One week passed since the tour started and it was now in St. Louis, Missouri. Malia and Nick hadn't told anyone about their 'relationship' yet, they had to figure it out on their own first. But, the elder Backstreet Boys had noticed that Nick was spending an awful lot of time with Malia recently. AJ, of course, knew why. (Okay, he just thought he knew and the guys let him think he was right about it.) AJ leaned his head back against the soft headrest of the couch and closed his eyes, the tour had barely started and he was already worn out. Well, he had been out til 2 a.m. the night before but still. He looked at his watch, 4:50, they didn't have a show tonight and were to stay in the hotel once they got there. Nick had "mysteriously" disappeared onto Malia's bus at the last rest stop and as nosey as AJ was; he wanted to know what was going on with them two.
Whatever it was kept them compelled to keep it to themselves. As he finally drifted into a light slumber, he thought he felt the bus come to a stop but still kept his eyes closed.
"Nick! For real, stop!," Malia said laughing.
Nick was concentrating so hard on the video game he had just bought that Malia's words went in one ear and out the other. Malia finally smacked him in the head with a pillow and that got his attention. "Oh no you did not!"
Malia stood up, her hands on her hips, "Oh yes I did."
He retaliated by throwing a pillow at her. That turned into an all out war.
Malia pounced onto the couch, shoving Nick onto his back. His hands automatically went up to his face as protection and she began to pound on him with the pillow. He couldn't see for more than two seconds at a time, so seeing her to push her off of him was nearly impossible. Finally, the pounding stopped and Malia was breathing heavy as she crawled off him, "Soo...are we done here?"
Nick smiled and sat up, "Yeah sure, for now."
Malia flopped back down on the couch, "Are we there yet?"
"Almost, I'm gonna go grab something to drink..you want anything?"
She shook her head, "No thanks."
"I be back then."
She nodded and Nick left, walking towards the kitchen area of the bus. Jeff was sitting on the couch, reading a newspaper and looked up when Nick came in, "Hey, anyone dead back there?"
"Nah, not yet anyways. We just had a pillow fight cause I'm a stupid guy and said something to challenge her."
"Ohhhhh..I see."
"Do you know when we'll be there?"
"Yeah, but here in like five minutes we're stopping to fill up and you're going to have to go back to your bus."
Nick nodded, "Okay."
Nick walked back to the back of the bus where Malia was putting in a movie, "Did Jeff say how long we had?"
"About five minutes actually, that's when I have to switch buses."
"Ohhh..okay."
"I'm so glad we have tonight off though.."
She nodded, "I hear that..me and Jenna were thinking about going out to a club..you wanna come?"
Nick grinned and sat down next to her, "Will ya get freaky, deaky on the dance floor with me?"
She shoved him away and laughed, "Been listening to N'Sync, have we?"
"It is not my fault you keep playing that song!"
"It's a good song!"
"It's about cyber-sex!"
Malia laughed, "Duh! But no, I will not get freaky on the dance floor with you."
"Aww..why not?"
"Oh don't whine! Because Nick, then people will KNOW."
"So what? I just want to tell everyone about us already."
"We've been together for like a week Nick..we need more time."
"Malia..people are going to assume we're together if we're together at a club."
She sighed, "I know."
He kissed her cheek before pulling away as the bus had come to a stop in a little gas station. "Look, call me whenever you and Jenna are about to leave and I'll see if AJ wants to tag along too. Promise me, one dance?"
"Yeah sure.," She said before kissing him.
Nick groaned and pulled away, "You just HAD to do that right before I leave, huh?"
"You know it. Now get that ghetto ass out of here and onto your bus!"
"Yes ma'am!"
She laughed and got up to follow him to the front of the bus where Jeff was waiting. The BSB bus was parked behind hers and she could see Brian and Howie getting off and heading inside the gas station. Nick leaned forward and kissed her one last time, "See ya later Lia."
"Bye Nicky."
Jeff followed Nick off and she watched as Nick got onto his bus. Jeff walked back to Malia's bus and boarded again, "You wanna go inside or anything?"
She shook her head, "Nahh..no point in it."
"Okay."
Later that night, Jenna and Malia were in Malia's room getting ready to go out. "So is Jeff tagging along?"
"As far as I know, no."
"Cool.."
"We're going to have to be sneaky though, so none of the security finds out. Everyone thinks we'll be here tomorrow anyways so there shouldn't be a problem."
"Yeah, that's true. Okay, what about this outfit?," Jenna asked coming out of the bathroom.
"Ohhh, I like that."
"Me too..are you wearing that?"
"Yep..is it clubbish?"
"Definitely..is Nick coming?"
"As far as I know, he is. Lemme call him."
"K.."
Malia dialed Nick's room and he picked up after two rings, "Hello?"
"Hey, are you coming tonight or what?"
She heard him sigh, "No, I can't. I've been officially grounded to the hotel tonight because I went on your bus today and I refuse to give them details."
"They can't do that, can they?"
"Apparently they can because Marcus is right outside my door and has been for an hour."
"Well shit Nick.."
"I'm sorry Lia....look, you and Jenn go and have fun, okay?"
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. Just don't..dance with any other guys?"
"I won't Nicky."
"Alright, I'll talk to you later."
"Can I call you when we get back?"
"Of course baby..later?"
"Bye Nick."
She hung up and Jenna poked her head out of the bathroom, "So?"
"He can't..the guys have forced him to stay in his room cause he won't spill the details."
"well damn."
"I know...but we're still going."
"Okay, you ready?"
"Yep..do I look like myself?"
"Not really..lemme see that tattoo!"
Malia grinned and turned around, so far none of the papparazzi had gotten wind of Malia's tattoo, and for that she was glad. Her mom still didn't know and would probably freak. "Lookin' good.."
She had also straightened her hair and left it down so that made her 'disguise' that much better.
Jenna stepped outside the hotel door first and looked down both sides of the hallway. "Coast is clear."
Malia popped out and stuck her room key in her pocket. "The cab's waiting downstairs?"
"Yep."
"Cool...which way?"
"Earlier, we found the back way up here so that way."
Jenna led Malia down one side of the hallway and out a door that led to the stairs.
Once they got to the first floor, Jenna made sure no security or anyone of importance was around and they made a dash for the cab waiting by the curb.
But what neither of them noticed was that a lone figure had seen the two girls leave. He grinned and made sure the small, disposable camera was in his pocket before following outside, hailing the next cab that was behind theirs.
Around 2 a.m., Malia and Jenna were back at the hotel. They snuck back up the way they came and were soon on their floor. "Thanks Jenn, this was so much fun."
"It was, huh? I think I got enough numbers!"
Malia laughed as she unlocked her hotel room, "I think you did too."
"We'll have to get the others in on this one of these days."
"LA, definitely."
"Oh yeah..see ya later Malia."
"Bye Jenna."
Malia went inside and flipped on the bedside light before sitting down and slipping off her shoes. After changing into her pajamas, she called into Nick's room, hoping he hadn't been asleep too long.
"Hello?"
"Hey, did I wake you?"
"Nope..you just get in?"
"Uh huh."
"Have fun?"
"Yeah..no one recognized me and it was kinda weird."
"I bet.."
"You should of come Nicky."
"Wish I could of..."
"Did they get any info. out of you?"
"I told them we were dating."
"Ohh..is that a good thing?"
"They didn't seem too surprised."
"So they knew, they just didn't tell us."
"Pretty much.."
"Oh.."
"You tired?"
"Yep.," She said.
"Well then, I'll let you go babygirl."
"Can I come sleep in your room?"
"Won't Bryan have a shit-fit?"
"Probably..."
"Well come on then."
She laughed, "Okay, I'll be down in a minute."
"Okay, see ya in a few."
"Bye."
She hung up and grabbed some clothes for the morning and made sure she had her key and stepped out into the hallway. "Going somewhere Malia?"
She spun around in surprise to see Bryan and Jason standing there. "Oh hi Bryan...what are you doing up this late? Shouldn't you be asleep, we have a big day...today."
"Cut the chit-chat Malia..where are you going?"
"Ummm..to..Jenna's room..we decided to make a girl's night in.."
"At 2 o'clock in the morning."
"Yeah..she was in mine a few minutes ago...what are you doing out here Jason?"
"Oh, I just came back from clubbing and ran into Bryan here.," He said.
Malia wasn't sure what got her attention more, the fact that Jason just SO happened to be out here with Bryan or the the way he emphasized about him going clubbing. "Oh really, well that's nice..now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to Jenna's room.See you two later."
Malia bolted down the hallway and found Nick's room, they couldn't see her so she knocked. It was pulled open a minute later, "Took you long enough."
"Sorry...Bryan caught me."
"Shit..what'd he say?"
"I just told him I was going to Jenna's room..lemme call her and tell her real quick."
She called Jenna's room and told her the plan, which Jenna had no problem keeping to it. Malia sat down on Nick's bed and sighed, "There's something weird going on."
"What do you mean??"
"No one else knew that me and Jenna were going out. But Jason just so happened to be going clubbing too? I think that's a bunch of bullshit if I've ever heard it. Anyways, I think he followed us..and he had a camera on him, I saw it before I came down here...Bryan and Jason are up to something, and I'm beginning to put the peices together now."
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