Girl, I’m gonna make you sweat,
Sweat til you can’t sweat no more,
And if you cry out,
I’m gonna push it some more.
Chapter 14
A Song for Kelly
Angie quietly slipped out from underneath Howie’s arm. It was already after 9:30
a.m., and Angie hadn’t slept in a few hours. Her head was pounding already. *Great way
to start the day*, she thought. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, she was supposed to be
happy with what had just happened. She shimmied around the room briskly and softly,
collecting her strewn about clothes. Just as she was opening the door, she heard Howie
turn over and mumble, but she kept going. There was no way she could face him right
now. She didn’t know why, she just couldn’t.
As Angie stepped into the cool, well lit hallway, she heard the door from the suite
across the way opening. She debated going back inside, but took her chances with who
she would meet. Perhaps it wasn’t even someone related to the Backstreet Boys. The
doorway that had opened was diagonal, and to get to the elevators, Angie had to pass it.
She stood for a moment, listening.
“I’ll call you when I get home, OK?” An unfamiliar female voice whispered
huskily.
“I had a good time, Carmen.” Angie would recognize Kevin’s voice anywhere.
“God, me too.” Angie couldn’t see it, but Carmen was drawing her finger up
between Kevin’s built chest. “But this can’t go on forever. It’s not fair to either of them.”
Carmen was looking toward Kevin’s bare feet.
“So, do you wanna stop?” Kevin questioned? He wasn’t angry, just trying to
reason.
The girl named Carmen sighed deeply, “Heh...of course I don’t want to stop. But
what happens when YOU get married? What then? Then we’re both these cheats...”
“Let’s not over analyze this right now. Go home and think about it, and call me if
you want to see me again.” Kevin responded. Angie heard the light smacking of their lips
as Carmen shuffled into the hall with an overnight bag. She turned once more looking
sadly at Kevin.
“Bye.” she said simply, took a deep breath, squared her shoulders and strided
quickly down the hallway.
When Angie heard the elevator door close, she herself made her way to the
elevator thinking about what had just happened, a scene she wasn’t meant to hear. Kevin
was also cheating on his girlfriend? And this Carmen person was obviously cheating as
well. And Howie was cheating. And she was cheating, well, kind of. What had the world
come to? Angie got on the elevator, sighed and pressed the button to ascend to her room.
*****
The phone rang to awaken Nikki. She had been sleeping soundly and dreaming of
Brian. She couldn’t remember exactly what the dream had entailed when she awoke, but
she felt warm and her face was a rosy shade. She said a silently prayer as she reached for
the receiver that she would see him again today and that he would remember her. She
picked up the receiver and heard Kelly’s voice on the other end.
“Hey Sekky, it’s me.” I sounded cheerful. Nikki wondered what had happened
with Nick.
“Hey, Miss I’m-Not-Coming-In-And-Not-Telling-Anyone-About-It” Nikki replied
in an annoyed tone. But she was not annoyed at all, she was completely happy for her
friend. A bit jealous that it wasn’t happening to her, but happy just the same.
“Sorry.” I was chewing gum. “We fell asleep again.”
“Uh huh.” Nikki could tell when Kelly was fibbing even when she was on the
phone, but she didn’t press farther. She would get it out of her later.
“We’re in the gym right now...but I wanted to let you know I was OK.”
“Better late than never” Nikki countered. “Whattareya gonna do afterwards?”
“No idea. Nick said he wants to spend the day with me since we’re going tonight,
so...I guess I’m hangin’ out with him til he leaves for the show...Hey, did you hear that AJ
went to the hospital this morning? His bodyguard was just talking to Nick about it.
Guess it’s pretty bad.” I said in almost one breath, only pausing to chew my bubble gum.
Nikki was quick to reply. “Awww. Poor guy...is he gonna be OK?” She
harbored some type of regret at not being able to see him before she headed back to
Boston. Who knew if she would ever see him again?
“Don’t know, guess we’ll have to wait and see. OK, gonna go, there’s nothing
like watchin’ someone work out, ya know?” I was trying to sound like it was a chore for
me to have to be there.
Nikki was sarcastic once more. “Oh man, it’s gotta be hard watching the sexiest
man you know sweating and flexing his muscles.”
I paused and quickly said. “Gotta go.”, hung up and almost ran to the weight
room.
*****
The door slowly opened as Angie entered. Nikki had just put down the phone.
She smiled widely at her friend.
“Now, don’t be like Kelly and tell me you fell asleep.” Nikki said slyly to her
friend. With that, Angie ran to her, fell to her knees and buried her head in Nikki’s lap.
This took Nikki aback, Angie never acted like this, she was usually the stronger one. She
put her hands on top of her friends head as she wept.
“God, what happened?”
“We, we...we did it.” Angie sniffled.
Nikki was floored. She hadn’t expected an answer like this. “And it was bad?”
Nikki questioned.
“No...it was amazing.” Angie’s voice was muffled.
“So what’s wrong honey?” Nikki was seriously confused.
“That’s the thing,” Angela now looked up at her younger friend, “I don’t
know...but something is wrong and it’s making me feel terrible.” Nikki held her friend
until she stopped crying.
*****
The gym smelt like, for lack of a better word, a gym. I entered to the sound of
Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ Scar Tissue on the overhead radio. Nick and Billy were in the
corner at a weight set. I sat down on a bench and watched them, as I had been doing
before. Although Nikki made it sound great, for the most part it had been boring, except
for the fact that I got to watch Nick. I would have watched him do anything...read a
book, hawk up a loogie, pick his nose. He had just been doing the arm weights when I
had left to call my friend.
Now he was lying on a the chest press bench. Billy was spotting. The first press
was easy, as was the second and third. By the fourth, though, Nick’s face began
contorting. He was trying not to let it show, but was beginning to burn by the tenth. He
set the bar bell up and began taking deep breaths. His chest was heaving up and down as
he gritted his teeth. Tiny droplets of sweat that had formed at his hairline now began
dripping down his face.
“Ready for the next set?” Billy was pushing him.
Nick just nodded, his frow crunched. He lifted up his newly defined arms. I could
see the tattoo of a shark on his arm as he flexed to grab the bar. He brought it down and
then pushed up. His arms were flexing even more now, the muscles moving smoothly
back and forth and changing shape. My face was flushing but I could not turn away. I
wondered if he felt me staring. He put his lips into a pout shape. His neck muscles tensed
up on his third and fourth presses and he set his jaw outward. He was working hard and
was turning bright red, the sweat pouring down now. It was the most erotic thing I had
ever seen. I could only imagine what he looked like about to come to his pleasure point.
At the moment, all I could imagine was his sex. I moved my eyes downward, wondering
if I might be able to see the outline of him through his shorts. I was becoming obsessed
with his member already. I was in awe as my eyes were drawn to it and he was erect. It
seemed like there wasn’t a moment when Nick wasn’t excited and ready to go. All I could
picture was him on top of me, flexing his muscles all over my body sliding up and down
just the way he was doing with the weights.
“TehhhhhhhN.” Nick almost yelled. I jumped, awaking from my naughty
thoughts. He saw me out of the corner of my eye and looked at me.
“I...uh,” I was bright red now. I wanted him again and he had to know it. He had
to have felt me watching him so lustfully. I could he knew when he sat up and looked at
me, wiping the sweat out of his eyes. He was trembling slightly. “I...uh...I just
remembered I have to make another phone call.” I hastily walked out of the room, only
hearing a slight chuckle coming from him and Billy.
SFK 15
Song For Kelly
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