"Uhg...hello?" she said half asleep.
"Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you,"she heard a familiar voice singing,"Happy birthday to Jessie, Happy birthday toooo yoouuuu."
"Oh, Nick that was beatiful, thank you," she said starting to wake up.
"Did I wake you up?" he asked.
"Yeah, but it was worth it," she replied.
Listen, stay in bed, I'll be over in a bit to make you breakfast," he told her.
"You..can uh.....cook?" she asked starting to laugh.
"Hey! Just because I'm on the road 300 days a year doesn't mean I don't know how to make breakfast!"
"Um...okl Can't I at least get up and freshen up a bit so I don't look like I just came out of a tornado?"
"Yes, but your getting breadfast in bed so get back in bed when your done. I'll let myself in when I get there. Your parents are gone aren't they?"
"Yep, took the whole family to Missouri for a month of fun with my dad's side of the family."
"Cool, be there in a bit."
"Nick?"
"Yeah?"
"I...I..."she wanted to tell him she loved him but didn't know if he still felt the same. They used to tell each other that all the time.
"What is it?"
"I...uh can't wait to see ya," she said quickly.
"Me too, bye!"he said.
"Bye," she hung up and smacked her forehead and got up to get ready.
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"Yeah,um..I want to give a name for the birthday buncher?" Kim said. She had gotton up to call the radio station to get Jessie to win the Birthday Buncher. They would say happy birthday to everyone that was called in and they would tell who the happy b-day was from. If you were the name pulled from the hat, you won a big prize package and was the birthday buncher for the day.
"Ok,can I have the name, age, and location?"
"Jessie Richardson,19." she told the DJ.
"And who is this from?"
"Kim, Elissa, Michelle, Cassie, Kayla, and Nick,Brian,AJ,Kevin,and Howie.
"Ok...um, wait, isn't that the Backstreet Boys?" the DJ asked.
"Yeah, they wanted to wish her a happy b-day too,"she said.
"Sure they did,"he replied sounding like he didn't believe her.
"Listen, you don't have to believe me but Jessie know it's true so just say 'em!"
"ok, whatever."he replied,"Thanks for callin'!
"Bye," she said hanging up. It was 7am. They announced the winner at 8am. She was going to sleep till then and wake up to hear the announcement.
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Brian was up early and watching TV when Nick called.
"Hello?" Brian answered.
"Hey dude, I'm gonna go over to Jessie's," Nick told him.
"This early?" Brian asked.
"I'm giving her breakfast in bed," he said.
"Ahhh...what else are you giving her?" Brian asked with a sly tone.
"Shut up Frick! I don't think she wants to yet, Listen, I don't have time to argue. I'm not sure when we'll be back so don't wait for us if you all decide to do something."
"Ok, we probably will go out and get her some presents or something. I think Kim is handeling the party."
"Aight, I'm gonna go."
"See ya!" Brian said hanging up.
He couldn't wait till they started touring again. Maybe he would find someone that was willing to stay with him on tours and throughout his career. The only person willing to do that so far was Leighanne but they were over now. He thought about the group that was going to catch up with them in a couple of weeks to open up for them.'Brighten' was their name. Four girls ages 25,23,21, and 18. He had heard good things about them and was hoping one of them might fall for him.
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AJ awoke with a terrible hangover. As he tried to sit up a pain crossed his head and he fell back down. Then his stomach started doing flips and he had to throw up. He jumped up and tried to get to the bathroom through all the pain. He made it to the toilet and lay on the floor and fell asleep.
Kevin woke up after he heard AJ throwing up on the other side of the wall. He went into AJ's room and in the bathroom.
"Geez, Aje,"he said picking him up off the floor and helping him to his bed,"Go back to bed!" Kev told him.
"Ok, wake me up when it's time to leave this place," AJ replied.
"Um...that is not for like 3 days so dont sleep that long. I'll wake you up when we get back. We are going to pick up Jessie's presents."
"Whatever," AJ said going back to sleep.
Howie woke up naturally as natured called. He went to the bathroom and got dressed and left his room to see if anyone else was up.
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Jessie finished her shower and just put on a big t-shirt with some spandex shorts and went back in bed. She turned on the TV to MTV just as Larger Than Life's video came on. She remembered the night before and dancing in front of all those people and laughed at herself.
"God,Nick looks hot in this video!" she said.
"What was that?" Nick asked walking into her room.
"Oh, I was just saying how hot Brian looked in this video," she said jokingly.
"HaHa," Nick said leaning over to give her a kiss,"Happy Birthday."
"Mmm...thank you,"she said smiling.
"So...I guess I will go get to work. Don't go and find some other guy while I'm down there cooking my butt off for you."
"Aww...that's just what I was gonna do," she said sarcastically. He gave her a quick kiss and went down stairs and began cooking. French toast with bacon on the side. It wasn't much but he could make a mean french toast. He found everything he needed and had it done in 15 minutes. He went up to Jessie's room to make sure she was ready. But she wasn't there. All of the sudden, he heard music coming from a room down the hall. He opened the door just a crack so he could see what she was doing. He figured it was her parents room because of the King size bed and there wasn't much things of interest in there. Jessie was watching Britney Spears video and dancing in front of the tv. Nick stood there smiling while he watched her. As soon as it was over, he snuck up behind her and put his arms around her waist and kissed her neck. She giggled and said,"Ok, breakfast babe, after we eat your deliciously cooked meal."
"Ok, why are we in here?"
"Cause the bed is bigger,"she replied.He raised his eyebrows and smiled."Not that, silly, so we can eat together."
"Damn," he said under his breath.
"We can do other stuff after breakfast,"she said giving him a soft kiss on the lips.
"Ok," he said smiling,"be right back!" He ran down stairs to get the food and Jessie got in bed.