It was the last leg of their promotional tour and Nick, Howie and Kevin collapsed in their hotel room after their interview at a Brazilian TV show,
"What do we have to do now?" They looked over at Sally,
"You guys have a radio interview then it's off to Sao Paulo. After that we have Buenos Aires, Lima, and Caracas." They sighed in unison and watched as the waiters wheeled in a cart from room service. They sat down togehter at the table, evryone else seemed to give them privacy and were on the other side of the room,
"So Nick what's up with you lately?" He chewed on his burger as he looked at Kevin wearily. Why was he asking him that?
"Everything's cool man." He watched as Kevin and Howie exchanged glances as Howie attempted to salvage the conversation,
"So, how are you and Lexi?" He threw down his burger,
"Everything is cool." Kevin sighed and leaned forward,
"What is your problem? What's with the attitude? You don't talk to anyone and you act like you're going through puberty or something." He looked away and directed his attention to the other people in the room. He knew he wasn't talking to them as much but he was just ready to get back home,
"There's nothing wrong with me." Howie raised his eyebrows,
"C'mon Nicky, even in interviews they noticed." He was speaking of the TV show they did; a fan asked what was wrong with him and they covered for him by saying he was sick.
"I'm just ready to get home, it's no big deal." He stood up and walked over to the window as Howie looked over at Kevin,
"What do you think?" Kevin shrugged as he watched Nick,
"Nothing, just let him be; he's just moody I guess."
Finally, back home but only for two days before they started their two week US promotional tour. This was when they did all the TV shows, radio shows and in-store appearances. He was lying in bed as he looked over and noticed it was ten-thirty in the evening. He had just woke up and groaned as he remembered he was only lying down for a little nap around five that afternoon. He hated his sleeping schedule being off. He hadn't talked to anyone except his friends and his family, he checked his messages and listened as a few girls left messages, he knew he wouldn't call them back so he just deleted the messages. Mike had left a message for him to call him and he returned the call,
"Hey man, what's up?" He could hear noise in the background,
"Dude, where you been? We've been calling?" Nick stretched as a yawn escaped his mouth,
"I fell asleep. Where are you?" He looked around for his pants and a shirt to put on, he didn't even remember stripping down to his boxers,
"We're in the car on our way to get something to eat." He walked over and picked his sweatpants off the floor,
"We who?" He listened as Mike told him he was with the usual crew,
"Hey bring me something to eat." He gave him his order and called Craig,
"Hello?" It was the sound of a female's voice. He smiled,
"Yeah is Craig there?" He sat there and waited for Craig to come to the phone,
"Hey man." He laughed,
"Hey man, did I interrupt you? Who was that, do I know her?" As much as Craig tried to give him advice, he had just as many women,
"What's up? When did you get back?" He ran his hand through his hair,
"Last night, so answer the question. Who was that?" He could hear Craig sigh and waited for his answer,
"Nick, that was Shayna. Nothing is going on ok? She was over here and she was tired so she's lying down." Nick shook his head, trying to clear his head, what the heck was she doing there?
"Wait, you were in bed together?" He stared down at the carpet as Craig tried to explain,
"We were watching a movie, we were just hanging out and she was tired and didn't really want to drive home. She just, it's nothing. We were watching TV." Nick hung up without saying another word, when the phone rang he saw Craig's number and ignored it. He walked into the kitchen as the phone rang again and poured himself something to drink. Why was she there? They may not be together anymore but that was his friend. He walked back into the bedroom and picked up the phone to see that it was Shayna who had just called and there were two new messages, he deleted them wthout bothering to listen to them.
He was on his third beer when thr guys made their way to his house. They were all sitting around watching a movie when Nick was hit with something. He looked down to see a bottle top lying on his stomach; he looked around,
"What's with you?" Nick shrugged and closed his eyes as his head fell back against the couch,
"Craig is fucking Shayna." Their eyes were all wide as can be as they looked around at each other; Sam the first to spaek,
"Are you sure? How do you know?" Nick shook his head,
"I called over there and they were in bed; she answered the phone." Mike shook his head, his mouth open from the shock,
"Wow, I can't believe that." Nick stood up and looked around the room. He hadn't even moved his things from the middle of the room. It was all laid out, a mess and he had tomorrow off then it was back on the road for their two week promo tour, first stop LA,
"Yeah, well it figures. Hey, who isn't doing anything for the rest of the week?" Sam looked up,
"I'm not what do you need?" Nick shook his head,
"Someone to go on the road with me." Sam frowned,
"Oh sorry, I can't. I need to work." Nick sighed,
"Take off, I'll pay what you would make if you worked, then some." Sam shrugged,
"Sure, why not? I'm sure some of the part time people could use the extra hours." He nodded,
"Cool, I'm going to bed you guys can stay if you want." Sam looked over at him,
"When do we leave?" Nick yawned,
"The day after tomorrow."
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