Brian smiled big as Justin opened the door. "Hey, how are you guys?" He questioned as he walked inside the room and over to the bed to where Nick was sitting looking sad. He frowned. "Is everything alright?"

Howie walked in along with AJ and Kevin, followed by Justin who closed the door. "We missed you both today," he said sitting next to Nick.

"Me miss you too," Nick said trying to act happy so Justin wouldn't get in trouble but he was just in a sad mood now because he knew Justin wasn't happy about what had happened.

AJ looked confused, he could tell something wasn't right but he didn't say anything. "Did you guys have a good day?"

"Yah, we did. Oh, Nick," Justin said. "Tell them what you learned today."

Brian and Howie looked over at Nick, anxious to know as to what Nick learned today.

Nick smiled big as he held up one finger and then two. "One...and two!" he said proudly.

Kevin's eyes went wide. "Whoa, good job buddy!"

Brian beamed as he clapped his hands and chuckled when Howie joined in before ruffling the younger boy's hair. "That's awesome, Nick," Brian said.

"Totally," Howie agreed. "What else did you do and learn? Oh, Justin, how did you like Mrs. Thompson?"

Justin smiled as he walked in to the room and stood behind AJ. "I like her a lot. She's really understanding and down to earth. How did the interviews and sound check go?" Justin questioned looking at the four men.

"A lot better then last time," Kevin said with a smile so glad that he was totally back to stuff again.

Nick got up and went about putting all his stuff in his bag again. He was putting all the diapers he had brought in last having to shove them in hard because they didn't want to fit in again. "Dumb...tings," he grumbled. He then threw them out again and tried to put them back in, causing some of the other guys to laugh.

Brian looked over at Nick and noticed the irritated mood he was in. Walking over to him he said, "Hey little man is everything alright? Here let me help." He took the diapers from Nick's hand and frowned when he noticed there was the same amount. "You didn't go potty today?" He looked over at Justin. "He didn't go to the bathroom today or did he use the toilet?"

Justin shook his head. "I don't think he did... he didn't say anything if he did."

Nick just looked back and forth between Justin and Brian, not really wanting to tell them that he had been wet since eleven that morning and REALLY had to go right then.

Both Brian and Justin sighed as they were both well aware of the look on Nick's face at the moment. "I'm really sorry Brian," Justin said feeling bad for not checking on Nick like he was supposed to. He knew Brian was worrying about the rash that was still on Nick's bum.

Brian shook his head. "Um, you were preoccupied with Mrs. Thompson, don't worry about it." He then looked over at Nick. "You gotta go again don't you? C'mon, let's head back to our room and you can go to the bathroom there."

"Me no want to!" Nick whined, just being a normal kid, he wasn't scared of the idea anymore but he just simply didn't want to.

"Come on let's go rest a few minutes before we have to leave again." Kevin suggested as he led Howie out of the room and back to their own.

Brian sighed. "You HAVE to Nick," he said, his voice strained. "If you don't that rash is gonna get worse! You're the one that's gonna hurt and suffer in the end, not me. I'm just trying to help you out."

Howie smiled as he waved a good bye to everyone before following Kevin out the door and to their room.

Justin sighed as he rubbed his face with his hands and sat down on the bed. He watched Brian deal with Nick.

"Me no want ta go to da potty!" Nick continued to whine a pout on his face and his arms crossed over his chest ready to throw a fit.

Brian looked down at Nick and crossed his hands over his chest. "But you need a changing, too. It's disgusting staying in the same dirty diapers for a long time," he said.

"Yeah well...me ike it." Nick stated, not backing down.

Brian stared at Nick for a few seconds not knowing just what to say to that. He then looked over at Justin and AJ, getting an idea. "He isn't a big boy like you guys said he was, now is he?"

Justin shook his head catching on what Brian was doing. "No, not at all, big boys don't like to stay in dirty underwear and they obey rules."

"Do you think Nick is being a big boy right now or a selfish two year old that doesn't want to grow up and learn?" Brian questioned.

"I think I agree with you on that one Bri," AJ said also getting what Brian was doing.

Nick pouted a little, ready to protest, because he really was a big boy. But now he wasn't so sure. "Me not big boy...me baby." he said with a nod of his head as he grabbed his backpack and put it on himself. "We go?" he asked Brian.

Brian suppressed the smile that was threatening to appear on his face. "Yes, we go now," he said as he put his arm around Nick's shoulder and led them out Justin's room. "We'll see you guys later," he called out over his shoulder to AJ and Justin.

"Me still no want to," Nick said as they walked into their hotel room. He wanted to show Brian he had control, even though he really didn't because Brian was the adult and he was the kid.

"Why don't you want to?" Brian questioned as they walked over to their room. Brian inserted the key card and opened the door and let Nick walk in before him.

"Cuz me busy," Nick said as he sat down on the bed and threw his stuff out of his backpack again until he found the few toys car at the bottom. He then went about pushing them around the bed, crashing into each other. "See...me busy."

Brian raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms over his chest. "That's not life and death Nick, playing with your toys can wait because they won't go anywhere. Changing and going to the bathroom will only take a few minutes. You'll feel so much nicer and better once you're all clean," he said.

Nick glared at Brian and just to spite him got the look of pure concentration on his face and bore down doing what he had to do in his diaper instead of the toilet. The whole time looking right at Brian, something he wouldn't normally do...but this time he was doing it for Brian's benefit. He was just in an 'I know what I'm supposed to do, but I'm just not going to do It.' mode.

Brian narrowed his eyes and stared right back at Nick before shaking his head in disappointment. He really didn't know what he had to do and he wished he could get someone to back him up in this. Sighing he walked out the door and down the hall to Kevin's room. Knocking on the door he waited for someone to answer.

Kevin walked over to the door and opened it after a minute of Brian knocking, he was fixing his clothes as he opened the door. "Bri...everything okay?"

Brian shook his head and then looked up at his cousin, tears in his eyes. "I can't do this; I don't know how to do this. I don't know what I'm doing. I can't," he started sobbing right there in the hall as his knees gave out on him and he sat on down on the floor. "I'm not ready. I can't!" He just felt overwhelmed and there was just so much he didn't know. "I don't know what else to do..." Brian cried into his hands.

Kevin did the only thing he could think about doing, he bent down ,picked Brian up in his arms and carried him into his and Howie's room. He then sat them down on the bed and held Brian in his arms and just let him cry.

Brian melted into the arms of Kevin and cried on his shoulders for a few minutes before he felt himself get too tired to cry any more. He started to get hiccups and he rubbed at his eyes for a few moments before shaking his head. "I'm really sorry guys, if I interrupted anything. Sorry..."

"Don't worry about it Bri...now do you think you can tell us what's wrong?" Kevin asked he was really worried for his cousin. He had been for a while now but with him being sick and just all the stuff with Lou he hadn't been able to really talk to his cousin much. It was then that he realized something. "Bri where's Nicky?" he asked all of a sudden scared that Brian was upset because something happened to Nick.

"Oh SHIT!" Brian cried out as he tried to get up and go check up on Nick. He'd been so overwhelmed and just hopeless that he'd just walked out of the room leaving Nick unsupervised. When he couldn't get out of Kevin's grasp on him he sighed. "Still in our room... See... I'm so bad at this. I can't remember anything to help him out. What good am I to him?" Brian started to cry again.

Howie had been sitting on the floor in front of Brian, not knowing what to do to help the other man. "I'll go check on him, you stay here," he said as he quickly got up and walked out of the room to go find Nick.

"Brian stop being so hard on yourself, you're doing an awesome job with Nick." Kevin tried to convince the other man. "Just because he's being hard right now doesn't mean you're being bad. He's a kid...hell he was like this when he was twelve remember. He's not just doing this because you're a terrible parent, it's just who he is."

Brian knew that made sense but damn-it he didn't know what else to do but cry. A guy had the right to cry now and then when things got hard, right? "I'm too young for this..." he whispered out between trying to catch his breath. "At least when Nick was like thirteen or whatever he knew things... knew to listen... well, you know what I mean."

"He's just got to learn that he can't do things like he's doing, there has to be consequences." Kevin stated knowing they had been afraid to punish Nick because of all the things he had been through.

Nick had been outside in the hall looking confused and scared. He didn't know what to do when Brian just walked out on him.

Brian sighed and felt like he was fifty years old. His head hurt, his body ached, and his heart full of pain. "I should get going."

Howie walked down the hall and saw Nick standing in front of the room looking lost and scared. "Hey Nicky, what are you doing out here?"

"Brian go bye bye." Nick whispered.

Kevin put a hand on Brian's shoulder to stop him. "Brian...you're not okay...I don't think you should go back yet, Nick is going to know that something is wrong."

"I can't just leave him in there alone," Brian said and then sighed knowing Kevin was probably right. "Do you mind if I use your bathroom?"

Howie sighed as he approached Nick and put his arm around the younger boy. "Brian will be back soon," he said. "Let's go inside and color some books or something?"

"Of course," Kevin said, wishing he knew what else to say to Brian to make things better. He couldn't even begin to imagine how his cousin must be feeling.

"Brian mad at me," Nick whispered as he and Howie walked back into the room. "Me bad boy."

Brian walked into the bathroom and over to the sink. Turning on the water he blocked the sink and waited till it filled up before turning the water off and dunking his head inside. The cold water sent a shock wave through his system and made his head numb. He stayed under for a minute before the lack of oxygen got to him and he removed his head, steadying himself on the counter. He stared at his dripping reflection before reaching for the face towel and wiping his face. He looked back and smiled. Everything looked like it was back to normal, hell, he almost fooled himself... almost. Walking back out he said, "I'm ready now, see ya in a bit," he said to Kevin and walked towards the door.

"Brian's not mad at you Nicky," Howie said trying to comfort him. He pulled out one of the coloring and opened the box of crayons. "He's just really stressed right now; it had been a long busy day today."

Kevin nodded his head, "Okay, well go get some rest before we have to head to the arena in two hours."

Nick wasn't sure what it meant to be stressed so he just nodded his head. He then started coloring even though he had done that so many times that day and was sick of it, but he didn't want to complain since he was already in enough trouble.

Howie looked around the room not knowing just what to do. He felt helpless and made a mental note to start paying more attention and help Brian out as much as he possibly can. He waited for a few minutes watching Nick until he saw someone enter through the open door of the room from the corner of his eyes. Looking over he noticed Brian walk in, looking fresh and awake nothing like he was just a few minutes ago. Howie had to do a double take before he stood up and walked over to him. "You feel better now?" Howie questioned, worried and concerned.

Brian smiled and nodded his head as he ran a shaky hand through his hair. "Yah, I'm fine. Sorry about that earlier, I guess…I just needed to either punch something or cry and since I couldn't really get violent with HIM around, I cried," he said.

Howie smiled softly and looked back down at Nick. "Don't worry about it, okay? You need any help right now... anything?"

Brian shook his head. "Nah, I'm good... we're good. Thanks, though. I'll take you up on that some other time," Brian said as he flashed Howie the smile he practiced and walked him out the door. "Well, you wanna watch a movie or something?" Brian questioned Nick. He wasn't going to force Nick to do anything he didn't want to do anymore.

Nick simply shook his head, not looking up at Brian. He felt bad for being naughty...and just thought it would be better to not say anything at all...that's what he always had to do with his parents.

Brian pouted and sat down beside him, nudging his shoulder with his own. "Hey," he said in a playfully soft voice. "I bet you've been coloring all day. Aren't sick of it? Don't you wanna do something besides that?" Brian had noticed that the coloring book Nick was using at the moment was almost finished... the same coloring book Brian had taken the plastic wrapper off and had given to him that morning.

"Yeah," Nick answered looking at Brian for a second before looking back down at his coloring book.

"Okay, then why don't you stop and do something else, huh?" Brian questioned reaching for the crayons to put it back in its box. "Why don't you tell me what you did today?"

"Me color, watch Poppins." Nick answered and then tried to think. "Ate pizza...drank pop...broke flowers" As he said that he literally hit himself in the forehead and ran to go hide behind the bed. He wanted to hide there forever because he knew Justin would be mad that he gave away their secret.

Brian was shocked the instant Nick hit himself and ran behind the bed. He sat there blinking in the direction Nick went running off in for a few seconds before shaking his head and replaying what Nick just said in his head. Colored. Poppins. Pizza. Pop. Broke flowers. Wait, pop? broke flowers? Brian sighed and got up with great difficultly, again feeling like he should be taking arthritis medications. "Nick, stop hiding and come on out... why you hiding?"

"Me sowwy, Me sowwy!" Nick from under the blankie he had on over his head. "No be mad at Justin...no be mad at Justin...me sowwy!"

Brian squatted down in front of Nick and tugged at the blankie on Nick's head. He wasn't angry, not in the least. He just prayed that Lou wouldn't see the bill and even if he did that he wouldn't take it out on the rest of the guys. He already had a plan in his head to take the blame for everything. Then an idea popped in his head. "I'm not mad at you or at Justin, come on, get up and stop being sorry." With that Brian walked over to the hotel phone and dialed the front desk. He thought maybe he could pay for the broken vase from his own pocket money and convince them not to put it on the bill. He frowned when the man said there wasn't any broken vase and nothing of that sort was going to be on the bill. He hung up the phone not realizing that Justin had taken care of everything.

"Justin pay big moneys," Nick whispered, still sitting in the corner but the blankie wasn't on his head.

"Say what?" Brian questioned sprawling out on the width of the bed so he could see Nick who was seated on the floor in the corner by the night stand table.

"Me broke flower...Justin pay big moneys...me no suppose to tell," Nick said, still unsure about Brian not being mad about it.

"Oh," Brian said. "No one is getting in trouble." He reached his hands out and cupped Nick's face in his hands. "Don't be scared, please..." It hurt him to see that Nick was scared of him or was afraid of him and he desperately wanted Nick to know otherwise.

"Me sowwy me bad boy...no listen." Nick whispered, really wanting Brian to know that.

Brian looked in to Nick's eyes, really looked into his eyes and his heart went out to the younger blonde. "Stop being sorry, Nick. Accidents happen and you're only two," he said. "Get up off the floor and sit comfortably on the bed or something." He rolled over on to his side and patted the spot in front of him, the space between the headboard and the pillows, and himself.

Nick did what Brian said, climbed onto the bed sat next to him. "Me ucky," he whispered; now really wanting to be changed before he could relax any.

Brian nodded his head and rolled over onto his other side to grab Nick's bag. He took out a diaper, wipes, and rash powder bottle. "Let's go to the bathroom..."

Nick nodded as he got up and walked with Brian into the bathroom. As he lied down on the floor waiting to be changed he kept his eye on the toilet the whole time. After all that had just happened his little mind was working over time. He was beginning to wonder if just going to the potty was really going to be THAT much of a hassle...or if he should just try it.

Brian got on his knees and started to take off Nick's pants and his heavy dirty diaper. He went with the usual routine with the wipes and applying the powder before putting on another diaper. He noticed Nick staring at the toilet and thought that maybe Nick was starting to revert back to being scared of it. "Sorry," he said feeling bad. "We can change you in the bedroom from now on, okay?"

Nick looked over at Brian with a confused look on his face. "Why do dat...dat be tinky and messy...dis the batoom...where do dat kinda stuff."

Brian frowned and flickered his gaze over to the toilet. "But... you're staring at the toilet. I just thought that you might be scared of it or something..."

Nick shook his head and smiled a little as he sat up. "Me no scared no more...me know you keep me safe."

Brian got up as he helped Nick stand up. "Good," he said smiling. Walking back out into the bedroom he noticed that he had only a hour and a half left before they had to leave for the concert. "What do you wanna do, now?"

"Pay wit me?" Nick asked, as he walked over to his cars that were on the floor and started rolling around.

"Okay," Brian said he sat across from Nick and played with the cars. "I can't wait to take you to Detroit," he said about fifteen minutes later. "And also, to Daytona," Brian added as an afterthought.

"What dare?" Nick asked curiously as he had a car drive up Brian's knee over his leg and then over his lap and groin, not thinking anything about what he was doing.

Brian cleared his throat and kinda moved away from Nick. "Um, Detroit is a place in Michigan and it's known for the cars it makes. And Daytona usually has race cars and a lot of people come and see people literally race cars," he explained.

Nick's eyes went wide, those places sounded really, really cool to him. "WOW me wana go dare!" he said excitedly as his cars raced over Brian's legs and lap again, not realizing that it was making the older man uncomfortable.

"Yah, we'll be going there in the next few weeks or months or something like that," Brian said as he cleared his throat again and gently grabbed Nick's hand that held the toy car and placed it back on the carpet. "I'm not a mountain or a street..." He giggled.

Nick giggled, thinking this was rather funny. "You Brian mountain," he giggled some more.

"Yah, well, okay, maybe I'm a hill and Kevin's like a mountain," Brian said chuckling along with Nick. "I'm not as built as Kevin; he's much stronger than I am."

This caused Nick to bust up laughing, so much that he was rolling around on the floor out of breath.

Brian looked down at Nick as he stopped laughing and frowned. "Okay... it's not THAT funny," he blinked. "Okay, stop laughing, seriously!" Brian pouted as Nick laughed even more. "You're gonna hurt your stomach and your face will hurt from all that smiling and laughing," he said quietly.

Nick stopped laughing and then blushed a little. "Oopsy," he said, he had been laughing so hard he kinda wet himself, just a little bit. "Laughing make pee come out," he said with a pout, kinda upset at himself cuz he was really thinking about doing this whole toilet bit.

Just then there was a knock on the door, AJ and Justin had come over a few minutes early to make sure everything was okay before they had to get going.

Brian laughed and scooted back so that the bed wasn't in his way and that be could get a better look at just who was at the door. "Come on in, it's open," he yelled out and smiled as he saw Justin and AJ. "Thanks Justin," he said referring to taking care of the vase. "Just tell me the amount later and I'll reimburse you."

Justin stared at Brian for a minute wondering why he was being thanked and then his eyes went wide as he blushed. His gaze diverted to Nick and he shook his head, a bit disappointed. "You're welcome and don't worry about it." He looked over at AJ's confused face and shrugged, "Long story."

Nick saw the look in Justin's eyes and quickly looked at the ground. He knew Brian wasn't mad at him, but just by the look in Justin's eyes he knew Justin was mad at him.

"Well we've gotta get going in a few minutes, Justin and I were wondering if Nick and J are coming tonight, or should they stay here?" AJ asked, knowing they could do either one but it was pretty much up to Brian.

"I don't know if Nick should be there, what if people see him. I don't know what'll happen if things get out of control," Brian said, worried. He looked over at Nick and asked, "You wanna come with us to the concert or do you wanna stay here with Justin till we get back?"

Justin looked between Brian and Nick and then settled down at staring at his sneakers instead. He was feeling out of sorts all of a sudden and wanted nothing more than to just crawl in bed and be left alone for a while, maybe a few thousand years but he kept his mouth shut.

"Me no care," Nick whispered.

AJ looked at Justin then at Brian and mouthed 'what's going on?' He didn't get why Justin was looking so down all of a sudden and why Nick looked like he was about ready to get scolded into the next century.

'I have no clue,' Brian mouthed back before looking back over to Nick. "Okay, pack your things, and let's get going," he said thinking that it might be good for the two blondes to get out of the hotel today since they'd been cooped up there all day.

"Otay," Nick said as he went about packing his stuff up. This time he got his Spider Man coloring book and his sparkly crayons. Plus his cars, but zipped it up without his diapers. "Me weddy."

"Forgetting the diapers, Nicky," Brian pointed out from where he was at the night stand table grabbing his wallet, cell phone, key card, and his gym back that had a change of clothes in it for after the concert. He noticed the other two diapers lying on the bed.

"Me no need um...me big boy." Nick said with a nod of his head.

AJ wasn't so sure if that was an okay thing, but he didn't find it his place to say anything.

"Just take them, in case," Brian said sighing. "Just in case!" He looked over at Justin.

Justin smiled and grabbed the two diapers and carefully stuffed them in Nick's bag before following them out the door, meeting Kevin and Howie at the elevators. Justin wrinkled his forehead in confusion at the way Kevin and Howie were looking at Brian, with sad and sympathetic eyes. He wondered what he missed.

Nick stayed on the total opposite side of the elevator as Justin was thinking the man was just ready to yell at him at any minute. He wasn't sure what he was going to do when they were left alone, he only hoped it wasn't too scary.

AJ watched Nick and then watched Kevin, Howie and Brian and really wondered what was going on. "Baby you okay?" he asked, at least figuring he could get something out of Justin.

Brian looked between Justin on one side of the elevator to Nick who was trying to blend in with the corner of the opposite side of the elevator. He then looked at AJ wanting to ask if Justin had said anything to him. He then noticed AJ talking to Justin and decided to ask when they were at the arena.

Justin bent and leaned over towards AJ as the older man whispered in his ear. He looked at Nick and then at AJ's shirt. "Yah, I'm fine."

Once out of the elevator, the guys walked out to the van and got in, getting situated in all their seats. Nick was almost silent the whole time, just playing with his steering wheel and the toys that were attached to his car seat.

"He looks better...but now Nick and Justin look weird," Kevin pointed out as he and Howie sat in the back seat cuddled up.

Howie chuckled. "Maybe it's a weird mood shifting flu bug that bit them in the butt," he said and then tapped AJ on the shoulder. Leaning forward he whispered in his ear. "You know what's going on with the youngin's?"

AJ shook his head, "I have no idea," he whispered back.

Once at the arena, Nick grabbed his backpack and followed everybody inside. "Where me go," he asked Brian.

They were entering through the back way and down a long narrow hallway to where their dressing room was located, the last door at the end of the hall. "You're gonna stay in the dressing room with Justin and you can watch the show in there too," Brian said.

"Otay," Nick said as he walked in and sat down on the couch and pulled out all his coloring things, ready to just get to work.

"I'm going to go to my room and get ready...do you need me for anything?" AJ asked making sure it was okay for him to leave, not wanting to leave if they needed him.

Brian shook his head. "No, everything's good," he said. "Justin you're staying in my room with Nick, okay. There's food and juices already set-up for you guys." He walked over to the small partition and began to change into his concert costumes.

Justin took in a deep breath and sat down gently next to Nick. "Whacha' coloring?" He questioned as he looked at Nick and then down at the coloring book.

"Spider man," Nick whispered not looking up at Justin.

Justin put his hand over Nick's shoulder and pulled him close, needing to hold the blonde. "Are you mad at me?" Justin questioned sadness in his voice.

Nick shook his head, "No you mad at Nicky," he whispered.

"No, I'm not mad at you," Justin said. "A bit disappointed but not mad," He then made a mental note not to tell Nick any thing vital or of secrecy. He was going to have to be on his own again.

Nick looked up at Justin with sad eyes before looking down again. He knew what it meant to be disappointed in something and hearing Justin say he was disappointed and not mad...didn't really make him feel any better.

Just then Brian emerged from behind the partition. "I really hate these things," he said as he looked in the full length mirror at the costume he was wearing. It was going to be way too hot out there even without the layers of clothing he was currently wearing.

"Me tink it looks cool." Nick said as he looked up at Brian, his voice still sad and he actually sounded kinda depressed.

Brian turned around and looked at Nick with confusion and worry. "Nicky, is everything alright? Why do you look and sound so sad?"

Nick looked at Justin for a second before shaking his head. "Noting...me otay." he said before going back to coloring.

Brian looked over at Justin who had looked at Nick and then back to him. He watched as Justin sighed and shook his head.

"Nick stop being mad at me," Justin all but cried out. "I'm sorry," he said not really knowing for what he was apologizing for but felt the need to do it anyways, wanting the blonde to stop feeling sad. "I'm not mad at you and you're not going to be in any trouble, trust me."

"Me not mad at you!" Nick exclaimed, tears coming to his own eyes. "You disappointed in Nicky...me no want you disappointed in Nicky," he said now actually crying.

"Oh Nick," Justin said as he pulled him into a hug. "I'm not disappointed. Sorry I said that. Really, I'm not. I'm sorry. Don't cry, please? It hurts to see you cry," he whispered and kissed Nick's head a few times.

Brian looked between Justin and Nick and the sighed as he noticed that he had to get going. Quietly he walked over to the door and nodded at Justin before exiting.

Nick snuggled into Justin's arms as he continued to cry the events of the day starting to get to him. "Me sowwy I tell...Brian no mad at you...it otay," he cried.

"I wasn't worried about Brian being mad at me," Justin whispered. "I was more worried about the guys getting in trouble with their manager. The only reason I told you not to tell Brian is because I didn't want him worrying about any of this stuff since he's already in a lot of stress." He titled his head and started to wipe the tears from Nick's face but not letting go of Nick either.

"Big scary guy?" Nick asked, wondering if that was who Justin meant by their manager. He had only seen Lou a few times and the guy already gave him the creeps.

"The one with the red plump face, kinda fat and looks as though he'd pop any second if we poke him with anything sharp?" Justin questioned.

That made Nick giggle like crazy, "Yeah...dat guy."

Justin chuckled along with Nick. "Yah, that guy," he said. "He's really mean and scary, ain't he?"

Nick nodded his head like crazy. "Me no ike him."

"Me neither," Justin said thinking back to the last time he saw the man and how hard he'd worked the boys a few days ago. "Really, don't like him." He then looked over at the snacks that was on the table. "You want anything to munch on, apples? oranges? grapes? water melon? something?"

"Appos!" Nick said excitedly, he loved anything that had to do with apples.

Justin laughed. He got up and walked over to the table and stared at the different kinds before him. "You want small ones? medium sized one? big ones? red? green? dark red? yellow red?"

Nick's eyes went wide, "Ohh me want a BIG, BIG red one!" he said bouncing on the seat a little.

Justin chuckled and grabbed the big red apple that was a little too big for his own hand for Nick. He grabbed a plastic bowl and fork and placed some grapes, water melon cubes, and orange slices in it before walking over to Nick. "Here you go," he handed the apple over to Nick before grabbing the remote and turning the TV on as he sat down and got comfortable.

Nick spit his binkie out of his mouth so it went to hanging on his shirt and then started taking HUGE bites of apple. "We watch dem sing?"

"Yup," Justin said as the camera focused on the dark stage where individual over head lights were moving around on the now empty stage and loud chanting from the fans could be heard.

Like an hour into the show Nick was sitting on the edge of his seat singing along to the songs...or at least attempting to. His apple totally gone and now he had a bottle of milk in one hand as he sang.

Justin was also humming along as he watched the guys singing and dancing. His legs were bouncing and though he watched the show before he was excited and his heart was racing. He laughed as AJ and Howie started to fool around on the stage trying to rile up the crowd a bit more. It usually was 'adult Nick' that did that but under the circumstances... yah.

Soon Nick was off the couch and dancing around the room, he was even mimicking the guys dance steps, having a really fun time doing the pelvic thrusts that AJ kept doing. He no longer found those things scary anymore.

Justin chuckled as he watched Nick, surprisingly, doing the same EXACT moves as the guys. "That's really good," he said clapping his hands and then noticed Nick was getting a little too close to the snack table. "Nick, stay in front of the tv or in this area. Don't bounce all over this room."

This time Nick listened right away to what Justin said. He remembered what had happened earlier that day and didn't want to do that again. He moved back over to in front of the TV and went back to dancing.

About thirty minutes later the concert ended with the guys introducing their band members in the middle of their last song before running off the stage at the ending of the song. A few seconds later Brian ran into the room, out of breath and sweating. In his hand was a water bottle while the other held a towel.

Nick looked over at Brian and giggled. "Brian all wet," he said looking over Brian's totally sweat soaked body. His shirt was practically clinging to him.

"Yah, and dehydrated," Brian said as he caught his breath and opened his water bottle before chugging the whole thing down. Yes, he was THAT thirsty. "We got any more of these?" He questioned as he waved his empty bottle before throwing it the trash.

Justin looked around and noticed one on the snack table. "Yea, but it's not cold." He walked over and picked it up, handing it to Brian who just shrugged and drank that one as well. "I'm gonna take a shower, be back in a few."

Nick noticed Brian going into the bathroom and realized maybe he should go in there first. "Me go potty first?" he asked, actually asking for Brian's permission if it was okay he went potty first before Brian took a shower. He asked as if this was something he did all the time.

Brian stopped, raised an eyebrow, turned around to look at Justin and then at Nick. He slowly nodded his head as he let Nick walk past him. "Sure."

Justin looked back at Brian, just as surprised before following him to where Nick was in the bathroom. "You know what to do?"

Nick pulled his sweats down and then undid his diaper. Once everything was off he sat down on the toilet and let out a deep content sigh as he peed.

Brian and Justin both turned to look at each other before turning their attention to Nick. Both thinking the same thing: I guess he knows what he's going.

A huge ass smile came over Nick's face when he was done. "Me did it!" he said excitedly as he stood up and did one of the BSB dance moves around the bathroom, totally naked from the waist down, and his pants almost tripping him. It was one of those moments that only little kids could do, it was so cute.

Brian and Justin rushed into the bathroom to keep Nick from tripping and hitting his head on god knows what. They both looked at each other and laughed at how this scene must look like to an outsider. Justin stepped back and let Brian get Nick cleaned up and diaper and pants on. Once that was done he watched as Brian pinched Nick's cheeks and beamed at how proud he was of Nick using the toilet before shooing both of them out so he could take his shower.

"I'm proud of you, too," Justin added as he walked out the bathroom with Nick. "But next time try not to dance before cleaning and putting your clothes back on, okay?"

"Otay," Nick said as he let out a big huge yawn. He hadn't taken a nap that day and now it was close to nine o'clock and he was falling fast.

"Uh oh," Justin said as he noticed Nick's eyes dropping shut. "Sleepy, you think you could make it till we get back or no?"

Nick nodded his head as he attempted to stay awake but in attempt to stay awake he was getting rather cranky.

Justin noticed the crankiness and chuckled. "Okay, okay," he said as he gently let Nick rest his head on his shoulder and laughed when Nick settled himself on his lap, arms over his neck. "Comfy?"

"Mmm Hmm," Nick mumbled as he popped his binky into his mouth and sucked happily.

AJ knocked on the door and then walked into the room a huge smile on his face. "Now this is too cute," he giggled as he saw Nick cuddled on Justin's lap a lot like a normal baby would be. His head on his shoulder, practically straddling him as he sucked on his binkie and closed his eyes.

"Shhh," Justin said a whisper and he would had brought his finger to his lip but it was kind of under Nick's legs at the moment while the other was supporting Nick's back. Just then Brian emerged from the bathroom dressed in his PJ's. Justin, along with AJ, looked at him amused.

Brian looked down at Nick with awe on his face before noticing the way Justin and AJ were looking at him. "What?" he questioned looking between the two men. "We're just gonna grab some take out on the way to the hotel, I figured I might as well save the time if I just dress up in my PJ's now than do it later." He shrugged and adjusted the strap of the bag he was carrying.

Nick whimpered in his sleep and wiggled around on Justin's lap. Not meaning to he ended up putting his knee down hard on Justin's crotch.

Justin shrieked out in pain and nearly stood up, almost dropping Nick flat on his bum, BUT he didn't instead he bit his lower lip till some blood came out from the cuts caused by his teeth. Tears welled up in his eyes but Nick didn't budge, in fact, he tightened his hold around Justin's neck and nuzzled his face more into his neck.

AJ's eyes went wide when he saw the look of pain in his boyfriends eyes. "What's wrong baby?" he asked, not noticing exactly where Nick's knee was still resting.

Brian had been busy with looking around the room trying to see if they were forgetting anything when he heard AJ's question. He looked over at Justin and noticed the blood on his lower lip area. "Oh lord," he gasped out.

Justin closed his eyes really tight and willed himself to stop hurting, to try and forget the pain, for something to ease the pain.

"Shit Bri we gotta wake him up or move him some how...I think it's getting worse." AJ said now noticing what was going on.

Brian grabbed a tissue from the table and walked over to Justin before gently tapping the blood on his face.

Justin opened his eyes and felt the tears drop before shaking his head slowly as to not rub against Nick's head. "It's okay," he whispered out, his voice strained and shaky. "I think I'm okay now. Really."

Brian took in a deep breath and looked into Justin's eyes. "Are you sure? I can get Kevin in here and have him try and carry Nick out to the van," he said and nodded his head when Justin shook his head and told him he could handle it and that he was fine. They gave Justin a few minutes to compose himself before helping him stand up with Nick and walking out the door, Brian grabbing getting Nick's things and bag.

Once they were all situated in the car AJ looked at Justin with sympathedic eyes. "You really okay?" he asked knowing Justin would be more honest with him.

Justin nodded his head. The pain was now just a pulsating feeling. He looked down at Nick's face still buried in his shirt, they decided to just leave Nick where he was in Justin's arms since the other boy started to get irritated as he tightened his hold on Justin when they tired to get him seated in his car seat. "It's getting better."

AJ giggled a little, "Yeah well I'm sure it hurt like a son of a bitch."

"It did," Justin replied with wide eyes, "since his knee was still there."

"He kneed me in the dick ones," AJ laughed making a face. "But that had been on purpose and I kneed him right back."

"Yah, well..." Justin trailed off as he noticed them pulling up the drive through at McDonald's. "Let me get a Big Mac, chicken caesars salad, two fajita's, a large coke, large fries, and a parfait."

AJ's eyes went wide and he looked at his boyfriend like he had totally lost his mind. "Whoa baby..."

Kevin nearly choked on his gum when he heard Justin order. "Are you ordering for twenty instead of one?"

Brian and Howie looked at Jusitn increduously.

Justin would have shrugged his shoulders but he couldn't instead he said, "What? I'm a growing boy too, I need my food besides I haven't eaten anything since this afternoon. And yes, I can still eat with this pain in my shorts!" He then added, "I'll pay ya'll back when we get to the hotel and this bundle of oh so precious joy is sleeping in his bed."

Brian shook his head. "Don't worry about the money," he said then turned to Kevin so he could made the order. "Did you get what he requested?"

"Two Big Macs, two large fries and a coke and a doctor pepper." Kevin orderd and laughed. "I'm ordering Howie's too."

"I'll have a quarter pounder, medium fries and coke." AJ said then looked at Nick. "Should we order him something too...he hasn't eaten since probably when Justin did."

Brian shook his head. "No burgers, not for a while," he said. "We'll get him some chicken nuggets and fries incase he wants anything, fajita's too." With that Brian made his order of Big Mac, fries, and a sprite, Nick's order and Justin's order.

"Thanks," Justin said to Brian. "Nick had a really big apple but I don't think that would be enough."

Once they had all their food they headed back to the hotel and within ten minutes they were all upstairs. "Night guys!" Kevin said softly as he and Howie headed into their room.

"You wana meet me in my room after you put him to bed?" AJ asked, really wanting to spend some time with Justin.

Justin nodded his head as he walked with Brian to his room. He smiled as Brian opened the door for him and he walked over to Nick's bed to set him down but frowned when Nick wouldn't let go. Looking up at Brian he said, "Uh, Brian, he's not letting go."

Brian removed the bags he was carrying and placed the McDonald's bag on the table before going over to help Justin. He stopped trying to pry Nick's hands apart when Nick started to, from the sounds and looks of it, cry...scream... and wrap his legs around Justin.

"This is going to be a problem," Justin said standing there and looking lost.

Brian scratched his head and sat down on the bed. "You just wanna sleep here, tonight or something?" He questioned not really having the strength to put up with a fussy Nick when he was this tired after the concert.

Justin took in a deep breath. AJ. What about AJ? "Um, AJ is waiting for me...."

Brian nodded his head and stood up. "I'll go tell him the situation," he said and walked out of the room and over to AJ's room, knocking on the door.

AJ opened the door dressed only in PJ pants and pouted a little when it was Brian and not Justin. "Hey Bri..."

"Um, hi," Brian said as he ran a tired hand through his hair. "Um, bad news... Justin can't get Nick to let go of him... he's gonna have to spend the night with us..."

AJ tried to hide the disappointment he was feeling and nodded his head. "Okay...have a good night...slumber party," he laughed.

Brian chuckled. "Uh yah, um if you wanna see him and like say good night, you can you know," he said.

'Not how I wanted to,' AJ thought to himself before shaking his head. "No it's okay just tell him good night for me because I don’t' want to wake Nick up."

Brian nodded his head and bid AJ a good night before walking back to his room and saw Justin carefully placing Nick onto the bed, whispering that he was not going any where and that he was gonna get in too. "Hey," Brian whispered after he closed the door and walked over to Justin. "AJ said good night and um, do you need like a change of clothes or something? I can give you Nick's PJ's..."

Justin was a bit disappointed that he couldn't get to give AJ a good night kiss or a proper good night at that. He nodded his head to indicate that he did need clothes to change into. After a few minutes Justin was wearing Nick's ninja turtle PJ's and a goonies t-shirt while Brian had somehow managed to get Nick's pant and shirt off, leaving the younger boy with his diaper and wife beater on. "Hey Bri," Justin whispered out. "Nick's already fast asleep, I can like leave now..." he said noticing Nick clucthing on to Joe, his stuffed elephant, and his pacifier in his mouth.

Brian nodded his head. "But if he wakes up crying, I'm coming and getting you," he said before handing Justin his bag of food. "Good night and have a good dinner." With that he escorted Justin out the door.

Justin walked down the hall and knocked on AJ's door, praying the other man hadn't gone to sleep yet.

AJ had decided to take a shower after all since Justin wasn't going to be coming over. SO now he was coming to the door still slightly wet and wearing only a towel. "Justin...I though you weren't coming," he said pleasantly surprised.

Justin smirked and raised his eye brow as he shamelessly let his eyes travel down AJ's wet towel clad body, licking his lips absently. "I can see that..." he trailed off before clearing his throat. "Nick feel asleep as I put him down to bed... I figured since he's out like a light he wouldn't miss me... but if he wakes up and cries, Brian said he's coming and getting me."

"That sounds scary," AJ laughed as he moved out of the way so Justin could come into the room. "Brian is coming to get you!"

Justin chuckled as he walked inside and over to the small table and set his bag down before sitting down himself. "Yah, well, I don't really think he has much energy left after that amazing concert you guys put on tonight," he said winking at AJ. "Nick was totally copying your moves, Age, you better watch out. He might be going after YOUR job!"

AJ gasped in mock shock, "Oh no...I've gotta make sure I keep him in check," he laughed as he walked to grab his PJ bottoms again. Turning around he dropped his towel and put them on, letting Justin see his ass if he was looking.

Justin took a glance at AJ as he started to empty the content of the brown bag but did a double take as he noticed AJ's ass, his bare ass, as he pulled his PJ's on. "Damn," he whimpered out, staring at AJ, thoughts running wildly through his mind. Flashes of flesh. Clips of moans. Tongue licking. Body arching. Lips parting. Hands fisting in sheets. Okay, too much. Justin shook his head as his stomach growled loudly as the smell of food hit his senses. But Justin wasn't sure if it were the smell of the food or the sight of AJ that was doing this to him.

Once he was dressed again, AJ walked over to the table and sat down to eat his own food. "Ohh food is good I haven't eaten anything at all today," he said as he started to eat.

Justin kept his eyes on AJ, his burger still in his hand, half way to his mouth. The words slowly registering in his mind and he ignored the grumble his stomach was making. His mind had just finished registering the words 'Ohh, food is good I...'

AJ glanced at Justin as he finished chewing. "J...you okay?"

"Huh?" Justin blinked and looked down at his burger. "Um, yah. I'm fine." He took a big bite out of his burger enjoying the fact that his stomach wasn't complaining anymore. He started to eat a bit faster and before long... after ten minutes or so... he had finished his big mac, the two fajitas, large fries, half his coke, and his salad. He was working the desert at the moment.

Now AJ was sitting there looking at Justin with wide eyes for another reason. He had no idea where Justin was putting all this food. "Wow...I bet you're full now."

Justin scooped out a bit more of the parfait but wrinkled his nose and fingered the blue berries out from the spoon before putting it in his mouth and savoring the creamy texture and sweet flavor. "I guess," he said licking his lips and shrugging.

AJ laughed as he got up to throw his trash away, absentmindedly scratching himself through his PJ pants.

"You want some of this?" Justin questioned waving the spoonful of parfait around so AJ could see what he was talking about. "It's really good," he said smiling at the other man as he walked back towards the table.

AJ shook his head in the negative. "No thanks I'm full from my own food," he said with a smile.

Justin shrugged. "Suit yourself," he said before finishing off the remainder of his parfait and gathering his wrappers and junk to throw away. He drank the rest of his soda and added the empty cup to the garbage before letting a big burp and a content sigh. "Scooooze me," he said chuckling as he remembered Nick saying the same thing.

AJ laughed also having heard Nick say that before. "You're escoozed, NICK!" he said with a smirk as he walked to the bed and flopped on it with a yawn.

Justin snickered and he walked over to the bed and crawled on it and the length of AJ's body. "Hey sexy," he breathed out, hovering over him, when he reached up to AJ's face.

AJ raised an eyebrow and smirked back. "Hello...who are you?" he asked as he playfully smacked Justin's ass before putting his hands back down on the bed. He had totally forgotten how much fun being seventeen was and teenage hormones.

Justin wrinkled his nose. "HA! HA! That was so funny," he said before sticking his tongue out at AJ only to chuckle as the other man caught his tongue and immediately started sucking on it. Justin couldn't help but groan as his arms gave out and he rested his entire body on top of AJ. He liked it when AJ takes control and is a bit dominating. Justin liked that. A lot!

AJ wrapped his arms around Justin as he turned the sucking and nibbling into a full blown kiss. He had been wanting to kiss his boyfriend like that all day but had never gotten the chance.

After a few minutes of kissing Justin pulled back for air before rolling off of the other man but he took AJ's left arm and pillowed his head on it, and snuggled up to him. "Baby... I was wondering," Justin said softly as he walked his fingers up and down AJ's stomach. "If you could sing to me."

AJ's stomach muscles tensed and un-tensed as Justin's fingers played over his bare stomach. "Sing to you?"

"Uh huh," Justin said as he stopped the walking and started caressing the skin. He lifted his head and placed a soft kiss on his shoulder. "Sing... anything. I don't care as long as I hear your voice... singing."

AJ thought for a second before he started to sing 'As long as you love me.' The whole time he had his eyes closed, really into the song, plus the feeling that Justin's hand on his stomach was giving him.

Justin had shifted a bit as he rested his head on AJ's chest so that his ear could be right above the heart and he could not only hear the heart beat but also the base and vibrations of AJ's singing. He smiled as he let AJ's sultry voice null him to a almost-there sleep like state.

AJ stopped singing after a few minutes and laughed when he didn't hear anything. "Did you fall asleep on me?"

Justin shook his head. "Nope," he said as he placed another kiss to AJ's chest. "It's very relaxing, I'm very relaxed."

"I'm surprised your stomach is letting you relax after eating all that food," AJ teased playfully as he poked at Justin's stomach.

Justin chuckled. "Hmm," he said as he threw his arm around AJ as well as his leg and snuggled in tighter. "It'll probably wake me up later... I'll deal with it then." He yawned. Just then Justin thought he might as well ask AJ what he'd been mulling around his head for a while now. "Age? I know you said... we agreed that we start over with the whole loyal and trust thing... but I was wondering what happens if you like meet someone and then kinda fall in love with that person when I'm not on tour with you anymore or when I go back to high school and stuff or something?"

"That won't happen for quiet a few months," AJ started before he really thought over what Justin said. "I guess we just kinda have to see what happens when we come to that time. I mean when we stop touring and you go back to school. Cuz I mean you could very easily find somebody else too your own age and stuff. But then again you're not the one known to screw around."

Justin nuzzled his face in the groove of AJ's neck. "Okay... well, you'd tell me right, if you did? Like, you wouldn't like date both of us at the same time right?"

"No, I wouldn't do that." AJ assured Justin. He actually never 'dated' two people at once. Fucked somebody on the side...yeah, but never actually dated two people. He then thought of something to ask Justin. "So, how does it feel ya know...being with a guy sexually?" he knew they hadn't gone all the way but still with what they had done there was obvious differences...like hard-ons and no boobs.

Justin thought about that for a minute. He smiled. "I like it a whole lot better than when I with a girl. It's usually me having to be in control or like me having to like do everything...ya know? I kinda like it when I don't necessarily have to make all the moves," he said.

"So you're adapting well to the change from boobs to cock?" AJ asked, in total AJ fashion.

Justin slapped AJ on his stomach playfully. "You could say that," he snickered at how blunt AJ was.

"What did I do!" AJ exclaimed playfully as he rubbed at his stomach. "Jesus, boyfriend abuse!"

"Whatever," Justin said rolling his eyes. He then groaned when he heard a few soft taps on the door. "Damn," he said as he untangled himself from AJ and got up. Walking over to the door he opened it knowing just who would be standing there. "Hey Brian."

Brian stood there, his hair messy, eyes nearly closed. "Nick's fussing. Woke up. Asking for you. Almost crying. You come, please."

Justin stared at Brian before telling him he'll be right there. He walked back into the room and looked sadly at AJ.

"Go...I'm okay here by myself," AJ said with a smile as he sat up and gave Justin a good long kiss to keep him going for the rest of the night.

Justin kissed AJ back and cherished the kiss to memoyr, hoping to make it last till the next time he got to see AJ. "Good night," he said as he walked out the door, down the hall, and to Brian's room. "Hey Nicky," Justin greeted as he walked in and closed the door. He saw Brian curled up... fast asleep, in his own bed. "Why are you up?"

"You go bye bye," Nick whispered and then got a confused look on his face when he saw what Justin was wearing. "Dat mine?" he asked, not sounding upset just wondering.

Justin looked down at his attire and smiled sheepishly. "Yah, is it alright that I borrowed it for tonight?" He questioned as he crawled into bed beside Nick.

Nick nodded his head and shivered a little, he was cold in only his wife beater and diaper. "Me cold," he whispered sleepily. That was the main reason he woke up was because he was cold, plus his stomach had been growling so that had woke him up too.

Justin heard Nick's tummy faintly growl. "Oh you poor thing," Justin said as he got out of bed and walked over to where the Mickey D's bag was and saw that it was Nick's food. He then looked through Nick's suitcase and found a flannel PJ top. Walking over to the bed he helped Nick into the shirt before getting in himself and gave Nick his food.

"Tank you," Nick whispered as he started to nibble on his chicken nuggets. He was still really sleepy so he ate them a lot slower then he normally would.

Justin rested his head back on the headboard and watched Nick eat the nuggets slowly. "Want something to drink? Apple juice or milk?"

Nick answered with what he always answered. "Appo Juice pweeze." He liked milk the best when he was just kinda hungry, it didn't do very good at quenching his thirst he didn't think.

"Okay," Justin said as he got out of bed again and went in search for Nick's bottle of apple juice. He then found it in Nick's bag, duh where else? and handed it over to Nick but he didn't get in 'cause he was going to wait till he finished off his meal.

Nick didn't eat the fries cuz he wasn't that hungry just ate the nuggets and drank the juice before handing the trash to Justin. "Tank you," he said again. He was very polite in the middle of the night. He then sat there trying to think of there was anything else he needed or needed to do before lying down again.

Justin nodded his head and threw the trash except for the fries out. He'll eat that in the morning, if no one else was going to eat it. "You alright?" Justin questioned as he walked back over to Nick and saw the thinking look on the other blonde's face.

Nick nodded his head before he yawned loudly, "Me tryin to see if me need somting else."

"Okay.... do you?" Justin asked as he started to tuck Nick in bed.

He could have probably used the bathroom but shook his head and got snuggled under the covers. "No me otay...sweepy now." he said with another yawn.

"Alright," Justin said and watched Nick snuggle under the covers. He was still standing wondering if he should stay or not. His mind was still over to when he was just cuddling with AJ.

Nick opened his eyes to look up at Justin. "You go bye bye now...me see tomorrow," he said with a smile. He had just got scared since when he had fallen asleep Justin was there and when he woke up he was gone. But now everything was okay.

Justin smiled as he leaned over and kissed Nick on the forehead. "Night Nicky." With that he crept quietly out of the room, making sure the door locked, down the hall and to AJ's door. He beamed when the door opened, since he hadn't set the door to lock when he had left. Walking quietly inside he locked the door and tip-toed his way over to AJ in bed. Slowly he climbed in and got under the covers.

AJ practically jumped out of his skin until he realized who it was. He had been almost alseep when Justin had climbed into bed with him. "Jesus, trying to give me a heart attack," he laughed.

"Sowwy," Justin pouted. "I was just trying to get back in." He chuckled and got comfortable as he scooted over and snuggled up to AJ like he had earlier.

"Get Junior to sleep?" AJ asked as if it was their kid who Justin had to get up and take care of.

Justin nodded his head. "He was just cold and hungry... didn't need me to stay with him so I came back."

"Why couldn't Brian feed him and give him clothes?" AJ asked curiously, still half asleep.

"Brian looked like the dead and Nick was probably asking for me," Justin reasoned. "He did say that if Nick started to fuss he was gonna come and get me since he didn't have the strength to do anything." Justin wanted to ask AJ about his feelings for Brian. That's what's been foremost on his mind but he didn't know just how to ask it.

AJ nodded his head as he yawned loudly. It was late and the concert high had started to wear off a while ago. "Yeah, that makes sense," he mumbled a little.

Justin bit his lower lip. "Good night, Age," he whispered rolling on to his back.

AJ opened his eyes the second after he closed them. He could sense something was up with Justin. "Baby what's wrong?"

Justin turned his head to look at AJ. "Nothing," he said. "Today's catching up to me too, and I have homework to do, so yah."

"Oh man," AJ said as he sat up in bed, intent on staying up with Justin while he did what he had to do. "I'm SO glad I'm done with the whole school stuff," he said making a face.

Justin laughed. "Why are you sitting up?" He questioned as leaned up on his elbows and looking at the older man with a look of confusion.

"If you have to stay up and do homework, I'm going to stay up too." AJ explained.

Justin got the look of 'awe' on his face before shaking his head. "Baby, you're tired... AND you have a busy day tomorrow... you sleep." Justin put his hand on AJ's chest and gently pushed him back down. "I'mma sleep too... but I'm gonna wake up early and do it."

"You sure? I mean we have to be up at 6 for interviews at 7...which means you'll get Nick at like 6:30." AJ pointed out, showing he wouldn't really have much time in the morning...well as soon as Nick got there.

Justin shrugged. "I've pulled things like this before," he said. "Don't worry about me."

AJ looked at Justin skeptically but nodded his head as he let himself relax back down on the bed, but not closing his eyes yet.

Justin 'hmmed' as he settled back down and stretched as he got comfortable.

"Comfy?" AJ asked, giggling a little as he turned onto his side and snuggled up to Justin more.

Justin brought his arm around AJ and nodded his head. "Yup, what else are ya'll doing tomorrow?"

"We have radio shows most of the morning, then a small magazine photo shoot thingy. Then sound check and then hopefully getting to come back here before the show," AJ said as he made a face, he hated days like that when they barley got a break to eat and go to the bathroom.

"Much like today?" Justin questioned feeling bad for them.

AJ nodded his head, "Yeah and then we're leaving tomorrow."

"Ohhh, where?" Justin questioned and then got an idea in his head, not sure how AJ would react to it. "You know I spend more time with you whenever we're not doing anything... there really isn't a point in having my own room."

"That's true..." AJ said, wondering what management would think if they were sharing a room. Sure, Howie and Kevin did, but that was because all their people knew about them. "I'll talk to Kevin about that in the morning," he said with a smile. "Oh and Boise is next."

Justin chewed on his bottom lip. "Okay, but I was just thinking about it... I don't wanna cause any trouble or problems with... uh, Lou," he said.

"Don't worry baby...It's worth talking about it and if not then we'll just continue to have slumber parties," AJ said with a smile as he leaned in for a kiss.

Justin chuckled as he leaned down and shared a sweet chaste kiss before letting his head fall back on to the pillow.

"Night Justin," AJ whispered before giving one last kiss and closing his eyes.

Justin smiled as he stared up at the ceiling. He fingers of the hand that was around AJ softly and lazily running up and down his arms. He's been having a hard time sleeping lately. He wondered why and waited till AJ's breathing leveled out and the very faint snore to be heard before he got out of bed and went to his own room to grab his books and walked back into AJ's room. He walked over to the table near the balcony and turned on the lamp before he started to do his homework.