The Backstreet Boys(plus Isabel, Denise McLean, bodyguards, and band members) were all miling around the airport, waiting for their flight to be called. Isabel was laying in a nearby chair, sleeping. AJ was sitting next to her talking on his phone to Amanda, his girlfriend.
Isabel opened her eyes, thinking she'd wake up in her bed in Kevin's house, but she was in the cold(air conditioning) airport with about a million people running around. She had had two nightmares that night and hadn't gotten much sleep so she was trying to catch up on it while waiting to board. She sat up and yawned. AJ hung up his phone and turned to her, "About time you woke up."
"Sorry..I didn't get much sleep."
"Not a prob. We should be boarding soon. I'm gonna go get some coffee, you want anything?"
"No thanks."
AJ nodded and got up to leave. Isabel got up off the hard seat and walked over to a window. A plane was taking off in the distance. She had never really been afraid of flying but she had some fears about it. But once she was in the air everything was okay. She felt a presence behind her and somehow knew it was Brian. "Hey B."
"Hey..how'd you know it was me?"
She shrugged, "I have no clue. Just did. Whatcha doin'?"
"Not much. They just called us to board."
She nodded, "Thanks. I didn't hear it."
"No problemo. We'd better go ahead and get on."
"Okay..I'm right behind ya."
Isabel walked over to the chairs and grabbed her backpack off of it. She looked up and caught a glimpse of someone familar. Her... dad ??
Her heart started to beat faster, she heard Kevin call her name, but it wasn't registering. She walked towards the person and heard more people faintly calling her name. It couldn't be..could it? No..it had to be her imagination. The man turned around and Isabel stopped. He wasn't anything like her father. She felt someone take her arm and she looked up to see Kevin standing there. "Where were you going?," He asked.
She shook her head to clear it, "N..nothing. I..I thought I saw someone I knew.."
"Well come on. We don't want to miss the flight."
She nodded and followed. They boarded the plane. She had a window seat next to Nick, who was practically sprawled out across the whole aisle with his stuff. "Nick..move your stuff..," She said.
"Huh? Why?"
"I'm sitting by the window."
"Oh..so move it."
"Nick...uuugghh..you are so impossible.," She said moving his backpack out of the way so she could sit down.
"Not as much as you are.," Nick retorted.
Howie rolled his eyes as he walked to his seat. They were at it again. They had been getting on each others nerves for the past couple of days and were always arguing.
"So mature Nickolas."
"Likewise Isabel Marie."
"Ooo that hurt!"
"Whatever."
"You are so stupid sometimes!"
"Me?"
"No, casper the friendly ghost sitting next to you!"
"Oh well in that case.."
"Ugh! You are soo dense!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"ARE TOO!"
"AM NOT!"
"Would you two, SHUT UP!," All the guys yelled at once.
Nick locked his jaw and turned away from Isabel. He pulled out his cd player and turned it as loud as it could go and refused to look at her. Isabel muttered something under her breath and looked out the window. The plane began to take off down the runway just then.
Seventeen hours and many arguments later, the plane landed in Belguim. They filed off and got in a van that took them to their hotel. Isabel was in her own room that was in between Kevin's and Howie's. She unpacked and laid down on the bed. Soon, she was asleep.
Brian and Nick walked down the hall. Nick knocked on Kevin's door and Brian knocked on Howie's. They had a sound check to do. "You think Isabel wants to come?," Brian asked.
"Might as well ask her.," Kevin said.
Brian knocked on the door. They didn't hear anything.
He knocked again. The door flew open, "What?"
"Its just us Isabel. We wanted to know if you wanted to come with us to our sound check.."
"Sure..let me grab my coat."
She disappeared into the room and got her coat and stuffed her camera in the pocket. Then she made sure she had her room key and walked out with them.
Isabel sat in the seats and watched as the guys ran through their whole show. She took pictures every now and then. She caught Kevin playing the guitar on stage, AJ staring off into space, Brian jumping around the stage, and Nick..looking at her.
At first, she thought, he must be looking at something/one else. Not her. But she looked behind her, there was nothing but seats and the doors that led to the outside. He was looking at her. 'Why is he like staring at me?,' She wondered looking down at her camera.
Nick didn't know she had caught him in the act of staring at her. He couldn't help it.
Her hair.
Her eyes.
Her lips.
Everything about her drove him up the wall...
But made him happy all at the same time.
How could he get her to actually talk to him again?
They were doing so well before..
Something happened between the time he heard her say she was falling for him and when they fought on the plane.
But what?
And how could he get back in her world?
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