Chapter 13
I saw Brian shut the door as he walked over to us.
"I'm going to
go to my apartment and
change and things for tonight." He said slapping
Nick's hand.
"Okay, see ya tonight then B-Rok," he said as
Brian
opened the door.
"Bye Brian," I said grinning slightly. He grinned
and waved as he shut the door.
"They need to hook-up now Ash! I'm
tellin' you I have
never seen Brian this upset over a girl before," Nick
said as he sat down in a chair.
"Wendy told me Leslie loves him."
"Wow
really? I need to lighten Brian up then,
make him see what he's missing."
"I
think he knows now after last night," I said as
I sat in his lap. I laid
my head on his chest and sighed.
"We have to find out a good way to hook
them up
you know? Something unexpected, something devious."
"Like
what?" He asked as I pulled my head up.
"I don't know, I'll get
back to you on that." I said
laughing.
I kissed him lightly as he
kissed me back.
He was so wonderful…
That Night...
That night,
Nick invited me and Wendy to hang out
with them backstage till the promo concert.
It was really cool hanging out backstage
with all those celebs!
*N
Sync, Britney Spears, 98 degrees, LFO,
you name it they were there.
"Who's
Brian talking to?" I asked as I pointed to him.
"Leslie," Nick
said rolling his eyes.
"Why didn't he invite her?" I asked curiously.
"Got
me, for all I know he didn't want her here."
"Why wouldn't he want
her here?"
"I don't know! Are we playing 20 questions with Brian
here or something?"
"I'd rather play 20 questions with you."
"Oh
really?"
"Uh-huh."
"Come with me."
"No
more surprises, I've had enough in that car."
"Just come with me,
no having to stop on the side
of the hall."
"Okay fine."
He drug me down the hall to a empty
room.
"Okay, 20 questions."
"Excuse
me?"
"You heard me, what's the first question?"
Brian
and Leslie's Conversation...
"Hey Les," Brian said smiling.
"Hey
how is it up there? Having fun?"
"Not really, Ashley and Nick are
out in a room doin'
God knows what. And A.J.'s flirting with Wendy in
another
room. I swear A.J. can flirt with a goalpost
and not lose interest."
"Well
her and Jon just broke up yesterday,
so she's probably flirting as well."
"Probably.
Kevin and his girlfriend are here. And Howie,
I think he's hanging out with another
band.
Not a good idea since we'll be going on stage soon."
"Think
you'll do good?"
"Yeah, I hope so you never know."
"Can
I talk to you about something?" Leslie asked with a
weird voice.
"Depends
I guess."
"Do you like me?"
"What?"
"I
said, do you like me? I mean if I was 18 or older,
would you go out with me?"
Their was a long pause,
she knew she shouldn't had said it.
"Maybe
Leslie. Maybe. Why?"
"Well, uh, I uh, um, I, well," she couldn't
get any
words out, tears coming down her face she couldn't talk.
She hung
up the phone and sighed as she thought
of the stupidest thing she's ever done.
Brian
looked down at the phone, hoping
she didn't hang up on purpose.
Waiting
for her to call back, Howie came
bursting through the door.
"Hey
B, it's time to go out, you ready?" He asked
grabbing his stuff.
"Yeah
D…yeah I'm ready," he said sadly.
