"AJ, it's going to be all right. You are all going to do great at that Mr. Pearlman's house. You'll do just fine! Stop fiddling with your hair and let's go!" Juliette was screaming to her best friend who just couldn't figure out what to do with his messy hair.

"Ugh! It looks so bad," he complained making a sad face and finally giving up. Juliette grimaced.

"It always looks messed up, though!" She replied, grabbing the gel and his arm and dragging him outside of the house to the car. His mother had been waiting for him for the past fifteen minutes.

"Alex, what took you so long? Juliette, what did you do to my poor boy?" Denise joked, winking at Juliette.

"Yeah, Jules, what DID you do?" He smiled a flirtatious smile at her, which he knew always drove everyone crazy.

"I made your crazy hair look presentable. You should be thanking instead of teasing. Now get in the car!" she said slapping him playfully on the shoulder.

An hour later, they reached Lou Pearlman's house. Only Nick Carter was there out of the five who were supposed to meet, but he figured that they would come soon.

"Who's the hottie?" Nick smiled once Juliette and Denise had gone out of sight.

"Jules? She's my best friend, and she's not a hottie. She's very beautiful, but she's not a hottie," AJ replied, feeling a little uncomfortable with the terminology used to describe his best friend since birth.

"Hey, look. Howie's here," Nick said, grabbing AJ and walking over to Howie. He sighed and greeted his friend.