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'MTV Awards this year has another new award to give away. It's the award for best dancer. Never in the history of the awards has this award been given. Tonight's lucky presenters are the lovely Brandy and she's accompanied by the handsome Backstreet Boys.' the host, Carson Daily, said. Spotlights where pointed at the people on stage.

'Good evening.' Kevin said.

'MTV asked us to present this next award to y'all.' AJ said. 'And ehm... I, for one, am very honored to be here on stage with Miss Brandy.'

'Thank you AJ.' Brandy smiled.

'Doesn't she look nice you guys?' Brian asked. The guys nodded.

'Yeah, that's all really nice guys but ehm... we're drifting.' Brandy said.

'Let's take a look at the nominees...' Howie said.

The stage lights where dimmed while a video started to play on the jumbo-trons.

"Nominated in the category best dancer are:

* CJ Doves : tour dancer with Destiny's Child
* Marylyn Payton : video dancer with Bon Jovi
* Allison White : tour dancer with Westlife
* Angela Claiborne : tour dancer with Britney Spears
* Derrick Frank : video dancer with Aaliyah."

'And the winner is...' Brandy said.

'This is so exciting...' Kevin shrieked.

'The winner is... Angela Claiborne.' Nick said. 'Tour dancer with Britney Spears.'

'Oh God Angie!' Britney shrieked. 'You won!'

'I won...' Angela whispered in shock while Britney pulled her up.

'Come on Angie! Get up there! Go!' Alex said and pushed her away. Angela slowly walked towards the stage. Suddenly realizing whom it was up there smiling down on her. She took a deep breath and climbed the stage.

'There she is.' Howie said. 'Congratulations.'

'Thank you very much.' Angela muttered.

'Congratulations Angie.' Nick said, gave her the award and kissed her on the cheek.

'Thank you Nick...' she whispered and stepped up to the microphone. 'Wow. This is... I am so surprised. I wasn't expecting this at all. There some people I'd like to thank. I wanna start by thanking God, I've been through a lot of nasty stuff lately and I wanna thank him for pulling me through those times. My parents for supporting me­ I love you guys. My brother Scott, for dragging me from one audition to the other. Thank you a lot for that, this award is for you too. I'm so sorry you couldn't be here tonight. Thanks to my sister Jamie... cuz I just love her, whatever she does. Geez ehm... Britney Spears, of course, for asking me to be her tour dancer. I owe this award to you. Thanks to my management Jive. And most of all thanks a million times to all my fans out there. Thank you for voting for me. I love you all very much, without you I wouldn't be up here today. I really appreciate it. God bless, thank you.'

They all walked off stage straight into the press conference.

'Angela. Congratulations on your award. I hear it's your first.' the reporter said.

'Yes it is. And thank you. I've worked really hard all year. And this is my reward.' Angela replied.

'She deserved this award. Angela danced her butt off.' Britney, who popped up behind Angela, said. 'Congratulations girl. Good job.'

'Thank you Brit.' Angela said and hugged her friend.

'What are you going to do, now you'll probably be getting lots of job offers from other artists?'

'Nothing really. I'm dancing with Britney right now. And I think I'll be doing this for a long time.' Angela replied.

'Good answer. I'm not letting you go anyway so...' Britney whispered.

'Nick. You coming? Breaks over.' Brian said as they got ready to go back to their seats. 'Yeah, just a sec...'

'No Nick. Now.' Kevin commanded. AJ grabbed Nick's arm and pulled him along.

'Come on guys! I was watching them!' Nick said and pointed at Britney and Angela.

'Forget it! Put her out of your head man!' Howie said. 'Unless you wanna fight Justin...'

'Who?' Nick asked.

'Timberlake. 'N Sync. Miss Britney's boyfriend-scout.' AJ added.

'Oh. Right.' Nick said and went along.

'Angie. Did you see who just walked away??' Britney asked. Angela raised her shoulders.

'No. Who?' she asked.

'Nick Carter!!' Britney replied.

'God no!' Angela cried. 'He was watching me? And he walked away!'

'Yeah girl. You where too busy to even notice him...'

'Oh man! I let him get away again!' Angela whined. 'What was I thinking??'

'Let me guess... somewhere along the lines of: YES! I just won my very first award! Am I right...' Britney joked. Angela playfully punched her and nodded slowly.

'Yes. I was too busy to even notice him. You're right.'

'Girls. It's time to go back in there.' One of the stage masters said.

'Yes, thank you. We'll be on our way.' Britney said, grabbed Angela's hand and pulled her back to their seats.

 

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'I am very happy and honored to be presenting this next performer. She's meant so much for the music business. Ladies and gentleman, Whitney Houston.' U2's Bono said.

The curtains closed, the music played and Whitney jumped on stage.

'She is so good.' Angela said.

'Yes, she's my idol.' Britney said.

'I can see why.' Angela smiled.

Whitney did a short 3 songs-show. 'Thank you.' She said and walked off stage.

"Presenting the award for best single are, actor Matthew Perry and dancer Angela Claiborne."

'Hello everybody.' Matthew said. 'And hello to my lovely co-host. Angela, congratulations on your award.'

'Thank you Matthew.' Angela said and smiled. 'We're here to present the award for best single.'

'Do you know any of the nominees?' Matthew asked.

'Knowing them is probably a bit much. I know who they are and I've seen them before.' She replied. 'Well, I know one of them. My guiding star and mentor: Britney Spears.'

'Alright, well let's take a look at the nominees...' Matthew said.

The stage lights where dimmed while a video started to play on the jumbo-trons.

"Nominated in the category best single are:

* Britney Spears : Oops... I did it again!
* Christina Aguilera : Come on over baby
* Bon Jovi : Thank you for loving me
* Backstreet Boys : Show me the meaning of being lonely
* 'N Sync : Bye, Bye, Bye."

'All these people are so good.' Angela said.

'Yes they are. But there's only one winner.' Matthew said. 'The award for best single goes to...'

'The Backstreet Boys with Show me the meaning of being lonely.' They said in unison.

Show me the meaning blasted through the speakers as the Backstreet Boys made their way towards the stage. Kevin up front next to AJ, followed by Brian and Howie with Nick as their tail.

'Congratulations guys.' Matthew said and shook hands.

'Thank you Matt.' AJ said and hugged him.

'Congratulations guys.' Angela said and hugged each one of the guys. She hesitated when Nick stepped up to her to collect his hug. He looked into her eyes and pulled her into a big bear hug.

'This feels good doesn't it...' he whispered.

Angela mumbled: yes, and stepped back.

'I wanna start off, just like so many others did earlier, I wanna thank God our heavenly father. It was He who blessed us with the gift of song. I wanna thank my family for supporting me. And Leigh, for loving me. I love you too baby. Always. Thank you.' Brian said and stepped back.

'This is so cool! Best single!' Howie exclaimed. 'This song means so very much to us all. And we're really glad you appreciated it like we did. Thank you.'

'We're back!' AJ smirked. 'I wanna thank all of our producers, songwriters, our record company The Firm. A big thank you goes out to my boys for helping me make my dreams come true. I love ya'll. Baby, I love you. Mum, I love you. God bless everybody out there. Thanks.'

'I really appreciate this award. And I wanna dedicate it to my grandma who recently passed away. She was the one who showed me the meaning of being lonely. Thank you.' Nick whispered.

'You okay man?' Brian asked and hugged his buddy.

'Yeah, I'm cool.' Nick replied and dried his tears.

'And we, of course, cannot forget all the fans. You made this possible. And we wanna thank you all. We love you.' Kevin said. 'Don't you dare forget: Backstreet's back!'

 

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

 

'How do you like the awards so far?' Alex asked Angela.

'I'm having a great time.' She replied. They where waiting backstage to perform. Cameron Diaz and Matt Damon where presenting the award for best rock artist.

'I think Blink 182 should have gotten that one.' Alex growled when Kid Rock came up on stage to collect his award.

'I agree. This guy sucks.' TJ said. Britney was standing in a corner staring at the crowd.

'You okay Brit?' Angela asked. Britney smiled.

'Yeah. I'm just a tiny bit nervous.' She replied. 'I'll be fine once we're on stage.'

"Next up is young lady whom we haven't seen around in a while. She's been bed-bound due to a knee surgery. We're all very happy she recovered so quickly. Here she is, Miss Britney Spears."

'Here goes nothing.' Angela whispered and took her spot on stage. The show started with Autumn Goodbye and ended with Stronger.

'...now I'm stronger than yesterday. It's nothing but a mile away, a mile...' Britney sang as she danced her way around the stage with Angela by her side. Angela found herself scanning the crowd for the face she loved most... 'Loneliness ain't killing me no more...'

'Isn't she amazing...' Nick whispered. AJ sighed.

'Stop drooling over Britney, please man. You're making me sick!' he whined.

'J-man... I don't think it's Brit he's staring at...' Howie smirked.

'Then who is retard-boy drooling at?' AJ wondered.

'It's Angela. Isn't it Nick?' Brian asked.

'Little Miss Angela Claiborne.' Kevin added. A smile spread across Nick's face. 'You are SO BUSTED!'

'So...' Nick commented. 'I've kinda had a crush on her ever since we met at those dance exams.'

'But those things where 2... maybe even 3 years ago.' Howie said.

'3 Years. It's nuts, I know... but it's true.' Nick explained.

'Well. She's a fine piece of work.' Howie admitted.

'Look at that butt! Oh god... look at how she moves it around...' AJ said.

'Oh J! Stop drooling over Angela!' Nick shrieked. 'You're makin' me throw up! Please!' AJ punched Nick making him jump.

'Yeah. I get the picture.' AJ growled.

'Shut up you guys!' Leighanne ordered.

'Yeah. We're trying to watch something here.' Kristin added.

'Sorry ladies.' Kevin and Brian said in unison. Nick couldn't stop laughing,

AJ was pestering Howie whom was also trying to watch the show. 'Quit it J!' he growled.

'One more question, before I turn my undivided attention back to the award show on hand.' Brian said.

'Anything Rok. Shoot!' Nick said.

'How did you manage to keep this crush of yours a secret?' Brian continued.

'And for 3 years! Good job kiddo!'

'Is there anyone who does know about this?' Kristin asked.

'Yes of course. Aaron knows and ehm... Kyle knows it too.' Nick said with a smirk.

'KYLE!!' AJ cried.

'Donkey knew all along?!' Howie figured.

'Yep. He heard it from me and from Angela.' Nick said.

'Huh? So these fluffy-bunny-feelings are mutual?!' Leighanne said.

'Oh yeah...' Nick replied and continued staring.

'This is so cool.' Howie said.

'Yeah, we gotta do something about it.' AJ figured.

'I guess, but what can we do?' Kevin wondered.

'I'm the professional. Let me do all the talking...' AJ smirked. 'Beware Angela. You're up for a good one, tonight...'

'Oh, I gotta see this.' Howie snickered.

'Any plans yet?' Kevin asked. AJ nodded.

'Yep. I'll tell you as soon as we're done performing.' AJ said.

'Oh, didn't we tell you?' Brian asked.

'Tell me what...' AJ wondered.

'Our show has been canceled.' Kevin said.

'What? Why?' AJ cried.

'They didn't have enough time.' Howie explained.

'Bull shit! What's the real reason?' AJ asked.

'Oh okay. Our show was too long, so MTV said we had to cut it. But we refused... so they threw us out.' Kevin explained and grinned. 'I don't really care though. I get to spend all night with my wife next to me. No hard work for this boy tonight...'

'Just you wait mister.' Kristin smirked. 'Just you wait...'

'Oh, oh...'

 

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