Everyone rushed around, trying to get everything ready for the concert in Orlando that was about to start. AJ and Nick were still in make-up. They were running a little late, and the make-up artists were trying to finish quickly.
"Nick! Hold still, will ya?" Emmalee Robinson, one of the make-up artists, said exasperatingly. She considered herself a close friend of Nick's but sometimes, he was annoying. "I'm trying to finish sometime this CENTURY!" she said.
Nick blushed. He really liked Emmalee, even though he knew she thought of him as a close friend, because she would tell him a lot about the private stuff going on in her life that only Jennifer knew. She was so beautiful, and talented, and smart. Everything that he liked in a woman. Even though he was 20, and she was 25. He really liked her, and was very attracted to her. He hadn't told anyone about his feelings for her, for fear that they would make fun of him, like they always did. Except for Brian. He understood Nick.
"Hello! Didn't you hear me?" Emmalee said. Nick snapped out of his reverie, turning even more red.
"I'm sorry, Emmalee," he whispered. He fiddled with his fingers, trying to look anywhere but at her.
Jennifer Brown, the other make-up artist who was working on AJ turned to Emmalee, laughing.
"You guys are so funny," she said, putting the last touches on AJ's face.
Emmalee pushed her black hair out of her eyes. She was not that tall so she didn't have to lean down much to put the make-up on Nick's face like Jennifer did. Jennifer was 5'11, and Emmalee was only 5'5.
Nick turned his gaze to Emmalee's face, looking at her rich blue eyes. He thought that they were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. He quickly averted his gaze, in case that she caught him staring at her.
Emmalee sighed in relief when she was finished with Nick. Why do I always have to get him? It takes me forever to put on his makeup! she thought. She patted his leg.
"All right, Nick. I'm finished. Now hurry up and get out there, or you'll be late, if you aren't all ready," Emmalee said, grabbing a tissue, and dabbing it at Nick's eye quickly where there was a smudge.
Nick stood up, still feeling the electric bolt he had gotten when Emmalee had touched his leg. He looked at her one more time before he ran after AJ to go backstage. He looked at his watch. He wasn't all that late. The show started in five minutes, and he was already dressed. He ran to catch up to AJ.
"Hey, AJ," Nick said, walking fast. AJ turned to look at Nick.
"Hey, Nick. We better run or they guys are gonna freak," he said.
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After the show, Nick went to the lounge to lie down, before they had to leave. The other guys were talking with some people that they knew that had come to the concert, and Nick felt left out, so he decided to go sleep a little before they had to go on the road again.
When he entered the lounge, he saw that Emmalee and Jennifer were there already. He immediately turned red. The girls looked up and smiled.
"Hey, Nick, how was the show?" Emmalee asked.
"It was all right," Nick responded. She nodded.
"That's good," she replied, then turned back to her conversation with Jennifer.
He went to the only other remaining sofa, and lay down on it. He quickly drifted off to sleep.
Chapter 2
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