Tour--Chapter Fifteen and Sixteen
Tour--Chapter Fifteen
The sun penetrated every pore on my skin.
> "AAAAHHHHHHHH" Suddenly I felt a cold,mushy, wet
> object hit me in the back. My eyes flew open to hear
> histerical laughter coming from behind me. I snapped
> around and saw Aaron and Kevin standing by the pool
> door with water guns. I then realized that the
> loudest laughter came from the other end of the pool.
> I turned around again and saw Brian and Howie leaning
> over a chair laughing hysterically. I saw fragments
> of what had been a water balloon all around me. While
> I had turned around Kevin had tossed a water gun to
> Nick who had stood up next to me. "We couldn't find
> any silly string for payback.." Nick said to me with
> a sly grin on his face "You wouldn't dare...." I
> responded. Just then another water balloon came
flying
> by me but missed and exploded on the pool deck. "You
> see we figured that you looked really hot and needed
> to cool off..." Kevin smiled as he and Aaron walked
> towards me "Aaron whats going on? I thought I was
> your friend....you little traitor..." I said laughing
> knowing I would end up soaked. He gave me a little
> grin "you are, but this is funny and the guys made me
> do it...". "Hey Erika..." I heard Howie's voice and
> turned around to see a balloon fly at me and hit me
> in the arm. "uurrghh you guys suck.." I screamed at
> them laughing. They threw another balloon but I saw
> it in time and since they weren't throwing incredibly
> hard I caught it. "Uhoh" I heard their five voices in
> unison. I turned around and chucked the balloon at
> Kevin, hitting him in the chest, he was soaked. Nick
> and Aaron started shooting at me with the water guns.
> I decided that I needed to either jump in the pool or
> try to grab one of the water guns. I ran towards
> Aaron who had realized what I was planning. I chased
> him around the pool twice before I caught him "haha
> so you think you'll get me wet and get away with it
> huh?...." I said to him laughing as I picked him up
> and started tickling him and took his water gun.
> Howie and Brian had also picked up water guns. Randy,
> Denise, and Donna had obviously heard the commotion
> and must have thought we were getting jumped or
> something of the sort because they all came running
> out to see what was going on. "Man you guys had me
> calling half the security team.." Randy yelled at us
> after realizing what we were doing. Donna and Denise
> just went back to whatever they had been doing.Andre
> came out running too, the n went back in and came
back
> out with his camera. Jeff and a couple of the other
> security guys grabbed water guns and joined in on my
> team. We started shooting water back at the guys.
> Aaron just sat on a chair laughing his little heart
> out. I was glad there was no one in the pool or they
> would have gotten in the way. We ducked behind chairs
> trying to shoot each other without getting wet, like
> an army game. I ran out of water and was too far away
> to refill the gun. I decided that if I surrendered
> they might stop. I stood up from behind the chair
> dripping wet "OK you guys win...you are better at
> pranks than I am, I've lost." hoping that it would
> target their egos I stepped on the pool deck. They
> all stood up from behind their chairs laughing and
> dripping wet also. "well well well.. she has finally
> admitted to our superiority..." AJ said laughing in a
> deep voice. By now we were all laughing. "OK now can
> I go...?" Out of the side of my eye I caught Brian
> and Nick giving each other a strange look.All of a
> sudden the five of them and Aaron ran at me. I tried
> to back out towards the chairs but they got me before
> I could move. Nick grabbed me and tried to push me in
> but I grabbed his arms and pulled him in with me. As
> we fell in the deep end we grabbed each others' arms
> tighter and eneded up in a big knot of limbs
> underwater. Even from underwater we could hear the
> guys laughing. As Nick and I pulled our heads out of
> the water at the same time and looked at each other I
> saw the security guards walk up behind the guys and
> push them all in. Within a minute the seven of us
> were wading in the deep end of the pool looking up at
> the security guards who were laughing their hearts
> out. Inevitably we all started laughing, even the guy
> at the pool bar was laughing."I'm gonna get you guys
> back sooo bad" Nick threatened the security guards
> "Just wait, we'll get you guys.." AJ and Kevin
> chimened in. We kept laughing. We finally decided to
> get out of the pool as we noticed that more people
> began filing into the pool area and the guys didnt
> feel like having to deal with fans. I climbed out of
> the pool first. As I stood on the deck kevin was
> climbing up the ladder to get out. I walked over and
> stood over him "well...well...well....isn't this an
> ironic turn of events...hehe?"Kevin looked up at me
> and realized what I was about to do "ohh ET, come on
> I think you got us back enough..""OH no Mr. Train
> your not gonna get away with it this easily...you
> have pushed me, thrown me, and knocked me into a pool
> so many times that well I've got to do this for the
> principle of the matter.."and with that I pushed
Kevin
> back into the pool as he was trying to climb out. We
> all laughed including Andre who said "these are gonna
> be awesome shots". I walked back to where I had been
> meditating when I was so rudely interrupted to find
> Nick and Howie eating the last pieces of fruit"very
> tasty breakfast.good choice" Howie commented "thanks,
> im glad you approve on my food preference" I retorted
> smiling. "HMMHHMmm good,but they tasted a little like
> chlorine..."Nick said to me smiling with watermelon
> seeds purposely placed on his teeth. His wet blond
> hair clung to his face framing his blue eyes. He
> swallowed the seeds grinning at me. Kidding around
and
> smiling I said "You know, now you'll get watermelon
> plants growing in your stomach.." He smiled as if the
> idea pleased him "hey sounds good to me I'll never
> have to buy watermelon again." he responded with a
> smart ass grin on his face. I was still dripping. I
> leaned behind Howie and grabbed my towel and wrapped
> it around my waist.One of the bodyguards got a
> message from Randy to get us all back inside because
> there were too many people around so we headed back
> into the hotel. As we walked in a wall of frigid
> cold air hit my body and I started shivering "dang
its
> cold. I'm guessing its cause I'm WET" I said turning
> around and giving them all an evil look with a hint
> of sarcasm. "Man if looks could kill we'd be toast"
> Howie snickered. By the time we got to the elevator
> the guys had to stop twice to sign autographs and
> take pics with fans. We piled into the elevator and
> pressed the button to our floor. I was shivering
> uncontrollably from the cold since my bathing suit
> was still very wet. I looked around and the guys
> looked cold too, everyone except the bodyguards was
> freezing. "Man I think im loosing felling in my
> arms.."I tried rubbing my arms to get warm but it
> didnt help much since my hands were cold too. "Hey
> let me try.." Nick moved over behind me and started
> rubbing my arms. "You know Im still mad at you.." I
> said turning around and looking at him "but you can
> keep going cause I'm getting feeling back in my
> arms...". The elevator stopped three times to pick up
> other people who couldnt fit in the elevator, but we
> finally made it to our floor. "better...?" "yes much
> thank you.." I smiled a thank you to him. As we piled
> out of the elevator Denise and Nina came out of the
> room they were in "You guys have half an hour till
> the bus comes and we have to start moving things back
> into it." We responded with acknowledgment and
> agreement. I barely opened the door to my room as the
> phone rang. I threw my self across the bed and picked
> it up. "Hello?" "Hello Ms. Terrosa, you have a call
> from a Megan Sandin, she says its urgent, Ill patch
> you threw." "Ok thank you." two seconds later "Hello,
> Erika?" "Yeah MAi whats up?" "Ok are you watching
> TV?" "No why?" "well get off your lazy ass and turn
> on MTV right now" "OK hold on" I put the phone down,
> grabbed the remote and turned the tv on, the last
> thing I had watched the night before was MTV so I
> didnt need to change the channel. As the tv came on I
> saw Sara Ulchild talking about the guys' performance
> the night before and Nick's close encounter with a
> fan. "Yeah ok its on,I was there I already knew" I
> moved the phone near the edge of the bed and watched
> the tv with the phone receiver hanging off my
> shoulder "Keep watching you dork". As soon as she
> said that a shot of my exposed back flashed on MTV.
> "OH MY GOD< OH MY GOD. HAS MY MOM SEEN THIS?" I
> screamed into the phone. I must have screamed
> extremely loud cause Nick came rushing through the
> door that connected our rooms, "WHAT WHAT HAPPENED
> are you ok?" All I could do was point to the tv. He
> came up next to me and watched the tv. "Megan has my
> mom seen this? shes gonna flip. When did it come on?"
> " I don't know but I imagine if she does youll get a
> call from her. Its been on twice already, I tried to
> call you but the guy at the desk said you weren't in
> your room and he couldn't bother you were you were.
> Three people called me already to see if its true.
> Its in the paper and everything." "Yeah i was in the
> gym and then I was getting attacked in the pool."
> Nick gave me a sly grin. He must have called the
> other guys to come see cause by now everyone
> including Randy was in my room, I was glad I'm a neat
> person. Sara had gone through the entire thing
> explaining everything that had happened including my
> exposure and Nick's hospital visit."Mai I'll call you
> back, knowing my mom she's trying to call and will be
> upset if she cant get through. OK I'll call you in
> half an hour and tell you everything, ok bye, oh and
> dont tell anyone anything, unless they already know,
> unless its heather and then you know the drill hehehe
> ok talk to you in a while, bye." I hung up the phone
> and kept staring at the tv. "Well looks like you just
> had your first encounter with the paparazzi, How do
> you feel?" Brian said to me laughing sitting down
> next to me. "Don't worry about it, it'll pass in a
> few days." Howie said sitting down next to me and
> giving me a big hug. "Erika, your mom knows already,
> I called her and told her this morning, she said to
> call her when you can" Denise came up to me and gave
> me a comfort smile and hug "don't worry about it,
> Howie's right, it'll pass in a few days" "Thanks I'll
> try to keep that in mind hehe" Everyone went back to
> their rooms. I got up and went to the shower. Half
> way through my shower somebody knocked at my door
> "room service I have your packages" a woman's voice
> said "oh ok just go ahead and leave it on the bed
> please". I figured everyone in this place failed
> grammar or something. About 20 minutes might have
> passed before the woman left. I got dressed in the
> bathroom and went back into the room. As I walked
> back into my room I was in disbelief. There were 6
> baskets of flowers on the table, 3 extremely large
> black cases near the dresser,and several packages and
> letters on the bed and night stand. I just stood
> there in disbelief "this stuff must be to the guys."
> I walked over to the table with the flowers. One
> basket was full of purple orchids and pink and white
> roses, and had a little white stuffed bunny attached
> to it. I found the card attached to it and read it
> "Dear Ms. Terrosa, please accept these flowers and as
> a token of our apology to you for last night's
> incident. We hope that this will not deter you from
> returning to our beautiful city. Sincerely The Mayor
> and staff of city hall".I held on to the card and
> smelled the flowers. Still in shock I read the cards
> on the rest of the flower baskets. Al the messages
> were similar but from different people in the city.
> "ok well the flowers are for me but the rest of the
> stuff has to be a mistake." I thought to myself. Not
> stopping to look at the rest of the notes I went to
> Donna's room. I knocked pretty hard and she rushed to
> the door "Erika whats wrong?" Not stopping to explain
> I grabbed her hand and took her to my room "this is
> whats wrong, I don't know about the other stuff but
> the flowers are for me. Am I allowed to keep this
> stuff?" She was in as much puzzlement as I was.
> "humh.... I don't know hold on a sec". She turned
> around and talked very quietly on the phone. While
> she talked I opened one of the packages on my bed.
> The message read "Hi Erika, you don't know me but I
> was at the concert last night and saw what happened.
> I just want you to know that not all of us are like
> that and I hope you are not mad at the fans. So as a
> peace offering I want you to have this...I hope you
> come back soon. Love Jessica KTBSPA -PS tell Kevin
> that I think he is hot." I thought it was very sweet.
> I lifted the cover to the package and inside was a
> stuffed puppy dog. It was a black and brown long
> eared hunting dog in a laying down position with big
> puppy eyes looking up. I went to the door connecting
> mine and Nick's room and knocked on it, still holding
> the dog. He opened the door with just pants on and
> his hair still wet from the shower "what happened
> now?" As he opened the door I saw that his room
> looked almost exactly like mine, flowers and packages
> everywhere. "huhm I guess you already know about this
> huh?" "WOW I thought it was just me..." I thought
> they screwed up and gave me stuff that was meant for
> you guys but its all adressed to me." Nick walked
> into my room his wet hair dripping all over the
> place. Suddenly Donna got off the phone and looked at
> me "well I just got off the phone with Lou and Jive
> and they said that your welcome to keep it if you
> want it, same with you Nick. I'll leave you to unwrap
> presents I have some work to do.Meet down in the back
> parking lot in 20 minutes." We agreed and she left. I
> turned around and realized that Nick was dripping
> water all over the floor so I said to him "would you
> please stop dripping water all over my carpet?" "Sure
> thing" and with that he started shaking his head
> around and throwing water all over the place."aahh
> stop that" I yelled at him. I grabbed a towel from
> off the bed and wrapped it around his head so he
> looked like a snake charmer. "ok I get the point..
> well whats this stuff.?" "I don't know, I haven't
> looked at it yet" I answered and took the card that
> was attached to it. It was a big black fabric case
> about
> 5 1/2 feet by 4 1/2 feet, and it had the Tommi
> Hilfiger logo in the corner. The Envelope had my name
> written in calligraphy on it. Nick watched me as I
> opened the envelope and read the card. The card was
> hand written in the same calligraphy as the envelope
> and it read << Dear Ms. Terrosa. I was shocked to
> hear of the incident that partook last night in which
> you and Mr.Carter where involved. I would like you to
> accept this gift in hope that you might wear them
> while you tour with the Backstreet Boys and
> afterwards. They are my latest designs and would be
> pleased to see you wear them. At your greatest
> convenience please provide me with your opinion on
> these designs. Warmest Wishes, Mr. Hilfiger>> "WOW"I
> exclaimed in disbelief "what? what is it?" I handed
> Nick the note and watched his facial expressions
> change from puzzlement to humor. He looked at me and
> said "well it looks like you've gotten your first
> exclusive designer wear......well open it you
> dumbass..." "Watch it. I'm still mad at you dork" and
> with that I lightly smacked him on the arm. "Hey all
> right, its beat up Nick day. I've been waiting for it
> to come along. Why wasn't I informed?" I heard Brian
> and Aaron's voices behind me and I turned around.
> They were both standing in the doorway between the
> two rooms. They were both changed into fresh t-shirts
> and shorts and Brian was wearing a bandana around his
> head. "So what are you guys up to?...Oh Nick did you
> know that a department store and florist shop
> exploded in your room?......looks like it happened
> here too..."Aaron said looking around at all the
> stuff. Brian had stepped into the room and was
> smelling the roses. "Well will you open it already or
> are you waiting for hell to freeze over?" nick said t
> me anxiously like a little boy on Christmas day that
> cant open his presents yet. "Fine chill..." I UN
> zipped the front of the case slowly just to upset
> him. " I know you are doing it on purpose.." he said
> giving me a nasty look,I shot him a grin back and
> Brian and Aaron laughed. I finished unzipping it and
> pulled back the front covers. My jaw fell to the
> floor as I looked at what was inside. Brian put his
> arm around my shoulders and said "looks like you made
> out pretty good here. Well I'm going downstairs cause
> Donna sent me up to get you guys to come down cause
> the bus is here. Don't take too long or shell throw a
> fit". With that he went out the room the same way he
> came in. I kept staring at the clothes in the case.
> There were three dresses, two short dresses and a
> long dress. A dressy long sleeved blouse that looked
> to be made of baby blue colored satin, it had a small
> Hilfiger logo tastefully stitched on the tip of one
> of the collars. There were electric blue pants, a
> fancy baggy shirt,and figure fitting navy blue clam
> digger jeans. I looked at the bottom of the case and
> noticed three boxes. "Earth to ET, come in please
> over..." Nick snapped his fingers in front of my face
> "what?" "Come on lets go they are yelling at us".I
> closed the case back up, replaced the card and picked
> up a long black leather case from next to the bed.I
> decided to bolt my room from the inside just in case,
> so the three of us left through Nick's room. Aaron
> rode to the elevator and down it on Nick's back. On
> the elevator Aaron asked me "so Erika are you gonna
> keep the clothes? you'd look great in them" "Thanks
> Aaron you are such a gentleman" I gave Aaron a kiss
> on the cheek. "You should learn from him Frack, he
> could teach you a few things...". Nick pretended not
> to have heard me and Aaron and I exchanged smirks.
> "Anyway I think I will, Donna said I could so I don't
> see why not. Plus it'd be an insult if I didn't at
> least wear them". Before stepping off the elevator we
> put on our security badges and disguises : Nick put
> on his blue fisherman hat and sunglasses, Aaron put
> on a Tampa Bay Buccaneers cap and sunglasses, and I
> put on a white and green Mighty Ducks cap and
> sunglasses. We were met by our bodyguards on the
> ground floor. We inconspicuously walked through back
> hallways to the parking lot trying not to attract
> unnecessary attention. We finally made it to the
> parking lot and security was every where. It was
> extremely hot under the early morning sun. There were
> two buses next to each other parked in the middle of
> the parking lot, the bus we had traveled in for the
> last week and next to it the normal tour bus which
> was silver with dark tinted windows and much bigger,
> the engine was still running. Kevin came up to us
> seeming slightly ticked off "Where have you guys
> been?" "take a chill pill Train,we're here aren't we?
> anyway we were investigating ET's new wardrobe" Nick
> answered in a snotty tone. "fine lets just get to
> work and get this done as quickly as possible without
> breaking anything this time...". We all went into the
> smaller bus and started taking everything out and
> putting it in respective piles on the floor outside.
> in the mean time the band and some of the crew were
> were moving equipment into a second silver and black
> bus. About 45 minutes later we started moving all the
> stuff into the larger bus. Thankfully there our
> closets were much bigger than in the previous bus. On
> one of my last trips moving things into the new bus I
> picked up the long black leather case and some bags
> and headed for the bus. "Hey Erika, I've been
> wondering. What's in that black case your holding?"
> Aaron asked me as he walked behind me carrying some
> of his own bags. "What in this?Ok I'll show you but
> you'll have to keep your eyes closed" "Ok". We both
> put our stuff down and Aaron stood there with his
> eyes shut. The guys kept going back and forth with
> bags."SLACKER" Brian said to me as he walked by
> carrying a load of bags to the bus. I stuck my tongue
> out at him. "keep 'em closed...,no peeking" I said to
> a restless Aaron. I put the case down on the floor
> and I kneeled on the floor with my back to him. I
> opened the case and pulled out my practice fencing
> foil and stood up facing him. AJ and Howie were
> standing at the door of the bus watching."OK you can
> open them but don't move an inch. ok?".Aaron nodded
> in agreement. As he opened his eyes I took an attack
> lunge at him and lightly poked him in the chest with
> the dull tip of the foil.his eyes were huge as he
> stared at the sword that was almost under his nose
> "THAT IS SOOO COOL. WHAT IS IT?" he squealed with
> pleasure. "Hey don't skewer the kid we need him" AJ
> laughed from behind me. "I couldn't cut anything with
> this if I tried" I responded. "Looks like we've got
> our very own Zorro here, or should I say Zorra?"
> Howie smiled. "This is called a Foil Aaron. Its used
> in Fencing, this is just my practice one." I said to
> him and took another lunge at him. "So like you could
> get into a sword fight and like kick some ass?" AJ
> said smiling "well if for some reason the middle ages
> came back and I got into a sword fight then yeah I
> probably could. Or if I wanted to do some awesome
> choreography" I replied. "So like you fence like in a
> league?" Howie asked me "Yeah at school. I'm on the
> college team and a league back home" "Hey Erika can I
> hold it?" "sure knock yourself out Aaron, not
> literally."I handed Aaron the foil. He stood there
> acting out the sword fight scene from Star Wars. "So
> why did you bring it?" Howie asked me "I have to
> practice everyday I can so I ty to practice at least
> a little before going to the gym in the morning,
> otherwise I'll lose the muscle endurance".
> "man we better not piss you off otherwise you'll
> slice us up" AJ said trying to sound scared. We still
> had several things to finish putting away so I put
> the foil away and we went back to lugging bags. When
> we were finally finished 30 minutes later we all
> collapsed on the couch in the new bus. The news bus
> was much larger the refrigerator and food cabinets
> were larger and there was a microwave. Towards the
> back there were 12 beds so we wouldn't have to sleep
> on the couches anymore. There was a tv and in the
> back of the bus there was a mini music room with a
> keyboard and two guitars. The bathrooms were also
> bigger. "So what do you all want to do? and we're not
> staying in to play videogames Nick." AJ said as we
> sat there hot and sweaty. "oh shut up AJ" Nick
> answered in a badmood "well someone got out of the
> wrong side coffin this morning" Brian teased. "Anyway
> what we up to? I found the numbers to the nearest
> golf course, basketball court, mall, and movie
> theatre and security is ready to rent out whatever we
> want to do" Howie intervened trying to deviate the
> conversation to prevent an argument.
Tour--Chapter Sixteen
I was sitting between Howie and Kevin on the couch
> with my legs fully stretched out blocking the
> passage. "I'm up for anything that'll get me out of
> this hotel but can we discuss this upstairs please? I
> want to finish going through all that stuff." " What
> stuff?"AJ looked at me inquisitively. "we both got a
> whole bunch of stuff because of what happened
> yesterday"Nick answered in a really sour tone. 'Ok
> well you guys can keep sitting here discussing our
> activities for today. I'm going to my room to
> organize that stuff. When you decide come tell me.
> Anyone who wants to help is free to join me" I got up
> and headed for the door of the bus. As soon as I
> stepped off the bus, Jeff was right next to me. I
> looked around and noticed that there were still about
> ten people coming and going around the parking lot
> between the buses and boxes. I saw Randy a few feet
> away and motioned that I was going back to my room.
> He understood and nodded in understanding. I noticed
> that AJ had gotten out of the bus and was going
> upstairs too so I waited for him, which didn't take
> long. We made our way back by the same way that Nick,
> Aaron, and I had come. Howie and Aaron caught up to
> us just as the elevator doors were about to close.
> 'Man you guys walk fast. We almost had to run to
> catch up to you" Howie said almost out of breath. We
> laughed. "so what exactly is the 'stuff' you got?" AJ
> asked me again "oh you should see it she got sooo
> much stuff. and theres one dress that would look
> really good on her and..."Aaron broke in talking
> really fast answering AJ before I could say anything.
> "hehehehe, from what I understood, sounds pretty
> cool" AJ replied to Aaron, we all snickered. We got
> off the elevator at our floor and headed for our
> rooms.As I realized I remembered"oh man I completely
> forgot that I chained my room from the inside. I can
> only get in through Nick's room and I didn't get a
> key from him. urrghhh" I said outloud."hehehe dont
> you just love me...?" Aaron giggled with a smile on
> his face "for what?" Howie asked him "Cause of how I
> think of everything..." Aaron continued smiling and
> pulled out the key to his and Nick's room from his
> pocket. "You are good Aaron. You've saved the day
> once again" I said smiling at him.We walked in and
> were greeted by all the packages from fans and people
> in the community and the hospital for Nick. The guys
> were pretty shocked and wanted to be nosy but I
> didn't let them. As we walked through Nick's room the
> phone in my pocket rang "oohh ringing pants.." AJ
> laughed. As I answered we walked into my room "Oh hey
> mom, I was just about to call you". I walked into the
> room first and sat down on the bed between packages.
> Howie and AJ's jaws dropped to the ground as they saw
> all the stuff in my room. I kept talking to my mom
> explaining to her all the details of the previous
> nights events as the guys snooped around at all the
> packages and flowers. AJ silently asked if he could
> open one of the boxes and I nodded. I continued
> talking to my mom and asked if I could keep the
> stuff, after much arguing she finally caved in.I
> watched as AJ opened the small flat white box with
> logo on it which I had never seen before.Howie and
> Aaron stood around watching him. He opened it and
> pulled out some kind of a sweater but that only had
> sleeves. The four of us looked at each other puzzled.
> As I was about to hang up Aaron decided that he
> wanted to talk to my mom so I gave him the phone.They
> talked for about 4 minutes and then Aaron hung up "I
> like your mom ET she's really nice", thanks Aaron you
> should tell her next time. Now what is this?" I
> looked puzzled again at the sweater that AJ was
> holding. He tossed it to me and I caught it "well is
> there some kind of letter or card? read it" Howie
> asked and pulled a card out of the box. I held the
> sweater in my hands. It was extremely soft and felt
> like cashmere and it was a shiny lilac color. Howie
> read the card out loud. It was from a local designer
> who specialized in these sweaters. I held up the
> sweater.Unlike any other sweater it had 2 sleeves but
> no front and only the shoulder part of the back. When
> worn it would cover only the arms and upper back." oh
> I get it now" realizing how it was designed I put it
> on. "its strange but I like it" AJ commented. "So
> when and where did all this stuff come from?" Howie
> asked me. "well remember u guys asked me to tell the
> front desk to hold all packages till this morning.
> Well when I was taking my shower they brought them
> all in. When I saw it all my jaw dropped to the floor
> like yours did." "where are you gonna put all this
> stuff?" AJ asked "I dont know. The hard ones to put
> away will be those two" I said pointing to the two
> large cases. "what are they?" Howie asked "open the
> black one, I havent looked at the other yet" AJ went
> over to the Tommi case and looked it over. He
> immediately noticed the logo. He looked at me for
> permission to open it and I noded. He unzipped it and
> folded the covers back. Both of them just stood their
> mouths gaping. I walked up behind them "I know right?
> thats what I said". I remebered I hadn't opened the
> boxes in the bottom of the case so I leaned over and
> picked them up. They were pretty heavy."Hold this
> please" I put two of the boxes in AJ's hands while I
> put the one I had on the bed. "I haven't opened the
> boxes yet so I don't know what is inside" I said
> opening the sealed box. The box was the size of a
> shoe box. I lifted the cover and saw white shoe box
> paper "oh these are cool" I said moving the paper,
> the three of them were patiently waiting to see.I
> pulled out a pair of Tommi sneakers that were
> supposed to come out in two months. They were pretty
> big in red, blue, and white the Tommi colors. The
> laces were completely clear. I turned around holding
> them up for the guys to see. "OH man, Rok has been
> wanting a pair of those since he found out they were
> coming out. He'll be sooo jealous" Howie said to me
> laughing "He might try to jump you for them" AJ added
> in "Think they'll fit?" I wondered out loud "put them
> on and find out" he retorted. I sat down on the bed
> and took my shoes off. I slipped on the sneakers
> without any problem and laced them up "WOW, they fit
> perfect and their really comfy, It usually takes me
> forever to find shoes that fit" I stood up. The shoes
> were amazingly comfortable and fit as if they had
> been made for only me. "Maybe its cause u've got
> boats for feet" AJ laughed "SHUT UP gotee boy" I
> threw a pillow at him hitting him square in the face.
> "DUDE, my arms are getting tired would you open
> these?" he said when we stopped laughing. I took the
> boxes from his hands and put them on the bed. They
> were identical to the other box except they were
> slightly wider and much longer. "Anybody wanna guess
> whats inside?" I asked looking up at them smiling " a
> pair of pants" Aaron suggested "just open it..." the
> other two complained "man all you are impatient" I
> picked one of the boxes and opened it. Inside were a
> pair of black leather knee-high boots with a 2 inch
> high thick heel. "OH my Gaud". I picked up the boots
> and showed them to the guys. Howie and and AJ
> simultaneously whistled. I immediately put them down
> and opened the other box. Inside were an identical
> pair of boots but in silver instead of black. "I've
> always wanted boots like this but could never find
> them in my size let alone afford them" I said gasping
> in dismay. AJ picked up the black pair "man these are
> hot. They'll look great on you" I took the sneakers
> off as fast as I could, put them back in their box
> and put on the silver boots. Just like the sneakers
> they fit perfectly "how do they feel?" Aaron asked
> staring at my feet "they feel like im walking on air.
> I walked around the room with them on, they felt
> great. "Well looks like you don't need to go shopping
> for a while" Howie commented. "I know right". "hey
> can I open the other one?" Aaron asked me "yeah sure,
> after this I won't be surprised at anything" I told
> him. I took the boots off and put them back in their
> box along with the rest of the shoes. I put the boxes
> back in the black case. "This one is from CAlvin
> Klein" Aaron said, his tone of voice dropping being
> serious "what?" my head jerked up from behind the
> black case. "Hes right it is" Howie added checking
> the card on the front "the card is almost exactly
> like the Tommi one". AJ who had been looking at a box
> on the bed and I almost ran over to the Aaron and
> Howie. Aaron opened the the case as the three of us
> stood there waiting. At that time the rest of the
> guys walked in from Nick's room but none of us
> noticed. Aaron pulled back the front flaps and we
> just stared. Inside was a white long sleeved cotton
> blouse, a milk chocolate brown sleeve less vest, a
> see-through black long sleeved blouse and a couple of
> tank tops. Two long skirts, one was a deep chocolate
> brown and the other a metallic gray, a black
> miniskirt and a beige miniskirt. There were two boxes
> at the bottom, one the size of a normal book and the
> other the size of a shoe box. "so here you guys are"
> Kevin's voice came from behind us. His voice
> startled us and we jumped. "so whats the verdict?"
> Brian asked walking over "the verdict is she wont
> need to go shopping anytime soon" AJ answered. We
> talked about the clothes for five minutes then
> decided that I and Nick better get all our new stuff
> organized since we wouldn't have time tomorrow. The
> guys helped me put away all the stuff. Putting the
> smaller boxes, envelopes, and cards into the larger
> ones. Within twenty minutes everything was organized
> into four boxes, except for the cases, and the
> flowers and baskets. "you can keep the flowers here
> till before the concert tomorrow and put them in the
> bus before we go to the arena that way they don't
die"
> Kevin suggested and so I did. We went to Nick's room
> and did the same thing. Like me he had only opened a
> few things but had seen that he had gotten several
> letters and chains with medallions from fans and
> stores. He also received a basket from the mayor and
> several flower baskets and arrangements. I noticed
> Nick's mood had returned to that of earlier in the
> morning during the water fight. While we were working
> we talked and joked around. "So why were u being
> Oscar the Grouch before?"I asked him at one point
> "cause the pain killers had worn off and I wasn't
> feeling well" he answered "you see Nicky here has
> a very low tolerance for pain..." Brian added being
> funny "shut up" Nick shot back in defense but not
> being mean "you are such a wuss you know that, thats
> why I always beat you at Mario Kart" "oh yeah" "yeah"
> they started joking around arguing and before I knew
> it I was in the middle of a pillow fight. They looked
> like four year olds on a playground. I had no choice
> but to join in or get trampled in their path. It only
> lasted about 10 minutes but it was enough to leave us
> winded. We recomposed ourselves and finished
> organizing all the stuff. "You know the bus is gonna
> look like a jungle tomorrow when we get all these
> plants in there." Kevin said as we sat around after
> finishing the job,he sounded a bit skeptical. "hey at
> least we'll have tons of fresh oxygen, it'll never be
> stuffy." I commented. Just then my phone rang today
> "well your pretty popular today aren't you?" Brian
> teased "what can I say I'm loved" i answered
> smiling.I answered "hello-hey so sup?- oh hey-my mom
> knew, Denise told her, she was so spazdic for a while
> and she was complaining till i go there to understand
> what happened-cool, you should see how many people
are
> calling me to find out what really' happened- I can
> imagine HEY GUESS WHAT?- what?- Tommy Hilfiger and CK
> sent me clothes-WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS?-YEAH I'M
> talking they picked it out and sent it to me
> personally, and all these people sent me flowers and
> stuff, you'd think I was dead, nick got like 3times
as
> much stuff and flowers as me its ridiculous-OH GOD
> THATS SO AWESOME" I talked to Nicolle for a few
minutes
> on the phone telling her what happened and I hung up.
> "So what did Nicolle say?" Howie asked "she didnt
> belive me so I told her to watch when we go on all
> those shows Ill wear them" the guys and I laughed."Am
> I the only one who is hungry?"
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