Saturday April 28, 2001

"This place is packed" Lauren complained as she sat in the passenger side of AJ's Expedition, glancing over at AJ who sat beside her then at the lines of traffic in front of her. The group and the girls current location, a very crowded main street in Cancun, Mexico. They were there for MTV's annual spring break.

"I hate it down here, I'm going to run out of gas waiting here" AJ said as he unbuckled his seat belt and stretched in the seat.

"Its nice down here, crowded, but nice" Whitney tuned herself into the conversation as she rolled down the tented window beside her.

"Its hot in here, AJ turn the AC up" Nick said from his seat in the back also.

"Well if dumbass over there would roll up the window...." Ashley began, she was sitting behind them, sharing a seat with Amber and Brian. Brooke shared a seat with Whit and Nick while the other three were sitting in the very back.

"Listen, you can't see anything out of these windows, they are so damn dark" Whitney argued.

"Ya'll please...." Brian began.

He stopped when AJ yelled, "You dumbass, need to take your ass back to Nevada or learn how to drive, damn". The car had cut in front of him, causing him to slam on brakes and almost hit the back of the car.

"Ummm AJ, we sorta got some problems" Howie yelled from the back as they flew down the four lane road they were now on. The music blasting was causing AJ not to hear what Howie was talking about. "AJ!" he yelled after no response.

"What?" AJ asked, looking in his rear view mirror at Howie who pointed out the glass. "God damn..." he mumbled, stopping the car and pulling off to the side of the road as he cut the engine off and rolled down his window.

"Sir, do you have any idea how fast you were going back there?" the officer asked as he stepped into the frame of AJ's window.

"No sir, I sure don't, do you?" AJ answered in a smartass tone. Everyone else on the road was speeding, why did he have to get stopped.

"As a matter of a fact I do, you were running eighty in a sixty zone" the officer explained. AJ nodded before he continued, "Can I please see your drivers license and vehicle registration?" he asked. Lauren found the registration in the console while AJ got out his license.

Ten minutes later they were driving away, with a two hundred dollar ticket. "That fool is crazy if he thinks I am paying two hundred dollars, I will be seeing a lawyer as soon as I get back to Orlando. I mean everyone else out here is running at least eighty and I'm randomly picked, I don't think so" AJ stated as he threw the ticket in the console and carefully drove the distance to the grocery store, their destination in the first place. Once there AJ who was pissed stayed in the car along with Lauren. Whit and Nick had walked in the grocery store, put what they wanted in the buggy, walked over to Blockbuster which was beside the grocery store, then returned to the car. Twenty minutes had passed when a noise was heard and AJ's Expedition shook. He glanced out the passenger side window to see a carload of immigrants piling out of a station wagon. "Tell me, please tell me that they didn't just hit my car with that door.." AJ began.

"Umm...." Lauren said, preparing herself for AJ's mouth. AJ got out of the car and made his way over to the passenger side door, a streak of black paint two feet long streaked the side of his silver automobile.

"Excuse me!" he yelled to the immigrants who were already making their way towards the grocery store. The immigrants just turned around and stared at him. "Do you speak English?" AJ yelled, no answer just the obvious stares.

"Man you is crazy" one of the immigrants stated. "You get away from my car" another added, talking in their choppy english.

"Oh you haven't seen crazy yet and I will stand wherever in the hell I want to stand. And fuck you too" AJ yelled.

"AJ! We are in public" Lauren hissed.

"Well I'm sorry, I didn't buy a fourty thousand dollar car for somebody to put paint all down the side of it. You wanna know why I hate this place, that is one of the exact reasons, now hand me my keys" AJ explained. Lauren did as directed.

"What are you doing?" Nick asked, opening his door.

"I'm keying this peice of shit they drive" AJ answered as he took the key and began to key the black paint. Several obscenties covered the car minutes later and AJ took his seat back behind the wheel of the Expedtion.

Fifteen minutes later everyone else arrived back at the car, "Somebody keyed the hell out of that car" Brian remarked.

"Mr. McLean himself" Whit replied.

"Why'd you do that?" Kevin asked.

"Because them dumbasses hit my damn car with their car door and didn't seem to really care" AJ answered as he started the engine and the group started back out towards their hotel.

At six they met with Carson Daly for an interview, then it was off to partying, Cancun style. Things were crazy, while there your life mostly revolved around drinking, partying and sex. Not the best atmosphere, but it was better than the walls of a hotel room. Two hours later, everyone had drank at least a couple of shots, "Oooh a wet t-shirt contest" Nick snickered.

"Oh hell yea" a once again drunk Kevin agreed, causing all the girls to giggle.

"Ya'll game?" AJ asked, looking at each one of them, they were all dressed their bathing suits with shorts, various shirts and sandals on. "They got white t-shirts up there..." AJ began.

"We know J" Sarah stated.

"Well, are ya'll game?" Brian asked. Howie just raised his eyebrows at the whole ordeal.

"I guess so.." Brooke began.

"I'm game" Whit agreed.

"Well lets go" Ashley and Amber insisted.

"Ya'll....." Lauren complained, she wasn't really getting into this.

"Aww c'mon Lauren...it'll be....." Whit began.

"FUN" AJ finished, shoving Lauren towards the awaiting others.

"Yeah, fun for you I bet" Lauren laughed.

Thirty minutes later the six, along with around a hundred other twenty something year old girls were up on the stage. The club they were at was partially indoors and partially outdoors, the stage was outdoors and guys lined the sides with hosepipes, cups of water, anything possible to wet the girls. The guys sat in the audience just watching, laughing yet yelling at the girls, they weren't actually taking part in the wetting, but they had a very good view of the people they wanted to see. "Damn, my baby can shake what her mama gave her..." Nick mumbled to himself.

"Na, my baby can shake what her mama gave her" Brian insisted.

"Hell no, MY girl can sure as hell shake what her mama gave her" AJ joined the conversation, never taking his eyes off of Lauren.

"That girl over there looks good.." Howie began on a completely different conversation, zooming in on the girl he noticed it as Claudia. The two hadn't spoken in at least three months, their relationship had faded slowly and they'd eventually lost contact. "Ya'll that is Claudia..." he began.

"What would she be doing here?" AJ asked.

"Well besides the fact that its a free country and its not completely impossible for her to be here, shes probably down her modeling" Howie guessed a possible answer.

"Well what in the hell are you waiting for, go over there and talk to her, duh" Kevin slurred. All the guys cracked up, except for Howie who only supplyed small laugh.

Howie got himself up and made his way over to the stage, pulling his hat farther down on his head and pushing his way through the crowd. "Claudia!" he yelled over the music as he finally got to the edge of the stage.

"Huh...Howie is that you?" Claudia yelled, looking down and seeing who was calling her name.

"Yeah, its me" Howie yelled back as he smiled. Claudia smiled herself as she jumped down from the stage, the two pushed themselves through the crowd, once out they pulled each other into a hug.

"Time for body shots" AJ announced as he dabbed salt on Lauren's neck then furiously sucked it off. After thirty minutes Amber and Brian as well as Lauren and AJ were still going at it. Whitney and Nick had calmed down, the Tequila starting to get to them, the rest of the crew had never started the body shots. "Ok, lick it, slam it....whats next?" AJ asked as he stumbled into Lauren, who in turn crashed into the bar which eventually broke their fall.

"I dunno, but it isn't 'bust your ass' so calm down with that shit, it's only one o'clock.." Lauren answered.

"Ok, but I was having fun.." AJ complained.

"There are other ways to have fun" Lauren replied, smiling seductivly.

"Well right now this is fun enough for me" Brian insisted as he licked the salt from Amber's neck then pratically threw the Tequila down his throat. After the liquid had finished its path he awaited Amber to add more salt, "Damn I love my life" he stated before his lips made contact with her skin, again.

Nick and Whitney were busy bumping and grinding on the dancefloor, soon they were interrupted." Yo Nick, you gotta come see this, looks like J has talked Lauren into something..." Brian slurred as he stumbled up to Nick's side.

"Man, what is it?" Nick asked, his voice already becoming partial slurs.

"Whipped cream and shit, you two might like it" Brian answered.

"Yea, ya'll might" Amber joined them as she came up to Brian's side, giggling ever other second about nothing, she was drunk also.

"Why don't ya'll do it.." Whitney began.

"Because I got whipped cream in my hotel, we're goin' to dance" Brian answered.

"Ok, well c'mon Nick, let's investigate" Whit said as she forcefully grabbed Nick by his shirt.

"Ooohh fiesty" Nick said back, Whit just laughed and rolled her eyes as they made their way up to the bar. Around twenty couples were there, Lauren and AJ one of them. Lauren was sitting on the bar with a trail of whipped cream running down her, AJ followed it, with his tounge. The other couple was soon to join in on the fun, Whit was laying across the bar in only her bikini while Nick was having all the fun he could imagine.

Soon the role was reversed and the girls had taken the guys out on the dancefloor. While they danced the two girls worked their own magic. Nick moaned as Whitney let her tounge run down his 'happy trail' the thin vertical line of hair that rose above his belt line. "Now don't get too excited..." she laughed stopping at his belt line.

"Just suck it baby" Nick slurred out as Whit got right at his belt line.

She stopped what she was doing to look up at him, "You are seriously drunk, because you are foolish Mr. Carter..." she began.

"I like it when you call me that.." Nick trailed off as AJ began to laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Whit asked.

"You and him, 'don't get too excited'" AJ mocked as Lauren's lips touched his bare neck, licking off the trace of whipped cream, then continuing down his chest.

"I wouldn't be laughing if I was you.." Lauren smirked as she ran her hand across AJ's zipper.

"Awww yea, get freaky ya'll" Kevin yelled from his chair, he was sitting with Sarah. Ashley and Brooke were on the dance floor with some guys that they considered Abercrombie and Fitch model look a-likes.

Twenty minutes later cheering was heard from the bar's direction, everyone looked to see Kevin standing on it, dressed in his boots, jeans and button down shirt. "Dude, we gotta see this.." AJ began.

"Hell, I say we join him.." Nick stated as himself and AJ made a dash for the bar, jumping on a stool, then standing beside Kevin. Both of them already were shirtless and were going for their pants. Luckily they all had on hats and it was dark, no press would be involved.

"I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt.." Kevin was yelling as he unbuttoned his shirt.

"He likes that song, doesn't he?" Whit laughed as she watched the three. "Take if off baby.." she yelled as she caught a glance from Nick.

"Yea you go for them pants" Lauren yelled to AJ who just laughed.

"Ya'll, put your damn clothes on.." Howie hissed, going up to the edge of the bar.

"Na, c'mon D, join us" Kevin yelled.

"Ummm no thanks, put on your clothes.." Howie insisted.

"Man why you always got to be runing stuff for us?" Nick asked.

"I dunno, but this is fun" AJ laughed as he dropped his pants, exposing his smiley face boxers.

"Oh yes AJ, those are just the style ..." Brian laughed as he came up to Howie's side. After ten minutes of fussing with the guys they had finally talked them into getting off the bar and dancing.

Throughout the night the girls had sang karaoke, once again, it was almost as if it was a tradition, they'd sang 'Whatta Man' by Salt N Pepa featuring En Vogue. Whit, Lauren and Amber had rapped the verse that described their guy the best while the other three had randomly picked a verse. At four everyone made their way out to the parking lot. "Where are Brian and Amber?" Ashley asked.

"Ummmm right here" Kevin answered as he opened the door on the very back of the Expedition.

"Yea their right there all right, having sex in my damn car" AJ replied, partially pissed that two people were screwing in his car.

"J, chill its the SEXpedition.." Brian and Amber both stated.

"I'll have to remember that one..." Nick began, but stopped when he realized he didn't have anything else to say, too many drinks did that to him often.

"Lets go to the beach...." Lauren began in efforts to change the subject.

Ten minutes later they were at their hotel, which was oceanfront, Brooke who had been the most sober had driven. Ashley and Brooke who had discovered the guys at the club were staying at the same hotel as them hadn't joined them on the coast because they were with the guys. The three couples, and Kevin and Sarah all laid out in the sand. Kevin, AJ and Nick the most drunk.

"Damn man you are impolite" AJ suddenly stated.

"Man what in the hell are you talking about?" Nick asked as he played with the sand.

"I think hes talking about that dude that keep on sneezing on us, its like this loud noise or crash then you feel mist" Kevin explained.

Everyone else started to crack up, "Yea I know what your talking about now" Nick replied.

"Damn ya'll are stupid, its the ocean you dumbasses" Brian stated.

"Seagull Brian, Seagull" Amber giggled as she leaned against him and pointed in the sky.

"Ok...." Whitney began as Nick's body fell down beside hers, his lips soon finding her own.

"Damn you two, get a room..." Sarah complained, annoyed at the kissing sounds.

"I'm sure they will" AJ added.

Thirty minutes later Whit and Nick who couldn't keep their hands off one another were in the elevator, awaiting it to reach the third floor. Once there they stumbled their way down to thier room, quickly opened the door and fell down onto the bed. Amber and Brian were going to their room, not as wild as the others. AJ was kissing Lauren's neck the whole way down the third hall, Lauren only wanting more fought with the door before opening it, then starting to fight with AJ's clothing. Ashley and Brooke were sitting on the balcony of the two guys rooms, laughing and joking around with them. Kevin and Sarah were in seperate rooms while Claudia peacefully slept in Howie's arms.

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