“Hey Blow Job!” AJ greeted BJ.
“Shut up,” she laughed.
All the guys said hello before BJ and I went to my condo to put all of our stuff in. On the way back, we had stopped at my parents’ house and got all my stuff.
About an hour later we had finished unpacking so I called my sister.
“Hey Jess.”
“Hi Lindsey.”
“I need a HUGE favor.”
“Sure.”
“Ok, Nick’s sister is here and I need you to set her up with one of your friends.”
“How old is she?”
“17.”
“Ok, I’ll do it. We can triple. Me, Zack, you, Nick, and the two of them.”
“Ok, come to my place at 7:30.”
“Alright, see ya.”
“Bye.”
I turned to BJ and smiled. “All set.”
“Thank you so much!”
“Anytime.”
“Ok, we’ve got like 4 hours.”
“Whatta ya wanna do?”
“Lets lay out on the beach.”
“Ooooh, good idea.”
We went to our rooms and put our bikinis on. The 2 of us grabbed sunglasses, our CD players and CDs and went out to the beach. I put Aaron Carter in my player and BJ laughed. “What?”
“I dunno, the whole concept of people listening to my 12 year old brother singing is still kinda weird.” We laughed together.
~*~*~2 HOURS LATER~*~*~
“We should get ready and I should tell Nick he has a date with me tonight,” I said getting up and throwing my shorts on.
“Good idea,” we picked up all of our stuff and headed inside.
“Hey Nick!” I said as he answered his phone.
“Hey!!”
“Me, Jess, her boyfriend, BJ, and the person Jess sets her up with are all gonna go out tonight. Will you come?”
“Hmm,” he pretended to think about it. “What will I get out of it?”
“A great big kiss from me!!” I exclaimed.
“Sounds good to me! What time?”
“About 7:30.”
“I’ll be there!”
“Ok, bubye!”
“See ya!” I hung up the phone and went to my room to shower and change. I decided on a short black skirt and a light purple spaghetti shirt. I French braided my hair and put clips in. When I walked downstairs, I saw BJ getting a drink.
“Wow, you look nice,” I complimented on her ankle-length silk dress.
“Thanks, so do you.”
“Thanks,” just then the doorbell rang.
“Hey Nick!” I said as I opened the door.
“You look gorgeous,” he said kissing my cheek.
“Thanks. You don’t look so bad yourself. Come on in.”
“He sis,” he walked in and gave her a hug. “Nice,” he said stepping back and looking at her dress.
“Thank you.” Again the doorbell rang.
“Hey Jess! Hi Zack.”
“Hey,” they said as they walked in.
“Everyone, this is Kyle,” Jessica announced.
“Zack, Jess, this is Nick and his sister, BJ.”
“Hi,” they all greeted eachother.
“This is your date, BJ,” I introduced her to Kyle.
“Hi,” they said shyly to eachother.
“So, where we goin?” Zack asked.
“How about Roetelle’s?” I suggested and they all agreed so we took each guy’s car. Roetelle’s is a nice Italian restaurant with a dance floor in the middle.
~*~*~NEXT MORNING~*~*~
“Hey BJ!” I said as she walked into the kitchen.
“Hi,” she said sleepily.
“Did you have fun last night?”
“Oh yeah! Kyle is so sweet.”
“Good!”
“Did you have fun with Nick?”
“Yep. Lots!”
“Good.”
I picked up the phone and called my friend, Samantha. “Hello?”
“Sam?” I asked.
“Lindsey! Hi!! I haven’t talked to you in like...forever!”
“I know! Wanna come to the mall with me today. We need to catch up on...things. A lot’s different now since school ended.”
“Sure. That sounds good.”
“Ok. I’ll come pick you up in 2 or 3 hours.”
“Alright, bye.”
“Bye!”
“Want some breakfast?” I asked BJ as I hung up the phone.
“Yes! I’m starving.”
“Here ya go,” I placed a plate of fresh pancakes in front of her.
“Thanks.”
“Sure. Do you wanna come to the mall with me and my friend today?”
“Sure, I have nothin else to do.”
“Ok.”
~*~*~2 HOURS LATER~*~*~
BJ and I got in the car and took off to pick up Sam. When we got to her house, she was sitting on her deck.
“Hey!” I yelled.
“Hey!” she walked to the car and saw BJ.
I saw the confused look an her face and decided to fill her in. “This is BJ Carter.”
“Hi!” they greeted eachother.
“Carter?” she laughed. “Wouldn’t that suck to be related to Nick Carter?” she laughed even more as BJ and I looked at eachother and grinned.
“Well, she is.” I said.
She immediately stopped laughing. “You are? No way? Sister?”
“Yes, I’m his sister.”
“Lindsey! Nick’s only like your favorite guy ever! How did you meet his SISTER? Have you met him yet?”
BJ and I laughed hysterically. “Sam! Calm down. Yes, I’ve met Nick. Actually, uh, he’s my boyfriend.”
“No way!” she giggled.
“Cool, huh?”
“Very!”
I told her how we met and the whole story. The only thing I didn’t tell her was that I lived by them.
“Where to first?” Sam asked as we walked in.
“Abercrombie.”
“Ok,” we walked in and looked around at shirts.
“Oh my gosh! What’s the date?” I panicked.
“Umm, August 18th. Why?” Sam answered then asked.
“Holy shit!”
“What?” BJ asked concerned.
“Howie’s 26th birthday is in 4 days!”
“Ohhh my!” BJ said sarcastically.
“No, I’m serious! He’s my friend, I need to get him something. We should have a party for him.”
“Yeah, I love parties! I’m a party animal,” Sam giggled.
“What should we get him?”
“We should all chip in and get him something from Versace.” BJ suggested.
“Good idea!” We headed in and picked out a $1000 shirt. We paid for it and headed home.
When we passed my parents’ house, Sam asked, “Uhh. Lindsey, where are we going?”
“Home,” I smiled.
“Ok....” she said confused. I pulled into the driveway of my condo.
“There’s no way you live here! How did you pay for it?”
“Actually, it was a gift from-”
“Nick,” she finished for me. “Why am I NOT surprised?”
“Not a tough one to answer!” BJ and Sam laughed at me.
“Thanks guys!” I joked. “Well are you comin in or what?”
“Definitely!” Sam ran inside. “Woa, it’s huge!”
“Yep, I’m gonna call Nick.” I walked into the kitchen and called their condo. “Hey Kevin! I haven’t heard from you in a while.”
“Yeah I’ve been, uh, busy.”
“Anything interesting?”
“No, not really.”
“Ok then. Can I talk to Nick?”
“Umm, he’s not here. He went to *he paused to think* umm oh yeah, one of his friend’s house.”
“Oh, ok. Well is AJ home?”
“Nope.”
“Brian?”
“Yeah he is!! I’ll get him, hold on.”
“Hello?”
“Hey Bri! I remembered something today.”
“What’s that?”
“Howie’s birthday is only like 4 days away!”
“Oops I forgot!”
“Me, BJ, and my friend Samantha bought him a Versace shirt. We’re gonna throw him a party.”
“He’ll love it!”
“Great!”
“What did you have in mind for the party?”
“Well, I was thinking me, you, Nick, Howie, Kevin, AJ, Mary, BJ, and Sam would be there and we would BBQ at my place.”
“Good idea. I’ll tell them all when they get home.”
“Ok. Do you know when Nick will be home?”
“Not until tomorrow.”
“Oh, ok.”
“Well Kevin’s nagging me for the phone so I gotta go. I’ll see ya later.”
“Ok, bye.”
“Bye!”
“I told him about the party,” I stated walking into the living room.
“Shh. BJ’s asleep.”
“Lets go outside then.”
“Yeah.”
~*~*~HOWIE’S BDAY~*~*~
“Everyone’s coming in 1 hour,” I informed BJ.
“Ok, is everything ready?”
“Yep! Perfect. Grill’s set up, presents are on the table, stereo’s ready.”
“Great! This is gonna be fun!”
“I know!”
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“Hey guys!” I greeted AJ, Howie, Kevin, Nick and Brian.
“Hi.”
“Happy birthday!” I hugged Howie as he walked in the door.
“Thanks.”
“When’s Mary coming?” Brian asked impatiently.
“Soon!” I said as the doorbell rang. “In fact...”
Brian jogged to the door and opened it. Unfortunately, for him, it was Samantha. “Ugh, man,” he muttered.
“Thanks!” Sam joked.
“Sorry. It’s just that I haven’t seen Mary for almost a week since she’s been out of town,” he explained.
“Chill man, she’ll be here,” AJ reassured him.
“Guys, this is my friend, Sam,” I introduced her. “As you know this is Howie. Kevin, Nick, Brian, and you’ve met BJ.”
“Hi,” they each greeted her warmly. Then the doorbell rang again and Brian hurried over and answered it.
“Mary!” he shouted as he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her.
“Brian! I missed you so much!”
“Kev, you’re gonna do the Barbequein’ right?” I asked.
“Yeah, everyone else will burn it. Except Howie, but we can’t make him do it so I have to.”
“Ok, everything’s out back,” I laughed at how he liked to just go on and on about nothing of importance.
“So, how are your parents...sorry, how’s your mom doing?” I asked Mary trying to start a conversation.
“Oh, just fine. She’s been begging me to meet Brian.”
“I don’t think that will happen for a while, we leave next week,” Brian said sadly.
“I know.”
“What are we doing tonight?” Howie asked trying to ease the tension.
“Just eating and watching movies,” BJ told everyone.
“Sounds good,” Nick said.
AJ started singing quietly as Kevin announced the food was ready. “New Kids On the Block had a bunch of hits, Chinese food makes me sick, and I think it’s fly when girls stop by for the summer, for the summer. I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch, I’d take her if I had one wish, but she’s been gone since that summer, since that summer.”
“AJ, what the heck are you singing?” BJ asked.
“Why, it’s ANOTHER boy band! LFO, ever heard of em?”
“Hmm, I don’t think so.”
“They’re total hotties!” he joked.
“Hey! Rich isn’t too bad,” Sam chimed in.
“Oh, I know!” he teased.
“Shut up and eat, AJ.”