Chapter Ten, Drinking

 

"If I don't stop laughing I'm gonna get sick!" Breanna screamed from the floor after finishing her fourth beer since she had been back in her hotel room. Howie was on his fifth. "No, Nick does NOT need any more alcohol." He said as AJ handed Nick another drink. "What is that?" Breanna asked AJ. "Cape Cod. Want one?" "Sure, if you're playing bartender." She replied. "I don't know about that, Breen." Howie said. "C'mon man, she's a grown woman. Let her drink if she wants." An extremely drunk Kevin said. Howie couldn't stop from laughing. "I haven't seen Kevin this drunk in over a year!" He said to AJ. Eve was curled up in Kevin's lap nursing a beer. "Girl, get something stronger than that!" Breanna yelled to Eve. "B, I'm drunk enough. You know I don't drink!" She shouted. "Hehe, I do!" Breanna said as she downed her Cape Cod that AJ just handed her.

"Time for a Game!" AJ said as he jumped over the back of the couch landing just right. "What do you want to play?" Breanna asked as she settled herself in Howie's lap. "Something stupid and childish." Eve said. "Spin the Bottle!" A no-longer passed out Brian said from behind the couch. "Oh, he's awake!" AJ said in a childish happy high-pitched voice. "C'mon B-rok! We're gonna play a game." The girls looked at each other. "Oh no, they're thinking." Howie noticed. "Want to?" Breanna asked Eve. "Of course!" Eve said ecstatically. "Ok, what is it?" Nick asked as he came back from the bathroom. "What was that? The 15th trip you've taken, Frack?" Kevin asked Nick. "If a man's gotta piss, a man's gotta piss." Nick pointed out. "Ok, what's the game, ladies?" AJ asked. "Truth or Dare." Eve and Breanna said together. "Oh this is going to be interesting." Howie mumbled. "Ok, I'll start with the drunkest guy." Breanna said. "Ok, Brian or Nick?" She asked. "Brian!" Everyone said together. "Ok, Brian, ready?" Breanna said. "Yeah, let's go for it girl! Where's dat bottle?" Brian said looking around the floor. "No, Brian, it's Truth or Dare." Breanna explained. "Oh, then give me a dare!" He said to Breanna while licking his lips. "Ok, I dare you to put on one of my dresses or skirts and try to do your makeup. Then you have to go outside and walk down the hall. You have to make sure someone sees you." Breanna explained to Brian. "Think you can handle that, B-rok?" AJ asked. He couldn't wait to see what the outcome of this would be. "Sure thang!" He said, his accent more protuse. Brian tried unsuccessfully to get up. "Here, let me help you with that." Breanna said as she grabbed one of Brian's arms and helped him to his feet. "Hey, you look familiar! Didn't I see you at McDonalds?" Brian asked swaying around. "Yes, Bri, you did." Breanna humored him. "And weren't you just suckin' face with my friend D ova' there?" Brian said pointing to a very hysterical Howie. "I guess I was." Breanna said as she handed him off to Eve. "Wow, girl, you getta round. Next time yo' bored, give me ah call, k?" He asked over his shoulders as Eve and Kevin escorted Brian upstairs. "Maybe I will, Brian." Breanna said. "C'mon, let's go grab my camcorder!" Howie said as he grabbed her by the hand and they stumbled to the door. "Oh, wait, the room's spinning. Hold on a second, D." Breanna said to Howie. "No, I can't wait!" Howie said as he swooped Breanna up into his arms and they left her room to Howie's room. "Use a condom!" AJ shouted. "Think they'll be back?" Nick asked. "Yeah, ya know D. He's not that type of guy." AJ said as he took another swig of his beer. "Want another drink?" He asked Nick. "Just one more or I won't be able to perform tomorrow."

"Howie, you're too drunk. You might drop me. I can walk, honestly!" Breanna said as she laughed. "No, I'm not putting you down. I like carrying you." He said as they reached his door. In the back of his drunken mind, Howie deeply regretted kissing Breanna. He wanted to get to know her better. He wanted their first kiss to be special. "I've already done it once, might as well do it again." Howie told himself as he kissed Breanna again. They heard clapping. Howie turned around with Breanna still in his arms to see two security guards and one of the bodyguards cheering for Howie. "Thanks!" Howie yelled down the hall as they went into his hotel room. Howie soon wished that he came to his room alone. There were BSB things everywhere. A few magazines, a scheduler left open with LAST CONCERT circled in red pen, and a gold record that they had brought with them to auction off to one lucky fan. Luckily for Howie, Breanna was too drunk to notice. "Wait here," he told her as he put her down and ran upstairs. "Ok, let's go!" He said as he grabbed her by the hand and walked quickly back to Breanna's room.

"Ready down there?" Kevin yelled from upstairs. "Yeah!" Howie, AJ, and Nick shouted together. "Got the camcorder ready, D?" AJ asked. "All set. Bring down Miss Briana Littrell." Howie shouted. "Hey!" Breanna yelled at Howie. "I didn't call him BREE Ana. I called him BRI Ana." Howie tried to clarify. "Sorry, I'm so drunk I'm hearin' things." Breanna said to Howie.

"Hey B, don't sit...!"
"OW!"
"...there." AJ said.

In Breanna's attempt to sit on the edge of the couch, she had missed by a foot and landed on her butt. Howie and AJ cracked up. "You ok, Breen?" Howie asked. "No..." she said as rubbed her butt. "Oh, boysssssssss!" The heard a feminine voice call from upstairs. It was Brian trying to sound like a woman. "Oh, he's wearing my slut shirt!" Breanna complained. Brian had on a black sleeveless shirt that only buttoned between the breasts. "And my short skirt." Eve added as she helped bring Brian downstairs. "Who the hell did his makeup?" AJ asked. "I did it myself, thankyouverymuch!" Brian said in his female voice. He had dark blue eyeshadow that appeared to be everywhere but on his eyes, too much mascara that was smeared, bright pink blush, and smeared dark burgundy lipstick. "Oh, where did he get those?????" Breanna asked in mock horror. Brian was wearing black fish net stocks that appeared to be left over from Halloween and her five inch clogs that were 6 sizes too small. "I brought the stockings. I saved them since last Halloween." Eve explained. "That's what I assumed. Are those my clips?" Breanna asked. "Yes! Aren't they lovely?" Brian said as he stumbled down the last two steps wearing Breanna's butterfly hair clips. "You getting all this, D?" AJ asked Howie. "Of course!" He said as he zoomed in on Brian's makeup. "Ok, Miss Briana. Time to go outside. Ready?" AJ asked as Howie followed them to the door. "Let's go Mr. McLean!" Brian continued in his woman voice.

"Oh, what in the fuck is this?" Q asked as he stepped off the elevator. "Did ju guys get'em drunk again?" The bodyguard asked the guys as they all fell to the floor laughing. Nick was quiet for Nick on a count that he felt sick to his stomach from the alcohol and laughing. "Why, aren't *you* a cutie." Brian said as he stumbled towards Q in Breanna's clogs. "Oh, and of course D is videotaping this bullshit," Q said laughing. "And the ladies are witnessing this?" He asked as AJ, Nick, Howie, Kevin, the two security guards and the extra bodyguard nodded their heads. "Um, he's wearing my shirt, make-up, hair clips, and shoes." Breanna informed Q as she held Howie's non-recording hand. "Oh, and what's this?" Q said pointing to the handholding. "It's called romance!" AJ said as he put an arm around Q's shoulders. "Maybe you've heard of it?" AJ asked sarcastically. "Smartass." Q replied. All of a sudden they heard a thump. Everyone quickly turned around. Brian had finally passed out for probably the last time that night. "Eh, we'll see him in the morning." AJ commented.

"I'll be right back!" Kevin said as he went to help Q drag Brian to his room. "I'm gonna go videotape it." Howie said as he dropped Breanna's hand to run down the hall. "I think I'm gonna be sick." Nick said as he ran to his room. "Well, it's just us three." AJ commented as they all walked back into the girls' hotel room. "AJ, make me one more drink please?" Breanna asked. "B, you think that's smart?" Eve asked cautiously. "I'll be fine." Breanna replied. "Beautiful, you can sure handle your alcohol better than most girls I've met." AJ said. "Here, one last Cape Cod." He said as he and Breanna clicked glasses together. "I'll race ya!" Breanna said to AJ before he could take a sip of his drink. "Ok, you're on! But be careful. I think I put too much Vodka in this one." He warned. "Ok, on the count of three. Eve, you count it off." Breanna told Eve. "Okay, one, two, three!" Breanna gulped down her Vodka and beat AJ by one sip. "Damn girl! I'm impressed!" AJ said laughing. "Well, guys, I'm so tired. It's already 2am. I'm gonna head up to bed." Eve said. "Goodnight!" AJ called. Eve walked over to him and gave him a tight hug and a sweet kiss on the lips. "What was that for?" He asked kindly. "For helping me with Kevin. I know you did it mainly for him, but thank you anyway." Eve replied as she walked upstairs. "See you later in the morning!" Breanna yelled to Eve. "I love you!" Eve said. "Me too!" Breanna replied back. "You'll be ok?" AJ asked Breanna as he grabbed his hotel room key. "I'll be fine. You go ahead and go to bed. We'll talk later today." Breanna said as she gave AJ a long hug. "Thank you, too." Breanna told AJ. "Eh, what are friends for?" AJ replied. "I know Howie's gonna want to come and check on you later..." AJ began. "Here." Breanna said as she handed AJ her room key. "Give this to him." She said. "He won't make any major move other than kiss you. I've known him for too long and..." AJ started to explain to Breanna. "I don't move fast either, AJ. I know what type of guy he is. Just give him that. I know he probably won't use it but he'll feel better knowing he could check on me whenever he wanted." Breanna said. "Ok, well, no more drinking and get a good nights rest. I'll see you tomorrow at the concert. I'll be busy during the day so I won't be around." AJ explained. "Oh, ok. See you tomorrow." Breanna said as she walked AJ to the door. "Think you can make it to your room alright?" She joked to AJ. "I think I can manage. Oh, by the way, Happy Birthday." He said as he kissed her check. "Thanks." She said as AJ turned on his heel to walk to his room next door.

"Hey Q, do us a favor. Those ladies we were with..." Kevin tried to explain. "I know, they don't know who you are or what you do, right?" He asked Kevin and Howie. "Well, yeah..." Howie said as they put Brian into bed and covered him up. "Wanna take that crap off his face?" Q asked. "NO!" Kevin and Howie whispered loudly. "I want him to wake up not remembering anything until he goes to look in the mirror." Kevin said. "Well, he's wearing woman's leggings and a skirt, I'm sure he'll figure somethin's wrong before he gets to the mirror." Q said as Howie videotaped a sleeping Brian. "Well, anyway, they're going to find out about us tomorrow cause we invited them to the concert." Howie explained as he turned off the camcorder. "Who? Oh, the ladies." Q said. "Yeah, so could you not give away any hints to them?" Howie asked. "Sure man, that's fine." Q said as he walked down the stairs. "Well, you better get some sleep. You have a long day tomorrow. You have rehearsal at 6 and the show starts at 8. No major interviews that I know of so just rest all day, k?" Q said as he walked out the door to his room. Just then AJ appeared in the doorway. "Yo, D, this is fo' you. It's their room key. She was planning on stayin' up for a little while before going to bed and I told her you might want to check in on her or somethin'. Kev, Eve's already in bed." AJ informed. "Thanks, man." Howie said as AJ walked away to his room. "Well, I'm gonna go to my room and try to catch some Z's. Hopefully I won't have a hangover tomorrow. God knows Brian will." Kevin joked. "Yeah, me too. I'm tired. But I think I just might check on Breanna to make sure she wasn't pretending to be happy again." Howie said as they walked out of Brian's hotel room. "Goodnight" Kevin said to Howie as he went to his room. "See ya later." Howie said as he walked to the girls' hotel room.

When Howie walked into the room he noticed that Breanna was curled up in a ball on the couch. Howie walked over to Breanna and tried to wake her lightly. "Breen? Bre? C'mon, wake up." He said as he lightly shook her shoulder. "Oh, she's passed out." He said as he gathered her into his arms and carried her upstairs. He found her pajama's in her closet and pulled them out. He walked over to the bed and undressed what little clothing she was wearing and slipped her pajama's on her body. He then placed her into her bed and covered her up with the blankets. Before turning out her light he leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips. He didn't feel too comfortable leaving her alone like that so he sat in the bedroom recliner and watched her sleep as the moonlight came into the room. At 5am Breanna woke up. "Christian, don't!" She screamed. Just then Eve jumped out of bed but Howie met her in the doorway. "I'm here. I'll take care of her." He said as he ushered Eve back to her room. "Howie?" Breanna asked as she sat up in her bed. "I'm right here. It was only a dream." He said as he walked around the bed to where Breanna could see him. "Sleep next to me?" She asked. "Whatever you want." He said as he climbed into bed with her. Breanna turned around to face Howie. She laid her head near his shoulder and he stroked her hair until she fell back asleep. "Happy Birthday." He said to her as she feel asleep.

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