If You Knew What I Knew by Claudia ([email protected]) Chapter 8 - Social Enemies I was back in Holland, not only for some family visits but also to forget him... It was driving me crazy that I didn't even know who he was. My friends tried to cheer me up by inviting me over for several parties and Ellen one of my friends who recently had moved to Amsterdam came with a really weird story and offer, she first told me what had happened... "Okay, nu nog even naar Body Manipulations* voor een nieuw piercing ringetje..." Ellen mumbled to herself, she was in on her bike in the city center of Amsterdam on a very hasty shopping spree and in such deep in thought that she hadn't seen the two guys who were crossing the street and before she knew it she ran right into one. "Jij bent vast tourist of niet?" she sneered, she didn't expect him to be Dutch but she talked Dutch just to get on his nerves. "What? Tourist? Yeah, I am..." Brian said whilst getting up and brushing the dirt off his Armani Jeans. "Damn... these were just new..." he mumbled and Howie looked at Ellen who didn't show any compassion. "Next time you cross the street try looking where you're going... it's a lot less hassle that way, now here's my number in case you Americans want to make a lawsuit or something out of it... bye!" she hopped back on her bike and rode off. Brian and Howie stared after her in total awe. "The nerve that girl has..." Bri' mumbled and looked at the small piece of paper she had given him. "I'm gonna call her later on... when she has cooled off a little..." Howie looked at him funny. "WHY?! With that attitude she had you should be happy she didn't run over you again!" he said but Brian shook his head and smiled. "I was in her way... we weren�t paying any attention to traffic at all so I believe that we owe her an apology... maybe we should invite her over to the show..." He put the piece of paper in his pocket and soon they were checking out some expensive boutique for some new gear... And now she had some tickets for the Backstreet Boys concert in the Amsterdam ArenA. Because the guy she had almost killed was one of the Backstreet Boys who were here to check out the venue, in a month they were going to do a show there and she was now on their personal guestlist and was allowed to bring along a friend... It turned out that she and Bri' talked on the phone regularly now, I guess that it had clicked between them and were carefully getting into a relationship... I actually didn't really feel like going to the concert, I'd only be in the way of the two love birds... Plus that I wasn't into the Backstreet Boys at all... I mainly went to nice 'n loud metal concerts like KoRn, Orgy, Limp Bizkit and Biohazard. So I started to think of a good excuse not to go... Because knowing Ellen she wouldn't take no for an answer that easily... (*= a Piercing shop in Amsterdam) Next: Chapter 9 -FanFics -Home