Justin sighed a content sigh as he stepped out of the bathroom, finally having the chance to shower, feeling clean. He then went about quickly getting dressed. He chose to wear his long sleeved white shirt to cover up the bruises, which had darkened and you can easily see that it was caused by a hand. He put on his black sweat pants and headed into the bathroom. He stared at his reflection in the mirror and stuck his tongue out at himself. He hated his hair. Then he got an idea. He smiled and went about getting the scissors and then the raiser. Before long, he was done and he found himself all ready, back in front of AJ's door, knocking.

AJ had taken a shower himself and was now dressed in dark gray sweats and a wife beater. Hearing the knock on the door he walked to it and opened it but was not prepared for what he saw. "Fuck..." he gasped his cock coming fully to life even though he had just jerked off in the shower. "You...uhh...wow," he stammered.

Justin chuckled nervously as he ran his hand over his almost shaved head. "My hair was pissing me off..." he trailed off.

"Mmm well it can piss you off more often, that is...god..." AJ still couldn't get a full sentence to come out of his mouth.

Justin laughed as he shifted from one foot to the other. "So, I take it that you... like it? I mean, I wasn't sure if you would but my hatred for the waves over rode everything else."

"I love it," AJ said before he reached out and gently ran his hand over Justin's head and actually shivered a little at the feeling of the short buzzed hair went over his hand.

Justin chuckled. "Okay, that's good," he said. "AND I didn't drench myself in cologne, so no worries about Howie tonight..." He nodded his head and then groaned at the feeling of AJ's hand over his head. It felt good. "I wonder what the guys are gonna say or react to this..."

"Hopefully they don't find you irresistible like I do." AJ laughed before clearing his throat, really wishing his body wasn't acting like a fifteen year old boy recently.

Justin wrinkled his nose. "Oh boy," he said. "So are we just gonna stand here, me in the hallway and you inside your room, or are we gonna head inside?"

AJ blushed a little as he moved away from the door so Justin could come in. "Sorry about that..you just well...shocked me." He laughed as he moved to sit on the edge of his bed thinking that would hide his not so little problem a little better than when he was standing.

Justin smiled as he sat down beside AJ. "That WAS kinda the point," he said. "I need a change, something, anything, to go with everything that's been going on lately."

"Well I totally approve," AJ said with a smile as he reached up and ran his hand over Justin's head again.

Justin leaned into AJ's touch before leaning closer to AJ. "May I get a kiss, please?"

AJ didn't even say anything to that just leaned in and kissed Justin. He couldn't help but start the kiss off passionately. There was only so much control a guy could have when he was already horny.

Justin groaned as AJ's tongue was in his mouth the second the kiss was initiated. He placed his hands on AJ waist as he leaned back on the bed, pulling AJ with him, on top of him.

AJ moaned loudly into the kiss as he put his arms on either side of Justin's head to help hold him up as he hovered over the younger man throughout the whole, intense, passionate kiss.

Justin pulled back for some air after a few more seconds of kissing. "Hmmm, I like that," he said. He loved it when they would kiss like this. "But I think it'd be better if I could feel all of you on top of me, though..." There was a slight pout on his lips as he wrapped his arms around AJ's waist.

"You mean like this?" AJ asked as he moved so he was fully resting on top of Justin, looking down into his eyes. He knew it would be quiet obvious now what Justin's new hair style did to his body.

Justin felt himself harden when he felt AJ's hard on press against him. He nodded his head and swallowed. "Just like that..." He breathed out, wrapping his arms tighter and pulling AJ more closer, if that was even possible. He really wanted to feel ALL of AJ and he couldn't get enough of it.

AJ leaned down and started to place kisses all over Justin's face and neck, just wanting to savor the moment. He could feel Justin harden against his own hard-on and that made him want to kiss Justin senseless...all over.

Justin smiled as he closed his eyes and let AJ kiss him over all his face and neck. He was loving every moment of this. He bit his lower lip. "Age?" He questioned before clearing his throat. "I know there's like 30 minutes left till we have to leave but... can we... do you think maybe we could... I don't know..." Justin took in a deep breath. "Um, could I..." He reached one of his hands between himself and AJ, going down so he could get a gentle hold on AJ's hard dick.

AJ lifted his head up a little so he could look down into Justin's eyes, a small moan escaping his lips. "You sure?" he asked, not wanting Justin to do anything he was uncomfortable with and he hoped that some how he wasn't pressuring Justin into doing something he didn't want to.

Justin nodded his head as he licked his lips. "Yah, I'm sure," he said. Sure, he wasn't ready to have sex or give a blow job but he was ready for maybe something as small as a hand job. He could do that. "Um, like a hand job... I don't think I'm ready for anything beyond that, yet," he said blushing.

AJ smiled and kissed Justin's nose, "Anything you're willing to give me I will love baby. I would even love it if all you felt comfortable doing was cuddling."

Justin smiled. "We could cuddle too, I'm not stopping THAT," he said chuckling. "But I really wanna do this... really curious.."

"Okay then...how do you want me?" AJ asked, giggling, trying to keep the mood light so Justin didn't get too nervous.

Justin thought about that for a second before removing his hand and placing it back on AJ's waist. He leaned up and then used his body to flip them over so that now AJ was on his back and Justin was on his side leaning over AJ. "Like this..." Justin said as he brought his lips crashing down on AJ's, starting them off in a heated, bruising kiss.

AJ groaned loudly into the kiss as he brought his own hands up to Justin's head, holding him to him through the whole kiss. His own tongue exploring his mouth and fighting with Justin's tongue.

Justin let his right hand trail down AJ's chest, but not before his fingers paid a little bit of attention to AJ's cloth covered nipples, and then down his abs and then under the waist band of his sweats and boxers.

AJ whimpered into the kiss when he felt Justin's hand go into his pants and boxers. This has been what his body had needed all day, sure he had jerked off only a few minutes earlier but it was totally different when somebody else did it. He pulled back from the kiss so he could look up into Justin's eyes, wanting to try and keep eye contact the whole time so Justin wouldn't freak out.

Justin was breathing through his mouth now, his eyes closed trying to keep himself under control. He opened his eyes and looked into the depths of AJ's chocolate brown ones that were watching him. He smiled as his hand went even further inside and came in contact with AJ's dick. He semi-gasped at the contact. He bit the inside of his lip as his fingers curled around AJ's shaft.

"Oh shit," AJ gasped not able to hold in that reaction. Justin had the softest hands he had ever felt on a guy and they felt so good on his dick. It was taking all his will power to keep his eyes open but he managed to do it some how, knowing he needed to...wanted to.

Justin looked down at where his hand was, wanting to watch just what he's doing. He let go of AJ's dick and manvuered his movement so that AJ's sweats and boxers were pulled down, letting his dick free of the cloth constraints, before going back to AJ's dick. He was fascinated with the fact that he had his hand on a dick, that wasn't his own. It felt familiar, like he was holding his own except he couldn't feel anything on his dick. He slowly started to move his hand up and down, going into an all too familiar movement.

AJ grunted and groaned some more as his body got closer and closer to his orgasm. Justin had amazing hands, and he knew exactly what to do to make him go insane. He knew Justin had never done this before but it was obvious he was a natural.

Justin could feel AJ get a bit more harder in his hand and by the look on the older man's face he knew he was close. Letting go of AJ's dick he moved his hand lower so that he could pay attention to his balls for a few seconds. Looking back at AJ's face he couldn't help but smile. He felt all giddy inside knowing that he was the one putting that look of pleasure on his face. "You're so beautiful," he said leaning down and kissing him again.

AJ eagerly accepted the kiss as he let his tongue slip right into Justin's mouth and used it to practically fuck his mouth as Justin's hands worked him to orgasm. He didn't last as long as he would have liked because before he really knew what was happening his body was shaking, his balls were tightening and he was cuming.

Justin broke the kiss, intent on watching AJ's face as his orgasm washed over him. He'd brought his hand back to AJ's dick just in time when his orgasm hit. He continued to slowly jerk AJ off as he shot his first, second, and then the final load of cum. "Beautiful," he said taking in AJ's closed eyes and slightly opened mouth.

"I am definitely relaxed now," AJ mumbled and laughed a little as he just lied there feeling like all his limbs were made of Jell-O.

Justin beamed as he placed a kiss on AJ's lip. "I'm glad," he said before letting go of AJ's limp cock and got up. "Be right back." With that he walked into the bathroom and washed his hand before wetting a wash cloth and walking back out to clean AJ up.

"No concert...now I'm sleepy," AJ laughed as he let Justin clean him up before he sat up to hopefully get himself to wake up a little more.

Justin laughed as he finished cleaning AJ up. "So are we coming back to the hotel to pack our things and then get on the bus or are we packing our things now, place it in the bus, go the concert, then go to dinner, and then head on out to Boise?" He questioned.

"We're going to the concert, going to dinner and then packing. The busses are picking us up here." AJ explained as he leaned in for a soft gentle kiss and then pulled back to fix his clothes. "Thank you for...that." he said pointing down at himself.

Justin scrunched his face up before chuckling. "You don't need to thank me for it," he said. That was just weird. Give someone a hand job and getting a thank you in return. Not how it's done. "I wanted to do it and yah..." He cleared his throat and he tried to think of something to get his mind off the his own aching dick. He knew there wasn't much time left for them to get him off and so, he wasn't going to say anything or initiate more.

"What about you?" AJ asked, knowing that Justin was hard too. He didn't know if Justin was ready for AJ to do something in return but he didn't want him hard all the rest of the night either. "Can I take care of you baby?" he asked, looking into Justin's eyes to make sure there wasn't any hesitation there with his answer.

Justin bit his lip as he took at the time and then back over to AJ. He nodded his head. "But I don't wanna make us late," he said in a quiet voice.

"Don't worry about it...we won't be," AJ said with a smirk as he moved over Justin, pushing him onto his back. He wondered if Justin would only let him jerk him...or if he could do more. "Do you just want me to do what you did to me...or can I..." he leaned down and whispered in Justin's ear what he really wanted to do. "...Blow you?"

Justin's body trembled as AJ whispered in his ear, and he felt himself getting harder. He wanted both but he didn't care at this point. "Both... whatever you wanna do..." He said looking back up into AJ's eyes.

With that said, AJ leaned back up and worked on getting Justin's sweats and boxers down. He groaned when he saw Justin naked from the waist down for the first time. "God you're beautiful baby...so beautiful."

Justin had raised his hips a little so AJ could get his boxers and sweats down a bit. He looked down at himself and then back to AJ. "You're the beautiful one..."

"I don't think so, I think you're beautiful." AJ whispered before he leaned down for a heated passionate kiss. He hated that he had to end it after only a minute or so but he knew they didn't have the time. Once the kiss was finished he trailed kisses down Justin's neck, chest and stomach until he was placing kisses in the soft hair right above where Justin's dick was.

Justin brought his hand up to AJ's hair so that he could run his fingers through it. There was anticipation building up in the pit of his stomach and he was really hard. "Baby, please..."

AJ couldn't wait any more either so he moved down a little more and without warning took Justin into his mouth. He let his tongue just lick the tip a little before he took more then half of Justin in his mouth and started to suck.

"Damn," Justin gasped at the feeling of AJ's mouth engulfing him. He arched his back and bucked his hips up as his head titled back into the pillow. his hands fisting in AJ's hair. God, that felt absolutely amazing. Sure, he'd been given blow jobs before but this... this was amazing. Not sloppy, not slow, not tentative. AJ knew what he was doing and he knew just how to do it. "Oh god..."

AJ smiled around Justin's cock when he heard him moaning and felt his back arching. After taking a deep breath he took Justin all the way into his mouth and down his throat. By the time he was done he had all of Justin down his throat and that wasn't easy by any means because Justin was far from small.

Justin opened his eyes and looked down at AJ. He couldn't believe AJ had taken all of him in. No one's ever done that and... shit. He didn't think he could last much longer. "Age... close... so close," he said keeping his eyes fixated on AJ's face... his mouth.

AJ started humming on Justin's dick. His right hand reached up to take a hold of Justin's balls, rolling them around a little as he continued to hum. He could tell by the way his balls were tightening how close he was. He bet Justin was expecting him to pull off but he wasn't going to.

Justin started panting and it was getting hard for him to keep his eyes opened. The vibrations from AJ's humming were going right through him and before he knew it he arched his back again as fireworks started behind his closed eyelids. His orgasm had hit him.

Moaning, AJ drank down all Justin had to offer, every spurt and load went down his throat and he eagerly drank it down. When he felt Justin go limp in his mouth he pulled back, but not before cleaning him on the way. Sitting up on his knees he smiled down at Justin, thinking he looked adorable, sexy and beautiful all at the same time.

Justin's body fell back on the bed, he was spent. It took him another few seconds to get his mind to properly function before he could open his eyes, a lazy stated smile on his face. "Wow," he said as he reached his hands up and pulled AJ down to him, for a kiss.

AJ kissed Justin lazily for a minute before pulling back. "I know it sucks, but now we really do gotta get going baby."

Justin groaned. "No concert... now I'm sleepy," he said, chuckling, saying the same thing AJ had said earlier.

"Yes and adorable but we've got like twenty minutes to get ready now." AJ giggled and then groaned when he heard a knock on the door that wouldn't stop. "Why do I have a feeling that is a cute little blonde?"

Justin chuckled as he sat up but didn't bother to stand up. He didn't think his legs were quite ready to hold his weight. "Maybe because it probably is," he said watching AJ walk to the door.

"I would get my pants on if I was you before I open the door." AJ laughed, noticing Justin was still sitting there with his pants around his ankles.

Nick continued to knock on the door, he had left Brian still sleeping, not wanting to sleep anymore he decided to go see Justin and AJ knowing what room they would be in.

Justin blushed as he lied back down and pulled his boxers and pants up. "There," he said. "You can open now."

AJ opened the door and a big blonde ball of energy came running into the room. "Hewwo!"

Justin laughed as Nick bounced into the room. "Hey," he said and then noticed Brian wasn't there with him. "Where's Brian?"

"He sweeping," Nick replied as he jumped onto the bed to sit next to Justin.

AJ laughed, shaking his head as he went to grab his shoes so they would be ready to go when it was time. "You shouldn't leave your room without Brian though buddy."

Nick pouted a little, "But me bored...me wana see you guys."

Justin smiled and wondered if Nick noticed anything different about him. "Yah, but still. You shouldn't have left Brian sleeping and not letting him know where you went. What if he woke up and he couldn't find you... he's going to panic," Justin said and just then the phone started to ring. Justin leaned over and picked it up only to pull the phone away from his ear at the sound of a frantic Brian rambling something or the other on the other end. "See..." Justin said pointing at the phone. "Brian... Brian.... BRIAN... calm down. Nick's here with us, he just got here like a few seconds ago."

The wake up call came at the time Brian had requested. When he opened his eyes and looked down to see Nick, he wasn't there. Brian had sat up straight in bed and looked around the room and called out his name only to be met with dead silence. He started to panic and he was going to call Justin's cell but figured he'd probably be in AJ's room and he had called there instead, panicked.

"Yeah me here!" Nick called loud enough so that Brian could hopefully hear him talking. He still didn't really understand why what he did was bad.

"I guess we're going to have to have a talk about walking off with a little blonde man," AJ said, not laughing any more because this was serious...what if Nick walked off some place else?

Brian calmed down and sighed. "Oh okay," he said. "Okay. God, I was so worried. Alright, could you guys watch him, I'm gonna get ready and I'll be over there in a few," he said to Justin before hanging up and falling back on his bed. Relieved.

"Definitely," Justin said and hung up the phone before turning to look at Nick. He knew Nick didn't understand the worry he just put Brian through. "Nick, listen," Justin started to say. "Remember two nights ago when you woke up asking for me?" He questioned. "You said that you saw me when you went to sleep and then when you woke up you didn't see me... remember how scared you were?"

Nick bit his lower lip and nodded his head. He hadn't liked that feeling at all. He had thought Justin had gone bye bye for forever. "Me thought you go bye bye...for long, long time."

Justin bit his lip as he pulled Nick into a hug. "Take that feeling and increase it a gazillion times and that's how Brian felt when he woke up and couldn't see you," he said kissing Nick's head.

Tears came to Nick's eyes when he realized how bad what he did was. "Me sowwy...me no mean to scare Brian," he said actually starting to cry now.

"Hey buddy, don't cry it's okay," AJ said as he walked over and joined Nick and Justin on the bed. Reaching up he ran a hand through Nick's hair in attempt to calm the crying blonde.

"It's okay, Nick," Justin said as he started to wipe Nick's tears away. "Hey, shhh, it's okay. As long as you didn't go anywhere else, it's okay. Just don't ever do that again, okay?"

Nick just continued to cry, all the stuff that had gone on that day was finally really hitting him and he was just an emotional mess.

AJ got up when he heard the knock on the door having a feeling it was Brian. He opened the door and smiled at him. "Hey...come on in."

Brian smiled and then frowned when he heard crying. "Hey, what's going on?" He questioned as he walked into the room and froze in his tracks wondering just who the hell was holding Nick. He turned to look at AJ. "Who the hell is that?"

This caused AJ to bust up laughing even though Nick was still balling his eyes out. "Look closely."

Brian wrinkled his forehead as he walked further into the room, standing next to Nick, as he peered down closely at the mystery man's face. When blue eyes looked up at him he gasped. "Holy..."

Justin looked up at Brian like he'd just lost his mind when he looked at him through curious eyes. "Uh, everything okay, Brian? You look like you've seen a ghost..."

Brian shook his head and reached his hand out and ran it over Justin's head. "Dude..." He said. "What did you... when did... but why... holy!" He turned his attention over to AJ. "Did you have anything to do with this?" He knew just how much AJ dyed and changed his hairstyle and wondered if this was AJ's doing.

AJ shook his head like crazy, "He did this on his own...shocked the shit outa me." he said forgetting he needed to watch his language more now.

Nick was still too busy crying, to even think about repeating what AJ said. Now that he heard Brian's voice he was crying even more knowing he had been naughty and scared Brian.

Brian heard Nick's crying get louder and immediately brought his attention back to the young blonde. Sitting down on the other side of Nick he put his arms on Nick's shoulders to get his attention. "Nick, what's wrong?" Brian questioned. "Hey, hey, now, c'mon, stop crying."

"S...Sc..Scared...y...y...you." Nick managed to get out even though he was at that stage of crying where it was hard to breathe.

Justin rubbed his hands up and down Nick's back. "Breathe, Nick," he said. "Calm down and breathe a little."

Brian sighed. "Yah, you did scare me but you went only a few doors down to Justin and AJ. So, I wasn't scared anymore," Brian said. "I'm not mad at you, please, stop crying. I'm not scared anymore."

Hearing that Brian wasn't mad at him, he wiggled out of Justin's arms and into Brian's really needing a hug and some love to really make sure he wasn't mad.

Justin let Nick go and smiled at Brian. It didn't hurt him all that much anymore to see Nick leave him to find comfort in Brian's arms. Especially knowing that Nick looked at Brian as a father figure.

Brian hugged Nick back just as tight as he was being hugged. "Just don't do that again, okay?" He said as he kissed Nick's head. "You ready to get going to concert?"

"Me watch wit Justin?" Nick asked excitedly. He was actually looking forward to watching the concert with Justin that night even though they do it every night. He then remembered something. "Scott watch too?" he asked looking over at Justin.

Justin nodded his head. "Yah, Scott's coming too," he said.

Brian stayed quiet and wondered if Justin and AJ discussed things over. He figured they probably did since Justin and AJ seemed to be glowing.

AJ wasn't worried any more, he knew how much Justin wanted to be with him now so it was all good that Scott was coming along.

Nick smiled, he wanted Scott to come cuz he was supposed to watch them and that made him feel special. He knew he was supposed to keep an eye on them cuz that's what Brian told him to do.

Just then there was a knock on the door and Brian and Justin looked up at AJ who was the closest to it.

"I think I've become a door man," AJ laughed as he walked and opened the door.

Howie smiled as AJ opened the door. "I tried Brian's door, no answer. I tried Justin's, no answer. So, I figured I'd try you and lone and behold, all you guys are here," he said shaking his head. "Why are you all here?"

"Justin was here to begin with...Then Nick came and then Brian came because he didn’t' know where Nick went." AJ explained as he let Howie into the room. "Where is your better half?"

Howie laughed as he walked in to the room and turned around to face AJ. "He's downstairs making sure L.O.U isn't going to anywhere near us tonight at the concert, especially near N.I.C.K," he said. Then he turned around and walked further into the room. "Hey Brian, Nick..." Howie paused as he looked at the other guy sitting beside Nick. "... Justin...?" Howie gaped.

Justin laughed as he nodded his head. "Hello Howard," he greeted and got up to go stand with AJ.

It was then that Nick noticed something was different with his best friend and his eyes went wide. "Justin...where hair?"

AJ giggled at the way Nick said that and waited to see what Justin would say to that question.

Justin laughed. "I knew you were blonde Nick, but deng... THAT blonde?" He questioned and then shook his head as he wrapped his arms around AJ's waist from the back. "It's gone."

Howie watched Justin with wide eyes and walked over to where he was standing and brought his hand up to run over his head. He just had to do that to make sure it was real and that his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. He looked back over at AJ. "You're gonna let him out looking like this?"

AJ got a confused look on his face. "What is THAT supposed to mean?" he asked his best friend.

"Why gone?" Nick asked, still looking at Justin weird as if trying to figure out if he really liked him like that.

Howie looked AJ to Justin and then back to AJ before shrugging. "If I were you I wouldn't let him out of my sight and I'd carry like a big stick with me just so I could fend off all the guys and girls," he said and then added. "He doesn't look seventeen, at all!"

Justin rested his chin on AJ's head and chuckled at what Howie said before answering Nick. "It was curly and I didn't like it."

Nick reached a hand up to his own below the ears floppy blonde hair. He then looked at Brian with a pout on his face. "Me want me cut hair."

AJ laughed at what Howie said, "I think you are in a very odd mood and really need to go spend time with your boyfriend."

Howie shook his head. "I don't know if you've noticed AJ," he said. "But when we had dinner at the Space Needle, the waiters and waitresses, and a whole bunch of other times... Justin was their major eye candy and gossip. Kevin and I had been talking about it 'cause we found it rather funny that you two seemed clueless about it." He then looked over at Brian who nodded his head in confirmation.

Brian looked over at Nick and shook his head. "You're hair is not curly and you don't need to shave it off," he said. "But you can change it, make it spikey or something. What do you think?" He looked over at Howie, AJ, and Justin.

"I think that would make him look um...hot..." AJ laughed, not really sure if 'hot' was the look you should put on a two year old.

Just then there was a knock on the door and Kevin poked his head in. "Is there some sort of party and I wasn't invited?" he asked with a small pout on his face.

Howie shook his head and smiled at Kevin. "Notice something... odd?" He questioned.

Justin groaned and hid behind AJ, well as much as he could anyways, and buried his face in the groove of his neck.

Kevin looked over and smiled when he saw Justin's hair. "The hair looks good man...I like it." He didn't make a big deal about it though because he could tell he was annoyed with people doing that already. He then turned to his boyfriend and playfully glared at him. "You no be looking," he said knowing how much Howie either liked really LONG hair...or buzzed hair. The little man had some odd fetishes.

Howie opened his mouth and the closed it as he blinked at Kevin. "But..."

Brian laughed and shook his head. "And with that, we best be going," he said as he stood up with Nick. "I just need to grab Nick's things and we're good to go."

Kevin took Howie's hand and walked out with the rest of the guys. "No buzzy hair for you," he said in a playfully scolding tone.

"You know how you said you thought it was weird that Howie doesn’t seem as down to earth and calm as you always thought...well you don't know the real Howie." AJ giggled, thinking Kevin and Howie were just too cute.

Justin scratched his head as he walked with AJ with the rest of the guys to the elevator. "I guess not," he said and then playfully added. "He's a kinky person, ain't he? Hmmm, makes me wonder..." He laughed.

Brian walked into his room and grabbed Nick's bag he'd prepared earlier as well as his own bag and joined the rest of them.

AJ laughed at Justin, shaking his head. "Yeah...he all makes us wonder. I think the only person who knows the real Howie is Kevin." He said as he looked at the couple walking a few feet in front of them.

Nick skipped down the hallway, giggling when he bumped into Howie. "Hewwo, Owie,"

Howie laughed. "Hewwo Nick," he said and then reached up to ruffle Nick's hair.

Justin chuckled as he leaned over and kissed AJ on the cheek. "No, it makes me wonder just how kinky he is," he whispered in AJ's ear. For some reason Justin was getting really curious about things like that. He couldn't help but wonder if AJ was kinky or not.

"I don't even wana know why you wonder if Howie is kinky or not." AJ teased a huge smile on his face to show he was just kidding around.

Justin smiled at AJ as the elevator came and they all piled inside. "How 'bout you?" he questioned shyly. "Are you like that?"

AJ was slightly shocked by the question but didn't think it was a bad one. "I...well...I guess so." He laughed a little. "I mean I've had people say I can be kinda kinky in bed...but they aren't the most reliable sources so I dunno."

Brian turned around when he heard what AJ said and then laughed. "Do I even wanna know why you two are talking about that stuff?" He questioned.

Howie, too, turned around and shot them a weird look before leaning back into Kevin's arms.

Justin blushed and laughed looking over at AJ as he shrugged his shoulders. "Okay."

AJ smirked at Justin and gave him a look that said, 'we'll talk about this more later'. He then looked at Howie's weird look and laughed. "You try to deny that you and Kev aren't kinky fools...cuz I know it's true."

Howie raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. He just smirked.

"People," Brian said shaking his head when Nick looked at him with a confused expression. "You can talk about this ONLY if you can explain to Nick just what the heck it is... because I can't and if you don't wanna explain I suggest you zip it."

"You guys...weird," Nick giggled thinking adults were just the weirdest people in the whole wide world.

Kevin busted up laughing at Nick's reaction to it all. "I can actually agree with him...we are all weird...some of us more then others though." he said giving AJ a pointed glance.

AJ raised and eyebrow and laughed, "I'm not the one with the boyfriend who has a thing for MY boyfriend's hair."

Justin groaned. "Why do you people keep insisting on involving me in your freakish-ness," he said.

Howie just laughed. "I don't have a thing for your BOYFRIEND's hair," he said. "I'm telling you, you should have brought a stick with you." Just then the elevator dinged and the doors opened. There were a few people waiting for the elevator and the guys excused themselves through the crowd. The two girls and one guy that were standing there kept looking at Justin which proved Howie's point and he made sure to give AJ a pointed look.

AJ glared at Howie and pouted a little. He loved Justin's hair and was glad that he did it, but he didn't like other people looking at his man. It was then that he remembered Scott was joining them soon and he groaned. Yes, he knew Justin wasn't going to do anything with him, but he knew Scott had feelings and they would probably go crazy when he saw Justin's new haircut.

"No stare...not nice," Nick said to the people who were staring at Justin.

Brian started laughing. Justin was blushing profusely. Howie was beaming because he was right.

They made their way over to the back where their van was waiting for them.

"You're evil honey," Kevin laughed giving Howie a quick kiss on the lips.

Nick bounced over to the bus ready to get on so he could play with his car seat and pretend he was driving. He loved his car seat. "We go on? We go on?"

"We go on," Brian said as he opened the door and let Nick get seated in his car seat before he got in and got comfortable.

Howie smiled up at Kevin. "I'm evil because I state the truth?" He questioned. "That's just twisted." He shook his head and got in beside Brian.

Justin followed AJ into the back seat and rested his head on his shoulders with a sigh.

"What's wrong?" AJ asked, wondering why Justin was sighing.

Nick got in his seat and automatically started to make his car noises, moving the wheel around like he was really driving the van.

Justin shook his head. "Nothing," he said. He just wasn't used to getting that much attention. No one's ever paid him that much attention before and he was kind of regretting ever shaving his head. He picked his head up and stared out the window.

AJ wrapped an arm around Justin's shoulders and pulled him in close as they both looked out the window. He wanted Justin to get comfortable again, because he hated to see him sad like that. Even though he said nothing was wrong, AJ knew him better than that and knew something was wrong.

Kevin just held Howie in his arms quietly for the rest of the trip. Words weren't necessary since they were both just content to be in each others arms.

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Nick was busy saying 'bye bye' to Brian when Justin's cell phone started ringing, thankfully this time it wasn't on vibrate so it just started playing some unknown song.

Justin had just gotten comfortable in his seat in Brian's dressing room when his phone rang. "Hello?" He questioned as he looked over at Nick making sure he didn't walk out of the room with Brian.

"Hey Justin...I'm outside if it's a good time to come out and get me." Scott said, having to yell like crazy over the loud screaming fans.

Justin laughed as he got up. "Yah, I'm coming. Stay put," he said and hung up the phone. "Hey Nick, you wanna go pick Scott up?" Justin questioned as he smiled at Brian.

Brian gave Nick a pointed look and then a wink before calling out his good bye and walking with the rest of the guys over to where the crew were gathering for last minute adjustments and prayers.

"Me come," Nick said with a smile knowing he had to keep an eye on Justin and Scott.

"Well, yah," Justin said. "I'm not going to leave you here alone..." He chuckled and walked out of the room and down the narrow hallway, down the stairs, and through the first set of doors, then down a hallway before actually reaching the back doors. He walked through the security guards and spotted the back of Scott. Walking up to him he tapped him on the shoulder before shoving his hands in his pockets.

Scott turned around when he felt somebody tap and his eyes went wide when he saw who it was...and what he looked like. "Holy shit!...Justin..."

Nick looked around his eyes going wide and then got a very funny feeling when everybody kept looking right at him. "Justin..." he said softly, pulling on Justin's shirt from the back.

Justin chuckled and then looked over at Nick. "Yea?" He questioned, wondering why Nick looked uneasy.

"What me do?" Nick asked as he looked around, all the people still looking at him. He thought they were looking at him because he had done something weird, or wrong. He even looked down at himself to make sure he didn't look funny or something.

Justin looked around at all the people who were now watching them and shot them a look and glared. "You didn't do anything wrong," he said putting his hand around Nick's shoulder and holding him close. "They all think you're cute and they can't take their eyes off of you... isn't that right Scott?" Justin asked looking over at Scott and frowned when Scott just stared at him. "Scott?" Still nothing. "Hello...?" Justin waved his other hand in front of Scott's face to get his attention and smiled when it looked like Scott was back on earth. "Hey, where were you?"

Scott blushed a little as he came back to earth. "I think you gave me a mini heart attack with the hair cut." he laughed.

Nick turned to look at Scott and watched him closely, he was going to do his job right and keep his eyes on Justin and Scott ALL the time. The only problem was he didn't exactly know what being discreet was.

Justin chuckled as he rubbed his hand over his head. "I think I've been giving the guys the same reaction, starting with AJ. The only person that didn't seem affected by it was Kevin," he said and then looked around at the people who were still watching them, mostly Nick. "We should get back inside before these people start flashing pictures and do something to scare Nick."

Scott nodded his head in agreement as they headed inside and away from prying eyes...well unless they were Nick's eyes who still hadn't left Justin and Scott. Scott had noticed this, but hadn't said anything not sure what to think of the boy looking at him weird. It wasn't that he was mad...or jealous like AJ had been...he was just well...watching.

Justin opened the door to Brian's dressing room and escorted them inside. "You can leave all your things here and we can go back stage, there's seats and a TV set up for us over there so we could get the whole effect and watch everything," he said and the looked at Nick... watching Scott... intently. He wondered what that was all about or if Nick had a kids crush on Scott. That little information didn't set well with Justin.

"I never thought in a million years that I would be doing this," Scott laughed as he put his backpack down on the couch, looking around the room a little. "I mean when I heard the guys were coming into the studio today I thought I might get to catch a gimps of them but I never thought I would be HERE."

"Me bring appo juice wit me?" Nick asked as he walked to his own backpack and started to search through it for his bottles.

"You never know what's going to happen," Justin said as he watched Nick look for his apple juice. "That's the best and sometimes the worst aspect of life." When Nick was ready they all stepped outside and walked backstage where there was a lot of commotion and he stopped the guys standing there while a whole bunch of people fussed over them. He laughed as he got comfortable in his seat and took his camera out and snapped a few pictures of the scene.

Nick spit his pacifier out of his mouth so it was hanging from his shirt and then started to happily drink his juice as he watched all the going ons.

Scott did pretty much the same thing Nick was doing...well the watching and looking around part. He then smiled at Justin as he took pictures of the guys doing random things around the back stage area. "What's he like in person...I mean does he really have a stick up his ass like a lot of people think?" he asked, not knowing anything about Kevin being with Howie and that good stuff.

"Huh?" Justin questioned and then realized Scott was talking about Kevin. "Actually no," he said chuckling. "He's quite the opposite. He's pretty much the guy that looks out for the rest of them, you know. He's like the father... loves the guys so much and he blames himself if they get hurt or they get sick or whatever..."

He then turned and snapped a picture of Nick and then one of Scott.

"Eeek," Nick said rubbing his eyes, giggling cuz he hadn't been expecting that at all. "Dat bright."

Scott giggled at Nick's reaction as he blinked his own eyes. "Justin is evil with a camera...I will keep that in mind." he said with a smirk before he thought back to what Justin said. "Well that's cool cuz I've always thought he seemed pretty cool, just heard from others that he wasn't."

Justin smirked. "That's the whole point of taking pictures Nicky," he said. "When people are least expecting it. When in action... those are always the best and most natural ones." He then looked over at Scott. "I don't really know just how people made that assumption but all I can say is don't believe everything that you hear." Then he turned his head as saw some guy who was walking by watching him, not taking his eyes off of him, and walked right in to one of the poles. Widening his eyes he looked over at AJ who was glaring at the guy but was also trying to stifle his laughter. "Ohhhkay....."

"Dat boy ike your hair too, Justin," Nick said, giggling at the guy and showing how much of the earlier conversation at the hotel he actually understood.

"I think you're giving off that weird smell that animals give off at mating season." Scott teased a smirk on his face to show he was just messing with his new friend.

Justin groaned and he slumped back down in his seat. "Of all things for Howie to be right about... why did it have to be this?" He questioned, speaking more to himself than to anyone else. Then he looked at Scott as he rolled his eyes. "Oh god I hope not. If that's the case then I need to start wearing plastic wrap or something around me..."

"Den you no breathe," Nick said thinking Justin was totally serious about wearing the plastic wrap. He had already had a huge talk by Brian about putting plastic bags on his head...and to him this seemed like the same sort of thing.

Justin turned his head to the other side and looked at Nick. "Oh, I'm not gonna wrap my head in plastic... just my body... besides I was just joking," he said before reaching out and ruffling Nick's hair. He then looked at the food table and felt his stomach grumble. "You want any fruits?" He questioned looking at Scott and Nick.

Nick nodded his head seeing his favorite fruit in the whole wide world. "Me want nana," he said pointing at the banana.

Scott shook his head, "No thanks, I actually got a chance to eat a little something before I came."

Justin nodded his head. "Okay, I'll be right back." He walked over to the table and picked up a banana for Nick and a green apple for himself. He then felt someone step in next to him and looked over only to frown at the guy who was trying unsuccessfully to avoid looking at him. Justin smiled a little before turning around and walking back to his seat quickly. He half peeled the banana for Nick before sitting down in his seat and biting in to his apple... smiling at the loud satisfying crunch it made.

Nick started happily eating his banana, putting his half empty bottle on the floor so he could have it after he was done eating.

Justin looked down at his watch and saw that they still had about a half an hour more till 8:45 P.M.

"So everything cool with you and AJ?" Scott asked, hoping that what had happened earlier had cleared up. He wanted Justin as his friend and didn't think he could if he knew he had screwed up his relationship.

Justin smiled as he thought back to what he and AJ had done back in the hotel. "Yah, we're cool," he said, chuckling. He looked over at Scott and said, "Thanks." He was thanking him for pointing out what's going on with AJ and what to do as well as being understanding.

"All gone," Nick said as he held up his empty banana peel for Justin to see.

"No problem, I would have hated to know I was a part in screwing up your relationship." Scott said with a big smile, really glad to see that Justin was almost practically glowing when he mentioned AJ.

Justin laughed as he took the banana peel for Nick and made a perfect shot into the garbage can a few feet away from them. "I don't think you necessarily had anything to do with that," he said looking over at Scott. "He just needed reassurance and needed to stop worrying."

"I never really saw AJ as being a worry wart," Scott laughed as he looked over at the person in question who was busy talking to Brian about something. They were both laughing like crazy looking like they were actually having a really good time.

Not really wanting to finish his juice right now, Nick popped his binkie back into his mouth and started to suck happily on it, just looking around at everything that was going on.

"There's a lot that I've been learning about these guys," Justin said, also looking over at AJ and Brian, smiling. He felt just a pang of jealousy creep into his heart at the way Brian and AJ were fooling around but he quickly shrugged it off. He let his eyes wonder over to look at Scott as he examined his face. He didn't know what he was looking for but he figured when he see's it or finds it he'll know.

Nick noticed the way Justin was looking at Scott and found this as a time to start making sure they didn't get too close. "Me gotta go potty!" He said even though he really didn't have to go...but hey it would distract them.

Justin turned his head to Nick and raised his eyebrow. Nick had never been upfront with him like that before, especially when there were strangers around. "Okay..." he said as he got up and grabbed Nick's hand. Looking over at Scott he said, "We'll be right back."

"I'll be here," Scott said as he watched them walk away.

Nick walked with Justin in the direction of the bathroom singing a little song to himself. He definitely wasn't walking funny like he had been the last time that he had told somebody he had to go. It was almost obvious that he really didn't need to go.

As they entered the bathroom Justin escorted Nick to one of the stalls. He crossed his arms over his chest and waited for Nick to do his thing, having a feeling that Nick didn't really need to use the bathroom ... either that or he had guessed his body had to go but was just a little too early.

Nick sat down on the toilet and bared down and just a little bit came out...barley anything at all really. He then stood up. "Me done," he said with a smile.

"Huh!" Justin said as he helped Nick put his diaper back on and then the pants. He walked over with Nick to the sink to wash their hands before pausing. "What's going on?" He questioned knowing Nick was hiding something.

Nick looked at Justin with a confused look on his face...or well his pretend confused look. "What mean?" he asked as he washed his hands and then walked over to the paper towels and grabbed about seven and dried his hands.

Justin narrowed his eyes. He knew Nick well enough to know the blonde was pretending. "Why were you watching Scott before and why did you just say you had to go potty when you really didn't have to...?"

"Me did gots ta go," Nick said, knowing that hadn't been a total lie since a tiny bit of pee had come out.

"Okay," Justin said sighing. "Then tell me why you were watching Scott..."

Nick shrugged his shoulders, "Dat bad?" he asked a sort of smart-alecky tone to his voice.

Justin snickered at Nick's tone. "It's not bad to look at someone for a second or so but it's bad when you stare at someone almost waiting for them to do something wrong so you could point it out or something..." he paused. "Remember when we were outside, when we went to pick Scott up? You got scared with the way people were looking at you... and you asked me if you did something bad? I bet you that's exactly how Scott feels."

Nick thought about that for a second, he was torn between doing what Brian told him to do and not making Scott feel funny. "Me no mean to look at him...me just looking round," he said, still continuing to lie.

Justin shook his head, he wasn't getting anywhere. "Fine," he said, resigned. "Let's just go back."

Nick walked with Justin back out to where Scott was just in time for the show to start. The guys were all set in position and ready to go out.

"I thought you guys were going to miss it," Scott said when Nick and Justin sat back down next to him.

"Nah," Justin said as he took his seat between Nick and Scott. "He watched as the guys started making their way up the stairs to the stage and he could feel the anticipation rise within him. He was feeling the vibes from the fans... the same vibes one would get just seconds before a show would go on.

Nick half watched the show, half watched Scott and Justin interact the whole time. It wasn't until about thirty minutes into the show and Scott and Justin were laughing like crazy about something the guys were doing on stage that Nick got the feeling he needed to interact again. Scott was practically in Justin's lap he was laughing so much and Nick knew that wasn't how it was supposed to be. Since he was young and not too bright he did the same thing he had before. "Justin...me gots ta go poop," he said changing his story around just a little, but it was the only thing he could think of to get Justin away from Scott. Plus since they were doing the whole training stuff he knew that Justin would take him no matter what...at least he thought so.

Scott turned to look at Nick a little shocked by what he said and then looked back at Justin. "Didn't he go when you took him before?" he asked.

Justin frowned as he settled down from his laughing fit. "No... he barely peed," he said before shaking his head. "Do you really have to go?" Justin questioned looking at Nick through curious eyes.

Nick nodded his head, putting a hand on his bottom for effect. He didn't realize that he probably was going to get his later on...not knowing the story about the little boy who cried wolf. "Me do."

Justin was tempted to just tell Nick to go in his diapers but sighed as he nodded his head and stood up. "We'll be back again," he said to Scott before escorting Nick back to the bathroom and removed Nick's diapers and pants and waited for him to do his thing.

Once sitting there Nick realized there might be a problem because he didn't have to go at all this time. He then remembered something and got a little smirk on his face. "Me can't go," he said looking at Justin with fake sad eyes. He knew he had a problem with not being able to go sometimes...so he was using that to his advantage this time.

Justin narrowed his eyes as he stared at Nick. "Why not?"

"Me no know," Nick said as he pushed hard to prove to Justin that he couldn't go.

Justin sighed as he shook his head. "Fine, let's get going... we're missing the show," he said as he helped Nick put his clothes back on and walked out to where Scott was. Justin did not have a pleased look on his face.

Nick walked back out with Justin, he didn't have the 'sorry' look on his face like he normally did after doing something he shouldn't have been doing. He was really realizing how angry he was making Justin.

"Things okay?" Scott asked Justin when he sat back down noticing the not pleased look on Justin's face.

"Peachy," Justin retorted and then sighed realizing he was snapping at Scott, the innocent one here. "Sorry, I didn't mean to take it out on you. What'd I miss?"

"They just got done singing 'Any where for you'." Scott said as he looked over to see that they guys were now getting ready to do their solos. "Now I think they are going to sing solos or something."

Nick picked his bottle of juice up off the floor and started drinking it, totally pouting now. He didn't like this anymore because now Justin was practically ignoring him and only paying attention to Scott. He was now beginning to get very jealous of the other man because he was taking HIS Justin away from him.

"Oh," Justin said as he watched everyone except for Brian get off the stage. "I love the solo parts, the most." He watched as Brian sat on the stool, guitar in hand as he started to strum the beginning cords to 'That's what she said.'

Nick continued to sit there pouting until Kevin got up on stage and started to sing 'Nobody But You.' He loved this song because it was the most upbeat of the solos. He then got up and started to dance around the backstage area singing his own version of the song.

Scott just sat and watched in awe, totally taking in everything that was going on. He didn't even pay any attention to Nick dancing around he was too busy watching the actual concert. "Wow..." he said in shock, totally getting into Kevin's song. It was weird to hear Kevin singing by himself since it normally didn't happen.

Justin chuckled as he heard Scott's reaction. "I know what you mean, but I'm kinda upset that he didn't play the piano... I really like the song he wrote, but this will do," he said pausing. "If you think this is good, wait till AJ takes the stand." He then looked over at Nick and noticed that he wasn't dancing anywhere near a danger zone nor was he too far away. He relaxed.

Scott got a semi confused, shocked look on his face when he noticed the way that Kevin kept looking off towards the side of the stage as he sang. Scott followed his eyes and found him looking right at Howie. To those out in the audience they would just thinking he was glancing backstage. But those who were actually backstage could tell exactly where he was looking.

Justin sighed as he slouched down some more in his seat and smiled as he listened and watched Kevin sing and the little glances he would throw Howie. Those two were just the cutest thing in the world, Justin wanted that, or something like that.

He then looked over at Nick and noticed he was dancing a little too close to the curtains that covered the poles the stage was being held under. "Nick, get back here before you break the stage or something," Justin said getting up and walking over to Nick so he wouldn’t go much further.

"I not gunna break it," Nick exclaimed, but did move away. He just didn't like how Justin seemed to think he was going to break everything.

"Ohh look!" Scott said wiggling his eyebrows as AJ came out on stage and was talking up the crowd before he started to sing.

Justin looked down at Nick who he had draped his arm over. "I know but who were getting a little too close to those curtains," Jusitn pointed to the curtains he was referring to. "Those curtains hide the stuff that the stage is built on and you... accidentally tripping or something, everyone on that stage who get hurt and would have to go to the hospital. It's just for safety that I pulled you away," he explained. "I'm not if I made you feel bad about it." He noticed the sad pout on Nick's face. They walked back over to their seat and Justin smiled as he saw AJ start to sing.

As AJ sang he kept doing the same thing that Kevin was doing except for the fact he couldn't exactly see Justin from where he was. He especially looked in their direction when he sang the lines 'You'll get all inside me too,' from the song 'Lay Down Beside Me'.

"Ohh look...he's singing to you," Scott whispered, not sure if the staff that was walking backstage knew about the relationship between the two men.

"He is?" Justin questioned. He hadn't been able to see AJ because he had pulled up really close to the front of the stage to sing his part. He could only hear AJ's sultry voice belt out the words to the music and so he decided to just use his imagination to visualize how AJ looked. Then he realized something. They had a TV set up for them to watch the concert. He hit his forehead with his palm before walking over to the Tv and turning it on. He beamed when he saw AJ's face appear on the screen before he walked down over to his seat.

It was then that Nick's bouncing brought on a familiar feeling. He really did have to pee now...and all the pushing he had done while pretending was also bringing on the feeling of needing to do more than that. "Me gots ta go potty," Nick said, not realizing that Justin probably wasn't going to believe him this time since he had lied so much, plus the fact that he had bad timing and Justin was really into watching AJ singing on stage.

Justin was in fact really into watching AJ sing. His favorite part of the song was coming up and he just HAD to listen and watch it. He leaned forward as AJ started to sing the lines, "Tonight, we'll find // Just what we've been looking for // Good, good lovin and a whole lot more // Hold on // Real tight // Hold me and don't you let go // Until I tell you to..." He just loved how AJ sung that part and the way it sounded. Then he heard Nick voice cutting through his thoughts. He turned to look at Nick with disbelief. "I don't believe you."

"Me do," Nick said exactly like he had before when he had been faking it. His hand went to his bottom the same too but the difference was he was already starting to go since his little mind hadn't realized how to hold poop in yet. But nobody would really be able to notice that so it still seemed like he was faking it.

Justin sighed. He was going to give Nick his third shot. If he was faking again, Justin was going to be really pissed. "Fine, let's go," he said and grabbed Nick's hand and escorted them back into the bathroom. He did the usual thing, pulling Nick's pants and taking his diaper off.

Nick sat down on the toilet and this time did his business...or well finished it since he had actually done some of it in his diaper. "See me have ta go," he said in a strained voice as he did his business.

Justin took in a deep breath, somewhat relieved for following his conscience and not ignoring it like he wanted to do. He was going to have to tell Brian to tell Nick the story about the boy who cried wolf. Justin walked over to the sink and leaned against it waiting for Nick to finish up.

Nick finished up, wiped and then pulled his own diaper back up since they had only undid one side of it to pull it down. He pressed the Velcro tab back down and pulled up his pants. He didn't care that that his diaper was rather wet since he had done most of the pee in it before they made it to the bathroom. He then flushed the toilet running out of the stall. "Loud," he said covering his ears.

Justin laughed as he grabbed Nick's hands and put it under the sink so he could wash them. "Yah... yah..." he said a bit sad that he missed the last bit of AJ's performance. He knew that Howie was next and he wanted to hear him sing 'My Heart Stays With You,' one of his other favorite songs.

Nick walked back with Justin after his hands were washed. He then sat back down in his seat a little bored since Justin's mind was on everything else but him. Sighing, he just sat there trying to watch the concert on the TV.

"Did he actually go this time?" Scott asked, starting to feel that Nick had been saying he had to go just to do it.

Justin nodded his head as he turned towards Scott. "Yah, he did," he snickered out. "I don't know, maybe he thought he had to go the last two times... we're doing the whole potty training thing right now... so."

Scott laughed and nodded, "My sister says my nephew does the same thing. She said that once at a restaurant he said he had to go potty like ten times because he was just so happy to be able to get up and go to the bathroom. I bet only one of those times did he actually have to go."

Justin laughed at that. "Good lord," he said as Howie sang the last lines of the song. He then laughed at the millionth wink that Howie probably gave the camera that night. "So, what are your plans after the concert?" Justin questioned after a few seconds later.

Scott shrugged his shoulders, he hadn't really thought that far. "I don't really have anything planned."

Nick sat there and continued to pout as Justin continued to talk to Scott and not him. Normally they spent the whole concert watching it, talking, coloring and just having fun. Well, now he wasn't even talking to him if it wasn't for yelling at him for something.

"That's cool," Justin said as he sat back in his seat and looked over at Nick who was rather quiet. "Is everything alright?" He questioned as he took in the pout and crossed arms over the chest that Nick displayed.

Nick didn't say anything at all as he continued to pout, not even looking over at Justin.

"People around here are moody," Scott teased as he too looked over at Nick.

Justin nudged Nick's shoulder with his own and pouted as he realized Nick was giving him the silent treatment. "What did I do?" He questioned. He then got up and squatted down in front of Nick so he could look up into Nick's eyes. "Hey... you mad at me?"

"No talk to Nicky," Nick whispered, looking at Justin with tears in his eyes now.

"Aw," Justin said as he leaned up and wiped the tears that fell when Nick blinked before pulling the blonde closer for a hug. "I'm sorry. Forgive me?"

Nick sniffled and nodded his head as he hugged Justin back. He didn't say anything else though, just glanced at Scott over Justin's shoulder.

Scott was still watching the concert, trying to not eavesdrop on Justin and Nick's conversation.

Justin pulled back and reclaimed his seat but he kept his arm around Nick and let the blonde lay his head on his shoulder as they continued to watch the concert, this time, on the TV screen.

Before they knew it the concert was ending and the guys were rushing off stage. Instead of running right back to the dressing rooms, AJ walked over to where Justin, Nick and Scott were sitting. "Hey baby, like the show?" he asked with a smile then giving Scott an actually friendly smile. "Glad you could come man...did you enjoy it too?"

Scott smile back and nodded, "It was awesome, thanks for letting me come."

"You know it," Justin said as he smiled up at AJ. "Shouldn't you head back and get ready?" He questioned as he watched the rest of the guys piling into the dressing rooms.'

"Yeah, but I wanted to come and say 'hi' first," AJ said as he backed away from the group. "I'll see you in a few," with that he ran off in the direction the rest of the guys had went to get changed into his street clothes again.

"Well, he actually smiled at me...so maybe I'm not such a bad guy anymore?" Scott said, sounding hopeful.

Nick wasn't so sure about that though, even if AJ liked this Scott guy, Nick wasn't so sure if he did. This guy took away his time with Justin and that wasn't okay in Nick's little mind.

Justin chuckled as he put his other arm around Scott. "Dude, I don't think you ever were the bad guy. It's just things needed to be cleared, that's all." He looked from Scott and Nick, both his arms around the two. "I like need a picture of all you guys..."

"Of us guys...like Nick and I?" Scott asked, not sure if he understood what Justin wanted.

"No, I meant, of ALL you guys. Nick, you, Brian, AJ, Kevin, and Howie," Justin said. "A big group photo." He then looked in the direction the guys had just gone through and sighed. "They need to hurry up 'cause I'm starving."

"Me hungy too," Nick said speaking up. He had still been very quiet through the rest of the concert since even though Justin had, had his arm around him, he had still spent the whole time chatting it up with Scott. He didn't understand that Justin was spending time with his friend because this was the last time to really see him.

Scott looked over in time to see Howie and Kevin walking out already dressed, and actually looked wet too so some how they had managed to take a shower and get dressed in like a ten minutes time. "Justin...can I ask you something?" he asked, really curious about Kevin and Howie.

"Hmmm?" Justin questioned as he removed his arms from Nick and Scott's shoulders. "What's up?"

"I may be totally off here but are they...well...together?" Scott asked, giving Howie and Kevin a pointed glance.

Justin bit his bottom lip not really sure if it was his place to blab their business. It was alright when it came to him but he wasn't sure if he should. But when he looked at Scott he could tell that Scott wouldn't tell anyone but he wanted to make sure, first. "You won't tell any one, right? I mean, what all you learned about the guys... you won't tell?"

Scott shook his head like crazy, "I won't say anything...I happen to want to stay friends with you guys even after you leave Seattle...and blabbing wouldn't really be the best way to do that."

Nick got up and walked over to where Kevin and Howie were and tugged on Howie's shirt. "Hewwo Owie," he said still looking sad, but at least he knew Howie would pay attention to him...or at least he hoped.

Justin smiled as he nodded his head. "Yah, they're together.. I think they've been together for almost 3 years..." Justin trailed off as he watched Nick walk over to Howie and Kevin.

Howie smiled. "Hey little man," he said as he ruffled Nick's hair. "Why the long face? You didn't enjoy the concert?"

"Me did," Nick said softly, looking over at Justin for a second before turning his attention back to Howie. "You do good." he said to both him and Kevin.

Kevin smiled as he patted Nick on the back. "I'm glad you had fun buddy. We wouldn't want you to not want to come and watch us anymore."

Scott smiled when he heard Justin say that. "Wow, that's really cool...they look like they are doing really well too. I mean they look totally happy."

Just then AJ and Brian came walking from the back giggling and laughing with each other again like they had been earlier before the concert had started.

Justin was about to respond to Scott when he heard AJ and Brian laughing at something. He frowned. He shrugged. His stomach grumbled. He put his feelings of jealousy away, again. He was NOT going to jump to conclusions even though he knew AJ had feelings for Brian.

Howie beamed at Nick. "Thanks buddy, I'm really glad you liked us up there."

Brian walked up to where Kevin, Howie, and Nick were standing, talking. He came up from behind Nick and hugged him as he picked him up and swirled him in a circle before putting him down. "I missed you," he said, giggling. He was in a good mood and still on his post-concert high.

Nick was beyond shocked to have somebody pick him up and spin him around but started giggling anyway. "Me miss you too!" he said as he gave Brian a BIG hug once he was back down on the ground again.

AJ backed away from Brian with a fake scared look on his face. "Ohh no...a hyper Brian...this is scary!" he teased as he walked over to Justin.

Brian pretended to kick AJ in the butt as he walked by him to go over to Justin. "Oh be quiet," he said and then turned his attention back to Nick. "So, what's up?" He questioned. "Like the concert?"

Justin was biting the inside of his lip, staring off into space except it looked like he was fascinated with his sneakers. He was feeling a bit depressed right now and he wished it would go away.

Nick half nodded half shook his head. He had enjoyed the concert but the company through the concert had been sucky.

"I'm going to use the restroom really fast," Scott said to Justin before walking in the direction of the men’s room.

AJ walked over to Justin and put an arm around him. "Baby, you okay?" he asked, seeing the far away look on Justin's face.

Brian frowned at Nick's reaction. "Okay... what's wrong?" He questioned.

Justin was brought out of his daze when he felt someone's arm around him and AJ's voice penetrated through his thoughts. "Huh?" He shook his head. "Oh, yah, I'm fine." He smiled up at AJ. "The concert was amazing."

"Me no ike Scott," Nick said with a pout on his face. "Justin talk talk wit him...no talk wit Nicky," he said showing he was totally jealous of Scott's time with Justin.

AJ wasn't sure he believed what Justin was saying but smiled at the last part. "Thanks...I'm glad you liked it." He then noticed Scott walking back towards them. "It sucks that we're leaving tonight just when you made a new friend."

Justin smiled a little. "Yah, but the awesome part is that we exchanged e-mails and phone numbers so we'd keep in touch PLUS he said he's going to be visiting his family in Chicago around the same time we'll be there for the concert," he said and looked at AJ with curious eyes. "So, how are things...?"

"Good, but I'm fucking starving," AJ laughed looking around to make sure everybody was there. "You ready to go get some grub?"

Brian looked at Nick's pout and sighed. "Well, I think that's because this is the last time Justin and Scott will be seeing each other... it's just he's made a friend and we have to leave," he explained.

"Yah, I'm hungry. I could use some food," Justin said, standing up and stretching.

Scott stood awkwardly off to the side trying to find the right time to say goodbye. He knew that the guys would just have to pick up take out on the way back to the hotel and then pack quickly and head right to the bus.

Nick continued to pout, he still didn't like it.

Justin turned his attention over to Scott and smiled. "What's up?" He questioned.

Brian giggled as he put his arm around Nick and said, "Cheer up. He'll be gone by tonight."

Scott smiled, "I was just trying to find the right time to say goodbye since I know you guys have bus to catch."

Nick sighed as he took his backpack that Brian was holding. He sat it on the ground, found another bottle of apple juice and started to drink it quickly. Apple juice was his comfort drink...and he needed it right now.

"Oh, okay," Justin said sounding a bit sad at that. "Yah, um, thanks for today. OH!" He exclaimed as he remembered the picture he wanted to take. "Picture. Let's take a group pic."

AJ and Kevin both groaned but got into the group picture stance along with everybody else. They even gave the camera to one of the crew members so they could all be in the picture. Nick found himself next to Justin and it took all that was in him to actually smile and say cheese when it was time to actually take the picture.

"Thanks," Justin said as he took the camera from the man and smiled at the guys. "Okay, I think that's that."

All the guys walked over to the back door and paused when they could hear loud screams and their name being chanted over and over again. They knew they would have to sign a few autographs and take a few pictures. They all decided to let the body guards escort Nick to the car before the rest of the guys would follow suit. Justin and Scott were the first ones to exit the doors and they both immediately covered their ears at the deafening screams. "Oh good god," Justin yelled as he and Scott ran over to the van.

Once at the van Scott turned to Justin and gave him a friendly hug. "I'll e-mail or call you tomorrow or something." He said with a smile.

Nick got into the van and got himself buckled in his seat. He then turned and looked out the window pouting...just in a really bad, pouty mood.

AJ walked over to a group of fans and started chatting it up with them as he signed autographs and even stopped to take a few pictures along with Kevin who was standing right next to him doing the same thing.

Justin hugged Scott back and said, "Definitely, I'll hold you to that and hopefully we'll meet up in Chicago." He then got in the van, in the back seat, and watched Scott walk across the street and head on home.

As soon as AJ and Kevin were somewhat closer to the car that's when Howie and Brian decided to emerge from the doors. They both signed autographs and took pictures, laughing and joking with the fans. By the time they reached the van Kevin and AJ had been in there for a few minutes waiting for them.

"I think that went well," Brian said as he got in his seat next to Nick.

"I'm really getting sick of gummy bears," Howie said as he looked at the five bags of gummy bears that the fans had just given him.

Nick turned his head and looked at Howie. "Me have some?" he asked softly, sounding really depressed.

AJ got settled in next to Justin and wrapped an around him. "Don't worry baby you'll see him soon." he said knowing his boyfriend was sad to see his friend go.

"Of course," Howie said as he started to hand Nick the bags only to shake his head no when Brian shot him a look. "Um, after dinner?" He said unsurely, looking from Brian to Nick.

Brian nodded his head. "Yes, after you have dinner, you can have candy," he said looking at Nick.

"Oh yah, I know that," Justin said. He wasn't sad because of Scott... he was sad 'cause of AJ and Brian laughing it out. He wanted to know what was so funny but he didn't want to pry or come off as being jealous. He then decided to just put a smile on his face in hopes that no one would ask him any more questions.

Nick sighed and turned to look out the window again, not even touching his car seat toys like he always did.

Kevin reached over slowly and snuck one of the bags of gummy bears from Howie.

AJ smiled back as he pulled Justin in his arms, kissing his cheek before just relaxing till they got back to the hotel.

Howie looked at Kevin wondering why he just took a bag of gummy bears from him.

Justin rested his head on AJ's shoulder but then his neck started to cramp up so he just sat up straight and leaned his forehead against the window, staring out at the street lights and buildings that passed by.

Brian looked over at Nick and frowned. "Is everything okay?" He questioned wondering why Nick was still sad and pouting.

Nick sniffled and shook his head. He just felt sad and depressed and he didn't understand why his mind was making him feel like that. It had just been a really crazy and insane day and it was too much for his little mind and body to handle.

Kevin giggled at the look on Howie's face. "Why you looking at me like that?" he asked as he popped one of the jelly beans into his mouth.

AJ also turned to look out the window and a huge smile came on his face when he saw the McDonalds arch. "Ohh food!"

Justin groaned. He wasn't in any mood for McDonald's or for any thing from a fast food joint. All of a sudden he wasn't hungry any more. He just wanted to sleep.

Howie stared at Kevin for a few seconds. "But... you HATE gummy bears," he said as he watched Kevin pop another one in his mouth. He then reached over and snatched the bag away from him. "If Nick isn't allowed to have candy before dinner, neither are you." Howie laughed.

Brian put his arm around Nick and pulled him into a hug. "Hey, you'll get to eat candy but only after you have a decent meal," he said thinking that that's why Nick was really sad and then he thought of something else. "Are you still upset about the whole Scott thing?" He whispered.

"Yeah," Nick whispered as he rested his head on Brian's shoulder his lips quivering a good sign he was going to start crying soon. He was sleepy, hungry and sad...it wasn't a good combination.

Kevin pouted when Howie took the gummy bears from him. "Hey...I was eating those...I'm not two I can eat whatever I want to," he said still pouting...something Kevin rarely ever did.

"I want a big mac, large fries, large coke and an ice cream sunday." AJ called up from when they pulled up to the drive through. "What do you want baby?" he asked knowing Justin had been starving.

Justin shook his head. "I'm not hungry, anymore," he said grimacing as the smell of McDonald's hit his senses.

Howie shook his head and hid the bags on the other side of him. "I want what AJ's having," he called out to Brian who was making the orders for them all.

Brian nodded his head and turned to the machine as he started to give in their orders. He ordered for Nick, knowing just what the younger man would want.

AJ looked at Justin in worry, "Baby do you feel sick?" he asked, reaching over to feel his forehead. He didn't understand why Justin would be really hungry, practically starving one second and the next he wasn't even hungry. "Do you want something other then McDonalds...cuz we can get you whatever you want."

That sounded tempting but no. Justin shook his head. "Nah, I'm good. I feel fine," he said and sighed. He always got like this when something bothered him and when something happens that he doesn't like or doesn't understand.

Brian looked back and asked, "Is that it? Did Justin order...?" He questioned looking from Justin, who had his eyes closed and his forehead resting against the window, to AJ.

Howie looked back too. "Don't tell me the human garbage disposal isn't hungry? Please don't tell me that because then we're gonna have to take him to shop and get him fixed," he teased, giggling but stopped short when he realized that Justin really wasn't hungry.

AJ glared at Howie and then started to rub Justin's back. "What's wrong...please tell me," he said, getting worried, wanting to know what was wrong with his boyfriend.

"It's like they swapped places," Kevin mumbled softly to Howie, remembering it was AJ who was sad and depressed earlier that day.

Nick started to whimper, getting really cranky since it was late and he had only had like a half an hour nap that day.

Brian sighed as he grabbed their orders and they all started to head off to their hotel. "We'll be back at the hotel and back on the bus, soon," he said as he rubbed Nick's back trying to comfort him. "We'll eat then. I promise."

Howie slowly nodded his head and snuck a quick glance over at Justin and AJ before turning around in his seat.

Justin was getting annoyed. He just didn't want food. Was that so hard to understand? He wasn't hungry anymore. "Nothing's wrong, Age," Justin said with a defeated sigh. "I'm just tired and sleepy. It's been a long day and I just want to go to bed."

"Okay," AJ replied, thinking he would just let Justin talk to him in his own time. He just hoped that his boyfriend really would talk to him.

Nick was full blown crying by the time they pulled up to the back of the hotel and all got out heading inside. He was sleepy, sad, hungry, and just not a happy camper.

Kevin didn't really know why but he had the urge to hold Howie's hand. It had been getting a LOT harder lately to keep his hands to himself when in public. It sucked big time to be with somebody for over three years and not be able to hold their hands.

Brian was having a tough time with Nick and figured that he should just get Nick in the tour bus right now before going up and packing their things. "Hey guys, I'm gonna go get Nick back in the bus, give him the food and then go up and pack our things, okay?" Brian said grabbing Nick's hand and walking over to where their bus was parked.

Howie nodded his head and watched as two of their body guards followed Nick and Brian. One went inside while another stood guard outside the doors. He squeezed Kevin's hand as they walked into the hotel and over to the elevator.

Justin remained silent and placed his hand over his stomach, he could feel it like digesting, waiting for food. Sorry buddy, but Justin isn't in the mood to eat right now. Once the elevator came they got on and went to their floor.

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Nick continued to fuss all the way to the bus. He wasn't trying to be a pain in the butt but he was being one anyways.

Brian sighed as he placed all of Nick's food on the table and set it up for Nick to eat. "Here you go, Nicky," he said as he sat across from Nick by the table.

Nick picked up one of his chicken nuggets and started to nibble on it as he tried to calm himself down. He was still so sad about Justin not paying attention to him that it was totally messing up his night. He didn't understand that Justin didn't do it on purpose like Brian understood. In his mind he saw that Justin didn't like him anymore and didn't want to be his friend anymore.

Brian watched Nick eat sadly. "Tell me what's wrong, please?" Brian questioned. He opened his own bag of food and started to eat the fries.

"Justin no ike me," Nick whispered.

Brian shook his head. "Of course he doesn't," he said and then corrected Nick. "He loves you... he doesn't like you but he loves you. Why do you say that?"

"He mad at Nicky...kept getting mad at me...den no talk to me. He talk to Scott all time." Nick mumbled around the next chicken nugget.

"Why was he mad at you?" Brian questioned as he shoved more fries in his mouth. His stomach was demanding it.

Nick got a semi guilty look on his face and looked down at his food. "Me say me gotta go potty...when me didn't." he mumbled so softly that he wouldn't be able to hear him probably.

"Huh?" Brian questioned as he leaned closer. "What'd you say?"

"Me say me gots ta go potty...when me didn't gots ta go." Nick whispered, but it was louder this time.

Brian wrinkled his forehead. "Why did you say that when you didn't have to go?"

"Justin talk to Scott lots." Nick tried to explain.

Brian scratched his head trying to figure out what that meant. "So, let me get this straight. You said you had to go to the bathroom when you didn't have to just because Justin was talking to Scott?" He questioned and then something clicked in his mind. "Oh..." He started laughing.

"Yeah...den Justin get mad," Nick said with a pout as he got up to go get a napkin off of the counter, reaching down to scratch himself as he walked back. It was obvious he had wet himself. Yeah he had the time when he hadn't all made it to the bathroom, but he had gone a few minutes ago too because he just thought since he was already wet why worry about going...plus he was mad and sad so he didn’t want to do it.

"Aww," Brian said as he watched Nick go and come back. "I'm sorry," he said feeling some what guilty about it. "I know I told you to interrupt but ONLY when Scott acted like AJ, like you know holding Justin and stuff like that. How many times did you interrupt him?"

Nick thought about that for a second, trying to remember. "Two...but den me willy did gots ta go...so twee."

Brian chuckled as the story of the boy who cried wolf popped into his head. "You know, there's this story called 'the boy who cried wolf,'" he said and then started to tell Nick. When he was done he looked at Nick waiting for a reaction, a comment.

"Justin almost no take me potty last time...ike in dat tory," Nick said really thinking about what Brian was saying. "Me almost poopy in my pants."

"Yah, just like the people in the story didn't believe the boy when he cried out wolf the last time," Brian said. "That's why Justin almost didn't believe you but good thing he did." Brian then added, "Why didn't you just distract Justin by asking him for something else or... I don't know... asked him to play with you or something to get him away from Scott?"

Nick shrugged his shoulders. He didn't really know why it had just been the first thing to pop into his head. Plus, he thought it was cool to go to the bathroom sometimes. "Me no know," he said as he finished off his chicken nuggets and fries and then went to drink his orange juice.

"Well, it's okay," Brian said. "Trust me when I tell you that Justin loves you and that he isn't mad at you. Besides you don't have to worry about Scott anymore. He won't be taking Justin away from you." He didn't know that in a few weeks that they would be seeing Scott again.

"Yeah," Nick said with a yawn. It had been a long day and he was totally bushed.

Brian had finished his meal and so he picked up Nick's garbage along with his and threw it away before helping Nick up. "Let's get you changed and then you can go to sleep, okay?" He said.

"We pack stuff?" Nick asked, remembering they still had their stuff to pack up.

"Yah, but I'm gonna go and do it after I tuck in to bed," Brian said before he looked at his body guard, silently asking him to step outside for a few minutes so that he could change Nick. He then grabbed Nick's bag and started to get all the things he'd need out.

"He watch me?" Nick asked pointing at the big guy who just stepped outside.

"Yup," Brian said as Nick laid down in front of him. He then went about getting Nick cleaned up and changed. "I won't be long, I'll be back in a few minutes." He had already packed most of their things earlier that day when he had woken up from his power nap. "Come on, let's get you in your jammies and then into bed," he said once Nick was changed. He picked up Nick's clothes and threw it in the hamper as they made their way into the bunk area. He pulled out Nick's other suitcase and took out Nick's PJ's.

Nick helped Brian get himself all ready in his PJ's and then brushed his teeth. Once that was done he climbed into his bunk ready to have Brian tuck him in.

Brian smiled down at Nick and kissed his forehead before he began to tuck Nick in, nice and comfy. "Good night, Nicky," he said in a whisper and pulled the curtains close. He walked out of the bus and told his body guard that he could go back in and keep an eye on Nick and that he would be back in a few minutes.

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Justin sighed as he dumped his bags with his suitcase before grabbing his PJ's and walking into the bathroom to change and get ready for bed. Once he was brushed and changed he walked out. "Night guys," he called out over his shoulder as he walked back to his bunk and crawled in, ready to go to sleep.

Howie looked at Justin wondering what the hell happened after the concert started because before the concert Justin had been hyper and happy and now he was like... depressed to the umpth degree or something.

Brian brought Nick's things and his things and then quietly placed them with the rest of their things in the bunk area. "Is it just me or was today the longest day of our lives?" He questioned walking back out and looking at AJ, Kevin, and Howie.

"Totally," AJ said with a sigh, really wondering what was going on with his boyfriend. "Excuse me guys...I'm going to go check on J," he said softly as he headed into the back to hopefully talk to Justin.

"Do either of you know what's going on between them?" Kevin asked, really feeling uneasy about the fact that they had both been mad at each other or something in one day.

Brian shrugged his shoulders. "I have no clue but Nick thinks that Justin's mad at him," he said as he flopped down beside Howie on the couch.

Howie put a comforting hand on Brian's knee. "Oh lord, what happened with Nick and Justin?" Howie questioned. "I swear today was the perfect day for an episode of a soap opera or something."

Brian sighed as he told Howie and Kevin what Nick had told him and smiled sheepishly when Howie asked him why he asked Nick to keep an eye on Justin and Scott. "I just... I don't know. Scott's a pretty good looking guy, ya know? I just didn't want Justin to like... stray or whatever but I know I made a mistake in judging Justin..."

Kevin gave his cousin a smile and patted him on the back. "Yeah you might have Cous, but whatever is going on I'm sure it'll be okay." He then looked over at Howie. "You ready to hit the hay?"

Howie rolled his eyes. "Hit the hay?" He questioned shaking his head and chuckling. "I love you, Kevin." He leaned up and kissed him softly before turning to look at Brian. "Good night Brian," he said. "Don't worry too much about all this stuff. It'll work out." With that said he linked his fingers with Kevin's and walked into the bunk area to their respective beds only to pause as they saw AJ sitting there, looking rather sad.

"He won't even talk to me." AJ whispered looking up at Kevin and Howie with big sad brown eyes. "I don't even know what I did wrong."

"Do you want me to try?" Kevin asked, it hurt him to see AJ hurting so badly.

AJ shook his head in the negative, "No thanks...I'm just going to go to bed," he said as he headed back front to get a glass of water, still seeing Brian sitting there. "You're not going to bed?" he asked trying to keep his emotions in check.

"I am," Brian said. "I'm just feelin' kinda comfy sitting here for the moment." He paused. "Is everything alright with Justin?"

AJ shrugged his shoulders as he leaned back against the counter with his water bottle. "I wouldn't know...he won't talk to me."

"Oh," Brian said. "You know, he's kinda acting like you were this morning..." Brian trailed off. He just figured that out right now.

That made AJ confused, he didn't get why Justin would be acting jealous. Hell he hadn't even been around any other guys. "Why would he be jealous...I haven't even been around anybody else," he said, realizing that he was telling Brian what had been wrong with him that morning.

Brian smirked. "So THAT's what you were being this morning? I was actually thinking you were acting depressed because you didn't get to spend much time with him... but now... okay," he said before shaking head. "When did he start acting like this, do you know?"

AJ shook his head, "He seemed fine until we got on the bus tonight. I mean he was acting a little off when we first came out after the concert but he was still hungry and stuff until we were all on the bus."

Brian tried his best to think of what could be bothering Justin with the information AJ just gave him but he couldn't think of anything and then as he replayed what happened at the arena in his head he remembered a moment when Justin looked at him and AJ.... like he were... hurt? or ... jealous? before quickly looking away. "Um, Age?" Brian said not really sure if what he was gonna say was going to make any sense.

"Hmm?" AJ asked, turning to look at Brian again since he had just thrown his water bottle away.

"This is... I could be way off... maybe I am but do you think he might have gotten... I don't know... jealous, maybe? because you and I were kinda laughing and sutff with each other," Brian said trying to think of why Justin would be jealous of him and AJ. He didn't know that AJ has a crush on him much less knew that Justin knows about AJ's crush on him.

"We were just talking...I don't get why he would be jealous of that." AJ said, not really thinking about that fact that Justin knew he had a thing for Brian. "I mean when I was jealous the guy was flirting with him and Justin wanted to hang with him more then he did with me. I had a reason to be jealous."

Brian frowned at that. "Maybe there's something more to the reason why he got jealous of seeing you with me? I don't know," he said yawning. "Sorry I couldn't help you out... but I think I'm gonna go get ready for bed now."

AJ sighed, feeling bad he kinda snapped at Brian. "Bri...I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap like that...it's just been a well...fucking awful day."

Brian shook his head. "I didn't think you were snapping at me and yah, I know what kinda day we had today. Don't worry about it. Good night," he said before grabbing his change of clothes and went into the bathroom to change and get ready for bed.

AJ sighed again as he went about turning all the lights off in the main part of the bus and then heading back to the bunks. He was so tired he didn't even bother changing out of his clothes and just climbed into his bunk and closed his eyes. He wished this day hadn't happened for so many reasons.

Brian finished changing and stepped out of the bathroom before heading into the bunk area. He opened the curtains to Nick's bunk and smiled as he saw him with the pacifier in his mouth, a look of happiness on his face. He closed the curtains and climbed up into his own bunk. The second his head rested on the pillow he was out like a light.