Malia sighed and looked over her shoulder and smiled as Nick winked at her as he was dramatically (and playfully) dragged into another room by Brian. Bryan threw down his clipboard on the coffee table and sighed loudly, "Malia, are you listening to me?"
"Not really but what does it matter? You still sound like the adults on 'Charlie Brown'...so..what do you think?"
Bryan looked at her, "You look fine. I still think it's a mistake for you to go with Nick Carter."
Malia glared at him, "Yeah well, I don't."
"This will ruin your career."
"Apprantly, no it won't. Britney went public with Justin and neither career suffered. And shouldn't it matter whether or not we're both happy people and NOT whether you'll lose some money?"
"What do Britney and Justin have to do anything?"
Malia went behind the curtain and changed into her street clothes and came back out. "Britney has to do with a whole lot more than you think. I know what you're doing Bryan, and I don't like it at all. And I also know that you will not in any way ruin me or my life. Jason will not be on stage tonight, there is just no room for him."
"Any stage changes were supposed to be run by me yesterday."
Malia smiled innocently, "Darn, I guess we forgot to tell you that last night. Ask Swoop, he said Jason was off. Sorry Bryan."
Malia walked to the door and looked at Jeff, "Ready?"
He nodded, "Yep."
"Let's go."
Bryan was so aggravated that he broke his pen in half. "She won't get away with this..and can't...."
"I'm not coming out till you go away!"
"Lia!"
"NO!"
Nick laughed and sat down on the bed, "Coome oooonnn Malia!"
"No."
Malia was inside the bathroom sulking, she didn't want Nick to see her yet and he was in her room and wouldn't leave. "I'll call for Jeff!," She exclaimed.
"And he'll just get you out because he wants to see you about as badly as I do!"
"Ugh..fine...you suck!"
"Thank you."
She came out and pitched her brush at him, "Jerk."
"Yes, but you love me anyways."
She smiled, "Yes I do. So, what do you think Mr. Carter?"
Nick grinned and stood up, "Absolutely beautiful."
"Ooo..flattery."
Nick smiled and kissed her gently, "You ready to do this?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
He grabbed her hand and they left the hotel room.
The limo pulled up in front of Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel/Casino and stopped. Malia looked at Nick with wide eyes, "Are we sure we wanna do this??"
Nick smiled and squeezed her hand reassuringly, "Yes..definitely."
The door opened and Jeff and Gary stood on either side of the car door. Nick stepped out and the screams got louder. Malia froze. 'What if they all boo me? What if they throw stuff? What if someone tries to get past the barriers? What in the HELL am I doin'???', She thought as she sat there.
Nick reached his hand down and she took it shakily. She stepped out and could of sworn the crowd got eerily silent. But then people began to cheer and scream like normal. Malia smiled as some fans waved at her and she waved back at them. The two bodyguards followed Nick and Malia through the press line as photographers and interviewers screamed and yelled at them. They stopped a couple times to speak to some interviewers and couldn't start to walk again until all the photographers got their pictures in. As they walked inside the audiotorium, Nick leaned down and said, "They had to get a glimpse and music's newest couple."
"But we're not totally new."
He grinned, "I know that.."
They made their way to their seats and were soon met up with the rest of the guys and their dates for the evening.
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