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Chapter 5

"All right, I'll just start with this," Mrs. Carter began, in a slightly stern voice, "Anna, this is my son Nickolas. Nicky, this is Anna, she will be staying with us.."

"For how long!" Nick demanded, immediately.

"Anna will be staying for the remainder of the year, whether you, Nick, like it or not. I know you are tired from tour, we all are, but that does not justify your treating our house guest like that.. don't think I didn't hear what you said upstairs.." Mrs. Carter said, in a disappointed voice, "You may be nineteen, but I am still your mother, and you will not disrespect me, or anyone in this house! We will discuss living arrangement later.. this house has thirteen bedrooms, I'm sure we'll work something out!"

"Mrs. Ca.." Anna started.

"Don't start with that now! We can't have you going back to step one, Jane, hon." Mrs. Carter cut in, "It's not going to be different just because Nick is back."

"Jane... it's all right, if Nick doesn't like me. It 'is' his house, and I must seem like I'm invading his privacy, I understand if he is mad at me. So please don't get upset with him! It's totally understandable, and.." Anna continued, softly, before cutting off by BJ, "No! he's being plain mean!"

"Bobbie.. don't start" Jane warned her daughter.

"Fine.. then, I'm leaving then.. we'll work it out. Anna, let's go out, we can go to 'Rush'! Is it okay, mom? It'll open in a few hours"

"All right then.. you can go, I have to go pick up Angel.. Nick.. go with them. Just get along." Mrs. Carter replied, with a hopeful smile, which immediately faded with Nick's, "I don't want to go, Mandy is coming over, and I don't want to go!"

"Nick, take Mandy, call Brian, call Andy, just go!" Mrs. Carter shook her head desperately, walking out of the room, "Just try to spend a little time together!"

"All right mom!" BJ cried after her mother, "Ans, lets go get ready, Rush is 'so' cool! I can't believe you've never been there! It's awesome!" The girls rushed up the stairs to Bobbie's room, to get ready.

As soon as they got into the room, they turned on the CD player to 'Acid Raine' by Angel Dust (my band, btw), half out of likeness for the song, and half to annoy Nick, who they knew was going to play video games, and quite easily distracted.

"Hey.. Bobbie.. so what's Nick touring or on the road or whatever for?" questioned Anna, over the music.

"Nick? Oh, well he's on tour with a music group, I'm sure you've heard of them.. They're called the.. um.. here, let's go into Aaron's room, and I'll show you."

They two walked into the little boy's room and Anna looked around, it was covered top to bottom in posters, plaques, and what seemed like trophies and awards. There were cards, teddy bears and letters everywhere. Anna walked over to the wall, and on it, saw a CD.. framed? She noticed the posters on the wall, a music group, walked over, and noted that they were the group which Aaron was talking about, and singing music from.. what was it again.. Back beat.. black creek? Anna turned around and stared at the poster above the door, in big bold letters, it read:

Backstreet Boys

"That's it," Anna said, silently, Backstreet! "Hmm.. what does this have to do with Mr. Evil?" She walked up to a poster, and examined it closely, until finally it clicked, the shocked look on her face told BJ that Anna understood...

"Well.. so he's a... wow.. So 'that's' why he was gone for so long.. eww! I can't believe I thought he was good looking! Eww! God! He's all nice and stuff in interviews, what's wrong with him! Gosh!!! Why does he hate me!?"

"You 'liked' him? I 'thought' you didn't even know what the band was called!"br>

"I 'didn't', but I 'guess' their pretty big.. god! Ick! I feel totally violated! Ewww...

"Man.. hey, why don't we get back to my room?"

"Yeah, sure" replied Anna, still in shock.