It was around midnight. I snuck over to Amanda and Brian's suite and knocked on the door softly. Teresa cracked it open a tiny bit and allowed the light to flood the hall. I got in and said hi to everyone. Danielle, Amanda, Nefertiti, and Kristin were sitting in a circle on the ground. They were all in their pajamas, with slippers on and blankets around each other.
This was our slumber party.
It was usually done in one of the dancers' room but Amanda had the suite all to herself tonight so we decided to keep her company. We all brought pillows and blankets and candy and soda and water and popcorn for our big party. Our big party which consisted of the game of death...Truth or Dare.
"Okay okay okay now that Slow Poke is here, we can start," Nef jokingly sneered. I scrunched my nose at her as I sat down between Amanda and Kris. Candles had been lit and placed in the middle of our circle as our main source of light. This made everything all the more better....eery...fun.
"Who do we start with?" Amanda asked. "Any volunteers?" Nobody said anything.
"I think you should. It's your room," Red decided.
"Okay....hmm....DANI! Truth or Dare?" Manda called out.
"Truth," Danielle daringly said. Amanda thought for a few seconds. Then she laughed to herself.
"Have you ever seen Kevin Scott Richardson naked?!" All of us busted up. Danielle's face turned really red. She glared at Amanda.
"You are soooo bad....none of this leaves the room right?" Dani made sure. We all assured her it didn't, and she continued, hesitantly. "Yeah...." All six of us laughed even harder. "OKAY OKAY OKAY! My turn!" Dani tried to stop everyone from keeping our dirty minds in the gutter. "MANDA...truth or dare?"
"DARE!" Amanda exclaimed, leaning into the circle.
"I dare you...to...next time Nick is being mean to you...steal his videogames and pass them out to fans..." Danielle decided. "WITHOUT warning him first!!!"
"Oh my gosh! I could never!" Amanda cried. Dani laughed and I gave her a high five.
"Oh well, too bad, how sad," Danielle sarcastically retorted. Everyone burst into giggles again.
"Okay now I will go to...NEF. Truth or dare?" Manda asked.
"Dare!" Nefertiti decided.
"I dare you to pants AJ at the next concert," Amanda smugly replied.
"Oh you are soooooooo on! I have been dying to do that for ages!!!" Nef cried. "Okay. Steph next. Truth or dare?" I thought carefully about this one.
"Truth," I finally decided. I could see Nef was thinking really hard about this one, contemplating what to ask.
"Do you think Howie is going to ask you to marry him?"
"WHAT?! Oh Nef you are soooo random. How am I supposed to know?!" I exclaimed.
"Come on Steph. Yes or no. That's the way you answer. Come on. I want to know!!!!" Nef kept on.
"Nef that is so out of the blue! You are sooo bad. How would I know?" I continued to argue.
"Well?!" Amanda, Danielle, Kristin, Teresa, Kristin, and Nefertiti all asked at the same time. My face grew extremely red. I had to give them a straight answer.
"Well.....okay. YEAH. I think he might one day," I finally announced. I wanted to bury my head in a pillow and go back in time to ask for a dare instead. I could not believe I had just said that.
"Ooooooo when do you think he will ask you?!" Nef wanted to know.
"Come on Nef. This is ONE question not FIVE THOUSAND!" I snapped. "Anyways, it's my turn to ask you...truth or...DARE?"
"TRUTH," Nef whispered, as we leaned in closer to the candles, eyeing each other.
"Have you ever thought or done anything x-rated with the guy dancers?! And if you say yes, you have to clarify which one you are saying yes to AND which guy. THEN, you have to explain yourself...." I got back at her.
"Ohhhhhh I thought this was just yes or no, not explain everything BEHIND it! Then that would mean Dani would have to tell us when she saw Kev naked and WHY and YOU would have to tell us why you think Howie will ask you to marry him!!" Nef shot back.
"Oh no um Steph, let's just keep this at yes or no okay?" Dani spoke up. I looked at Danielle and could tell she did not want to share anything intimate with us.
"Okay okay okay. But you still have to clarify whether this is x-rated thoughts or x-rated actions," I finally gave in.
"Okay. Then yes. I have had x-rated thoughts about the guys...but only when we first met them! Now that I know them, I don't think like that anymore!!" Nefertiti explained.
"Yeah hm whatever!" Kris mumbled. Teresa, Amanda, Danielle, and I all laughed.
"Okay Kris! Now on to you!" Nef decided.
"Ho no you better not make me stick a blowpop up one of the guys' asses while they're sleeping like you almost did last time!" Kris cried.
"Oh come on. It was a good dare!" Nef called back.
"Yeah but it would've been such a waste of a perfectly good blowpop!"
"Okay okay okay I won't. Kris, truth or dare," Nef asked.
"Hmmm well uhhhh truth," Red hesitated. "Of course, you're the one asking the questions. This is gunna be bad either way."
"HA! You're right!" Nef laughed. Kris glared at her. "Okay. I gotta think of a good one here. OH! Do you ever sneak off to Reggie's room during the night when we're in hotels?"
"NO! Of course not!" Kris exclaimed. "I mean come on. Emo's usually in the same room. It wouldn't work."
"Oh darn. I thought I would get something juicy out of that..." Nef sighed, disappointed. Kris stuck her tongue out at Nefertiti.
"Oh hm look who's the one sole remaining victim. Hi Teresaaaaa..." Red said, evilly. Teresa's eyes grew big. "Truth or dare."
"Well there aren't a lot of dares here so I think I'll take one."
"Okay what's a good dare....I dare you to go over to Tommy and Guy's room and do a little flashdance for them when we get to Sacramento. You don't have to strip down COMPLETELY, but just to the point where they make you stop," Kristin told her.
"Oh come on! You should make her go all the way!" Nef whined. Danielle smacked her with a pillow. Teresa agreed to do the dare, although she was not too thrilled about it.
"Okay okay I'm sick of Truth or Dare. Let's just talk about the guys," Teresa wanted to change the subject, cuddling up to a stuffed dragon she had received on her recent birthday.
"Ohhhh no..." I joked.
"YOU FIRST!" Kris exclaimed, pointing at me with her tootsie pop. She and Amanda were both sucking on them, while Teresa and Nef threw popcorn at each other, trying to get it in the other's mouth. "Okay so how are things between you and Howie?"
"Seriously?" I asked. Red shook her head.
"Sometimes I still feel like his kid sister." The other five laughed.
"Of course it'd seem that way. Helloooooo you've lived around him forever!!!" Amanda cried.
"Hey Steph. Got a question for you--" Danielle suddenly broke the laughter. Everyone became silent.
"Huh?"
"Did you ever like Howie before you guys began going out? Like really have a huge crush on him?"
"Uh you're expecting me to tell you that?!"
"Well of course." Dani smiled evilly at me.
"Hmmmm well I will tell you that I used to like AJ. When I was like 12! As for Howie. Hmmm well for awhile around Brian's birthday we had a confrontation...but we kept quiet over what was going on between us and came to forget it," I confided, blushing.
"Awwwwwwww..." the other five sighed.
"Hey Dani, I'd like to get back to that whole naked subject..." Nefertiti turned the tables around again. Danielle's face glowed with embarrassment.
"Sure yeah what?!" Dani exclaimed.
"WHY?!" Nef cried. "Did you ask him to reenact Striptease or something?!"
"NOOOO! Come on guys! He sleeps in the nude..." Dani said. Just then, we heard a knock at the door. Dani's face turned red and we immediately shut up. Teresa got up and looked through the peephole to see who was there. She tore all the locks off and jerked open the door to wrap her arms around Amy.
"AMY!!!!" we all cried out in whispers. Everyone jumped out of their seats to wrap their arms around our friend. Teresa shut the door so we could get louder, and we all engulfed our missing friend in hugs. Then we wanted her to tell us allll about everything.
"Okay okay okay! Let's see...well since I moved down here a few weeks ago, with Nick's dogs, I've lived with the Carters in their new house," Amy began. Nick had just bought a new house recently, in the hills of Los Angeles, so he could be with his family again. His house hadn't been put on the market yet, but his family had moved onto the new property. We all listened closely to our friend. "So he called me up and told me what hotel you guys were in and had one of the hotel guys give me a key to the elevator so I could come up here. Amanda called me a few hours ago and told me to come tonight so here I am!" We all screamed with childish laughter.
"So tell us about your modeling," Amanda begged to know. She had once been a model herself, just not a prestigious one. Amy wasn't quite prestigious yet, but she was becoming a well-known face, in magazines and in catalogs. She had just got a stint as an Alloy/Delia*s model. She was in a few random ads. She was going to be in a few Tommy ads coming up soon. Her new, young face and body was exactly what agents were looking for.
"Oh it's tough. You can be on planes from one place to the next and totally have jet lag and you need to be all wide awake and fresh looking the second you step off the flight to get your job..it's hell on your hair and face with all the lights and make-up..lots of fun with all the guys you do shoots with," she explained. We all began to giggle a bit before she corrected herself. "Girls too!"
"Yeah yeah yeah..so how many guys you been having a little fun with?" Nef joked.
"AMANDAAAAA!!!!!! How are things with you and Brian?" Amy immediately changed the subject. Amanda's face brightened.
"Uhhh...I'd rather hear about you're modeling then tell you bout me and Brian!" she tried to avoid the topic.
"NOOOO! I need to be updated here!" Amy argued.
"Same ol'...nothing new..." she sighed.
"Aw come on! I lived with you. You can't hide ANYTHING from me. What's up guys?!" Amy protested.
Nef being the gossiper she is opened her mouth and out came, "Bri is at the Olive Juice premiere with Leighanne.." Amy gasped as we all gave Nefertiti wide-eyed glances.
"And you let him go?!"
"Well yeah! Amy, am I the control freak?" Manda asked.
"No you're a little softy," Amy cried. "But my goodness. Would you really?!"
Amanda shrugged as she grabbed a handful of M&M's. "Well, he's there isn't he? Besides--we got the whole suite to ourselves. Can't beat that! Besides. I don't have cold feet smashing up against my legs and I get to sleep in!" The rest of us laughed and Nef and I threw handfuls of popcorn at Amanda. "And best of all..." She pumped her arms up in the air. "NO ANNOYING DOG, BABY!!!" We all tossed more popcorn at her. "No annoying wet nose trying to sneak under the covers...no fighting for attention...no barking...now this is the life..." She folded her arms behind her head and leaned against the wall. Danielle got up and smothered her face with a pillow.
"Manda sounds like you'd rather be single again," I stated.
"No!! I just...sharing your affection with a four-legged creature just tends to be a bit...what's the word for it..."
"Ludicrous? Ridiculous? ODD?!" Teresa offered.
"I think weird just about settles it," Nef decided.
Amanda nodded. "Yup. There ya go! Weird!" Amy laughed.
"So, have you been looking out for my Nicky since I've been gone?" she wondered.
"Looking after? More like sitting on," Dani wise cracked.
"I don't even wanna know..." Amy sighed, shaking her head.
"YOU'RE RIGHT YOU DON'T!!" Amanda cried quickly. She sat back, relieved.
"Okay okay okay...so what's going on with the rest of you?" Amy asked.
"Same ol' same ol," I told her.
"Man you guys are BORING!" she whined. Just then, there was a knock at our door. All of us girls turned our heads toward it. Being closest, I got up and took a peek, then shrieked. I threw open the door. Andre, TJ, Nick....and Alec were all standing at the door, makeup covering their faces.
"HEY!!!! What are you up to?!" I cried excitedly, wrapping my arms around Andre.
"We're good. We had Jay Leno today so we went out to dinner afterwards and ran into one of the Backstreet Boys who told us you were in this hotel as well so we thought we'd find you while Britney and the girls have their own thing," TJ explained. The six girls were staring at Alec, mouths open. Teresa immediately got up and held out her hand to Alec.
"Hi I'm Teresa!" she shook his hand.
"Guys! This is Andre. That's Nick. And TJ. And Alec," I introduced.
"Hi, I'm Amanda. Please, join us! We're just hanging out in my suite," Amanda replied, getting up to shake hands with Alec as well. Being nice, she shook hands with the other three, then welcomed them to sit down. "That's Nef and Kris and Dani and Amy." The guys said hi, then got situated.
"Who's up for spin the bottle?" Red suggested. Everyone laughed at her. "I got a bottle! Or we could just order some more champagne!"
"Hey Jazz have you seen the video on MTV?" Alec asked me.
"OH MY GOSH!!" I exclaimed. "I completely forgot about it!!! Do they play it a lot?"
"It's been in the top five for the past two months," Nick answered.
"Really?"
"Yeah guys keep calling in and saying they want to see the video because they like watching the hot looking girl with the hat dance," Alec teased me.
"SHUT UP! You lie!" I cried. Alec wasn't usually one to talk very much. He was a little shy, but he felt really comfortable with the fact that at least he knew me. Dani reached up and turned on a light. We had popcorn, chips, M&Ms, Skittles, Reese's Pieces, and Starburst all in a pile in the middle of our circle. All of us girls were sitting on pillows or had blankets wrapped around ourselves. Nick, Andre, and TJ got into the conversation, giggling and being funny. They attempted to teach us their silly Vegetable game they played on the bus.
"So guys, what's going on in your life?" Dani wanted to know, once we had had enough of the veggie game.
"Oh nothing. We're just hanging out for a bit. When Brit needs us, we come!" Nick explained.
"I'm sure you've missed good ol' Steph here since the video," Kris teased.
"Yeah. Everyday. Miss 'er like crazy," Alec sarcastically said. "Jazz! Come be another dancer for us!!!"
"Hey Alec! Catch!" Nef called, holding up a piece of popcorn. She tossed it, hitting Alec's nose. We busted up.
"WAIT!! WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!" Teresa stopped us all. "Let's play some poker!"
"Awwww...like that idea!" Nef exclaimed.
"What are we gunna play with?" Andrew asked as Amanda dug around for a pack of cards. We girls all gave him a look as if he were incredibly dumb.
"Uh...what do you think?" I pointed out, giving him a confused look.
"Everything we've got here, my friend," Kris told Andre.
"Down to the BARE minimum," Danielle added. We all quickly began to grab our own M&Ms and other candies so we could use them to bet on. Amanda dealt out the cards and we began to play. M&Ms, skittles, starbursts, chips, and popcorn began to pile up in the middle of the circle. One by one, each of us began to weed out of the game. It was a long running one, stakes rising as hands emptied the food bags. Eventually, only Nefertiti and Alec were left.
"I raise you one shirt and two starbursts," Nef bet, taking off her shirt
- she was now in a sports bra and her pajama bottoms. Alec took off his shirt and threw it in the middle, causing all of us girls to howl and taunt him. He blushed incessantly, as the other three laughed.
"And we thought we saw it all with Howie and Kevin!" Tae sarcastically remarked. We girls laughed even harder. "Whooooaaaa no!!! We were wrong!!!"
"Hey! I'm putting this shirt back on if you're gunna be like THAT!" Alec cried.
"Oh no hun. You put that shirt back on and you lose," Nef smartly shot back. Alec sighed and then threw the shirt back on the pile of food. Nef eyed him carefully. Waiting for him to raise the stakes. He couldn't think of anything...so he pulled off his shoes. Nef pulled off her slippers and they decided to finally call the cards and see who won.
"YES!!! NEF THE POKER CHAMPION IS UNDEFEATED!!!" the victor cried out, pumping her arms up. "Looks like the poor little loser is gunna have to walk out of here with no shirt on!" Everyone laughed, making Alec's cheeks even more red. Suddenly, a pillow wacked the side of his head.
"PILLOW FIGHT!!!" TJ hollered. We all grabbed pillows and began to hit each other with them, laughing hysterically. We all attacked each other, knocking and smashing all the food, making a huge mess. Nobody really paid much attention to anything. We had long since blown out the candles and turned on the lights. It was easier to play poker that way. After our ever so brief pillow fight, Alec stopped everything and wanted to do something else.
"Can't we do something...like play 'Go Fish?' " We all looked at him as if he was insane.
" 'Go Fish?!' Where did you come up with that idea?!" Amy wondered.
"I don't care! Let's play! I am the queen of 'Go Fish!' " Amanda declared. TJ threw an M&M at her. Manda grabbed it and popped it in her mouth. "Thanks!" TJ smiled.
"Well we should get going anyways. The girls will be back soon. Come on guys," Andre decided. Nef had put Alec's shirt on and smiled evilly at him.
"WAIT!!!" I cried out. They all looked at me. I dug the polaroid out. "Picture!" Everyone rolled their eyes and laughed. It was so typical of me to whip out the polaroid for a picture. The crew and the guys dove for the couch, squishing themselves on it. Then Amanda made herself comfortable, lying across everyone's laps. Everyone smiled and I snapped the picture.
"Get one for us!!" Andre exclaimed. I took another one, and handed it to the boys.
"Hey Jazz how did those pictures you took at the video shoot turn out?" Nick wanted to know.
"You know Nick," I sighed. "I have had no time to get them developed. I'll call you guys over break or something okay?" He shook his head in agreement.
"Wait though! We need a pic with you Jazz. We don't have one with you!" Alec stopped us. Dani grabbed the camera from me and Nick, Andre, Alec, and TJ surrounded me. We smiled as she snapped two quick pictures and we ushered the boys out of the hotel room.
"OH MY GOD ALEC IS SUCH A HOTTIE!!!!" Amy cried out as soon as the door was shut. All of us laughed at her, definitely making no attempt to disagree with her. We smashed on the couch again, waiting for the pictures to come out.
"You know, all these pictures will make an excellent journal of our first tour together, don'tcha think?" I pointed out.
"That would be soo cool Gilli!" Teresa exclaimed.
"I'll give you back those pics you sent me if you want," Danielle suggested. I said only if she wanted to. Finally, the pictures were done developing. We all giggled at how they turned out.
"Ooooo look at it! Alec's giving Dani the eye!" Amanda pointed out. In the picture of the group, our little hottie for the night was checking out Danielle, who was sitting in front of the couch with Nef. In my picture, he had his arms around me in a hug.
"Oooo Gilli...better not show this one to Howie! He might get jealous!" Kristin joked, waving the one of me and the guys around.
"Heyyyyy so Gilli what's up between you and Howie?" Amy wanted to know.
"Oh same ol' same ol'. We haven't changed much, I can guarantee ya that!" I told her.
"Hey Manda I saw a picture of you and Nick in a magazine the other day. Where'dja guys go?" Amy quickly changed the subject. Amanda's face turned bright red.
"Uhhh where did it look like we were headed?" Manda wanted to know.
"Oh I dunno. Out shopping I guess. I don't really remember," Amy sighed. "All those magazines I had to buy to stay in touch with my boyfriend and his buddies...you see one picture, you seen em all!" We laughed at how true that was.
"Yeah that was probably just some random picture of all of us but Nick and I were walking together and they all thought that looked suspicious," Amanda tried to get out of the mess comfortably.
"I dunno...it looked like you two were alone and were having a good time...just don't want you takin my man!" Amers joked. Manda laughed really loud, trying to get over her nervousness.
"Don't worry bout that! I already have my man to take care of! Don't need another baby to watch!" she teased, uneasily.
"True true true!" Amy agreed. Amanda let out a quick, silent sigh of relief. She was so close to being nailed by her best friend.
"Guys, it's three o' clock in the morning. Whaddya say we hit the sack?" Teresa suggested. We were all a bit worn down. We agreed that it was a good idea and crawled inside our blankets. The lights were turned off and we sat in silence for a few seconds.
Then, we all burst into an uncontrollable, unexplainable, unceasable fit of laughter.
"Hey guys we gotta get going to the Meet 'N' Greet thingy," Kevin announced, poking his head back through the door. AJ grabbed his black hat and jogged out.
"Not gunna be the last one out this time..." he muttered. Nick rolled his eyes. The rest of them left the room, just as Tae and I were walking down the hall in our jumpsuits.
"Hey guys!" Teresa hollered. Brian and Howie, the last ones out, whipped their heads around and stopped to say a few quick things.
"We're heading out for the Meet 'N' Greet thing," Brock explained. "You guys gunna come and see the people? I mean they love you and all..." Teresa and I laughed.
"Yeah ya know, since they last started throwing stuff on the stage...I'm sure it'll be much easier to just tackle me up close!" I joked.
Howie busted up. In a manly voice, he declared, "I'll protect you!!!" I rolled my eyes and shoved him a little.
"Go away Dork!" D gave me a silly look, then he and Brian made a mad dash out to the Meet 'N' Greet area. Teresa and I followed them in, not bothering to pay much attention to anything as we wandered around the room, waiting for some person to come and say hi. That got a little boring, so I walked over to the first boy I saw and decided to make conversation. Kevin was sitting down in a chair, looking extremely interested as he talked to a girl in a wheelchair. I straddled the arm of the chair as I listened to what she was saying, without interrupting. The girl finished her sentence and Kevin looked up at me.
"Oh hey Gill. This is Mystie. Mystie--this is Steph, one of the dancers," he introduced us. Mystie smiled and I shook her hand.
"So whatcha talkin' 'bout?" I wanted to know.
"Nothin' in particular. Mystie won tickets on the radio station to here and was just telling me a little bout her life and what she does," Kev explained.
"Yeah...me and my ultra boring life! It's all good!" Mystie joked.
"Yeah...couldn't be anymore boring than sitting on a bus 24/7!" Kevin remarked. The three of us laughed.
"Well I think flying out to LA for two days has got to be one of the most exciting things in my life...we went shopping and went out to dinner and they brought us here in a limo. It was kinda fun!" she explained.
"Really?! Where'dja go shopping?" I wanted to know.
"Oh everywhere!" Mystie told me. "I think I saw AJ eating ice cream with some people the other day but it probably was just my imagination."
"Uh-uh! I was with him!" I cried.
"No way!" Mystie exclaimed.
"Yeah! Me and Nick's little brother Aaron and our friends Amanda and Danielle went out shopping with AJ, and Aaron begged us for ice cream, so we went out and got some! That's so funny! How come you didn't come up?" I asked.
"Oh, because I didn't want to bother him and besides, I wasn't even sure it was him!" she said. "I was out shopping with my mom, and it was a rush hour. Besides, before I knew it, he--you guys were gone! I knew I'd meet him today so it didn't matter too much."
"Oo! Hold on! Want me to go get the polaroid?" I suddenly remembered.
"Yeah, sure. What the heck!" Kev replied. I dashed back down the hall and grabbed the camera in our dressing room before coming back out to find Kevin and the rest of the guys preparing for a picture with Mystie and two of her friends. I smiled and stood by the photographer while he took the pictures. The guys would get goofy and start messing around. AJ put his hat on sideways and made some silly face and Brian gave one of his goofy faces. They loved to get weird at the photo shoots. The unfortunate thing was that the fans usually didn't get the silly pictures. When the pictures were done, we knew we had to go back to getting ready because the concert would be starting soon. I pulled Kevin and Mystie aside, and he knelt down to take a few pictures with her. Just then, Brian tapped me on the shoulder.
"Get in the picture Steph. I'll take it," he offered. Mystie thought it was a great idea and they pulled me into the picture with them. I wrapped my arms around her in a hug and we smiled for the camera as Brian took a few pictures. Then he handed the camera back to me and I took two of Kev and Mystie, before giving her the pictures. He gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek before the guests were all ushered out.
"I love these Meet 'N' Greet things. It's so much fun meeting the fans," Kev confided in me. I smiled at him, then gave Kevin a picture of him and Mystie. He looked at it and chuckled, before handing it back to me. "Hold it for me. I'll lose it by the end of the night!" I said I would, and jogged back to the dressing room to stuff the pictures and the polaroid in its bag.
After the concert, we were still hyped, the adrenaline still circulating through our veins. Sometimes we would be tired after concerts, sometimes we'd be ready to party even more. Everyone cleaned up their crap and headed back onto the buses, which would take us on our way to Sacramento. We were sitting around, waiting for the buses to leave the arena, when somebody mentioned coffee. We all agreed to, since it was late at night and everyone wanted something warm, even though it would probably help keep us up till literally all hours of the night. As we drove through town, we spotted a little corner shop that was still open. It was around midnight, and the place was probably getting ready to close, but we had one of the bodyguards go up to the door and ask if we could storm the place as all the buses lined up on the curb. A young woman was alone in the shop, resituating things as if she was getting ready to close. Mike came back and told us we could get out, so all of us dancers, boys, band members, bus drivers, and bodyguards filled the place. We stood around in pajamas, talking and laughing as the young woman stared at her costumers, wide-eyed.
"Okay....uh guys there's a lot of you here! All one tab or separate tabs?" she asked.
"Uhhh...I think we'll take four tabs," Kevin told her, leaning over the counter. He smiled at her, making her blush. She began to write down the orders for the band's tab, then got them ready as we pulled out chairs and gabbed away. Howie walked up to her and stood at the counter. The girl looked up and her face became a lovely shade of red. D smiled.
"We really appreciate this. And what are you doing up at this hour, Kathie?" he wanted to know, noticing the name tag. She laughed a little bit.
"I'm the manager. I have to close. I couldn't go to your concert tonight because I had to work," she said, trying to pay attention to the coffee and not Howie. It became a little apparent that he was her favorite.
"Oh I'm sorry! You missed a good night. We tickled AJ till he got the hiccups," D replied. Kathie busted up, imagining it.
"Yeah thanks a lot Howieeee. I couldn't sing for a good three songs after that!" Bone cried, walking up to the cash register.
"Oh yeah and you missed AJ getting pantsed by dear ol' Nef over there!" Kristin exclaimed, walking up to the counter as well. AJ blushed.
"Hey! At least I had some quality brand boxers on tonight!" he shot back.
"Oh man don't make me feel like I missed out on everything!" Kathie sighed. They laughed and apologized. She got all of the coffees for the first order together and said, "the band's orders are ready."
"Hey band! Your orders are ready!" AJ yelled. The band members all rushed up to the front and grabbed their drinks, still talking and laughing. So much ruckus was going on, with our constant gabbing. "Okay. Let's get our orders next," J suggested. Howie called Brian, Kevin, Nick, Amanda, Danielle, and me up and they ordered what they wanted. I bought a bottled water because I don't like coffee. Brian was humming some song he had in his head, when Howie suggested they sing a short song for Kathie. They didn't mind so, after signing a piece of paper, they broke out into a quick song for the girl. After getting the boys' stuff, Howie, AJ, and Nick continued talking to Kathie as she got the dancers' orders (which weren't that hard considering most of them consisted of waters) and then the bodyguards. After getting our coffees, we all had to get going, so we said goodbye, paid our bills, and left a rather bewildered manager smiling as she watched us walk out of the building.