Part 527
Kryss shrunk back in her seat as Fiona took Becca’s place.
"What’s wrong?" asked Fi.
"I get the impression Sarah doesn’t like me very much."
Raoul snickered, "That’s putting it mildly."
Fi cut her eyes at the two bodyguards and said, "She’s like that with everyone, I think. At least, she was with me but then again, I did give her a reason."
"What did you do?"
"I hit on Nick while Becca was still in Toronto after she had this little guy," answered Fi as she moved Garrett where she could see him. "You don’t mess with any of the guys, Becca, or Jesse."
"Who’s Jesse?"
"Sarah and Howie’s daughter. She’s back in Orlando now in school."
"I didn’t realize she and Howie had a daughter old enough to attend school. I thought they’d only been together for a couple years."
Raoul spoke up, "Jesse is Sarah’s daughter from a previous marriage and Howie adopted her."
Kryss sat back and thought about what Fiona had said then asked, "Is she that protective?"
"They all are. There’s this inner circle…Howie, Nick, Kevin, AJ, Brian, Becca, Garrett, Sarah, Jesse, and the other girlfriends….that NO ONE touches. What’s going on now with Pearlman is a prime example."
"How do you know about Pearlman?"
"We all know…to keep the rumors from circulating. Just give it time. I’m sure she’ll warm up. At the very least, Howie won’t let her be rude to you."
"Why do you say that?"
"Howie keeps her in check. If he said jump, she’d ask how high. He’s the same way with her though so it all works out. They’re really good together."
Meanwhile, on stage, Sarah and Becca were getting ready to have some more fun. Fatima had gotten Becca a jacket and Sarah had grabbed a second shirt putting it on like AJ usually did, over his shoulders. Chris had gotten Nick’s head mic for Becca and was adjusting it for her now.
"You ready?" asked Sarah.
"I guess. What if the guys come out here and catch us?"
"So what? We’re just having some fun. Look at it as Karaoke night at a bar, only we know the dances and their moves."
"Why’d you change your mind?"
"It’s something we can do together."
Becca gave Sarah a sideways glance. "You sure it didn’t have anything to do with Kryss?"
"It had everything to do with Kryss. Okay, ‘Mook’…’Get Another Boyfriend’."
In the hall outside the green room, the guys heard the music and Brian said, "I kinda thought Sarah and Becca would be done with sound checks and be back here waiting for us."
"No, I didn’t want them back here when Pearlman left so I told Sarah to keep Becca out there."
From the arena, they heard Sarah, "GOOD GAWD!"
"Come on," laughed AJ realizing Sarah was imitating him…again. He always got a kick out of watching her so he said, "I have a feeling I know how she’s entertaining Becca."
The boys made their way out to the wings but Brian stopped them seeing Becca doing Nick’s pelvic thrusts. "Shh, let’s watch," said Brian.
The five took seats in the shadows to watch as Sarah hooked her thumb in her shirt just like AJ did night after night. They had to cover their mouths to keep from laughing hysterically at the sight of the two girls as they finished the song.
Tears streaming, Kevin said, "This is a riot! Nick, I didn’t know Becca had it in her!"
"She’d die if she knew we were watching," offered Howie.
With the song over, Becca said, "Let’s do ‘Not For Me’."
"ALL of it?" questioned Sarah incredulously.
"HELL YEAH! It’s a good tension reliever. I shouldn’t have resisted you at first."
Sarah smirked and grabbed the sunglasses that Fatima handed her along with the shirts the guys had used on the first leg of the tour for this song. She handed one to Becca along with the sunglasses.
Off in the wings, AJ smirked, "This should be good."