Chapter 16

Angela and Krista made their way to the table where both Brian and Nick were sitting.  

 

"Is everything OK?" Brian whispered to Angela.

"Yeah.  She just kinda felt weird.  But, I think that she's gonna try talking to him."

"Well, he told me that he thinks she's pretty, but he doesn't know where to begin.  Good thing she's willing to start things off."
 

"You having fun?" Krista asked, trying to make small talk.
 

 "I guess so.  I'm just not in the mood to dance tonight," he said.

"Yeah me either," she admitted.  "You wanna get out of here?"

"Sure" Nick said.

"We'll be back you guys," Krista said to Brian and Angela.

"Alright," they both replied as they got up to dance again.

They got outside and decided to walk along the beach.  "So what are you majoring in?" Nick asked her.

"Well, I was going to be a lawyer, but then I decided that I want to do something with communications," she replied.

 "That's cool," Nick said.
 

"So tell me, what is it like being a Backstreet Boy?" she asked carefully.
 

"It's alot of fun," he answered.  "Seeing the world and our fans and things, but I do miss the everyday things that you might take for granted."
  

 "Like what?"

"Well, there's privacy, running my own life, not being stalked, sleeping in whenever I want to.....  Things like that."
     

"Oh.  So what do you think of Angela and Brian?" Krista asked.
 

 "They look good together.  You have no idea how nice it finally was to put a face to a name.  He's talked about her nonstop ever since he met up with her again.  But enough about them, I wanna her about you."
         

So Krista told him all about herself.  She found it easy to talk to Nick and he seemed to enjoy hearing about her.  They talked about everything they could until they realized that they should go find Angela and Brian.  

"I wonder how long they plan on spending here.  I'd rather be watching a movie or something," Krista said.
  

"Me too," Nick agreed.  "Let's go see if they're ready to leave."
        

Krista and Nick walked back to the club in search of their friends. It was about 10:30pm and they felt anything but dancing would be good about then.
     

They finally got inside only to hear the beginning of "Amazed" by Lonestar.  "Oh, I love this song," Krista sighed.
    

 "May I have this dance?" Nick asked, extending his hand.
      

 "Yes," she replied, putting her hand in his.
      

On the other side of the dance floor, Brian and Angela had noticed that they had succeeded in the hookup.  The rest was up to Nick and Krista.
  

 "Well, well, well.  Looks as if we made a match," Angela said, laying her head on Brian's shoulder.
   

"I believe we have.  And I must say that we've done such a good job too."
      

"Oh we have," Angela replied.  She took a deep breath and said, "I love you Brian."

Without hesitation Brian said," I love you too Leigh."
 

Angela pulled back from his embrace.  "Leigh?  Who's Leigh?"
    

The color drained from Brian's face as he realized what he just said.  "Nobody.  She was just an old girlfriend."
         

"That's fine!  But you're not with her anymore!"  Angela felt the hot tears burning in her eyes.
      

"It was just an accident!  I swear!"
  

 "And how do I know that you're not cheating on me?" she demanded, her voice getting louder.
      

Brian could feel the people stopping and staring at them.  "Calm down.  You know I have feelings only for you and that I would never cheat on you. I was seeing Leighanne until I realized that I only wanted to be with you," he said, even though he saw the hurt in her eyes and the tears streaming down her face.
     

"No.  Actually I don't know that.  And you know what?  I was a fool for thinking that things could possibly be the same again.  As a matter of fact, I don't even know what I was thinking."  She reached around the back of her neck to take off her necklace for the first time.  She threw it at Brian and ran out of the club, not knowing where she was going to go.
  

 She had left everyone staring at Brian, who couldn't believe what had just happened.  And she left Nick and Krista not knowing what to say to their friend.