"Nice to meet you Mrs Dorough, Howie is not here right now, but please come on in" Trish said as she opened the door to Howie's mother

"Well, I came her to talk to you, if that's ok"

"Sure, sure, take a sit" Trish said as they both sat by the couch

Howie's mom stood there looking at Trish for a while and Trish started felling a little uncomfortable.

"Is there something wrong?" Trish finally managed to say

"No, no, just wanted to really take a look at you, you are very beautiful"

"Well thank you"

"I can see why my son likes you so much"

"Gracias, but I'm the one lucky to have Howie, he is just a great person"

"hablas español?"

"a little, but i see you have there some books"

"yeah, it's about the cake, and the flowers, of course I wanted to know your opinion"

"Ok, let me see"

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Nick and Linda arrived to the gates of the house. They opened up to show a beautiful propriety, Nick parked the acre right outside the house, and they both got off.

"Nick, this is beautiful, like a private beach, and this gardens, look, so beautiful"

"I told you it was nice"

"It's perfect" she said as she kissed him.

"Hello, I'm Jason Montgomery"

"Oh, hey Mr Montgomery, I'm Nick Carter, we talked on the phone" Nick said as they shook hands

"I know, I recognized from the tv, but please call me Jason" he said smiling as he shook hand with Linda.

"You have a beautiful house"

"Well, it's  has been on my family for generations, and now, well I'm afraid things aren't so good"

"oh, I see"

"Well, so you two marrying huh?"

"Well, yeah we're in love and we want to spend the rest of our lives together"

"I can see your in love, congratulations, well, let me show you the place, let's get inside"

"Ok"

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"I think this one is really nice" Trish said showing Howie's mom a picture of a cake

"It's nice, simple,  thought you wanted something different"

"No, I think this one is nice, but you can choose, I'm not very good at this stuff"

"It's your wedding"

"Yeah, but.. I dunno"

"Hija, is something wrong?"

"Wrong? no, no, everything is fine"

"You don't look too excited, with it"

"I am, I am, it's just.. I'm tired, just tired"

"You sure?"

"Yeah, my life has just been upside down lately, and I'm tired, that's it" Trish said trying to smile

"well you look a little pale, maybe you just haven't been eating properly, I know how it is with your girls from now, diets and diets"

"I've been eating, trust me"

"Or maybe not enough sleep"

"Yeah, maybe that, I'll be ok, thanks for worrying"

"Soon you'll be a part of our family, and in our family we all care for each other, now come here" she asked as she went to hug her

"Thanks, I can see a lot of Howie on you"

"I guess I raised him well"

"You did, he is a wonderful person, with a heart of gold"

"Don't know why, but that doesn't seem like the words of a woman in love"

"you can be sure he is really special to me"

"Special huh? ok, but I better be going, have to still go by the florist"

"Ok, and thanks a lot for helping me"

"Bye" she said as they kissed on the cheek

"Bye"

Trish closed the door and stood there thinking

"Man, am I doing the right thing?"

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"Nick, you get your cell and call your guys, and your family, I'll call my parents and Thomas, I have to convince them to come here"

"Ok, I'll call the guys, let me see, who's first.. Brian"

"Rok? hey it's me Nick"

"hey frack, what is it?"

"Hey , do I need to have a reason to call my best friend?"

"no, not at all, but what is it, why can I see you are glowing and I'm not even looking at your face?"

"Well, I guess I am.."

"big news?"

"I asked Linda to marry me"

"wow"

"And she said yes"

"Good for you"

"Anyway, we are having this engagement party, next week, and we want you to come, can you?"

"Well, I've gotta talk to Leigh, but I think so"

"Ok, great, ow I gotta call the rest of the guys, so bye"

"Ok, bye" Brian said laughing a little

"Bye bro"

"Congratulations Nick!"

"Thanks"