"What?" Brian asked, looking up at him.
AJ paused. How would he propose this to them? He'd give it some thought. "Nevermind. I'll tell you when I get it figured out."
Kevin eyed him suspiciously and AJ rolled his eyes.
Kevin rolled his eyes when he saw AJ roll his eyes. AJ was up to something, he knew it. And when AJ was like this, there was no stopping him until he got it. That wasn't necessarily a good thing, either.
Suddenly, AJ got it. The others knew by the way he jumped out of the chair and said, "Guys!"
"You said that already," Brian pointed out.
"Yeah, yeah." AJ said airily. "You're too detail-oriented, Bri!" He added, waving his hand where he thought Brian was - which was actually Howie.
Howie raised an eyebrow and said nothing. He knew that when AJ was so excited he'd play mix-and-match with his fellow band-members, he was excited and it was best not to dampen his mood.
"Who's the two top selling artists the company has? Male and female?" AJ asked.
Great, Howie thought. Guessing games.
"Us and Devil's Angels," Kevin shrugged.
"Yeah," AJ nodded and grinned.
Nick wasn't getting where this was going.
"AJ..." Kevin trailed off.
"Think of the money we could make!" AJ said. "Say, Princess goes on, then Johnny goes on, then Devil's Angels go on, then we go on! You know how much money we'd make?"
"Lots," Howie admitted.
"You know how much fun we'd have?" Brian asked.
"Lots!" Nick said, finally catching on.
"I don't know, guys..." Kevin muttered.
"Please, please, please, Kev?" AJ pleaded. "It'd be a blast!"
"If you can get them to agree..." Kevin trailed off.
AJ was instantly on the phone, begging and pleaded and flattering, everything he could do to get Devil's Angels on tour with him.
"It's ok!" AJ was ecstatic, laughing and jumping around.
"I'll call them," AJ added, pulling a number out of his back pocket.
"You got her number?" Howie asked.
"Yeah - why wouldn't I?" AJ replied.
"Yulp?" A tired voice asked.
"Hey, is Allana there?" AJ asked. "This is AJ."
"Sure, hold on," The voice replied. "Lana!"
"What, Jen?" An impatient voice asked.
"Phone! It's AJ! Ring a bell?"
"Yeah - kinda," The voice said. "'Ello?
"Allana?" AJ smiled and leaned back in his chair. "It's AJ."
"AJ? What's AJ stand for?" Allana asked.
AJ got a funny look on his face and Howie laughed, figured she didn't remember him.
"Alexander James," AJ muttered.
"Ooh - stick with AJ!" Allana laughed. "Alexander doesn't exactly ring a sexy bell!"
"And AJ does?" AJ smiled.
"I dunno - there's not much mystery about you left since our little photo shoot today!" Allana giggled and fell back across a chair, the cordless phone tucked between her ear and shoulder.
"Well, I was wondering if you and Devil's Angels would like to go on tour with us," AJ said, smiling. "Princess could go on, then Johnny, then Devil's Angels, then BsB. Whatcha think? Management cleared it."
"I'll ask Jen and the girls about it and call ya back, ok?" Allana stood and began searching out the girls.
"Alright," AJ smiled. "Call soon, ok?"
"Gotcha," Allana giggled, hung up, and screamed, "Everyone in the livingroom, NOW!" At the top of her lungs.
Liz, Jen, and Kylie all wandered into the room. "Yeah?" The asked.
"Wanna go on tour with Johnny No-Name and Backstreet Boys and Princess?" Allana asked simply.
"I dunno..." Jen trailed off.
"Think of this - money, fine guys, no adults. Whaddya say?" Allana asked.
"Alright," They all agreed.
"Great, I'll call him back," Allana grinned and stepped out onto their second floor deck, cordless phone in hand. "AJ?" She asked, settling herself on the railing and swinging around so her legs were dangling over the edge.
"Hold on, this is Brian," The voice said.
"Ok," Allana smiled and began swinging her legs, thinking of all the fun she was going to have on this tour.