Chapter 6

"KRISTA!!!" Kevin yelled, as he held the Carters phone. "IT'S THE PHONE!!!"

"Thanks, Kev!" She called from the top of the stairs. She walked back into her room and picked up the receiver. She heard Kevin hang up the phone and sat down on the bed, next to Alyssa. BJ was sitting on her bed also watching what was going on.

"Hello?"

"Hey Krista! Was that Kevin Richardson that answered the phone?"

"Hey Justin. Yeah that was him. What's up?"

"Well, I know that you and your friend were supposed to come and watch us practice, but something came and we, the guys and I have to go to a meeting. I'm so sorry!"

"Well, I guess that's OK. Nothing much we can do about that. I'll tell Alyssa."

"OK. I promise that I'll make it up to you."

"That's OK. I'll talk to you later."

"OK, bye."

"Bye, Justin." She hung up the phone and turned to the two girls, waiting to see what had happened. "We aren't going anywhere. They had a meeting and he called to tell me about it. I guess we are stuck in this house with Nick."

"Well, not necessarily. We can all go to the fair. Everyone." BJ suggested.

"Works for me! Lets get everyone together!" Krista got off of her bed, walked out of the room and down the stairs, BJ and Alyssa not far behind.

"Hey, Krista! Who was on the phone? He sounded familiar." Kevin asked as the three girls walked out back.

"It was Justin." She said simply. Just then Nick walked out of the house.

"He call to dump your sorry ass?" He had heard what she had said.

"Hey, Nick, I see that you finally figured out what I had meant by the insult and moved YOUR sorry ass out of the hall. And by the way, no. He called to reschedule because they have a meeting tonight."

"Justin who?" AJ, Kevin and Howie were clueless. Before Krista could answer, Nick answered for her.

"Timberlake. She's dating a member of N Sync!"

"Hey, Buddy, at least she can get a date." Alyssa said. Everyone laughed. Well, everyone except Nick.

"Sooooo.....anyway. We wanted to see if you all wanted to go to the fair in Ruskin, since we don't really have much else to do." BJ said, after calming down a little.

"Yeah! Lets go!" AJ was pumped.

"AJ? Man, what are you on and why aren't you sharing?" Krista asked.

"I'm on speed, and I have a problem with sharing!"

"I knew it!" Brian said.The guys laughed and they all went to get their jackets and sweat shirts.

"OK, who is going with who?" Brian asked when they were all standing out in the Carter's driveway.

"Whatever it is, these two are in separate cars." Kevin said, pointing at Nick and Krista.

"Four and four. Four in my car and four in Brian's Jeep." Krista said, ignoring Kevin's comment. Everyone agreed and got into the two cars, making sure that Nick and Krista didn't end up in the same car. Alyssa, BJ and Kevin rode with Krista and the rest of the guys were with Brian.

When they got to the fair they found parking places relatively close together and got out of the cars. As they walked through the parking lot Nick thought he saw Justin get out of his car. Someone else got out of the car on the passengers side. But it was getting dark and he couldn't tell if the other person was male of female. 'It is probably just one of the other guys in the group,' he thought to himself. 'Not that I would care if it was another girl.' He dismissed it and kept walking.

"OK Who wants to go where?" Kevin once they got in.

"I want to go with Krista! AJ said. This made everyone laugh.

"OK. And where will you be heading?"

"How about we go on the big swings and all stuff in that area. Anyone who wants to go over there can come with us. The rest of you can go eat or whatever. (Yes, they were hungry again. MEN!") We can meet back here in 45 minutes and then regroup." Krista said. Everyone agreed.

Brian, AJ, Kevin, Krista and BJ all wanted to go on the rides. Nick just wanted to get away from Krista, Alyssa wasn't one for rides, and seeing as all the guys had heard what Nick had said to Alyssa, Howie wasn't going to let them go anywhere together, by themselves. And since they had agreed that no one was allowed to go off by themselves, Howie decided to go with them to make sure that they didn't kill each other.

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"Hey! Lets go on the swings first!" AJ said, practically dragging Krista to the ride. She looked behind her at the rest of their smaller group. She gave Brian a 'HELP ME' look and he laughed.

Everyone followed the two and got onto the big swings. Once the ride got going, they could see everything. They could see where all the food and Brian could have sworn he saw Nick, Alyssa and Howie walking around. She also saw someone else, or at least he thought he saw someone else, but he wasn't sure, so he didn't pay any attention.

Once they got off that ride they went on a few others. They were going to go on the carousal, but Krista wanted to find Alyssa and Howie first. She couldn't really care less whether or not Nick was with them, but the carousal was one of the few that Alyssa would go on. That and the farris wheel.

The group walked back to where they were supposed to meet and waited for about five minutes before they spotted Howie, Alyssa, and much to Krista's disappointment, Nick. "Lyssa! They have a carousal. We had to come and get you. Come on lets go!"

Everyone followed Krista, some more willingly then others.

Once they got to the carousal they waited in line for the ride before them to end. They were some of the last people to be let on the ride.

Nick looked up at the people choosing the horses that they wanted. That's when he saw Justin again. And this time he had no problem figuring out that he was with what appeared to be another girl.

'Now, that is either Lance being himself again, of Justin is cheating on Krista.' When he saw the other blond guy lean over and kiss his companion, he had no doubt that it was in fact another girl.

Now Nick may be a dumb shit sometimes, but he's not a complete shithead.

He knew that no matter how much he disliked her, Krista didn't need to be humiliated in front of a bunch of complete strangers.

So just before she was going to walk through the gate and right into Justin, who was still engaged in his game of tonsal hockey with the other girl, her grabbed her arm and let two kids go by both her and him.

"What the hell was that?" She turned around and asked.

"Nothing, those kids really wanted to get on this time. All their friends were on."

"Well, Einstein, all of OUR friends are on that thing right now!"

"Krista, believe me, I did it for your own good."

"What in the hell? Since when do you care about my own good?"

Nick took a minute and thought about what he should say. Should he tell her? Well, no matter how much he disliked her, no one deserved to be dangled around by another person. Plus he hated Justin more then he hated Krista. If this kept him from coming around, living with Krista might be bearable.