Emma hauled herself over the security gate in front of Nick's house, falling to the ground below. "Ouch!" she whined. Looking around, she decided to go to the pool around back. She knew there was one since she had a private investigator snap some pics of the house. Once by the pool, she saw the balcony of the second floor. Suddenly, she notices a light shining through a window of a second floor room. She takes cover below. *"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?" Soon after she spoke those words, the silhouette of a young man forms in the window. *"It is the East, and Nick Carter is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill....oh shit! What are the next lines?" While she is trying to remember the lines, the silhouette begins to remove his shirt. *"Cast it off!" He removes the shirt totally and steps away from the window. Soon, we see him appear on the balcony. *"It is my Backstreet Boy! O, it is my love! O that he knew he were!"

"God damn, what a rough day."

*"He speaks! O, speak again, my Hilfiger man!"

"I need a damn break. What I really need is a woman. Man, how long is managent gonna make me stay single? Don't they even realize I have hormones? Dear God, give me my one true love and I will no longer be a Backstreet Boy."

*"Shall I listen to more, or shall I speak?"

"I mean, it's being a Backstreet Boy that's causing this hault in my love life. I mean, what is a Backstreet Boy? It's a boy that sings, dances, thrusts his hips, sings 'Am I sexual' and loves his adoring fans. For once though, let me be seen as an actual human being! So, if the girl would notice me, it would be for me and not my fame. Let me be normal so that she may love all of me."

Emma dares to be wild. *"I'll take you at your word! Call me but love, and.....oh damn! Why do I keep forgetting the lines?" she whined.

He squints his eyes, trying to identify the figure below. "Who in the hell is that and how did you get over the security gate?"

*"By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am. My name is hateful to myself because my groups name is an enemy to thee."

"Wait a sec! Oh hell! Aren't you Emma from the Spice Girls?"

*"Neither, fair Hilfiger man, if either thee dislike."

"Why did you come here? My security gate is supposed to keep everyone out, especially you! You'd be dead if any of the guys knew you were here."

*"With love's light wings did I climb over that gate. For electronic security cannot hold love out, and what love can do....oh damn! Well, the security is no stop to me."

"You know, if my dogs see you, they will bite you. I won't even try to stop them."

*"If though doth love me, let them find me here. My life would be better ended by their hate than death....well, I don't want to suffer by not having you is what I'm trying to say."

"Look, I'm not even allowed to have a girlfriend. If I was though, I wouldn't chose you. You just wanna date a Backstreet Boy so you can try to get your success back. Everyone thinks, 'Oh, go for Nick, he's the dumb blonde one. He looks stupid enough, I'll choose him.' Well, I'm tired of it all! I'm human, ya know!"

*"Hilfiger man, by yonder blessed moon I vow, that tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops."

"What the hell are you talking about? What the hell is Hilfiger man? And why are you vowing?"

*"What shall I swear by?"

"Uhh....how about not swearing at all."

*"If my heart's dear love...."

"Will you just be quiet? God! I came out here looking for peace and relaxation! I have no happiness in your visit here tonight. It's too weird, too creepy, too much like an obsession. I'm gonna go to bed now."

*"O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?"

"What? You expected me to just sleep with you tonight?"

*"No, maybe the exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine."

"Uhhh....no! I'm only nineteen! I ain't ready for all that serious love stuff yet."

*"Wouldst though withdraw it? For what purpose, love?"

"Because, I don't like you! And I'm not your love, so stop saying that!"

"Nick!" yelled Aaron.

"I have three words for you before I head to bed. Go away now. If ya care anything about me, you'll leave me alone. You won't follow me, you won't bug me and you won't tell those damn tabloids that we're dating!"

"Nick!" yelled Aaron once more.

"I'm comin', buddy! If ya keep doin' it though, me and my Backstreet brothers will gladly take care of ya."

"Nick!"

"I said I'll be there!" He turned back to Emma. "Now, go away."

"Wait! How about just one date? It couldn't hurt! You'll have fun, I promise!"

"Will it get you to shut up?"

A smile appears on her face. *"What o'clock tomorrow shall I send to thee?"

"What the hell? I'll meet you at Hard Rock at 9:00"

*"I will not fail. 'Tis twently year till then. Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say good night till it be morrow."

"Uhh, yea, whatever you say." With that, Nick goes inside.

*"Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast, would I were....oh hell! I give up for tonight!"

* = Either some or all of the text was taken from "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet"

© 1999 Adonis