NTLC2

Chapter Two

Brian called Kevin and set up an appointment, in two weeks all the guys were supposed to meet. Brian had invited me to come with him. We pulled up to the big building that read Jive Records on the top. There was a counter with a clerk behind it. "Can I help you?" she asked while placing the phone down.

"Ah... yes I have an appointment for a band..." Brian tried to explain as best as he could.

"Oh, right this way." she said. The lady took us up the stairs and down a hall.

"Stacy, Brian?" I heard come from behind us. I recognized the voice right away.

"Lenny." I said turning around. She was holding two cups of water. Her hair had grown out real long, but other than that she was exactly the same.

"What are you doing here?" she asked putting her arms around me trying not to spill the water. "Oh, I'm here with Brian he's auditioning for a band, what are you doing here?" I asked hugging her.

"For the same reason A.J. is trying out for a band our rooms right there." she said pointing to the room the clerk walked into.

"Really that's our room too." I said Brian walked up behind me just then. "Oh, this is Brian, Brian this is Gwendilen." I said introducing them.

"Hi, I would shake your hand but, I'm kind of busy right now." she said.

"It's all right." he replied. We walked towards the room door. There were three other guys in the room.

"Oh him, over there," Lenny said pointing to the guy with black hair "his name is Kevin and the one with short curly hair is Howie and that's A.J." she went over and kissed him and handed him the cup of water.

"That's four," the man at the desk said "we're waiting for one more." Lenny and I decided to catch up.

"How come you didn't tell me how cute Brian was?" Gwen asked.

"Oh, god Brian and I are just friends." I protested.

"Girl, you better get him now because if he get this job girls are going to be all over him all the time." she said taking a sip of her water.

"I have to admit he is a cutie but, me and him are only friends and I think that's how it's going to stay for along time..." I said.

"Stop messin' with my hair!" A Little voice came from the hallway. Then a little blonde hair boy came in the room. He was cute and he had the bluest eyes I had ever seen.

"There's our fifth guy," the man behind the desk said. The little boy was followed by a grown women, I assumed was his mother and a little girl who I didn't recognize until she spoke.

"Is this the conference room we will be using." she said adult like. It was my best friend Rebecca she had grown from a little girl into a mature young lady.

"Rebo?" I said standing.

"Stace?" she turned around. Our eyes met we then hugged. Gwendilen had come up behind me to give her hug.

"Gosh, you people know everyone." I heard A.J. remark smugly. Gwendilen's eyes jutted over to his and gave him a look that could melt down steel. We all sat down. The man hand out a piece of music.

"You guys know you're vocal range?" The man questioned.

"Yeah," the room hummed 4 out of five guys answering. Nick didn't answer.

"Nickolas answers the man." His mother said.

"Yeah." he answered exposing his big piece of gum in his mouth.

"Nickolas Gene Carter," his mother lectured, "I told you to spit that gum out while we were in the car!" then Nick walked over to the trashcan and threw away the gum he had in his mouth.

"O.K.," the man started to say "has everyone heard of the song I just passed out, and can see what pitch it is, and everything." the man asked.

"O.K. sing it, can all of you read music?" the man asked. They all shook their heads.

"O.K. start." the man said. They started. "�Shoo wah shoo wah shoo wah shoo wah shoo wah.�" Brian, A.J., Howie and Kevin sang "�shoo wah shoo wah shoo wah shoo wah shoo wah oh oh�"

"�In the still of the night I held you held you tight.�" Nick sang all by himself "�I love... love you so promise I'll never let you go in the still of the night.�"

"�In the still of the night.�" They all sang harmonizing together.

"O.K. that's good," the man stopped them

"I want you guys to go home and take care of your voices and come back tomorrow so Mindy can hear you I have a feeling you guys are gonna be big find a name you guys can all agree on see you boys tomorrow!" he said as he walked out.

"Yes!" Brian said turning towards me for a hug. We embraced and Brian spun me around.

"What time is it," Brian said looking at his watch "noon." Brian then turned around. "Hey you guys want to get some thing to eat?" Brian asked.

"Yeah, sure!" Howie Kevin and A.J. said.

"Is it all right if we take Nick and Rebecca with us Mrs...." Brian paused.

"Carter," she said finishing his sentence "but you can call me Jane." She then paused to think about the question she was just about to answer. Nick turned to his mother and popped out his bottom lip making a puppy dogface.

"Ahh...." Rebo, Lenny and I sighed in unison. Everyone laughed.

"It's O.K. you can go." Jane said. Nick gave him mother a big hug. We walked out to the parking lot.

"So where are we gonna eat?" A.J. asked.

"I don't know, any one know any good places we could eat at?" Brian asked.

"We can go to Denny's I'll lead the way," Kevin said already taking a fatherly act towards the guys, the only think that was left to question is would they mind. "Howie you want to ride with me and leave your car here?"

"Sure!" he replied. He then walked over to the car. Soon we were off.

"So Nick how old are you?" I asked knowing how old he was but, trying to make conversation.

"I'm 13." He said.

"So what kind of food do you like to eat?" I asked.

"Hamburgers, fries, pizza stuff like that," he said "What do you like to eat."

"Well, I like to eat chicken Alfredo, lasagna, macaroni well, I guess you can say I like pastas." I said counting on my finger.

"She can make the best macaroni and it's not the box stuff." Brian said gestures.

"Are you guys girlfriend and boyfriend?" Nick asked. Rebecca giggled.

"No, ... me and Brian are just friends." I said. Brian turned around and smiled at me. I smiled back with a bright red face. I was so embarrassed. I guess Brian had never thought that we could ever be boyfriend and girlfriend he was enlightened with the idea. Soon we were pulling into a Denny's parking lot.

"O.K. were here," Brian said getting out of the car. "Lock the doors." Everyone locked his or her doors. We walked and found a table big enough for the eight of us.

"3 burger baskets please!" said after we set down and asked Rebecca and Nick what they wanted. Soon our food had arrived and we were discussing a name for the group.

"What would be a good name for an all boy band?" Gwen said thinking contentedly.

"O.K. how 'bout the H-Bank Boys!" she announced. "Where did you that from!" A.J. said rising one eyebrow, but lowering it quickly not to upset his girlfriend feelings.

"I got it from the first letter of each or you guys names," she said expecting us to know "H is Howie, B is Brian, A is A.J., N is Nick, K is Kevin."

"We're looking for something a little more catchy." Kevin said. We all kept thinking. Then I started thinking of names of places we had been. A few minutes later.

"I've got it!" Gwen exclaimed "The pretty boys!"

"Lenny are you blonde under there?" I said lifting up a piece of her black curly hair.

"Hey, I'm still here," protested Nick because he had golden blonde hair. "No offense but, Gwen that makes them sound not right." I explained.

"Wake up and smell the coffee." I said. Then flash I got this brilliant idea.

"Have you guys heard of the Backstreet Market!?" I asked excited.

"Yeah why do you ask?" Kevin asked.

"The Backstreet Boys!" I said practically yelling.

"The Backstreet Boys I like it." Brian said repeating the name.

"Yeah, me too!" A.J. said, "It has a ring to it."

"It's Zesty!" Kevin said.

"It fits." Howie said.

"It's us," Nick said putting his hand in the middle "to the Backstreet Boys"

"The Backstreet Boys" A.J. said placing his hands on top of Nick's.

"The Backstreet Boys." Howie placed his hand on top of A.J.'s.

"Backstreet Boys." Brian said placing his hand on top of Howie's

"Backstreet boys.' Kevin said placing his hand on top. Then there was about ten seconds of silence.

"You gals are a part of this too," Brian said, "now put your hands in." Lenny and Rebo put there hands in. I plopped my hand on top of theirs. "To the Backstreet boys." I said quietly.

"The Backstreet Boys!" we yelled raising our hands.

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