"Where the hell are my shoes, Kay?"
"How the hell am I supposed to know? Where's my necklace?"
"You guys are so lame."
"Shut up Bree!"
"Neely, I swear to God I'll kick your ass."
"Whatever."
"You know, it would suck to live here."
"MEIRY!"
"Geez, all three of yins yelled at me that time. What's up?"
"Okay Meiry, incase you forgot, we have exactly twenty-eight minutes to get finished and get to the hotel where the guys are staying. And you know, I can't find my shoes."
"Ohh...poor, poor Neely."
"Meiry, c'mon, let's leave Kay and Neely here to find their necklaces and shoes, we can go out to the car since we're ready."
"Shove it in our faces a little more, Bree. Then maybe I'll be able to smell it."
"Haha, Kay's getting mad. PMS?"
"She's coming after you Bree! C'mon!"
Meiry and Brianna giggled as they collapsed in Brianna's car. The conversation the four of them had had was all smooshed together, and who was talking to who would've been unknown if their voices were identical and their names were the same. But they weren't, so all was fine...sort of.
The girls finally got to the boys' current hotel and composed themselves before walking inside. Kayli walked up to the desk.
"May I help you?" the lady behind the desk asked.
"Yeah, we're looking for AJ McLean's room."
"I'm sorry, that information is not allowed to be given to the fans."
"No, I'm Kayli Jaeni, and these are my back-up dancers. My album's coming out in October. I'm going on tour with them, and I need to ask them what some of the themes for their concerts will be, so it will kind of match, you know?"
"Let me call him and ask," the lady said, picking up the phone. She dialed a few numbers. "Is this Mr. McLean? Yes, I'm sorry to bother you sir, but there are four ladies here to see you- Oh, oh, all right. Yes sir. I'll send them right up." The lady hung up and sighed at the four. "He's in room 937 on floor C."
"Thank you," Kayli said graciously. The four practically skipped to the elevator. Once they were inside they giggled. Neely punched the "C Floor" button and they began moving up. It finally stopped and they continued on their way to room 937. Brianna knocked on the door twice, and then it was flung open.
"Hey guys," Howie said cautiously. "I...Oh, oh, that's Neely, okay, um, just a second guys," he said carefully before turning and saying, "it's okay guys, it's not a bunch of fans!"
Brian, Nick, and Kevin stepped out of various places in the room and everyone laughed.
"Where's AJ?" Neely asked.
"Oh, he's in the bathroom. He'll be out in a-" the bathroom door opened "- second," Howie said.
"Hey!" AJ greeted, wiping his hands on his pants.
"Come on in," Brian said, waving his hands around the room. The girls trampled inside and Brianna began speaking.
"Okay, guys. This is Meiry, then Kayli, then Neely. And I'm Brianna," she introduced, pointing to each person as she said their name. Everyone exchanged hellos before sitting on the floor, bed, and chairs.
"Do you guys all share a room?" Meiry asked, then blushed. She laughed slightly, "sorry, that was kinda dumb.."
Howie laughed, "No, we all split it up and alternate who we live with for the few day or days we're in a town. I'm sharing a room with Kevin and AJ, and Brian and Nick have one. We just figured we'd stay in one room until everyone got introduced, no making out yet," he finished, looking at AJ, Brianna, Neely, and Nick.
"Not me," Brianna said innocently. "Not on the first date, anyway."
"Oh no," Brian gasped. "AJ, I'm sorry," he jokingly sobbed.
Brianna narrowed her eyebrows and crossed her arms before saying, "And just what were you up to, Brian? Do you...want me?" she said, her eyes widening with contentment in their little game of being immature.
"Oooh, she's being seductive," AJ said, raising his hands to make them shake as he made ghost-sounding noises.
"Oh no, Brian, save me!" Meiry shrieked, hiding behind him on the bed. The five who had participated in the joke grinned at each other and laughed. Nick and Neely exchanged glances, rolling their eyes; both of them at Brianna, no doubt.
"I'm gonna order a couple pizzas," Brian said, composing himself. "What's everybody want?"
Calls of "pepperoni!", "mushrooms!", "onions!", "peppers!", and "ham!" suddenly errupted at the same time.
"Those little fish things!" Howie chimed, a little late.
"Okay, bad idea. If you want pepperoni, raise your hand," Brian said, shaking his head slightly.
"Oh god, I'm back in elementary," AJ commented as he put his hand in the air. After Brian had made the count of all the toppings, he shrugged.
"Okay so we'll get three pizzas, one with half pepperoni and mushrooms, the other half with onions and ham....uh, another one with half anchovis-" he shot a glance at Howie and rolled his eyes "- and the other half of that with extra cheese....okay, so we only need two. Who wants to call?"
No one offered. Brian groaned and picked up the phone. He ordered the pizzas and managed to get through the call without busting out laugh at the skits AJ, Howie, Brianna, and Meiry were doing.
"You guys need some depressants. You're way too hyper to be healthy," Brian said sighing. "And to think, I live with two of you."
AJ and Howie looked at him and grinned. Brianna said, "I'll move in with you!"
"Um no, you won't," Nick said. Neely hid her smile.
"I'm gonna...well I don't know, I'm gonna go get a cup of coffee, anyone wanna come?" Nick said, looking at Neely, who nodded. The two walked off with each other, their fingers intertwining as they disappeared down the hall.
Chapter 11
