin could beat you in Mario Cart. She beat me when we played
and she never played before!"
"Really?" Nick asked Kaitlin.
"Yeah, I did. You want to play?" she asked Nick.
"You're on!" yelled Nick as he hurried over to the TV to play.
Everyone else gathered around to watch. Howie and Kevin were cheering
Nick on, but Brian, AJ, Aaron and Jennifer were cheering for Kaitlin, mostly
because they wanted something to tease Nick about.
"Dang, you are good," Nick said to Kaitlin. "I can't believe you almost
beat me."
"Just beginner's luck. You're not too bad yourself," she told Nick.
"Not too bad? I didn't think I was bad at all," said Nick joking.
"Well, Nick, how old are you again? And Aaron's what 10?" Brian said
to him.
"I am eighteen and yes Aaron is ten, why?" Nick wondered.
"You must be bad then. You lost to your ten year old brother and almost
lost to a thirteen year old girl who has never played before. Except for
one game with Aaron," Brian finished.
"Yeah, Nicky, don't forget I beat you," Aaron reminded him.
"I don't think you will let me forget it," Nick told Aaron.
"I know," said Aaron cheerfully. It was now about 4:15.
"Hey, Jennifer, come with me for a second," said Nick getting up to
leave the room.
"Where are we going?" Jennifer wanted to know.
"You'll see, just come along," Nick assured her.
"Ok," said Jennifer as she got up to follow him. They walked down the
hall to the room that Nick and Aaron were sharing.
"Ok, so what did we come here for?" Jennifer asked him when they got
to the room.
"We are going to play a joke on the rest of them. We got to think of
one quick," Nick said with a smile spread across his face.
"Good idea! So what should we do?" Jennifer asked. After about a minute,
Nick got an idea.
"You go back to the room and say that when we were coming down here
a couple of fans recognized me, and they chased me out of the hotel. Since
I was their favorite and they wanted my autograph, but I wouldn't let them,"
explained Nick. "Sound as if you're out of breath and tell them to come
after me. Ok?"
"Ok, I'll go back now. Stay here," Jennifer ordered Nick.
"Ok, see you in a little bit," Nick said laughing slightly.
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