Nick got out of the shower and walked out by Nicole. She was eating a fruit salad and had his bagel all ready.
“Hey, Did you see Brian this morning?” Nicole asked Nick.
“Yea, why?” Nick questioned. He hated it when Nicole said Brian’s name, but he just put it off.
“He seemed mad, he said he did something stupid last night” Nicole replied. Nick shrugged.
“Listen, the me and the guys are going to go do something today, You know for old times sake, So is that OK that you stay here?” Nick asked.
“Yea, I can find another hot guy and have fun with him while your gone” Nicole joked.
“OK, cool, I’ll see you in an hour” Nick replied. Nicole smiled and watched him go.
“Nick, you’re certainly happy today” AJ exclaimed. They had decided on all going Scuba Diving. All the guys were in pretty good moods, besides Brian, which was something different, usually he was a fun loving guy.
“Why man?” Howie asked. Nick shrugged.
“Can’t a guy be in a good mood?” Nick asked.
“Not with that kind of grin on your face” AJ replied.
“What are you guys talking about?” Nick asked.
“C’mon Nick, we’ve all seen the “Last night I got laid” look” AJ replied.
“What the hell? No” Nick replied. Brian looked up at Nick. Kevin laughed.
“Did you have safe sex?” Kevin asked.
“I didn’t have to ‘cause I didn’t do anything” Nick whined. All the guys nodded slowly.
“Who was the lucky woman?” AJ asked. Nick was about to omit again, but AJ gave him a look.
“Nicole” Nick replied quietly. All eyes went to Brian.
“Aren’t we going Diving guys?” Brian asked changing the subject and grabbing the gear.
“That was fun, we gotta do that again sometime” AJ exclaimed as he drove their van back to their hotel.
“Yeah, it was cool hanging together again” Howie replied. Kevin thought for a moment before giving the guys his idea.
“You know, We had some good times being the BSB” Kevin exclaimed.
“Yeah we did” Nick replied.
“Remember the time we locked Nick outside the dressing room in his tighty whities?” AJ asked.
“And all those girls saw him and started laughing” Kevin finished. All the guys laughed remembering seeing Nick.
“Remember at that one concert in Germany? Me and Bri were singing and that girl screamed my name, I was like 16 and I turned around and her bra hit me in the face and she flashed me?” Nick asked.
“Yeah and Bri threw her back her bra” AJ laughed. Howie looked up.
“Guys, you wanna get together and make a Backstreet Boys Greatest Hits album or something? We still must have some fans” How suggested. AJ pulled into the parking lot.
“Let’s just think about it, We should do something, like a reunion record or something” AJ commented. The guys got out and started to walk upstairs. Nick ran over by Brian.
“Hey B, you wanna play some ball later?” Nick asked. Brian kept walking.
“No Nick, I don’t think so” Brian replied.
“Why?” Nick asked.
“Nick, you know what friends are? There are some rules about being friends, you can tell anything to the person and they don’t tell anyone, you can always do something with them, but the most important thing is NEVER steal your friends girlfriend, so I don’t really want to be friends with you if your with her” Brian explained.
“What Bri? That’s crazy…” Nick started.
“Me or Nicole…Who’s more important to you?” Brian asked. Nick shook his head.
“The question is me or Nicole, Who’s more important to you Brian?” Nick snapped as he walked past Brian to get to his room.
Nicole heard the door open and she turned her head away from the TV screen.
“Hey there” Nicole exclaimed. Nick was hoping Nicole would be out shopping or something, he needed time to think. Nicole got off the couch and walked towards him.
“What did you do today?” Nick asked. Nicole smiled.
“I did the pool boy and the bell boy” Nicole joked. Nicole wrapped her arms around Nick’s neck and pulled her legs up around Nick’s waist.
“Did you have fun?” Nicole asked. Nick laughed.
“Yeah, it was cool, In the car on the way home we were talking about getting back together, you know, making a record” Nick exclaimed.
“That would be cool” Nicole replied. She started to kiss Nick’s neck but Nick pushed her away and dropped her legs from his waist. “What’s the matter?”
“Brian, Brian…he told me that it’s either you or him” Nick exclaimed. Nicole looked at him.
“Nick, He can’t do that you guys are friends it wouldn’t be fair to him to loose his friendship with you” Nicole replied.
“Or for me to loose my relationship” Nick commented. Nicole stood still.
“Well, what did you choose?” Nicole asked.
“I haven’t decided yet” Nick replied. Knowing that Nick might not pick her, Nicole felt anger rise in her.
“It’s good we leave tomorrow, because I don’t think it’s a good idea to be with either of you guys anymore, You guys hate each other because of me, so, I’ll just leave you guys alone” Nicole replied. Nicole opened the door and left Nick sitting by himself.
“Can I have the apple pie?” Nicole asked the waitress. She nodded and walked away. Nicole was sitting in the restaurant of the hotel, by herself. Nicole looked around and noticed Brian in a booth by himself also, Nicole thought of Nick upstairs by himself, Then of Brian. When the waitress brought her pie, Nicole walked over and sat by Brian.
“Hey” Nicole exclaimed. Brian looked up ands made one of his irresistible grins. Nicole smiled back sweetly.
“Hey, what are you doing here?” Brian asked.
“I’m eating, what does it look like I’m doing?” Nicole asked. Brian shrugged.
“Never know with you” Brian replied. He smiled again and made Nicole’s heart skip a beat. She hated it, when she was with Brian, she loved him, when she was with Nick, she loved Nick-It didn’t make sense.
“So…Did you have fun today?” Nicole asked, picking at her pie.
“Yep, It was cool” Brian replied.
“Yea…” Nicole replied. Brian looked up.
“You know, is it true about Devon? You were lying to me the whole time?” Brian asked.
“You never really asked, I would’ve told you if the question had come up” Nicole replied.
“Are you positive he's not mine?” Brian asked.
“Yep, I had a blood test, I wasn’t completely honest when I said I had a one night stand and out popped Devon, He was drunk, I was drunk, He took advantage of me…He was really ugly too-Good thing Devon looks like me” Nicole joked. Brian didn’t laugh.
“I thought he kind of looked like me” Brian commented. Nicole looked up and sighed.
“Listen Brian, Tomorrow when I get off the plane-Its for good, I’m not dating Nick anymore..” Nicole started. Brian’s face brightened.
“I’m not going to date you either” Nicole finished. Brian’s smile faded. “I think it’s best, you and Nick were good friends and I screwed that up”
“You think not dating either of us will make us friends again?” Brian questioned.
“Well, I was hoping…I mean you told Nick me or him” Nicole replied.
“Me and Nick have been best friends because the women we both loved always were different people. We never had the fighting over the girl aspect to worry about” Brian commented.
“So, If I leave it won’t make a difference?” Nicole asked.
“Exactly” Brian replied. He moved his leg under the table so it went over to hers.
“Well, I think I’ll do it anyway” Nicole replied getting up from the table. She walked upstairs and got into her room. Nick was sitting watching MTV on TV.
“Hey” Nicole exclaimed. Nick looked up.
“NSYNC is still number 1 on TRL after how many years?” Nick asked. He switched off MTV and walked towards her, wanting to say something, but not knowing what to say.
“I’ll sleep on the couch if you want me to” Nick exclaimed. He wanted to kick himself; He always said the stupidest things.
“That’s OK, I’m sure we can both sleep in the bed, Its huge enough for us to sleep without anything happening” Nicole replied. Nick nodded.
“Night Nick” Nicole exclaimed.
“Night” Nick replied. Nicole turned towards the wall and Nick faced her back. He looked at her and sighed, He was going to find a way to convince her to stay with him no matter what. With that thought, Nick closed his eyes and drifted to sleep.