“NICK!” Kevin screamed. “What the hell did you do to your hair?” he yelled with anger.
“He dyed it blue,” Aaron stated as we hopped off the bus. Brian and Howie stood in shock as AJ, Aaron, and I laughed hysterically.
“NICK!! You know we have a TV appearance today!”
“Oh well,” he said carelessly.
“Donna will kill you!”
“Well AJ does it all the time and she never says a word about it.
“Because she’s used to it! All the girls love your blonde hair and they all love AJ’s colorful hair.”
“They’ll get over it,” Nick rolled his eyes.
“Fine, it’s your ass, not mine,” Kevin said as he walked into the hotel. By that time AJ, Aaron, and I had stopped laughing.
“I like it, man,” Brian told Nick when Kevin was out of hearing distance.
“I don’t, but I guess I’ll get used to it.”
“Well, everyone will see it at 4:00 today,” Howie smiled.
“What show are you guys goin on?” I asked.
“Donny and Marie, I think.”
“I hate that show!” I said.
“So do I,” AJ added.
“It’s 3 now, we should probably go get ready,” Brian suggested.
The 6 of us walked up to the 4 rooms. “So who shares with who?”
“Nick and Aaron, Brian and AJ, Kevin and me,” Howie told me.
“Cool.”
“And since you aren’t staying with Aaron’s band, you get your own room!” Nick exclaimed.
“Yay!” I said sarcastically as I opened the door and threw all my stuff on the floor.
“We gotta go,” Kevin said to the other four, anger still apparent in his voice.
“Ok, see ya!” they all said goodbye to Aaron and me.
“Watch the show,” Nick said.
“You got it! Bye!” I said as he dashed down the hall to catch up with the other guys. When Nick was out of sight, I stared at Aaron.
“What?” he asked innocently. “I didn’t do anything!”
“Why do you always assume you’re in trouble?”
“Because at home I usually am.”
I laughed lightly, “Oh. Well, anyway, lets go swimming.”
“Yeah!”
“Go put your suit on and I will too,” I shut my door and changed into my bathing suit. When I was finished, I knocked on the door that connected Aaron and Nick’s room to mine. He opened it fully dresses to go to the pool. He had a towel slung over one shoulder, goggles on his head, and a white shirt over his swimming shorts. “Well, I guess I don’t have to ask if you’re ready,” I laughed.
“Nope!” he said cheerfully.
“Do you ever run out of energy? You’re always so hyper.”
“Nope!” he said the same as before.
“Lets go,” I said slightly laughing. When we got down to the pool, we set our towels on a chair and I walked over to the pool. I stuck my foot in and quickly pulled it out.
“What?” Aaron asked.
“It’s freezing.”
“Good,” he said as he put this hand on my lower back and shoved me into the icy water.
“You’re dead!” I yelled as he stepped away from the pool. I hopped out and chased him around the edge until I caught him. I picked him up and tossed him into the water.
He screamed. “It’s cold!”
“Told ya!” I laughed and jumped back in.
~*~*~AN HOUR LATER~*~*~
“The show’s gonna be on soon. Lets go back to our rooms,” I said picking up a towel and drying off.
“But I’m not wrinkly yet!” Aaron said tossing his hands up in the air for me to see.
“Do you have to protest to everything? Come on! We can’t miss the show!”
“I know...” he reluctantly jumped out of the pool and threw a towel around himself.
When Aaron turned the TV on, Donny and Marie had just introduced the guys and they had all walked out. “Welcome to the show,” Marie said shaking each one of their hands.
“Thanks for having us. It’s great to be here,” Kevin responded politely.
“Ok, first I HAVE to ask, what’s with the hair, Nick?” Donny asked.
Nick blushed a little. He knew they were going to ask. “Well...uh..I kinda lost a bet with a friend of mine.”
“KINDA? Man, he lost so bad!” AJ added and Nick turned a deeper shade of red.
“So how was touring in Europe?” Marie asked trying to take the attention off of an embarrassed Nick.
“It was great. Kevin and myself love trying new foods so it was great to have the different choices for meals. Also, meeting all kinds of people from different cultures was quite interesting and a lot of fun,” Howie answered.
After answering the usual questions, Marie smiled and asked, “Ok guys, last question. The one we’ve all been waiting for. What’s the girlfriend status?”
All the guys turned their heads to Nick; except Brian. “Ok, ok. I’ll spill first,” Nick offered. “I have a girlfriend of about 2 and half months and I love her very much,” Nick turned and looked into the camera and I couldn’t help but smile at how cute he looked.
“How about you AJ?”
“Nope. I’m very single,” he wiggled his eyebrows up and down and I cracked up.
“Howie?”
“I don’t have a girlfriend, either.”
“Kevin?”
“Single.”
“Ok, we’re one for four. What about you Brian? Girlfriend...yay..or nay?”
Everyone turned to Brian, “Well, I...taken.” There were a few groans from the audience, as were when Nick answered too, but not too bad.
“Do you care to elaborate on that?” Donny asked.
“No,” he replied simply. He knew he had a lot of disappointed fans and he didn’t want to go into any detail.
“Don’t worry girls, there are still 3 left,” Donny smiled.
I picked up the phone and dialed Mary’s number. “MARY!! Are you watching Donny an-”
Before I could finish she shouted, “YES! They’re all so cute!”
“I know.”
“What the heck happened to Nick’s hair?!” I explained the whole story to her. “Aww Lins, I can’t believe you did that! You know how much he loves his hair.”
“I know. But you shoulda seen it that night on the bus. It was hilarious. And when Kevin was yellin at him! Oh my gosh, it was just hysterical!”
“Sorry I missed it!” she laughed.
“I miss you. I wish you could come with us.”
“I know, me too. I miss all of you.” There was a silence, “Especially Brian,” she said after a minute or two.
I laughed, “I know! He misses you so much Mare. He hasn’t stopped talking about you and singing ‘I’ll Never Break Your Heart.’ It’s weird.”
“Yeah. When do you think they’ll be back?”
“Um, probably about 45 minutes.”
“Could ya tell him to call me?”
“Of course! See ya later.”
“Bye.”
“Lindsey?” Aaron asked suddenly as I hung up the phone.
“Hmm?” I said falling back onto the bed.
“Can I ask you something?”
“Sure,” I said as I closed my eyes to rest.
“Do you love Nick?”
I quickly sat up, “What?” I asked shocked.
“Do you love Nick?” he repeated slowly.
“Of course! Why would you ask me something like that?”
“Well...it’s just...I don’t know. You’re always with AJ and you’re always hugging him and stuff. I just thought...”
“Aaron! I love your brother with all my heart. AJ is my best friend and I love him to but only as a friend. He’s like my brother..that’s all!” I explained.
“Oh.”
“Nick doesn’t think there’s something going on with him and me does he?”
“No! No, I was just wondering.”
“Oh. Ok, good.”
“So what should we do until they get back?”
“Sleep!”
“Noo..Don’t you like to jump around and have fun?”
“Yes, but not NEARLY as much as you!”
“I’m not tired though.”
“Ok, so what should we do then?”
“Lets go annoy those other girls.”
“You mean Innosense?”
“Yeah whatever!”
“Good idea!” we walked out of the room and down the hall to their rooms. We knocked on Amanda and Veronica’s door. Veronica opened it and waited for us to say something. Aaron and I looked at eachother, “Hi!” we said cheerfully.
“Uhh, hi.” she said plainly.
“I’m Lindsey, this is Aaron.”
“I know,” she replied dryly.
“So what are you guys doin?” Aaron asked.
“Just hangin out.”
“Who is it?” Nikki walked to the door. “Oh hi!!” she said sweetly. “Come on in.”
Aaron and I walked in the room and sat on one of the couches. “I’ll introduce everyone. This is Veronica Finn, Amanda Latona, Dannay Ferrer, Mandy Ashford, and I’m Nikki DeLoach. Guys, this is Aaron Carter and Lindsey Van Fleet.”
“Hi!” we said to all of them.
“Hi.”
“You sounded great the other day, Lindsey,” Mandy said.
“Thank you so much. You guys did really well too.”