*Kelly*
I giggled as I looked up at AJ and we entered the cabin to find Brian, Claudi, Howie, and Theresa staring at us.
“Oh, wussup guys?” AJ yelled pulling me over onto his lap on the floor by the fireplace.
“Nothin’ man, we’re just sittin’ here talkin’. Where ya been?” Brian asked.
“Oh, we just went outside for a bit. I took Kel somewhere,” AJ replied wrapping his tattooed arms lovingly around me.
I just smiled and leaned my head back onto his chest. I could stay like this forever!
“Aww…baby, I’m gonna miss you sooo much!!” AJ whispered sighing into my blonde locks.
“I’m gonna miss you, too,” I said, holding back the tears. I knew we both had to leave our little weekend getaway and return back to our normal lives tomorrow morning. I don’t know how I could deal being away from AJ. I knew that they were leaving to go back to Orlando to finish up their album and then start getting ready for their tour. When would I see AJ again??
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*Gail*
“Nick, okay…you’ve beat me like 20 times…can we go do something else now??” I sighed, putting down the remote control to the Nintendo.
“Well, fine, what do you wanna do?” Nick said a bit annoyed.
“Baby, don’t be mad, but I’m gonna have blisters on my fingers from racing you so much!!” I halfway smiled.
He cut the game off and stood up. “No, Gail, I’m not mad, sorry.”
I sat on the floor indian style, looking up at Nick, basically waiting for him to help me up, but he didn’t. I sorta frowned and then looked up and he was looking back at me.
“Nick, what’s wrong?”
“Nuthin’,” he said sitting on the edge of the bed.
“Come on, babe, talk to me. Tell me what’s going on,” I said getting myself up, sitting next to him on the bed.
He just turned away looking out the window and his body started shaking a little so I knew he was crying.
I placed my left arm around him and put my right hand on top of his to comfort him.
He sniffed a little and then wiped his eyes turning to me. Oh…he looked so pitiful with his eyes all puffy from crying.
“I’m gonna miss you soooo much Gail. I can’t even….” He began, but started crying again.
“Shhh…it’s ok, it’s ok,” I said taking him into my arms, cradling him, rocking him back and forth gently on the bed.
“I’ll see you really soon, remember? I’m going to meet your family…” I offered smiling a bit.
“No, Gail, you don’t understand. We got a call last night from our manager and we have to go back to the studio tomorrow. Something messed up on the album and we have to cut some tracks or whatever again. I have no idea when I’ll see you again!” Nick finished explaining this and then leaned back into my arms and starting sobbing again. By this time, I was crying as well.
“I’m gonna miss you Nick!! I’ll always love you, though!! Always…” I trailed off still holding onto Nick. What was I going to do without him??
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*Claudi*
“Man, Bri, why don’t you ever hold ME like that??” I yelled gesturing toward Kelly and AJ.
Brian just smiled and pulled me to him. Ah…now, that was much better!!
“So, you have to leave tomorrow, don’t you?” I questioned Brian while staring at the walls of the cabin.
“Yeah, I do….” He trailed off, “but, maybe we’ll get to come see ya this summer!”
“I doubt it,” I said depressed. “I mean, you’re going on tour, you’ve got your fans, and you’ll meet some beautiful model and forget all about me,” I pouted, sitting up, looking at Brian for reassurance.
He reached up and put him hand gently on my arm. “No, Claud, it’s not gonna be like that. I promise! You believe me, don’t you?”
“Brian, I don’t know. I wanna believe you, but I just don’t know…”
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*Vic*
Kevin and I walked out of the little movie theatre hand in hand, not a care in the world. All we knew was that we were together and that’s how it would always be! After all, we loved each other!!
“Hey Kev!” we heard a voice behind us.
We spun around and saw Brian, Claudi, Howie, and Theresa.
“Hey guys!! What’s going on?” Kevin replied taking my hand and leading me over to the empty love seat, where we then spotted Kelly and AJ on the floor, by the fireplace.
“Oh hey, Kelly and AJ!” I exclaimed.
Brian answered Kevin’s question. “Well, to be honest with you, we were all just sitting here talking about how much we were going to miss one another since we have to leave in the morning to go back to the studio.”
I looked at Kevin astonished and said, “You have to leave in the morning?! I thought that we were gonna um…well, be together for a while.”
Kevin explained very calmly, “Vic, you know that I love you more that anyting else in this world, but I have to go. Our manager called last night and said that we had to finish some stuff for our upcoming album and wouldn’t be able to go back with you guys. I’m sorry.” Kevin just looked at me intently with his gorgeous green eyes. Oh how I would miss looking at those and kissing his sweet lips, and breathing in his sweet cologne.
“Kevin, how am I supposed to go on without you? I love you and just can’t imagine my life without you,” I said as tears stained my cheeks as I thought about how lonely I would be without him.
“Oh honey, please don’t cry,” Kevin said taking his hand and gently wiping my tears away. “I’m almost positive that we’ll see you this summer. We’ll go on a romantic getaway and spend every minute with each other. I’ll call you every day, I promise!!” Kevin said looking at me, and holding onto my hands.
“Oh! I love you soooo much!” I said gleefully pulling him to me and wrapping my arms around his neck.
“I love you too, Vic!”
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*Theresa*
I was looking around the lobby and feeling a bit depressed. I mean, I had finally met the love of my life and there he goes…just like that! And after only 2 days!!
“Theresa?” Howie’s sweet voice called to me.
“Yeah, baby?” I questioned turning around on the sofa to look at him.
He slipped off of the couch onto the floor and took my hand. “Theresa, I want you to be my wife. Will you marry me?”
I couldn’t breathe. I just looked at him and then laughed a bit nervously. I took a quick glance around the room and saw 6 pairs of eyes on me.
“Be your wife??” I questioned, just to be sure I wasn’t still daydreaming.
He laughed a little and replied, “Yeah, Theresa. I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“Howie, I love you too, but what about your career?? Do you have any idea how upset your fans would be if they knew that you had a wife?! Think about it,” I tried to make Howie see.
“Don’t you get it? I don’t care about them…I only care about you!”
“Uh…sorry, don’t mean to butt in here, buddy, but she does have a point…that could ruin our career, man,” AJ interrupted.
“Shhh….stay out of this!” Kelly reprimanded placing her finger over his lips.
“Another thing Howie,” I continued,” I want to have kids. Can you handle that?”
“Oh yeah…I love kids! How many??” he asked excitedly.
“I mean, how can you be singing, making albums, touring, spending time with fans, and raising a child?” I asked him seriously.
“Theresa, I can handle that. Please…I want to make this work,” Howie said to me, still on one knee.
I shook my head silently, with a tear sliding down my cheek. “No, Howie, I don’t think it’s going to work. You just want us to be married so that I can go with you everywhere. I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be drug around like some little puppy. Why can’t you just wait until this summer like everyone else?!” I said sitting back a little.
“No, baby, no, that’s not it at all. Whether we’re engaged or not, I still won’t see you until this summer, but I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. Don’t you want that, too?” he said getting up, sitting beside me on the couch.
“Howie, I would love that, but well…your life isn’t the typical life. You can’t always be there for me and it will be very difficult to raise a normal family,” I said staring at my hands, imagining a diamond on my finger.
He just sat there for a minute and then looked back up at me. “Theresa, I don’t care what it takes to make you my wife. I’ll quit the band.”
“What?! Oh no you won’t!!” AJ said starting to stand up.
“Alexander James McLean!! Sit your butt down right here, right now!!” Kelly demanded standing up with him.
“No, Kelly, who do you think you are?? Telling me what to do and what not to do? I’m not about to let my best buddy make the biggest mistake of his life.”
“AJ, sorry…it’s just that I don’t think you should get involved in whether they get married or not. It’s between the two of them,” Kelly said, apologetically.
“I know, you’re right. It’s just, oh nevermind…” he said sitting back down.
“Howie, no. You won’t quit the group because of me! Not in a million years would I let you do that,” I said seriously.
“Theresa, what will it take then to make you my wife?”
“Some time, Howie…let me think about it, please,” I said getting up from the couch.
“Alright,” he said giving me a kiss on the cheek, “I love you.”
I looked at him and then turned to walk away.
