Road Doc
Chapter 29
“I can sing, I just don’t know if I can dance or not” Nick said as Theresa inspected his wounds.
“I just don’t want you to overdo it.” Theresa said, sitting back to look him in the eyes.
“I’m fine. Really” he said, standing up. As he stood fully upright he bent over in pain, clutching his side.
“Nick. You are not fine” Theresa said, pulling him to sit back down.
“I’m just pretty sore, that’s all” he said quietly.
“Have you been taking your pain medication?” Theresa asked.
Nick didn’t answer.
“Nick, you’re in a lot of pain, that’s obvious. We gave you those pills to help ease the pain until you’re healed.”
“I lost them” Nick finally said, staring at the floor.
Theresa sighed and shook her head.
“I’ll write you a new prescription and have someone get it filled. I’ll have them for you before you get ready to go onstage, okay?”
Nick made his way to the dressing room and began getting ready for the show. The other guys were unusually quiet, making Nick feel especially uncomfortable.
“Don’t look so glum, little bro” AJ said, sitting down next to Nick. When he sat down he cringed in pain, stood back up and rubbed his butt.
“Damn, new tattoos hurt like hell” he said loudly.
“You got a new tat?” Nick asked, grinning slightly.
AJ looked around, and noticing that the other guys were paying much attention he said even louder.
“Yep! Got it last night. Went out with Doc’s friend and...well....we got a little tipsy and I woke up with this thing on my ass” he said, trying not to laugh. In fact they hadn’t had a drop of alcohol and the new tattoo was henna, which would be gone in a week or so.
“What is it?” Howie asked, being drawn into the conversation.
“Hell if I know. I can’t see it, but it sure hurts like a mother fuck...”
“Let’s see!” Brian said, laughing and pulling at AJ’s baggy pants.
“No way man!” AJ teased, holding his pants tightly around his waist.
“Come on, let us see” Howie said. “What if it’s something terrible? What if you got something like ‘ENTER HERE’ tattooed on your ass?”
Everyone cringed a bit and looked at Nick to see his reaction. Nick looked at everyone and then busted out laughing.
“Show us” Nick said, still laughing.
“Okay” AJ finally said, a hint of hesitation in his voice. “But if it’s something really
terrible you have to tell me the truth, deal?”
Everyone agreed and with much fanfare AJ dropped his pants and pulled down the back of his boxers to reveal his newest addition of ink.
“Holy shit!” Nick said, falling onto the floor in a fit of laughter.
“What the fuck?” Howie said, obviously shocked.
“What??” AJ said in mock terror.
“Dude, THAT is messed up” Brian said, shaking his head in disgust and laughing at the same time.
“WHAT?” AJ asked again, relishing in pulling one over on the other guys.
“Here, look” Howie said, taking AJ by the shoulders and backing him up towards a full length mirror.
“Oh no way” AJ said, looking at the large tattoo on his ass. “Fuck no. No no no. This can’t be happening”
Tattooed on AJ’s ass were the words: I LOVE NSYNC
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