*The Next Day*
That day was the big day for the guys. The Charity Event was that night and they had some rehearsal to do during the day with Elton John and other artists. Anyone was available to go because anyway, they didn't need the dancers and the party was at night. So they were going to the rehearsal in the afternoon and then come back to change and get their dates.
"I still don't get it! Why didn't you ask Ashley to go with you?" Howie asked Brian as they got in the elevator.
"Because... why would I do that??"
"Well you don't have a date...and she'll be staying here all alone tonight...it's a little unfair don't you think? All the other girls are coming..."
"Sorry but I don't see why I should ask her to come with me! I don't even know her!" Brian shouted.
"I know that! But it would just had been a little more fun for her... "
"Well it's her problem." Brian said walking out of the elevator. Howie shook his head and walked to Aj.
"What's wrong again?" Aj asked Howie when he saw him shaking his head.
"He won't understand that Ashley will be all alone tonight... so he could bring her like his date..." Howie explained.
"Yeah well... let him go! Anyway, I think her boyfriend is coming to see her tonight..." Aj said.
"Oh well that would be great!" Howie sighed. "I can't stand Brian anymore! He's such a pain!"
"I know!!" I think the only one who could stand him is Kevin!" he replied looking at the two cousins who were laughing out loud.
"well, they've been through something quite similar so they can understand each other.." Howie said.
"Yeah! Anyway, where is Nick? We're always waiting for him!" Aj shouted.
"He's probably in your bedroom fucking your girlfriend!" Brian said grumpily at Aj.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Aj asked already feeling angry.
"Calm down Aj...don't get things worst..." howie whispered. Brian walked out the hotel and climbed in the bus.
"Why is he always getting on me??? What did I do???" Aj asked Kevin.
"Don't listen to him" Kevin sighed.
"Will he get over it someday???" Aj almost yelled.
"Get over what?" Nick asked coming in the lobby.
"Over you fucking his ex's!" Aj exclaimed. Nick stopped and stared at his three friends. He looked like he was about to cry. "Sorry Nick... but Brian his on back because of you and I'm tired to hear his little comments..."
"Sorry..." Nick said looking at the floor.
"It's okay man!" Aj patted his shoulder.
"Yeah..." he replied sadly, walking to the bus.
"I hate..really hate this tour!" Aj groaned following them.
Later in the day, the guys came back from the stadium and got all in the bedroom to change their clothes.
"Hey baby! how did it goes?" Becky asked Aj when he entered in the room.
"Great...but better if it wouldn't have been for Brian's grumpy mood!" he whined. "I still don't get why he's always on my back!"
"What did he say?"
"Tons of damn stupid things! And it's always about Nick... why is he saying those things to me?"
"Don't worry about it... he'll get over it someday.."
"I hope so!" Aj sighed hugging her tight.
"Don't you want to take a shower before to go?" Becky grinned.
"What a dirty mind you have!!!" he exclaimed laughing.
"Isn't it why you love me?"
"Not only because of that but... " he started but she kissed him. "Alright alright let's go in the shower!" he chuckled wrapping his arms around her waist.
*Meanwhile, in Stacey's and Naomie's room*
"I still can't believe I'll meet Elton John!!!" Stacey shouted coming out of the shower.
"I know! You didn't stop telling me since we're awake!!" Naomie laughed at her friend's excitement.
"Sorry!! I'm really nervous I think!" Stacey giggled.
"Well if you really want to meet him, we should start preparing ourselves because we have to meet the others in half an hour..."
"Half an hour?????????"
"Yeah half an hour!" Naomie laughed. "So put this dress on and stop talking!"
"Okay mom!" Stacey laughed walking back in the bathroom. She put her dress on and looked at herself in the mirror. It was true, this dress was really fiting her good. She secretly hoped that Kevin would like it. She curled her and took some of the curls up with red little butterflies slides. She put a little makeup that was matching perfectly with her dress and finally put her shoes on. She looked at herself a last time and tried to remember the last time she had looked so good.
"Hurry up! I have to get dress too!" Naomie screamed.
"I'm coming...ready?"
"Yeah come out!!"
"Oh my god! You look fantastic!!!!" Naomie exclaimed with wide eyes when Stacey came out of the room.
"Really? I'm not too..."
"You look amazing!!" Naomie cut her off.
"Thank you!" Stacey smiled blushing a little.
"Kevin will be really happy..." Naomie teased her as she walked to the bathroom.
"Yeah yeah!!" Stacey laughed.
A few minutes later, Naomie came out of the bathroom with a little babyblue sundress with little darkblue flowers print on it. Her dark hair were all down and straight on her shoulders.
"Wow!" Stacey exclaimed. "Nicky boy will be pleased..." she teased.
"I'm alright?"
"You look really really good! I swear!" Stacey said with a smile.
"Those boys will be with the best dates ever don't ya think?" Naomie chuckled.
"Oh yeah they will! I think we should go now... " Stacey said.
"Yeah let's go!" Naomie said following Stacey outside.
*Meanwhile, in the lobby of the hotel*
The guys were all in the lobby with Ashley and her boyfriend, waiting for the other girls to come down. They were all a little excited and wanted to see how great they were looking.
"Guys...calm down a little!" Ashley laughed.
"Look, I've seen what Becky was going to wear and I really can't wait to see her!" Aj said.
"They'll all look really good! Believe me!" Ashley replied amused by how they were all nervous about it. All beside Brian who didn't have a date. Right at this moment, the four girls walked out the elevator. All the guys's jaw opened and their eyes became all wide.
"Wow!" Aj shouted looking over his sunglasses. "You ladies look all ... da bomb!" he added looking deeply at Becky. She had on a black skirt and and black tank top with a red dragon on it that was ending right before her bellybutton. Everything was adjusting perfectly to her silhouette.
"You look good yourself too.." Becky smiled and gave him a little kiss.
"You're beautiful!" Howie whispered sweetly in Carly's ear when she approached him.
"Thank you! You're really handsome too!" she smiled.
Nick stared at Naomie with a smile. She stared at him too and thought that she had never seen him that handsome.
"The only thing I can say is...Wow!" he said a little shy.
"Thanks..." she replied blushing.
Stacey walked to Kevin smiling. His eyes were still on her and she didn't know what she had to do. He wasn't talking, he was just looking at her up and down.
"You're suppose to tell me I look good..." she said giggling.
"You... really you look... I'm out of words..." he chuckled.
"So are we all ready to go?" Brian asked.
"Yeah!" they all nodded.
"You guys better have a nice evening!" Ashley shouted with a smile. She wasn't sad not to go because Paul was with her and she was so happy to have him with her for the night and the next few days.
"We'll think about you!" Carly told her.
"Love ya girls! Have a good time!" she waved them goodbye.
*At the charity event*
The guys and girls all walked in a big room well decorated with the stage in the back. There were a lot of people sitting at the many tables and a lot of them waved to the guys when they saw them entering in the room. The guys smiled and all went different ways to meet the people there. Kevin gave a follow-me look at Stacey and they both walked together to a big table. Stacey's eyes went wide when she realized to who Kevin was leading her.
"Oh God!" she whispered.
"Relax! It's only ..."
"Elton John!!" she finished. Kevin looked at her amused and giggled.
"You're suppose to be used to meet famous people..." he said.
"We never get use to it...well I'll never get use to it! And Elton John isn't the same thing..he's... a model, he's amazing!!" she exclaimed.
"I think the same way you are..." Kevin replied. "But relax!"
"I'm completely relax!" she said with a beautiful smile.
"Alright! Here we go!" Kevin smiled back. They walked to the Star who was sitting at the table talking with some people from the business. When he saw Kevin approaching, he excused himself and walked to him and Stacey.
"Hey Kevin!" he shouted.
"Hey Elton!" Kevin said with a smile. "Are you ready for tonight?"
"Of course! I'm always ready! Who's this lady with you?" he asked.
"Meet Stacey! She's a friend of mine! Stacey, this is Elton!"
"It's a honor to meet you sir!" Stacey told him shaking his hand.
"It's a pleasure!" Elton John replied. "But you can call me Elton... Kevin's friends are my friends!"
"Alright...Elton!" she said with a little laugh.
The chatted for a little while and then Kevin and Stacey continued to walked around, talking with other famous faces. After an hour, Kevin leaded Stacey at their table, where the other girls were already sitting and he left backstage.
"So you met Sir Elton John?" Carly asked Stacey when she sat down.
"Yes!!!!!" she exclaimed all happy.
"I've seen so much famous people! I can't believe it!" Naomie laughed.
"Well... I don't see what is so amazing.." Becky said seriously. The three other girls stared at her confused. "I'm kidding!!!" she exclaimed after a moment of silence. "Have you seen J from 5ive?? he's such a hottie in person!!!!!!"
"Yes that's right!" Noamie agreed. After minutes of talking, the Boys came up on stage and sang a few of their number one hit. Elton John soon came up on stage and joined them for a couple of songs. Then, the boys left Elton John alone on stage and joined the girls at the table.
"You were excellent!" Carly told them when they sat down.
"Thank you baby!" Howie replied planting a little kiss on her lips.
"So how do you like the evening so far?" Kevin asked Stacey.
"It's great! Thanks a lot for inviting me..." she smiled.
"It's a pleasure!" he replied looking into her eyes. She blushed and looked away.
"Come on, who wants to dance??" Aj asked.
"Me!" Becky, Stacey and Naomie all replied at the same time.
"I'm coming too" Keving said standing up.
"Alright let's go!" Aj shouted with the girls following him.
"Let's go too!" Carly begged Howie. He smiled at her and followed her to the dance floor, leaving Brian and Nick alone at the table. Nick looked down at his glass, avoiding eye contact with Brian because he didn't know what he could do. He could feel Brian staring at him. He felt so inconfortable that he tried as hard as he could to fing a way to go away from the table. He finally spotted Naomie all alone and a ballad came on so he took this opportunity to get away. He stood up and glance fastly at Brian who's eyes were still on him. He walked away and asked Naomie to dance, what she accepted with a huge smile. Kevin took Stacey's hand and smiled.
"Can I have a dance with my date?" he asked.
"Of course!" she replied smiling too, feeling his strong arms around her waist. She wrapped her arms around his neck. She layed her head on his chest and smiled at herself. She felt so good and she knew she had never felt this way for anyone. They danced in silence, feeling each other's heart beating fastly.
* * * * *
"Hey Nicky, are you crying?!" Brian demanded as he entered the hotel room.
"No" Nick replied wipping the tears from his eyes.
"What's wrong ?!" Brian asked seating next to his bestfriend
"Nothing!"
"Comon Nick don't play that game with me you know you can talk to me!" Brian told him softly.
"I've told you Brian, it's nothing..." Nick lied.
"You miss mommy?!"Brian laughed. Nick gave him a look ..."Is it this?!She'll be back with you in a couple of days Nicky!"
"Don't call me Nicky and No it's not my mom I'm old enought to be alone without a parents!" Nick said getting up
"Ok ok I was juts kidding Nicky...Nick!!!"Brian appologized
"Wathever!"
"So what's up lil boy?!"
"I am not a lil boy ok!???" the 13 years old Nick told Brian.
"Alright Alright Nick... but tell me why you've been crying?!?!"
"For No reason!"Nick lied again
"Yeah right ok So I guess it's because Trishia died in your favorite soap opera?!!"
"Who's Trishia?!" Nick demanded confused
"I don't know!" Brian said
"Oh ok!!"
"So What's wrong Nick?!?!"
"I told you noth...."
"Ha Nicky...Nick sorry!"
"N-O-T-H-I-N-G" Nick said pronouncing every letters
"Nick!!I know that something is up So hurry up and tell me!"
"Fine Fine...but You swear you won't say this to anyone?!If they find out that I've talked to you I'll be a dead man!"
"I swear Bro!" Brian promised
"Aj and Kev don't stop teasing me..."Nick finally told Brian
"Thats why you've been crying?!"
"Yeah..."Nick confirmed
"What did they told you?!?"
"You know what they told me... 'Don't play with your food Nick, Don't play in your nose,don't cry, leave my butt alone, are you gay?, you'll never be tallerthan 5'6 .....bla bla bla" Nick said imitating his fellas
"Don't listen to them Nick you know it's not true!"vBrian comforted him.
"Yeah but I'm tired of hearing it... They'll never love me... I don't have a friend here!" Nick said with tears in his blue eyes
"And me?!I am not your friend?" Brian asked to the scared Nick.
"Are you?!" Nick asked
"Of course I am Nick!!I'm your bestfriend since the first minute we met...and you know I'm always gonna be your bestfriend!!No matter what happend I'm always gonna be there for you!"
"Always??" Scared Nick demanded
"Yup!!always!!for the rest of my life!!!"
"So when we'll be 80 we'll still be crazy and tease the other guys aren't we?!"
"Yeah!!always and forever!!!Hey... we are Frick and Frack don't you ever forget this Nicky!!"
"Nick Brian... Nick!!"
"Oops Nick!!!Yeah!!!"
Brian woke up out of breath seating straight on his bed remembering the dream he just had... this wasn't a dream... this moment had really happened when Nick was only 13 years old... Brian had found him crying in their hotel room in NewYork... This dream had really happened... Brian really promised Nick that they would always be bestfriend. Brian got up of the bed walking side to side in his empty hotel room.H e was all alone..nobody to talk to... Usually when he felt like this he was running to Nick's room... but now he couldn't... he hated Nick.. Nick broked his heart.... Nick broked their friendship.... Nick slept with he's Girlfriend.... "I Hate you ...I hate youuuuuuu!!" Brian screamed "You screwed up everything... EVERYTHING How could you do that to me?... How could you... GOSH I HATE YOUU!" he yelled louder trowing the phone that was a on night table next to him...."You were my bestfriend... I trusted you... How... how did I let this happened..."Brian cried until the sun showed up.
*The Next Day*
The boys were in the bus, waiting for the driver. They had a last interview and it was their last day in Europe. The were going to leave the next day, early in the morning and have a month off. Kevin and Nick were playing Dreamcast while Howie and Aj were surfing on stupid websites and Brian was sitting in silence, looking out he window when a cell phone rang.
"It's mine!" Nick shouted searching for in phone in his bag. "Damn!" he added not finding it.
"It's probably Becky calling to know when you'll be up in her room!" Brian said not too loud but everyone, especially Aj heard. They all turned and looked at Brian who was still looking out the window. Aj couldn't take it anymore and he stood up and walked to Brian's seat angrily.
"Get up!" he shouted.
"Why?" Brian asked standing up. Aj took it by the shirt and pushed him against the wall.
"Okay man you're gonna listen to me because it'll be the last time I'll ever tell you!" Aj screamed, upset. "I don't know what is your damn problem but I'm not the one who fucked your girl so you don't need to get on my back! Nick did a mistake, he said he was sorry...you don't want to forgive him, fine! But you'll stop being in such a bullshit mood and say little remarks at anything we say or do! We're all tired of this alright??? We tried the hardest that we could to help you out but you're just so annoying that we can't anymore! Well, I can't! I thought you were my friend but with everything you say on Becky ... I'm not sure anymore! You already lost your bestfriend and your girlfriend because of the way you're acting so if you don't want to lose us all, you better stop!" he said really angry. He let him go and turned away. Nick looked at Aj sadly. He knew that all this was most of all because of him.
"It's not only your fault Nick!" Aj told him, reading in his mind. Nick looked up at him and felt better. He soon realized that his phone has been ringing so he continued to look for it in his bag.
Brian stood there, looking at everyone in the place. He was realizing what had happened. He didn't know what to do. Howie and Kevin were looking at him and he knew that they all thought Aj was right. Nick's phone rang again a while later, after the interview and he finally answered.
"Hi" Nick said.
"Hey bro! How are you?" a familiar voice said.
"Oh! Hey BJ!!!" he said really loud so Brian could hear. Aj looked at Nick with a funny look and then look at Brian who wasn't looking really happy. "I'm okay and you?" Nick continued with his normal voice.
"I'm doing fine! How are things going?" she asked wondering what had happened with Brian.
"Oh well..." he moved away from the others so no one could hear. "not really great..." he said sadly.
"Brian is still angry?"
"Yeah...and a lot..."
"Really? This is so sad! Did you try to talk to him?"
"Hum.. I would like to but I know he'll tell me shit ... he's already doing it and I'm not even talking with him! But he's a little weird... "
"How come?" she asked with a laugh.
"He's sometimes telling me shit but most of the time... it's on Aj... I don't know why...but I'm feeling sorry for Aj...ya know, he did nothing to get Brian's bad mood and Brian always say that I'm having an affair with Becky but..that's totally false..." Nick said.
"Yeah well... maybe he just need to shout his unhappyness on someone..."
"Yeah but why ain't he doing it on me? Aj don't deserve it... "
"Um...I guess we can't really say why he's acting that way! Anyway, beside that? What's up??" she asked changing the subject of the conversation.
"Nothing new... routine..." he sighed.
"You'll be home tomorrow??"
"Yes! I'll probably come and see you guys.."
"We miss you a lot!"
"I miss you a lot too... listen, we're in front of the hotel now so I have to hang up.."
"Alright! See ya tomorrow!!"
"See ya! Bye!" he said before to hang up.
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