“Hello.” Nick answered.
“Um…Nick?” Said a quiet voice on the other line.
“Yeah, who’s this?” Nick asked afraid that a fan had found out what his room number was. But all he could hear on the other line was a cute little giggle.
“Hailey, silly.”
“Oh, hey…um…how have you been?” Nick asked, just then it felt awkward talking to his ex on the phone. Since they split on bad terms.
“Good, I was just thinking about you today.” Hailey replied.
“Oh really…” Nick trailed off. “Hailey, why did we end it?”
“Nick I think you know why.” Hailey answered.
“Your right, but would you ever forgive me?”
“I…”
“Hailey, I’m so sorry about what I did and I know that it was a huge mistake, honestly. I just don’t know what came over me.” Nick explained. Hailey fell silent and Nick knew it. To Nick, he was so much in love with her that he’d marry her, but that was until Hailey caught him in bed with Mandy, his ex-girlfriend. “Well would you forgive me? And at least become friends?”
“Nick…I don’t know…” Hailey stuttered.
“Please. I really miss being with you…”
“But you see me everyday and even thought I’m your dance partner…”
“Its not that Hailey, its just that I miss holding you in my arms after we made love, and telling you how beautiful you look and that I loved you.” Nick stated.
“Nick, you can move on, I won’t be mad. Find someone else, and I will always cherish what we had but you and me both know that it was falling apart and fading away.” Nick was speechless everything that she said about them moving farther away was true but he didn’t know how to tell her.
“Hailey, I guess your right. But I might be hard for me to ever move on and not think about you. I mean jeez, you were my first actual love.” Nick chuckled a bit as leaned up against the headboard of his bed.
“Promise me one thing.”
“Ok?”
“Don’t compare me to your future girlfriends, please.” Hailey pleaded.
“That’ll be kind of hard…”
“NICK!” Hailey yelled.
“Ok, ok. Sorry I promise.” Nick smiled.
“Ok, well I better let you go, its getting late.”
“Yeah your right. See ya tomorrow at practice.” Nick yawned.
“Ok, bye.”
“Bye.” As he and Hailey were about to hang up Nick whispered, “I love you.”
“I love you too.” Hailey snickered.
“Bye.” With that he hung up the phone and slid back down to his bed with a smile on his face, actually happy to have patched things up with Hailey.
-One week later-
The tour was going great and the girls were starting to get use to touring with the guys. Theresa, A.J and Nick still had their little fights but they knew to stay away from each other and not to cause anything bad. Lisa was falling for Nick and hard, and Nick the same. Stephanie and Kevin sort of hit it off, but there still are the occasional fights. And Theresa had become really good friends with Amanda.
“AMANDA!” Theresa screamed as she ran down the corridor of Nassau Coliseum where they were performing that night.
“What?” Amanda asked poking her head out of the Backstreet Boys dressing room.
“Ha, there you are.” Theresa sighed as she walked towards her. “I need you help.”
“For what?” Amanda questioned as she walked out of the room and shut the door behind her.
“Help me pick out an outfit.” Theresa replied as she grabbed Amanda’s arm and pulled her to their dressing room.
“Ok, ok.” Amanda laughed as she followed her friend.
-At the same time-
“So um…Lisa, would you like to um…go out to a club…later tonight?” Nick said in the mirror of the dressing room bathroom while he fixed his hair. “Nick, who are you kidding Lisa isn’t gonna wanna date you.” He told himself as he left the bathroom and headed towards Brian.
“So you gonna ask her?” Brian wondered looking at his best friend.
“Man, I don’t know. I mean what if she says no, then I’m just gonna look like a dumb ass.” Nick shrugged running his wither hand threw his blond hair.
“You’ll never know until you ask her. I mean jeez, remember when I wanted to ask Leighanne out on date three years ago on the set of ‘as long as you love me’?” Brian exclaimed.
“Yeah.” Nick nodded.
“But see buddy she agreed and from what I’ve been hearing from a little flying birdie is that she’s got the hots for you.” Brian whispered.
“And who might this flying birdie be? Eh?” Nick questioned.
“I don’t think…”
“Brian!”
“Ok, ok. Theresa.” Brian answered.
“Oh your gonna listen to her?” Nick stated raising an eyebrow at his friend.
“Yeah, she told me who she likes…and who Stephanie likes…and lots of other things.” Brian smiled as he walked away from his friend leaving him confused.
-In the girls dressing room-
“Here wear this.” Amanda said handing Theresa a back less pink tank top to go with her black capri pants.
“Nuh uh. If I’m dancing around I know for sure that my boobs are gonna go flying out.” Theresa snickered as she pulled it to her body and examining it in the mirror.
“Theresa, it’s got strings to tie so it doesn’t fly off.” Amanda smirked showing Theresa the small strings.
“Oh ok.” Theresa smiled as she handed Amanda the shirt and told her to hold it as she pulled off her gray tank top, then pulled on the pink shirt and turned around for Amanda to tie it.
“There, see it looks good on you.” Amanda commented as Theresa looked in the body size mirror.
“Your right, but damn it I better not get cold.” Theresa joked. And Amanda couldn’t help but laugh at that statement.
-Later that night, after the concert-
All the girls on the bus were sound asleep in their bunks except for the guys; they were all chilling in the entertainment room to hyped to rest on the way to their next stop, which was Philadelphia, PA.
“So what do you guys want to talk about?” Nick asked as he flipped through the channels on the TV.
“I don’t know.” Brian shrugged.
“Oh! I have an idea!” A.J perked up.
“And what is that?” Kevin wondered.
“Just listen, I’m gonna ask you guys a question and you have to answer.” A.J went on. “Ok, if you could fuck any girl on this bus which girl would it be?”
“Oh come on, A.J. That’s so typical of you to ask that.” Howie wined.
“Well come on answer.” A.J pressured.
“I’m not answering that.” Nick frowned crossing his arms.
“No, just answer the question.” A.J sighed massaging his forehead with his index finger and thumb.
“Ok, I’ll be brave and answer…” Kevin started but A.J had butted into what he was going to say.
“And you have to tell why.” A.J grinned slyly. There was a round of sighs but Kevin went on.
“What I was trying to say was that I’d probably choose Stephanie.” Kevin smiled. “And WHY, is because, well…I don’t know, there’s just something about her, and plus look at the body.”
“Ok, good man.” A.J clapped as he looked around the room. “What about you Nicky boy.”
“M…me.” Nick stuttered pointing to himself.
“Y…yes you.” A.J said repeating the way Nick had done it.
“Ok fine.” Nick sighed as he leaned back into the couch. “I’d pick Lisa.”
“Why?”
“Oh come on.” Nick nearly yelled.
“Go on.” Was all A.J said.
“Ok, well because she’s a really sweet girl and she is very pretty and also has a very nice bod.”
“Woah, Nick!” Brian chuckled.
“Shut up B-Rok.” Nick demanded blushing a deep color of red, then Nick got this idea to turn it back on A.J. “Now A.J, what about you?”
“Hey…”
“Answer the question!” Nick stated.
“Fine!” A.J gave in. “I’d say…”
-In Stephanie’s bunk-
Stephanie was tossing and turning a couldn’t sleep. She was use to sleeping in a bunk by now, but the noise in the next room kept her awake. Climbing out of the bunk she looked down to see Theresa in the floor of the hallway silently laughing.
“Theresa, what are you laughing about?” Stephanie whispered as she got into the floor next to Theresa.
“Them.” She giggled quietly pointing to the door.
“Why?” Stephanie asked.
“Shh. Listen.” Theresa said pulling Stephanie’s ear to the door along with her.
“Ok, if you could fuck any girl on this bus which girl would it be?”
Stephanie and Theresa heard a raspy voice asked.
“Eww! Typical of A.J to ask that.” Theresa smirked sitting back up.
“Shh.” Stephanie demanded swatting at her to be quiet. Theresa leaned back to the door to finish listening.
“I’m not answering that.”
They heard Nick wine and couldn’t help but snicker a bit.
“Ok, I’ll be brave and answer it…”
As soon as Stephanie heard Kevin’s deep southern drawl mention that he was gonna answer it, she was hoping that he would say her, but continued to listen to see what the answer is.
“…I’d probably choose Stephanie…”
Stephanie jumped inside herself then felt Theresa pat her on the back.
“Go Steph.” Theresa grinned.
“Shut up, I don’t appreciate him saying that.” Stephanie spat as they leaned against the door again.
“Now A.J what about you?”
“Hey…”
“Here you go Theresa, lets see who he’s gonna pick, you or Amanda.” Stephanie whispered.
“Shh.” Theresa said totally into what A.J was going to say.
“Fine!”
They heard A.J yelled which caused them to jump a little.
“I’d pick…hmm…lets see…there’s Amanda, then there’s Lisa, oh what about Stephanie…nah…”
“A.J pick someone!”
“Ok, ok. I’d say Theresa.”
“Now you go Theresa.” Stephanie smiled down at her friend.
“Why?”
“Cause man, look at her. Everyone tells me that she’s a virgin, damn just imagine how tight she is. I could hit it for hours.”
After hearing those rude words that A.J had said she winced at the comment and felt her eyes began to water. Stephanie looked at her friend, and she knew how much she cared for A.J even though she wouldn’t show it.
“Theresa?” Stephanie whispered as she went to hug her friend but Theresa backed off and headed to her bunk. Stephanie looked at her hurt friend climb into the bunk crying so she thought she’d give A.J a little piece of her mind. Standing up she opened the door quickly to see all the guys on the couch laughing.
“Stephanie, what a surprise.” Kevin blushed hoping that she had not heard his confession, but he noticed her evil glare on A.J and not him.
“You are such a jerk.” Stephanie growled starring directly at A.J.
“Me?” A.J asked pointing to himself.
“Yes you, you damn bastard.” Stephanie stated placing her hands on her hips trying not to lung at him.
“What did I do?” A.J wondered giving her an innocent smile.
“Think back to just a few minutes ago, think to what you said about Theresa.” Stephanie demanded.
“OH! That…um…um…did you hear that…I mean did she hear that?” A.J said now the one stuttering.
“Yeah she heard it and it hurt her feelings. Now thanks to you she’s in her bunk crying her eyes out just of the rude comment.” Stephanie growled evilly glaring at him even meaner while pointing her hand out the door.
“Well…I’m so…sorry I didn’t mean for it to hurt her.” A.J said standing up and walking towards her.
“A.J, you wanna know something really personal about her?” Stephanie asked crossing her arms.
“What?”
“She takes her virginity personal cause all during high school guys would pick on her cause she wouldn’t sleep with them. And if it makes you feel any better she’s never actually had a boyfriend who didn’t just want her for her body.” Stephanie preached noticing the sad look in his deep brown eyes.
“Way to go Bone. Now your gonna lose the girl.” Nick stated.
“Shut the fuck up Nick. Remember I have a willing girlfriend who would fuck me whenever I asked. I don’t need a little 18-year-old virgin to wait for so I can get laid. Now if you don’t mind, I’m gonna get some sleep.” A.J yelled as he walked past Stephanie and out of the entertainment room slamming the door behind him. As he walked to his bunk he heard small sniffles and cries and suddenly felt bad about everything he had said. But he didn’t want everyone and even Amanda to know that he liked Theresa and he just needed to hide it.
“Stephanie, is that you?” Theresa sniffed as she stuck her head out from behind the curtain. “Oh its you…”
-Back in the entertainment room-
“And you Richardson.” Stephanie said pointing her finger at Kevin.
“Yeah?” Kevin mumbled moving around in his seat.
“I don’t really like hearing what you had to say…” Stephanie began as she walked towards him then lent down to whisper oh so quietly in his ear, “but I didn’t mind it that bad either.” After finishing she gently licked his ear lobe causing him to shiver then turned and walked out of the room.
“Go Kevin.” Howie clapped.
“Shut up.” Kevin blushed still squirming in his seat.
-At the bunk-
“Theresa, listen about what I said…”
“Save it. What you said really hurt my feelings and right now you disgust me, so I suggest you get out of my face before I have to spit on it.” Theresa said between her gritted teeth still letting the tears fall from her eyes.
“But I am truly sorry.” Said A.J but before he knew it he was talking to a closed curtain. ‘Way to go McLean.’ He sculled himself as he climbed into the bunk across from hers.
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